First day of school.
Schelling's first class was herbal medicine. After having a hearty breakfast in the Great Hall in the morning and admiring the howling letter sent by Mrs. Weasley to Ron, Sherrin walked out of the castle with Daphne and Meredith and came to the greenhouse of Hogwarts.
"Two naughty students injured a very precious whomping willow. I spent the whole morning treating it!" Professor Sprout's voice was gentle: "I hope you will not do this in the future. Something!"
"Okay, now follow me to the third greenhouse!" She took the lead, and the second-year students of Slytherin and Ravenclaw followed her. The plants in the third greenhouse are more interesting than those in the first, and certainly more dangerous. Professor Sprout stood behind a stool in the middle of the greenhouse. She clapped her hands, attracted everyone's attention, and said: "We are going to repot the mandrake today. Who can tell me about mandrake?" What are the characteristics of pulling grass?”
Maury McDougal of Ravenclaw pushed up his glasses, raised his hand, and answered at Professor Sprout's signal: "It is a powerful recovery agent that can help people who suffer from potions and spells." Or a person whose form has been changed by transfiguration, returns to his original form.”
"Very good, Miss McDougal, plus ten points for Ravenclaw." Professor Sprout nodded with satisfaction. "So, who can tell me why we need to prepare this thing?" She clicked on a pile of furry earplugs piled in the corner.
This time she chose Xie Lin from Slytherin to answer this question. Generally speaking, Slytherin students are not very good at herbal medicine. These noble young masters and ladies think that this kind of flipping will make themselves dirty. The menial work of soiling, watering and changing pots was the responsibility of servants.
But Schelling is an exception. Schelling's magical philosophy is to accept all available tools - whether they are spells, transformations, potions, herbs, magical creatures, or even Muggle tools.
He replied: "The cry of adult mandrakes can kill people. The former Minister of Magic, Venusia Crickerly, accidentally died while handling mandrakes in her garden. He died on the spot due to an accident. Later, the Ministry of Magic established a series of regulations regarding this plant. Wizarding families must obtain special approval to plant Mandrake. Of course, young Mandrake will only make people unconscious for a few hours."
"Exactly, and a very appropriate addition to Mandrake's deadly record. It's even more perfect than the answer I expected - fifteen points for Slytherin. As Mr. Malfoy said, Mandrake is deadly. It is dangerous, but the mandrake here is still very young, and you will be unconscious for a few hours at most if you hear its cry." Professor Sprout said calmly.
Professor Sprout demonstrated first, and then asked the little wizards to change basins in groups of four. Draco originally wanted to be in a group with Sherrin (Shellin is obviously the most reliable teammate in Slytherin) , but was forcibly taken by Pansy to work as a coolie in the Slytherin girls' group, a group consisting of Goyle, Crabbe, Nott and Blaise Zabini.
Sherrin had Daphne, Meredith, and one more person here. Sherrin walked to Ravenclaw and politely invited Maury McDougal. Maury was a little surprised by Sherrin's sudden invitation, but Still nodded and agreed to join Xie Lin's group.
Pulling mandrakes out of the soil is a physical job, not as easy as Professor Sprout's. It's harder than pulling up turnips in the field, and mandrakes don't want to be pulled out of the soil.
Daphne tried her best but failed, and finally Meredith helped to pull it out. The worst part was that this guy didn't want to go back after he came out. He twisted his body, kicked his feet, and waved. He held up his small fists and blocked the mouth of the basin with his feet, unwilling to be stuffed into the basin. Daphne struggled with Mandrake for more than half an hour, and finally completed the task with the help of Schelling.
Xie Lin usually pays great attention to physical exercise. During the summer vacation, Lucius also gave him and Draco the Strengthening Solution. This potion can improve a person's physique and enhance the body's strength - Xie Lin is now The physical strength can easily knock down an adult Muggle in hand-to-hand combat.
Xie Lin firmly grasped the rhizome of the mandrake with one hand and pulled out the entire mandrake with just one pull. The mandrake was knocked unconscious due to excessive force, but he did not encounter any resistance. The repotting is completed.
