Homecoming from Hogwarts

Chapter 636 Awakening
Harry, Ron and Hermione did not stay very late at Hagrid's hut. They also left Hagrid's hut not long after Professor Brain left.

Mainly because of Hermione, she wanted to go to the campus hospital while time allowed and asked Madam Pomfrey how people who had been hit by the Eye Curse could recover as quickly as possible, and she got the idea. Lee's approval, but Ron's abrupt words gave up their plans.

"I think it's best not to do that--"

As they hurried across the grounds towards the castle, Hermione was telling Harry about her plans to go to the campus hospital, and Ron said this immediately.

"Why?" Harry asked in surprise, "Sirius's condition looks very bad -"

"If it's really bad, he will find a way on his own -" Ron shrugged and said, "You see, Professor Blaine didn't pay too much attention to his injury, so I guess Sirius just wanted to take advantage of it. He takes this opportunity to stay in school for a few more days to rest. Under normal circumstances, he can't get much vacation for himself, right?"

Harry and Hermione stopped and looked at him in surprise.

"What's wrong?" The look in their eyes made Ron a little confused, "If you think-"

"Oh, no -" Harry laughed, "You are right, Ron, maybe Sirius's situation is not that serious. Then let's just let Sirius stay at school for a few days."

Hermione smiled happily too.She and Harry both felt the same way. During the nearly month when Ron was estranged from them, it seemed as if a piece of their hearts was missing. Now that Ron was back with them, neither Harry nor Hermione nor Ron wanted to Let’s worry about whose fault it is this time.

The friendship between them is what matters most.

As far as Hermione was concerned, Ron's willingness to reconcile with them brought her as much joy as passing her first test in the Triwizard Tournament.

The banquet in the auditorium was still going on. The three of them saw Professor Brain returning to the guests, but they didn't want to participate at all, so they quietly went upstairs from the stairs in the foyer.

"Professor Blaine just said that he wanted to check Dom's soul -" On the way to Gryffindor Tower, they discussed what had just happened. Harry frowned and said, "What does this mean? Why did he later But you don’t want to say anything?”

"Checking the soul-" Ron shuddered, "Sounds a bit evil, doesn't it?"

"But what should I do with Dongmu?"

Speaking of house elves, Hermione said thoughtfully,
"It can't stay with Hagrid all its life. It has to be independent and live the life it wants. All house elves have this right. They can no longer be enslaved like this."

Harry and Ron both kept their mouths shut sensibly. There was no end to the discussion of this topic.

The portrait of the Fat Lady spun away, and the sudden burst of cheers and noise made the three of them a little dazed. Ron was the first to react.

"Surprise party--" He climbed up first, then grabbed Hermione, who was in a daze, by her arm and dragged her up, "I knew there would be this!"

The tables and chairs in the common room were covered with mountains of cake, and jugs of pumpkin juice and butterbeer.Lee Jordan set off some elaborate fireworks, and the air was filled with stars and sparks.Dean Thomas, who is good at painting, has hung several eye-catching new banners, most of which depict Hermione tumbling in mid-air on a rock and landing neatly on the neck of the fire dragon.

"Oh——" Hermione's face turned red very brightly, "Actually, there is no need to mobilize so much force——"

"What are you talking about?"

Fred smiled and pushed Hermione to a pile of cakes and beer.
"You have to eat all these to be worthy of George, Lee, and I running to the kitchen so many times. Oh, of course, you can also thank the elves in the kitchen. These little guys are very busy tonight. They need to worry about the dinner in the Great Hall, there is one in Hufflepuff's common room, and we have one here, oh, I can't rule out that Beauxbatons and Durmstrang are also celebrating in their respective territories!"

"indeed--"

Hermione's heart skipped a beat as she thought of Dom's mother, the elf named Rega.

"But how do I get into the kitchen?" Hermione asked in a very casual tone.

"It's very convenient -" Fred said, "There is a door in the underground corridor, hidden behind an oil painting of a bowl of fruit. You only need to scratch the pear lightly, it will chuckle, and then - —”

Fred paused warily.
"You don't want to give those little elves in the kitchen the publicity you did before, oh, please don't do that, you will make everyone have no food to eat!"

Several people were made to giggle, but Hermione remained silent. Seeing her like this, Harry and Ron looked at each other, sighed at the same time, and then laughed in unison.

Then, the celebration began, and when the atmosphere was high, many people clamored to see the golden egg Hermione got, so Hermione had to go back to the dormitory and take down the golden egg.She put the golden egg on the table and let everyone see it.

To be honest, so far, Hermione herself hasn't had time to take a good look at it!
After the game, she hurried back to the castle and put the golden egg back in the dormitory, then went down to the lounge. She was more willing to have a good chat with Harry and Ron at this time. Then, not long after, Professor McGonagall informed her. Go to the auditorium to attend the banquet as a warrior representative.

People were eager to help Hermione analyze what the terrifying scream coming from the golden egg meant. However, Hermione nervously covered her ears and was unwilling to listen any more.

Harry understood that although Professor Blaine had made it clear that the challenges Hermione faced in the first game that had just passed were also real, but Hermione obviously could not completely put aside the burden. She probably wanted to rely entirely on herself. The effort won the second game.

The banquet lasted until very late, and the little wizards returned to the dormitory one after another.

For the past month, the atmosphere in Harry's dormitory has been abnormal. This was mainly caused by the quarrel between Harry and Ron. Although no one made this topic public, everyone knew about it in private.

Today, Seamus, Dean and Neville finally saw Harry and Ron talking side by side again. They were all very happy for this. They chatted a lot about the game in the dormitory. , finally, the exhausted people fell asleep without even taking off their clothes.

The same is true for Harry. Although he is not the one competing today, he went to Hogsmeade Station with his classmates in physical education class early in the morning to pick them up. He has been worried about Hermione for a long time and is already exhausted. and Neville were the first to close their eyes.

Ron was woken up by Neville's snoring. He was confused for several minutes before he realized what was going on.He held his head and stood up dizzily, looking at his roommates who were sleeping in their clothes, and grinned.

After throwing quilts on everyone, Ron returned to his bed and prepared to take off his clothes to sleep. Then, under the dim candlelight of the dormitory, he saw something shining on his quilt. , that's a coin.

This coin was awarded to him by Professor Brain. He has kept it by his side since he got it. It should have slipped from his pocket to the bed just now.

Ron stared at the coin for a long time, his sleepiness gradually dissipating.

He looked at Harry, who was already sleeping soundly. Somehow, he suddenly remembered the scene when he and Harry rushed into the Slytherin basement to save Ginny. At that time, he was quickly killed by the basilisk. It was a disaster, but Harry struggled with the basilisk until Hermione brought Professor Blaine over.

In fact, it was just over a year ago, but it seems like a long time ago.

Ron looked at Neville again.

As the only course taught by Professor Blaine at Hogwarts, physical education has always been a special existence. Others have heard more or less about what happened in the course. Ron knew that Neville had been unable to follow him recently. The pace of the course put a lot of pressure on him, but he never heard Neville say he wanted to give up.

"I asked for it--"

In the darkness, Ron muttered with a bitter look on his face. He picked up the coin and was about to stuff it back into his robe. When his fingertips touched the cold coin, he thought of Professor Blaine when he was in Hagrid's hut tonight. Smile at him.
call--
The cold wind suddenly came in, and Ron had already rushed out of the door.





(End of this chapter)