From Azkaban To Hogwarts

Harry walked out of the dormitory holding a stack of books. Behind him was Ron, who also held a thick stack of books. The two stood at the door of the dormitory, looking at the students huddled together in the warmest place by the fireplace in the lounge. After one glance, everyone was dumbfounded.

"Ron, is this really a holiday?"

"Maybe I didn't wake up," Ron was a little unsure, "It's only eight o'clock, why are there so many people?"

But the students huddled together had already spotted them.

"Come and review, you guys got up late!"

The cheerful voices of the twins came, making Harry realize that he was now in reality. The plan they had said yesterday to find a good place to study early this morning was completely in vain.

So the two looked at each other again and walked towards the fireplace - the climate in Hogwarts in December is not friendly, and compared to the fireplace in the lounge, the dormitory is not a good place to review.

Now that the library is closed for the holidays, there's no place more cozy than the fireplace in the lounge.

As soon as the two sat down, Fred came over and said, "We have a pretty good plan, do you want to try it?"

Harry looked at Ron subconsciously. Ron hesitated for a moment, and then pretended to be tough, "What plan? Don't make it a prank. Professor William really knows how to put him in solitary confinement!"

"How could it be a prank?"

George raised his eyebrows and said, "My dear brother, we are the few students in the school who have been exempted from confinement by professors. We are much more proficient in using the rules than you think."

"Cheating on exams is a serious violation."

"We never said we cheated," Fred retorted with a smile, "You can bring all the materials you want to the open-book exam, but how many books can each of us bring?"

"You can bring a lot with the Levitation Charm," Ron retorted, "As long as you have enough books."

Fred clapped his hands, "The answer is correct, my dear brother. So the key to the matter lies in enough books - the library is closed, and it is too expensive to buy books temporarily. How many do you have?"

He looked at the books Ron was holding and said, "Just the ones you have on hand, or maybe add some others?"

"We don't have many books in our hands, but all of us in Gryffindor can gather the books and provide them to one person," George agreed, "Professor William said that the probability of winning is higher if you bring the right book. But if we elect one person and bring all the suitable books, doesn’t it mean that we will definitely win?”

"But there are still good grades-" Harry subconsciously wanted to say Hermione's name, and then realized what the twins meant.

"You mean Hermione?"

Harry immediately figured out Fred's plan - they would unite everyone to provide books, and then Hermione would take the books to the exam. In this way, the bottle of elixir promised by the professor would definitely fall into their hands.

"Yes, it's what you think," Fred smiled and patted Harry on the shoulder, "The thing has come to a point that we want half of the potion, and you three will discuss how to deal with the remaining half of the potion - you know, we'll do it It’s not just books from current students that we get, we can also get books from other people we know well.”

"But Hermione could have gotten it." Harry subconsciously wanted to help refuse.

"Open book exam, don't be stupid Harry, just like the professor said, everyone has a chance. How many books can Hermione get by herself?"

——

"So you two just agreed?"

During lunch, Hermione finally appeared with dark circles under her eyes. She took the food carelessly and said to the two of them with a sleepy look on her face.

"Four hours of elixir, half the amount. George and the others need to contact many people to get the books out."

"No," Hermione shook her head firmly, "Exams are exams. It is not advisable to join forces to cheat, even if it is an open-book exam."

"As long as you get those books, you're number one and no one will think that's cheating, Hermione!"

Ron tried to persuade.

"That's cheating. I'm number one even without cheating."

Hermione replied proudly, "I spent a whole night sorting out the books I have read. Although this is an open-book exam that does not deserve to be called an exam, the first place is still mine."

"Don't be stupid, this is an exam involving senior students. If the professor asks more difficult questions, no one will be able to find them. As long as there is a lucky person who can find them from the book, he will be the first! "

Harry noticed something was wrong and quickly prepared to break up the fight, but unfortunately, he failed - the difference between the two about cheating was too serious, especially when Hermione was still obviously angry about getting out of bed. The quarrel became more intense for no reason.

