The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

The depression that was the Acromantula's nest was in a mess. Apart from the painful groans of some spiders, there was only the whining sound of cold wind mixed with ice and snow.

Most of the spiders were beaten to the point of losing their fighting power. The remaining spiders were intimidated by Loren's power and did not dare to approach.

"Damn, they actually want to eat us!" Ron gritted his teeth and looked at the acrosantulas in disarray, missing arms and legs, and felt that the spiders didn't seem so scary anymore.

The Acromantulas standing next to Aragog huddled together and trembled. Although he couldn't see it, Aragog seemed to hear the scene in front of him from the many groans. The white shadows covering his eyes became cloudy and he let out a sad scream.

Hermione's eyes flashed with a trace of unbearability, but she quickly became determined. If Loren hadn't been powerful enough, they would not only be missing limbs, but also have no bones left.

There is more than one tribe of Acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest, but neither the unicorn tribe nor the centaur tribe will take the initiative to harm the little wizard. The Acromantula ignored Hagrid's kindness, and this was the fate they deserved.

The high temperature of the explosion melted the snow in the depression, and the cold and hard soil absorbed enough water and became muddy and sticky. Harry trudged awkwardly through the mud to the dying acromanthula.

The Acromantula, which had been delivering messages next to Aragog, trembled and stepped away, giving up its position next to Aragog.

After thinking for a few minutes, Harry still couldn't understand: "Don't you want to save Hagrid?"

Aragog, who was as big as a small elephant, gasped feebly and made a suffocating sound. His terrifying appearance revealed some sadness: "Hagrid, Hagrid..."

It did not answer Harry's question and fell into deep memories: "I come from a distant country. Before I hatched from the egg, a tourist gave me to Hagrid. Hagrid was still a child at that time. , he took care of me, hid me in a cupboard in the castle, and fed me the crumbs scattered on the dining table. He treated me as a friend, and he was a good man. Later, people found me and wanted me When I was responsible for the death of a girl, he protected me despite being unable to protect himself. He helped me settle down in the woods, visited me often, and even found me a wife, Mosag. You see, the development of our ethnic group How prosperous it is, all thanks to Hagrid’s help.”

Harry became even more angry, and he growled: "Then why don't you give us a clue to rescue Hagrid?"

"The Basilisk is the natural enemy of the Acromantula. If you human wizards drive the Basilisk into the Forbidden Forest like you did to me, my tribe will perish."

Large tears oozed from Aragog's eight eyes and flowed into the spider's carapace. He didn't know whether he was crying for his friendship with Hagrid or for the plight of his tribe.

"I'm getting very old. I don't know how many more winters I can survive. If Hagrid dies with me, I don't think it's a bad thing."

Harry shouted: "Hagrid is not old yet! He has many more winters to live!"

He felt like he was holding a breath in his chest, and he wished he could burn all these Acromantulas to ashes.

Aragog did not refute, it panted weakly, confirming what it had said. It is old and I don’t know how many winters it can survive.

They spoke loudly, and Loren and the others could hear them on the other side of the depression. The three of them were blessed with floating spells, avoiding the quagmire on the ground, and drifted to Aragog's side.

Hermione looked at Aragog, Hagrid's acromantic friend. After a long time, Hermione said in a deep voice: "I think Hagrid must have told you that you are not allowed to hurt any human beings. You are not worthy of being Hagrid's friend. You have none of his good qualities."

Aragog slumped limply in the mud, speechless, and only his weak breathing proved that he was still alive.

Ron kicked it gently: "Don't pretend to be dead, tell us the information quickly, Hagrid is still waiting to come back for Christmas!"

Aragog didn't react at all.

Harry and Ron were filled with hatred, but no matter how hard they kicked him, Aragog remained silent.

Hermione's little face fell into disgrace, and she got up and kicked him hard in anger.

The carapace of the limbs was kicked with a "bang bang" sound, and Aragog groaned twice, feeling that his brains were about to be kicked to pieces. It didn't know how many winters it could survive due to normal aging, but if the little witch continued to kick it, it would definitely not survive today.

It couldn't stand it anymore, so it said weakly: "I won't say it. For the continuation of the tribe, I hope that the basilisk will always stay in the castle."

