Without a doubt, this should be the worst night since the start of school.

In addition to the fifty points demerit for each person, Harry, Ron, and Hermione will also be locked up once.

That's fine, but if you lose one hundred and fifty points at once, Gryffindor will fall into last place. In just one night, they destroyed all of Gryffindor's hopes of winning the House Cup.

That night, four people couldn't sleep.

Although Neville didn't have a share of the deductions, he still blamed himself, because if he was there at the time, he would have ......

However, there was no interest, and even as Ron put it:

"If you had been there at the time, it would have been two hundred, and Percy would have killed us, and now it's only one hundred and fifty, and he's beaten us half to death at most......"

After all, there are some things that can't be solved by brute force, and Neville doesn't like this kind of thing the most. But to put it another way, it's just that his strength isn't enough, if he can blow Hogwarts Castle out with one punch......

Well, then he might be going to Azkaban.

However, Harry's affairs will be erased.

"Hey, Harry, are you asleep?" Ron said suddenly, looking at the ceiling with his eyes open.

"How can you sleep. ”

Harry could only smile bitterly, he wasn't Hagrid, how could he be so nervous as to be so serious.

This night is destined to be sleepless.

Whether you regret it or are indignant, a new day has finally arrived.

On this day, when the Gryffindor students passed by the huge hourglass that recorded the score of the House Cup, they thought something was wrong, how could they suddenly be one hundred and fifty points less than yesterday?

Then the news slowly spread: Harry Potter, the famous Harry Potter, the hero of two Quidditch matches, had caused them to lose so many points, and he and two other stupid first-year students!

Hermione's eyes were red, and it looked like she must have been crying for a long time last night, while Harry and Ron's eyes were black, and they hadn't slept all night, and their eyes were bloodshot.

Only Neville, as usual, still went to his morning workout as usual this morning, probably because he didn't get deducted points and didn't have that much pressure. In a sense, he's a lucky guy.

"After a few weeks, they'll forget about it completely. Fred and George have been losing points since they started school, and people still love them. ”

After this night, Ron seemed to figure it out, and although he hadn't recovered as much as he had been, he was much better than Harry and Hermione, and he even had the strength to convince Harry and Hermione now.

"But they've never dropped a hundred and fifty points at once, have they?"

Harry said sadly, one hundred and fifty points, and God knows how hard it took the whole of Gryffindor to earn one hundred and fifty points.

"Well, not really. Ron admitted.

The loss had been done, and it was too late to regret it, and Harry swore to himself that from now on, he would never meddle again, never sneak around and spy on anything.

Hermione no longer showed her head in class, always keeping her head down, studying silently, but raising her hand to answer questions less and less.

Everyone was having a hard time, even Neville, who didn't seem to be affected at all.

In Neville's letters to Mrs. Longbottom, he vented all his distress, his struggles, his sorrows, and so on.

“...... I don't know what to do, I want to help them, maybe I should be with them that night, at least then I'll feel better......"

“...... I don't understand the same thing, why Malfoy was only deducted twenty points and they were deducted fifty points, could it be that Malfoy was more popular with Professor McGonagall than Harry?......"

He didn't tell Harry about this, because Harry was already troubled enough, negative energy meets negative energy, how can it be so simple to want negative and negative to be positive.

In this way, the foursome who had been active before now put all their energy into revision because it would make them forget their troubles for a while.

Neville, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were completely separated, each working on their own work, following the review plan that Hermione had helped to make before, reviewing late into the night every day, trying to memorize the complex potion recipes, the spells and spells, and the dates of the invention of the magic and the fairy rebellion......

Time passed slowly until a week before the exam.

"You're going to be confined tonight?"

"Well, starting at eleven o'clock tonight, Professor McGonagall told us to go to Filch. ”

Neville bit his lip, his eyebrows almost squeezed together, and it was clear that he was making a tough decision. After a long time, his eyebrows were released, and the innocent smile reappeared on his face.

"I'll go with you. He said calmly.

Harry was stunned for a moment and said, "What did you say?"

"I'll be with you tonight. ”

Neville wasn't speaking fast, so Harry could hear it clearly, but because of that, he was even more puzzled.

"Remember the Cloak of Invisibility?" continued Neville, "I'll be with you in the Cloak of Invisibility. ”

"But......" Harry dragged on for a long time, and finally squeezed out a word like toothpaste, "Why?"

"Because we're friends. Neville looked like he took it for granted, he took out a small notebook, flipped through it a few times, and said, "I've thought about it for a while, and many times before, every time I wasn't there, you would have problems, so I think it's better for us to act together in the future." ”

Harry thought for a moment, as if Neville had a point, it was true that every time Neville wasn't there, there would be a lot of problems with what they were doing, and when Neville was there, there was no danger.

It's just that, although Neville clearly meant well, why did his words sound so infuriating?

You're still touching me!

What do you mean by "every time I'm not there, you're going to have a problem"?

It's as if even if we don't help, your Transfiguration and Potions won't explode!

If you do this again, the boat of friendship will capsize!

Tempted to say something to retort, Harry finally nodded his head in agreement. After all, after all, when I went to Filch to accept the punishment of confinement, I didn't say anything, but I was still quite scared in my heart.

Harry and Neville didn't talk about the Philosopher's Stone, this thing made them a big hole, and they couldn't fall into the same pit twice!

That night, the three of them went downstairs with Neville in the Cloak of Invisibility and made their way to the foyer. Filch had been waiting here for a long time, and Malfoy, and Harry had a hint of joy when they saw it.

"Follow me. ”

Filch said, lighting a lamp and leading them out.

"I think you're going to have to think twice about breaking the school rules in the future, aren't you, huh?"

He squinted at them, describing the torture instruments in his office in a very eerie tone, and it was obvious that the freshmen were nervous and scared, and Filch was very happy.

The moonlight was bright, but clouds kept drifting over and obscuring the moon, plunging them into darkness.

Neville kept some distance from Harry, falling behind, striding after them through the pitch-black field.

Harry didn't know what punishment they would receive, but it must have been terrible, otherwise Filch wouldn't have been so cheerful.

The development of events confirmed Harry's suspicions, and this was indeed a terrible punishment, as they were going to the Forbidden Forest, which, according to Malfoy, was extremely dangerous because of the werewolves.

But the good news is not without it, for example, this time it is Hagrid who leads the team, for example, there is a very capable Neville behind him, even if it is a werewolf, it should be no problem, probably.

Harry didn't see Neville in the Cloak of Invisibility, and therefore didn't see Neville's expression—

It wasn't a light-hearted expression.