After Meredith also successfully completed the task with the help of Sherrin, only Murray was left. She and Xie Lin were in the same group for the first time. The two had never communicated before. Although she had heard that Xie Lin was approachable, her female reserve made her embarrassed to ask Xie Lin for help. She is a typical Ravenclaw girl, with a quiet personality and a relatively delicate physical condition. After seeing other people's mistakes, she is really not sure that she can complete today's class task alone.
Xie Lin saw Murray's difficulties and gentlemanly offered to help. Murray slowly pulled out the mandrake with the help of Xie Lin, but she failed to catch the frantically struggling mandrake, and actually let it break away from her hand and sprayed herself and Xie Lin. mud.
Seeing the mandrake bouncing quickly on the ground and about to run away, Murray stood there and said "Ah" at a loss, but Xie Lin suddenly flew past Murray as vigorously as a cheetah. He went over to the direction of the mandrake, grabbed the little guy with great precision, and then roughly stuffed it into the flower pot.
At this time, both Xie Lin and Murray's bodies were covered with mud. They couldn't help but laugh when they looked at each other's embarrassment. The original sense of alienation between the two was instantly broken. Xie Lin took out his wand and cast a descaling spell on both of them. The mud on their bodies immediately disappeared, and even the smell of sweat disappeared to the point of being almost inaudible.
Murray couldn't help but exclaimed: "Your spells are so good. Even Ravenclaw, who is good at spells, no one can control the descaling spell so thoroughly. Let alone the dirt, I can't even control it now." The dust on my body is no longer visible..."
Xie Lin smiled modestly and said: "Thank you, Miss McDougal. I just practiced harder than others. When it comes to the knowledge and theory of magic, you Ravenclaws are definitely better."
Murray rolled his eyes at Xie Lin, "Hey, being too modest will make you look hypocritical! Also, stop calling me Miss McDougal. You should call me Murray!"
The group of four was the first in the class to complete the task, and Professor Sprout happily gave each of them 5 points for their respective houses. The other students - especially the Ravenclaws, who are mostly weak scholars, are still struggling with the Mandrake. Although Slytherin's performance is better, most of them are disheveled and sweaty. , waist and back pain, body covered with mud.
After lunch is the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. For some unknown reason, Slytherin changed to take the Defense Against the Dark Arts class with Gryffindor this year.
(Note: For the needs of the plot, all Defense Against the Dark Arts classes after the second grade are with Gryffindor)
Just like the Potions class, the two houses who disliked each other sat clearly on opposite sides of the classroom. Everyone came to the classroom early and waited with bated breath for the class to begin, showing how much everyone looked forward to Professor Lockhart's class - perhaps Harry and Sherrin were the two exceptions.
"Hello, children!" Lockhart, wearing a turquoise robe, walked in with impeccable demeanor. Almost all the girls subconsciously straightened their bodies and raised their heads. "Gilderoy Lockhart, Order of Merlin, 3rd Class, honorary member of the Defense League against the Dark Arts, five-time winner of Witch Weekly's Most Charming Smile Award - but I don't talk about that, I don't rely on my smile Exorcise the Banshee of Bandon!"
Lockhart took out a stack of parchment, "I see you have all bought my complete set of works - very good. Let's do a little test first to see how well you read and how much you understand..." He After handing out the papers, he returned to the podium and said, "I'll give you thirty minutes, start now!"
The test paper had three full pages, all devoted to questions about his personal preferences. These questions were not difficult for Schelling, who had a photographic memory. Schelling wrote the answers on the test paper eloquently. Hermione also did the same. As for the other students - Harry and Ron looked at the test paper in confusion and Della. Coe and Nott looked disgusted, Goyle and Crabbe were in a daze and drooling...
Half an hour later, Lockhart collected all the test papers and began grading them in front of everyone. Most of the answers on the test paper seemed not to his liking, causing him to keep making "tsk-tsk" noises.
