【HP】I don’t want to fall in love, I just want to mess around

When Ernie came back from Hogsmeade, he brought a lot of things to Esther, some of which she asked her to bring, and some of which he bought for her himself.

The good mood lasted only after dinner, when everyone was about to go back to the lounge, something unexpected happened.

The portrait of the Fat Lady at the door of the Gryffindor common room was attacked. The frame and canvas were all shattered, but the Fat Lady disappeared without a trace.

This incident even alarmed Principal Dumbledore.

It is said that Peeves witnessed everything and said that Sirius Black attacked the Fat Lady and he wanted to enter the Gryffindor common room.

Due to the sudden incident and the danger of Sirius Black, Principal Dumbledore asked all Gryffindor students to return to the auditorium, and then notified the deans of other houses to gather all the students from other houses in the auditorium.

"Now that Sirius Black may have infiltrated Hogwarts, we need to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the school, so in order to ensure everyone's safety tonight, we can only have to rest in the auditorium."

Dumbledore explained to everyone.

At the same time, Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick closed the door to the auditorium.

Dumbledore waved his wand, and all the tables in the auditorium flew to the corners, and then hundreds of purple sleeping bags appeared on the ground.

After Professor Dumbledore left, the Gryffindor students told the students in other houses what had happened above.

As the president of the student union, Percy was maintaining order at the scene: "Everyone get into sleeping bags and rest. No talking is allowed. Lights will be turned off in 10 minutes!"

But all the students from the four colleges were gathered here, and they couldn't control it for a while. Everyone was discussing this matter.

As soon as Esther got into her sleeping bag, Ernie ran to her side: "Esther, do you think Sirius Black is really still in the castle?"

He frowned, looking very worried about their current situation.

Esther said: "It seems that the principal of Dumbree and other professors think so, but it doesn't matter, everyone is here. If Sirius really breaks in, the prefects and student union presidents of each college will definitely be able to do so." Discovered at once.”

"What will they do if they find out?" Ernie was still very worried: "Sirius Black is a vicious dark wizard who escaped from Azkaban. How can a few prefects stop him?"

"The prefects can't stop him, but the teachers in the school can definitely stop him. Dumbledore is still here, so you don't have to worry too much." Esther comforted him.

As she spoke, Esther felt someone pat her. She turned around and saw that Hermione had appeared beside her at some point.

Esther was a little surprised: "Huh? Hermione? Are you here to find me?"

Hermione nodded at her: "I always feel like something's wrong."

She frowned slightly, looking like she was thinking hard and couldn't figure it out.

"What do you think is wrong?" Esther looked at her curiously.

"Sirius Black, why did he sneak into Hogwarts? And why did he attack the Fat Lady?"

Hermione's expression was serious: "I always feel that there is something here that we don't know, but I can't figure it out, so I just wanted to have a chat with you. Maybe you are smarter than me and can see what's wrong."

Esther said to herself that in terms of intelligence, few people would be smarter than Hermione, but as luck would have it, she did know all the truth.

Almost immediately, Esther decided to reveal something to Hermione, leading her to discover the existence of Peter Pettigrew.

Teaming up with Hermione is indeed a good choice.

So she said: "I thought you knew that there have been rumors that Sirius Black would sneak into Hogwarts and attack Harry, and that perhaps he attacked the Fat Lady just to get into the Gryffindor common room."

"That's the problem!" Hermione said: "But we were all having dinner in the Great Hall that day. If he really wanted to attack Harry, he should have come directly to the Great Hall instead of sneaking into the Gryffindor common room! Ron said That’s because he ran away and lost the concept of time and didn’t know that today is Halloween, but this reason is untenable.”

Esther understood what she meant: "Indeed, everyone is gathered in the auditorium today. Even if he didn't know that we were all dining in the auditorium before sneaking into Hogwarts, he would definitely find out after entering. After all, everything else is It was deserted, and only the auditorium was filled with laughter and laughter.”

"That's right!" Hermione nodded: "That's why I feel weird."

Esther said: "What if we think about it the other way around? If Sirius knows that today is Halloween, he was also a student at Hogwarts before, so he must know that we will all have dinner in the Great Hall on Halloween, So can it be said that he specifically wanted to sneak into the Gryffindor lounge when everyone was not around?"

Hermione's eyes lit up: "It is indeed possible! So what did he want to do by sneaking into the Gryffindor common room?"

Esther continued: "It was definitely not to kill Harry, that is, there was something in Gryffindor that attracted him. You can think about what else was in the empty Gryffindor lounge at that time. ?"

She tried to hint at Hermione.

Hermione pondered for a moment and said after a moment: "Maybe I should ask other Gryffindor students this question, and I'm also curious about how Sirius escaped from the dementors' guards and entered Hogwarts?"

Esther hesitated for a moment, and finally approached her ear and said hesitantly: "Let me tell you something secretly. Not long ago, another classmate and I went out in the middle of the night because we were hungry, and we were going to the kitchen to get some food. We got food back. On the way back, we saw a dark shadow flash past. Because it rained that day, some footprints were left on the ground, and the place where those footprints went was the Gryffindor common room. room."

Hermione covered her mouth in surprise: "Oh my god! Why are you just saying something so important now? What kind of footprints are they? The footprints of an adult male? Could it be that Sirius has been lurking in Hogwarts for a long time?"

Esther shook her head: "It's not a human footprint, but...some kind of animal, a bit like a dog? Because it was a night trip, and we weren't sure if we saw it wrong, so we didn't say anything about it. ."

"But you all saw the footprints, something must have passed by!" Hermione was a little excited but then fell into thinking: "If they are animal footprints, they are not Sirius's. They may be from the Forbidden Forest. Some kind of animal that escaped?"

"This is not very clear. I think how Sirius sneaked into Hogwarts is not the point. The point is what he wants to do? As long as you know what he wants to do, it is possible to catch him. You can ask Ron and Harry and the others, do they remember if there were any people, animals, or even weird things in the Gryffindor common room at that time?"

Esther tried to hint at Hermione.

"Turn out the lights now! No one is allowed to speak!"

Percy put out all the candles, interrupting Esther and Hermione's conversation.

"Okay, I'll ask them, thank you Esther."

In the darkness, Hermione slowly moved back to Harry and the others.