[HP] Night Haze

The hazy moonlight at midnight cast a halo on the boy's body, leaning against the window sill and looking up at the bright starry sky, Angelo's mood began to calm down slowly.He still remembered leaning here on the first night of his first day of school. At that time, he felt that the sky outside Hogwarts Castle was peaceful and serene.

The clock on the wall has already passed eleven o'clock, and the teacher on night patrol will not disturb the students' normal rest after checking the room.Amid the even breathing of the roommates, Angelo put on a cloak and quietly walked out of the room.Not long after he left, another figure sat up from the bed by the window and followed him on tiptoe.

Pushing away the portrait of the fat woman, half of her body protruded from behind the door opening, and the dark environment in the corridor made Angelo feel relieved to get out.All the torches on the wall have been extinguished. If there are visiting teachers passing by, they can see the magic lamps in their hands from a long distance.

As soon as Angelo stood still in the corridor, he felt something rub against the robe around his ankles.

"Xike!" Angelo called softly, the black cat's eyes were like two small lamps in the dark, shaking green.Normally, Angelo would be willing to take Xi Ke out together, but today is different. The place he is going to is the restricted area on the fourth floor.

Angelo threw a small dried fish into the door opening, and the black cat that had been having fun at his feet a moment ago rushed into the lounge following the arc of the dried fish.While the black cat was looking for food, Angelo closed the portrait from the outside.

"Lumos!" he read, as a faint light emerged from the tip of his wand, illuminating a small area ahead.Quirrell said that Snape was injured because he went to the restricted area on the fourth floor, and Angelo was eager to know what was hidden there.

The fact that Snape's wound was still bleeding after such a long time meant that there was still residual poison in the wound that had not been completely cleaned out.Angelo guessed that a ferocious beast was guarding something in the restricted area.After a day of analysis, he felt that everything was pointing to the mysterious restricted area on the fourth floor.

Maybe after figuring out what that thing is, he will be able to understand why he suddenly understands Parseltongue.Angelo felt that he was caught in a huge conspiracy, but he had very few clues. Being in such a passive environment was very unfavorable to him.

Walking down the stairs from the eighth floor, he didn't meet any of the teachers on night patrol in the castle and the ghosts moving around.Just as Angelo rejoiced that he was lucky, a meow sounded clearly in the quiet corridor on the fourth floor.Angelo clenched his wand tightly, and he prayed that it must not be Mrs. Norris.The dark gray female cat likes to hang around the door of the Gryffindor lounge since the beginning of school, adding a lot of trouble to the irregular outings of the lion cubs.

The most annoying thing is that other people can bribe this snitching cat with food like dried fish, but the people in Angelo's dormitory never buy it.Ron joked that as long as he packed Sickle and gave it to Mrs. Norris, they could violate the school rules at will in the castle. For this reason, the blue-eyed black cat pointed its ass at the red-haired boy every time, and often stared at it Staring at Ron's shaved mouse.

Not long after the meowing stopped, Angelo heard very light footsteps in the corridor, and he quickly flashed to a pair of armor, and pressed himself tightly against the wall.

"Angelo, where are you?" With Harry's familiar voice, Angelo poked his head out from the armor and relaxed his whole body.

"Here it is, Harry." He murmured inwardly. It's a pity that the plan to explore the restricted area at night seems to be in vain.

The blue-eyed boy walked towards Angelo with the black cat in his arms. Xi Ke happily yelled twice in Harry's arms, turned over lightly and landed firmly on the ground.

"Did Sico wake you up?" Angelo stared innocently at his black cat.

"No, I followed you when you came out." The blue-eyed boy faltered and held his wand.He is much more confident than when he started school, but he is still very shy in front of Angelo.

"I can see that you are in a bad mood, Angelo, I'm a little worried..."

"I'm fine." Angelo smiled slightly, and it felt very good that someone cared.

"Let's go back." The happy mood dilutes the desire to go to the restricted area. Although the place he wants to go is at the end of this corridor, Angelo doesn't want to drag his friends to take risks with him.

Greeting Xi Ke to follow the two of them, Angelo took Harry up the stairs and returned the same way.At this time, there was another cat meowing in the darkness, and the black cat that had already run in front of them raised its tail warily, and its fur stood on end.