"Beautifully written, Mr. Sherlyn Malfoy! You actually remembered that my favorite color is lilac." Lockhart said excitedly: "This paper can get 100 points...Slytherin plus ten points!" Then he Turning to Hermione's test paper, "Miss Hermione Granger knows that my secret ambition is to eliminate evil in the world and sell my own series of hair lotions. This paper is also 100 points...Gryffindor plus ten points!" "
He took out a large cage covered with a cloth and put it on the table. "Now - beware! My job is to teach you to defend yourself against the most evil things in the wizarding world! You will face the most terrifying things in this classroom. But as long as I am here, no harm will come to you. I All I ask is that you remain calm.”
Harry stuck his head out from behind a pile of books to get a good look at the cage. Neville shrank back and Pansy took a few steps closer to Draco. Daphne and Meredith broke through the devil's net and defeated the troll under the leadership of Sherrin last year. They have developed the courage to not be afraid of actual combat, and they seem eager to try now.
"I must ask you not to scream," Lockhart said in a low voice. "That will piss them off!" and lifted the hood.
"That's right," he said in a dramatic manner, "the little Green Fairy we just caught in Cornwall." The Little Green Fairy is not a creature only found in Cornwall. It is mainly found in Cornwall and Cornwall in southwest England. Devon is known for its mischievous nature, the Cornish Green Fairy is a bright electric blue, while the Devon Green Fairy is an earthy steel blue. Xie Lin observed the cage carefully. These little green fairies were about eight inches tall, with small pointed faces and very shrill voices. They were jumping up and down, shaking the cage bars, and making all kinds of weird faces.
One of the male students couldn't help but sneer, and Lockhart said angrily: "Be serious! They are cunning little destroyers like the devil!" After that, he opened the cage door.
It was chaos now - the little green fairies were flying around, two of them grabbed Neville's ears and lifted him up, and a few of them rushed out of the window and scattered broken glass all over the back row of the classroom. The rest wreaked havoc in the classroom.
Harry showed the courage of a Gryffindor and tried to protect Ron and Hermione, but his strength was insufficient - his glasses were snatched away by the little green fairy, causing him to see nothing and could only wave his hands randomly. Trying to catch a little green fairy by luck; Ron didn't dare to use his wand that sprayed unknown sparks to perform magic; Hermione performed best, she cleverly used a holding spell to bind the two The little green fairy was settled and stuffed back into the cage.
After a few minutes, half the class was hiding under the tables and poor Neville was hanging from the chandelier. Seeing that it was almost done, Xelling glanced at Daphne and Meredith and shouted loudly: "This is the first lesson Professor Lockhart taught us - don't underestimate any enemy. Now, Slytherin - come with me !”
Xellin took the lead and used the fire spell to shoot out a raging fire, manipulating the flames to force the little green fairies into a corner. Daphne and Meredith stood on the left and right of Xuelin in a tacit understanding, using the whole body binding spell to bind one after another. The little green fairy was beaten so hard that it fell to the ground stiffly. The number of flying little green fairies decreased rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
At this time, Draco, Pansy, Nott, and Shabini also stepped forward to help, and magic spells flew for a while. In just a few minutes, all the green fairies were stuffed into their cages.
At this time, the chandelier couldn't bear the strength and fell down. Schelling used a floating spell to catch Neville who fell, and then used a repair spell to repair the damaged windows, tables, chairs, and chandeliers one by one. Finally, he spoke respectfully to Luo Hart reported: "Professor, we understand what you mean. What you want to convey is that even the inconspicuous little green fairy should be treated with caution and never despise any enemy, right? And you also gave us a precious Practice opportunities - of course I have no doubt that if we are unable to do anything in the end, you will definitely let us see your true skills. I must say, this is a rare and valuable lesson."
Lockhart stood up with great energy, "Yes, Mr. Malfoy completely understood what I meant. He is really an excellent little wizard! Everyone in Slytherin also did a great job! Let me think about it... Sixty points for Letling!”