——

"Elixir of Fortune, Christmas exam!"

Lockhart slammed his fist on the table angrily - Professor William became the focus of the school again.

The open diary on the table had fonts appearing for no reason, "Huh? Our legend, are you jealous? Because of a small bottle of elixir of fortune?"

The ridicule in the diary made him immediately red-eyed. He grabbed his quill and wrote on it, "A small bottle of Felixir? The Felixir is a real thing - it's better than going to the library to look for Slater." There are so many clues left by Lin!"

"Oh," big words appeared on the diary, "So, our Professor Lockhart doesn't even have the patience anymore, so he just sneaked into the library and read books for a few days. This little difficulty is all. Did you stump the legend?"

"No way, no way? Is the legend that simple?"

"I don't find it difficult at all!" Lockhart wrote heavily in the diary. "Those are just books. I can easily read them on weekdays. However, now, I still have to unlock the guard magic on the library and secretly Sneaking in to take a look - what a smart move, is this why you were abandoned by Dumbledore?"

Lockhart, who had lost control of his emotions and wrote down his true thoughts, only realized what he had written after he finished writing.

But it was too late, fancy fonts began to appear on the diary.

"A clown with nothing, a good-for-nothing, a reputation-stealer who satirizes a great being like me?"

"Use your stupid mind and think about it. Is it really appropriate for you to look for the traces left by Slytherin when Dumbledore is around? Do you think Dumbledore won't find the evidence before you do?"

…

The fifteen minutes of unrepeated abuse made Lockhart so stupid that he even forgot he could close the diary.

After a long time, the diary was probably comfortable with scolding, so I lazily typed out the last few lines.

"Think about it carefully. With your few brains, we don't have time to be jealous. The opening of your legendary story is gorgeous enough."

After a series of beatings, Lockhart's slightly inflated mentality was suppressed to death, and he began to seriously calculate the specific beginning of the legendary story - no matter how ugly the diary was, it was just a book. In the next period of time, , it will be the key to becoming a legend and obtaining the Merlin First Class Medal.

'I will destroy the medal when I get it. I am not as kind as Dumbledore and leave opportunities for those who come after me! ’

Such thoughts surfaced, and Lockhart suppressed them the first time he used Occlumency, which he was unfamiliar with. His best skill was memory magic, so he also dabbled in many spells to prevent memory magic.

——

"There should be no other loopholes. The only remaining problem is Professor Lockhart."

William was in his office, looking at the papers that had been produced and thinking about how to tie Lockhart next.

‘Blissful elixir plus open book exam is not stable? Who is willing to give up a reward that can be obtained for free? ’

He patted the test paper and thought about Professor Lockhart's weaknesses - there was no doubt that Professor Lockhart had a good reputation.

‘Fame, how can we make Professor Lockhart feel that this activity is very helpful for his fame? In other words, as long as he keeps staring at the students, his fame will rise? ’

William began to toss around in his mind.

"Yes!"

"Let students cheat! Let Lockhart proctor the exam, and then let Lockhart expose the students' tricks to cheat - you don't have to go to Azkaban to cheat on Christmas!"

"It also just tells those guys that even cheating in this kind of ordinary exam will be caught, let alone the more stringent OWLs exam."

William's little abacus clicked.

"A bottle of Felixir can be used multiple times, stimulating students' fighting spirit, and their desire to cheat will be higher. Professor Lockhart's ability to easily catch people will increase his prestige among students."

"And cheating in exams is easy to be discovered. Once students know about it, everyone will be in danger for a long time - no," William shook his head and advised himself not to be too optimistic, "Everyone will be in danger for a long time." It’s impossible to be in danger, and I have to thank Merlin for maintaining it for this year.”

"But no matter what, it would definitely be a good thing if we can prevent this year's children from going to Azkaban because of cheating."

