Hogwarts Homecoming

The failure of the last game hit Gryffindor too hard, so when they defeated Ravenclaw this time, the little wizards in the same house acted as if they had won the Quidditch Cup, and Harry didn't even think about it. After spending time studying the unreasonable humanized movements of the little black dog, he was surrounded by his classmates and returned to the castle. Now, they need a carnival to celebrate this victory.

During this time, Fred and George disappeared for two hours, and when they returned, they had a large pile of butterbeer, pumpkin pop and several large bags full of Honeydukes candy in their arms.

"How did you get these?"

Angelina Johnson asked as George tossed peppermint toad candies into the crowd.

"With a little help from Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs," whispered Fred into Harry's ear.

"The secret passage has been opened?"

Harry showed a surprised expression. He thought that since the last time he went to Hogsmeade through the secret passage, Professor Brian had sealed off all the secret passages recorded on the Marauder's Map. At that time, he and Fred followed George reported the news, hoping that they would not touch Professor Brian's brow.

"It's been a while—"

George came over and said in a slightly emotional voice, "Professor Bryan is really a good man, right? He is probably afraid that the little wizard will go crazy due to the boring classwork, so he specially left some ways for everyone to have fun."

"I'm sure you haven't forgotten--"

Hermione, who was chatting and joking with Ginny, heard the conversation of several boys, and said angrily,

"Professor Blaine's 'eyeliner' is all over the castle."

"But he was out on errands today, and he wasn't at Hogwarts. Many young wizards saw him during breakfast!"

Ron said with a smile.

Professor Dumbledore has left Hogwarts, and Professor Bryan is also not at school today. If Sirius Black wants to do something today, it is really the right time.

Although he was also curious about what the two of them were doing, the thought that popped into his mind immediately made Harry's heart throb with excitement from winning the game.

It must not be such a coincidence, Sirius Black's news could not be so well informed.

Harry felt that his worries were a little unfounded. He put the thought behind him, raised his glass, and greeted Seamus, who was pushing through the crowd in front of him with a respectful face.

And when he drank the warm beer, the imaginary uneasiness just now completely disappeared in his mind.

At this time, the portrait of the Fat Lady opened, and Percy walked in with an unhappy expression on his face. He ignored the mess in the lounge, but picked up a bottle of butter beer and raised it towards Harry, and then killed most of them at once. bottle.

"What's the matter, Percy?"

Ginny covered her mouth and snickered, "Is your girlfriend willing to pay you ten Galleons?"

Hearing Ginny's inquiry, Percy's face darkened even more, and he said sullenly,

"Penello said that she was willing to make this bet with me because she didn't know that Harry had the Firebolt. She threatened me that if she dared to mention this again, she would break up with me."

A sudden burst of laughter near the fireplace drowned out all the jubilant noise in the common room.

An endless stream of young wizards joined the celebration, and throughout the day, even at lunch and dinner, the common room did not stop for a moment.

It was nine o'clock in the evening, and Harry, who was full of beer and soda, fell weakly on the soft-cup sofa. Ron's condition was not much better than Harry's. Her saliva had already leaked out, only Hermione was still in good condition, she had a coffee table all to herself, and was immersed in reading a book of "Family Life and Social Habits of British Muggles".

Staring at the exquisite candle lamps hanging from the ceiling for a long time, Harry's eyes were a little sore. He lowered his head and rubbed his eyes, wondering if it should be enough, but Colin, a second grader, suddenly appeared, holding a camera There was a flash of papa, which made his eyes feel very uncomfortable.

It's time to rest.

Thinking of this, Harry stood up, ready to say hello to Ron, but his eyes flicked past the doorway behind the fat lady, and Harry's movements suddenly became stiff, and his cheeks flushed with alcohol were full of tears. confused.

The noise in the room suddenly disappeared strangely. Harry tilted his head and stared at the little thing squatting at the entrance of the cave. He thought that Colin's flashlight had made him hallucinate, so he blinked and looked at it in a hurry. , but it turns out that what he saw was real.

The little thing at the entrance of the cave also looked at him with flickering eyes, and there was a seductive look in his eyes.

"Ron?"

Harry called softly,

"I may have had too much butter beer but I think you should see the door for yourself."

Ron muttered a few times, and he wanted to look up, but the sleepiness and numbness of his body made his attempt fail, and he didn't even have the strength to ask Harry what he wanted him to see.

Harry stared intently at the hole, afraid that if he looked away, the little thing would disappear from his sight.

"Hermione?"

Harry called another friend of his own and asked her to help confirm, after all, this matter is very important to the friendship between Ron and Hermione.

"Oh, what's the matter?" Hermione, who was interrupted from studying, said a little manically, "I still have 422 pages to read in this book!"

Even so, Hermione still followed Harry's line of sight, and her expression was similar to Harry's, as if she had seen a ghost.

As if time stood still, Harry and Hermione, who stood up unconsciously, stared stupidly at the mouse posing at the doorway, both having a dreamlike illusion.

"I think you better see what that is, Ron."

Hermione never mentioned the book she had to read by Monday again, her voice trembling, and she made the same request to Ron that Harry had made.

But this time, Ron finally reacted a little bit. He supported the table with his hands, with an expression of wanting to spit out at any time, but he was still slow, looking listlessly at the portrait of the fat lady.

At this time, the portrait of the Fat Lady was opened, and Percy, who had inspected the castle, found that the Gryffindor common room was exactly the same as when he left at night, and was about to get angry, but a gust of cool wind suddenly rolled up his robe, and he was astonished Lowering his head, he only vaguely saw a yellow ghost-like thing suddenly rushing away from his feet.

"Scattered!"

Before Percy could turn to look around, his brother Ron pounced on him, brushing his shoulder as he rushed out of the doorway, knocking him around in circles a few times.

"Ron!"

Although he didn't understand how this happened, Harry, who came back to his senses, didn't hesitate, and rushed out with Ron immediately.

"Wait, Harry!"

Hermione also stepped out of the sofa and was about to follow, but she suddenly thought of something and wanted to call Harry to stop, but Harry turned a deaf ear to her yelling, stomped angrily, and then she turned around and found Harry's body on the sofa. Schoolbag, pulled out the invisibility cloak from inside, put it on his arm, and rushed out of the lounge.

"Hey, you guys can't openly violate the school rules in front of a prefect!"

Percy yelled angrily.

"Just this once, Percy."

Hermione, who was at the back, waved her back to Percy, and then disappeared on the stairs.