if i am not me

Halloween is coming as scheduled. Early in the morning, the children wake up inhaling the aroma of baked pumpkin pie, and when they open their eyes, everyone's faces are full of anticipation.Halloween, a day destined to be beautiful.

Surprisingly, Ron didn't pay so much attention to the banquet menu this year, because he wanted to minimize his regret value. Since he promised to attend the almost headless Nick 500 anniversary party, he started Ignore the word Halloween and anything that extends from it.Neville also invited Harry and Drake to go with them, but Harry tactfully refused. If he still chooses to attend that weird banquet, it would be a waste of time, and Draco, for He is good, it is best for him to help him make the decision.

"Poor Ron, he's still sad. I just told him this morning that Dumbledore had an appointment for a skeleton dance troupe, and he ran out of the restaurant." Harry sighed sadly. He breathed a sigh of relief, causing Draco beside him to squint at him: "I said why he ran so fast..."

Ignoring the meaning in Draco's eyes, Harry continued to sigh: "Dancing skeletons are much more interesting than ghosts that show you faces, aren't they? Tsk tsk! It's a pity I don't have a camera, otherwise it would be good to leave a memory for Ron .”

"Camera, is it a Muggle thing again?" He picked out the main points in Harry's mouth as usual, and Draco secretly felt that the older the kid, the more nonsense he talked.

"Of course, that's a great Muggle invention! If we want to start with the origin, we have to talk about the camera..."

"..."

At seven o'clock in the evening, the students appeared in the auditorium one after another.Harry and Draco walked in the door unhurriedly, and the eyeballs were attracted by this year's extraordinary decoration.Last year's Halloween ended hastily due to the appearance of trolls, and the school seems to intend to hold a grand banquet this year to make up for last year's regret.So, after seeing countless bats flying in various tricks on the enchanted ceiling, a jack-o-lantern so huge that it can fit three people, and a screaming little boy flying around on a toy broom to distribute candy from time to time. When he was an elf, Drake, who was still a little curious about the death party, deeply felt that it was an extremely wise choice for him not to join in the fun.

This time the school not only invited the Skeleton Dance Troupe, but also the famous Goblin Sisters Group, which made the students' crazy emotions soar to the climax.After dinner, with only drinks left on the table, the students started a free party below the stage.The teachers just turned a blind eye when they saw this, and got up and left one after another, leaving a space for the students who were having fun. Teenagers, isn't it the age that loves to play and make trouble?

Looking at this extremely lively scene, Harry couldn't help but feel a little sad behind his laughter. It seems that the previous two years of Halloween did not end happily.Last year, it was Quirrell who put in the trolls to disturb the sight and sound, and this year, maybe the first victim of the opening of the Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets will be produced, if he remembers correctly...

Is it the curse of Halloween? .

"You said...it would be great if they could give us some Flame Whiskey." Draco finished drinking the pumpkin juice in the glass, and licked the corner of his mouth.

"You know that's impossible!" Harry glanced at Goyle, who was also drinking, and saw the big boy gulp down the entire glass of orange juice in one gulp.Meanwhile, Neville, Ron and Hermione were briskly on their way to the Great Hall.

"Oh, I hope there's still pudding left, there'll be some tonight," muttered Ron, who was starving and hadn't eaten anything until today.Originally, he thought that he could order something at the death anniversary party, but... Merlin, he believed that as long as he was still a normal person, he would not be able to eat those "foods"!

Neville completely agreed with Ron's point of view, and he was regretting it now, why did he foolishly agree...his poor belly.Hermione glanced at the two of them angrily, but her pace didn't stop at all.

"Kill, kill...time...to..."

In an instant, Neville stopped as if hit by a petrifying spell—it was the voice that made his hair stand on end, and it was clearer than ever... It wasn't an auditory hallucination!

"Hungry...time..."

Suddenly rushing towards the wall, Neville leaned on the wall and listened intently, staring at the dim aisle with his eyes. This action naturally attracted the attention of the two friends.

