The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

"Everyone keep quiet!"

Neville's roar was mixed with the aftereffects of the explosion just now.

This sudden scene made almost everyone present look at him in surprise.

If Neville's change from inferiority to self-confidence in the past could be described as a 'refresh', then the scene just now was a complete 'subversion'.

It is really unimaginable for everyone.

The cowardly little fat man in the past actually had such a cruel side.

Under the influence of his power, everyone instinctively became quiet.

Even the girls who were crying together before were no exception.

Looking at all this, Neville, who had a calm expression before, became a little more panicked and at a loss.

His throat trembled suddenly, then he quietly looked at Hermione aside, lowered his voice and said:

"Hermione...Hermione! What to do now?"

Hermione was also in a state of shock. It was only after hearing this that she finally reacted. After saying "oh oh" a few times, she hurried over and looked at everyone and said:

"I believe everyone has heard the alarm just now. What I need everyone to do now is to stay in the common room, don't run around, don't fight, and most importantly, please stay quiet! Please believe me, as a prefect, I will never harm you. You may not obey my orders in the past, but today, please obey my orders! Because we, and even the entire Hogwarts, are welcoming A huge disaster. At least until the professors have completely solved the problem, we must not hold them back any longer!"

"But...but..."

Ron stammered, and as soon as he spoke, the eyes around him immediately gathered, which made the bare-legged Ron a little flustered, "Hermione, are you sure we want to stay in the common room, not in the common room?" Are we going to gather in the auditorium? I remember that we usually have to go to the auditorium if there is an emergency, such as when the Forbidden Forest caught fire or when Sirius broke into Hogwarts."

As soon as Ron finished speaking, there were many echoing voices.

The voice was not very loud, and it was obvious that the person speaking had not yet recovered from the shock caused by Neville just now.

Hermione, on the other hand, glared at Ron fiercely.

Originally, she was about to control the situation with Neville's help, but she didn't expect that Ron would jump out at the critical moment.

This is simply the perfect pig teammate.

But at this time, Hermione didn't have time to talk to Ron.

She just said with an extremely ugly face:

"If it's just a general emergency, we should indeed go to the auditorium and receive the centralized protection of the professors. But do you know what the alarm just means?"

No one in the audience spoke at all. It was only when Hermione was embarrassed to announce the answer directly that Neville agreed softly.

Hermione glanced at Neville gratefully before continuing:

"What we heard just now is the highest level disaster alarm! If you are familiar with "Hogwarts: A School History", you will understand what it means! You must know this kind of alarm, but in those days, among the four giants, It was created during the war period when Hogwarts was founded. What it means is that Hogwarts has encountered an unprecedented powerful enemy invasion, which is likely to bring devastating disaster to Hogwarts! In this kind of situation At this moment, all the protective forces in Hogwarts must be concentrated to fight against foreign enemies, and there is no way to protect us! So please don't go out, this is the only thing we can do!"

The whole place was silent.

Hermione is quite famous throughout Hogwarts.

She was known as the Know-It-All, although the nickname had a somewhat derogatory connotation when it was originally coined by Snape.

But it also proved Hermione's erudition on the other hand.

People may question Hermione's character and character, but they will never question her knowledge.

And this finally made everyone panic.

The girls started crying again.

But what was different from before was that this time they were covering their mouths hard to prevent themselves from making too much noise.

It was as if if his voice were any louder, he would attract monsters.

The boys all lowered their heads. Although they were very quiet, they gritted their teeth and were very unwilling.

Hermione finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this.

She felt her eyes were a little sore and her nose was a little sore.

In fact she wanted to cry very much.

But as a Gryffindor prefect, at this juncture, he cannot show any trace of cowardice.

Because if she cried too, what would the other students do?

Hermione rubbed her nose vigorously, suppressing the sourness.

Then she turned her head and looked in the direction of the bedroom.

There should still be a lot of bedding piled up there. Maybe I should organize some people to move them all over.

Of course, there's food.

Only in this way can we better appease the students in the common room.

With this in mind, Hermione was about to set out to do it.

But at this moment, Neville, who had been silent before, suddenly said loudly:

"Hermione, you just said that the alarm means that Hogwarts has encountered an unprecedented powerful enemy invasion and is on the verge of destruction, right?"

Hermione nodded subconsciously.

Then Neville said with a determined expression:

"Then I'm sorry, Hermione, I can't follow your orders and stay here! I want to go out to help and fight with the professors!"

"Neville! You know what you're talking about..."

"The fighting outside is very dangerous. If I go out, I will probably die. Of course I know this!" Neville interrupted Hermione, "But I am a student at Hogwarts! I am a member of the DA Army. , and Hogwarts is my home, how could I sit back and watch it being invaded without being moved!"

Hermione blushed and shouted angrily:

"You don't understand how terrible death is! And the professors...the professors don't want you to go out and mess around at this time. Compared with the little help they can do if they go out, they I hope you can live safely!"

Neville ignored Hermione's words and silently pulled out his wand and walked toward the exit of the lounge.

During the whole process, he never said a word asking others to follow him.

His figure was still a bit fat, but at this moment, looking at his back, everyone present felt a powerful force.

"Wait!"

Finally, one man stood up and roared, "I'll go with you!"

Neville smiled and turned his head, but after seeing the appearance of the person who spoke clearly, he showed a surprised look.

Because that person was clearly the senior Gryffindor whose teeth had been knocked out by his punch just now.

His face was even bruised and swollen at the moment.

But I heard him say viciously:

"I will return that punch to you sooner or later, but now, as a member of the DA Army, I have to fight against foreign enemies!"

