if i am not me

Summer nights always come so slowly, when the last afterglow of the setting sun disappears on the horizon, several people who have been waiting for a day gradually become nervous.Just after ten o'clock, there were only a few sporadic figures left in the huge Hogwarts castle, rushing between the corridors. At this time, most of the students had already returned to their dormitories. Of course, not all of them .Starting from the cellar, two thin figures skillfully walked through the hidden corners of the castle. Tonight, their goal was the corridor on the fourth floor, which was strictly prohibited.

Drake reluctantly followed the black-haired boy in front of him once again past a portrait at the west corner of the second floor. They had been wandering around the castle for a long time. For some reason, Drake felt that Harry seemed to be leading him Going around in circles—is this guy a road idiot?Draco couldn't help guessing that, although he didn't see any signs of getting lost at all...

Staring at the dancing knight in the portrait above his head, Draco finally couldn't help pulling Harry's clothes, "I said, are you lost?" They have already been to this place before.

Hearing this, Harry staggered on his steady footsteps, turned his head to look at Draco, and said through gritted teeth, "This is a strategic transfer!"

"Okay, okay, whatever you say is what it is..." Obviously this answer did not convince him, he nodded perfunctorily, and Draco consciously walked in front of Harry, it seemed that it would be better for him to lead the way.

Seeing this, Harry pouted dissatisfiedly, "I really made a strategic transfer, didn't you realize that we didn't meet anyone along the way? Even Mrs. Norris wouldn't know that we were out tonight ..."

Unfortunately, at this time, Drake had already put all his attention on the choice of route and vigilance, so his protest, which was not much bigger than a whisper, could only be completely ignored.Glancing sullenly at the boy who walked in front of him, Harry slandered, if he wasn't afraid of unnecessary suspicion, why would he be so tired.How many secret passages Hogwarts has, he believes he knows better than the twins.

For this reason, he couldn't help but miss the Marauder's Map that brought him countless conveniences—yes, the Marauder's Map!When the twins gave him the map, they seemed to say that they stole it when they were punished by Filch, which means that maybe he can...

After walking up to the fourth floor, Draco's nerves became more and more tense, and he was slightly relieved until they came to the closed door safely and soundly.Turning his head to look at Harry behind him, Draco felt that they should have a little discussion on the next thing, but what he saw made him very angry——Harry, this kid actually had a fuzzy look on his face The expression outside the sky!

"Boom!", "Woo...", the sound of groaning and hitting sounded almost at the same time, Draco blew his fist, and threw a provocative look at the teary-eyed Harry—see if you dare Give me a daze!

"Here, what do you want to do next." Ignoring the sorrow revealed in Harry's green eyes, Draco touched the pull ring on the door, and asked softly.

Rubbing Draco's head, Harry glanced at the boy who seemed like nothing had happened just now, and said angrily to this "elegant" nobleman who was becoming more and more violent, "Of course I'm going in!"

Hearing this, Draco hooked the corners of his mouth with a half-smile, pulled out his wand and pointed at the locked door, "Alohomora! (Alohomora, open the door spell)"

The door opened in response, but before Drake could speak, he covered his mouth in horror. At this moment, he didn't care whether this action was in line with his so-called "noble aesthetics", and now he just wanted to scream——Hai Ge's three-headed dog was actually placed here, in this room where any student could appear...

With the same expression as Draco, Harry looked at the situation in the room without any trace.The three-headed dog has fallen asleep, and the smelly saliva slowly drips down its huge mouth onto the dirty floor. Next to the door, a harp is playing an unknown song by itself. song.It seems that Voldemort came earlier than he thought, Harry frowned, and secretly looked at Drake beside him, his eyes couldn't help flashing a hint of admiration - Drake has calmed down, as far as an 11-year-old boy is concerned , his response is truly commendable.

Putting a finger to his mouth to signal Draco to keep quiet, Harry turned around and closed the door softly, then pointed to the floor door at the foot of the three-headed dog.Draco nodded knowingly, and the two tiptoed over.Harry bent down and pulled the pull ring on the floor door. There was no difficulty, and the wooden door opened easily with just a couple of swings.This made Harry's frown deepen. All the signs showed how impatient Voldemort was, and he didn't even care about leaving traces...

