Chapter 506: Hogwarts Express

Ivan nodded, and there was really nothing to worry about.

Krum looked so sad that everyone wanted to go up and beat him, and he had the same idea.

But Crouch was obviously very unusual, and it looked like the show was ready to begin!

"No sign of vampires, but there's a lot of bad stuff going on. " Sirius said, "After the World Cup attacks, people seemed to suddenly go crazy. Attacks and fights happened everywhere and it all had to be dealt with by the Aurors. When I came in this morning, I also heard that Mad-Eye Moody had another problem. He said someone attacked him in the middle of the night, but all people saw was the dumpsters exploding. It was really terrible. "

"I know. Mr. Weasley had taken care of that before you arrived." Ivan replied.

"I hope he doesn't get a serious punishment!" Sirius continued, "Dumbledore invited Moody to become the school's Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. He seems to believe that under the current circumstances it is necessary for a professional to teach at Hogwarts. This turned out to be really necessary, and he was clearly aware of what was going on. "

Dumbledore's idea was a very good one, but he did not expect Voldemort to give him this trump card before he returned.

Hiring Moody to teach at Hogwarts was originally done as an insurance policy.

But if things went as they were in the books, he would become the fuse for everything to come.

"Moody's a bit of a nut sometimes, but he's absolutely reliable, he's got a lot of experience in fighting dark wizards." Sirius looked at Ivan. "If anything happens at the school, you can go see him right away."

"I know!" Ivan nodded his head.

If nothing unexpected happened, the fake Moody who was about to teach at Hogwarts would be willing to help them in the early stages.

Ivan felt that he might even be able to approach him to some extent and gather information through that.

"Don't forget to write me about everything!" Sirius patted Ivan on the shoulder and they both returned to the platform. "By the way, Ivan, you take care of Harry at school. Don't let him get impulsive and get into trouble, especially this year. Hogwarts will be holding the Triwizard Tournament competitions, and everything must be handled very carefully."

"Stay out of trouble!" Such words sounded uncomfortable coming out of Sirius' mouth.

Besides, most of the time, it was the trouble that got to Harry, not the other way around, and he couldn't run no matter how much he escaped.

Sirius probably thought Ivan and Harry would be spectators at the Triwizard Tournament.

He probably never thought they would both compete, becoming the youngest contestants in history.

When they returned, everyone was saying goodbye on the platform.

"I may see you all sooner than you think." said Charlie, smiling, as he hugged Ginny goodbye.

"Why?" said Fred enthusiastically.

"You'll see," said Charlie, "Don't tell Percy I mentioned it.... It's classified information, and n can't be divulged until the Ministry of Magic deems it appropriate. "

"Yeah, I'd like to go back to Hogwarts this year," said Bill, hands in his pockets, looking almost wistfully at the train.

"Why on earth?" said George impatiently. "You've been hiding all summer!"

"You're going to have an interesting year," said Bill, "I might even have time off to come and see a little of it.... "

"A bit of what?" asked Ron.

Just then, Ivan and Sirius walked past, and Harry quickly asked Sirius what was going on.

"I can't tell, Harry!" Sirius said with a grin. He and Harry hugged each other tightly. "You'll know when you get there, and you'll definitely be satisfied! It's a rare occasion."

"But... "

Harry wanted to say something else, but the train whistle blew, and Mrs. Weasley led them towards the doors.

"Goodbye, Sirius! Goodbye, Mrs. Weasley, thank you for letting us stay," Hermione said as they climbed aboard, closed the door, and leaned out the window to talk to Mrs. Weasley.

"Oh, it was a pleasure, my dears!" said Mrs. Weasley. "I'd invite you, Ivan and Harry for Christmas, but...well, I suppose you'll all want to stay at Hogwarts, what with...one and all."

"Mum!" said Ron irritably. "What do you all know that we don't?"

"You'll find out tonight, I hope," said Mrs. Weasley, smiling. "It's going to be very exciting... I'm glad they changed the rules..... "

"What rules?" said Harry, Ron, Fred and George together.

"I'm sure Professor Dumbledore will tell them.... Now, behave yourselves, won't you? Fred? And you, George?" shouted Mme. Weasley.

Her words were covered by the loud hiss of pistons and the train began to move.

"Tell us what's going on at Hogwarts!" Fred shouted out the window, "What rules are changing?"

Sirius, Mrs. Weasley, Bill and Charlie waved at them and quickly left.

"That's enough. I want to know what's going on?" said Fred, unhappily.

Ivan, Harry, Ron and Hermione returned to their compartment.

The thick rain splashing against the windows made it difficult to see out of them.

Ron opened the trunk, pulled out his maroon robes and threw them over Pigwidgeon's cage to muffle his screams.

"Dad and Mom won't say anything. Something big is going to happen at school this year. " Ron said sullenly.

"Ivan, do you know anything about it?" Harry turned suddenly and asked.

In his impression, Ivan knew almost everything, and there was nothing that could be kept from him.

Since all the rules had been revised, Ivan could pretend that the matter was no longer a secret.

He was about to speak, but Hermione put her finger to his lips.

"Shh!" she whispered, pointing to the compartment next to his.

At that moment, a familiar voice came through the open door.

"My father considered sending me to Durmstrang instead of Hogwarts. He knows the headmaster, you see. Well, you know his opinion of Dumbledore...the man is such a dirty-blood lover...and Durmstrang doesn't admit that kind of riffraff. But my mother didn't like the idea of me going to school so far away. Dad says Durmstrang has a much more sensible line than Hogwarts on the dark arts. Durmstrang students learn them, not just the defense crap we do, and the people and teachers we hire.... "