Hogwarts: A little lion in the skin of the Eagle School

With a bang, wood chips flew everywhere.

The ball slammed heavily onto the wooden bench behind John, startling the people around it who screamed.

"John!"

Ryan and the others looked behind them and realized that the ball had hit John's spot.

They quickly climbed the steps to John's side to check on him.

Fortunately, the ball didn't hit them; it only hit the wooden planks behind them.

"John, are you alright? Are you hurt?"

"Hey, Luna, you're here too."

After John got up, Ryan and the others asked anxiously, and they also saw Luna being protected by John.

"It's nothing, it's just a bit of sawdust on my skin."

John stood up, brushed the sawdust off his clothes, chuckled, and then turned to Luna beside him, asking with concern.

"Sister Luna, are you hurt anywhere?"

Luna remained seated, lightly brushing the wood chips off her clothes and shaking her head.

"I am not injured."

"Thank you, John, you protected me once again."

Luna's face still held its usual smile; she wasn't frightened by the sudden turn of events and slowly smiled at John.

Seeing that Luna was still in the same state, John was relieved that she was not injured.

As expected of Luna, John was actually a little scared. With the force of the ball, if he had been hit, he probably would have been in serious trouble.

When he saw the ball coming at him, it was purely a conditioned reflex; he wanted to dodge it with Luna.

But they were all sitting and couldn't move much for a while, so they could only push Luna down to protect her and use their backs to take the hit.

Fortunately, the ball didn't actually hit them, otherwise John would probably be lying in bed being taken to the school hospital.

Because of this accident, the Gryffindor players stopped training and rushed over on their flying broomsticks.

The leader was a handsome man, their team captain Oliver Wood.

"Hey students, how are you? Are you hurt? Do you need to go to the school clinic?"

Wood dismounted from his flying broom and landed beside the two men, asking them a question.

"It's okay, seniors, you can continue training. We're not injured."

John waved his hand and said to Wood.

Despite saying that, Wood and several players still surrounded them with concern and asked about their well-being.

Harry Potter was there too, and he was even holding the Golden Snitch in his hand.

It seems Luna was right; Harry really did catch the Golden Snitch, in the blink of an eye.

John and Luna didn't make things difficult for them, after all, Quidditch is a sport where accidents can happen from time to time.

However, because the medical standards in the magical world are relatively high, most of these accidents are resolved.

After a brief chat, the Gryffindor Quidditch team resumed training.

However, he subconsciously restrained some of his movements, for fear of accidentally hurting his classmates again.

Although no one would blame them, they are not vicious people and of course do not want to hurt anyone during training.

Normally, during the game, the ball won't accidentally injure students in the stands because Professor Huo Qi is always watching.

However, they were training, and there were relatively few people watching, so this situation rarely occurred, and no one was keeping an eye on them.

Training is still in full swing.

Ryan and his friends stopped lounging at the front of the stands and instead sat with John Luna.

Because Luna was also very interested in Quidditch, the three of them had many more topics to discuss with Luna.

Luna also explained to them the training schedule for the various school teams, as well as the dates of the matches.

Because they had never actually watched a Quidditch match in person before.

Even Ryan and Titus didn't have it.

So the three of them started looking forward to the competition.

Luna simply reminded them to arrive early, otherwise they might not even be able to get a seat.

John didn't notice that in the audience not far behind him, Hermione was watching John's figure with her chin resting on her hand.

She had seen everything that had just happened, and a smile of appreciation appeared on her lips.

It seems this junior colleague is quite a good person; Professor McGonagall was right about him.

......

Quidditch training only lasted until noon.

Seeing that the training was over, the students who had been watching the excitement left the stands and returned to the castle for lunch.

Luna naturally accompanied them.

As they passed a covered bridge, John suddenly noticed a large black dog and a familiar orange cat in a deserted garden not far away.

The unusual combination of a cat and a dog caught John's attention.

However, because it was too far away, he couldn't see exactly what the dog looked like.

The big black dog looked like it was eating something with its head down.

Just at the last moment, the big dog seemed to sense John's gaze, and suddenly raised its head, looking in John's direction.

Then, in the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the garden.

?

John was stunned for a moment, looked around, but couldn't find the big black dog anywhere.

It truly lives up to its name, Hogwarts; wonders are everywhere.

John was only slightly taken aback, but didn't sense anything was wrong.

This place is full of strange things; some people even keep rats. Isn't it normal to have a dog here?

That big black dog might be some kind of special magical creature.

But that big black dog looks big, yet it seems a bit thin. Is it a stray? The orange tabby stole my food, was it to feed the big black dog?

John was walking along, his mind racing with all sorts of ideas.

He was thinking about whether he should follow Big Orange next time to see if it was a stray dog ​​that no one owned, so he could feed it some food.

"What are you thinking about so intently?"

Just then, Luna's light, airy voice rang in his ears, interrupting John's brainstorming session.

"Nothing, I was just wondering if stray cats and dogs often end up at Hogwarts."

"Stray cats and dogs?"

Hearing John's words, Luna was only slightly puzzled as to why he would suddenly think of this.

But Luna still spoke softly.

"Stray cats and dogs won't survive long around Hogwarts. The only places to find food nearby are the Forbidden Forest and the Black Lake."

"But in those places, they are at the very bottom of the food chain, and could become food for other creatures at any time."

"As for the castle, there are generally no stray animals. Those that roam outside are mostly kept by students or professors."

After listening to Luna's words, John seemed thoughtful, but didn't dwell on it.

The fact that it usually doesn't mean there are exceptions.

If stray cats and dogs behave themselves and don't cause trouble, the school probably won't drive them away, but will tacitly allow their existence.

So that big black dog from earlier was probably in the same situation.