Setting Off on a Trip with Uncle Lupin

Time flew by, and at last, the moment arrived when the final exam results were announced.

George and Fred had both earned good marks: eight Outstanding grades, and Good in everything else.

Those results were practically unimaginable for them in the past, so Cabin threw a wild party to celebrate.

Anton, the eternal runner-up in his year, finally tied with Hermione Granger for first place in the final exams. His Astronomy grade was still only a Pass, but Miss Granger had simply dropped Divination.

While waiting for the exam results, Anton had painted three more portraits.

Alex Fiennes, Severus Snape, and Albus Dumbledore.

As for the other members of Cabin, he needed to observe them in greater detail first. Creating portraits that held a living presence was an entirely different challenge from making ordinary Magical portraits.

The latter was just ordinary wizarding painting magic.

But the kind Anton was attempting was so difficult, it was like making a perfect copy of someone's DNA, complete with its three billion pairs of information.

Of course, that was only a metaphor. From a magical perspective, interpreting the presence of life wasn't as complicated as genetic engineering.

But if he really wanted to understand the meaning of every fragment, he had a long road ahead of him.

Anton wasn't in a hurry.

And so, with the train going "clackety-clack, clackety-clack," the young wizards left Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

They had two months of summer vacation ahead of them.

But that didn't seem to affect Anton and Anna's dedication to their studies.

Anna still devoted most of her time to machinery. She hoped to invent a communication device for the magical world.

Every day, Anton set up his easel and painted Magical portraits of his family.

At last, after a week of peaceful