Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

There is nothing wrong with finding him for this kind of thing!

But when Ron's eyes moved to the office of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor on the third floor, he saw Barty Crouch!

His name is out, now inside the fireplace in Moody's office.

Of course, Mad-Eye Moody is also in the office, and they seem to be chatting at a distance.

Ron couldn't believe his eyes, rubbed vigorously, and stared at the two dots closely.

Jesus, the Marauder's Map must be broken!

In the middle of the night, he first saw a scary vampire appear in Snape's office.

Now, I saw Mad-Eye Moody receiving Barty Crouch in his office again!

He remembered what Percy had said on Christmas Day.

Mr. Crouch is seriously ill and cannot go to work or to the Yule Ball.

But what was he doing at Hogwarts in the middle of the night, after everyone had gone to sleep?

Ron speculated that Crouch must have come through Floo powder, otherwise, his name would not have appeared in the fireplace.

But why this is so, I can't explain it.

A man who is sick and unable to go to work goes to Hogwarts via the Floo network and meets Moody, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Considering the current time, this kind of thing is very weird no matter how you look at it.

It's so weird, it's unbelievable just thinking about it!

Mr. Crouch, who has always been strict, self-disciplined and law-abiding, would come to Hogwarts in the middle of the night to meet Moody secretly.

Whatever important things he had to say to Moody, it wasn't in Crouch's character.

If Percy knew about this, he would be amazed at Crouch's behavior!

Ron stared at the dot, and just as he was about to remind Harry to look at it, Barty Crouch's name disappeared.

Just like what happened in Snape's office just now, could it be that the vampire named Keresis left through the Floo network? !

"What the hell is going on?!" Ron panted heavily, squinting at the Marauder's Map, feeling a little lack of brain power.

In his opinion, the Marauder's Map is absolutely broken!

He actually saw the names of two people tonight, and they were all people who were destined not to appear in the castle.

If he told what happened just now, Harry probably wouldn't believe it, he would definitely think he was crazy!

When he came back to his senses and noticed their current position, Ron said hastily, "Harry, we'd better not go to the hall!"

At this time, the two of them couldn't help but feel that they had come to the second floor!

"Why?" Harry asked, looking at Ron suspiciously, feeling like he was going to be weird.

"It's the Marauder's Map, and I'm on it..." Ron paused, and said everything he had just seen in one breath, regardless of whether Harry believed it or not, "I know it's unbelievable, but I really I saw their names."

"Karesis and Barty Crouch?!" said Harry, coming over too. "You must be blind!"

"Maybe!" Ron rubbed his eyes and sighed, "After knowing about the second event, I may be under too much pressure. Anyway, we can't go down now, Snape will Below, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that!"

"Yeah, he seems to have caught Ivan and Hermione!" Harry said worriedly, "They're so unlucky!"

"I happened to run into Snape who ran out of the basement, and I don't know why he was in such a hurry."

"I don't know, Ivan has always been very vigilant, and I didn't expect to be discovered by Snape! You are right, Ron, we can't pass now, go back to the common room and wait for the two of them, I hope they You won't be punished too harshly!"

Ron nodded, trying not to think about vampires and Barty Crouch.

Just like Harry's reaction just now, no one would believe such an unbelievable thing.

Harry and Ron came down the west tower stairs and changed their way.

They crept up to the main central staircase as quietly as possible, trying not to make a sound.

But several people in the portrait still turned their faces curiously when they heard the creaking of the floorboards and the rustling of his pajamas.

At this time, they were in a corridor on the second floor.

Harry and Ron stopped abruptly, as if they could hear Snape growling in the hall, it was terrible.

The people in the portrait also heard Snape's roar, and all ran to the hall on the first floor.

Harry secretly prayed for Ivan and Hermione, taking this opportunity, he and Ron quickly walked to the main stairs.

At this time, both of them were a little absent-minded, and glanced at the Marauder's Map from time to time.

As a result, halfway up the stairs, one of Harry's legs suddenly sank into a tricky step.

It was something Neville often forgot to jump over, and he swayed awkwardly.

The golden egg, still wet from the bath water, slipped from under his arm suddenly...

Chapter 650 The Stealing Peeves

Harry leaned forward to grab it, but it was too late!

The egg rolled down the long stairs, and every time it went down a step, there was a loud bang, like a big drum was beating.

Boom, boom, boom...

The golden egg rolled to the bottom of the stairs, slipped out from under the tapestry, bounced off, and began screaming in the corridor below.

"Oops, it's going to wake everyone in the castle!" said Harry. "Hurry up, Ron, get him back!"

His feet were still stuck in the knee-deep prank steps, and he could only hurry Ron anxiously.

"No, someone is coming, we can't go there!" Ron said in a panic, and ran back quickly after taking two steps.

He re-wrapped himself and Harry in the Invisibility Cloak, and they stood stiffly in the middle of the stairs, listening in horror...

Almost in the blink of an eye, someone shouted, "Peeves!"

No doubt it was Filch the gatekeeper's alarmed cry.

His rapid, tapping footsteps could be heard getting closer, his panting voice raised with anger.

"What are you talking about here? Do you want to wake up everyone in the castle? I must catch you, Peeves, I want to catch you... Hey, what is this?"

Filch's footsteps stopped, he picked up the golden egg with a puzzled expression, and closed it.

