Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

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"Thestrals, can anyone tell me why some people can see them and others can't?" Hagrid said.

Hermione immediately raised her hand. After learning about Thestrals with the help of Aiwen on the first day of school, she went back and checked a lot of information.

"Say it!" said Hagrid, smiling at her.

"Because only those who have seen death can see thestrals," she said.

"By the way!" Hagrid said seriously, "Ten points from Gryffindor, thestrals are a unique magical power..."

"Ahem, ahem." Here came Umbridge, standing a few feet away from them, still in her green hat and cloak, clipboard in hand.

Hagrid, who had never heard of Umbridge's fake cough, looked at a Thestral next to him with some concern, apparently thinking it was the sound.

He was a little worried, this thestral must be sick, otherwise why would it make such a strange sound.

"Cough, cough." Umbridge fake coughed again.

"Oh, hello!" Hagrid smiled, discovering the source of the strange noise.

"Did you get the note I sent to your cabin this morning?" Umbridge continued as she had spoken to Hagrid last time, speaking slowly and loudly, as if the other party was a foreigner and mentally retarded, "said I want to come to your class."

"Oh, got it!" said Hagrid brightly, "I'm glad you found the place! Look at these, I don't know, can you see them? We're talking about Thestrals today..."

"I'm sorry!" Umbridge said loudly, cupping his hands to his ears, frowning. "What did you say?"

Hagrid looked a little puzzled by Umbridge's reaction.

"Uh, thestrals!" he said loudly, louder, "big black horses, uh, with wings, you know!"

He flapped his thick arms eagerly to show Umbridge the Thestrals.

Umbridge raised an eyebrow at him, writing and reading on the clipboard, just as loudly.

"I can't express it accurately, I have to rely on clumsy gestures..." She raised her head and smiled, "You continue with the class and don't worry about me."

"Okay!" said Hagrid, turning to face the students, looking a little flustered. "Uh, where did I just say that?"

"Looks like I have a poor memory, and can't remember the lecture..." said Umbridge, loud enough for everyone to hear.

The Slytherins looked like Christmas had come two months early, and Hermione was flushing with anger.

"Oh!" Hagrid glanced uneasily at Umbridge's clipboard, but continued bravely, "Yes, I was about to tell you how this herd got here. Well, it started with just one stallion And five mares, this one's called Wuwu!"

He patted the first Thestral, even though it was invisible to many.

"Woo, woo, woo!" Wuwu let out a cry, and rubbed Hagrid affectionately.

"It's my favorite. It's the first horse born in this forest. Everyone can come and pet it, or ride it!"

"Sorry, did you know?" Umbridge interrupted loudly, "The Ministry of Magic has listed thestrals as dangerous animals?"

"No, thestrals are not dangerous! Of course, if you get really upset, they might bite you, just like dogs..."

"Unabashedly, a delight in brutality!" Umbridge wrote again in his notebook.

"No, it's not!" said Hagrid, getting a little anxious. "I mean, dogs do bite, don't they? Thestrals just have a bad reputation for being associated with dead people. People used to think it was bad luck, didn't they?" Just ignorance, right?"

Umbridge didn't answer. She made the last note, looked up at Hagrid, and said slowly and loudly, "Please continue with the lecture as usual. I'm going to walk around among the students and just mention a few Question, about your past performance."

She gestured as she spoke so that Hagrid would understand, she pointed to a student at random when she said "students", and pretended to walk again when she said "walk around", and finally "asked a question" , she pointed to her mouth, indicating to speak.

Obviously, Umbridge wasn't examining Hagrid's lecture level, she was doubting Hagrid's IQ, and regarded him as a giant who couldn't communicate.

Hagrid stared at her, clearly not understanding why she thought he didn't know normal English.

There were tears of anger in Hermione's eyes, and when she talked about it with Ivan later, she still hated it to death.

"Hare, wicked hag!" she said indignantly, "ugly, perverted, vicious toad!"

Umbridge finally asked Pansy, through this period of time, she has figured out the situation of Hogwarts!

She knows who to stay away from, who to rely on, who to suppress, and most of the Slytherin students are on her side.

"Honey, what do you think!" Umbridge asked Pansy Parkinson crisply, "Can you understand Professor Hagrid?"

Like Hermione, Pansy had tears in her eyes, but those tears came from laughter.

She tried her best not to laugh, and answered intermittently.

"No, I can't do it, because he often sounds like a purr, and I don't understand what he is talking about, and I don't understand the meaning of these sounds."

"Very good, I can't express it correctly, I can only make a sound of woo, woo, woo that doesn't make sense." Umbridge wrote on the clipboard.

