Hogwarts from another world

The last Sunday in September.

The sky is clear blue and the clouds are unstained, like a piece of clean blue paper. This was rare good weather, especially for Hogwarts, which had experienced a rainy September.

The students were naturally very happy about this because today was the day to go to Hogsmeade.

For Matthew Wakefield, this is his second trip to Hogsmeade, the only wizarding village in Britain.

The last time was of course last year's Christmas vacation, when he went alone and encountered a weird witch following him, and finally escaped back to Hogwarts through the secret passage of Honeydukes Candy Shop.

During the Easter holiday in April this year, the first-year students originally had the opportunity to go to Hogsmeade. However, as the final exam was approaching, everyone stayed in Hogwarts Castle to review, and Matthew did not go to Hogsmeade. exception.

But this time today, Matthew was no longer alone.

In the morning, while eating in the Great Hall, Matthew bumped into Neville and Hermione; then after breakfast, the three of them left the castle together as a matter of course.

……

Mr. Pringle, the administrator of the castle, stood at the oak gate as usual, checking the names of the students who were allowed to go to Hogsmeade one by one.

And this time is longer than before, because Mr. Pringle needs to use his detector to test each person repeatedly.

On the other side of the oak door, two black figures in cloaks stood there.

They were tall and big, with their faces completely hidden under their hoods, and their hands stretched out under their cloaks. They were gray-white and seemed to be covered with mucus and spots... as if they were corpses that had been soaked in water for a long time and decomposed after death.

Matthew once again felt the biting chill in his heart that he had felt at the castle gate before... He even felt that he could never be happy again.

Dementors!

This was the first time Matthew had been so close to them.

I have to say, this feels extremely emotional, even a little desperate.

Not only Matthew, but Neville and Hermione also turned pale.

Especially Miss Hermione Granger, when she passed through the oak door guarded by the dementors, she even stood a little unsteadily, with tears constantly flowing from her eyes...

This state lasted until almost a quarter of an hour after they left Hogwarts.

Hermione just let go of her hand that was tightly holding Matthew's clothes. On the way, Matthew touched the back of her hand slightly and found that her hand was extremely cold...

She lowered her head, wiping her tears, and gasping for air... finally regained consciousness.

"It's so scary..." she said in a hoarse voice.

"My father said that dementors are the most terrifying creatures in the world." Neville said thoughtfully.

"I heard that Azkaban is full of dementors..." Hermione couldn't help but shudder, "It must be so scary there, I'm afraid it's almost equivalent to hell on earth..."

"Probably." Neville nodded.

"...And the three criminals who escaped from Azkaban..." Hermione continued, "How did they do it... No wonder Hogwarts has to take such strict precautions..."

The three of them just talked about the Dementors and Azkaban while walking along the road to Hogsmeade Village.

There were quite a lot of students on the roadside. After all, it was their first time to go to Hogsmeade this semester, and everyone was very interested.

Since it's autumn, the leaves on the trees on the roadside have turned yellow, and they fall to the ground, dyeing the rough road yellow.

The three people's shoes stepped on the leaves, and they heard a rustling sound.

……

Soon, they arrived at their destination.

At the entrance to Hogsmeade, Matthew saw brothers Fred and George Weasley, who were pointing at the contents of Zuko's Joke Shop in front of the window.

"Where are we going?" Matthew asked softly.

"Let's go to Two Broomsticks for a glass of butterbeer first," Neville suggested. "I still feel a little cold..."

Matthew had no problem with this, even though the influence of the Dementors was already minimal to him.

They continued along the road, past the post office, from which owls flew out every once in a while.

Matthew remembered a path next to the post office that led to the Pig's Head Bar... He could vaguely see the rusty bracket and the wild boar's head painted on it... A middle-aged man dressed as a waiter was pouring wine at the door. Something.

I don't know why, but when he saw the sign of the Pig's Head Bar again, Matthew suddenly felt an extremely uncomfortable feeling in his heart.

The last time he entered that bar more than half a year ago, he had never felt like this.

Fortunately, they did not stop and continued to move forward.

Crossing the road, they soon found themselves inside the warm Two Broomsticks pub.

……

There were so many people in the bar, almost all of them were packed; a beautiful middle-aged woman was greeting the guests; and a bald, middle-aged wizard was handing five or six wine glasses of different colors to the guests. to each table.

Matthew and Hermione stood for about ten minutes before they found an empty small table, and they quickly sat down.

Then Neville came back with three frothy cups of steaming butterbeer.

"Finally I can take a rest!" He sat down and picked up a glass of butterbeer, "Cheers!"

Matthew took a sip and had to say that it tasted great, at least much better than the mead he drank here last time.

And because it's so hot, your whole body is filled with warmth after drinking it.

"It feels much more comfortable this way." Hermione couldn't help but sigh.

At this moment, a gust of cool wind suddenly messed up Matthew's hair.

The door of the two broomsticks was opened. Matthew looked over the rim of the cup and suddenly choked.

"That seems to be...Professor Slughorn!" Neville pointed at the door and whispered.

The balding Mr Rosmerta has eagerly embraced the past, where he is mainly responsible for entertaining "distinguished guests".

Horace Slughorn swaggered into the bar, and he was not alone; behind him, there was also a first-year girl.

Normally, first-year students can only come to Hogsmeade during the Christmas and Easter holidays, but if a teacher brings them with them, that's another matter... That's why Miss Elaine Shafik can appear here today. .

Like a lioness, Hermione Granger glared at Matthew and Neville fiercely.

As if to warn them not to say hello to Slughorn!