Hogwarts in a parallel world

Chapter 8 Halloween Horror

As soon as Winters woke up, he smelled the faint aroma of roasted pumpkins. Halloween had arrived, and Hagrid was counting pumpkins in the Great Hall.

"Dumbledore comes up with a new trick every year," Hagrid said with a smile. "Last year it was a vampire band, and this year it's an oversized jack-o'-lantern."

"Vampire band?"

"Yes, they are called vampires because people are used to calling them vampires. In fact, so-called vampires neither suck blood nor can they turn humans into vampires. They are not afraid of sunlight. As for silverware, garlic and the like, it is even more nonsense." "Then why is it called a vampire?" Ron said what many people were confused about.

"Because after we are injured, we must rely on special potions mixed with blood to treat us," said a Ravenclaw girl.

"Shalin, are you a vampire?" George was shocked. "I'm a vampire, what's the problem?"

"And me"

"Mike Lee, are you kidding me," Slyer yelled.

"Believe it or not, you can use an ordinary mirror to look at me right now and see if you can see it." Slaer was dumbfounded after hearing this.

"If I remember correctly, about 2% of the students in Hogwarts are vampires," Hagrid recalled. "The number of vampire students here is the highest among all the schools in Alfranth. He is indeed great. , isn’t it?” Hagrid praised.

As Hagrid said, on Halloween night, a huge jack-o-lantern floats under the magic ceiling of the Great Hall of Hogwarts, forming a magnificent scene.

"Did you hear that? That Hermione Granger girl was crying in the girls' bathroom today," Lavender Brown said.

"Marel, do you know the reason? I guess she lost control after finding out that she didn't have any friends," said the girl named Lemoya.

"You have no idea how weird she is, getting up at 2 a.m. to correct her homework," Aurora said, taking a piece of pumpkin pie.

"I really want to change dormitories," Aurora said depressedly.

"Then just tell her directly." Winters didn't expect Hermione to work so hard.

"We all went to bed at 12 o'clock at the latest. She was the only one who got up at 2 o'clock in the morning to correct homework." Aurora shook her head.Her words were echoed by her roommate.Winters found that he couldn't say anything. Just when he was about to get a steak, the door was knocked open and it was Professor Quirrell. "The troll came in. You should know." After saying that, he fell down. On the ground, fainted.Time seemed to have paused, and suddenly the auditorium was boiling. Cries and screams were mixed together. Winters subconsciously approached Aurora. The two of them leaned closely together, holding the wand nervously, and their minds went blank. .

"Quiet".Dumbledore's voice silenced the entire auditorium, "The prefects and student council members will lead the lower-grade students back to the common rooms of each house immediately. They cannot come out without notice. Snape, go and bring Professor Quirrell to School doctor's office, other teachers follow me." The students filed out, and Winters and Aurora followed the team closely for fear of falling behind.

As they walked out, Harry suddenly called out "Hermione?"

"What?" Winters yelled.

"Hermione doesn't know about trolls"

"She's still in the bathroom" Aurora shouted in panic.

"We should tell the professors immediately"

"Who knows where the professor has gone, and which bathroom Hermione is in, can we find it?" Winters was completely panicked.

"But we don't know where the troll is," Ron shouted.

"We can only bet whether there is any bathroom in Hogwarts that is completely unusable" Harry asked them.

"There is a restroom on the second floor of the west building. No one has been there in the past 50 years. Why do you ask?" Slyer asked doubtfully.

"You guys are taking a huge gamble," Elena said as she passed by.

"Harry, I understand what you mean. Hermione's character...she pursues perfection." Winters understood immediately.

"Yes, Hermione... is a person who pursues perfection. She will not cry in front of a bunch of people. She must find a place to cry where no one is." Harry guessed.

"Listen, if you have to go, you must remember that trolls are attracted to all kinds of big noises. The bigger the noise, the better. It is difficult for magic to hurt them. If it doesn't work, Winters, you can try The spell to shatter the body into pieces. When reciting the spell, you have to wave your wand quickly to make a downward slashing motion," Elena said.

