Hogwarts: My Name is the Unforgivable

After the school song was sung, the opening banquet was finally over. The students also formed their own teams and left the hall. A tall girl with pink hair led the Hufflepuff team through the hall and down to a remote corner, where there was a pile of large wooden barrels placed on a dark stone trough.

  "Hmm?"

Avada was surprised to find that the red glow on the girl's body, that is, the structure of her vitality, was much more complex than that of others, and the connection between her and her mental power was also closer. Based on Avada's many years of experience in studying magic and observing the structure of magic, the purpose of the extra structures in her vitality seemed to be... transformation?

"Freshmen, pay attention." She reminded in a crisp voice: "This is the entrance to our Hufflepuff common room. If you want to enter the common room, you must knock on the bottom of the second barrel in the middle of the second row according to the rhythm of 'Helga Hufflepuff', like this..."

As she said, she reached out and knocked on the wooden barrel seven times, and the lid of the barrel spun open, revealing a passage leading to the basement.

"If the person who wants to enter doesn't knock according to the correct rhythm, knocks on the wrong barrel, or knocks the wrong number of times, the lid of the other barrel will open and pour vinegar all over the intruder." The tall girl reminded.

Avada's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Then if we want to cook for ourselves and are short of ingredients, can we use this trick to collect the vinegar?"

He is good at making dumplings!

  "I learned it all by myself!"

The tall girl smiled happily: "Congratulations, you have discovered the main source of vinegar used in Hufflepuff picnics and tea parties!"

"But the type of vinegar obtained in this way is random." Cedric on the side added: "Sometimes it is apple vinegar, sometimes it is black grape vinegar, and there is also coconut vinegar, white vinegar..."

"Two years ago, someone even got a large barrel of balsamic vinegar. At that time, the whole Hufflepuff was boiling. The next three consecutive picnics were all luxurious Italian dishes, and even Slytherin was attracted to eat!"

  Avada:...

"But this also means that not every vinegar obtained can be satisfactory, so when you encounter unwanted vinegar, you can provide it to the house elves in the kitchen, or save it for backup."

Gabriel Truman said as he walked into the passage first: "Hurry back to the lounge, don't forget that there is a banquet tonight!"

"There is still a banquet?"

Avada and other first-year students asked in surprise, but only got a mysterious smile in return. Helplessly, they had to follow everyone to the Hufflepuff common room.

It was a simple, round, large room with a low ceiling. Through the round windows, you could see the swaying grass and dandelions outside. I guess there would be plenty of sunlight during the day. The room was decorated with many polished copper ornaments and lush plants, either hanging from the ceiling or placed on the windowsills.

There was also a large honey-yellow wooden mantel in the middle of the wall, carved with the image of a badger. Above the fireplace hung a portrait of Helga Hufflepuff, the founder of the school. Next to the fireplace were soft sofas and armchairs, all with yellow and black fabrics.

Before Avada had time to take a closer look at the lounge, she was interrupted by an excited voice:

"Hufflepuffs, celebrate!"

A young man with brown curly hair and freckles on his face jumped in front of the fireplace, and his loud voice scared Avada. He raised his arm gracefully and said aloud in an aria like reciting a sonnet:

"After four years of vacancy, a new Auror is finally born! She is the big sister of Hufflepuff, not a prefect but better than a prefect, a Disguisemagg who can change in a thousand ways, and doesn't like people reading out her full name..."

  "Nee... Tonks!"

Under the threatening eyes of the tall girl, that is, Tonks, he shuddered and forced himself to hold back the words that were about to rush out, and then continued to read as if nothing had happened:

"In the past summer vacation, she finally passed the assessment of the Auror Office and became an apprentice Auror. She is also the first Auror from Hufflepuff in 20 years. As long as she can obtain five NEWT certificates this year, her path to becoming an Auror will no longer be hindered!"

  "Ha, 'Newt' certificate!"

Someone laughed below, "Maybe you can ask your grandfather to give her the certificate directly, Rove!"

"This is Rolf Scamander, a fourth-year student." Cedric suppressed his laughter and whispered to the Avada, "He is the grandson of the famous Magizoologist Newt Scamander, and his grandfather's name happens to be the same as the abbreviation of the Ultimate Wizarding Exam, so everyone often teases him about this."   

"Maybe we can also give him a fire 'salamander', which he has been studying recently." (Note)

Amidst the laughter, Rolf Scamander waved his hand as usual and stepped back, leaving the middle position to the real protagonist Tonks.

"Let me tell you about the situation first."

She said happily, her hair turned bright red: "In the first half of this semester, I will go to the Auror Office for a half-year training, so I won't be able to meet you. I'm afraid the tutoring for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class will also be stopped. I hope the new professor this year can teach you well!"

"And after Christmas, I will come back to take the second half of the semester and prepare for the NEWT exam. But that's just a formality..."

She smiled a little embarrassedly, paused for a while, and said: "Anyway, the Auror Office recruited me because of my talent for Metamorphmagus, which has little to do with test scores."

A good-natured laugh rang out in the lounge.

"But don't worry about me being a fool, after all, everyone knows my level of defensive skills." She continued, her expression gradually becoming more hopeful:

"And with the death of You-Know-Who for ten years, more and more Death Eater remnants have been arrested, and the British wizarding world has become safer and safer, and there will be fewer and fewer places where Aurors can be used. Maybe in a few years, all Aurors will have nothing to do, because all the dark wizards have been arrested, and the wizarding world has been completely peaceful!"

"Yeah, I really hope there will be such a day."

Auror. I wish you peace and success in the new school year, and I wish the new students can integrate into Hufflepuff and feel the happiness and warmth of our college."

"I also wish you can pass the test smoothly and be safe and sound in your work!"

Rove raised his glass with a smile and shouted, "Tonks!"

The Hufflepuffs raised their glasses together: Tonks! "

After the third glass of butter beer, the small dinner in the common room came to an end. The old students reluctantly said goodbye to Tonks and returned to the dormitory, while Cedric, Truman and others were responsible for guiding the new students, leading Avada and others to understand the various facilities, giving them the first semester's course schedule, and taking them to their respective dormitories.

After two consecutive banquets, they were exhausted and didn't want to talk any more. One by one, they changed into pajamas and fell asleep.

Note: In the two exams at Hogwarts, owls means "owl" and newt means "salamander"