Became good friends with the Boy Who Lived

It was late at night, and when all the students in the common room had left, the four little ones hiding in an inconspicuous corner began to move, but an untimely toad call suddenly rang out.

"Riff?" Ron wondered, "You shouldn't be here!"

"You shouldn't be here either." Neville's voice rang out, and Neville, who was hiding in an armchair, quickly stood up and blocked the entrance to the common room.

"You guys are going out again? Are you?" Neville asked. Seeing that several people were silent, Neville continued with an excited look, "I'm sorry, Aeris, Hermione, you have helped me a lot, but I can't let you out. How can you be so selfish? Gryffindor will be in trouble because of you, and we will lose the qualification to compete for the House Cup. All this is because you want to violate the school rules. If you want to get out, you have to step over my dead body."

Aeris chuckled and said, "It's hard to imagine, Neville. I never thought that you would do to us - how do you say it? Moral kidnapping..."

Neville's face flushed a little, but he still stood there firmly.

"Neville, get out of the way and stop being an idiot!" Ron said earnestly.

"I'm not stupid," Neville retorted, "You're the one who taught me to resist."

"I didn't ask you to resist us!" Ron said helplessly.

Hermione stepped forward and said, "I'm so, so sorry, Neville, petrified!"

As Hermione pointed her wand at Neville, Neville's hands and feet immediately came together naturally, and he fell on his back like a stone, with only his eyes still darting around in panic.

Ron swallowed his saliva and said in a trembling voice: "Sometimes you are really terrible... You are very good... but also terrible..."

Aeris took out his wand and pointed at an armchair, which turned into a small bed. After they settled Neville on the small bed, they filed out of the common room.

They had a safe journey. Under the cover of the Invisibility Cloak, they avoided Mr. Filch's inspections several times and bypassed no less than five prank traps of Peeves, and finally arrived at the restricted area on the fourth floor.

As soon as everyone took off their invisibility cloaks, Draco suddenly walked out from an inconspicuous dark corner, scaring everyone. Ron complained in a dissatisfied voice: "You're going to die. I thought we were discovered. What are you doing here?"

"I'm going with you," Draco said matter-of-factly. "I've been hiding here since dinner, and someone did go in. Guess who it was?"

Seeing that no one was talking, Draco felt a little bored. He said, "It's Quirrell, and he doesn't look like himself at all."

Harry, Hermione and Ron all had interesting looks on their faces, only Aries looked indifferent. Harry said, "No matter who it is, we must stop it. Come on." Then he took out the flute that Hagrid gave him from his pocket.

Hermione stepped forward, pointed her wand at the lock on the entrance door, and whispered, "Ah-ha! Open!"

The door at the entrance opened and several people filed in, quickly closing the door. Just as Harry was about to play the flute, a melodious harp sound floated over. An enchanted harp was being played, and Fluffy, a giant three-headed dog, was sleeping soundly.

"You go first," Eris said, taking out his flute as well. "Just in case, when the harp stops playing, I will play the flute."

Harry and the others opened the trapdoor. Harry jumped down first. The sound of the harp stopped. Aeris quickly blew the flute, and Fluffy, who had just shown signs of waking up, fell asleep again. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and filed down. Finally, Aeris jumped down, and an angry roar resounded above their heads.

Several people supported each other and stood up. The space they were in seemed to be very large, with soft and thick vines under their feet. Several people were not injured, but suddenly these vines seemed to come alive and swept towards everyone like a wave. Harry, Ron, and Draco, who were unable to dodge, were immediately wrapped by the vines into several large green cocoons. Aires pulled Hermione to the edge, out of reach of the vines.

"This is a devil's snare." Hermione screamed. Aeris took out his wand and said, "Close your eyes!" As Aeris raised his wand, a blinding white light filled the entire space. The devil's snares seemed to have encountered their natural enemies and struggled to retreat to places where the light could not reach.

Harry and the other two fell to the ground, all with terrified expressions. Draco muttered to himself, "I must be crazy to follow you to such a hellhole..."

Aeris and Hermione helped them up. Hermione asked, "What was that just now?"

"I call it the Bright Light Charm," Aeris said. "It works on a similar principle to the Luminescent Charm. It's a variation of the Luminescent Charm."

A few of them tidied themselves up and walked forward along the only path. After walking for a while, they heard the sound of flapping wings.

Ron's voice was horrified: "What is it this time?"

They came to a huge entrance hall, with countless winged keys flying in the sky. Ron was obviously relieved. He took out his wand and strode towards the door. "Ah la ho! Open it!" Ron chanted loudly, but the big lock on the door did not respond.

