Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 216 Halloween Incident Investigation Committee
In the Gryffindor common room, the magic shield suddenly disappeared and burst like soap bubbles, just when all the little wizards were at a loss.

The Godric Gryffindor oil painting on the wall coughed softly, rolled its eyeballs, and spoke.

The voice was decisive, resolutely calming down some flustered little wizards.

"The prefects of Gryffindor lead the students to gather in the Great Hall on the first floor, please act immediately. - Message from Albus Dumbledore."

Oil painting of Godric Gryffindor slaying a hydra with his famous Gryffindor silver sword.

The ruby ​​on the silver sword shines brightly, even in oil painting...

After he finished speaking, he returned to his original posture and froze.

——McGuffin always thought that the magic spell of moving the picture hadn't come out at that time, it was just an ordinary oil painting!

Almost everyone was puzzled by these words, except for McGuffin...

He knew that the giant nightmarish monster was solved so quickly by Dumbledore and the others.

I can't believe it.

It seems that the level of combat power in the wizarding world has to be re-evaluated.

Not long ago, when Chang Zai and other students gathered around McGuffin to ask him, he was rescued by violent tremors from Hogwarts Castle... various loud and strange sounds made the little wizards panic.

Even George and Fred, these two heartless guys, also looked worried.

Those loud noises trembled and directly shattered the little wizards' sense of security for Hogwarts.

But anyway... now it's finally over.

It is better to have news to announce than to have no news and gossip and rumors.

Just now, someone actually thought that the American wizarding community had attacked...or that Voldemort had risen again and attacked the school.

Of course, in fact... something even more absurd than this is happening, a monster like a hill stands in the greenhouse... Can you believe it?
It's a pity that you can't see that scene from the Gryffindor common room. You can only see the scene of lightning and thunder in the sky not far away, and the golden snake dancing wildly, as bright as day.

The students were discussing loudly in groups, and the prefects like Percy couldn't control order at all.

Ten minutes after the oil painting notified them, not only Gryffindor, but also students from Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin and other houses came to the Great Hall.

The windows here have been repaired to be brand new, bright and clean, intact... the original Halloween decorations... those pumpkin lanterns, all kinds of weird trinkets, disappeared, and the dining table on the ground was cleaned up, completely without the messy scene just now.

It can even be said to be bright and flickering.

There was a strong smell of incense in the air... The stone monster statues crawling on both sides above the window were puffing out clouds, as if the incense smelled from somewhere.

Dumbledore walked in with a serious expression.

(Followed by almost all Hogwarts staff, even Hagrid, Filch was standing very seriously in the corner beside him).

He used his magic wand to make a huge explosion in the air, making the hall quickly quiet.

"For reasons that cannot be disclosed...the faculty and myself will conduct a thorough search of the castle...even the Forbidden Forest," he said, waving his wand.

The doors of all auditoriums were closed tightly, and those windows were tightly covered by a thick stone slab that fell from nowhere.

--call.

Some statues of stone monsters began to spew flames from their muzzles, providing light in the dark auditorium.

Moreover, the scene where the moon was covered by dark clouds on the magic ceiling disappeared immediately and turned into a long river of stars.

"For the sake of your own lives, I think you may have to spend the night here. I will ask the prefects to stand guard at the entrance of the auditorium, and the male and female student representatives stay in the auditorium to take charge of the management. If anything happens, report to me immediately!"

Perhaps it was because Dumbledore also found that his tone was too harsh, and he comforted the young wizards in order to ease their nervousness.

"Don't worry, Hagrid, Filch, and the other professors will have one or two patrolling the hall all night long!"

"Oh, yes, you're going to need..."

He waved his wand, and the hall was empty, and all the tables and chairs disappeared. With another wave, the ground was instantly covered with hundreds of purple sleeping bags.

"sleep well."

Dumbledore went out in a mighty manner with a group of people. (Hagrid looked nervous, he didn't even have time to say hello to Harry)
As the door was closed by Percy and others.

There was an excited buzz in the auditorium.

Everyone was exchanging information and discussing what happened just now.

Excitement, worry, and curiosity constantly intertwined on their faces.

In the atmosphere of traditional arts at Hogwarts, McGuffin heard some untrue news.

