Journey through the heavens from Hogwarts

"What's going on here? What's going on?"

Before Snape could step forward to check the situation, everyone heard Filch's voice not far away, and he squeezed through the crowd with his shoulders.

Then, seeing the petrified Mrs. Norris, he stumbled back a few steps and grabbed his face with his hands in horror.

"My cat! My cat! What happened to Mrs Norris?" he screamed.

At this moment, his protruding eyes saw Harry, "You guys!"

He screamed, "You! You killed my cat! You killed it! I'm going to kill you! I'm going to—"

"Argus!"

Dumbledore arrived on the scene, followed by many other teachers.In the blink of an eye, he passed Harry and Ron and unhooked Mrs. Norris from the torch holder.

"Severus, what happened?" Dumbledore asked Snape who arrived first. Lin Xiao knew he was an old actor at a glance.

Snape said slowly, "I just arrived not long ago," and then said sarcastically, "Maybe we can ask Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley. After all, I saw them sneaking around as soon as I arrived. Standing there, you don’t know what shameful thing you are doing?!”

Only then did Harry and Ron realize that Hermione and Lin Xiao had gotten mixed up in the crowd at some point, and they felt a little regretful as to why they didn't listen to Hermione and leave quickly, which made Snape want to pour dirty water on them.

"Okay, let's talk in another place first." Dumbledore said seriously with a flash of light in his eyes.

"The other teachers first evacuated the students and told them to go back to the dormitories and have a good rest." He then said, looking at the two red-haired students in the crowd, "and arrange for the prefects of each grade to conduct the meeting in the lounge in the evening. Patrol to prevent some naughty little wizards from sneaking out at night."

"Well, come with me now, Argus," Dumbledore said to Filch, "and you, Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley."

Then he greeted Lin Xiao and Hermione who were not far away, "Children, come here too."

Lockhart stepped forward hastily.

"My office is closest to here, the Headmaster—upstairs—you can—"

"Thank you, Gilderoy," said Dumbledore.

They walked through the aisles that had been evacuated. Lockhart was very excited and looked very proud, and hurriedly followed Dumbledore; Professor McGonagall and Snape also followed.

As they entered Lockhart's darkened office, there was a sudden commotion on the walls.Harry saw several photos of Lockhart hiding in panic, with curlers in their hair.

At this moment, the real Lockhart lit the candle on the table and stepped back.Dumbledore placed Mrs. Norris on the smooth table and began to examine it carefully.

Harry and Ron exchanged nervous glances, then sat on a few chairs out of candlelight and watched closely. Lin Xiao and Hermione stood beside Professor McGonagall, watching as Dumbledore let him go. Mrs. Norris at the table.

Dumbledore looked at Mrs. Norris carefully through the half-moon glasses, gently poking here and there with his slender fingers.Professor McGonagall bent over and squinted her eyes to look carefully, her face almost touching the cat.

The two people who knew the truth still wanted to find out what changes would happen to the creatures petrified by the basilisk.After all, basilisks are rare!

Snape stood behind them, half hidden in the shadows, looking eerie.He had a strange expression on his face: as if he was trying desperately not to laugh.Lockhart hovered around them, constantly making suggestions.

"It must have been killed by a spell - probably the Transformation Torture Curse. I've seen people use this spell many times. It's a pity that I wasn't there at the time. I happened to know the undoing method and could have saved it... …”

"No, it's not dead, Filch." Dumbledore, who had been observing for a long time, said softly and interrupted Lockhart.

"It's not dead?" Filch choked, looking at Mrs. Norris through his fingers. "Then why is it all over - all stiff, as if it's frozen?"

"It is petrified," said Dumbledore ("Ah! I thought so too!" said Lockhart), "but how exactly, I don't know..."

"He did it, he did it!" Filch spat, and he turned to Harry, who was watching the show. His fat and saggy face turned purple, "You saw him? The writing is on the wall! He found it—in my office—and he knows I'm a—I'm a—" Filch's face twitched horribly. "He knows I'm a squib!"

