Mrs. Maxim was willing to help them. Exchange students had always been a tradition among magic academies.
As long as she concealed her identity, no one would know who Elaine was, and it would be convenient to take care of her in school.
Her current identity was the same as Harry's, and she needed the protection of the Order of the Phoenix. What place could be safer than the Hogwarts?!
Of course, this matter still required the approval of the Ministry of Magic. Dumbledore would have a way.
Compared to Elaine, Harry was in a low mood after waking up. He was thinking about the connection between him and Lord Voldemort.
When everything was over, this feeling became clearer. He saw the scene in his dream, he became that terrible statue, the situation when he was controlled by Lord Voldemort, and Dumbledore did not say anything to him, and was not even willing to look at him.
All these made Harry brood over it.
He had experienced a lot in these twelve hours, but Dumbledore still refused to talk to him, and was not even willing to show his face.
Harry wondered if Dumbledore was worried that he would see Lord Voldemort in his eyes. He was afraid that those green eyes would suddenly turn blood red, and his pupils would become like a cat's eyes. He was afraid that he would become Lord Voldemort, just like at the last moment.
Lord Voldemort had entered his body. At that moment, he was Lord Voldemort, and Lord Voldemort was him. There was no distinction between them.
Harry had seen Lord Voldemort's snake face emerge from the back of Professor Quirrell's head in the past. He could not help but wonder if one day he would also become like this, and become a monster because of the connection between him and Lord Voldemort.
No, he was probably already a monster!
Elwyn and Sirius had talked to Harry alone, but it was not very effective. Because none of them could explain, nor could they explain, what was the connection between Harry and Lord Voldemort. Dumbledore felt that it was not the right time to tell him.
The most important thing now was to let Harry master the Brain Occlusion to prevent such things from happening again.
In short, the incident ended like this, and everything was still developing according to its original trajectory.
Returning to his family's ancestral home, Sirius was in a good mood.
Perhaps it was because he was reminiscing about his childhood, or perhaps he wanted to find a way to make Harry happier, but he actually proposed to decorate the house for Christmas. He even took the initiative to sing Christmas carols, and asked Elwyn, Harry, and Elaine what gifts they wanted.
Yes, Christmas was coming. It was the most important festival of the year.
Whether it was Lord Voldemort or the Evil God, they should all give way to it.
This Christmas holiday, Elwyn had originally planned to go skiing with his parents and Hermione's family. Now it seemed that he could not go, which was really a pity. Elwyn wrote a letter to his parents, explaining the reason, saying that he was studying at school.
Because he was preparing for his exams, he had to stay at Hogwarts this Christmas. This was an understandable and acceptable reason.
Hermione and the rest of the Weasley family arrived at 12 Grimmauld Square at ten in the morning. At that time, Elwyn was placing a large order for bloody lollipops and similar flavored products. This somewhat improved Elaine's mood.
"Oh, Elwyn, Harry, how are you?" Hermione's voice came from the hall. She was very fast. She must have run over. "I heard from Ron that Harry's scar hurts. It was Lord Voldemort. Where did you and the headmaster go after that?"
"Norway!" Elwyn said, standing up and hugging Hermione. "How did you get here?"
"By Knight's bus. Lady Weasley picked us up." Hermione said, taking off her coat. She looked curiously at Elaine, who was behind Elwyn, and gave her a friendly smile. "Hello, I'm Hermione Granger. You must be Elaine. I heard Elwyn mention you."
"Hello!" Elaine said. She pulled Elwyn's sleeve and hid behind him, carefully looking at everyone.
Elwyn did not know that she was so afraid of strangers. She had never been like this with him before. She was obviously a lot bolder.
He briefly explained the situation to Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Fred, and George. He also introduced Elaine to them. Everyone already knew who she was.
Lady Weasley must have warned them. No one asked anything. Everyone maintained the necessary politeness and curiosity.
This was the first time they had seen a vampire up close. They realized that Elaine was a very beautiful girl. She was very afraid of strangers, very polite, and seemed to be very timid. Other than that, she did not look like the scary rumored vampires: white face and fangs, evil and gloomy, bloodthirsty …
"Dumbledore told us this morning to come here." Hermione said, "But we have to wait until the semester officially ends before we can leave. By the way, the two of you disappeared under Umrich's nose. She was so angry that she went crazy looking for you two in the castle. She woke up most of the castle. You should have seen it …"
"An angry toad!" Ron said, also looking at Elaine.
Then, as if he remembered something, he hurriedly turned to look at Harry. "Harry, how are you feeling?"
"I'm fine!" Harry answered stiffly, not looking at them.
"Don't lie, Harry!" Hermione said. "You don't look good at all!"
"Really?!" Harry stared at Hermione. He actually wanted to say that anyone who was controlled by the Lord Voldemort would not feel good.
But seeing the worried and concerned expressions on everyone's faces, he did not say it in the end.
"Don't think too much, Harry. The connection between you and him is only the effect of magic. Because he once tried to kill you with a killing curse, and the curse failed to rebound, he left a mark on you. As long as you learn the Brain Occlusion Spell, it won't be a problem." Elwyn said hurriedly. He felt that it was best not to talk about this topic, or else it would be endless and unpleasant. "By the way, Hermione, we can't go skiing this time. Your parents …"
This time, it was Mr. and Mrs. Granger who took the initiative to invite Elwyn and his family. It would be impolite to reject them now, and it was also something that Elwyn was worried about.
"Don't worry, I told them that those who are seriously preparing for the exam will stay at Hogwarts to study. You and I will stay. They want us to do well in the exam, so they will understand, although they might be a little disappointed!" Hermione paused for a moment, then continued, "To be honest, I don't like skiing. It really doesn't suit me, so I'm here for Christmas. Yes, I'm happy to do so."
"Just now on the Knight's bus, you told me that skiing is great?" Ron shouted.
"Yes, because you always laugh at me, saying things like tying two pieces of wood to your feet," Hermione replied.
"What's skiing?" Elaine asked curiously.
"It's a Muggle sport. You put skis on the soles of your boots, and you speed, jump, and slide on the snow." Hermione said, happy to finally find a common topic with Elaine. "What sports do you usually like? Quidditch?"
"A few times!" Elaine said, interested. "I have a Nimbus 2002. It was a gift from my uncle last year. It's the best broom. I'm usually used to being a batter. Although I'm skinny, I'm actually very strong."
Not bad, but there was a small mistake in her words. The Nimbus 2002 was not the best broom.
Elwyn felt that it was necessary to let Elaine see the Startaker when they returned to their room.
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