"Neville?" Ron looked at Neville who stopped suddenly, wondering what happened.

"Hush!" Signaling them to be quiet, Neville opened his eyes wide, with both doubt and fear in them. "It's that voice again..."

Neville's appearance obviously frightened Ron and Hermione, but before he could speak, Neville looked up sharply, "In the wall!" He said eagerly, but Ron and Hermione just stood aside stiffly , looking at him in bewilderment.

"It's time... It's..." The voice became weaker and weaker, and Neville felt it go upwards, staring at the black ceiling, a feeling of fear and excitement that he had never felt before filled him. whole body.Instinct kept him from going, 'That's dangerous, very dangerous! '.However, Neville was a Gryffindor after all, but his adventurous nature and what little sanity he had left screamed for him to follow.

"This way!" Making up his mind, he shouted at the two people who were still dumbfounded, and ran towards the stairs following the direction of the voice.Just at this time, the banquet was over, people poured out of the auditorium in a bustling manner, and the surroundings instantly became lively.Neville didn't have time to lament that his dinner was wasted at the moment, and he frowned tightly as he couldn't hear the voice again.After thinking about it, he continued to run up the granite steps on the first floor. Seeing this, Ron and Hermione behind him could only look at each other helplessly, and followed closely.

Neville heard the voice reappear. Although it was very weak, he could barely feel it coming from the floor above his head, "Blood...I can smell...the smell of blood..."

Hearing this sound, Neville felt his stomach began to stir constantly, but at this moment, he didn't care about his physical discomfort and the puzzled expressions of Ron and Hermione, and rushed up to the second floor step by step. Amidst the sound of footsteps, I carefully identified the faint sound.

Despite Neville's astonishing physical strength and speed, Ron and Hermione followed quickly. Seeing Neville suddenly stopped in an empty aisle, they hurriedly ran towards him.

"Dude, what's going on?" Ron wiped the sweat off his face with his hands. "Why didn't I hear anything..." Just after he finished speaking, he noticed that Hermione suddenly stretched out her trembling hand, pointing to the corridor to which his back was facing, and gasped.

"……Look!"

Following Hermione's hand, Ron froze.In the dim light, the wall with both windows closed is shining with a strange light. If you look carefully, the foot-sized characters smeared on it shimmer under the light of the flickering torch .

" THECHAMBEROFSECRETSHASBEEN

OPENED.ENEMIESOFTHEIR, BEWARE" (here is still the feeling of the original text)

"This... what..." The sudden impact made Ron's voice tremble a little, but they still approached step by step.Neville almost slipped and fell, but he managed to stand still and looked to the ground, where there was a big puddle of water.Ron and Hermione, who supported him in time, saw that he was standing still, and approached the words, fixed their eyes on the black mass below them, and then they recognized what it was, and quickly jumped away .

It's Mrs. Norris, Filch's cat!

At this time, its tail was hanging on the torch barrel, its body was as stiff as a board, and its eyes were wide open in horror.

This scene made them freeze for a few seconds, and after a while, Ron said in his trembling voice, "Let's get out of here..."

"Maybe... we should try to help..." swallowing, Neville stammered.

"Trust me, buddy," Ron said hastily. "We can't be found here."

But it's always too late!Some of the students who didn't want to stay and continue to participate in the party were walking towards them. The well-fed people were talking happily and loudly. After a while, they came to the corridor where the three were standing.

As if everyone had suddenly become dumb, when everyone saw the cat hanging upside down and the three Neville standing in the middle of the corridor, all chattering stopped instantly.Everyone quietly leaned forward to read the horrible words on the wall, and for a while, there was no sound.

Harry and Drake were also standing in the crowd, staring at the writing on the wall.After reading it, Drake turned his attention back to the three of Neville. He was about to ask a question when he heard one shout.

"What happened?" The abnormality here quickly caught the attention of Filch, who was wandering around, and he used his shoulders to squeeze a way out of the crowd.After seeing everything clearly, his expression was distorted, and his behavior was extremely terrifying.

