[HP] The Elegance of the Night

Professor McGonagall's voice was serious and urgent, and Igil walked out of the dressing room with a masquerade dress spread out in his hands, and Draco's candies were scattered on the bed, and he just started counting them.

"Oh, what's up!" grumbled the platinum boy, who didn't think anything good was waiting for them back in the auditorium, but thankfully he didn't have to wear the leprechaun costume his mother sent him. Ten minutes later, all the students in the school gathered together, looking confused.Dumbledore silenced everyone with a wave of his hand, amplifying his voice magically.

"Students, teachers and myself will conduct a thorough search of the castle," Dumbledore said to the little wizards, "For your own safety, I think you may have to spend the night here." At this time, Mike Professor Greg and Flitwick closed all the doors of the Great Hall.Dumbledore waved his wand casually, and the long table flew to the edge of the auditorium. With another wave, the ground was covered with hundreds of purple sleeping bags.

The prefects were asked to stand guard at the entrance of the auditorium, and the male and female student union chairmen stayed here to take charge of the management. As soon as the professors left, the auditorium was immediately buzzing with excitement.

"Siris Black appeared, at the dinner party!" The little wizards of Gryffindor were busy telling the other houses what had just happened, and the canvas at the entrance to their common room was completely torn from the frame, The fat lady in the portrait didn't know where to hide, and Mr. Filch, the administrator, was looking for her everywhere.

"How did he get in?" Everyone around was asking each other this question. Slytherin was not as keen on discussing this matter as the other three houses. Their families had more or less had a relationship with the mysterious man. Some parents were even Death Eaters themselves.

"If I knew I was going to be here overnight, I should have brought my pajamas," Draco said sullenly, slipping into his sleeping bag, still in his school uniform, the heavy material making it uncomfortable for him to lie on.

"Go to sleep, Draco." Igil got into his sleeping bag, and the prefects standing guard outside the door would definitely not let them go back to get their pajamas. He was glad that he had already changed into a clean and soft one in the dormitory , at least sleep comfortably.

"My prom looks! I haven't been able to show them in three years!" Pansy pulled a chic little crown studded with rhinestones from her waist-length hair with hair restorer, and put it Randomly discarded on the ground.

"I hate Halloween at Hogwarts!"

"Lights out now! Everyone get into sleeping bags and stop talking!" All the candles were extinguished immediately, and Prefect Percy walked over the auditorium with his head held high. broken whispers.

"Igil..." The black-haired boy in the Snake Yard heard Harry's voice close at hand, and the savior of Gryffindor seemed to have even moved his sleeping bag, "The person who attacked you last time...was Sirius?" What Igil heard was a tiny hissing snake language, he turned sideways, and pushed back the head of the basilisk that emerged from the sleeping bag.

"Harry Potter, why have you come here like this!" The platinum boy crawled out of the sleeping bag and yelled at Harry in a low voice. After a while, he slipped back into the sleeping bag, being careful not to disturb the others. rest.

"What happened to him?" Igil squeezed his eyelids, he tried to sleep but couldn't, the commotion of the lion cubs came from the direction of Gryffindor.

"He passed out, I asked those Gryffindors to take good care of him." The platinum boy blew on the front of his wand, put it away with a smirk, "Potter was probably frightened by what happened today Yes, it's pathetic."

He just didn't expect that you would make a black hand in front of the whole school, cold sweat broke out on Igil's forehead.

A teacher appeared in the auditorium every hour to see if everything was normal. Igil took advantage of this opportunity to let Basilisk out, and the green snake swam away along the crack of the door that was not closed. Dela Ko’s eyes widen in excitement, because Yi-gil said the snake was hungry.

It was about three o'clock in the morning, and many students were already asleep. Professor Dumbledore walked into the auditorium, and Percy was walking tiptoe among the sleeping bags. The sound of their footsteps stopped not far away.

"Any sign of him, Professor?" whispered Percy.

"No, how is it here?"

"Everything is under control, sir."

The door of the hall rang and opened again, and Igil heard more footsteps coming in.The professors had searched the entirety of Hogwarts Castle, wrapping up the Astronomy Tower and the Owl Cottage.

"Principal, I checked the entire fourth floor, and he's not there, and Filch didn't find anything in the main building." Snape's low and long voice brushed over those little wizards who were already asleep, and they showed sweet smiles. , seems to be dreaming.

"Very well, Severus, I didn't really think Black would linger," said Dumbledore.

"Do you have any idea how he got in here, Headmaster. You remember our conversation, just before term started." Snape barely parted his lips as he spoke, as if he didn't want anyone to take part in their conversation. .Igil felt someone approach his sleeping bag and put something next to him.Igil opened his eyes and pretended to be woken up. Lupine smiled at him gently, holding Basilisk in his hand.

"Oh, you're still awake." Seeing Igil staring at the little green snake, Lupine handed it back to the boy, "Take care of your pet, I found it on the third floor."

Basilisk, the thousand-year-old basilisk, behaved like a harmless pet snake, wrapping its tail around Lupine's wrist obediently, but its bright color had already betrayed it deeply.

"Thank you so much Professor, how do you know it's mine?" Igil stuffed Basilisk into the sleeping bag and wrapped himself tightly.Even though he hated the teacher in his heart, he still showed the courtesy to the teacher. Has the new professor been paying attention to him?Instantly recognizes his pets.

"It's very special," said Lupine gently. "I've never seen such an edible snake."

"..."

Probably it was Igil's politeness that gave Lupine the desire to communicate with the Slytherin students. The teacher usually didn't want to have any contact with the little snakes except in class.

