Harry Potter and the Secret Treasures

Chapter 949: The Starcatcher

This was the fourth letter they had seen from Sirius since the summer vacation. .

The first three letters included one addressed to Harry, inquiring about his encounter with the Dementors and offering some advice.

The other one was addressed to Lupin, primarily discussing Harry’s education and requesting Lupin to pass on certain information to Harry.

The final letter was for Evan, where Sirius briefly informed him that he was in contact with vampires in Norway. He mentioned that the security of owl mail couldn’t be guaranteed, so he didn’t provide much detail, only assuring Evan that he would continue to stay in touch once things settled down.

Sure enough, in the letter Harry received, Sirius had only one sentence on it: all is well, keep in touch.

If it weren’t for the signature “Snuffles”, Sirius’s alias when he was lurking in Hogwarts the previous semester, nobody would know what it meant.

“He shouldn’t be writing to us, it’s too risky,” said Hermione, studying the note carefully.

“Don’t worry, Hermione, no one can get secret information from this letter!” said Harry hurriedly. “What do you think Sirius means? How are things going for him in Norway?”

“Since he can write to us, it probably goes well!” said Evan. According to their previous agreement, this meant that he had made progress recently, but as Sirius couldn’t write those things down and mail them over, what would he do?

After all, less contact was better, and no news was good news.

Sirius wouldn’t be unaware of this fact, those vampires…

The group discussed for a while until Cho Chang came over to greet them. She seemed to want to inquire about Cedric.

Ever since Harry revealed a few days ago that Cedric had become a vampire, the news spread throughout the school.

And up until now, it was still the hottest topic. Everyone wanted to hear more information from Harry.

As Cedric’s girlfriend, Cho’s desire seemed even more urgent, and she had other thoughts…

“Hello, Evan; hello, Harry, um…” said Cho, as if she had finally mustered up her courage.

“Hi,” said Harry, looking at Cho in surprise, feeling his face grow hot.

Cho Chang was alone, which was most unusual.

It was known that she was almost always surrounded by a gang of giggling girls; Harry remembered the agony of trying to get her by herself to ask her to the Yule Ball.

“Hello, Cho!” said Evan softly, “How was your summer?”

This was the first time he had seen her since the start of the school year. He had been extremely busy these days, even hurried when he came to the Great Hall for meals.

“it was all right, I…” She took a deep breath.

“Wow, is that a Tornados badge?” Ron demanded suddenly, pointing at the front of Cho’s robes, to which a sky-blue badge emblazoned with a double gold T was pinned. “You don’t support them, do you?”

“Yeah, I do,” said Cho.

“Have you always supported them, or just since they started winning the league?” said Ron, in an inexplicable, almost accusatory tone of voice.

“I’ve supported them since I was six,” said Cho coolly. “Anyway … see you. I have to go to class now!”

She walked away, and Hermione rounded on Ron angrily.

“You are so tactless!” she muttered.

“What? I only asked her if…”

“What on earth were you attacking her about her Quidditch team for?”

“Attacking? I wasn’t attacking her, I was only…”

“Who cares if she supports the Tornados?”

“Oh, come on, half the people you see wearing those badges only bought them last season.”

“But what does it matter?”

“It means they’re not real fans, they’re just jumping on the bandwagon…” said Ron loudly.

“Class is about to start, Snape’s Potions class, we better not be late!” said Harry listlessly.

He bid farewell to Evan and Colin, and made his way to Snape’s dungeon, Hermione and Ron hurriedly followed.

Harry suddenly realized that between Hermione and Ron he would be lucky ever to have two minutes’ conversation with Cho that he could look back on without wanting to leave the country.

The heartache that had disappeared because of Evan’s touching actions reappeared…

Harry arrived at Snape’s dungeon classroom, and the slightly improved mood he had from receiving Sirius’s letter quickly turned sour. The Moonstone essay he had submitted was handed back to him with a large, spiky black “D” scrawled in an upper corner.

“I have awarded you the grades you would have received if you presented this work in your O.W.L,” said Snape with a smirk, as he swept among the students, passing back their homework. “This should give you a realistic idea of what to expect in your examination.”

Snape reached the front of the class and turned to face them.

“The general standard of this homework was abysmal. Most of you would have failed had this been your examination. I expect to see a great deal more effort for this week’s essay on the various varieties of venom antidotes, or I shall have to start handing out detentions to those dunces who get D’s.”

He smirked, and Harry quickly slid his Moonstone essay into his bag.

He felt embarrassed and didn’t want anyone else to know about it. He was probably the only one in the class to get a ‘D.’

Determined not to give Snape an excuse to fail him this lesson, Harry read and reread every line of the instructions on the blackboard at least three times before acting on them.

His Strengthening Solution was not precisely the clear turquoise shade of Hermione’s but it was at least blue rather than pink, like Neville’s, and he delivered a flask of it to Snape’s desk at the end of the lesson with a feeling of mingled defiance and relief.

While Harry was concentrating on brewing the potion, Evan, Colin, Ginny, Fred, and George all gathered in the Room of Requirement, where they were assembling the final parts of the Starcatcher, the new broom.

Evan waved his wand, and the Starcatcher gently vibrated, fitting perfectly together.

According to their previous design, the main body of the Starcatcher was much thicker than the mainstream brooms, but longer, streamlined, and exquisitely crafted. It had been polished with a diamond-like substance, shimmering with a sleek black radiance, exuding an indomitable aura.

They meticulously selected every twig at the tail of the broomstick, following the design of the Starcatcher.

Only the best materials were used to achieve perfection. In terms of core technology such as speed, balance, accuracy, and responsiveness, Evan abandoned traditional Spellcraft and opted for Alchemy. This made the magic on the broomstick more powerful, effective, and long-lasting.

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