Hogwarts Crawler

In the sparkling water, the Auror seemed to see a human face!

No... not as if!!!

When he confirmed that there was really a pale face in the water, the Auror's face turned pale. He wanted to shout but found that he had lost his voice.

In extreme fear, the Auror could only use his only finger that could move slightly to pinch his thigh hard, trying to make himself move.

"What's wrong?"

His companion noticed his abnormality and asked with a frown.

"..."

The Auror, who had regained control of his body and could really see the face, swallowed his saliva:

"It's okay."

Seeing his appearance, the merman with his head floating out of the water smiled, and the Auror's face flushed all of a sudden.

His skin, which was whiter than the moonlight, was so delicate that it could be blown away. Water droplets kept sliding down his hair onto his skin. His eyes were moving, brighter than the bright waves.

The Auror leaned his entire upper body out of the boat like a possessed man, wanting to hug the merman. Before his companion could stop him, he watched him jump into the Black Lake with a "plop".

His companion: ???

No, do you miss the Black Lake... so much? Are you going to jump in and swim for a while now?

There is still a mission now!

He hurried to the side of the boat, and before the anxiety on his face faded away, he saw the man floating on the lake, kissing a figure and sinking into the water little by little...

!!!

What is going on...?

Before he could see the situation clearly over there, the sound of water from below made him subconsciously lower his head, and he met a pair of curious, green eyes.

As the other party gradually emerged from the water, the whole face that was so beautiful that it was difficult to describe in words filled his vision and heart, followed by the slender neck and smooth shoulders...

He couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose, and there were only two thoughts in his mind-

The legend is true, there are really mermaids in the Black Lake!

The legend is false, it turns out that mermaids... don't wear shells!

"Plop--"

"Plop--"

Originally, Scrimgeour thought it was the wind and waves hitting the hull, or the noise made by the fish in the Black Lake, but similar sounds became more and more frequent, and it was like putting vegetables into the pot when cooking vegetable soup behind him.

He turned his head in confusion, but found that there were only three boats with people behind him out of the seven boats.

"Where are the people?"

Scrimgeour's heart tightened.

"What?"

The Auror behind Scrimgeour turned his head and looked back, and also found that the people on four boats had disappeared, and his hair stood on end.

The mermaids moved from the back to the front, so no one saw the people in front jump into the water. The boat they were sitting on was relatively small, so it made a lot of noise when sailing on the Black Lake. In addition, everyone was nervous...

So no one suspected that something happened behind them!

"Where did everyone go?"

"Where else could they go if they disappeared in this place except falling into the lake?"

"But there was no other movement. Even if they were dragged into the lake by the giant squid, there should be a cry for help, right?"

"How about... jumping into the lake and seeing?"

"..."

So many people disappeared, who would dare to jump into the lake?

The group fell into complete silence, looking at each other for fear that someone else would disappear.

"When we get ashore, we'll go find Gandalf."

Scrimgeour finally spoke out his decision, which made everyone feel relieved.

They didn't have to jump in to save people now. Think about it, Gandalf couldn't just kill the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic, right?

And I heard that you can't kill people during this festival in Hogwarts!

After getting off the boat, everyone looked at the small woods that they had to pass through to reach Hogwarts Castle as if there was a man-eating monster in it.

"Tsk tsk tsk... hurry up, there's nothing else before the final boss battle."

Adam closed his eyes. If these guys dawdled any longer, they would start singing Unforgettable Tonight.

In the end, Scrimgeour took the lead and led everyone straight through the small woods to the lawn in front of Hogwarts Castle, where the Aurors looked at him with admiration.

"Let's go."

Scrimgeour's face was very ugly. The people in the Ministry of Magic were simply humiliated along the way!

With the idea of ​​​​calling for justice, Scrimgeour raised his hand and released a spell towards the gate of Hogwarts Castle. Then he remembered that there might be a kind of protective magic that could rebound spells on this gate, so he quickly made preparations.

However, the gate of the castle did not rebound his spell.

"Heh, it turns out that it was all just bluffing..."

Before Scrimgeour finished speaking, he suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing from the frontEven if he closed his eyes and raised his hands to resist, the increasing wind force still directly lifted his feet off the ground.

"Armor...!"

The huge wind pressure made it difficult to breathe with his mouth open. After Scrimgeour's spell was interrupted, he decisively cast silent magic to support the armor spell, but it was torn apart by the strong wind in a few seconds.

The wind was stronger! And it was getting stronger!

His body was swept into the air with almost no resistance, and rumbling thunder sounded in his ears. The biting cold and scorching heat kept passing by, and countless water droplets hit him...

Scrimgeour's heart was extremely confused. Was he swept into a tornado?

A tornado that suddenly blew up on a calm night?

And it was at the gate of Hogwarts Castle?

Was he crazy or was the world crazy?

The last thought flashed through his mind, and Scrimgeour fell into a coma completely.

After regaining his body shape, Xiao Hei released the energy suppressed in his body, roared happily, and then flapped his wings, and his huge body soared into the air, with a pair of dragon wings directly covering the entire sky!

With a move of his tail, Xiao Hei landed on the shield outside the Hogwarts Castle, lowered his head to look at the lawn in front of the castle, and black smoke with sparks flowed out of the corners of his mouth...

Hmm?

The action of lowering his head was slightly stagnant, and a little doubt flashed in his ferocious golden vertical pupils.

Where are the people?

Didn't my father say that the people were on the lawn in front of the castle?

Xiao Hei crawled forward a little, and continued to lower his head, looking at the upside-down castle gate in his field of vision. The direction was correct... Could it be that he remembered it wrong, and this was actually the back door?

Xiao Hei grabbed the shield on the castle and changed the direction to look again, but there was still no one.

Xiao Hei tilted his head in confusion.

"... No, it's okay, collect the energy. You did a good job, I'll give you your favorite nuclear reactor tonight."

Suddenly appearing above Xiao Hei's head, Adam held his forehead with his hand and spoke with difficulty:

"It's my fault, I shouldn't have pursued such a realistic and handsome opening, it can obviously be solved with illusion cards... But if you use illusion cards, why not use illusions, there is no soul at all..."

Xiao Hei didn't understand what his father was muttering, it only knew that it could have a good meal again, although it was a little unhappy to start suppressing energy so soon, but it still did it obediently.