nucmednet Chapter 124 Preparation
Chapter 124 Preparation
Alaia was a little speechless. Was Riddle trying to separate them all in order to disperse the cohesion of the future Order of the Phoenix? She didn't care, but if she really had to go to a strange school alone, she might feel lonely, and - she would really miss them.
Although James, Sirius and the others were indeed unreliable sometimes, they took good care of her most of the time, especially after she came back from her recent disappearance, they were almost afraid that she would frown.
Even if she sneezed, they would temporarily put down what they were doing. In order to help Peter "get justice", James had not mentioned helping him pursue Lily recently. He was probably too busy to remember.
But now they have a new goal, which is to strongly recommend that they study in the same school. Originally, students are not qualified to request such things, but with Dumbledore's strong support behind them, they all work very hard.
They wrote a joint letter to the Ministry of Magic. At James' request, the Potters, who doted on their child very much, even went to the Ministry of Magic five times. They also wanted to ask Newt to help discuss the matter with the Minister of Magic. After all, Newt was the "spiritual leader" of that time and the Minister of Magic admired him very much.
It's a pity that Newt is already unable to take care of himself. He has been applying to study in an American school with Peter. In Dumbledore's view, if the professors of his own school go with him, then the meaning of exchanging students will be completely lost. But Newt doesn't think so. He thinks they are still children and need the supervision of professors.
Of course, essentially speaking, he simply cannot live without Peter.
Snape naturally didn't want to be separated from Lily Evans, but the Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where Lily was assigned was a girls' school. He could only pray that the foursome could successfully change the rules and let everyone go to the same school so that he could stay with Lily. He didn't even dare to imagine that Lily would be willing to go to Argentina for him.
Dumbledore also guessed Riddle's ultimate goal. He wanted Peter to alienate his friends, which would greatly weaken their cohesion and strength. He always believed that only when James Sirius was with Peter could they become their true selves and become the strongest shield and the sharpest arrow in his hands in the future.
So he also became a member of the opposition and strongly suggested regrouping so that they could stay together.
Another person who was also manipulated into becoming an exchange student was Barty Crouch Jr. As a Death Eater, he got the result he wanted very easily and went to a magic school in the United States with Alayya.
So much so that he has become much more cheerful recently, and even takes the initiative to answer Professor Horn's questions, feeling that he is finally of some use.
Although Lily was looking forward to the future exchange study, she was just beginning to fall in love and had a strong liking for James. She really wanted to be assigned to the same school with him, and preferably with Snape.
It’s strange to say, Lily used to think that James Potter was a stupid, slightly clever egomaniac who always "bullied" his classmates, but after really getting to know him, Lily found that he was a treasure boy who loved life, united with his classmates, had a sense of responsibility, and was optimistic and cheerful!
Of course, probably only Alayya knows this. This is because distance creates beauty. When James is no longer focused on chasing Lily Evans and no longer deliberately and clumsily uses pranks to attract her attention, the image of the excellent, handsome and beautiful James will become taller and attract Lily Evans' attention.
It’s a pity that the James in the past wouldn’t know, and Lily now doesn’t understand why James suddenly became attractive. It’s just that the angle of attention and mentality are different.
So despite the efforts of many forces, Riddle did not let go, but deliberately annoyed them and changed a few students to go to American magic schools, but they were not them. From the outside, it seemed that someone made a suggestion, and he changed it, but he did not follow the suggestion completely, which was completely off the point.
This made everyone so angry that they cursed and called Riddle a piece of shit. Although they were angry, they had no other choice because when they applied, they did not openly fight for them to go to the United States with Peter, but rather hoped to change the rules in a very general way, so that they could exchange and study in groups, which would be more conducive to data comparison for learning progress.
Dumbledore's argument is: the improvement of one student's grades does not represent anything, but if the grades of a group of students improve, it can be representative. And it is best to select samples from peers, which is more intuitive.
But Riddle's move was unexpected by everyone.
Now Alayya has given up, but James and Sirius have not. They are still making their final efforts, but it is hard for Alayya as she has to attend meetings until late every night and cannot sleep well.
James, Sirius and the others were either planning to sneak into the Ministry of Magic that night to change the list, or were discussing how to exchange identities with other students before leaving, or simply giving up this exchange opportunity.
Unfortunately, there were many difficulties. The Ministry of Magic was heavily guarded. Perhaps Riddle guessed that they would be restless and specially hired Death Eaters to guard them. It was difficult for them to even leave Hogwarts, let alone go to the Ministry of Magic.
The other students seemed very satisfied with going to an American magic school and did not want to risk being disqualified by swapping identities with them and studying under someone else's name.
As for giving up, they also tried, but were rejected by Dumbledore, or Riddle would not allow them to give up exchanging lives now, as he had arranged everything.
Finally, James came up with an idea. He wanted to pretend to be Alaia's pet and follow her to America! Others also followed suit.
So before the farewell dinner, James had already mastered how to use the Shrinking Spell to turn himself into a deer. Not to mention Sirius, when he turned into a dog, most people couldn't tell that he was an Animagus.
It's just a pity for Lupin, he actually wanted to use the Transfiguration Charm to make himself small so that he could hide, but it seemed that it was already a stretch for Peter to carry a black dog and a deer, and even if he could turn into a kitten, he would become a burden to Peter.
So this time he gave the opportunity to James and Peter. He could only helplessly and bitterly pray that they would remember to write to him more often, and he would wait until the exchange study was over before reuniting with them.
Alaia's words sounded a bit harsh, and she repeatedly assured him that she would write to him every day. Only then did Lupin's smile become more genuine...
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