From Azkaban To Hogwarts

"I left school too hastily."

On the train, William lay peacefully in the last carriage, thinking about a series of things that happened before leaving school.

The summer morning sun was already a bit hot, hitting his legs through the car window, causing him to shift his position involuntarily.

'It was still because of the commotion at the last school board meeting...the expelled house elves...the Malfoy family...and the exposure of Azkaban...'

‘It’s really a headache to have all these messy things mixed up…’

'The curse has not been completed yet...'

"Oh hoo..."

William let go of the straw in his mouth and let out a strange cry, "You've accomplished nothing, bastard."

He waved his magic wand and conjured a mirror above his head, trying to make a face to encourage himself, but as soon as the transformation succeeded, he heard footsteps coming from outside the box door.

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"Ah," the visitor exclaimed, greeting William who was sitting there flipping through a book, "Professor William."

"Ah hello,"

William looked up from his book and realized that the visitor was his student. He greeted him in a friendly tone, "Summer vacation is here. Don't be so formal. Sit wherever you want."

"Good professor."

The fifth-grade student sat down with a slightly nervous expression, but he was so nervous that he didn't know what to say.

Just when the child was cautious, the door of the box was opened again.

"Sorry, is this place full? We got on the bus late..." The person greeted in a familiar tone, but when he looked around the inside of the box, he exclaimed.

"Ah, hello, Professor William!"

'No, I'm not good at all,' William looked at the red hair at the door and cursed in his heart, but it was obviously not suitable to say it.

‘Why are there Weasleys on the train going back and forth? ’

He was roaring in his heart, but the expression on his face was unusually calm, "Sit down, there are still a lot of empty seats in the box, just in time to chat - I have seen your transcripts, they are not ideal... "

'He's crazy? We are only in fourth grade! ’

The twins glanced at each other quickly, reading such wonder in each other's eyes.

"Ah, it's not good... After all, we suffered something like that," the two of them played the tragedy card that Professor McGonagall had practiced for a long time. "To be honest, next year's exams may be a bit... ugh..."

The tone of the two sighs was quite sincere.

"Yes, it's really hard to forget so many things..." William agreed, "Well, I'll prepare some review materials for you during the holidays. At least you won't fall behind too far in the wizard self-defense class."

"The rest of the courses... um, I can also think of some ideas in the history of magic... Potions class, um, I can give you some reference books... I will get the content of herbology for you in the middle of the holiday..."

William recalled the transcripts of the two of them and considered solutions one by one.

"Don't worry...consolidate the subjects you passed and study hard if you failed...actually it's not that difficult to pass the OWLs exam."

William concluded his speech, "If you work hard during the summer vacation, you can catch up with your progress, so that it won't be too difficult for fifth graders to improve their grades."

"There is still a year left before the OWLs exam. It is too early to give up on a certain subject. When it comes to career planning, we can just try again to score points and focus on questions..."

After talking for a long time, he realized that he was the one doing all the talking. William smiled sheepishly, "It's easy to say random things when you get excited. For now, that's all we have to consider."

"If you don't have any objections, we'll handle it this way. Is that okay?"

He stared at the twins and asked.

Of course there is a problem, but the two of them dare not say it.

‘The acting was bad! ’

Trying to put on a smile, the two responded with emotional voices, "Of course there's no problem, Professor."

‘Sure enough, the whole school should be made to suffer together. It’s just a monthly exam. Isn’t it just a monthly exam? ’

'I agree first, and then think of ways to shirk...'

"That's great," William praised, "but it's not that I don't trust you - it's that people are lazy... Well, that's the case. I have seen too many examples of plans that were not carried out during the holidays. A lot of revision is no easy task.”

"We have to find a supervisor for you," William nodded, "Just Percy."

"Leach," William looked at the student on the other side who seemed to be suppressing a smile, "Can you please take Weasley to find Percy?"

"By the way," he turned to look at the twins again, "you should also chat with your classmates. It's not good to be bored in the box all the time during the rare summer vacation. It's not fun, especially since the tasks behind you are quite heavy. .”

——

"He's the devil!"

Although there were students around him, George still complained as soon as he left the box.

"What do you think? Fifth grade is hell..."

The kid named Leach nodded in agreement, "You know, there is a public opinion among fifth-grade students that Professor William is the most intimidating professor among all the professors."

"Scary?"

"Of course, doing his paper is scarier than fighting a giant dragon..."

He took a breath and recalled the painful time, "Especially in the last time, I could see the professor in my nightmares every night when I went to sleep. He used a wand to cast a spell on our test papers, and then turned the test papers into small mountains..."

"So, you are really brave," Leach patted the twins on the shoulders, "I have to take back my unrealistic evaluation of Gryffindor - you are real warriors."

"Okay, enjoy your happy time before going home. You go find your friends to play for a while - I'll go find Percy Weasley myself."

He looked at the twins as if they were real warriors, and then strode towards the prefect's box.

——

"Professor, are you looking for me?"

William waited for a while, and Percy appeared.

Different from the previous admiration, this child's eyes were a little confused now.

"Well, yes, a little something about Fred and George," William smiled, "Have a seat."

After Percy sat down, William briefly talked about the vacation improvement plan he had made for the two of them and the supervision tasks he needed to do. Percy listened silently, occasionally asking questions to consult on things he didn't quite understand. The conversation went quite pleasantly.

But at the end, when Percy was about to leave, William called to him.

"Don't worry yet, you seem to be worried?"

"Yes, Professor..."

"You seem a little scared to talk to me now, Percy." William smiled and shook his head, "Is it because of Azkaban?"

