The Ancient Wizards of Hogwarts

In the West, Halloween is celebrated on November 1st every year.

The day before Halloween, which is the last night of October, is Halloween.

On this evening, the house elves of Hogwarts filled the auditorium with various Halloween decorations early.

All the candles that were floating in the air disappeared, replaced by pumpkin lanterns carved with ferocious faces. A thousand bats fluttered on the walls and ceiling, and the ceiling was covered with dense dark clouds, with lightning rumbling through it from time to time.

On the long table in Ravenclaw House, Ash sat on the side near the teacher's seat, with Qiu Zhang and Penello sitting on the left and right sides.

As second and fifth graders, they were not surprised by the colorful Halloween decorations in the auditorium like the first graders. Instead, they were sitting next to Ash and teasing Ash's bird with great interest - Ash gave them a bird. The soundless bird.

This slender, beautiful and elegant magical creature is very popular among the girls in Ravenclaw. It also attracts the attention of Qiu and Zhang in Ravenclaw, and almost everyone is extremely envious of it. After all, even those pure-blood wizards cannot use magical creatures as pets like them.

"Ash! Have you seen Hermione?" Harley ran over in a hurry.

Ash frowned and asked:

"No, what's going on?"

Harley looked panicked and said:

"I don't know. She didn't come to Transfiguration class in the morning, and she was nowhere to be seen all afternoon. During the flying class, I asked the Gryffindor students, and they didn't know where Hermione was."

Qiu Zhang said softly:

"Probably because I was squeezed out."

"Exclusion?"

"Um."

Qiu Zhang nodded slightly and explained in a low voice:

"I've heard the new Gryffindor students talk about her before, and she doesn't have a good relationship with the other Gryffindor students."

"But why? Hermione obviously did nothing wrong!" Harry couldn't help but ask.

Qiu Zhang looked at Harley and hesitated to speak, while Penello on the other side said bluntly:

"Because you are Slytherins and Hermione is friends with you."

"Is it because of this?" Harley clenched her fists and her face turned red with anger.

Penello sighed:

"To Gryffindor, Slytherin is the original sin."

She is a fifth-year student and knows all too well the sharp contradiction between Gryffindor and Slytherin.

And her impression of the two colleges is just like her reminder to the freshmen on the first day of school:

Slytherins are not all bad people, but you should be wary until you get to know them.

Gryffindor likes to show off too much, and their tolerance for heterogeneous people is also very poor.

The conflict between Gryffindor and Slytherin, in Penello's opinion, is completely the result of running in both directions.

Ash also sighed softly in his heart. Although Hermione successfully became friends with Harley and Cassandra because of him, she was still not popular in Gryffindor.

On the one hand, just like Qiu Zhang and Penello said, Hermione and Harry are too close.

Although Harley has the status of 'savior', she is a Slytherin student after all, and Cassandra is still a pure-blood. For Gryffindor, who has a feud with Slytherin, ostracizing Slytherin students is definitely politically correct.

But Hermione, as a Gryffindor, hangs out with Slytherin students every day, so naturally she becomes the target of Gryffindor.

On the other hand, it also has something to do with Hermione's own character.

She is undoubtedly a genius and can learn any spell instantly. Putting aside flying lessons, her talents in other subjects are even stronger than Harley, the savior. Even the pure-blood Cassandra is not as good as Hermione in some aspects.

Excellent talent is of course a good thing, but it is not always a good thing when it comes to Hermione.

For example, she is easily jealous of others.

In the Transfiguration class on the first day of school, Hermione was praised by Professor McGonagall - something even the pure-blood Cassandra could not do. As Hermione's friends, Harry and Cassandra certainly wouldn't be jealous of her, but they would also envy her talent.

For example, Harley has said more than once that it would be great if she could have Hermione's talent. Although Hermione would try her best to be reserved when praising her friends, she also had an unconcealable pride. Even Harley would be envious, and the emotions shown by others were undoubtedly naked jealousy.

These two factors were superimposed on each other, and it was natural for Hermione to be ostracized in Gryffindor.

But the first-year students don't know what bullying is yet. When they exclude Hermione, they really just exclude her. At most, they don't chat with Hermione. And Hermione didn't need to chat with them, she had Harley and Cassandra.

Therefore, before this, the conflict had not completely erupted. Although the two sides were clearly divided, they still had no faults.

As for why the conflict suddenly broke out, it was probably because of Ron...

Ash looked in the direction of the Gryffindor table. Ron was sitting next to George and Fred, eating happily.

Ash asked:

"Where is Cassandra?"

Harley said hurriedly:

"She went to find Hermione, and we also..."

"boom!"

The door of the auditorium was suddenly pushed open, and Professor Quirrell rushed into the dining room.

He looked panicked and looked extremely embarrassed. He didn't even know that the scarf covering his head was crooked.

"Troll..."

He stumbled across the long table with a look of horror on his face. It wasn't until he ran to Gryffindor that he gasped:

"The troll... is in the underground classroom, I thought you knew..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he fell to the ground and passed out.

In an instant, the auditorium fell into a brief silence.

Boom!

A flash of lightning shot out of the dark clouds on the ceiling at an inappropriate time, and a huge roar aroused the emotions of the students.

"Ahhhh——!"

The frightened students screamed, and the screams triggered more screams, and the atmosphere of panic spread wildly in the auditorium.

"Quiet!"

Dumbledore's voice spread throughout the auditorium with the blessing of magic. The calm and coercive voice temporarily suppressed the fear in the students' hearts. He said calmly:

"Prefects, take the college students back to their dormitories immediately!"

"Teachers follow me to the basement classroom."

It wasn't the best decision.

Although the lounges of various colleges are the safest places, the way to the lounges is not safe.

The troll won't stay in the basement classroom forever. It may come to the first floor or even follow the marble stairs to other floors. And once students without the protection of teachers encounter a troll midway, the consequences will be absolutely catastrophic.

In contrast, students are now gathered in the auditorium, and it is safest for them to stay here.

Dumbledore could have sent half of the teachers to hunt down the trolls, while the other half would have stayed behind to protect the students.

Harley's face turned pale and she said in panic:

"Ash, Hermione and Cassandra are still outside. They don't know about the trolls."

"follow me."

Ash pulled Harley away from the team, stopped in a deserted corridor, and took out his wand:

"Revelio!"

The invisible magic power, centered on Ash, quickly penetrated the walls until it enveloped the entire castle.

In Ash's sight, he could clearly see two highlighted targets on the first floor.

The blue one is in the bathroom, while the red troll is outside in the hallway.

But why are there only two goals?