Hogwarts: From Squibs to Greatness

Chapter 137 Cedric Diggory and the Kind Reminder
In the days that followed, John continued his study and research life.

Lupine's teaching is as high as ever, and his next lectures are as lively and interesting as the first one.

After learning the Boggarts, they learned about the Red Hood, a hideous little goblin-like thing that lurks where blood has once been shed, in the dungeons of castles, in the tunnels of abandoned battlegrounds, waiting to be killed with a big The stick strikes the lost.

After the red hats, they moved on to the kaba, a watery reptile that looked like a scaly monkey with webbed hands, ready to strangle any unsuspecting wader in their ponds. Fantastic Beasts
Defense Against the Dark Arts directly reversed its bad reputation and became most people's favorite class.

It's just that compared to the Defense Against the Dark Arts class that everyone loves, Potions class is still scary. Professor Snape's mood has been particularly bad since the beginning of this semester.

Everyone knows the reason for this, after all, when Neville faced Boggart in the Gryffindor class.

News of the Boggart's transformation into Snape's and Neville's dressing him in his grandmother's clothes quickly spread like wildfire through the school.

Snape seemed to think that this matter was not funny at all, and from then on, whenever he heard Professor Lupine's name mentioned, his eyes would stare viciously,
And now he's trying harder to pick on Neville.

Because of its dean, Slytherin students, or those pure-blood students, did not treat Professor Lupine very well.

The most conspicuous of them is naturally Draco Malfoy and his gang of Slytherin accomplices.

"Look what his robes have become," Malfoy said deliberately so that everyone could hear him as Professor Lupine passed by. "He's dressed like our old elf."

This is because Malfoy somehow got a few photos of Professor Lupine's down and out days.

But no one cared about Professor Lupine's past except them.

At the same time, I don't know if it's because the divination professor Trelawney's tricks are really superb, and the divination class is considered a relatively popular course in many people's minds.

But for those who hate Professor Trelawney's endless death predictions and vague teaching methods, this course is disgusting and scary for some people.

The representative figure among them is naturally our savior-Harry Potter.

Since the other party witnessed Professor Trelawney fall into a state of madness in the first class and make some kind of death prophecy.

Harry grew dreadful about going to his divination class.

Of course, there are also courses in which he not only has to bite the bullet and decipher all kinds of strange shapes and symbols, but also force himself to ignore Professor Trelawney's big eyes that make him teary when he sees him and other reasons.

He couldn't like Professor Trelawney, despite the respect bordering on admiration for the professor in many of his classmates.

Parvati Patil and Lavender Brown liked to go to Professor Trelawney's tower classroom at lunchtime and always come back with a disgusted inscrutable look on their faces, as if they knew something Things others don't know.

Also, now they kept their voices down every time they talked to Harry, as if Harry was dying.

But fortunately, there is Hagrid's protection of magical animals class every time, which can soothe Harry's wounded heart a little.

Except for the confusion in the first class, Hagrid followed John's advice honestly in the following classes, choosing to let students take care of and contact some magical animals that he thought were boring.

For example, the flower elf, which is a magical animal that often appears in story books.

This humanoid magical animal accompanied by magical plants looks like a human female, only more cartoonish.

These weak magical animals love beautiful things very much, so they will decorate themselves with beautiful petals or gems, so this magical animal is very popular with girls.

And unlike the wisdom in the story, the flower elves in reality are actually very stupid, so stupid that they don't even know what fear is.

So this is one of the few magical animals that will not choose to escape after meeting John's eyes, but will be attracted by John's face and the gem amulet on his body, and actively approach him.
Although Hagrid's teaching courses were on the right track, John was a little helpless.

As long as it was John Hagrid's turn to take a class, he would come to John's side and complain in a low voice that it was too boring, and more than once expressed his desire to let the students get in touch with fire dragons.

It seems that Hagrid still can't forget the dragon Norbert.

But even John was interested in Hagrid's ideas, and he had the means to control those dragons.

But this kind of thing can only be thought about. When Hagrid wants students to touch fire dragons in class, he can't just ask John.

And John was sure that as long as Hagrid brought the dragon into Hogwarts, Hagrid would be kicked out of Hogwarts because of the pressure from his angry parents.

After all, in the eyes of all adult wizards in the wizarding world, the fire dragon is a high-level X-level magical animal that even many adult wizards cannot easily approach. How can it be used to teach young wizards?
So after trying to dispel Hagrid's unrealistic thoughts, John continued his study and life as usual.

But this day, John didn't expect that a celebrity he remembered would take the initiative to find him.

