Starting Over from Hogwarts
Chapter 26

Since I Can't Sleep Early, Then No One Else Shall Sleep!

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Hufflepuff dormitories.

Vinson Wright and Cedric were assigned to the same dormitory.

Vinson Wright had already put away his belongings and glanced at Cedric, who was lying on the bed, struggling to keep his eyes open and trying to stay awake.

Because this honest student wanted to wait for Vinson to return.

"You should sleep first."

Vinson Wright looked at Cedric, whose face was full of fatigue, and earnestly instructed, "Cover yourself well so you don't catch a cold. It's going to snow tonight, and the weather will be a bit cold..."

"It's still autumn..."

Cedric struggled to say.

"Ah, I remembered wrong."

Vinson smiled indifferently.

Vinson didn't argue with Cedric, but seeing his roommate close his eyes and fall asleep, he quietly left the dormitory.

The night was somewhat long.

After leaving the dormitory, Vinson didn't head to Hagrid's hut. Instead, he went to the kitchen on the first basement level to find the house-elves living there.

"Is anyone on duty?"

"Mr. Wright?"

Hearing someone arrive, a house-elf's head suddenly popped out from under a table and responded cautiously, "We are still preparing supper for you, Mr. Wright. Do you have any special instructions?"

"Thank you."

Vinson Wright shook his head and said softly, "It might be very cold tonight. Could you help me light the fireplace in Hufflepuff?"

"Will it be cold?"

"It will be soon."

Vinson Wright calmly stated the facts.

Although the house-elves didn't quite understand Vinson's meaning, they still agreed to Vinson's request and immediately went to light the Hufflepuff fireplace.

Hogwarts was very quiet at night.

Vinson Wright walked step by step towards the castle entrance.

No one would notice that high above in the clouds, tens of thousands of meters up, a giant phoenix covered in brilliant blue ice crystals was spreading its wings and soaring through the night sky!

"Anivia, you can come down now."

Vinson Wright stood by the bridge outside Hogwarts Castle and quietly summoned his pet, his voice barely audible, "The night is so long, and I haven't slept yet... There's no need for everyone to sleep so early, right?"

The Ice Crystal Phoenix soaring in the sky suddenly dived down!

As the Ice Crystal Phoenix descended, the moisture in the sky rapidly condensed, and strings of ice crystals and snowflakes began to fall!

The temperature in the air immediately dropped!

By the time the Ice Crystal Phoenix appeared in Vinson Wright's sight, a thick layer of white snow had already accumulated on the Hogwarts castle.

The entire castle was rendered a pure white by the ice and snow.

Many students, awakened from their sleep, shivered and pulled their blankets tighter.

Prefects from other houses, after being woken by the cold, were a bit confused about the situation and could only quickly get up to light the fireplaces for their respective dormitories.

The school staff began to check the situation.

Except for Hufflepuff, everyone else at Hogwarts had been woken up by the cold.

When Dumbledore was woken from his sleep by the cold, he thought for a few seconds and then remembered why it was snowing and the temperature had dropped at this time of year. He quickly took out his wand and used the Fire Charm to light the fireplace.

Dumbledore sat by the fireplace in a blanket, warming himself, and muttered about the person who caused the trouble, "What a troublesome little fellow..."

However.

Dumbledore would never have imagined.

A sudden heavy snowfall was only the beginning of this night.

"Did you bring everything?"

Vinson Wright reached out and took the items brought by the Ice Bird. Inside were the ingredients for the Polyjuice Potion sent by Barty Crouch Sr., all pre-prepared.

They only needed simple boiling.

These ingredients were placed in a small cauldron.

"Incendio."

A flame quietly rose from Vinson's palm.

The ingredients in the cauldron were quickly boiled by the flame and began to bubble.

It was just a simple matter of making one dose of Polyjuice Potion. For Vinson, who had memorized the manufacturing method three hundred times, it was incredibly easy.

This dose of Polyjuice Potion was meant to fix the transformation into a specific person.

So, as the potion was nearing completion, a hair plucked by Vinson from a small mouse was added, and the entire potion's color gradually turned brown.

When Vinson finished bottling the Polyjuice Potion he had just made, a surge of magic quietly appeared on his fingertips and landed on the area where he had brewed the potion.

"Scourgify."

All the mess immediately vanished.

Even the faint medicinal smell in the air dissipated instantly.

This spell, used for destroying evidence, was incredibly convenient for simply cleaning up trash; even Hogwarts' Potions Professor, Snape, wouldn't be able to detect it.

"The taste of Polyjuice Potion is truly disgusting..."

Vinson Wright frowned as he put away his small potion bottle. He then looked at the Ice Bird flapping its wings beside him, and his mood finally relaxed. "Let's go. We'll go humor Hagrid first, and I'll show you where you'll be staying."

The entire Hogwarts school.

Perhaps the only one who could still be happy in this sudden heavy snowfall was the half-giant Rubeus Hagrid, as his mind wasn't on the weather.

This was because Hagrid had heard from Dumbledore that a new student had raised an animal so rare that even he considered it precious, even rarer than a Phoenix... something that even magizoologist Newt Scamander had never recorded!

This matter...

It truly excited Hagrid!

The half-giant had no particular hobbies in his life except for caring for magical creatures. One could say he had poured his entire being into these animals.

Knock, knock, knock...

A knock came from outside the door.

Hagrid, who had just lit the fireplace for warmth, went to open the door and saw Vinson Wright. He quickly waved him in to warm up. "Vinson! Come in quickly and warm yourself up. I'll make you a cup of black tea first..."

Before he could finish speaking.

Hagrid's gaze fell upon a patch of azure ice crystals behind Vinson, drawing him involuntarily out of the house. It was then that he saw the full appearance of the Ice Crystal Phoenix.

It was a giant bird that stood taller than him!

Judging solely by its size, it was comparable to a dragon!

What was most astonishing was that its entire body was made of azure ice crystals, layered like feathers, making it look like a perfect ice sculpture...

"It's so beautiful..."

Hagrid gazed at the Ice Crystal Phoenix with rapturous admiration.

Hagrid always had a certain obsession with these magical creatures.

Just as Hagrid couldn't resist reaching out to stroke its wing, Vinson Wright stopped him. "If you don't want to be turned into an ice sculpture, you'd better not do that..."

"Okay, okay..."

Hagrid nodded quickly, rubbing his palms together excitedly. "Dumbledore told me you might bring a rare Ice Bird pet. I never imagined it would be this beautiful..."

After speaking, Hagrid glanced again at the Hogwarts castle, now enveloped in ice and snow, and couldn't help but chatter softly. "Hey, Vinson, what is it? Did it cause this heavy snow? Mr. Scamander's books mention a Thunderbird in America that can change the weather. Is your pet called a Snow Bird?"

Hagrid spoke in a very low voice...

Because he subconsciously felt that inquiring about its species might anger the Ice Bird.

Vinson Wright gave him a strange look, slowly shook his head, and extended his palm towards his pet.

The giant Ice Bird slowly lowered its head, extended its sharp beak, and affectionately rubbed Vinson's palm. Anyone could see that it was very close to Vinson.

"Its name is Anivia,"

Vinson said, stroking his Ice Bird, and slowly turned his head. "It's an Ice Crystal Phoenix."

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