Ethan's friend

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Hermione sat down on her big suitcase in frustration. She regretted pushing Dobby too hard and scaring him away.

She knew she was a little too hasty.

"Don't feel bad for Hermione; we will be able to convince Dobby," Harry comforted Hermione aside.

After Harry's consolation, Hermione quickly cheered; at least Dobby had realized that he could ask for a salary, which was already a vast improvement.

The last dinner of the semester at Hogwarts began, and almost all the students gathered in the noisy auditorium.

Slytherin's little snakes were excited tonight; their biggest rival, Gryffindor, was defeated this term.

Although Harry and Ron gave Gryffindor 200 points for killing the basilisk.

Gryffindor students also tried to add points to their houses, but Gryffindor still did not eliminate the sad ending of negative scores.

Because Slytherin has been clinking glasses several times, especially Malfoy, his mouth has almost reached his ears, and he is constantly looking for Slytherin students to clink glasses.

He deliberately made a crisp sound from the cup to get the attention of the Gryffindor lion cubs, then stared defiantly at every Gryffindor who looked back at him.

The atmosphere in Gryffindor tonight was weighty. Even though the dinner was over and it was time to go home, the little wizards in Gryffindor still didn't have a smile.

His academy got a negative score, which made all the little wizards feel that they had lost all face.

Even though the table was piled with delicious food, it didn't make them feel any better.

As a prefect, Percy directly refused to participate in this dinner. He did not dare to face the mocking eyes of other colleagues.

"Gosh, I've never seen so many bitter faces!" Ron said to Harry in a low voice.

The depressing atmosphere of the dinner party made him very uncomfortable.

Harry buried his head and quickly ate the pasta in his bowl. He only hoped that this boring dinner would end immediately.

Hermione was ashamed and ashamed. She had no appetite to eat, so she could only stare at the toes of her shoes and did not dare to raise her head to meet the eyes of her classmates.

She thinks it's all her fault that Gryffindor is where it is today.

"Come on, Harry, at least we don't have to endure Snape's detention anymore," Ron whispered to Harry.

Thinking of this, Harry's complexion also improved a lot. The detention this semester has indeed tortured Harry and Ron.

At the end of the dinner, Professor McGonagall stepped forward and announced something unfortunate to everyone.

Professor Lockhart was leaving Hogwarts. This unfortunate incident caused cheers from all the little wizards, and even the lifeless Gryffindor applauded happily.

The long dinner is finally over, and the little wizards only need to stay at Hogwarts for the last night. They can take the Hogwarts Express home early tomorrow morning.

Early the following day, the station was noisy, and many little wizards dragged their suitcases excitedly and prepared to leave by car.

Ethan also came to the station to say goodbye to the little wizards. He helped Luna drag her extra-large suitcase.

I don't understand why this little witch has so much luggage.

"Professor Ethan, thank you for helping me with my luggage," Luna said in a singing voice.

"No thanks, this is what a friend should do," Ethan said to Luna with a smile.

"Oh, that's right!" Ethan's words seemed to remind Luna of something. She took off the small schoolbag behind her and began to rummage.

It didn't take Luna long to pass a piece of paper to Ethan, who took it only to discover that it was a painting.

Ethan found that the background of the painting was the Forbidden Forest. There were two people and a unicorn in the center of the painting. A little witch with golden hair was sitting on a unicorn of the same color, smiling happily.

Next to him stood a tall man with black hair; his eyes were golden, and he also had a big smile.

Ethan recognized that it was himself, the little unicorn, and Luna in the painting.

Delicate gold chains link the portraits together, and Ethan took a closer look to see that the chains were one word, written a thousand times in gold ink: friend, friend, friend.

"Thank you, Luna! I like your gift very much." Ethan felt his nose go sour for no reason.

"I knew you would like it!" Luna said happily.

"Ron! Harry! Come and see! What are Professor Ethan and Luna doing?"

In the train compartment, Hermione stared at Ethan and Luna on the platform outside while clinging to the window. The two seemed to be talking and laughing.

Ron glanced outside and said indifferently, "What can this be? Of course, they are chatting!"

"I didn't know they were so familiar!" Hermione still stared at Luna and Ethan, who were joking.

"Don't you know? Professor Ethan and Luna are friends!" Harry said.

"Friend?" Hermione's voice was sharp. "When did it happen? Why didn't I know?"

"Probably you've been busy with all that shit, didn't you hear that," Harry said.

"Luna helped Ravenclaw get a lot of autographed photos of Professor Ethan! It is said that she and Professor Ethan are close friends!"

"Oh, that's right." Hermione sat back in her seat; she felt an inexplicable sourness in her heart.

Harry and Ron looked at each other, wondering what happened to Hermione.

Just then, Fred, George, and Ginny squeaked into the cubicle, along with a few exploding fireworks.

Ginny has completely recovered her cheerful personality, and she and her two brothers have decided to use up all the magic pranks left over this semester.

They make the most of the last few hours allowed to use magic before the holiday.

They played "Crackling and Blast," set off the last of Fred and George's tugging fireworks, and sneaked prank cookies into other classmates' cookie tins.

They also practiced disarming each other with magic.

Harry joined them, too, and He somehow felt that the spell "Remove Your Weapon" was easy for him to use.

The Hogwarts Express made several loud whistles. "Professor Ethan, it's time for me to go," Luna said.

Then he took the giant suitcase from Ethan's hand.

"Can you carry it? Do you need my help?" Ethan asked worriedly because Luna's suitcase was too "big" for her size.

"Yes, I'm strong. I did get an O in the wizard's close combat class."

After that, Luna flexed her arms and put on a muscular posture to show her strength.

"I'm leaving!" Finally, Luna waved at Ethan and dragged her massive suitcase into the Hogwarts Express.

After two loud whistles, the Hogwarts Express started slowly, looking at Ethan, who was gradually moving away.

Hermione suddenly leaned halfway out of the car, "Professor Ethan, goodbye!" Hermione shouted.

Ethan smiled and waved to Hermione. Seeing Ethan's response, Hermione seemed shy and suddenly retreated into the carriage.

In the carriage, Harry and Ron looked at Hermione with strange eyes. They didn't understand why Hermione had acted so strangely just now.

"What are you looking at?" Hermione was uncomfortable with Harry and Ron, threateningly waving her fist at them.

Accompanied by the morning sun, the red train drove the little wizards towards home.