Looking at the boy wearing a Hufflepuff Quidditch uniform and holding a broomstick in front of him, John couldn't figure out why the other party was looking for him.

Cedric Diggory, the memory of the first victim of a series of tragedies caused by Voldemort in the future in the Triwizard Tournament.

But I have to say that Cedric is indeed a young man who is easy to feel good about.

Cedric is very handsome. He has fair skin, a high nose bridge, black hair, dark eyes, and is tall but not thin.

On the premise of extra points for a good appearance, during the brief contact and communication, the other party's good etiquette and neither humble nor overbearing tone made John really look at him differently.

You must know that John is now a real star of tomorrow, a future super wizard, coupled with the influence of blood, most young wizards now find it difficult to speak when they see John, let alone a performance like Cedric.

Coupled with the opponent's amazing talent in Quidditch, it can only be said that if Cedric does not die in the future, he does have a great probability of becoming the representative of the new Hufflepuff.

Just to mention here, Hufflepuff is now represented by our lovely Master of Fantastic Beasts, Senior Newt Artemis Fido Scamander.

"I don't know. Is there anything Senior Diggory wants from me?" John asked looking into the other's black eyes.

Cedric smiled politely and said, "You can call me Cedric directly. As for me, I came to you today because I wanted to invite you, John, to join the Quidditch team."

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John was a little puzzled. You must know that John's performance in flying lessons was quite satisfactory, and he had never revealed his talent.

Cedric naturally saw John's doubts, and he hesitated for a while before saying: "...Actually, when you were in the second grade, I once saw you go to the Forbidden Forest on a flying broomstick."

"At that time, the attitude you showed when flying the broomstick was completely different from what you showed in the flying class! It is obvious that your talent on the broomstick is stronger than anyone else"

When John heard Cedric's explanation, he didn't know what to say. He did sometimes ride a broomstick to the Forbidden Forest, but he didn't expect to be seen by Cedric.

He has been hiding his clumsiness just to avoid such a situation.

Looking at Senior Cedric in front of him.In fact, John wanted to give him an amnesiac to make him forget these things.

But in the end John gave up this idea, thought for a while and said straight to the point: "I'm sorry, Senior Digory, I'm actually not interested in flying broomsticks, and I should focus more on delving into the mysteries of magic."

"Sorry, my answer to your invitation is decline"

Perhaps it was expected that John would refuse, so Cedric did not show a disappointed expression on his face, but was a little relieved.

"Sure enough, it's exactly what I thought. You probably hide your talent because you don't want to participate in Quidditch." Cedric smiled. "Maybe this is the insistence of a person who loves Quidditch. I still want to hear answer."

"Sorry to bother you today, John." Cedric said with a smile.

Looking at Cedric who left, John had a better impression of him.

Sober and rational, at the same time not cold-blooded, on the contrary, he is gentle with others. No wonder people who have been in contact with the other party find it hard to hate him, and instead become friends with him.

And it was true, and John passed the Quidditch pitch sometime afterwards and saw Hufflepuffs practicing.

Cedric, the captain of Hufflepuff and Quidditch, would greet John with a smile.

John would naturally respond with a smile, and sometimes John would watch Hufflepuff training for a while.

I have to say that Cedric's talent in Quidditch is really strong, and the opponent has always been training hard.

Therefore, his flying skills are very strong, especially when he is turning, he is smooth and flowing, which does not match his tall body.

And every time this time, the handsome and elegant figure of the other party will cause the fans around to scream.

John walked into the library, took out the application slip signed by Professor Sprout, and entered the restricted area smoothly.

He remembered that there were books dedicated to dementors in the restricted area. Since he wanted to breed this magical animal, he had to figure out how the other party bred it.

Sure enough, John found a black magic book called "The Book of Dementors" in the corner.

John could feel the strong curse on it. The person who made this book was really crazy, and he even added an instant death curse on it.

Wearing dragon leather gloves to avoid direct contact with the book, John took the book and came to Mrs. Pince.

When she saw the title of the book and was told by John that there was a curse on it, Mrs. Pince was stunned.

Perhaps because John reminded him of the curse, Mrs. Pince spoke when John put away the book and was about to leave.

"Mr. Williams, although I don't know what your purpose of borrowing this book is, I think you probably shouldn't be interested in creatures like dementors. You must know that black magic will always tempt you to fall."

"You are a gifted child, and I don't want to see that day come."

"Thank you for your reminder, Mrs. Pince, I will always pay attention!" John looked back and saluted Mrs. Pince.

After all, John will always respect those who are kind to him.

(End of this chapter)