In the Harry Potter Without Harry Potter

Chapter 119: The real Hogwarts

Fawkes took Jon and Hermione to a hut in the middle of a forest.

This hut was just similar to the safe hut that Jon had first got to when he was brought out from the orphanage by Lily, a temporary hiding place to hide the traces of Apparitions that had been created by the Order of the Phoenix and scattered all over the UK.

The Phoenix's Apparition certainly won't be traced back to its source, but McGonagall, Kingsley, and the other two wizards from the Order of the Phoenix have brought those students who escaped from the castle's secret passageways to this place to avoid being traced for a while.

The children's enrolment pact has not been completely resolved, just before coming here, McGonagall and they temporarily used a magic spell to block the effect of tracking; to completely eliminate it, it is necessary to wait for Dumbledore to personally do it.

And after Jon brought Hermione here, the children were overjoyed.

After seeing some familiar faces, they finally were able to vent their nervousness and worry, some hugged Hermione and others hugged Jon and cried for a while, including the original bracing Hanton in the secret passageway who clung on Jon's arm and cried the loudest.

But the crisis has not been completely lifted, McGonagall covered up the enrolment pact on Hermione's body likewise at the first instance, and then once again used the Apparition to bring them to a new safe house.

At this point, these rescued children had turned pale and could not help but dry heave out, even when Jon first experienced the Apparition, he was not able to adapt to such sensations, and now these children have experienced it twice in a row, which made them feel giddy and dizzy.

At the same time, although Jon and Hermione's safe return made their mood not as low as it was at the beginning, the anxiety in their hearts didn't lessen.

When they first escaped, the other Hogwarts professors who came to meet them behaved very gently, without a trace of contempt and indifference that the faculty in that castle had for them, but the long period of servitude had made them instinctively wary of unfamiliar people.

After coming to this safe house, McGonagall, Kingsley and others began to get busy, lit the fire, boiling chocolate, and then give each child sitting here a cup to ease the discomfort brought by the Apparition in their bodies.

Their actions made the children fidget a bit, the first-graders were fine, they had only been in that castle for less than a year, whereas the second-graders were mostly apprehensive.

Just like a child who has been abused all day, if suddenly one day an adult reaches out and hands him a piece of candy, his first reaction will certainly not be accepting it cheerfully, but shrinking his neck, hiding in the corner, timidly look at the person who reached out his hand.

But the good thing is that Jon is there as a bridge.

He helped McGonagall to distribute the hot chocolate to each of the children's hands, and at the same time, in front of them, he took a big sip first, and then said to them with a grimace.

"I suggest you not drink it too fast when you drink it."

The children looked at his face, and couldn't help but smile, their emotions also relaxed a lot, and one child even cautiously looked at McGonagall and asked.

"Professor, will we still be mudbloods in the future?"

Professor McGonagall who was looking at these children's appearance, and had just secretly wiped away the tears at the corners of her eyes, showed a gentle smile that she had never shown before.

"Forget that label, child, you are no different from all others."

Her reply brought a glow to the child's eyes, and his voice unconsciously became slightly louder, but the tone was still subconsciously pleading.

"So will we be able to learn real magic in the future?"

McGonagall reached out and touched his head.

"I'm your Transfiguration and Herbology class professor, you must listen attentively in my class in the future."

"I will!"

This conversation, let the children lower their subconscious guard, they held the warm hot chocolate, and finally showed a smile that has not been shown for a long time on their faces.

Hermione was also smiling, but her eyes were fixed on Jon the whole time as she was smiling.

Jon is certainly not blind, he naturally felt her sight, so he turned his head to look at her suspiciously and asked.

"What's wrong?"

"Why haven't you changed back to your original appearance, 'Professor'?" The girl used the word professor very heavily as if she obviously saw something from the way Jon and McGonagall had just talked with each other.

Jon's face remained unchanged as he shrugged his shoulders and said.

"It will take 12 hours for the Polyjuice Potion to lift its effects, so if you want to see the real me, I guess you'll have to wait until around six o'clock in the evening."

Hermione didn't dwell on it, whatever Jon's identity really is, she didn't care, and it wouldn't diminish her gratitude to him in any way.

"Truly thank you." She gave Jon a hug.

Jon patted the girl's thin shoulder as he smiled.

"You should be thanking yourself."

They stayed until five o'clock in the evening, and when the sky began to become grey down, McGonagall and the others proceeded to leave with these children who had rested enough.

By using the Apparition, this time they arrived in the middle of a vast tulip garden.

Hogwarts wagon is pulled in the middle of the lawn in the garden, with candles floating around, along with the fairies waving their wings emerging from the flowers.

As soon as McGonagall appeared here with the group, the students, who were busy decorating the venue for the evening's sumptuous welcome ceremony, shouted hurriedly.

"They've arrived! They're here!"

Before their feet hit the ground again and the children could react to the dreamlike place they had arrived at, a sound of bursting poppers rang out at their sides.

Coloured ribbons and sequins floated down from above their heads, and the students on the wagon, who had been notified in advance but had no idea of the exact time, quickly stood in chaotic formation according to the original rehearsal and shouted in gleeful harmony.

"Welcome to the real Hogwarts!"

The children were all frozen, they looked at this wonderful scene that they didn't even dare to dream about in their dreams, and everyone's eyes could not help but flood with tears.

The students on the wagon enthusiastically brought them to either side of the long table placed in the middle of the lawn, and Dumbledore sat at the front of the long table, his smile was as warm as a fireplace in winter, and his eyes looked right at Jon, and his voice said softly.

"You've done a better job than anyone could have imagined, Jon. Thank you for taking these kids and breaking out of that cage."

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