Chapter 82 The end of the first school year (5k word chapter)(1/2)
Fred and George didn't win this time.
Cedric Diggory lived up to his expectations and won first place in the Defense Against the Dark Arts exam in his third year, and successfully obtained the spooky wooden amulet that Dracula randomly made.
The first place in the second year was won by a Ravenclaw girl named Autumn Zhang.
However, to their surprise, first-year Hermione Granger did not get the first place in Defense Against the Dark Arts as they expected, although she was first in all other subjects.
name.
First-year Defense Against the Dark Arts winner is Harry Potter!
"Harry, do you think we treat you well?" On the night when the results came out, Fred and George each put their arms around Harry's shoulders and asked seriously.
"It's... quite good... whether it's in the Gryffindor common room or on the Quidditch pitch, you all take good care of me." Harry didn't know what the two of them meant, so he said in a daze,
"What...what happened? Did I do something wrong?"
"No, you did nothing wrong." George said sadly, "but you did us serious harm!"
"I...what's wrong with me?" The kind-hearted Harry suddenly felt guilty, not knowing that he had done something unintentionally harmful.
"Harry, how could you steal Hermione's first place in Defense Against the Dark Arts?" Fred said sadly, patting Harry on the shoulder.
"ah?"
Harry was horrified, and subconsciously glanced at the schoolbag in his arms, thinking that he had exposed a diary tutoring matter.
However, what George said next made him lose his desire to communicate with the two of them——
"The two of us made a bet with the stupid big guys from Slytherin that Hermione could get Professor Dracula's amulet. Do you know the psychology of those purebloods who claim to be extraordinary? They don't believe it at all.
It was impossible for a Muggle-born wizard to get first place, so they bet me a full ten galleons."
"At first we all thought everything was safe, but in the end it was you who got the amulet..."
George made exaggerated gestures with his hands, wiping tears while wailing exaggeratedly. "That's ten galleons, Harry! My father's weekly salary is only that much!"
Listening to George's complaint, Harry's eyes seemed to flash with a red light.
"Fred, George, I think you should stop gambling!" He suddenly shouted, "You also know that ten galleons is Mr. Weislai's weekly salary. Then have you ever thought about it, if you will do it in the future?
What if you lose more?!"
"Those guys in Slytherin can afford to lose! If they lose money, they can only go back and get scolded. But what about you? If you lose to an extent that you can't afford, it may affect your younger brothers and sisters.
There’s a whole Wes family life!”
Fred and George looked at the emotional Harry and stayed there in confusion.
"We know we were wrong, Harry." George said without confidence, "Why did you yell so loudly? You almost scared us to death."
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[In other words, it is currently the best for reading and listening to books,@
This can be said to be a crucial game.
Slytherin College currently ranks first in the college score rankings. Thanks to Snape's "unremitting efforts", Slytherin College has received a total of 442 points, followed closely by
Ravenclaw had 426 points, and Gryffindor ranked third with 412 points.
Although Gryffindor is only in third place, the point gap between them and Slytherin is not big. As long as Gryffindor's team can win the Quidditch Cup, they can get fifty points.
A large amount of extra points, thus overtaking Slytherin and winning the Academy Cup!
And the Gryffindor team has a great chance of winning.
Thanks to Harry's outstanding performance, they have defeated the Hufflepuff team and the Slytherin team one after another, opening up a big gap with the second-placed Slytherin team.
Therefore, as long as they can defeat Ravenclaw, or even if they don't get too far behind, they can win the final Quidditch trophy!
In this crucial game, Harry, who defeated Quirrell and drove away Voldemort, was in very good condition. Within an hour, he successfully caught the Golden Snitch and won the title for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
victory.
Including the fifty points from the Quidditch Cup, Gryffindor's house score reached 462 points in one time, surpassing Slytherin and Ravenclaw and ranking first!
As soon as the game ended, the little Gryffindor lions couldn't wait to lift Harry up and throw him high into the sky.
In the evening, Gryffindor Tower was decorated with lights and the celebrations had begun in advance.
They celebrated enthusiastically that Gryffindor blocked Slytherin's record of winning the House Cup for six consecutive years and successfully took over the honor of the House Cup!
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However, they forgot that there were still three days before the year-end banquet officially started——
Snape didn't know whether he really wanted Slytherin to keep his position in the House Cup, or whether he wanted Harry to convert his feelings for him into disgust again, or both.