"My cat! What's wrong with Mrs. Norris?" he screamed, scanning the crowd around him, his eyes widening and his eyes fixed on Neville.

"You!" He rushed to Neville and grabbed the skirt of his shirt. "It was you! You killed my cat! You killed it! I..."

"Argus!"

Fortunately, Dumbledore came to the scene in time and brought the situation under control.After quickly observing the scene, he waved his wand to untie Mrs. Norris. "Come with me, Argus," he said to Filch. "And you too, Mr. Longbottom, Mr. Weasley, and, Miss Granger."

Hearing this, the silent crowd dispersed automatically, making way for a passage.Harry looked at the people behind Dumbledore. Lockhart was excitedly walking behind Dumbledore self-righteously, while McGonagall and Snape had tense faces and hurried steps.

It wasn't until the deep purple skirt of Tenelauni, who was walking at the end, was no longer visible, that the students gradually began to discuss it, because everyone now had a doubt in their hearts - the secret room...

Looking at the empty corridor where the crowd dispersed, Harry did not speak out of the norm. He was a little confused and confused now.Seeing this, Drake could only pat him on the shoulder, and dragged him to the dormitory with the crowd. "It's okay, they should just pass by there. With Hermione watching those two boys, they can't make trouble."

"I hope..." Harry smiled forcedly at Draco with the corners of his mouth raised.Just now he stood in the crowd and looked at Neville, it felt like he was looking at himself.Did he have that expression back then?Wronged, frightened, helpless, no one believes him...no...

"It's so exciting. I didn't like that dead cat a long time ago. This time I really want to thank our 'golden boy'!" Harry was in a trance when suddenly a brown-haired senior boy shouted at the people around him Said.

"Oh, are you so sure it's him?" Sure enough, his speech caught the attention of the surrounding crowd, and several people immediately asked.

Seeing this, the boy showed off even more proudly. "There are all witnesses and evidence, who else could have done it if it wasn't him?"

"No way, how can you be so stupid and stay at the scene waiting for you to catch?" Immediately, a girl retorted, although the situation at the time was unclear, but anyone with a little brain knew that if something happened, he would run away. Make sense.

The boy felt that his face was refuted, and he said a little angrily: "I dare to say that, of course there is a basis! The other day I saw Filch give him an excuse to fix him. He must be holding a grudge, otherwise why did Filch not have a few days?" Is something wrong with my cat? Today they just need to walk a little faster, and they will be invisible!"

After saying this, there was an uproar.

Harry and Draco were just listening quietly at first, but after hearing this, Harry felt a "buzz" in his head, and he was a little dazed for a moment-did those people think the same way back then?Obviously he didn't do it, but he was accused of being "ironclad evidence" just like that...

The sudden stop made Draco look at him strangely, but Harry just said in a cold tone, "Speak, don't talk nonsense!"

The senior boy shivered suddenly, but when he saw that the person who made him feel chilly was only a kid in the second grade, he couldn't help but look at Harry fiercely, and said with a malicious smile, "I can't No nonsense, this is a clear matter, everyone has seen it!"

Glancing coldly at the person who spoke, the boy who was stared at tremblingly felt like he was being entangled by a cold snake, but how could he swallow this breath when he was so spoiled, he gritted his teeth and said hello Li yelled loudly, "Don't think that I'm afraid of you because you're not a man or a woman, the truth is the truth! He was the murderer!" After yelling this sentence with all his courage, the boy deliberately walked forward with his head held high, Regardless of the people around him who were surprised by him.

Until the man hurriedly disappeared around the corner of the corridor, Harry didn't speak again, only Draco saw the sternness flashing in Harry's eyes.Looking at the disappearing figure with raised eyebrows, Draco raised the corner of his mouth evilly.Boy, you are dead!

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H: "Why did he call me neither male nor female?"

D: "Because of having long hair."

H: "But Ron said he's handsome! Like Bill!"

D: "...he has a problem with his aesthetics!"

H complained: "Then why don't you tell me honestly that you look like a woman..."

D: "..." Can I tell you because I think it's cute?