Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 164 Ginny and Luna

The day finally came when the game started.

When the day just dawned, Harry got up early. He looked around expectantly, but he couldn't see Hedwig's figure.

This sense of loss lasted until breakfast.

"Eat some."

"I'm not hungry."

"Don't think about it anymore, you still have a game to deal with later, here you are."

Harry took the pie from Ron, but he had no appetite.

"I don't understand." He frowned and said to himself: "Why hasn't Dumbledore replied to me, and hasn't returned to Hogwarts? Is he so far away? Why did he pick this one?" when?"

Ron knew exactly what Harry was worried about.

Yes, Dumbledore hadn't been back to school for several days, and he chose the timing when they suspected that Professor Highmore was the heir of Slytherin - to be precise, the real culprit of the attack, after all, Harry had until now So far, he still thinks that he is the heir, otherwise it is difficult to explain why only he can hear the voice of the monster-now they can roughly guess what the monster is-a basilisk, maybe it has lived for thousands of years.

Hermione said while smearing jam, "Actually, I have an idea about this matter, but it's very risky."

"What idea?" Harry asked quickly.

"Polyjuice Potion." Hermione said the name of a potion neither of them could understand: "That potion can turn you into another person. So we can pretend to be Cedric Diggory - —”

"Why him?" Ron interrupted.

"Because he is Mr. Al's assistant." Hermione glared at Ron, as if saying how she couldn't even figure out such a thing: "Only in this way can we get closer to Professor Highmore, and hopefully we can learn from him. Get the truth out. Who else do you want us to pretend to be? Snape?"

Ron stared straight at Harry, imagining that he would suddenly rise up and become Snape, and suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and at the same time, he felt a sense of refreshment of a successful prank.

"But what about after the truth?" Harry asked, "After all, it's Professor Highmore. Do you think he'll let us go?"

"It's not us, it's you." Hermione pointed to the two of them and said, "Diggory is a boy, it should be easier for you to become him. And don't mention how difficult it is to get the truth, just want to succeed It is estimated that making compound decoction will violate more than [-] school rules, and now we don't even know how to get banned books."

At this time, Ron saw Professor Lockhart who had just finished his breakfast and walked through the auditorium. He was wearing colorful clothes today, and he showed a bright smile to everyone who met his eyes.

"Really?" Ron buried his head and muttered, "I think we've found a suitable target."

Harry and Hermione looked at the past together, and their reactions were different—Hermione gave Ron an angry look, while Harry immediately lowered his head, for fear of being discovered by Lockhart—since the elf accident , Lockhart changed his teaching method to show the adventures he wrote in the book in the form of acting, and Harry has always been his favorite actor, and in the last class he pretended to be Be a werewolf.

"Let's wait and see." Harry whispered, "Maybe Dumbledore will be back tomorrow."

As eleven o'clock approached, the teachers and students of the school began to head to the Quidditch Stadium.It was a hot and humid day, and there was a faint thunder in the sky.Ron and Hermione hurried over to wish Harry good luck as he entered the dressing room.The players donned their bright red Gryffindor robes and sat down to hear Wood's customary pre-match pep talk.

"The Slytherins' broomsticks are better than ours," Wood said. "There's no denying that. But the guys on our broomsticks are better than them. We train harder than them and fly in all weathers." I've—" ("Exactly," said George Weasley, "I haven't had my clothes dry since August.") "—we'll make them regret letting that little villain Malfoy Spend money to sneak into their team."

The members of the entire team have become highly motivated. Ever since they heard that during the confinement process, even if the two teams turned into mummies, they would fight each other, which actually increased the cohesion of the Gryffindor team. According to Wood's words , that is: "I knew Slytherin was vulnerable, am I right, Harry?"

Harry didn't see the end of the fight, because it was interrupted by Professor Highmore later, but under Wood's expectant gaze, he finally nodded a little guilty.

When they came out to the arena, they were greeted by a din of voices.There was mostly cheering, as both Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs wanted to see Slytherins defeated, but there were also boos and boos from the Slytherins of the crowd.Ms. Hooch, the Quidditch teacher, offered Flint and Wood a handshake, and they stared at each other menacingly and squeezed each other's hands unnecessarily.

"Listen to my whistle," said Miss Hooch, "three-two-one-"

There was a commotion in the crowd, sending them off to take off, and the fourteen team members soared into the lead-grey sky together.Harry flew taller than the rest of the team, squinting and looking around, looking for the Snitch.

There was a commotion in the crowd, sending them off to take off, and the fourteen team members soared into the lead-grey sky together.Harry flew taller than the rest of the team, squinting and looking around, looking for the Snitch.

Harry didn't have time to answer, he couldn't be distracted - the Bludger was chasing him like crazy, trying to knock him off the broom, which was almost impossible in normal times.

In the process of avoiding anxiously, Harry also discovered another important thing - where did Professor Highmore go?

Why didn't he come to the game? ——
Accompanied by the shouts from the Quidditch pitch, in the girls' dormitory in Gryffindor, Ginny nervously opened her notebook and wrote on it: "It's today, Pandora, the Quidditch match has begun, You'll help me, won't you?"

It was hard for her not to be nervous. She was going to sneak into Ravenclaw's dormitory according to the original plan in a while, trying to sneak back Bad Tom's notebook from Luna.

[Of course, my dear, remember to have a quill ready at any time, if you get lost, just ask me, I will help you. 】

The common room was deserted, the students had almost all gone to the game, and Ginny wished it was the same in the Ravenclaw common room.

