the next day.
King's Cross Station was as busy as ever, but today there was a group of special passengers, who were wearing somewhat unconventional outfits and walking hurriedly between the platforms.
What is even more eye-catching is that there is always a large birdcage on their luggage cart, which contains various kinds of owls.
Some new guards looked at them curiously, but more veteran guards looked as if they were used to it.
It's like this every year. Maybe there's an Owl Festival going on somewhere and they're used to it.
On Platform 9, a red steam train was parked nearby, and the area was bustling with parents picking up and dropping off their children.
"Thank you for bringing me here, Dobby." Kyle said, looking at the house-elf beside him.
Kyle originally wanted to take the Knight Bus because school started today, but Dobby offered to give him a ride.
The advantage of doing this is that you don’t need to go through the station and can go directly to the platform, which is quite convenient.
"Dobby is glad to be of help to Mr. Kyle," the elf said happily.
"Harry isn't here yet, do you want to wait a while?" Kyle checked the time, "Probably just a few minutes."
Dobby was somewhat tempted, but after hesitating for a moment, he shook his head.
"No, Dobby has a lot of work to do today, and the Invisible Beast needs to be looked after." The elf said, "Can Mr. Kyle give Dobby's regards to Harry Potter?"
"Of course."
After receiving an affirmative answer, the elf bowed happily and then disappeared on the spot.
"Kyle!"
Kanna came over from a distance carrying a suitcase. "When did you arrive? I didn't see you coming in from the station entrance."
"The house-elf sent me here," said Kyle. "By Apparating."
"That's so convenient." said Connor.
Soon, Cedric and Cho arrived.
The Weasleys still hadn't arrived, so they decided to grab a seat on the train.
Because it was almost time for the train to depart, they walked from the front to the back of the train before finally finding an empty compartment.
"How was your holiday?" Qiu put the gift on the shelf and said depressedly, "I stayed at home for two months. My mother originally wanted to take me to Sydney for a trip, but it fell through due to work problems."
"I went to Hampshire, where my grandfather lives," said Cedric. "My father said things were not going well recently, so he insisted that I go there, and he didn't bring me back until yesterday afternoon."
"By the way, Kyle." He turned his head, "I heard that you received a warning letter from the Ministry of Magic. What's going on?"
"Did you receive a warning letter?" Kanna asked nervously.
"How did you know that?" Kyle asked, "There shouldn't be any reports of this in the newspapers."
"My father said so," Cedric said. "I got him drunk yesterday and found out a lot about the Ministry of Magic."
“…”
Well, he is a good son to Mr. Diggory.
"Nothing." Kyle looked at Cedric speechlessly, then shook his head, "Everything has been resolved. It was just a misunderstanding."
"I guess it has something to do with You-Know-Who," Connor said. "I read the Daily Prophet, and it says every day that Dumbledore is a lunatic. Apparently the Ministry of Magic doesn't want to admit that You-Know-Who is back. That must be why you're involved."
"That's true," Kyle said, "but it's resolved now."
A loud whistle sounded.
"The train is about to leave." Cedric opened the window and looked out. "Strange, why haven't Fred and George come yet? Kyle, aren't you with them?"
Kyle shook his head. "No, I came here alone."
He also found it a bit strange. Given Mrs. Weasley's character, it was impossible for her not to arrive so late.
"It seems that they are really late." Qiu couldn't help but frowned.
"No, they are coming!"
Kyle subconsciously looked outside, and just as the train was about to leave the station, Fred and George finally appeared.
They Apparated into the carriage at the last moment.
"Huh... we're finally here." Fred leaned against the box door, breathing heavily.
"What's going on." Kyle handed him a bottle of pumpkin soda, "Where are Harry and the others? Why are only you two here?"
"Moody was attacked." Fred said after taking a big sip of pumpkin soda, "This morning, a Death Eater broke into his house."
"How's Professor Moody?" Cedric asked.
"He was injured, but fortunately it was nothing serious." George said, "Sturges happened to be looking for him at the time, and saw the Killing Curse fly over his head with his own eyes."
"That was a close call, wasn't it?" said Fred. "Moody nearly got killed."
"It's not that easy." Qiu said, "Don't forget that Professor Moody is the most famous Auror. It's not that easy for the Death Eaters to kill him."
"Maybe." George said. "And everyone thought that the Death Eaters were probably still lying in wait near King's Cross Station, ready to attack Harry, so they were extra cautious on the road."
"But no one noticed the time..."
"By the time we got to King's Cross we were already late."
"George and I ran the fastest," said Fred, "but Harry and the others bowed too much."
As he spoke, he leaned his head out and looked out the window.
However, by this time the train had already gone very far away, and there was no trace of the platform behind it.
"Oops, I don't know how Ginny is going to get to school."
"Too bad we can't Apparate with anyone yet."
"Don't worry." Kyle said, "The adults are here. They will definitely find a way to send Ginny to Hogwarts."
"That's true." George came and sat down next to Cedric, "Mom won't stand to see Ginny and Ron late."
"I just don't know what they're going to do." Fred also sat next to him, "Wait, George, do you think Sirius's new car can fly?"
They were both stunned at the same time.
"If that's the case..." George said dryly, "I won't be able to sleep at night."
"Me too."
"It's easy. You can ask around when you get to school and find out," Cedric said. "But don't you find it strange that the Death Eaters suddenly attacked Professor Moody?"
"Maybe he wants to find out Harry's whereabouts from him." George sighed, "Everyone knows that the You-Know-Who has always wanted to get rid of Harry."
"But we can't figure out why it's Professor Moody," said Fred. "He's obviously a tough nut to crack."
"Do you think... could it be related to the Defense Against the Dark Arts curse?" Qiu said hesitantly. "Isn't it strange? Both professors last school year were fine. This has never happened before."
After hearing what Qiu said, everyone realized that this seemed to be possible.
Indeed, in the previous few decades, every Defense Against the Dark Arts professor could only teach for one year, except Moody and Sirius who managed to hold on until the end of the school year, and left Hogwarts with everyone else during the holidays.
At first everyone thought that it was because of the two professors that the curse was shared between them. As a result, Moody was suddenly attacked on the day before school started.
If there is no connection between the two, it would be too much of a coincidence.
(End of this chapter)
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