There was only a click, the sound of metal colliding with each other, and the screaming stopped!

Harry and Ron stood motionless, Harry's foot still stuck firmly in the enchanted step.

Now, at any moment, Filch would lift the tapestry, expecting to see Peeves, but there was no Peeves at all.

If he made his way up the stairs, there was a chance of spotting Harry and Ron.

"Golden egg?!" whispered Filch from the bottom of the stairs. "My dear cat, this is a clue to the Triwizard Tournament, and it belongs to one of the school's champions! Ah, I see, Peeves, You stole something!"

His voice rose sharply, with irrepressible joy.

He ripped the tapestry away from below, and Harry and Ron could see his hideous, saggy face and pale, piercing eyes, staring up the dark, deserted staircase.

Harry's heart was beating like a drum, and Ron's eyes widened, and he swallowed hard.

"It's hiding, isn't it?!" Filch whispered, "I'm coming to catch you, Peeves, you actually stole the clues of the Triwizard Tournament, Dumbledore will never let you go lightly this time , you dirty, sneaky, prankster..."

Filch began to climb the stairs, followed by his scrawny, dull gray cat.

Mrs. Norris's big bulb-like eyes were exactly the same as its owner's, and she was staring at Harry and Ron at the moment.

Harry's back was covered in cold sweat. He had previously suspected that the Invisibility Cloak would not work on cats.

Nearly fainting with terror, he watched as Filch approached in his old flannel dressing gown.

He struggled desperately, trying to free the stuck foot, but instead sank deeper and deeper.

Ron couldn't do anything either, he had been frightened for a long time, and stood motionless on the spot, like a wax figure.

Now Filch could walk up to him and Ron at any moment...

"What's going on, Filch?!"

Filch stopped and turned away when he was only a few steps away from Harry and Ron.

Snape stood at the bottom of the stairs with a livid face, his chest heaving violently, his wand clenched tightly in his hand, as if he had just run up.

Beside him are Ivan and Hermione!

……

As soon as Ivan climbed up from the lake, Hermione rushed over and hugged herself.

She didn't care that Ai Wen's body was wet with water, she just hugged him so tightly, never wanting to let go.

She had just been staring at the dark lake outside, waiting for a few hours, for fear that something might happen to Ivan.

Especially for the last hour or so, it was a torment for Hermione, and Ivan had been down for too long.

If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't breathe underwater, she even wanted to go in and look for Ivan.

Whether it's the Bubble Curse or Body Transfiguration, it's an advanced course, and Hermione hasn't mastered it yet.

Thinking of this, she felt that she was useless, and her magic power was so poor that she couldn't help Aiwen at all.

Under such complicated and tense emotions, Hermione sat alone by the dark lake for several hours.

Her body was frozen stiff, but she didn't care at all, she just hoped that Aiwen would be safe and sound.

Seeing Ai Wen come out, she was naturally very happy.

Being hugged tightly by Hermione, although the gusts of cold wind blew by, it felt really cold, but Ivan's heart was warm.

They just hugged each other for a while before being woken up by the freezing lake water and the cold wind.

Although Ivan wanted to do something to Hermione, it was too inappropriate to just stand in the waist-deep lake.

They embraced and walked back to the shore, feeling sweet and at ease with each other. Ivan listened to Hermione telling her worries about herself, and hoped that she could become stronger and help her in the future. to myself...

This girl is much stronger than he imagined.

Hermione has always been good, so you don't have to push yourself so hard, but proper practice is really necessary.

As for her biggest problem at present, it is also a common problem among young wizards of this age, lack of magic power...

Ivan was thinking that maybe he could give Hermione the Sorcerer's Stone left by Ravenclaw, and the extra piece would be of no use to him anyway.

As for the use of magic power of the Philosopher's Stone, he has also figured out a few tricks recently, and the research has made progress.

Unlike Harry, Ron, and Colin who lack theoretical foundation, Hermione's biggest problem now is the lack of sufficient magic power.

Similar to Ivan before, Hermione is very smart, has read a lot of magic books, and knows a lot of magic.

Although the focus is different, Aiwen is more focused on Transfiguration, Black Magic and Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Hermione likes spells, history of magic, potion classes, ancient runes, arithmetic and divination, and other non-practical types of magic.

But the problems she encountered were all the same, limited by the magic power, she couldn't cast most of the magic.

Because of this, Hermione is unable to fully demonstrate her own strength now.

The Philosopher's Stone is currently the only, best and fastest way to increase magic power.

Ivan was thinking that the next time he went to the bottom of the lake, he should bring Hermione with him.

After more than 20 minutes, the two returned to the castle hand in hand.

As soon as he walked into the foyer, he saw a figure quickly disappear at the corner of the stairs not far away.

Ivan froze for a moment, that person looked like Keresis...

Chapter 651 Snape's Instigmatism

What the hell is this guy doing, staying up in the middle of the night, running around in the castle? !

What surprised Aiwen even more was that the Keresis he saw just now was not Moody's, but returned to his original appearance.

Although he's still wearing the Moody suit, the Polyjuice Potion doesn't work, what the hell happened? !

Keresis seemed to be running away. Thinking of this, Ivan immediately became alert.

"Who was that person just now?" Hermione asked suspiciously, "It looks familiar, but it doesn't seem to be someone from the school."