The patches of Hagrid's unbruised skin flushed suddenly, but he tried to pretend he didn't hear Pansy's answer.

Chapter 992 Protective Measures and Confidentiality

"Well, thestrals are good things." Hagrid was a little incoherent. "By the way, when they are tamed, like this group, you won't get lost. Your sense of direction is amazing. Just tell them you want to go. where……"

"Of course, assuming they understand you." A burst of laughter broke out from the Slytherin crowd.

Umbridge smiled indulgently at them too, then turned to Neville.

"You can see thestrals, can't you, Longbottom?" she asked.

"Yeah!" Neville nodded.

"Who did you see dead?" she asked indifferently.

"My grandpa," said Neville, very quietly.

"What do you think of them? That's what Professor Hagrid said about Wuwu and his ilk?" she said, waving a stubby hand at the black Pegasus.

At this moment, they had torn a large part of Hagrid's corpse "food" to the bones.

"Hmm!" Neville said nervously, glancing at Hagrid, "Well, they, um, look pretty good."

"Okay, students dare not admit to being afraid," Umbridge read, making a few more notes on the clipboard.

"No!" said Neville uneasily, "I'm not afraid of them!"

"It's okay." Umbridge patted Neville on the shoulder and smiled understandingly.

But no matter how you look at this expression, it looks a bit like a smirk.

"There, Hagrid!" she said again in a slow, loud voice, turning to look up at him, "I think I've got enough information that you'll have the results of your investigation within ten days. "

As before, she made gestures while speaking, and when she said "ten days", she stretched out her stubby ten fingers; ’, she pointed to her clipboard again, as if Hagrid was retarded.

Then, smiling even more smugly, looking more like a toad than ever under the cuckold, she hurried out from among the students.

All the Slytherins were laughing, Hermione was shaking with rage, and Neville looked confused and annoyed.

"That evil, hypocritical, perverted ugly bastard!" said Hermione angrily.

When she told Ai Wen about the protection of magical animals class, she seemed to be a little bit unable to control her anger again!

"You see what she's trying to do?" Hermione went on. "It's her half-animal trick again, she wants to make Hagrid a mentally retarded troll just because his mother is a giant, It's not fair, the class wasn't bad. I mean, it would be fine if it was another snail or something dangerous, but thestrals are good, I didn't expect him to show us thestrals. Honestly , for Hagrid, they are really good!"

"Umbridge said they were dangerous," said Ron.

"Come on, like Hagrid said, they can take care of themselves." Hermione said impatiently, "They've been living at Hogwarts for many years, and I don't think a teacher like Graplan would normally be in NEWTs Taught this before exams. But, they sure are interesting, aren't they? Some see them, some don't, and I wish I could see..."

She stopped abruptly, realizing what she was saying, and looking suddenly terrified.

"Oh, sorry, of course I don't want to, that's such a stupid thing to say!" said Hermione hastily.

"Ivan, is there any way you can teach that woman a lesson, like you did last time?" Harry said gloomily.

"She doesn't give us a chance now, even the confinement is cancelled!" Aiwen said, finishing his history of magic homework, "Actually, as long as we do our DA work well and learn a few more magics, it will be good for Wu. Mlitch hit back the most. Think about what Sirius said, she came to Hogwarts mainly to prevent us from doing combat training, and we are now training under her nose, doing what she and the Ministry of Magic don't want us Things to do."

"you're right!"

Time flies, and the twice-weekly Dumbledore's Army events have become part of many people's lives.

Harry, for example, felt as if he were wearing a talisman on his chest, a hot secret that sustained him through Umbridge's lessons, and even made him look at her horrible toad eyes and smile gently, making him Can ignore each other.

Ivan was right, the DA was resisting her right under her nose, doing what she and the Ministry of Magic feared the most.

Harry's performance in the event is really good, he is always the first to learn the spell, he is very talented in actual combat.

This is his strong point, and Ivan has noticed this for a long time.

He can even teach others now, helping those who are slow to learn, and sharing a large part of Aiwen's burden.

After learning the Disarming Curse, Iron Armor Curse and Petrification Curse, they now start to challenge more difficult spells, such as Stunning Curse, Obstacle Curse and Crushing Curse, etc., and start actual combat training step by step, first the confrontation between two people, and then It is the acromantula and other animals provided by Hagrid.

Except for Ron who has not been able to overcome the fear of spiders, the others have not panicked when they saw these terrifying creatures for the first time, and they can skillfully use various spells when fighting against the giant spider, even the first-year freshmen , which is a very rare progress.