"Actually, I should be here, but Professor Lockhart is probably more suitable. After all, as a great adventurer, isn't it easy to catch cheaters?"

"I also have an excuse to declare to the outside world. In order to make the exam look more severe and to prevent me from being objective, I asked Professor Lockhart to invigilate the exam!"

"Well, the only time left is to tell them that they are allowed to cheat." William calculated, "You can't give them too much time. If the preparation time is too long, I'm afraid there won't be any clever tricks. It can't be too short. If it's too short, you won't be able to prepare anything. .”

"It only takes one night. If you have the idea of ​​cheating, you can spend the night. If you don't, just read the book. I can walk around Professor Snape's office in one night. You can't say this time is short, right?"

"Besides, after a hard night of cheating and then being caught easily, the students' memories will be profound." William put down the straw in his hand and made the final decision.

All that remains is to invite Professor Lockhart into the trap and inform the students of their permission to cheat.

"Perfect!"

William applauded himself, "Then you can focus on developing the curse on the words on the paper and how to observe the Slytherin lounge!"

"When notifying students to cheat, they can also easily find out the password, so the plan works!"

——

"Dun, dun, dun!"

The crisp knocking on the door fell on Lockhart's ears, which made him feel particularly harsh because he had not slept well yesterday - Christmas was approaching, and his readers were also on holiday. There were a lot of letters from readers, and he was checking information and reading again. I wrote back, seriously sleep deprived.

But even so, he looked in the mirror as quickly as possible and straightened out his expression, returning his smile to the state that was rated as the best smile.

"Come in, Professor Lockhart will always solve your problems!"

Lockhart shouted energetically.

…

‘Look at Professor Lockhart, and look at you, you’re still plotting against students after stealing things! ’

William couldn't help but feel a little guilty. He couldn't help it. His purpose when he came here was not pure. Although he was extremely excited when the plan was made, when he actually came to ask the master to go to work, he naturally felt guilty.

Although Professor Lockhart has a good reputation and likes to show off, he is slowly adjusting even the teaching that he is not good at. Before the holiday, his reputation was already very good - "Just this time, and it was a well-intentioned deception, it really helped him become famous." Got it! ’

William persuaded himself.

"Excuse me, Professor Lockhart, it's me, William."

William knocked on the door and tried to make his smile sincere.

"Ah, Professor William," Professor Lockhart showed his iconic smile, "Welcome, Professor William, would you like something to drink?"

"No need, Professor Lockhart." William sat on the chair, controlling the little bit of guilt, "It's like this, Professor Lockhart, I need to trouble you with something."

"You're too polite, Professor William. It's a holiday anyway, do I have anything else important to do?"

‘Get out of here, you bastard, your reply is a thousand times more important than yours! ’

Despite the roar in his heart, Lockhart's smile did not change.

"It's like this. As you know, Professor Lockhart, I'm planning to hold a small event on Christmas. I hope you can come and help me."

'roll! ’

Lockhart subconsciously made up his answer, and began to think of an excuse to refuse.

"I'm a little embarrassed to say it. I want to suddenly announce to them that they can cheat freely as long as they don't get caught. If they are caught, they will deduct a certain amount of points." William considered his tone, trying hard to explain Lockhart's work. The important point is, "But you know, I'm not that good at insight."

"So, Professor Lockhart, can you be the invigilator for that day? I believe those children will fail miserably under your keen observation. This is also an educational lesson for them, letting them know that cheating will How easy it is to spot.

William looked at Lockhart with sincere eyes, clearly expressing his powerlessness with his eyes.

"Okay, Professor William," Lockhart smiled, "It is our professor's responsibility to educate students. Although it is very difficult, I think we should accept this challenge."

"That would be great," William's voice was a little higher. "I was originally wondering whether it would be counterproductive and encourage them to cheat if I came. It's great to have your help, Professor Lockhart!"