Homecoming from Hogwarts

"Well--"

After several groans mixed with pain, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Dobby and Dom lying beside them woke up one after another. The pain caused by the sudden change in space to their bodies and consciousness made the three of them wake up. The little wizard and the two house elves were confused, but the room in front of them still forced them to regain consciousness as quickly as possible.

"We are."

Harry opened his mouth, stared at everything in front of him in stunned silence, and muttered silently,

"where?"

They are currently in a room as big as a classroom. The curtains, wallpapers, floors and curtains used in the room are all yellow and black. Judging from the furnishings, this room is a combined office and living room. .

"do not know--"

Ron blinked his eyes in surprise. He faced the direction of the window. The soft sunlight was shining through the window on the floor of the room, which made these little wizards who had been freezing in the cold corridor for most of the day heartbroken. Feel warm and comfortable,
  "--look at the weather outside, Harry, God, I can't imagine how long we've been unconscious!"

Ron said in surprise.

"Maybe after we fainted, we were discovered by a certain professor. He took us out from there and temporarily placed us in his office."

Hermione said hesitantly, but she didn't trust her own reasoning.

If it was true as she said, then the professor who saved them should have sent them to Madam Pomfrey instead of taking them back to her office, especially... Hermione glanced at the steps she had just taken. , several of them got up from the floor, which was obviously unreasonable - even Professor Snape would not have thrown them on the floor after rescuing them.

But Harry obviously didn't realize that there was something wrong with Hermione's assumption. He looked around. Everything in his field of vision was very ordinary, but it also gave him a strange feeling.

"Maybe Professor Sprout—"

Harry spun around in circles and continued to look around,

"The kitchen we broke into is near the Hufflepuff common room. Maybe Professor Sprout discovered us and took us to her office. Hermione, have you been to her office? "

Judging from the direction of the sun outside the window, they had been unconscious for at least twelve hours. Professor Dumbledore, Professor Blaine and Professor McGonagall must have known about such a major event. There was no reason why these professors would They stayed in Professor Sprout's office, a theory that simply didn't hold water.

"No--"

Hermione's voice was filled with panic, and she noticed a new phenomenon, that is, the office was so quiet that it was beyond imagination, as if the noise from the castle and the grounds outside didn't come in at all.

"No, Harry Potter—"

Dobby's eyes and voice were filled with confusion. He looked around,

"Dobby once cleaned Professor Sprout's office. Sir, this is not Professor Sprout's office. Dobby has not seen this room. It is not the office of any professor in the castle-"

Dobby's words made Harry and the three of them look shocked. The office in front of them looked very clean and tidy, and was obviously in use. However, as a house elf serving the castle, Dobby had never seen it before. This room. So, who will use it?

A chill arose in the hearts of the three of them.

"Whoever it is, we'd better get out of here."

Ron said in a panic,

"If there are no accidents, we have missed at least two professors' classes. Oh. If we are lucky, Professor McGonagall will probably be willing to release us from the confinement room before Christmas."

Ron's words made both Harry and Hermione realize the serious consequences of their reckless behavior. The three of them rushed to the office door. Harry was the first to hold the door handle. He grabbed the slightly cold I twisted the brass handle hard, and then my heart suddenly went cold.

"Can't open it-" Harry looked at Hermione, his green eyes filled with fear, "The door is locked!"

"Step aside!"

Hermione pulled Harry away from the door, took out her wand, pointed it at the doorknob, and shouted decisively

"Araho Cave is open!"

Stab - the spell hit the brass handle and produced a thin line of lightning. However, when Hermione tried to open the door, she realized that her spell had no effect at all. "There is probably a powerful anti-intrusion spell on this door——"

Hermione bit her whitened lips, her voice filled with annoyance and regret. The current situation of the three of them was mainly caused by her. If they were to be detained by Professor McGonagall, the responsibility would be entirely on her.

"Don't worry, Miss Granger, Dobby can help!"

Dobby seemed to be very happy that he could make a difference, Dobby said happily, and Dom squeezed Dobby away at this time and looked at Hermione with attentive eyes.

"Dom can also help Mistress Granger get out of here!"

"Oh, I almost forgot!"

Hermione reacted immediately, "The magic that prohibits disembodiment in the castle does not work on house elves!"

"Then what are we waiting for!" Ron shouted, "Take us away quickly, maybe we can catch up with Professor Flitwick's Charms class, which can save us from at least a week of confinement!"

So, under the reminder of Dobby and Dobby, Harry, Ron and Hermione squatted down and held hands with each other. Hermione grabbed Dobby's arm, and Harry held Dobby's arm. hand. The two elves activated their magic at the same time, and the figures of the three people and the two elves instantly became illusory, but--
  Boom, boom, boom!

There were several heavy crashes in succession, and the three people who hit the wall staggered back several steps, each covering their heads and crying out.

"Damn it!" Ron rubbed his red forehead vigorously and shouted angrily, "What the hell is going on?"

Harry was comforting Dobby, who was apologizing because his magic had failed. Hermione also quickly grabbed Tom, who was about to hit a pillar to punish him. When she looked up, she found that she was in front of the bookshelf of the owner of the room, almost out of curiosity. Instinctively, she began to study the books on the bookshelf, and upon looking at them, Hermione's brows suddenly furrowed.

Out of politeness and caution, Hermione did not move the books on the bookshelf. She only identified the books through the gilded text on the spines. She thought that all the books on the bookshelf were books related to magic. However, the fact was that Not as imagined.

"What's the matter, Hermione?"

Harry noticed Hermione's confusion from her back and long silence, so he walked over quickly and turned his attention to the bookshelf.

"This is..." Harry opened his mouth and looked at the words on the spine of the book with great confusion, "recipe?"

"Not entirely -" Hermione nodded solemnly, then pointed to a book on the side of the middle bookshelf and said, "Here is a book called "A History of Hogwarts."

Ron came behind the two of them. He followed Hermione's guidance and saw the book. Then, he understood the reason for Hermione's abnormal tone.

Because of Hermione, Harry and Ron still had some impressions of "Hogwarts: A History of the School". It was the thickest book they had ever seen in their daily lives. However, the books on this bookshelf The book they were reading was very frivolous and completely different from what they had in mind.

"let me see--"

Ron was a little fed up with the many things that were wrong in this office. Before Hermione could stop him, he reached out and touched the school history. Then, the moment his fingertips touched the spine of the book, Ron's body trembled violently. For a moment, and then he shrank back as if he was electrocuted.

As Harry and Hermione looked on in confusion, Ron said blankly,
  "Something's wrong. I can't touch this book."

Seeing that neither Harry nor Hermione could understand what he said, Ron simply pointed to the bookshelf and said,
  "You can try it yourself!"

"That's not polite, Ron -" Hermione hesitated at the suggestion, "We shouldn't... Oh!"

Ron ignored Hermione's nagging. He directly grabbed Hermione's wrist and touched the books on the bookshelf. Harry also completed the attempt at this time. Then, the three young wizards looked at each other and fell silent.

"A History of Hogwarts" and other books on the bookshelf seemed to be placed there, but when they actually touched them, the touch of their fingertips felt like they were touching each one, posted on the wall. posters, they couldn’t get the books off the shelves!

The three people turned to observe this ordinary room again, and everyone felt a chill in their hearts. At this time, Dobby, who was also wandering around the room and came to the desk in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, jumped on the table. He glanced at the paper that was as long as a newspaper spread out in the corner of the desk, and there was confusion in his huge eyes.
  "Royal Order of Wizards, sir"

Dobby raised his head and looked at Harry,

"Do you know what this is?"

(End of this chapter)