Lunch was followed by a Care of Magical Creatures lesson with Gryffindor.
The magical creatures Hagrid brought out were twelve hippogriffs. Unlike in the original book, Draco became much more serious about his studies this semester. He strictly followed Hagrid's instructions and bowed to a hippogriff. Thus successfully riding it and flying around in the air. But not long after, everyone could see Hagrid hurriedly carrying Blaise Chabini to the campus hospital. Blaise had a deep and long gash on his arm, and blood flowed down his arm to the corridor. superior.
What happened quickly spread among the students. Blaise was attacked by a hippogriff named Buckbeak in Hagrid's class.
If you want to ask, why are hippogriffs in the classroom? This is because it was Hagrid's first Care of Magical Creatures class, and in order to leave a deep impression on everyone, he brought twelve hippogriffs to class. Not surprisingly, the session ended in a complete failure.
Although all the Gryffindor students could prove that Blaise was entirely self-inflicted by Buckbeak's attack, it still cast a bloody shadow on the already heavy atmosphere in the school.
As a member of Slytherin, Sherrin also ran into the school hospital behind them. He saw that Madam Pomfrey had cured Blaise in only one minute, but he was still pale and said that his arm was very weak. It hurt, and he accused Hogwarts of having problems with the teaching methods, disregarding the safety of the students, and shouted that he would report this matter to the Ministry of Magic.
Blaise's mother, Madame Chabini, was a pretty and famous widow who had secretly intimate relationships with many high-ranking officials in the Ministry of Magic. It was said that even Fudge, the Minister of Magic, wanted to give her some face. Xie Lin sneered secretly, but had no intention of stopping this matter. Draco originally wanted to inform Lucius to participate, but had to give up reluctantly due to Schelling's obstruction.
Sherrin was not on Gryffindor's side, but he knew clearly that in today's wizarding world, it was not wise to go against Dumbledore, at least until he grew up...
It wasn't until breakfast on Thursday that Blaise reappeared at the Slytherin table. He walked into the Great Hall to the cheers of the Slytherin students, his right arm wrapped in bandages and suspended from a sling around his neck, like a hero who had survived some terrible battle.
Seeing his appearance, Harry and Ron looked disdainful, but Blaise himself was very proud.
Many people in the auditorium were looking down at today's "Daily Prophet." "What are you looking at?" Blaise asked strangely.
"The latest news about Sirius Black!" Pansy whispered, pushing a newspaper to him. Blaise saw it read: Black was seen by a Muggle somewhere not far from Hogwarts. When people from the Ministry of Magic arrived, he had already left and was currently being hunted. Sirius Black is supposedly trying to get into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Most of the little wizards in Slytherin have already received some advice from their parents and know exactly what is going on.
Draco whispered to Blaise: "Black's target should be Potter. I think that guy is about to be unlucky. First he saw something ominous in the divination class, then his dear giant friend may also be expelled, and now Black …”
After saying that, Draco gave a proud smile, stood up and walked towards the Gryffindor table. He stood behind Harry, with a malicious gleam in his eyes. "Well, Potter, do you want to try and catch Black single-handedly?"
"What does this have to do with you?" Harry asked.
"Of course, if I were you..." Draco's thin lips curved into a mean smile, "I would have done something a long time ago. I won't stay in school and be a good boy. , I will definitely go out to find him.”
"What are you talking about, Malfoy?" said Ron angrily.
"Don't you know, Potter?" Draco said in a low voice, his gray eyes narrowing.
"what do you know?"
Malfoy let out a low chuckle. "Maybe you don't want to risk your life," he said. "You just want the dementors to deal with him, right? If it were me, I would definitely take revenge and I would hunt him down myself."
There was an obviously fake coughing sound, and Xie Lin slowly approached the group of people.
Harry and Ron immediately looked on guard. They had no choice but to do it. Schelling's reputation was too great. Harry didn't think that joining forces with Ron would be enough to compete with Schelling. Instead, Hermione stood up bravely and looked directly at him. Xie Lin looked at her and asked sharply: "Malfoy, this is the Great Hall, what are you going to do in public?"
Xie Lin frowned, and the scene fell into an embarrassing silence.
Xie Lin ignored Hermione's provocation, turned to look at Draco, and said to break the silence: "Brother, have you forgotten your father's instructions?"
Draco had actually finished what he wanted to say, and then he snorted pretending to be dissatisfied and turned around to leave.
Sherrin showed an apologetic smile and handed an invitation letter to Harry, "As you all know, there will be dementors patrolling outside Hogwarts this year, and the Patronus Charm is the only one known to be able to resist dementors. A strange curse. I plan to organize a curse exchange event in the near future. In the event, I will explain my various understandings of the Patronus Charm and help students practice and master this curse, no matter which college they are in. I welcome any students who are interested in participating. If you are interested, you are welcome to participate." After saying that, Xie Lin left the invitation letter and turned around and left, leaving only Hermione with an embarrassed look on her face. .
Seeing that she was ignored by Xuelin, Hermione felt as if she had been punched in the heart and felt very uncomfortable. She didn't know why she had just acted in a confrontation with Xie Lin. She only remembered that when she saw Xie Lin, she suddenly felt an unreasonable anger in her heart, which made her unable to control her emotions for a moment. .
A few days ago, when she saw Xie Lin being intimate with three girls on the train, she felt vaguely uncomfortable. At that time, she thought it was influenced by dementors and didn't think much about it, but today she felt that feeling again. Discomfort, and this time the anger was so clear, so violent.
Seeing Hermione's uncertain expression, Harry and Ron wisely did not provoke her by talking too much, but discussed the so-called "Charms Exchange" activity in low voices.