——what huge monster (the Ravenclaw common room is said to be able to see the 'Godzilla version' rafflesia shadow),
——The conspiracy of the Ron Weasley family to attack Hogwarts (it seems that some people still remember the last thing),

——One of the most reliable guesses is.Someone broke into Hogwarts while all the teachers and students were in the Great Hall, causing a terrorist attack.

"Everyone, stop talking, hurry...quick, lie down in your sleeping bag! Turn off the lights in 10 minutes!"

Now it was Percy Weasley's bright moment, and he was in charge of all the little wizards, with his chest puffed up and his face glowing red, issuing orders.

After listening to what George and Fred had heard from Ravenclaw and other colleges for a while, McGuffin found that there was nothing new, so he gave Ron Harry a wink—they dragged four sleeping bags to the corner.

"McGuffin, come on! What the hell happened...you look uglier than ever!" Ron said.

McGuffin looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to them, so he told a few people what he saw... the hill-like nightmare.

"Well, you read that right!...I think those vines should be male rafflesias, and those flowers... are indeed male rafflesias!...How could they grow so big!" Hermione recalled anxiously, and she confirmed her memory again.

"Don't say...you're a king, I think other people are going to see me as the culprit of this accident!" Ron whispered nervously, and he kept sneaking glances at the other people. .

"McGuffin, what is Dumbledore calling you for? He doesn't really suspect that this incident is related to us!" Harry asked.

So McGuffin told Dumbledore about the lonely footprint and the shadow.

"You didn't tell us this?" they complained.

"Everyone, hurry up and get ready for bed! You Harry, Ron, hurry up!" When Percy passed by, he saw that they hadn't fallen asleep yet, so he stared at them fiercely.

After laying out the sleeping bags, several people resumed the topic just now.

"You said, did someone really break in? But why is he doing this? What is he trying to do? It is impossible for that monster to break into Hogwarts Castle. There are so many professors and wizards here!" Hermione was very puzzled and puzzled by this.

"Who knows what lunatics are thinking, Dumbledore obviously thinks the castle is not safe, so he put us here." Ron said.

"Although I don't know who it is...But this is undoubtedly a ruthless character. It is very likely that it is those dark wizards who follow the mysterious man...Only they can transform a plant into this...Yes, that's it! Harry, be careful, it is very likely that they are here for you!"

Ron kept guessing.

Then they didn't go into details, because students from other colleges began to drag their sleeping bags and came to the side.

Ravenclaw College mainly discussed the invisible shadow, Dumbledore's Summoning Thunder, and the last powerful spell that burned half the sky.

Hufflepuff was concerned about their professor, Professor Sprout, who looked very bad.

McGuffin and the others listened carefully, hoping to get some fragmented news.

Soon, Percy started yelling, "Lights out now! Everybody get in sleeping bags and stop talking!"

The candles floating above were extinguished, and the stone monsters gradually shut up and stopped breathing flames, and the hall was completely dark.

But the darkness just gave the little wizards a space to speak unscrupulously, and there were whispers everywhere.

Harry and the others also looked at the bright starry sky and began to discuss the topic just now in a low voice.

Whenever the prefects pass by, stop and stay away before continuing the discussion.

Percy tiptoed among the sleeping bags, snapping at anyone who spoke.

Percy was not far from them, ... they pretended to be asleep, and when he was gone, they resumed their discussion.

But obviously McGuffin and the others don't know the cause and effect of the matter, so they can't tell why.

……

On the other hand, Dumbledore was in the hall outside the auditorium on the first floor, checking the time with a solemn face, as if waiting for someone.

Professor McGonagall was also very anxious walking back and forth in front of him, looking a little flustered.

She walked outside Hogwarts Castle from time to time to look at the body of the giant monster that had been broken in two.

(When Dumbledore burned it, the giant Rafflesia flower could no longer support such a huge body, broke in two from the middle, and fell to the ground.)
From time to time, Snape looked at the wall where the two giant eagle stone sculptures used to be, his face was livid.

——It has completely turned into another huge stone fireplace, so big that Hagrid can straighten up and pass through it, and the style is very simple. The controls that don't match the surroundings seem to be conjured out of thin air, only stones are piled up.