In the remaining three days, he was like crazy, deducting points from Gryffindor day and night. If he caught any small problem, he would get five points, and he would deduct ten points upwards. Soon, Gryffindor
It's basically the same as Slytherin's score.
So, on the afternoon of the last day of the first year, Harry came to Snape's Potions Professor's office and had a heated argument with him——
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"Professor Snape, why did you do this?" Harry asked with a painful expression, "You can obviously be a good person, why do you have to make me hate you?"
On the one hand, Snape's usual behavior is indeed very unpleasant, especially the little lions of Gryffindor, who are deeply disgusted with him, as was Harry in the past; on the other hand, Snape
Nep happened to try to save his life twice in a row, so now Harry couldn't bear any hatred towards him.
Snape was organizing his potion ingredients nonchalantly, as if he didn't hear Harry's question.
However, if you look carefully, you can see that his expression is very stiff, and the movements of his hands are just unconsciously breaking off the herbs one by one.
"You are overthinking, Potter." After a long silence, he slowly said, "Isn't it normal for me to want my college to win the College Cup? Or do you think I should help Gryffindor in turn?
Get more trophies, so that you can be considered a 'good person' as you call it,?"
"Don't be so self-righteous, Potter, and don't think the whole world revolves around you!"
Snape threw the last two herbs into the jar in front of him and said carefully.
Facing Snape's taunt, Harry's face turned red.
A red light flashed from his eyes, and his emotions suddenly became excited.
"Don't you just want me to hate you? Come on, take some points off me!" He shouted uncontrollably, "I tell you, I was really blind to be grateful to you!"
Snape stopped moving and raised the corners of his mouth indifferently.
"Sure enough, the Potters have always been so stupid, arrogant and self-righteous." He said coldly,
"Then as you wish..."
"For contradicting the professor, fifty points will be deducted from Gryffindor!"
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That night, Harry left the Potions Master's office alone and distraught, climbed the spiral staircase leading to the entrance courtyard, and came to the Great Hall for the end-of-year banquet.
When he arrived at the auditorium, it was already full of people.
The auditorium was decorated with the green and silver colors representing Slytherin to celebrate their seventh consecutive Academy Cup win. A huge banner with a snake painted on the wall behind the guest chair hung on the wall.
As soon as Harry walked in, he was pulled to the Gryffindor table by Ron and Hermione.
"Harry, do you know? Gryffindor was suddenly deducted fifty points just now!" Ron said to Harry angrily, "Now we can't catch up with him even if we win another Quidditch Cup.
Trin."
"Yeah, I don't know who allowed Snape to seize such a big opportunity." Hermione slapped the book in her hand on the table angrily, not even in the mood to study anymore.
Harry was startled for a moment, and his mood suddenly dropped.
"Stop talking, that person is me." He said softly.
Ron and Hermione fell silent and looked at Harry in surprise.
"What happened, Harry?" Ron asked, "Didn't you reconcile with Snape?"
"I feel like we will never reconcile in this life." Harry said sadly. He didn't know why he was so easily emotional these days. "I want to talk to him about deducting points from Gryffindor.
We talked...but I couldn't control my emotions, and we got into a fight later..."
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Hermione wanted to continue asking, but at this moment, Dumbledore walked into the auditorium.
He walked out from the side of the professor's chair with a smile and waved enthusiastically to everyone. The noise in the auditorium gradually subsided, and Hermione chose not to ask any more questions. After all, the deal was done.
"Another year has passed!" Dumbledore walked to his seat, did not sit down, but stood there happily and said, "Before enjoying these delicious dishes, I must trouble everyone to listen to an old man's words.
It’s a cliche, let me just say a few words..."
Different from the speeches given by the principals of various Muggle schools, what Dumbledore said about speaking a few words is really speaking a few words.
After he finished his two-sentence speech and motivational speech, he immediately began the link that the little snakes of Slytherin were most looking forward to, and the little lions of Gryffindor least wanted to face -
"Now, as far as I know, we first have to hold the Academy Cup award ceremony. The specific scores of each academy are as follows: fourth place, Hufflepuff, 352 points; third place, Gryffindor,
Three hundred and eighty-seven points; Ravenclaw 426 points, Slytherin 442 points."
To be continued...