Hogwarts lazy snake

When Horn arrived at the source of the sound, he immediately saw a cat with its fur standing on the lampstand. The cat was staring at a place from a distance, motionless, like a sculpture. It was Mrs. Norris.

"My Mrs. Norris! Did you do this?" As soon as Filch saw Norris on the lampstand, he immediately pointed at Horn and shouted angrily.

Horn quickly explained: "It wasn't me. I came here because I heard the noise."

"What's going on?" At this time, Harry and others arrived one after another.

"Isn't this classmate Horn? Why are you still outside so late?" At this time, another voice was heard. Horn's heart tightened and he turned around. It turned out to be Lockhart.

At this time, Harry and others hurried to Horn.

When Lockhart saw them, he smiled with an ambiguous smile and joked, "Oh, little wizards can't go out at night. But since the savior Harry is here, there may be no alternative..."

Before Lockhart could finish, Filch was already extremely angry. He completely ignored Lockhart's identity as a professor and shouted at Horn, "It was you, the evil little wizard, who made my dear Norris like this. I always said that Norris would become different whenever you appeared."

Horn was about to retort when footsteps were heard again, followed by Professor McGonagall's voice: "What's going on? What are you all doing here? Horn, Harry, and Fred are still outside late. It seems that detention is useless."

When Filch saw Professor McGonagall coming, he immediately rushed forward to accuse Horn of his evil deeds.

His face flushed, his hands trembled violently, and he pointed at Horn and cried loudly: "Professor McGonagall, this is Horn, he must have done something bad to my Norris! My dear Norris, wow~"

His exaggerated cries echoed in the corridor, attracting everyone's attention.

George and Fred immediately started talking about this. George covered his mouth with his hand and said to Fred, "Hey, he looks like he really loves the cat."

Fred suppressed his laughter and nodded in agreement: "Yeah, maybe Loris is his only 'friend'."

Professor McGonagall frowned, looked at the emotional Filch first, and said softly, "Mr. Filch, don't be sad yet. We will find out the truth of the matter."

Then she turned her gaze to Lady Norris, who was motionless like a sculpture on the lampstand, raised her wand, and whispered, "Wingardium Leviosa." Lady Norris slowly floated down.

Seeing this, Filch rushed forward like an arrow, carefully hugged Mrs. Norris, and began to shout and cry again, as if he had lost the most precious treasure in the world.

Professor McGonagall looked at the students present with a stern face and asked, "Can anyone tell me what happened? Why are you here at this time?"

Just as Professor McGonagall was about to continue asking questions about the strange incident, two footsteps echoed clearly in the corridor.

Everyone's attention was drawn to the sound of footsteps, and they were all wondering who was coming.

As the footsteps got closer, everyone saw Professor Snape and Headmaster Dumbledore appear in everyone's sight.

Headmaster Dumbledore smiled, his eyes showing gentleness and wisdom. He walked up to Filch, looked at Mrs. Norris carefully, and said, "Filch, let Mrs. Norris go first. I'll take a look."

Then he put his head close to Mrs. Norris and examined her carefully.

"Think about how to explain it! Why are you still wandering outside so late, and tell us what you saw!" Professor McGonagall said seriously to Horn and the others, and then went to Mrs. Norris to check the situation.

Snape walked up to Horn and the others with a gloomy face and asked Draco and Horn, "What's going on?"

"Professor Snape, I don't know what happened. It was already like this when I arrived. Let's see what Dumbledore says after he examines it." Horn answered honestly while looking at Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall who were examining the case.

"I don't know!" Draco looked confused. He really didn't know what was going on.

"It seems my detention was too easy, Weasley."

Snape said, his eyes swept across Fred and Ron's faces, then stopped at Hermione, "Hey, who is this? Our good classmate Ms. Granger? Why is she also following some people's example and going out for a night out?!"

When he mentioned "certain people", he didn't say it explicitly, but his eyes were fixed on Harry, and then he shouted in the fourth tone: "Potter!"

"This is not... wuwu..." Harry craned his neck to look at Snape who seemed to be targeting him. Just as he was about to speak, Hermione and Ron covered his mouth one by one and pulled him back the other. Harry's face turned red instantly.

On the other side, Filch's eyes suddenly became red when he saw that Dumbledore, who was known as the greatest figure of this century, had not spoken for such a long time.

Then he suddenly raised his head and looked at Horn, his eyes seemed to want to eat him alive, and shouted: "My cat! My Mrs. Loris! I will kill you! You did it!"

Horn paid no attention to Filch's impotent rage, his eyes lingering on Lockhart, who was watching Dumbledore in silence, and he felt very strange.

At this time, shouldn't Lockhart have put on an exaggerated show and then said that he could heal it? But now he just watched quietly? Is there something strange? !

"Okay Filch, it's okay, Mrs. Norris is still alive!" Dumbledore looked at the excited Filch and whispered.

Filch looked at Mrs. Norris in his arms, then looked at Dumbledore and asked in confusion: "Really? Not dead? Then why is she so stiff..." Feeling Mrs. Norris's stiff and temperatureless body, Filch's face was full of worry.

Professor McGonagall also straightened up and said, "Yes, Mrs. Norris is just petrified, she is not dead, but she needs to be treated quickly, otherwise she will be beyond saving."

"What should we do? Professor McGonagall, you must have a way to save Mrs. Norris! Please save her! Save Mrs. Norris!" Filch pleaded to Professor McGonagall anxiously.

"This requires mandrake, and the mandrake in the school is not yet mature." Professor McGonagall said here, looking at Snape beside him, "Professor Snape should have it."

"It ran out some time ago, and I don't have any either." Snape responded without turning his head.

"I have Mandrake!" Horn's voice suddenly rang out, and everyone's eyes instantly focused on him. In this tense atmosphere, Horn's voice seemed to bring a glimmer of hope.