It can be seen that these Hogwarts professors are very nervous.

Professor Flitwick had just come out of the auditorium, and he had just checked that the students... were all safe.

(A professor appeared in the auditorium every half hour, and the huge monster they saw just now scared them a little.)
"It's all right!" said Professor McGonagall.

"No, how is it here? Have you found the reason why this happened? Is there any trace of someone's intrusion?"

"There was no one on the fourth floor. Filch also searched the main building of the castle and found nothing unusual."

"Where's the Astronomy Tower? The room where the owl lives, and those secret passages..."

"I checked everything, and there is no..."

Professor McGonagall sighed and shook her head, "I think, even if someone did something like this, he would have already run away."

"I really don't know why someone would use this kind of thing to attack the school, and is it my illusion... Why have more and more things happened in the past two years." Professor Flitwick complained.

After some discussions with no results, Professor Flitwick looked disappointed. He squeezed his wand and looked at Dumbledore.

"Professor Dumbledore, what do you think would cause all this... Could it be caused by a [Expansion Curse]? I remember that similar things happened before...Professor Kettleburn of the Protection of Magical Creatures class once cast the Expansion Curse on a giant volcanic earthworm. It was a lot of trouble! It almost got him expelled, and Hogwarts was dispatched by the Ministry of Magic!"

"It feels very similar to that giant monster..."

Dumbledore couldn't see the depth of his face, and said in a very calm tone, "It's two different things, Professor Flitwick..."

"This is not just a matter of [Expansion Curse],...In the thousands of miles around Hogwarts School, there is only such a female Rafflesia plant that has been successfully cultivated..."

"It has passed the breeding period and is entering the breeding period... [Expansion Curse] is absolutely impossible to change it into that. Even with the effect of [Expansion Curse], it cannot return the Rafflesia flower to the breeding period and go through the growth cycle again... But what is certain is that, as the little wizard McGuffin Albert said, someone broke in and caused this thing!"

A voice interjected from near the door.

Professor Sprout had just come back from the outside. She was covered in mud, and a stench mixed with the scent of flowers was constantly lingering on her body.

It was obvious that she had adapted.

But for everyone else...

— Cough cough cough!

--vomit!

"What does it taste like!"

A strange voice shouted in the hall.

Someone suddenly appeared from that fireplace, caught by the smell.

The visitor wore a dark yellow-green bowler hat and a thin hood, looking very dignified.

This person is none other than Cornelius Fudge, the Ministry of Magic costume.

Then the green fire flashed, and another wizard came out of the fireplace flapping his clothes.

It's just that he was wearing a very strange suit, a delicate black suit... It would make sense to say that he was a bank worker in the Muggle world, or even a goblin.

There is only one such strange person in the Ministry of Magic...

He's Secretary or Executive Assistant to the Minister for Magic - David Goodman.

There is also a vote of Aurors 'diving out' from the inside.

They were all so overwhelmed by the overbearing smell that they couldn't take care of themselves.

"What kind of smell is this! Dumbledore, what are you doing... You called us here in a hurry at night, isn't it to deal with the smell left by the 'Rafflesia' last time?"

——Obviously the last "Hogwarts cataclysm" has become a new magic joke.

"No... I think it's more convincing for you to see for yourself."

After finishing speaking, Dumbledore ordered Snape to inform the other part of the professors to go to the third greenhouse, and part of them guarded here to protect the safety of the little wizards.

Then he led the visitors to the destination quickly without any greetings.

Looking at the remaining half of the huge monster, everyone felt a chill.

The Aurors of the Ministry of Magic were horrified by this behemoth, but at the same time they were surprised and admired by Dumbledore and his men who were capable of destroying it.

After a long time, Fudge finally realized that he tremblingly pointed his wand at the huge monster, and couldn't believe what he saw.

He asked uneasily, "Dumbledore, what do you think..."

"That's why I called you... Fudge!"

"I suspect someone broke into Hogwarts and caused all this..."

"... For this incident, I think you must officially refer to the incident in 1888... Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic must be in step, set up an investigation committee, and have full authority to investigate this incident!"

(End of this chapter)