"We have to hurry. It's best to find Hermione before the troll finds her." Harry said and started running.Winters suddenly wanted to retreat. He was afraid that his adoptive parents would be sad. After all, this was not a domestic cat, but a giant monster several meters high, or even a mountain monster with a rocky shell on its body.

"Winters, you'd better move faster. It's impossible for the professors to search the entire Hogwarts in a few minutes." Aurora had already run some distance away, and Winters gritted his teeth and chose to follow her.

They decided to go to the women's restroom on the second floor of the west building immediately. As soon as they arrived in the west building, they smelled the smell of smelly socks mixed with cow dung, and everyone couldn't help but cover their noses.

They had just reached the entrance to the second floor of the west building when they suddenly heard a scream.

"It's Hermione" Harry shouted, their bet was right.

Winters immediately transformed into a steel bison, "Find that voice, attract the troll" Winters shouted.

"Let's go quickly, we must find a way to rescue Hermione." Just after he finished speaking, there was another scream, mixed with the sound of the floor being hit.

As soon as they arrived at the women's restroom on the second floor, they saw a horrifying sight. A huge body 7 meters tall was covered with a layer of rocks, and on top of this huge body was a surprisingly small head.

The troll was swinging around with a stone club in his hand, and the steel bison was circling around.Harry, Ron, and Aurora threw pieces of gravel and wood at the troll's face as hard as they could, causing the troll to be confused for a moment.

"Hermione, hurry up," Winters shouted to Hermione after conjuring an ostrich.

"What are you still doing? Come here quickly."

"My legs..." Hermione said tremblingly.

"Ow~~"

The various sounds did attract the trolls, but they also pissed them off.Ron quickly drew out his wand.

"Remember, one wave, one wave," Hermione shouted.

"Wingardim Leviosa" Ron immediately waved his wand.The huge stone rod floated up in response.

Before everyone was happy for a long time, the giant stretched out his hand and tore off the stone stick forcefully.Then he rushed toward them crazily.

I can only take a chance and try the magic spell that Elena said about breaking into pieces.But Winters suddenly realized that he had forgotten how to wave the wand to release the spell.He decided to feel his own magic directly, just like he had done when he fought off that mad hippogriff years ago.

Just like in previous years, magic responded to him, and a spell with dazzling blue light rushed out from the tip of the wand.

Winters' spell hit the crazy giant, and then with a bang, accompanied by dazzling fire and strong electricity, the giant fell on its back.The corridor behind the troll was burned to pieces by the magic of the spell, and then the troll fell headlong.

They were blown away by a wave of air.The only sounds left in the bathroom were the sound of dripping water and the faint hum of the troll.They stood up tremblingly from the rubble. Winters did not expect the spell to be so destructive.Then the sound of footsteps broke the strange silence.

"I need an explanation," Professor McGonagall said, clutching her chest.Dumbledore appeared at the door leading the professor.She gasped when she saw the humming troll lying on the first floor.

"us...."

"It's all my fault," Hermione said, "I shouldn't have been brave." At this time, Winters found Snape limping over.

"Brave?"

"I want to study trolls because... because I'm curious."

"You're in luck," Dumbledore said, looking at the troll.

"Winters, that curse you just made was so loud and scary, what kind of curse was it?" Dumbledore asked with interest.

"Broken to pieces... I came across this in a book..." He knew that Snape knew Legilimency, but he couldn't confess Irina.

"It was indeed shattered to pieces," Snape said after looking at the troll downstairs for a while.

"It's not a forbidden curse...and...there are no traces of black magic. It's just a crushing curse with extremely destructive power," Snape said.

"Your reckless behavior has resulted in 10 points being deducted from Gryffindor each."Dumbledore said seriously.

"But each of you also adds 15 points to Gryffindor. Especially Winters, I can feel your spell from afar," Dumbledore said with a smile.Winters lowered his head in embarrassment.

"Okay, go back to the lounge, delicious food is waiting for you."

Sometimes, only by experiencing something together can we understand each other better.

(End of this chapter)