His answer suddenly changed the tense atmosphere at the scene.

Everyone was silent for a while.

Then several more people roared and stood up.

Immediately afterwards, there were several more people.

At the end of the day, except for some girls and lower-grade students who were forced down by others, all the other students in the lounge stood in front of Neville.

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Looking at the scene in front of her, Hermione's face turned pale, while Neville's lips were trembling slightly.

He clenched his fists, suppressing his inner excitement and said:

"Okay! Then let's go together and save Hogwarts!"

"and many more!"

Ron's voice suddenly sounded, "Of course I have to go. But before I go, do any of you know where Harry is?"

"What Harry? Isn't he with you?"

Hermione asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Of course not! He seemed to be no longer in the dormitory when Neville and I came out of the dormitory!" Ron said hurriedly, "I thought he had already come out? Could it be that..."

Ron's words stopped suddenly, and Hermione's expression gradually became panicked.

Both men became aware of a terrifying possibility.

Harry...could he have gone out for a night out again?

Still going out alone!

So isn't his current situation...

Neville sighed deeply, but his face became a little more determined.

He stared at the people in front of him and said seriously:

"Then it looks like we have one more reason to go out!"

……

After ten minutes.

The neatly dressed Gryffindors gathered at the entrance to the common room.

The portrait of the Fat Lady has long since disappeared.

Gryffindor students have long been accustomed to this.

The Fat Lady is a spineless figure. She is not the first person to run away alone in a dangerous situation.

As for how they would get out of the common room without the Fat Lady, it wasn't a big deal in everyone's opinion.

Because it was exactly what Snape had thought before.

Although there is a lot of protective magic on the outer wall of the corridor connecting the Gryffindor common room, it is not indestructible after all.

As a result, under the joint bombardment of everyone, the front wall was completely blasted through in a short time.

In the process, the empty portrait of the Fat Madam was also blown to pieces.

This is obviously revenge for the Fat Lady's desertion.

It's a pity that the Fat Madam herself is probably too shameless to jump out and complain again.

"So where are we going next? Dear Commander Longbottom!"

As soon as she walked out of the dusty ruins of the wall, Hermione deliberately emphasized her tone.

This made Neville's face look a bit dumbfounded.

There was too much weirdness in Hermione's words.

Of course, Neville also knew that Hermione was angry because he had just exchanged words with her in the common room.

Normally, he would never accept the title 'Commander Longbottom', but would directly apologize to Hermione.

But at this moment, looking at the pairs of bright eyes following him out, Neville finally took a deep breath and said:

"Go to the foyer and auditorium first! Those two places are the last places where professors may exist, and whether we want to save Hogwarts or find Harry, we cannot do without the help of professors!"

"Then it's decided! Let's go!"

Ron said dryly, and then took the lead and walked thinking about the dark and deep corridor in the distance.

Seeing this, Neville and Hermione shook their heads, but still led their men to catch up.

Everyone knew that Ron was worried about Harry.

Everyone quickly poured into the darkness under the cover of the Silent Breathing Spell and the Fluorescent Flashing Spell.

Pure darkness is actually not the scariest thing.

In particular, everyone also has the sparkling sparks on the tip of the staff as lighting.

Therefore, everyone walking in the dark corridor was still in high spirits. Except for Ron, Neville and others who were walking at the front, a few people at the back of the team were even talking quietly.

However, when they walked out of the corridor and stepped onto the covered bridge connecting Gryffindor Tower to the main body of Hogwarts, everything changed.

The cold fog is extremely thick at midnight in winter, and the already thin moonlight has become faint and invisible after penetrating the thick fog and hitting the covered bridge along the arched window.

But even this dim light reflected the sparks on everyone's wands, creating layers of shadows.

The Whomping Willow not far away was slowly unfurling its dead branches and leaves, and its strange afterimage was constantly moving in front of everyone, like a devil's claw trying to grab everyone.

Being in such an environment, everyone finally lost their previous thoughts.

The tense heartstrings made them hold their breath and appear cautious.

But a little closer, inside the main body of Hogwarts Castle, bursts of dazzling spells burst out from time to time, as well as screams and roars, which made everyone's bodies already soaked with cold fear add more fear. Some heat.

That's the heat brought by the fire of revenge!

Because the waves of brilliance and screams that erupted in the castle represented their compatriots who were in the midst of a bitter battle!

And their duty is to support and save!

Everyone gritted their teeth at this moment.

The speed of the entire Gryffindor team was actually increasing at this moment!

Everyone is holding a fire in their hearts!

But just when they were supposed to be in full swing, Ron, who was walking at the front of the queue, suddenly stopped.

Nahemin behind him almost bumped into him in her haste.

Originally she wanted to complain, but when she looked down along Ron's dull gaze, Hermione couldn't help but cover her mouth.

They saw a shallow claw mark on the stone bridge beneath their feet.

The scratches were bright red, the blood was still moist, and there were even pieces of broken nails scattered around. The shape did not look like that of a beast, but rather that of a human being.

The most important thing is that the claw marks continued intermittently into the darkness at the end of the covered bridge not far in front of them.

All of this was combined, and the image of a person being dragged into the darkness even appeared in Hermione's mind.

"Neville, what...what should I do?"

Hermione whispered instinctively.

At this time, more and more students were discovering abnormalities on the ground. From time to time, waves of gasps and suppressed exclamations would erupt from the crowd.

Looking at the panicked crowd, Neville gritted his teeth and answered with his own actions.

He shook his wand, extinguished the light at the tip, and walked resolutely into the darkness.