Facing everyone's gaze, Ron said embarrassedly: "Why are you looking at me? I just want to try..."

Hermione was a little annoyed: "How are we going to get there?"

Aries carefully observed the big lock on the door and said thoughtfully: "We need to find a key of similar style and color to this lock among those keys, an old key. If it has been used, there must be damage on its wings. Harry, you have excellent dynamic vision, you need to find it, we will do our best to assist you." Aries carefully observed the surroundings, walked to the corner and dragged five flying brooms over.

"Can you do it, Potter?" Draco grabbed a broom. "If you can't, let me do it." Draco's tone was quite provocative.

Harry glared at Draco, took a broom, and silently observed the keys flying in the air. His eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "I'll fly up first, and you four surround my position from four directions." After that, he rode his broom into the sky. Draco followed closely behind him, and Aeris and the other three also hurried to catch up.

It took some effort to grab the correct key. The other keys attacked the five people like crazy. Harry quickly flew to the door and unlocked it as quickly as possible. The other people flew into the door on their brooms. Harry quickly slammed the door shut. The sound of raindrops hitting the door resounded on the other side of the door. Several people threw their brooms aside and gasped heavily.

After a short rest, several people continued to move to the next level.

Hermione muttered as she walked: "The Devil's Snare is Professor Sprout's method; the flying key should be Professor Flitwick's magic, which professor's defense do you think will be the next one?"

Ron said heartlessly, "I'll bet a copper turner that it's Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration!"

Hermione rolled her eyes at him and said, "How generous of you..."

They came to a door that had no protection. Several people pushed the door open and entered a dark space. As they entered, the torches on the wall lit up one by one, and soon the space was brightly lit.

They seemed to be standing on the edge of a giant wizard chess board. Two groups of huge chess pieces were neatly placed on the board. The position where several people were standing was the white chess camp, and the weapons in the hands of the black chess pieces on the opposite side were flashing dazzling cold light.

The few people continued to move forward, and the white chess pieces did not stop them. When they reached the edge of the black chess camp, the pawns guarding the edge drew out their long swords, as if they would chop them into pieces if they took another step forward.

Ron said, "It seems that we have to play chess to pass. Aeris, are you going to command or should I?"

Aesius pondered for a while and said, "Don't bother. Let me ask for help. You guys should take a rest first. You can't help with this kind of thing."

Under the puzzled gazes of the others, Aeris used his wand to begin to outline the summoning array on the empty space of the chessboard. Hermione watched with interest as the array took shape bit by bit. Harry, Ron, and Draco looked at each other, Ron looked confused, while Harry and Draco looked expectant.

After the formation was completed, it shone with halos of light. Eris took out a rusty and tattered arrowhead from his pocket and placed it in the center of the formation. After clearing his throat, he recited the spell in a serious voice:

"Your body is with me; my fate is entrusted to your sword; respond to my call, obey this will, those who are righteous, respond to me; I swear here: I am the one who accomplishes all the good deeds in the world; I am the one who conveys all the malice in the world; the three great word spirits will entangle you for seven days; cross the wheel of will, and appear, the guardian of the scales!"

A brilliant light flashed, Aeris narrowed his eyes, the formation diagram disappeared, and two people appeared in the original position of the formation diagram. Wait, two people?

Aes' brain froze again. Was this summoning so random?

A man with gray hair and a young face was observing his surroundings with great interest. He was wearing a white robe with intricate magic patterns outlined in gold thread, making the robe look extremely gorgeous. He was holding a long wooden staff in his hand.

The other man smiled cheerfully, wearing red leather armor, holding a longbow, with a quiver hanging from his waist, full of arrowheads. He strode to Eris and said loudly with full energy: "Archer: Arash, respond to the call, boy, are you my Master?"

Aeres smiled and said, "It is my honor to meet the legendary hero of Persia."

"Hahaha!" Arash laughed heartily. He said, "Oh, young man, you have good taste!"

Aeris looked at another person. The man dressed as a wizard walked towards the crowd slowly with a smile on his face. He said as he walked, "Is this Hogwarts? I am the wizard Merlin, and I am glad to meet you."

"Merlin?" Everyone exclaimed in unison, each of them stunned.

"What are you looking at?" Merlin asked curiously, "Is there something dirty on my face?"

Aeris recovered from his shock and said solemnly: "Sir Merlin, it's an honor to meet you!"

Merlin curled his lips and said, "Come on, you just said the same thing to Arash boy. I doubt you would say the same thing to anyone you meet."

Aerius said speechlessly: "Sir Merlin, we can talk if we can, but if we can't, let's not force it, okay?"