"Yes, Professor..."

"Don't be so submissive, as if you were deceived." William stared at him, "Be brave, you have to have your own ideas, Percy."

"You are the most outstanding graduate of Hogwarts over the years. If you count it based on your grades alone, of all the students currently studying at Hogwarts, only Miss Hermione Granger can barely compare with you, but her Creativity is still...a little weak."

"So, you can be proud to say that you are the best student in the entire Hogwarts. You should be more confident."

William stared at Percy, "So, you care about Azkaban?"

"Uh, Professor, it's not...it's just..."

"It's not that much. It's just that, Percy, if I could, I don't want to have stayed in that ghost place - it's not a place where normal wizards should go." William said quite naturally, "But it does exist, I can't deny that experience in Azkaban either."

"Although I can't say it's all bad now, I still don't like it there." William looked out the window, "You're very constrained, Percy."

"I didn't, Professor..."

"I can tell, kid," William shook his head. "Words are of little use to you. You have to actually see the magical world."

"Professor..."

"A summer vacation is a long time. Although I should advise you as a top student like you to go to the Ministry of Magic for an internship, but -" William shrugged in a rare way, "It's too early for you to be an intern at the Ministry of Magic. "

"Go to the caravan and I will open a letter of introduction for you." William ignored Percy's incoherent explanation, "You also need a start-up capital - two hundred galleons is enough, remember Still..."

As he spoke, he took out a small bag of galleons from his pocket, "You have to go and take a look. This money is lent to you before you find a job."

While throwing the bag over, William quickly wrote a letter of introduction on the parchment, "It's not a good job, but it is an official caravan at least. I have cooperated with it before, and they don't touch those smuggled things."

"Go over there and learn to duel, learn to curse, learn to treat galleons and other things."

He signed the letter of recommendation and handed it to Percy, "I will help you solve the problem of top students going to the Ministry of Magic next year. There are so many recommendation letters from professors that it's hard to tell, but with five letters of recommendation I can still help you easily. Done, this should be enough if you want to do an internship at the Ministry of Magic when school starts."

"Professor - Fred and George's summer review..."

With the recommendation letter in hand, Percy still didn't know how to refuse, so he could only come up with an excuse on the spot.

"Oh, that doesn't matter. Just tell your mother the plan and she should help solve it."

For a mother who had repeatedly sent yelling letters to her children, William had full confidence.

"Okay, that's it, enjoy your summer working life -" William smiled at Percy, "By the way, I have three things to tell you before you act."

"First, wealth should never be revealed."

"Second, hold the wand tightly at all times. Don't lose it."

“Third, remember to stay away from anything that breaks the law at all times!”

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The train arrived at King's Cross station smoothly.

After helping the conductor to check if there was any unlucky person who forgot to bring his luggage or tried to stay in the car, William carefully got off the train.

'Ah, finally... the school year is over. ’

Holding his wand firmly, William sighed.

The students had all left the train and were blocking the entrance to the station - too many people leaving at once would be spotted, so they had to blend in with the crowds that squeezed out when the Muggle train stopped.

"Will it all be mine next year?"

William looked at the dense crowd of students, feeling pressured and motivated at the same time.

'For the seventh-grade course, fortunately, we have prepared a bunch of test papers this year, which can be used next year - but we have to be careful not to let them take away too many papers in the future, otherwise it will be easy for them to cheat and there will be no training effect. Already...'

As he thought, he looked at the students to prevent anything from happening at the last moment.

Especially for the Weasley pair, after just accepting a large summer tutoring schedule, it was completely normal for something to happen.

Although William said one thing at the time, the two of them definitely would not have been deceived for that long.

As his eyes glanced around, the students around him couldn't help but shiver in the summer.

"What is Professor William doing?"

Ron asked carefully while hugging Harry.

"God knows," Harry couldn't help but touch his leg. Although it grew very well, it was probably because of the sequelae of that incident that he couldn't control his hands after seeing the professor.

"You have heard the legend, right? Professor William stayed in Azkaban."

Ginny cautiously interjected from the side, "Is he really that cool?"

"Don't talk nonsense," Ron stared at his sister, "Azkaban has never been cool. Don't just listen to what is in the story and assume that it must be what the story says."

"For example, Professor Lockhart," Harry added as he handed his friend his phone, "It is said that Professor Lockhart is going to be sent to that... it's a big hospital anyway."

"Remember to call me, but don't talk too much about magic, they won't be happy." Harry quickly changed the subject, "I taught Mr. Arthur how to use it last year, Hermione, you don't have to... You can't Let me listen to Dudley talking there all summer long!"

"No problem." Ron continued the note with a smile.

"What does it mean to listen to a story and feel that it is true?"

——

What a harmonious start to the summer vacation.

William looked at the students who were gradually leaving, smiled and finally left the station.

"Hello, professor, thank you for your hard work."

One of the Ministry of Magic personnel responsible for evacuating the crowd greeted him, and William responded with a smile, but his mind couldn't help but wonder whose problem it was.

It wasn't until he walked out of the passage that he remembered who the unlucky guy was...

‘Time flies so fast,’ William sighed as he got on the London Underground.

‘The long-lost technological society…’

Along the way on the subway and bus, nothing major happened except for using a magic wand to secretly deal with a possible car accident.

This made William quite satisfied.

Finally, he arrived at the destination of his trip, where he planned to stay during this holiday.

"Old Tom, bring me a cup of hot chocolate!"

he shouted in a cheery voice towards the bar.

"I want another room, preferably the one from last time!"

“The bar doesn’t serve chocolate!”

Old Tom's angry tone came from the kitchen.