Not long after they left the platform, Hermione ran to the Granger couple who were waving at them with a smile. Mr. Granger hugged his daughter, lifted her up and spun her around a few times. He then rubbed Hermione's messy hair.
Hermione was a little embarrassed as she left her father's arms and introduced Helena to him.
For the Granger couple, having a little witch in their family and seeing the world of magic was already a very amazing thing. But today, they saw a ghost for the first time in their lives.
And now, he was being introduced to a ghost, which made Mr. Granger very frightened. He looked around and found that the people around him couldn't see them. A ghost appeared in the station openly, and the passersby turned a blind eye to it.
Compared to Mr. Granger who was forcing himself to be calm, Mrs. Granger didn't even dare to look at Helena. Her face was pale, and she held her daughter's hand tightly.
"Hello, Helena." Mr. Granger took the initiative to reach out his hand, and Helena also reached out to him. At the moment when they touched. Mr. Granger felt the cold invading his skin, and the cold feeling spread along his arm to the rest of his body and kept going down. He tried to calm down, hoping to stop his legs from trembling and slow down his heartbeat.
"Helena is the ghost of Ravenclaw's academy. She is very friendly, don't worry." Hermione quickly comforted her mother, and kept massaging her mother's cold sweaty hand to comfort her.
Mr. Granger tried his best not to let his eyes stay on Helena for too long. Although his fear was mixed with curiosity, he soon found that although the ghost girl was arrogant, she was very polite. Although she was cold as ice, she didn't show any hostility toward them like the pure-blood wizards.
When they came to the parking lot, Mr. Granger and his wife sat in the front row, while Allen, Hermione, and the ghost squeezed in the back row. Helena floated in the air above Emily and Allen, and she didn't blink as she watched Mr. Granger start the car and control the steering wheel.
"Dad, because of Helena's constitution, Allen can't use magic to bring her back …" Before Hermione finished her explanation, Mr. Granger interrupted her and promised, "Don't worry, baby, I will send your classmates home safely."
"Oh, thank you so much, Mr. Granger. But don't bother, I can drive. After I send Luna and Helena home, I will immediately return the car. "Allen quickly said. He was already embarrassed to borrow the car, he didn't dare to trouble Mr. Granger.
"You're 17 years old too? Time really flies … Hermione, who was born in 1979, seems to be older than all of you who were born in the same year. She applied before and got full marks for the multiple-choice questions and the short film simulation test. However, during the road test, she drove to … cough … "Hermione, who was exposed in front of everyone, was a little mad as she lay on top of her classmates. She went over and hammered her father. Mr. Granger was suddenly hit so hard that he coughed." Uh … but Alan actually passed so quickly? That's really impressive … I also took the test many times before I passed. "
Allen, who originally planned to use a Muggle Spell to get away with it if they were checked by the police, gave Hermione a flattering smile and asked her to keep it a secret. Then, he followed Mr. Granger's words and said, "It's just luck."
Mr. Granger's car played his favorite music and moved between the buildings. However, the traffic situation in London was not optimistic. There were some traffic jams, so the speed of the car was not fast. After a long time, under the shaking of the car, except for the female ghost who was curious about London in this era, the passengers dozed off because of boredom.
After an unknown amount of time, when Hermione woke up, she discovered that Alan, who was beside her, had also fallen asleep while leaning against the window. Emily, on the other hand, was half leaning in his embrace. Her long and curly eyelashes were like butterfly wings, quietly hanging down on her face, looking extremely sweet. On the other side, Luna's long golden curly hair covered half of her face, and she was sleeping soundly.
Even Helena, who was floating in the air, looked at the scenery of the street through the roof of the car. Hermione couldn't help but reveal a smile on her face. In this small space with the sound of the car motor, she felt very peaceful, and a warm feeling arose spontaneously.
Hermione tilted her upper body and looked to the left front. Her mother was also asleep. In order to welcome her, she must have woken up very early. Hermione pursed her lips a little guiltily.
Then, Hermione looked at the driver's seat on the right front through the rearview mirror and was frightened to find that her father, who was driving, also had his eyes closed. Hermione suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. All the warmth and sleepiness disappeared. She screamed in a sharp voice that she rarely made, "Dad, wake up!"
Then, under the influence of Hermione's scream, the passengers in the car also screamed one after another. Mr. Granger was the last to wake up.
Because everyone was no longer sleepy, the car finally arrived at Hermione's house. Although it was not yet four o 'clock in the afternoon, the sky was gradually darkening and dark clouds were gathering. Mrs. Granger looked at the sky and was a little embarrassed. Thinking of the stupid thing that her husband had just done, she politely invited Allen and the others, "It looks like it's going to rain in a while. Be careful when driving in the rain. Why don't you come in and have some hot drinks and something to eat to wake up?"
"Thank you for your kindness, Mrs. Granger." Allen helped Mr. Granger take out all the luggage that belonged to Hermione from the trunk. "It's a long journey, and we can't delay any longer. I want to go back before dinner. I don't want to waste the food that my mother prepared."
Hearing this, Mrs. Granger did not insist. Instead, she was very satisfied with Allen's attitude towards his mother. Mr. Granger took out some sugar-free gum from the trunk and gave it to them, "Chew it on the way. It can help you avoid boredom and sleepiness."
"Mr. Granger, thank you. I'll send the car back as soon as I send Helena home." Allen took the gum and sat in the driver's seat. He said goodbye to the Granger family, but he did not see Hermione.
Luna sat next to Allen in the front passenger seat. Emily took out her backpack from the trunk and sat side by side with her niece Helena.
