Soaring at Hogwarts

After passing the level set by Professor Flitwick, as soon as they entered the next room, they were blinded by the sudden light.

After finally recovering, they saw a huge chessboard.

There were black chess pieces in front of them. Those chess pieces were taller than them and seemed to be carved out of something like black stone.

At the other end of the room, facing them, were some white chess pieces.

"What do we do now?" Harry asked quietly.

"Playing chess?" Samantha also looked stumped, frowning and looking around the chessboard, "I'm not very good at this."

"I'll do it!" Ron volunteered, "You know, I'm good at this."

He walked up to a black knight and reached out to touch the knight's horse.

Immediately, the stone came to life, the horse pawed the dirt, and the knight turned his helmeted head to look at Ron.

"Do we - um - have to go with you?"

The black knight nodded.

Ron turned around while Samantha was still sizing up the Black Knight.

"We should replace the chess pieces here... right?" He turned to the Black Knight and asked without confidence.

The Black Knight nodded again.

"So, let's try?" Ron said.

"Then let's get started," Samantha urged.

"Okay, Harry, you take the place of the bishop; Hermione, you go there and take the place of the castle; Samantha, you become the queen." Ron patted the Black Knight, "Okay, buddy, let me be the loyal one. The knight."

The knight retreated, and similarly, a bishop, a castle, and the black queen turned around, turned their backs to the white chess pieces, and walked out of the chessboard, leaving four empty seats for four people.

White moves first, and the pawn on the opposite side advances two spaces.

"Classic start," Ron took a deep breath, "Then, let's do it too."

Ron directed the black pawn to advance two squares as well.

The chess game began, and every captured chess piece was dismembered and moved out of the field in a cruel way, which shocked the four little wizards.

The opponent's white queen was extremely vicious, but Samantha was no less willing to give in. Whenever she wanted to give away a piece of the opponent's chess piece, she would hit it with her wand.

In chess, the queen can move horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, and her number of moves is not limited. She is a very powerful chess piece.

Once, Black was about to be checked, but fortunately Ron kept Hermione quiet. At the critical moment, the king's rook castled, turning the situation around and turning the army around. (Note)

Of course, this general was also defused by the other party, and the situation became anxious.

"Almost there," Ron muttered, looking at the board. "Let me think - let me think..."

The White Queen turned her featureless face to Ron.

"Yes..." Ron whispered, "it's the only way... I have to be eaten."

"No!" Harry and Hermione yelled at the same time.

"Okay," Samantha said unexpectedly.

Harry and Hermione looked at her in shock.

Samantha held her wand against her chest, her face tense and her lips pursed tightly.

Ron's face was pale, but his expression was determined.

"Then, the next step is up to you."

He took a deep breath and took a step forward - the White Queen immediately rushed over. She raised her stone arm and hit Ron hard on the head -

"Ron!" Harry yelled sadly, and Hermione covered her mouth to suppress a sob.

Samantha waved her wand——

"Return to its original shape!"

The curse fell on the White Queen, and she shrunk at a rapid speed.

"Snapped!"

A chess piece fell on Ron's head, and Ron gave an exaggerated cry and fell to the ground.

"Okay," Samantha put down her wand tremblingly and walked over to the White King.

The white king took off the crown from his head and put it on Samantha. Then he bowed to her and retreated, leading the other white chess pieces to make way.

Harry and Hermione ran towards Ron, who was lying on the ground, covering his forehead, confused and confused.

"Get up, Ron... why are you lying down?" Harry's voice trembled, as if he was the one who was in danger just now.

Ron stood up, moved his legs and feet, and said, "Not a single part is missing... Thanks, Samantha."

"Fortunately, I read the notes Professor McGonagall gave me," Samantha walked over slowly, looking relieved. "It said how to use transformation to deal with large creatures, create obstacles, and restore transformation. What."

"Why do you have the professor's notes?" Hermione couldn't hide her curiosity.

"Christmas present," Samantha explained, "let's go."

In the next room, there is a passed out troll.

The biggest challenge in this level is actually the disgusting smell of the troll.

"Hey."

Everyone covered their noses and quickened their pace.

Opening the next door, there was nothing strange in this room. There was only a table with seven bottles of different shapes arranged on it.

"It's almost the last level," Harry said. "Snape's potion? Let's see."

As soon as the four people crossed the threshold, a flame rose up behind them and sealed the doorway.The flame was unusual, it was purple.At the same time, black flames burst out from the door leading to the front.

They're stuck in the middle.

Samantha was no longer anxious at this time.

"The last level? How do you know?" she asked.

"Ah?" Harry was stunned for a few seconds before explaining, "Hagrid said that in addition to him, Professor Sprout, Professor Flitwick, Professor McGonagall, Snape and Professor Dumbledore also set up levels. "

"Three-headed dog, devil's net, flying keys, transformation board," Samantha counted, "potions and one remaining level... It's not right, it shouldn't be like this..."

"What's wrong?"

The trio looked at her.

Samantha frowned: "Isn't there a level for Professor Alchemy? Then why did Quirrell take Ian away? To deal with the obstacles set up by Dumbledore?"

"...Maybe, we'll find out in the past." Ron said.

Hermione picked up a roll of parchment on the table and read the test questions:

"Danger is in front of you, safety is at the back, there are two of us who can help you.

Drink them, one will lead you forward, the other will send you back to where you came from.

Two contained nettle wine, and three were killers, waiting in line.

Choose, unless you wish to stay here forever.

We also provide four clues to help you choose: first, no matter how cunningly the poisons hide, they are actually standing to the left of the nettle wine; second, the contents of the bottles at the left and right ends are different. If you want to move forward, they will not It is useful to you; third, you will find that the sizes of the bottles are different, and there is no death hidden in the giants and dwarfs; fourth, the second one on the left and the second one on the right, although they look different, they taste the same. "

Hermione breathed a sigh of relief, and Samantha put aside her doubts and turned her attention to this.

"That's great," Hermione said with a smile. "It's not magic - it's logic - it's a riddle. Many of the greatest wizards don't have the slightest knack for logic, and they're stuck here forever."

Harry and Ron looked at her in admiration.

"It's not as difficult as you said," Samantha disagreed. "Isn't this kind of question quite simple? My parents asked me to do it when I was seven years old."

Harry and Ron's faces fell, and Hermione wordlessly handed the parchment to Samantha.

"Oh, it's not exactly the same as what I did back then," Samantha glanced at it, "but it's not difficult, let's do it together, hurry up."

The two useless little wizards looked at them from behind and pointed, looking at each other in silence.

The two quickly came to the conclusion: "The smallest bottle can help us pass through the black flames and get the magic stone."

Naturally, Samantha reached for it—but failed.

The bottle has been picked up by one hand first.