"Igil, if you have any troubles recently, you can tell me," Lupine said, "The teacher's job is to help students solve problems."

"I don't think I will have any troubles, Professor Lupine, what area are you referring to?" Igil raised his eyebrows, and the tone of doubt was just right.Was Lupine suspicious of him?Doubt that he wanted to help Sirius, or that he had already helped Sirius?

"... Go to bed, it's already late." Lupine smiled slightly, the words just now seemed to be a caring language that teachers often use for students, but Igil didn't think that was the case.Lu Ping straightened up and walked towards the door, nodding and greeting each other teachers he met along the way, all this was going on silently in the dark night.

"I don't believe that anyone in this castle will help Black come in." The conversation between Dumbledore and Snape was still going on, and they nodded to Lupin, and quickly ended the topic.The teachers left one after another, and the door of the auditorium was closed again. The only light in the darkness came from the silver ghost in the castle and the ceiling enchanted by the starry sky.

[Hiss... I smelled the smell of a stranger at the door of that person's room just now] Baslisk made a cold hissing sound, before he got in, he was caught by Lupine, and then sent over.It was already late at night, Harry turned over in the sleeping bag, Hermione and Ellie were still talking quietly, Draco stretched out his hand from the sleeping bag from time to time, wondering if he fell asleep.

"Lupine..." Igil lay in his sleeping bag and recalled the conversation just now. The breath of that stranger is Sirius, right?If Lupine was helping Sirius, why would he say that to him, test his reaction?

No... If it was Sirius, he should already know his attitude. He didn't tell anyone at Hogwarts what happened in the Forbidden Forest that day.

what am i doing!Igil suddenly became entangled, why did he think about Sirius' question?Even Dad doesn't care about it anymore.

After making up his mind not to think about anything, drowsiness soon surged, Igil relaxed his body, breathed evenly after a while, and fell asleep.

It was already four o'clock in the morning when Lupine returned to the teachers' dormitory, the sky was a little gray and white, he drew the curtains and leaned tiredly on the bedpost, the lack of sleep made his face even more haggard and pale.

There were footsteps in the corridor, someone knocked on his door, and Lupine squeezed the space between his brows to cheer himself up, to make himself look less weak.Pulling back the armrest, Snape stood outside the door. The potions master walked in with a goblet in his hand, the liquid in the cup was still slightly steaming.

"Ah, Severus, thank you, can you put it on the table?" Seeing that it was Snape, Lupine's forced face disappeared. It was arranged by the greasy black-haired man, Snape was the one who knew his health best, and Lupine returned to his listless look.

"You should drink it straight away, Lupine, it's a bit late today." Snape put down his glass sullenly, his lips pursed into a line habitually. "Well - this should be yesterday's portion, and I will deliver today's portion." He looked at the old-fashioned clock in the room and said, "Yes, yes, I will drink it." Lupine smiled wryly, Snape He didn't move, and seemed to intend to supervise him before leaving after drinking.Lupine picked up the goblet and sniffed it, frowning and taking a sip, the taste made him tremble.

"It's a pity that you can't put sugar." He took another sip with a bitter face, until he drank all the complicated medicine in the cup. "It's really hard to drink."

"I thought you were used to it." Snapemi narrowed his eyes. "The effect of the medicine is remarkable, no one would spend time improving its taste."

Lupine smiled. He knew that if the potions master in front of him wanted to do it, he would be able to do it, but he should be glad that Snape didn't change the taste to make it more difficult to eat. It was already a great kindness to him.After all, what they did when they were young had done a lot of harm to Snape.

The empty goblet was slowly steaming, watching Lupine finished his medicine, Snape didn't leave immediately, but suddenly asked a sharp question: "Did you put Blake in?" Such moving notes linger in the room, full of gloom.

"You think it's me? That's ridiculous." Lupine jumped up angrily as if he had been insulted, "You think I'll still consider him a friend after he killed James and Peter!"

And Lily... Snape's face darkened.The kind Lily sacrificed herself to protect Harry Potter, who was as annoying as James.

"It's almost impossible for Black to get into this school without internal help," Snape said, and that's why he suspected the man, but his sudden question didn't make Lupine show any abnormality, "I hope you are facing When he was there, he could still remember what you said today."

"Of course I will remember, I am thinking about my friends all the time, thinking about how to kill Black!" Lupine's voice was murderous, and he had long since stopped calling Sirius the man who betrayed their friendship.

"Then—I'm relieved." The hatred in Lupine's eyes didn't seem to be fake, Snape walked out of Lupine's dormitory and closed the door for him, and he didn't want to get in touch with this werewolf unless there was something necessary. .

"Siris Black..." Lupine sighed, sitting on the bed exhausted as if he had exhausted all his energy. The foursome of predators who were once brilliant at Hogwarts would become what they are now ?

Snapped!The sudden sound made Lupine stand up in shock. He thought Snape was back, and then realized that the sound was coming from the bathroom.Holding the wand tightly in his hand, he quietly approached the source of the sound. Lupine opened the bathroom door and aimed at the space inside. The small bathroom was clearly presented in front of him, empty and empty.

"Huh..." Lupine exclaimed as he saw a trail of large, water-soaked footprints on the floor tiles, extending from the doorway to the open window.The whistling wind is pouring in from the open window, the gray sky outside is connected to the earth, and there is nothing else.

"Siris Black!" Lupine's hateful voice echoed in this small space, and the only answer he had was the whining of the wind...