Without the slightest hesitation, Harry jumped down first, and Draco was surprised by his straightforwardness, but immediately jumped down too.Almost immediately, Draco felt a rush of damp, cold air against his face, choking his breath.The passage was very long, and it took a long time before Draco felt a ray of light in the endless darkness, and then he fell onto a very soft object, and groping around with his hands, he found that he seemed to be sitting on a On top of an unknown plant.

"What is this?" Draco was disgusted by the weird touch.As soon as the words fell, a sneer sounded abruptly in this silent space, "You didn't study hard!"

After a slight movement, Draco felt something wrapped around his feet, and he was struggling more and more tightly. This realization made him growl angrily. "Damn it, it's the devil's net!"

"Hmm! Slytherin plus 10 points. The best way to deal with this thing is...Incendio!"

A string of flames shot ferociously from Harry's wand towards the devil's net vines that wrapped around them, as if sensing danger, those tentacle-like vines immediately retreated quickly, leaving a direct exit path for them.

"It turned out to be the plant that Professor Sprout taught 'specially' this year..." Draco kicked away a charred vine that remained at his feet, frowning at the increasingly weird situation . "Come quickly." While thinking, Harry whispered from the exit, and Draco had to stop thinking, jumped off the huge blade and walked towards the exit.

The surrounding atmosphere prompted the two to stop talking, and now they could only hear the sound of their own footsteps as they walked and the sound of water dripping down the wall, and the damp and cold air made both of them shiver.Fortunately, they came to a section of downhill road not far away, and at the end of the road, the looming light gradually became clear.

"Did you hear anything?" Suddenly, Draco grabbed Harry who was still walking straight down, and said softly.There was no sound of footsteps, and the rustling sound from ahead became louder and louder in the quiet cave.It was only then that Harry remembered that Drake didn't know what was going to happen next as well as he did, so he made a listening gesture, he and Drake looked at each other, and both of them lowered their footsteps.

Walking cautiously to the end of the cave, in front of Draco's eyes was a bright and spacious room with a high arched roof, and the room was full of gem-like birds that kept flapping. Wings fly.Glancing at the furnishings in the room, he found that the place was extremely empty, and if the birds were ignored, they could easily see the brown door not far away.

"First it was the three-headed dog, then the devil's net, and now these strange birds. Isn't their mechanism too strange?" Depressedly, he waved away a few small things that were hovering above his head, Draco said impatiently.

Seeing Draco's displeased expression, Harry patted him on the shoulder lightly, "The weirder the mechanism, the better, not to mention the precious thing to be protected this time..."

Rolling his eyes, Draco sighed: "If I knew it, I wouldn't have to go through this muddy water. It's such a trouble. Hey, do you think the three of them can get here?"

"It should be ok. Since we can all get there, there's no reason why they can't get there. Besides, I guess this is a trial." Holding his chin, Harry looked up at the "birds" of different shapes and sizes. , said meaningfully.

"Trial? You mean that Dumbledore... God, is he crazy?" With a low growl in surprise, Draco looked at Harry in disbelief.Knowing the truth is not so easy to accept, and now is not a good time to explain, Harry smiled noncommittally, and changed the subject. "Forget it, it doesn't matter what trials he has or not, anyway, try to get out of here first."

Strolling to the door, Harry pretended to look at the lock carefully, "We need the key."

Drake also knew that this was not a good place to talk, so he followed Harry's line of sight to look around, and there was nothing but a few brooms around, this discovery made Drake twitch his eyebrows.Suddenly, a few birds flew in front of him, and he was about to wave these annoying little things away again, but his eyes widened after seeing the shape of the "bird", "...the key." He raised his finger to the air, why did Draco I never thought that those flying "birds" turned out to be all kinds of keys, because their different materials reflect different colors under the light.