Merlin laughed, patted Aes on the shoulder and said, "That's right, why are you so rigid? I have felt the magical fluctuations of summoning several times, and it was not until this time that I determined the coordinates. I have stayed in that eternal place for too long, and I have to come out to get some fresh air and have some fun. Don't worry, junior, I will do my best to help you."

Aes is a little messy, and the famous Merlin is a chatterbox and a fun-loving person?

The others also greeted Merlin and Arash in a reserved manner. Arash responded cheerfully, while Merlin would chatter on and on about everything whenever he caught someone.

Finally, Arash asked Eris: "Master, who is our enemy this time?"

Aeris pointed to the huge black chess piece on the opposite side and said, "Destroy these chess pieces. We need to go to the room behind the opposite door."

Arash observed the black chess pieces carefully, drew out an arrow, put the bowstring on it, and the heavy longbow bent into a full moon. Then the arrow was shot out like lightning, aiming at a pawn, but the pawn drew out his long sword and split the arrow into two pieces in a flash.

Arash stroked his chin and thought for a while before saying, "It's not easy. These stone men react very quickly and their defenses don't seem to be low. If we don't smash them completely, they won't give way!"

Arash seemed to have made up his mind. He looked at Eris with a firm gaze and said, "Master, use the power of the Command Spell to let me release my Noble Phantasm. Since I have been summoned by you, I will let you see my most brilliant arrow."

Aeris looked at the bright red line on the back of his hand, nodded and said, "Okay~ Use the Command Seal to order, Arash, the Noble Phantasm is released."

As the lines on the back of Eris's hand disappeared, Arash showed an indomitable and fearless aura. He shouted, "Sir Merlin, you will be the one protecting these boys and girls."

Merlin led Aeris and the others to retreat to a corner, tapped the ground with his long wooden staff, and a protective barrier was opened.

Seeing the few people who had taken precautions, Arash laughed heartily. Facing the black chess pieces, he slowly put an arrow on the bowstring and pulled the bow into a full moon. He shouted loudly: "Master, please understand. Young men, keep moving forward. A shooting star..."

The huge noise made the whole room vibrate, and smoke filled the air. When the smoke slowly dissipated, the huge space was in a mess. The entire chessboard, including the two sets of chess pieces, and Arash had all disappeared.

Aesus walked forward silently, searching around in the mess, and finally picked up a broken arrow from the ruins. He put the arrow solemnly into his pocket, muttering to himself: "Thank you, Arash."

"Let's go, guys!" After saying that, Aeris strode to the next room, and the others quickly followed.

The next room was also huge. The room was filled with a stench that went straight to the soul. Several people covered their mouths and noses. In the middle of the room lay a giant monster at least twenty feet tall. It seemed to have fainted.

The smell here was really uncomfortable. Several people hurried to the next room. After entering the next room, Ron just closed the door to block the stench from the previous room, and then he took a few deep breaths and cursed, "Ah~ Quirrell is so disgusting. I bet Quirrell must have arranged the previous room."

Hermione nodded in agreement: "That's right, now the only protection left is Professor Snape's. " After that, she began to observe this small room.

Compared with the other rooms, this room is so small that it is not an exaggeration to call it a house. There is a small table in the middle of the room, on which are seven bottles of different sizes and shapes.

As the crowd gathered around the table, black flames rose from the doorway in the house through which they had entered and the doorway they were about to pass through.

The flames were extremely hot, and the people in the center of the room felt the heat coming. Merlin, who had followed the people into the room, observed the flames with great interest, and didn't seem to care about the high temperature of the flames.

Harry and the others were discussing the riddle left on the table. Aeris walked up to Merlin and asked, "Sir Merlin, if you have a way for us to pass through this room quickly, please help us."

Merlin said easily, "Although these flames have a strong smell of dark magic, it is not a problem for me to pass through them quickly. Everyone gather around me."

Everyone who heard the sound gathered around Merlin. Merlin simply tapped the ground with his wooden stick, and beautiful big bubbles enveloped everyone, with layers of beautiful white ripples on the bubbles.

Aris took a deep breath and was about to dive into the black flames leading to the next room. Harry stopped him and said softly, "Let me go first." Then he closed his eyes and dived into the black flames.

Draco was not to be outdone and rushed in second, followed by Aeris, Hermione and Ron, and finally Merlin as well, all heading to the next room.

After walking in the endless black flames for a while, the view in front of them suddenly became clear. The last room was very huge, the largest of all the rooms. The huge Mirror of Erised stood in the center of the room.

A familiar figure stood in front of the mirror - Professor Quirrell with a ridiculous turban on his head.