In addition, Aiwen also uses transformation magic to transform into various creatures to fight with everyone.

The number of DAs continues to increase, and new members are introduced to join almost every meeting.

After a spell class, Astoria apologized and explained to Aiwen why she did not join. She supported Aiwen herself and wanted to join them, but the main reason was that she cared too much about other people around her. If you don't have the courage to take the first step, it will take time.

Although it is a pity that people from Slytherin House cannot be recruited, Dumbledore's Army has now begun to take shape!

Aven has cast tight protective spells and curses to keep the secret from being revealed.

If it weren't for the fact that there was no way to use the Loyalty Charm on the Room of Requirement, he originally planned to hide the address completely, just like the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix.

Because of the increase in the number of people, and because of the Quidditch training, the training time had to be changed at any time, they could not inform other people of the activity time and learning content, preparations, etc. as before, because if people from different colleges frequently pass through Talking in the auditorium is easy to make people suspicious.

Hermione planned to give each member a fake Galleon, and she cast a change spell on it so that the numbers on it could change.

By then, everyone will know when the next event will be held!

Chapter 993 The Double Mirror on the Gold Coin

Hermione's idea is great, and Ivan thinks it can be further improved to make the functions of these "gold coins" more perfect.

The use of Galleon as a communication tool is for the convenience of hiding and will not be discovered by others.

But if there is only the function of "change the number above", it is too simple!

After Aiwen's improvement, only the person who wears it can enter the Room of Response.

Now, in addition to being able to connect with each other through them, as long as one party has the intention, they can also feel the position of that person.

And each of these fake Galleons is unique, which means only they can use it.

If they fall into the wrong hands, the magic on them is lost, enhancing secrecy.

After the latest training, Hermione distributed the gold coins she and Ivan made to everyone.

When Ron saw the gold coins in the basket, he suddenly became very excited, so he really wanted to give out gold coins.

"Wait a minute, Ron, don't take it casually. There are numbers on these gold coins, which correspond to everyone."

"Number?" Ron said blankly, "What's that? Isn't this Galleon? Isn't it real?"

"Of course it's not true!" Hermione said angrily, "You don't even think about it, why should I send you money!"

"These Galleons are our future contact items." Aiwen explained, "I left a magic in it, making it only usable. The order of the numbers is the order in which you signed your names on the list. Corresponding to each other, I am the first, Hermione is the second, and then Fred, George, Harry, Ron, Colin..."

A few minutes later, everyone received their own gold coins, and they held them in their hands and flipped through them repeatedly.

"What's the use of this thing? It looks the same as the real Galleon."

"Did you see the number on the edge of the coin?" Hermione held up a coin for everyone to see, and the coin glowed yellow under the torchlight. Goblins, but the numbers on these counterfeit coins will change to show the time of the next rally. The coin will heat up when the time changes, and if you put it in your pocket, you can feel it. We each take one, Alvin is sure When it’s time for the next meeting, I will modify the number on his coin, because I cast a change spell, as long as his coin changes, everyone’s coins will also change.”

After Hermione finished speaking, everyone was silent. She looked at the faces looking up at her, a little embarrassed.

"Well, what's the matter with you, I thought it was a good idea!" She said uncertainly, "I discussed it with Ivan, and we both think we need such a contact item. I think, even if Umbridge wants to flip There is nothing suspicious about carrying a Galleon in our pocket, is it? And Ivan also changed it, but, well, if you don’t want to use it..."

"You can cast a changing spell?" Terry?Bout asked.

"Yes," said Hermione.

"But that's, that's the NEWTs level!" He said weakly.

"Oh!" Hermione realized what was going on, and she tried to be humble. "Yeah, I think so!"

"Why aren't you in Ravenclaw?" He looked at Hermione in amazement and asked, "You have such a brain, I have never seen a student like you who can use such advanced spells in fifth grade, There are very few people in the school who can do it."

"The sorting hat is seriously considering putting me in Ravenclaw." Hermione said lightly, "but it finally decided on Gryffindor, and I think Ivan is much smarter than me. These Galleons have more improvements."

She turned around and came to Ai Wen, and shook her small fist at Ai Wen while others were not paying attention.

Then, Hermione pushed Ivan out, letting the guy secretly laugh at herself behind her.

"It's like this. In order to enhance security, I cast a magic spell on the door of the room. Only members who carry this Gallon can pass through, making it a symbol of DA," Aiwen said, "Besides , everyone can also look at the back of the gold coin, the number on it can also be changed, you just need to adjust it like this..."

Under everyone's attention, Ivan changed the number to number three, which was Fred's number.