"Allen, take this map with you." Hermione, who had just rushed back to her room, ran over with a map and handed it to Allen through the window. After all, Allen had never driven home before, and Hermione was worried that he would not be able to find his way. "See you in a few days."
"Thank you, Hermione. This will definitely be useful. You're always so thoughtful. I'll see you in a few days." Alan praised Hermione. Hermione was always so methodical.
"Have a safe trip. Be careful." Hermione, who was blushing from Allen's praise, reminded him. The Granger family watched as Allen started the car and drove away. Although Allen was not used to the driver's seat being in the opposite direction, he still acted like he was very familiar with it since the Granger couple did not ask to check his license.
"Luna, Emily, it's a long journey. Do you want to use Transfiguration to go home first?" Allen asked.
"No, I want to take the car." Luna looked at Allen's steering wheel with interest, "I'll use Transfiguration to go home after we reach your house."
"I want to take the car with you too." Emily hugged her backpack and answered obediently.
The sky was getting darker and darker. In this dark city, the red traffic lights and blocked roads made the drivers waiting anxiously. Rain fell from the sky. Alan looked at the tape in Mr. Granger's car, picked up a tape, and inserted it into the car player. A song, "The Sound of Silence," "The Sound of Silence," "The Sound of Silence.
Silence "flowed out in the car.
While watching the situation on the road, Alan took the opportunity to introduce the situation at home to Helena. "We live in Dorset. The famous magical zoologist, Newt Greene? Scamander and his wife, Tina, used to live here. The magical creature that loves to guard horses, Panloc, has a habitat in our area. "
Luna opened the map and pointed out the location of the county on the map. It was a county in the southwest of England, on the north coast of the English Channel. Dorset bordered Devonshire to the west, Somerset to the northwest, Wiltshire to the northeast, and Hampshire to the east. Wimbledon and Milburn were both in this county.
"Your grandfather and I live here." Luna pointed to Devonshire, "You go back to your father's house first, and come back to me in a few days."
"Luna's family, the Weasley's family, the Fawcett's family, and the Diggory's family are all in Ottery St. Catchpole Village in Devonshire. Nicole Lemay and his wife, Perrenal, also lived in Devonshire, but they passed away in 1992, "Allen added.
"I know Draco. The Malfoy's family's Malfoy Manor is in the northeast of Wiltshire, "Emily said softly," Pency often talks about how big the manor is in Slytherin … "
"Now, we need to go from Salisbury to the south of Wiltshire, and it will take about two and a half minutes. It will take about twenty to thirty minutes to reach the south and go home." Allen, who was still not used to the driving seat in England, held the steering wheel with both hands, stepped on the accelerator, and sped up.
Luna opened a pack of sugarless gum, picked up a piece, and put it in her mouth.
"Give Emily one too." Through the rearview mirror, Allen saw the little girl staring at Luna's sugarless gum, and reminded Luna with a smile.
Emily chewed the sugarless gum twice and spat it on the wrapper. For Emily, sugarless gum was obviously not as attractive as the snacks in her bag. She took out a chocolate frog, removed the wrapper, and bit off the frog's head in satisfaction.
Emily tasted the Flavored Beans, Crucible Cakes, and Pumpkin Pies she bought from the Hogwarts Express, and ate them with relish. She would rather take the Muggle's bumpy ride home because she wanted to take the opportunity to eat more snacks. Allen noticed through the rearview mirror that Helena would look at Emily every time she changed the snacks. He tightened his grip on the steering wheel.
"Helena, if the smell of food is particularly strong, can you smell it?" Allen asked.
"Many spirits like to smell rotting and strong smells. I can more or less smell something, but I'm not interested in that." Helena replied, "Nick, who almost lost his head, especially likes meat stuffed lamb tripe full of maggots and cheese full of green hair. Fat Friar likes smelly salmon, and those only make me sick."
"Allen, give me the lifestone." Luna chewed her gum and suddenly extended her hand to Allen. "During the summer vacation, I'll study this bad thing and see if I can change Helena's situation. Naughty Ghost isn't a spirit. It's beyond life and death, so it can never be considered alive. But if necessary, we can find time to go back to school to catch it and study it. Ask your aunt to help us find another female ghost and see if Helena can come into contact with something and regain some feeling of being alive."
Allen handed the lifestone to Luna and exchanged it for a few pieces of gum. He popped them into his mouth. It seemed that his child's mother had thought of the same thing as he had imagined.
They finally drove out of downtown London. But not long after, thunder roared and raindrops splashed onto the car's windshield. The windshield wipers swayed rhythmically, accompanied by the music in the car. Luna sat in the front passenger seat, chewing gum in her mouth. Her slightly bulging eyes stared at the wipers in front of her, and her body swayed left and right with the wipers in front of her. The girl first swayed her head at the same frequency as the wipers. Suddenly, Luna increased the frequency of her body and head swaying. It looked like the wipers were swaying along with her swaying, and her light blonde hair danced with the wind.
Allen turned his head, a little surprised, but his eyes seemed to be unable to move away from Luna. The corners of his mouth curled up, and his expression was unbelievably gentle.
Luna's slender fingers pressed the button to lower the car window. She unfastened her seat belt and leaned her entire upper body out of the car window. She used her slender and fair arms to hold the car window and stabilize her body. The rain hit her delicate cheeks, but she didn't care. Instead, she closed her eyes like a child, raised her face, opened her mouth, and let the rainwater flow into her mouth. She swallowed a few mouthfuls.
Seeing the bewitched expression on Allen's face, Emily, who was sitting in the back, stopped sucking on the spark stick in her hand. She pursed her lips and mocked in her heart, "Acting young."
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