"Huh?" Looking in the direction of Draco's finger, Harry laughed, he had already found the answer before prompting Draco, very good.Checking the material of the lock, Harry smiled and said to Drake, "It's silver, and it's about the size of a doorknob." He picked up the broom and handed it to Drake while talking. "The preparations are really complete. How about we come to the competition and see who can find it first!"

After speaking, Harry jumped onto the broom before Draco could react, and jumped into the air with a "whoosh". "Ah—you're cheating!" Seeing him cheating, Drake couldn't help jumping on his broom.

It was only when Drake was in the sky that he really felt that finding the key was a huge project. There are thousands of keys here. Without keen eyesight and excellent flying skills, it is really not an easy task to get it.The two scrambled to find the target while dodging their sharp wings in the group of keys. Harry paid attention to the keys that looked huge and flew unpleasantly. Sure enough, it didn't take long for him to find a silver key hanging down. Flying low with disheveled wings, apparently caught before they came - that's it.

Dexterously passed through several keys that were flying towards him, and swooped down, Harry grabbed the broken silver key only ten centimeters from the ground, swung his broom, and landed steadily on the ground——en , perfect movements, although a little rusty, but he was the best hunter at Hogwarts in those years and it was not in vain!

"Draco, you lost!" Holding the key, Harry triumphantly raised his hand and shook it at Drake who was still in the air, with indescribable joy, refusing to think that he was actually suspected of cheating.

However, Draco's mind was not on the keys. He was stunned and recalled the wonderful scene just now. Was it really done by Harry, who had never had a good performance in flying lessons?After fiddling with the broom familiarly and returning to the ground, Draco looked at Harry with a complicated expression, "When this matter is over, you have to explain to me how much you have hidden!"

Recognizing the threat in the words, Harry smiled dryly and held up the key. "Open the door first, let's open the door first! Let's talk about that later, hehe..." Harry squeezed the key, which was struggling restlessly in his hand, trying hard to put it into the keyhole, but it shook so violently that Haha Leigh hadn't been able to align.

"I'll do it." Seeing this, Draco shook his head amusedly, beckoning Harry to give him the key.

"No need." Waving his hand, Harry grabbed the two wings of the key angrily. key handle.

Throwing the torn off wings on the ground, Harry weighed the key that had not moved, and raised his eyebrows at Draco.Insert the key into the keyhole, twist, and the closed door opens.Without pulling out the key, he took out a handkerchief and wiped it on the key and the broom handle to prevent fingerprints from being left, and said to the puzzled Draco, "Just to save Ron and the others from scratching again."

Putting his hand on the pull-tab, "Go," Harry called to Draco, whose eyes were still on the key.Open the door, behind the door is a dark room.

But soon they realized the extraordinaryness of this room, almost as soon as their feet stepped into the room, the room was immediately filled with bright light, and a huge chessboard appeared in their field of vision .

They are now standing on the edge of the board, with black pieces in front of them.These chess pieces are taller than them, as if they were carved out of black stone. Opposite them, there is a row of white chess pieces waiting in formation.

"It seems that we are going to play a game of chess." Looking at this posture, we must win the game.

"I'm not good at this stuff." Harry looked at the chessboard with some headaches, he didn't have so much time to spend here.

Without hesitation, he rolled his eyes at Harry, and Draco walked slowly towards the chessboard, "I'll come, I never count on you."

The moment Draco stepped onto the chessboard, he was suddenly pulled back to the open space from behind. Looking strangely at Harry who was holding him behind him and suddenly smiling strangely, Draco threw a questioning question eyes.

"Draco, I thought of a faster shortcut!"

"shortcut?"

The corners of his mouth curled up evilly, Harry pulled out his wand, shook his wrist and gestured a few times, "Yes! Let's try it first, if it doesn't work, you can continue—Diffindo! (Fragmented)" With Harry's clear and loud voice Suddenly, all the stone chess pieces exploded, and after a bang, everything on the chessboard, including the black chess pieces, turned into a pile of rubble.

