This Hogwarts is not normal

After Umbridge's "investigation", the whole of Hogsmeade was very quiet.

Toby and several members of the Magic Law Enforcement Team patrolled until close to the early morning, and the Three Broomsticks Bar did not stay open all night as usual.

The two of them hid in the cave, and finally they were able to come out for a breath of air.

Go straight along the mountain road, and you will see an abandoned wooden house, the Screaming Shack.

Vincent raised the tip of his shiny staff to his chin, and lowered his voice as much as possible:

"It is said that there is a particularly ferocious ghost inside, and it is still the kind that can eat people."

Hermione pretended to be frightened, and backed away again and again, "Since this is the case, let's leave quickly."

Seeing her cooperation, Vincent raised his hand and tapped on the wall of the wooden house in front of him,

"I heard that knocking once will wake up the ghost, knocking twice will be stared at by it, and knocking three times will come out and eat us."

Hermione rolled her eyes quickly, then put on a terrified expression.

She tightly grasped her trembling shoulders, her lips trembling, "Don't mess around, you still have time to stop now."

Vincent tapped a second time disapprovingly, "If the legend is true, it's too late for me to stop now."

Hermione's mouth twitched violently.

Forget it, it's just to pass the time anyway, so let's play with him.

"Ah—" She covered her mouth and watched him knock the third time with wide eyes.

However, after half a minute, nothing happened.

Vincent naturally removed the wand that was resting on his chin, "It seems that the legend is false, there is no such thing as a ghost that can eat people in the Screaming Shack."

Hermione stepped forward, "Where is the next place?"

"Boom—" There was a very sudden muffled sound.

She was not frightened, and shook her head helplessly, "Stop playing, I know you did it."

Vincent raised his hand innocently, "It's not me, it's really not me."

"Boom-"

The two stared at each other in silence.

If it's Fred or George, it's basically a prank.

From what Hermione knew of Vincent, he would never be as disrespectful as the twins.

It's enough to make a joke once, and it will only be annoying to continue.

"Boom-"

The sound of something heavy hitting the ground sounded for the third time.

Vincent raised his wand in one hand and protected Hermione from stepping back with the other.

Are the Screaming Shack legends true?

Is it a man-eating ghost that makes the noise?

Or……

"Sirius Black?" Hermione pulled out her wand with a look of horror on her face.

Of course she knew the legend of the Shrieking Shack.

In addition to ghosts that can eat people, she also knows that there is no way to get in from the outside.

Hiding in such a remote place where few people dare to come, can indeed escape the pursuit of the Ministry of Magic and the dementors.

Vincent stopped, maintaining a high level of vigilance, "Damn it, I would have brought a suitcase with me when I knew it."

The two were dressed in civilian clothes and only had wands in their hands.

Fortunately, there is the mountain road leading to Hogwarts behind them, and they may not be unable to escape if they are discovered.

"Crackling—" There was a sound like knocking on a wooden wall from the Screaming Shack.

"Hermione, you go back—"

"No." Hermione grabbed his arm tightly, "It's too dangerous for you to be alone, let's go back to the castle and inform the professors."

Sirius is a Death Eater who betrays his friends, or a vicious jailbreak maniac.

In order to avoid being hunted down, he will do anything.

Even without a wand, no one can be safe.

Vincent tugged and did not move, seeing an unprecedented determination on her face.

Back and forth, Sirius might have run away.

"Kacha—" the two looked back in horror.

From the shadows on the side of the Screaming Shack, a slender arm stretched out.

The next moment, a tall figure broke through the wooden wall and stood in the darkness watching the two of them.

Those eyes glowing blood-red under the moonlight were particularly scary, as if they would rush over to tear the two of them apart at any moment, and then eat them into their stomachs.

"I'm really a crow's mouth." Vincent was joking, and the tip of the stick had moved down a little bit.

Hermione let go of his arm slightly, "Is that him?"

"I don't know, but—"

"Ah!" The figure in the darkness wailed in pain, and then seemed to kneel down on the ground.

His eyes kept staring at the two of them.

Hermione gripped Vincent's arm again.

Knock once to wake up, knock twice to be targeted, and knock three times to be eaten.

She hoped desperately now that the legend was true, that the humanoid staring at them had better be a man-eating ghost.

"Woo——" The man in the darkness suddenly hit his head on the ground, and let out a painful howl that seemed to be crying.

Vincent took the opportunity to quickly point his wand at him.

Regardless of whether it works or not, as long as you dare to approach here, a series of spells will be shot.

The stalemate didn't last long, and the figure in the darkness let out a shrill scream, then turned around and rushed towards the mountain road.

"Drowsy--legs frozen to death--all petrified--"

The man was too flexible, and Vincent's spells were all in vain.

He looked back at Hermione, who was clutching his arm tightly.

There are still only two choices before him: either chase after him, or return to the castle.

Although the possibility of being Sirius is very low, he did not attack immediately.

Still screaming in pain?

"Hermione, I..."

"We came out together." The determination on Hermione's face was still there, "If we want to go back, we have to go back together."

Vincent took a deep breath, turned off the light on the tip of the wand, and then pointed it to his chest, "Hold my hand tightly, and don't let go."

After casting the illusion spell, they ran towards the direction where the figure disappeared.

The other party seemed to be running away, always choosing a particularly rugged mountain road.

Hermione was on the verge of falling several times, but she persisted through gritted her teeth.

A little closer, a little closer.

They could already see each other's backs.

Running up a hillside where I don't know where to go, what I saw was a vast forest.

Since there is a path leading to Hogwarts, it is not impossible to lead to the Forbidden Forest.

"It really is him!" Vincent gasped, looking at the figure that disappeared in the Forbidden Forest in the distance.

Fragmentary clues can finally start to piece together.

Sirius took this path to the Forbidden Forest, and was spotted by the Dementors.

After the Patronus chased off the dementors, he made his way back down the road and hid in the Shrieking Shack.

He could have been in and out of Hogwarts at any time if the two of them hadn't happened to stop by to pass the time.

However, what is the reason for that tall and thin figure, blood-red eyes, and painful screams?

Transforming the body with magic?

The two subconsciously looked at each other.

Everything is finally connected.

After Quirrell transformed his body with magic, even the magical Marauder's Map could not be marked.

If Sirius really used magic to transform his body, it would not be surprising to be able to avoid the pursuit of dementors.

As for being discovered tonight, it can be inferred from the performance of the screaming shack that his state is extremely unstable.

"Go back to the castle and tell the professors."

After observing the surroundings, Vincent and Hermione carefully walked towards the Forbidden Forest holding hands.

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