"Why did Hagrid raise a thing like you? Even Norbert is better than you!" Harry cursed angrily.

The snowflakes kept falling, and the newly melted snow showed signs of freezing again. Loren shuddered and squatted down so that Aragog could hear his voice more clearly:

"The basilisk is much more dangerous than you Acromantulas. The unicorn community and the centaur community will not let the basilisk enter the Forbidden Forest. Dumbledore will also not leave any safety hazards to the little wizards. What does this sentence mean? You think about it yourself. Besides, if you don't say anything, the Acromantula clan will die out today." With a wave of Loren's wand, he blew up a huge tree that could only be surrounded by three people's arms.

The tree trunks fell into the snow with a dull thud.

The sound was like thunder, exploding in Aragog's mind, making him tremble all over.

Aragog was also crying in his heart... Didn't they say these were Hagrid's friends? Aren't they supposed to be kind and brave Gryffindors?

First, the little witch forced a confession with fists and kicks, beating her until she almost vomited out bile.

Then there are the wizards who threaten to exterminate the clan if they don't reveal clues. How are they kind, how do they look like Hagrid's friends, and how do they look like Gryffindors?

Loren's wand tapped lightly on Aragog's shell. Every sound of the collision between solid wood and carapace made the Acromantula's heart tremble.

"Pipe! The basilisk moves through the pipe!" Aragog squeezed out some strength from his broken body and shouted, "Although I have been staying in the basement, I noticed traces of the basilisk a few times when it passed by. .”

Harry's face showed joy and he suddenly realized: "No wonder I heard the sound of the basilisk several times but didn't find any trace of it. It has always been hidden in the water pipes in the wall!"

Loren's wand continued tapping: "Are there any other clues?"

"No, no more." Aragog argued, "I gave you the clues, let my tribe go!"

Loren was a little hesitant. To be honest, he didn't want to let go of these Acromantulas. He had little tolerance for man-eating animals, and he remembered that the Acromantula helped Voldemort in the end, but Aragog was so cooperative that it would not be good if he went back on his word.

"Leave them alone."

Accompanied by the clatter of horse hooves, two centaurs walked out of the woods, Firenze with a silver mane and Ronan with a red mane.

"Firenze! Ronan!" Harry shouted in surprise. They had met in the Forbidden Forest last year, and it was the centaurs who rescued him from Quirrell.

Yaya shook his head and followed the two centaurs, quickly rushed to Loren, and left mud marks all over his robe. The barking barks incessantly.

Loren heard it, it was the reinforcements it had moved, and it was asking for credit and praise.

Firenze walked up to a few people with a few jumps, looked at them with twitching eyes, and looked at the misery around him. His mood was very complicated.

After the huge explosion, they sped over and saw several people forcing confessions.

To be honest, magic is very powerful, especially when a young wizard of this age can cast such a powerful spell. The magic education at Hogwarts is excellent. But having said that, there seems to be something wrong with the moral education at Hogwarts, including torture with fists and feet, and threats of genocide...

Durmstrang, who is famous for his black magic, is not so outrageous...

Ronan wandered among the Acromantulas all over the ground for a while before coming over and said inscrutably: "Jupiter revealed that proper hibernation is more conducive to the prosperity of the group."

Ron whispered to his friend: "What do you mean?"

"These spiders have multiplied so unscrupulously that they have occupied the living space of many other animals. In a few years, other animals will join forces to completely exterminate these spiders. With your intervention, they will vomit out some territory, and again It can last for a few more decades," Firenze explained.

"Can't we just talk about the following content? It has to be related to the stars." Ron complained to Harry in a low voice.

No one paid any attention to his complaints.

Hermione remembered what Dumbledore had left, and asked with bright eyes, "Did Dumbledore communicate with you in advance?"

Firenze nodded: "Dumbledore left a message to our elders, saying that you may need help, and we happened to meet Yaya when we came over."

Ronan asked hesitantly: "What happened in the castle? Why did Dumbledore send you little ponies to the Forbidden Forest?"

Harry thought that the centaurs had a good relationship with Hagrid, so he told them everything about Hagrid being wrongly taken away.