"Oops, it's Mrs. Norris!" Angelo found two small lamp-like eyes staring at them on the stairs.

The female cat with dull fur came down the stairs, and when she received Mrs. Norris' admiring gaze, Xi Ke turned around and ran for her life with a scream.Angelo yelled and cursed a few times in a low voice, and as soon as his pet left, Mrs. Norris ran upstairs screaming.

"It's going to Filch," Harry said uneasily.Angelo looked up at the place where Mrs. Norris disappeared, and decisively pulled Harry to turn around and leave.

The administrator will definitely come down from here in a while, and they have to leave quickly.Angelo pulled Harry back into the dark corridor to find another way up the stairs.Unfortunately, the stairs at Hogwarts were extremely active at midnight, and when I passed two stairs in a row, they didn't stay in their original positions obediently.

Angelo heard the vicious meowing again, and Mrs. Norris was chasing after her. Along with the meowing, there was a series of loud footsteps, belonging to the administrator, Mr. Filch.

"You nasty freshmen, wandering around in the middle of the night, you will be arrested." When passing by the corridor of the Charms classroom, Peeves jumped out from the stone wall.

"Help us keep it a secret, or tell Bloodman Barrow that you were washed into the sewer and lost your way for three days!"

"You know that!" Peeves was stunned.He crawled into the stone wall, muttering, "You bastards!"

Angelo looked at the green-eyed little wizard in surprise, but he didn't expect Harry to use such a vicious and threatening tone.The way to deal with Peeves was mentioned by Draco during the chat, and Harry didn't expect it to be used so well.When Angelo was in a daze, Harry grabbed him with his backhand and continued to run forward.The footsteps behind were getting closer and closer, and near the end of the corridor, they finally found a staircase that stayed firmly in place.To their desperation, voices came from far and near on the stairs. Professor McGonagall was reprimanding something, and a night walker like them had been caught.

In the corridor, Filch ran towards them with a lamp. The only luck was that the range of the lamp could not illuminate them for the time being. The two little wizards retreated to the end of the corridor in a hurry, where they bumped into a A locked door.

"Angelo, what is the spell for the Unlocking Curse?" Harry pulled out the spell, and Angelo recognized that this was the restricted area on the fourth floor, and hurriedly stopped him.

"Harry, don't, there's..."

"Oh, that's right—the Alahoo hole is open!" As the wand tapped on the door, the door suddenly opened with a click.Before Angelo finished speaking, Harry got in.

"Harry!" Angelo swallowed and followed them in. As soon as they closed the door, Filch and their dean met in the corridor.

"You've got him, Professor McGonagall."

"Yes, Filch, I plan to send him to your confinement starting tomorrow, the other professors' arrangements are already full."

"It's my honor, please rest assured, I will let him remember this lesson."

"I think Filch has misunderstood us. Professor McGonagall didn't catch us." Harry stuck to the door to eavesdrop on the conversation outside. "Angelo, what did you say was inside when you came in?"

"..." Angelo arched the boy and asked him to look back. A three-headed dog so big that it filled the entire space from the ceiling to the floor was curled up on the ground, and the saliva kept hanging from its wide mouth to the ground.

"Ah..." Angelo blocked Harry's scream before he could leave his mouth.The blue-eyed boy realized that the big dog was sleeping, shut his mouth in a hurry, and pulled away Angelo's hand covering his face.

"Why is there such a big guy in the school!" Harry asked in a low voice, and every breath of the big dog released a foul smell, which smoked them.

"It's guarding something." Angelo saw the trapdoor that was pressed under the body of the big dog with only a small corner exposed.He took a step forward and was immediately pulled back by Harry.

"Angelo, you are dying!" The blue-eyed little wizard held onto his clothes tightly.Angelo stared anxiously at the trapdoor under the big dog. He was only a little away from the truth, but he couldn't get any closer.

There was a flick of the dog's tail, and a gust of wind brought up one of its heads, its eyes wide open.

"He's awake!" The yellowed sharp canines made the two little wizards retreat to the door at the same time. Amid the deafening roar, Angelo opened the door as fast as he could and rushed Harry out.They didn't meet the night watch teacher along the way, and they didn't stop panting until they rushed into the common room.