The corners of his eyes twitched a few times uncontrollably, and Draco's voice seemed a little weak, "I just realized that the Fragmentation Curse can still be used like this..."

"It really works!" Snapping his fingers excitedly, Harry danced and jumped to Draco's side. Hearing his words, Harry couldn't help but giggled, "Having such thoughts can only show that your imagination is stifled. How serious, Drake!"

"That's because few first graders can split stones so easily..." Raising his brows and looking at the black-haired boy, Draco was deeply moved by his abnormality!The two walked through the room calmly, and the room was dark again the moment they left, making a sound that seemed to be pieced together by stones.

"It's recovery magic."

"It seems that they can only come to this level by themselves." Shrugging, Harry is not worried about this at all. With Ron around, they will finish the game beautifully.

Stepping onto the second corridor made of caves, Draco and Harry walked side by side, thinking about what the next level would be.As he walked, Draco couldn't help covering his nose, and said disgustedly, "What smell...?"

Stopping in his tracks, Harry took a few deep sniffs. Sure enough, there was a faint stench in the air.Admiring Draco's sense of smell, Harry also covered his nose, "...it's a troll...we have to be careful." Saying that, the two approached the door at the end of the corridor, but because of the smell further action.

Signaling Draco to step back, seeing that he was some distance away from the door, Harry clenched the wand in his hand, quietly approached the wooden door and slowly pushed it open.All of a sudden, a musty smell mixed with a stench penetrated his nostrils, making tears flow out of his eyes.Cursing secretly twice, Harry held his breath and looked into the room carefully.

The room was high and empty, but unlike the neatness of the previous room, it looked terrible.And in a corner of the room, there was a giant monster that made him jealous.Hearing the snoring sound in his ear, Harry couldn't help but secretly rejoice.Fortunately, he came, otherwise, with the skills of those three little fools, it would be no wonder if it didn't wake it up.

Draco stood in the distance watching Harry's every move, it wasn't that he didn't want to help Harry, one was that Harry had stopped him with his eyes, and two... well, he admitted, he really couldn't bear the smell smell.Seeing that Drake had no intention of coming over, and now that his back was facing Drake, Harry was not so disgusted with the troll's stench.

Quietly pulled out the holly wand that had been hidden in his sleeve all the time, Harry felt the surge of magical power in his body, and smiled with satisfaction.Taking advantage of Drake's inattention, he whispered the spell, "Avada Kedavra!" (Avada Kedavra! (Avada Kedavra)) Green light rushed out of Harry's wand silently, pointing directly at the troll's heart, instantly, the monster He stopped breathing without even trembling.

The cost of killing the troll with the Killing Curse is Harry's serious mana overdraw. He is still unable to bear the mana consumed by this most vicious spell, but this is the best way to ensure the safety of the three of them.But... his feet were weak, and Harry could barely stand.This feeling is really bad.Stashing away the holly wand, Harry picked up his usual wand and said in a voice just enough for Draco to hear: "Stupefy! (fainting)"

The wand didn't respond at all, and now he couldn't even cast the simplest spell, so he smiled wryly.Fortunately, the goal was achieved, and Harry no longer forced himself, and fell down along the wall.Seeing that Harry's originally straight body suddenly fell down after chanting the spell, Draco was so frightened that he didn't even bother to cover his nose and rushed forward to support him. "you……"

"Shh!" Pretending to be nervous and beckoning him to keep quiet, Harry instructed Draco to close the door before he collapsed into his arms in relief. "I cast a stun spell just now, I'll just rest for a while..."

"What's the matter?" Draco felt that he almost frowned tonight. "Forget it, do you still want to continue now?" He said so, but the strong taste of 'do you dare to continue trying' in his tone was still captured by Harry.

Pulling the corners of his mouth wearily, Harry smiled and shook his head, "Let's go back...it will depend on their luck." Even if he wanted to continue to help, he couldn't do what he wanted, and besides, they should be arriving soon...