"I told you once that Mars foreshadows strife..." Firenze's hooves tapped restlessly back and forth on the ground.

Ron curled his lips and muttered: "Jupiter reveals, Mars indicates... What's going on with the other stars? Did the stars say how to rescue Hagrid?"

Harry tugged on his sleeve to tell him to stop talking.

"Yes." Firenze heard it and replied seriously, "The trajectory of the sun has deviated, and the world will undergo unprecedented changes."

Loren was very sensitive to words like the sun, and he immediately asked: "What changes?"

Firenze spread his hands: "I don't know."

The four little wizards pouted their lips at the same time, wondering what you were talking about.

Loren looked around and put away his wand: "Let's go back to school to find the basilisk. If we act quickly, we can really get Hagrid back for Christmas."

There is about a week left before Christmas, so he will be more proactive and be able to hand over the task to Dumbledore in advance and have a good Christmas.

The centaurs escorted them to the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

Firenze stopped and looked in the direction of the castle from a distance: "You have to walk the rest of the way by yourself, little ponies."

Ronan walked around Harry and Ron a few times and looked at them seriously: "You raised that tin box, right? Take it back as soon as possible. It runs rampant in the Forbidden Forest and never rests at night. Always roaring. The animals get annoyed with him."

"Flying car!" Ron exclaimed in surprise, he was so happy that he couldn't speak incoherently, "It hasn't been broken apart yet... Oh, that's great..."

"Don't worry, when we finish dealing with the castle, we will definitely take the Flying Car away." Harry blushed a little. It was not a smart thing to drive the Flying Car to break the Whomping Willow.

"Remember the revelations of the stars!"

Before leaving, Loren entrusted Fang to the centaurs and told them that Hagrid would go directly to them to bring Fang back when he came back.

Gryffindor common room.

Loren, Hermione, Harry and Ron sat around the fireplace, the rising flames dispelling the chill they had brought from the forest.

"It is known that the basilisk came out of the secret room and wandered around the castle through the pipes. The location of the secret room is still unclear."

Hermione took out an empty candy box to represent the Chamber of Secrets, a licorice wand to represent the Basilisk, and placed two Bibi's Multi-flavored Beans in front of the Chamber of Secrets. "There are two people we suspect now, one is Malfoy, and the other It's Crabbe. Or maybe it's neither of them, and the heir is hidden deeper than we thought."

"In any case, we are going to enter the Slytherin common room and get some information from them. It is best to determine who is the heir or to find out the location of the secret room." Hermione analyzed carefully.

"The polyjuice potion can be finished before dinner. Everyone else in the castle has left, so it will be convenient for us to move. Besides, we also need something for the person we want to change."

She looked at Harry and Ron and spoke as lightly as if she were sending them off to the supermarket to buy laundry. "It would be best if you could get something from Crabbe and Goyle. They're Malfoy." Best friends, great for extracting information. We also need to make sure the real Crabbe and Goyle don't get in while we're interrogating Malfoy."

After telling Harry and Ron, she turned her eyes to Loren.

Loren took out two large bottles of Living Hell Decoction from his pocket. In order to help the basilisk test his eyesight, he had stored a lot of them, but Snape had enough. These two bottles were prepared by several senior potion club members. They were of high quality and had no unknown side effects.

"According to Hermione's plan, find a way to put the Living Hell Decoction into Crabbe and Goyle's food. After they are unconscious, pull out a few hairs from both of them. Then stuff them into the broom closet."

"Oh, okay, okay." Harry thought over the plan, "But Hermione, Loren, where are you two? Whose hair are you going to pull out?"

Loren shook his head: "I won't turn into anyone else. I will remain invisible and follow you to provide support to prevent accidents."

Of course he knew that there was no information that could be gained from Malfoy. But now the clues are almost clear, the sewer pipe, the bathroom, the scene of Myrtle's first murder... When Harry and Ron come back, with a little guidance, they will be able to determine the location of the secret room.

Why do you have to use polyjuice potion? Of course it’s to see Kitten Girl.