"I didn't touch Mrs. Norris at all!" cried Harry, uncomfortably aware that everyone was looking at him, including all the Lockharts on the wall. "I don't even know what a Squib means."

"Nonsense!" Filch growled. "He must have seen my fast-spelling correspondence letter!"

"Please allow me to say something, Headmaster." Snape said from the shadows, and the ominous feeling in Harry's heart became stronger.He believed that nothing Snape said would do him any good.

"Perhaps Potter and his friends were simply not meant to be in that place at that time," Snape said, his lips twisting into a sneer as if he doubted it, "but we did encounter a series of Doubtful. Why on earth did they go to the corridor above? Why didn't they attend the Halloween party?"

Lin Xiao suddenly explained, "Professor Snape, we all attended the death anniversary party of Nearly Headless Nick. I think the ghosts present can testify to this."

Harry and Ron nodded frantically as if they were grasping at straws.

"So our Mr. Lin Xiao and Miss Granger are also witnesses?" Snape said in surprise. He was still a little confused as to why Dumbledore called Lin Xiao and Hermione.

"That's right, Hermione and I, along with Harry and Ron, went to attend the death anniversary party. On the way back, we heard a noise upstairs. When we went over to check, we saw Lori who had been petrified. Mrs. Si." Lin Xiao explained.

"But......"

"Okay, Severus, Mr. Lin Xiao has told us the whole story. I think we can trust this outstanding child." Dumbledore looked at Snape with his bright eyes and interrupted. What he said.

At this time, Snape looked a little angry. He originally wanted to take the opportunity to deprive Harry of his position as Quidditch Seeker, but unexpectedly Lin Xiao got in the way and had no choice but to give up.He felt that he should take more care of the Ravenclaw students next!

"My cat is petrified!" Filch screamed, his eyes bulging outwards. "I want to see someone get some punishment!"

"Don't worry, Filch, we can cure it." Dumbledore said patiently. "Professor Sprout recently obtained some mandrakes. Once they grow up, there will be a medicine that can cure it." Mrs. Norris releases the petrified state."

"I'll make it," Lockhart interjected. "I must have made it a hundred times. I can make the Mandrake Resurrection Potion while I'm dreaming—"

Lin Xiao thought to himself, how can you brag like this? Didn't you see the potion master next to him staring at him fiercely?

"Forgive me," Snape said coldly, "I think I am the Potions teacher in this school, Gilderoy."

The atmosphere in the room instantly became awkward.

"You can go, I have something to do with Mr. Lin Xiao and Miss Granger." Dumbledore said to Harry and Ron.

They hesitated for a while, but after seeing Lin Xiao and Hermione's relieved eyes, they left quickly. Because of Snape's presence, they didn't want to stay any longer.

After Harry and Ron went out, they headed to an empty classroom upstairs.

Harry luckily said, "Fortunately, Lin Xiao helped us out, otherwise Snape would definitely find a reason to target us."

"You are right. I wonder what Principal Dumbledore wants to do with Lin Xiao and the others." Ron said weakly, touching his already hungry stomach.

"By the way, what exactly did you hear? Lin Xiao said that he also heard the movement upstairs. Why didn't Hermione and I hear anything?"

Harry heard something in Ron's voice and asked, "You believe in us, don't you?"

"Of course I believe you, oh... and Lin Xiao." Ron said quickly, "If you are the only one who hears it, you must admit that this is indeed strange... By the way, Harry, I wonder if you two heard the same voice?"

"I don't know. We can ask some time. I think Lin Xiao will be happy to tell us." Harry said, "I just don't know what the words on the wall are about? The secret room has been opened. …What does this mean?”

"Oh, this reminds me of something," Ron said slowly, "It seems that someone once told me about the Chamber of Secrets in Hogwarts...probably Bill..."

"What's a squib?" Harry asked.

Just as Ron was explaining Squib to Harry, on the other side...