Satisfied with Harry's performance at this time, Draco carefully held Harry against the wall, cast a drifting spell on him, and pulled Harry, who was half-floating in the air, back the same way.Arriving in the room where the chessboard was, they did not encounter the imaginary game, and the pieces did not respond to their passing through the room. "It seems to be a one-way magic. It's really interesting. Let's study it carefully when we go back..." Draco muttered pretending to be relaxed, but when he returned to the room full of keys, he suddenly remembered that they seemed to have fallen.

After poking Harry, who was floating in the air, Drake said distressedly, "It's good, it's easy to get down, but how can I get up?" Harry was still amazed at Drake's familiarity with the levitating spell, hearing him Then he looked around, indeed, he didn't seem to have troubled how to get out of here before...

Suddenly caught a glimpse of the broom they were using to grab the keys just now, a flash of inspiration flashed in Harry's mind, and he hurriedly pointed to it, "Use it!"

"Oh—that's a good idea." Nodding in agreement, Draco looked at the broom with glowing eyes. "Eh? What's the sound?"

"No, Neville and the others should be here." Hearing several screams, Harry frowned. "Let's hide first."

Draco's reaction was not slow. Before Harry finished speaking, he cast a spell to hide Harry on the beam at the top of the room, and then he grabbed a broom and quickly rose to the shadow on the top to hide.Sure enough, it didn't take long before they heard Ron's voice, "There's a light ahead—I seem to see something moving..." Then three figures appeared at the entrance of the passage.Ron's voice continued, "Do you think they'll attack us if we walk across the room?"

"It's possible." Neville replied, "They don't look very vicious, but if they all rush over at once, I'm afraid..."

"Whatever! I'll go and have a look first!" Before finishing speaking, Ron covered his face with his arms, and rushed over with a muffled head, causing Hermione and Neville to scream.When he arrived at the gate, he found that there were no sharp mouths or claws as he had imagined. Ron happily shouted at the two people who were still standing at the gate, "It's okay, come quickly!"

Hermione complained about Ron's recklessness, but she had no choice but to walk towards the wooden door together with Neville.The three of them quickly gathered at the thick wooden door, and Hermione was surprised to see that there was a key on the lock, "Oh my God... Snape is already in!"

"Quick! We have to stop him!" Neville said hurriedly, and Ron also hurriedly opened the door, so Harry and Drake watched them rush to the next room without any extra structure in this room. Take a second look.

As soon as the wooden door closed, Draco flew to Harry's side.Harry propped himself up on the house beam and jumped to sit down behind Draco, "Let's go, we have to hurry up!"

"No problem, you sit still." Telling Harry to hug himself tightly, Draco suddenly accelerated and rushed out of the door and flew across the cave, passing through the room of the devil's net, and they ascended towards the falling passage. "Oh shit, Lumos."

With the help of the light from the wand, they successfully returned to the room where the three-headed dog was, and the loud purring of the three-headed dog still echoed here.The harp had already been flung to the corner and was ringing sporadically, causing its eyelids to twitch once or twice occasionally, so frightened that Draco took Harry directly out of the closed door that was yet to come, without batting an eyelid. The hideous growl of their awakened three-headed dog was far behind.

They had never liked the prohibition at the school opening feast so much, otherwise they would have been unable to hide the fact that the two living people rode brooms in the castle.Draco wanted to go straight back to the cellar, but after thinking twice, he decided to find an empty classroom and hide in it.As expected, they heard voices not long after closing the door.

The castle at night always seemed very empty and quiet, so they felt that their breathing was as loud as puffing.Holding their breath, listening to the footsteps getting tighter and tighter, they hardly dared to take a breath.Fortunately, those people were in a hurry and didn't bother to find out if there were any disobedient children who ran out of the dormitory and wandered around the castle tonight.

Draco and Harry felt that time had passed for a long time, until they couldn't hear any sound outside the door, and then they relaxed their bodies and began to collect air to supplement their oxygen-deficient bodies.

"Are they gone?" Draco asked uncertainly.

"Yes." Harry nodded affirmatively.

"That's best, let's go too, I'm exhausted..."

"Me too. Don't wake me up tomorrow, I must sleep until I wake up naturally..."