Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 193 The McGuffin Crisis!

Deja vu is back.

Unexpectedly,

McGuffin, Harry, and Malfoy returned to the staff lounge.

The door is still the familiar dripping stone beast, the armchair is still in the room, the fireplace is empty...the walls are all made of black wood... nothing has changed at all.

--oh!
If there is a change from the beginning of the last semester, it is - Hermione, Neville and the others experienced this kind of 'courtesy' for the first time.

Coupled with the night rain, the cold wind, the stimulation and fright of the 'roller coaster' and the 'eight-legged monster' in a short period of time this evening, all of them turned pale, their bodies trembled, and they seemed almost fainted.

They flew back to the Hogwarts campus in the Thestral carriage (the same crazy carriage).

(Actually, several people refused in their hearts - even Percy, who wanted to show off in front of the professor, really didn't want to ride in the same Thestral carriage again,
But Dumbledore and Snape were riding in the same carriage with them, and they couldn't say anything...

What's more, you can't leave all your luggage in this burned and barren land!

——Ron saw that the luggage was not destroyed, and wept with joy. )
The Thestral carriage went all the way without incident (McGuffin secretly breathed a sigh of relief), and landed 'obediently' outside the lawn outside the main entrance of Hogwarts Castle.

The tall Hagrid and Gerald Lockhart in a flamboyant red robe were also waiting here, very conspicuous.

"...That's right, I just exorcised the female ghost in that old house..." Hagrid looked hopeless, while Gerald Lockhart continued to narrate with excitement.

"By the way, I heard that most of the vegetable plots and wells in Hogwarts are guarded and inspected by you... Rubeus!" Lockhart seemed to be unable to see the anger on Hagrid's expression and greeted him very kindly. He continued to talk about how to prevent water monsters from getting into the wells, and how to permanently drive away carnivorous slugs and little goblins in the fields.

After seeing the Thestral carriage land, Lockhart finally said loudly to Hagrid, "That's it...if you know how, it will be very simple!..."

"If you need any help, just come to me, you know I'm there! I'll give you a book I wrote - it's incredible that you don't have one yet. I'll sign it and send it tonight when Harry and the others come back safe and sound.  …"

When Hagrid couldn't take it anymore and was about to yell at this guy, he immediately changed the subject and said, "Okay, Ruburt...they're back!"

"Hi! Harry..." Hagrid waved loudly.

"What happened? How do you..."

After Hagrid saw Harry, he looked very happy. After exchanging some pleasantries, he 'couldn't help' and patted Gerald on the shoulder next to him 'strongly'.

Originally, after this guy saw Harry, he wanted to come over and say something, but this Hagrid almost made him fall down.

—He felt as if his shoulder was about to break.

After seeing Harry, Gilderoy wanted to say something else.

But being interrupted by this 'sudden' accident, he could only grimace, rub his shoulders, and keep breathing coldly.

Then Snape unceremoniously interrupted Harry and Hagrid's pleasantries, and took them to the staff lounge on the first floor, while Dumbledore and other professors returned to the hall to continue to participate in the new students' sorting ceremony.

So now...

In the staff lounge on the first floor.

Only Snape and Harry, McGuffin and his party stayed here. (Other professors went off to officiate the already chaotic sorting ceremony.)
The few of them could only look at each other with pale faces, waiting for the professors to come back.

"Professor!..." Malfoy wanted to plead with Snape and shirk responsibility.

Unexpectedly, Snape said mercilessly, "Just wait, Malfoy, the truth will be revealed soon!"

As he spoke, he stared at McGuffin and Harry with a malicious smile on his face, "What's more... I don't even need to think about whose cause it is..."

His eyes flicked back and forth between the two.

Snape sat in the armchair, tapping rhythmically on the armrest, looking in a good mood.

He even raised his wand very kindly, and touched the empty fireplace, and the flames burst into flames immediately.

Then a few pieces of wood were thrown into it, and the raging flames ignited immediately, which gave the cold and hungry little wizards a sense of respite. (Even Garen and Sik, who were in Hermione's pockets, were attracted by the warmth, and their little heads peeked out of their pockets)

It made Harry uncomfortable seeing Snape treat the MacGuffin and himself as criminals for no reason.

Although the fire was indeed McGuffin's fault, he did it to save everyone... But I'm afraid Snape won't listen to these reasons. Professor McGonagall might be a little fairer, but he's strict as hell.

I hope Professor Dumbledore can come over, he will definitely listen to their explanation.

Although it is unlikely that several people will be expelled, it is probably inevitable that they will be locked up, and...how on earth can they explain the cause of this incident.

—Why is this carriage out of control?
Until now……

Harry was still in a daze and couldn't figure it out.

Hermione was also scratching her head about what happened tonight, and wanted to know what happened?

Neville and Ron were still immersed in the scene where Dumbledore seemed like a god just now and couldn't extricate themselves.

— that is indeed incredible!

Percy made a slight sound in his mouth, muttering something...

McGuffin, who was in front of him, heard these words as if it was Percy's self-introduction, as if he was thinking for a while to impress Professor Dumbledore with his opening remarks.

"Turn the crisis into a turning point...Use every available opportunity to show yourself...Communicate with wizards who are higher than you..."

The corners of McGuffin's eyes twitched, which reminded him of the bloody book "How Prefects Gain Power".

——I didn't expect this guy to really take this bowl of chicken soup seriously.

Half an hour later, Dumbledore entered the room, accompanied by Professor McGonagall.

Hermione had seen Professor McGonagall get angry a few times before, and when she was the most angry, she had also seen the expression that might drive several people out of Hogwarts.

But she never expected to see the powerless look on Professor McGonagall's face, especially after she saw...McGuffin and Harry...and even more...

