Chapter 295 Hogwarts Tradition, Unquiet Halloween
After the banquet was over, everyone left the auditorium with unsatisfied feelings.
The Skeleton Dance Troupe had already left while they were eating...which was a bit disappointing.
"This dance troupe is very hard to hire."
In the crowd, a young wizard said loudly: "My dad told me before that even if the Ministry of Magic wants to invite them to perform, they will have to wait in line for a long time."
"I heard they were invited to perform at the last Quidditch World Cup, as well as the Weird Sisters... People said it was the most exciting opening performance in a century."
"I didn't expect that we would actually see them in Hogwarts. The principal is really awesome..."
"Of course, that's Dumbledore..."
The students excitedly discussed what had just happened as they walked out of the auditorium and prepared to go back to their common rooms.
But before they could leave the hall, a shrill howl suddenly came from the direction of the stairs.
The sound was so sharp that it made one's head tingle.
The noise of the crowd gradually died down...
"What was that sound just now?" someone asked.
"It's Mrs. Norris."
Someone said: “My head goes numb when I hear the sound of it, it’s unmistakable.”
"Did it catch someone who violated school rules again... But, all of us are in the auditorium!"
"It may be that some dangerous magical animal escaped from the Forbidden Forest... There was something wrong with Mrs. Norris's voice just now. It was exactly the same as when my cat was frightened."
"Just go and see and you will find out..."
Under the trend of curiosity, the crowd began to accelerate, and they flocked to the stairs where the sound came from, wanting to see what was going on.
Anyway, the banquet has just ended, and it is idle to be idle. As for the possible dangers... no one cares about this at all.
At this time, another howl came, and people followed the sound to the third floor.
In an empty corridor, they finally saw Mrs. Norris.
It stood on a statue at the end of the aisle, with its back hunched and the hairs all over its body exploding, looking like a hedgehog.
There were words scrawled on the wall behind it, glimmering beneath the burning torches.
[The secret room has been opened,
Be wary of those who are enemies of the heir. 】
Harry, Ron and Hermione stood stiffly in front of the wall, looking at the crowd in panic.
Harry seemed to want to explain something, but as soon as he turned his head, Mrs. Norris howled at him.
Now people finally knew what the scream was about.
"Click..."
Colin Creevey squeezed out of the crowd holding his camera.
"Harry, I've been looking for you, why didn't you go to the banquet in the Great Hall!"
Harry also wanted to explain, but Mrs. Norris didn't give him this chance at all. Now, even if they just move, the cat will rush up and bite the three of them.
Harry had never seen such a flexible cat. Whether it was him or Ron and Hermione, they all had many long bloody marks on their bodies.
And for some reason, they can't resist yet.
"Borrowed it, borrowed it..." Kyle also squeezed out of the crowd.
Originally he just came to join in the fun, but when he saw the words on the wall clearly, his pupils shrank suddenly.
Secret room?
How can this be?
Riddle's diary is still in his box, and he has always carried that box with him, making it impossible for others to get in.
But this scene in front of me...what's going on!
Kyle's mind was so messed up that he didn't even notice what Kangna next to him was saying. ♜♦
He subconsciously walked over.
Mrs. Loris, who had always had a good relationship with Kyle, did not show any respect this time. She turned around and growled at him, revealing her sharp claws.
Kyle stopped and did not move forward.
When he got closer, he noticed that there was no statue where Mrs. Norris was standing. It was clearly Filch, but he was flexed and motionless, with his head lowered, so he was not immediately noticed. recognize.
Others followed.
"Those who are enemies of the heir, be careful! You will be next, Mu..."
Draco Malfoy seemed to have thought of something, but in the end he still did not say the word.
However, his cold eyes became alive, and his usually bloodless face turned red, and he looked at Hermione with a sinister smile.
Among the crowd, Kyle frowned, feeling even more confused. If Filch wasn't under a petrification spell in his current state...then he could only be a basilisk.
"No, something must be wrong." Kyle thought to himself.
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Just when he was about to go to Myrtle's bathroom on the second floor to check the situation, the professor came...
"What happened here!"
The crowd parted ways automatically, and Dumbledore walked over, followed by other professors. In just the blink of an eye, he crossed the crowd and walked up to Filch.
Mrs. Norris finally stopped fussing. She jumped to the ground and stood quietly at Dumbledore's feet.
"Now, everyone go back to the dormitories!"
Dumbledore said: "As for you guys, Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, and Miss Granger, come with me, I need your help with something."
Lockhart stepped forward anxiously.
"My office is closest to here, principal, it's upstairs...and I also have a deep research on this kind of black magic. When I was in the Custer tribe, I helped people there solve similar situations. .At that time they..."
"Thank you, Gilderoy. Just go to your office."
Dumbledore interrupted his rambling, "Can you please help inform Madam Pomfrey in the school hospital? I think it is necessary for her to come over."
"Of course, Principal."
The crowd again parted a path to let them pass.
Lockhart was very excited and hurried towards the school hospital with a high-spirited look.
The other professors followed Dumbledore and left, asking the surrounding prefects to take everyone back to the common room.
After the professors left, the crowd instantly became noisy, and everyone was discussing what happened to Filch.
And what's going on with that so-called secret room?
There were the most people around Malfoy, but he just smiled and said nothing.
Prefects were looking for students from their respective houses and Harris was among them.
"Kyle, let's go back..." Kangna turned her head and suddenly found that Kyle, who was beside her just now, was gone.
"Cedric, have you seen Kyle?"
"Isn't he always... hmm? Where is the person?"
At this time, outside the crowd, Kyle quickly ran to Myrtle's bathroom under the cover of the Disillusionment Curse.
The quill was still well placed in the crack of the door.
Opening the door, there are many explosive books inside.
Kyle knelt down and checked the hair under the book...the position was correct.
"Oh, Kyle, are you here to comfort me?" Myrtle sat on the sink and sobbed: "That nasty Peeves, he actually said that I..."
"Sorry, Myrtle."
Kyle interrupted and asked, "Has anyone been here lately?"
Myrtle stopped crying, then glanced at Kyle suspiciously, "You."
"Except me." Kyle continued to ask: "Has anyone else been here?"
"No one would come here but you, and why should there be a poor, sniveling, sullen Myrtle here?"
As she said this, she started crying again.
But Kyle was in no mood to comfort her right now.
After leaving the bathroom, he found an empty classroom and took out the box from the deformed lizard skin bag he carried with him.
The furnishings in the entrance room are also the same as before leaving.
Kyle found the magic box from under the bed, but as soon as he picked it up, his heart jumped twice.
The weight of the box is lighter.
"No way...it must be my imagination, no one can come here."
Kyle took a few deep breaths and opened the box nervously.
Then there was nothing in the box...the diary that was originally placed inside was also missing.
"Wait... I must have opened it the wrong way."
Kyle closed the lid and opened it again.
After trying this five times in a row, Kyle had to admit that the diary was indeed lost, and it was right under his nose.
At this moment, a Billywig flew over staggeringly.
Kyle asked quickly when he saw it.
"Has anyone been here?"
The Billywig hovered in the air with the exact same expression as Myrtle's.
It made a small chirping sound.
"I'm the only one who's been here?"
"are you sure?"
The Billywig flew up and down as a nod.
Unwilling to give up, Kyle found Sniff and Norbert again and asked the same question, but got the same answer.
Sniffing, his head moved around the room to make sure there was no smell of a second human wizard here.