During these few days of sleeping and eating, Ginny had already figured out where the entrance to the common room of Ravenclaw College was.She crawled through the passage, trotted down the corridor, and found a door.There was no handle or keyhole on the door, just a bare old board with a bronze knocker in the shape of an eagle.

Ginny held out a hand, and she knocked on the door, which was the way of entry she had seen by accident, and then the eagle's beak opened and spoke in a soft, musical voice: "Blood and affection , which is more important?"

Ginny hurriedly repeated the question in her notebook, and then Pandora's reply appeared: [Blood relationship and emotion are really a difficult problem.I know people who are family members who turn against each other, and I know people who are not related by blood but are like brothers—well, what do you think? 】

"I don't know, I don't even understand what this question means, hurry up, it will be bad if someone finds us."

【Relax, calm down, Ginny.Think about it, think about your parents, and your brothers, and finally Harry Potter, you can regard him as your friend, do you think you can compare them?]

"Harry is not my friend, he wouldn't want to be friends with someone like me, he doesn't get attention at all, it just makes him feel ashamed—"

[Don't say that, even though I don't like Bad Tom, he is right in saying that there is no need to belittle yourself, you are much more attractive than you think, but you have not been discovered by others .Think about it again and think of it as doing me a favor, will you, Ginny? 】

".All right."

Ginny finally began to think carefully about this question, but she subconsciously felt that there was no way to compare the two, whether it was blood-related family members, friendship, or affection like admiration.

She looked down at the notebook, and a line of words slowly emerged on it: [You already have the answer in your heart, say it out. 】

Ginny finally looked at the eagle-shaped bronze door knocker and said, "I think it's all important. Blood relationship itself has emotion, and emotion can... and form a new blood relationship, even closer than that."

By the end, Ginny's cheeks were as red as her hair.

"You mean inseparable?" There was a hint of encouragement in that voice: "It makes sense."

After speaking, the door opened.

Fortunately, as Ginny had hoped, the Ravenclaw common room was empty.It was a large round room, more ethereal than any room Ginny had seen at Hogwarts.There are elegant arched windows on the wall, hung with blue and bronze silk: during the day, Ravenclaw students can see the surrounding mountains, and the scenery is beautiful.The ceiling was domed and painted with stars, and the dark blue carpet below was also covered with stars.There were tables, chairs, bookshelves, and a tall white marble statue in an alcove opposite the door.

[Have you seen the statue?That was Rowena Ravenclaw, one of the four founders. 】

Ginny couldn't help but look at the statue for a while longer, the woman seemed to be looking at her, with a faintly teasing smile on her face, beautiful, but somewhat intimidating.On top of her head is a delicate circle reproduced in marble, with tiny inscriptions carved into it.

Just when Ginny was about to read these words, she suddenly heard a voice sounding from behind her, and it was like a singing tone——

"Extraordinary ingenuity is the greatest wealth of human beings."

Frightened, Ginny turned her head abruptly. She saw the man's long dirty golden hair at a glance, and recognized that this person turned out to be Luna. Why didn't she go to the game?
Ginny lowered her head and found that Luna came out barefoot, which was really strange. She knew that Luna's dress was a bit weird, but she never knew that she had the habit of not wearing shoes.

At this time, Luna had already walked across from Ginny, looking at the notebook in Ginny's hand with her foggy gray eyes.

Ginny subconsciously wanted to hide the notebook, but it was too late. Luna easily took the notebook over. Ginny stayed there at a loss, not knowing what to do until she heard Luna say——

"Did Professor Highmore ask you to send the notebook back? He fixed it? Can you lend it to me?"

Luna looked at the quill in Ginny's hand again, and for some reason, Ginny handed the quill over by a miracle, which seemed to be because she didn't know how to refuse it.

Luna opened the notebook and held it in her hand, at an angle that Ginny could see what the other person was writing: "Mom, are you back yet?"

Ginny suddenly became extremely nervous. She was afraid that Pandora would slip up and tell the story between herself and Bad Tom.

【Oh dear, I'm back.It's not just me, I brought you a friend, her name is Ginny. 】

"I remember her, Mom. She played hide-and-seek with me, but it was only one game and it was over."

Ginny thought of her failed stalking experience. She was suddenly discovered by Luna, and then she ran away in a hurry without daring to say a word.

At this time, Luna also raised her head to look at Ginny, and asked in a trance tone: "Do you want to play a game with me? I don't know who has hidden my shoes. It's a bit like a puzzle. Let's come together." ?"

shoe?

Ginny took another look at Luna's feet. "That's why you didn't go to the game—because your shoes were missing?"

"This should be the punishment of the game." Luna said as she leaned over, her hair drooping, her gaze swept across the gap between the seats.

Ginny inexplicably felt that this was not a game at all, even her brothers would not tease her like this.

"Are you being bullied?" She asked cautiously, trying to make her tone less aggressive.

Luna raised her head, most of her long hair blocked her face, revealing only a pair of calm eyes, but Ginny felt uncomfortable when she saw it.

"Bullying?" She asked puzzled, "Is this bullying? I thought they liked me."

Ginny's heart became even more uncomfortable, and she still couldn't understand that the name of this emotion was pity.

But Luna didn't seem to care at all, she was still looking up at Ginny, like a quiet rabbit, but she was out of tune with this world.

"Then do you still want to play games?" Luna asked calmly.

Out of nowhere, a surge of courage made Ginny make the bravest decision ever, even braver than when she was a child and secretly rode her brothers' broomsticks.

"Anyway, it's a bit late to watch the game now, so I think it should be fine."

The statue of Rowena Ravenclaw watched silently as the two girls from different houses wandered around the common room.There was still a smile on her face, but it no longer looked teasing, but became much gentler.

(End of this chapter)