Dumbledore was very friendly, and even looked a little excited. He looked at everyone with curious eyes and a smile on his face.

Doesn't seem to care at all that someone almost burned down a large forest at Hogwarts.

"Sit down!" said Dumbledore.

He took out his wand and moved the armchair next to the others.

"Don't be so serious, what happened tonight?"

Professor McGonagall wanted to say something later, but opened his mouth and closed it again.

Malfoy, Percy, and Ron wanted to rush to answer, but they bumped into each other, so that no one could speak clearly.

In the end, under Snape's stern voice, Percy, the prefect, was asked to tell what happened first.

"Dear Headmaster Dumbledore, Professor Snape...Professor McGonagall..."

Before he could finish speaking, Snape interrupted him rudely.

"We don't have that much time to listen to your flattery here... Maybe Weasley, you should graduate early and go work for the Ministry of Magic!"

Percy blushed, bowed his head and stammered, unable to speak any more.

"Malfoy, you said..." Snape said.

Professor McGonagall didn't stop, she didn't seem to care.

In fact, she knew about it...

how to say?She had experienced too much of this kind of thing last semester.

In the end, it will definitely be weird and let it go!

you could put it that way,
——This is already a mature pipeline product.

"got used to!"

Different from Snape's insistence, this powerless mentality is really the change of Professor McGonagall after going through vicissitudes in the last school year.

After hearing Snape's order,

Malfoy glanced at Percy, McGuffin, and Harry Ron with great satisfaction, and began to tell the story he knew.

From the time he was forced by Percy to get into the damn carriage... to the Forbidden Forest...

Then he was attacked by those huge spiders, and he escaped calmly from this dangerous situation without fear...

After they were forced to hide in the tree...

"Finally... McGuffin Albert, the little lunatic, wanted to burn us to death on it, and forced those spiders to escape alone..."

"He lied!" Ron Harry really couldn't stand this guy's embellishment and nonsense.

he jumped up and cried out.

"Didn't Hogwarts teach you manners? Even Muggles know it's impolite to interrupt someone..."

"What's more, you explain to me how you got to the Forbidden Forest, the spider corpses on the ground, and who set the fire?... Don't tell me you don't know!"

Snape said to the two of them coldly.

The two were tongue-tied and speechless, after Snape said it, it seemed that this was the case in fact.

They really don't know why the carriage suddenly went crazy and pulled them to the Forbidden Forest. The only thing they know and know for sure is that the MacGuffin set fire to the forest...

"But—but this is to save us!"

"Yes... yes, at that time there were many talking spiders in the forest... they wanted to make us into bacon jerky! Are we going to catch them without a fight?" Ron said in an angry tone.

"There's always another way...and isn't there a horseman at the scene?" Snape sneered, and asked, "Does it still need to burn the entire forest to ashes?"

The two were immediately speechless.

"Talking spider..." Professor McGonagall muttered softly, as if thinking of what this magical creature was.

——Eight-eyed spider, how could such a dangerous creature appear in the Forbidden Forest, what the hell is Hagrid doing!
Professor McGonagall was a little angry, but she turned to another possibility.

Then she turned to Dumbledore suspiciously.

As Professor McGonagall expected...

After Dumbledore heard this sentence, there was no surprise on his face, and it seemed that he already knew about it.

After Harry took a deep breath, he said very stiffly, "I found that... When I rode a broomstick to find the centaur... When I went to rescue them, the McGuffins had already started to set the forest on fire in order to prevent the spiders from attacking them..."

"You mean you went to call for help and Mr. McGuffin Albert set fire to... and didn't wait for you?" Snape said 'ahaha'.

Harry tried to defend his friend, but couldn't think of anything to say.

His whole body was stiff.

——It seems that the more I talk about it, the worse it gets!
The expression on Snape's face became more cheerful, and he said with a sneer, "Tell me about McGuffin, why is it only your good friend explaining for you?... Aren't you good at talking a few times ago?"

"You have to be prepared! Mr. Albert! This time the Forbidden Forest suffered such a big fire... There are many precious, even unique plants and magical animals there, and it is very likely that they will be destroyed by this fire... I think the loss of Hogwarts School is incalculable!"

McGuffin still didn't answer.

From the moment he first came in, the little wizard kept his head down and was silent, even when Malfoy took turns turning black and white (Snape knew of Malfoy's nonsense) and dumped everything on him, he was very quiet.

Not at all like the image of the little lunatic in Snape's mind.

In fact, Snape also knew that this matter would not do anything to the little wizard, at most he would be locked up and punished, but he had to show an attitude of hating Harry, not to mention he had to beat the little wizard Albert, so that he would not bring that idiot Harry around to cause trouble and endanger his life.

"Say, say what...?"

This time, there is really nothing to say.

McGuffin still knows the truth that too many words will lead to mistakes, not to mention the more you say, the easier it is for others to think of the original reason for all these incidents...

It's... on that damn Thestral.

-MD!

Some truths are better left undisclosed. !
McGuffin doesn't want to have the title of "rejuvenation" on his head. Through the traditional arts of Hogwarts, it has become an enduring legend in the wizarding world.

Then, together with Hagrid, he made an outstanding contribution to the artificial breeding of the Thestral population in the Forbidden Forest.

It is also known as the "little sowing expert"!
FK!

It's terrifying to think about.

McGuffin shuddered all over, not daring to think about it any further.

——This secret should continue to rot in your stomach!

Don't reveal it. As for the accusations made by Snape and Malfoy, this kind of thing is not a big deal at all... Even if no one can tell it for him, Dumbledore should have reached a tacit agreement with him at the end of last semester, and let it go automatically!
——Probably, he should do this, right?

(End of this chapter)