"I already have it!" Hermione said happily, taking out a small bottle from her pocket and showing a piece of hair inside, "Do you remember the dueling club activities? Millicent fought me hand to hand, and I held her down. Taken off her collar. She's gone home for Christmas and all I have to say to Malfoy is that I've decided to come back again."

"Pfft!" Loren couldn't hold it in and chuckled.

Hermione looked at Loren suspiciously: "Why are you laughing?"

"I remember happy things..."

…

After dinner, Myrtle's bathroom.

Loren and Hermione were crowded in a small single room. Hermione kept stirring the crucible, and thick black smoke came out of the crucible.

In the past, they always operated on a flat area outside, hiding the crucible in a small single room at night and taking it out again the next day. But now that Polyjuice Potion was about to be successful, Hermione was anxious and didn't want to move around. So the two of them huddled directly in the cubicle to stir the crucible.

Harry and Ron ran in from outside the bathroom and knocked gently on the door: "Loren, Hermione."

Loren and Hermione came out holding three cups of soup. The soup was as thick as syrup and was still bubbling in the tumbler.

"Did you get it?" Hermione asked.

Harry showed her, holding a few strands of hair in one hand, tugging at the laces of two large shoes with the other, and carrying Goyle's large magic robes under his arm.

But his tone was not relaxed: "Only Goyle's, Crabbe has gone somewhere."

Ron was a little uneasy when such an accident occurred: "Crabbe didn't show up during the entire dinner, and we couldn't find him."

Loren frowned, determined to stop his actions tonight.

Hermione pursed her lips: "Harry and I took Polyjuice Potion, Loren, you and Ron will become invisible and follow us. The effects of Polyjuice Potion can last for an hour."

Before Loren could think about it, Hermione had already added "Millicent's Hair" to the polyjuice potion in her hand. The tumbler made a loud noise and kept bubbling like a carbonated drink. For a few seconds, Then the reaction stopped and the decoction turned an ugly yellow color.

Hermione took a sip, and Harry followed her lead and drank the Polyjuice Potion as well. The two found a cubicle and went to change clothes.

Ron looked at the remaining liquid in the two cups of decoction with disgust and said: "Oh - the essence of Millicent Burst, the essence of Gregory Goyle, I guess they must be very unpleasant to drink."

There will be a quick burst of pain when transforming, and two people scream in pain from the compartment, but it is completed quickly.

Harry unlocked the door, stepped out of the compartment as Goyle, and said in a low, gruff voice, "How was it?"

Ron circled around him several times, jumped up and patted his shoulder: "Oh! It's exactly the same. Unbelievable, unbelievable..."

The two of them were playing tricks on the sidelines.

Loren had been waiting outside Hermione's compartment for a long time, estimated the time, knocked on the door, and tried to call in a calm tone: "Hermione, how are you? Are you okay?"

A high-pitched voice with a hint of crying answered him: "I-I really don't want to come out. You can go on your own."

Harry and Ron heard it and hurriedly gathered around: "Hermione, we know Millicent is ugly, and no one will know it's you."

"No - really not - I don't think I can go. You act quickly and don't waste time."

Harry looked at Ron with confusion on his face.

Ron laughed out loud: "Your expression is more like Goyle's. Whenever the teacher asks him a question, he always has this expression."

"Stop making trouble." Loren called to the two of them. "There must be something wrong with Hermione's transformation. I'm going to take her to the school doctor's office. Let Ron follow you with the invisibility cloak, and you go ahead and take action."

Harry and Ron looked at each other, and combined with Hermione's reaction, it seemed that this was indeed the case. Harry quickly checked himself, touched his hands and feet, and then his cheeks and facial features, and then breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that there were no missing parts.

"After this is over, we will go to the school doctor's office to find you." Harry said, and Ron nodded.

Before leaving, Loren stopped the two of them, and after thinking about it, he warned: "Safety is the first priority. If the situation is not right, make a big noise and the professors will notice."

According to his estimation from the last duel with Crabbe, Crabbe's strength should not be comparable to Harry, or even inferior to Ron. But when it comes to Voldemort, caution and security never go amiss.

In fact, the safest way is to cancel the operation directly, but as Dumbledore said, Harry has the right to face Voldemort, and he should also face Voldemort...