A day at Hogwarts

Gryffindor and Hufflepuff second-years learn to repot a Mandrake together in Greenhouse Three for their first lesson of the year.

Charles was in a group with Seamus, Neville, and Hannah. Before Professor Sprout gave a lecture, everyone chatted about the Howler letter that Ron had just received.

Seamus asked Charles gloomily, "Did you know this was going to happen?"

Charles ran very early just now, and gave some girls earmuffs, saying that he didn't know and didn't believe anyone.

Charles smiled and said, "I have a bit of talent for divination."

At this time, the class started, and everyone stopped chatting and listened carefully to Professor Sprout's lecture on the habits and dangers of mandrakes.

Charles listened carefully, because the old man had a tactic of "flying mandrakes and biting kale", which was especially suitable for lazy people.

He was wondering how many basilisks could the basilisk hold if the mandrakes that had been fertilized with Muggle fertilizers to promote root development were thrown out?

It was not easy to repot the lively mandrakes. They were so strong and stubborn that Charles wanted to use a stun spell.

One class left everyone sweating profusely, and the Gryffindor students had to take a shower before going to the Transfiguration classroom to learn how to turn beetles into buttons.

There was something unexpected in class, and a cloud of gray smoke with the smell of rotten eggs made Charles stumble.

At noon, everyone rested in the courtyard of the castle after lunch. As soon as Charles finished speaking with Professor Sprout, Harry came to find him.

Harry asked Charles: "Is there any work you want to hire someone to do now?"

Charles asked with a question mark: "Why, are you short of money?"

Harry has a lot of money in the Potter family treasury in Gringotts, but before he became an adult, there was a limit on how much money he could use. There was a lot of money in the cash box in his room at No. 3 Privet Drive, but it was all in British pounds. The red envelope given by Charles on his birthday was eaten and drank in Diagon Alley, and there was not much money in his pocket.

But he didn't spend much money at Hogwarts, at most he bought some stationery and let Ruby go to Hogsmeade to buy snacks, so he wasn't in short supply.

Charles wondered why he had to work part-time to earn money, raised his eyebrows, and asked with a smirk, "Why, do you have a girl you like? Are you going to start giving gifts?"

Harry shook his head quickly: "No, no, it was because Ron's wand was broken by the Whomping Willow yesterday, and it was almost useless. He couldn't ask his family for it, so he could only find a way to make money by himself."

Charles thought for a while, the price of the wand was around 10 Galleons, which is not a small sum for a second grader, but he had nothing to do at the moment, so he could only shake his head and say, "I don't have anything to do right now. , I just applied to Professor Sprout to reclaim new land, but it will take a while to get results."

"Or let him go to Fred and George, they are also helping me."

Harry also shook his head and said, "He went to look for it just now, but his wand didn't work, so he was rejected."

The twins are making rockets, and they will blow up if they are not careful. It is normal not to let Ron touch them.

Charles thought of the car that ran into the Forbidden Forest, and wanted to go through a process to buy it, but the car belonged to Mr. Weasley, and the money couldn't reach Ron, and Ron didn't dare to ask his family for money.

In Ron's situation, it is estimated that there is no way to make a difference as a middleman.

Let Ron go to the horse people's liaison office to pay for nothing? Charles was afraid that Mrs. Weasley would kill him at Hogwarts, and Dumbledore might not be able to stop her at that time.

"I can't help it either." Charles finally shook his head, because he had no job opportunities here.

He didn't mention borrowing money. If Ron was willing to borrow money, he would have asked himself a long time ago, so he didn't mention it.

At this time, there were two people walking towards this side. Percy was looking for something from Charles, and the other was Colin Creevey, a cute first-year Gryffindor with a camera. He looked at Harry with a smile on his face. A hint of frenzy and excitement.

Charles followed Percy to a place where no one was around. After Percy asked, Charles realized that he wanted to ask himself how he could use his broomstick within a year.

Needless to say, it must have been because Fred and George hadn't considered that first-years couldn't bring their own broomsticks when they helped Ginny buy broomsticks.

Now the twins have to ask the good student Percy to go to Professor McGonagall, and Percy comes to Charles to learn from the experience.

Charles rolled his eyes and said seriously: "The main reason why Hogwarts does not allow first-year students to bring their own broomsticks is because they are worried that students will be in danger if they can't use them correctly, just like Neville fell from the sky last year."

"However, as long as you can prove that you can use the broomstick correctly, just like I got Mrs. Hooch's approval and Harry's actual performance at that time, Professor McGonagall will agree in principle, but may have other ideas specifically. "

"To be on the safe side, I suggest starting from two aspects at the same time."

"On the one hand, let Ginny, like me, perform well in flight lessons and get Madam Hooch's approval."

"On the other hand, I've heard that the Gryffindor Quidditch team has only one Seeker now, and that they can go to Wood and put Ginny in the reserves. If both Wood and Harry think Ginny can get a foothold in the reserves , Professor McGonagall would be more inclined to agree."

After listening to it, Percy felt that what he said made sense, and thanked him: "Thank you, your suggestion is very useful."

At this time, there was a commotion in the courtyard, Colin Creevey was taking pictures of Harry, and Malfoy came over to taunt, and the two sides changed from talking to hands.

It was Ron who shot first, but his sticky wand stopped after two sparks appeared.

Malfoy sneered to death: "Just your broken wand, I stand here, let you three curses not fight back!"

The Slytherins watching the excitement burst into laughter, and someone whistled to tell Ron to cast a spell quickly.

Seamus stood silently behind Ron, and the other side fell silent for a moment.

Ron's face turned as red as Ginny saw Harry, gritted his teeth, and cast the spell again.

This time the wand in his hand flew out with a "whoosh", hitting Malfoy on the forehead.

Malfoy fell to the ground in response, and a large green lump appeared on his forehead, the size of an apple, beating like a heart.

Professor Flitwick happened to be passing by, and he was a little scared when he saw this situation, so he immediately asked someone to take Malfoy to the school infirmary.

It was time for class, and on the way to the classroom, Ron kept sighing: "Oh, without a wand, anyone can bully me."

Seamus said aside, "It's okay, the wizards in Africa can cast spells without a wand."

Ron shook his head and said, "Hogwarts doesn't have any professors from Africa."

Simo thought for a while and said excitedly: "We read a book about how to cast spells with bare hands during the training before going to Africa!"

But he was soon discouraged: "But that book is in the restricted section."

At this time, Hermione said to them seriously: "It is against the school rules to read books in the restricted section without the professor's consent!"

She was a little worried that Ron would run into the restricted area at night, and it would be troublesome if he was caught.

Now Ron can't do anything, he can't find the professor to get a note to enter the restricted area.

Although he could use Harry's invisibility cloak to sneak away in the middle of the night, he just made a serious mistake. If he was caught, it would not be the screaming letter but the furious mother.

Charles just listened from the sidelines, thinking about other things, because the classroom of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class was actually the place where the annual BOSS was done at the end of last semester on the fourth floor of the castle.