I saw Schelling walking towards Percy who was having a meal, and asked Percy to help post the news about the event to the Gryffindor lounge; then he asked Penello to help post the news to the Ravenclaw lounge, and Cedry in turn. K helped spread the word to the Hufflepuff common room.
Although I couldn't say that these three people were very familiar with me, they had at least had a few conversations with each other during Merlin's test competitions. It was just a matter of asking them to help with posting announcements on the bulletin board, so I guess they wouldn't refuse.
Harry seemed surprised by the invitation and was hesitant. Ron pointed out with disdain that this must be Slytherin's conspiracy, and strongly advised people around him not to go. If you want to learn spells, you can just ask the professors directly, and there is definitely no shortage of people in this field in the library. Information, there is absolutely no need to participate in Slytherin activities. Hermione looked at the invitation with a thoughtful look on her face, making it impossible to know her true inner thoughts.
After breakfast, the little wizards from Slytherin and Gryffindor gathered at the underground teacher of the Potions class.
"What we are going to make today is a shrinking solution." Snape strode into the underground classroom like a dark cloud, flying black robes blooming in the air like flowers. He took out his wand and touched the blackboard, and the production process and precautions for this potion appeared silently on the blackboard.
"The most important raw materials of the shrinking potion include daisy root, fig peel and wolfsbane aconite." Snape's tone was still so gloomy, but the students could clearly feel the unpleasantness contained in it. "Potter!" he shouted suddenly.
Harry stood up bewildered.
"Tell me, what's the difference between Aconitum scapularis and Aconitum wolfsbane?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't know, Professor." Harry replied innocently.
"I remember asking you this question in your first Potions class in first year, Potter." Snape's eyes were frighteningly gloomy, and he didn't know where he was offended. "You obviously haven't made any progress in the past two years. It seems that fame can really make people unable to recognize themselves..."
"Why don't you prepare to write down what I say below!" He turned and shouted to the class, who all hurriedly found quills and parchment.
"The function of daisy root is to concentrate the essence, and it is also often used to increase the concentration of pharmaceuticals. It is used here to extract the essence of raw materials. The skin of figs has mild medicinal properties, which can prevent concentrated pharmaceuticals from taking effect too quickly and causing too much harm to the user. It is widely used in oral recovery medicines. As for Wolfsbane Aconitum, it is mainly used to assist deformation. Since slimming medicines often involve changes in form, it is also indispensable. This medicinal material is mainly used in compound decoctions, Demon-turning biological agents, wolfsbane potions, etc..."
"Sorry, Professor!" Hermione raised her hands.
"Oh, Miss Granger? What's the matter with you?" Snape turned around, staring at her with his dark eyes, and his tone was indescribably weird. All the students present noticed something unusual about him: when would he ask Hermione, "What's the matter with you?"
Hermione seemed completely unaware of this. "Professor, what kind of potion is Wolfsbane potion? I have not seen its introduction in any potion book."
"Excellent question, Miss Granger." Snape seemed to be planning to carry out the extraordinary matter to the end, and he did something even more surprising. "Being able to ask this question shows that you have been working hard to learn relevant knowledge. Five points for Gryffindor."
The whole hall was in an uproar.
Everyone opened their mouths. This was probably the first time that Hermione and even Gryffindor took the initiative to ask questions in Potions class. Not only were they not deducted points, but they were given extra points. Ron picked out his ears hard; Harry took off his glasses and started rubbing his eyes desperately; Neville's hand holding the fig was hanging in the air; Draco's hand cutting the daisy root shook and cut directly on his index finger superior.
Sherrin probably guessed Snape's intention, and he let out a low groan.
Snape glanced around. Wherever he looked, students were sitting upright. After his eyes rested on Xie Lin, he thought for a moment and said, "Xie Lin, are you going to answer?"
After Xie Lin thought about all the information about this potion in his mind, he answered loudly: "Wolfsbane potion is a newly invented potion last year. It was invented by Damocles Belby, and he was invited to join. He joined the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists and obtained the qualification of a potion master. This potion is specially used to treat werewolves. Although it cannot turn a werewolf back into an ordinary person, it can allow a werewolf to maintain his sanity on a full moon night. . This potion needs to be taken regularly every day starting from the week before the full moon, and a full cup will be effective. However, this potion is not without its shortcomings. Its raw materials are very expensive, and almost no werewolves can afford it. Due to the severe toxicity of Wolfsbane Aconitum, the preparation process of this potion is very difficult. If anything goes wrong, it will become a fatal poison, so it is also extremely difficult to find a potion master who is capable of making this potion."
"Good answer, fifteen points for Slytherin!"
Seeing Xie Lin talking eloquently, Hermione pursed her lips tightly, and various thoughts were swirling in her heart, among which the thought of not admitting defeat was the most passionate.
Next, Snape quickly made people realize that Snape was still the same Snape. Neville was still ridiculed, Ron was still blamed, and Harry was still in the spotlight. All of this quickly led the students to abandon their suspicion that "Snape took the wrong medicine" in Atlantis.
The preparation of the shrinking potion is still quite difficult for third-year students - Neville almost failed because he added too much leech juice and mouse spleen, and Snape even threatened to feed Neville's creation to Neville's pet Neville. Fortunately, he finally corrected his mistake with the help of Hermione. When testing the potion, Leif successfully turned back into a tadpole.
This discovery surprised Schelling because he had always thought that the purpose of the shrinking potion was to simply shrink the person who took it. Unexpectedly, it could actually restore the creature back to its juvenile form. This made him wonder about the other hidden uses of this potion. Very interested.
