Hurry, Run

Sirius was very popular at Hogwarts. When he walked into the Great Hall, everyone's eyes turned to him, and the originally noisy Great Hall suddenly became quiet, but then an even more heated discussion broke out.

Harry looked extremely excited. He usually didn't get up until after 8:30 to come to the Great Hall, but today he arrived half an hour early, at 8:00.

When he saw Sirius, he waved excitedly.

However, while some people like Sirius, the new professor, others naturally dislike him.

Several Slytherin sneered and walked past.

"Are you happy, Harry Potter?"

Seeing his appearance, Malfoy couldn't help but mock, "You'd better start praying now that he can hold out until next year... The Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts didn't end up very well."

"Don't worry, Malfoy, you can definitely do it," Harry said. "Even your father got away with it, so why can't Sirius break free from the curse of Defense Against the Dark Arts?"

"Oh, speaking of which, I heard your family even sold your shop in Diagon Alley. It must have cost a lot of money."

Malfoy's pale face flushed slightly, and he instinctively reached out his wand.

"How dare you talk about my father, Harry Potter!"

"You were the one who mentioned Sirius first," Harry retorted, drawing his wand in response.

"What happened?" Sirius, hearing the commotion, immediately went over.

"Professor..." Harry blurted out, "It's Malfoy, he's been talking about you behind your back."

"Oh?"

Sirius looked at Malfoy and asked, "Didn't Snape teach you that you shouldn't talk about professors behind their backs?"

"I didn't," Malfoy said, his neck stiff. "It was Harry Potter who slandered my father..."

"Talking back to the professor, Slytherin loses five points..." Sirius raised an eyebrow. "Now, if you don't want to be put in solitary confinement, go back to where you belong."

Malfoy was breathing heavily with anger. "I'll tell Professor Snape that you..."

"You'd better go now," Sirius scoffed. "Hurry up, run there, don't keep me waiting too long."

Malfoy left in a huff.

The next second, cheers erupted around the Gryffindor table, and several students stood on their stools, dancing and celebrating.

Before today, whenever Gryffindor and Slytherin clashed, they were always the ones who were punished.

But things are different now.

Sirius did exactly the same thing Snape did, except this time the one being punished was Slytherin.

Even after Sirius had left, the people around him were still discussing what had just happened.

"Don't talk to me," Ron whispered to Harry and Hermione. "I'm going to remember this forever. It's great that Hogwarts finally has a professor who's biased towards us."

"Yes." Harry was also very happy. He was also the one who was punished the most by Snape. Every time he had a conflict with Slytherin, no matter who was right or wrong, Snape would make trouble for him.

But not again... Harry watched Sirius's departing figure, a surge of emotion welling up inside him.

Hermione was the only one nearby who wasn't cheering or celebrating. Even when Harry and Ron spoke to her, she ignored them, just sitting there staring blankly at a plate of tortilla chips in front of her, lost in thought.

After this incident, many people began to look forward to Sirius's first lesson.

"We don't have Defense Against the Dark Magic until Wednesday," Ron said, looking at his schedule with a hint of disappointment. "Why couldn't he come a week earlier...?"

There are many similar voices.

However, none of this has anything to do with fifth grade.

Professor Moody walked into the classroom as usual, stepping onto his wooden prosthetic leg, as if Sirius Black's arrival had no effect on him whatsoever.

"Disarming Charm," he said. "Does anyone know this spell?"

Qiu raised her hand. "Take your opponent's wand away."

"Absolutely right," Professor Moody said. "If you ask me, this spell is no less effective than the Killing Curse. When a wizard loses his wand, he will also lose the ability to resist, of course, I mean when the difference in strength is not significant."

"To say something you won't like to hear, even without my wand, I could easily take care of you... well, most of you."

His Mystic Eyes seemed to linger on Kyle for a moment before continuing, "Disarming Charm, Stunning Spell, and Binding Charm are the three most commonly used spells by Auror and Hit Wizard."

"And I can tell you in advance that the Disarming Charm will definitely appear in the upcoming OWL."

Upon hearing about the exam, everyone immediately sat up straight... They've been driven crazy by exams lately, dreaming about scores every day.

Even Trelawney's daily Prophecy have become symbols of failing grades... The effect is much better than before; whoever's name is mentioned will be uneasy for the next few days.

This gave Professor Trelawney a great sense of satisfaction, and Prophecy even more frequently.

Therefore, everyone naturally pays close attention to these easy questions that are guaranteed to appear in the exam.

"Speaking of the Disarming Charm ..." Professor Moody's Magic Eyes flickered. "I understand that you encountered this charm in your third year. Come, let me see how much you've learned."

He took out his wand and gestured for the students sitting in the front row to use Disarming Charm on him.

"Ha, I happen to remember the spell." A Ravenclaw boy stood up and confidently thrust his wand forward. "Expelliarmus!"

"Crackling..." A string of sparks shot out from the tip of the wand, flickered a few times, and then went out, while Professor Moody's wand was still in his hand.

"This is a wand, Mr. Thomas, not a sword," Professor Moody said calmly. "You're not planning to use it to poke my hand, are you?"

A burst of laughter erupted around them, but the boy kept his head down and remained silent.

"Sit down," Professor Moody said. "Next..."

The next one to stand up was Ravenclaw student. Although he performed slightly better than the first person, he missed and blew a hole in the window behind him.

Laughter erupted again from the surrounding area.

But their smiles soon faded, because Professor Moody stopped checking in seating order and started calling out names directly.

Those who were laughing the loudest just now all ended up getting caught, and now they've become the butt of everyone's jokes.

"It seems I overestimated you all." Professor Moody only called out one-third of the names before abandoning the decision.

"How did you all learn it? You've forgotten it all so quickly."

Forehead...

They looked at each other, wondering if they could say that when they were learning the spell, they were all busy watching Lockhart make a fool of himself.

Furthermore, the Duelling Club was only held once, and neither Lockhart nor any of the other professors ever mentioned the Disarming Charm again.

It's perfectly normal that they didn't learn it.

"Okay, I understand."

Professor Moody seemed to have discerned what most people were thinking and continued, "Now, everyone put down your wands, turn to page 165, and copy down everything about the Disarming Charm... I'll remind you again, this charm is very important; it will definitely appear on the OWL exam."

Soon, only the rustling sound of notes being copied filled the classroom. Professor Moody stood at the front, observing everyone's movements with his Magic Eye, muttering to himself:

"That Lockhart liar, his only contribution to Hogwarts was probably introducing you to the Disarming Charm ahead of time."