"But-but-"

"My sons and daughters obeyed my commands and did no harm to Hagrid. But fresh human flesh is automatically delivered to the door, and I can't stop them from enjoying it. Farewell, Hagrid's friend—"

Phoenix drew his wand and swung it sharply, and a wall of fire rose up to block the spider swarm's advance. Harry went over and pulled Ron up, and the raging fire gave him some strength to get back up on his own, at least on his own. The wall of fire continued to shoot rockets as Phoenix swung it. For a while, the two sides were at a stalemate.

"Think of a way. ”

"I'm thinking. Harry had taken out his wand, too, but none of the spells he knew worked for the occasion. This time it's the right person, if it doesn't have Phoenix, I really don't know what to do, but the situation is still not optimistic, because they can't move and can only stay in the ring of fire.

"I can't think of a way in a few minutes—" Suddenly a high-pitched voice sounded, and a dazzling light illuminated the entire recess. Mr. Weasley's car rumbled down the slope, its headlights blaring, and its horn screaming, knocking the spiders aside. With a screeching sound, the car stopped in front of them, and the doors slammed open.

"Take Ron. "Phoenix's wall of fire suddenly exploded, and flames flew everywhere. Forced a swarm of spiders to flee in all directions. As soon as he got in the car, Phoenix thought of an awkward question, he couldn't drive.

But the car didn't need him to do anything, the engine roared, they set off, and knocked down more spiders. They sped up the slope and out of the hollow. Soon, they were on a rampage through the woods. The car followed a route that it was clearly familiar with, turning left and right smartly, looking for the widest opening.

After ten minutes of noisy and bumpy galloping, the trees thinned out, and Phoenix could see small patches of the night sky again.

The car stopped, so abruptly that they almost hit the windshield due to inertia. They had come to the edge of the woods. After they got out of the car, after about a minute, Ron seemed to regain the sensation of his limbs and came down with him, but his neck was still stiff and his eyes were hooked. Harry patted the car gratefully, and it turned around and headed back into the woods, vanishing.

Harry went back to Hagrid's hut to get the Cloak of Invisibility. When Harry came out of the hut, he found Ron desperately vomiting in the pumpkin patch.

Phoenix was silent in thought, maybe I should give Harry a little bit of information, if he can find the entrance to the secret room, he will definitely find me.

"Follow the spider," Ron said weakly, wiping his mouth with his sleeve, "I will never forgive Hagrid." We survived thanks to Phoenix. ”

"I dare say he thought Aragog wouldn't hurt his friends. Harry said.

"Hagrid's problem is here!" Ron said, banging heavily on the walls of the hut, "He always thought monsters weren't as bad as people made up, and look at what happened to him! He began to tremble uncontrollably. "What's the point of sending us out there? I wonder what we've figured out?"

"Monster in the castle, I think I know what it is. But I still need to go back and read the book to make sure-"

"Are you sure?" said Harry, without waiting for him to finish.

"Almost. But we'd better go back quickly, and we'll talk about it tomorrow for an appointment. ”

They disfigured themselves in their cloaks and walked carefully through the foyer, up the marble steps, holding their breath as they walked through the sentry-lined hallway. Harry, they sent Phoenix back to the Slytherin common room. Back in the dormitory, Draco was holding on and waiting for him to come back.

"You're back. What are you going to do?" Draco raised his hands as if he had been pardoned.

"Investigate the monsters in the secret room, are you interested in knowing?" said Phoenix, teasing as he changed into his nightgown.

"Of course, say it quickly. Draco swept away his previous sleepiness.

"The monster in the secret room, it should be a basilisk. An ancient creature," Draco had apparently never heard of this animal, "don't tell anyone about Draco." ”

"Don't sleep, I'm talking to me. Phoenix ignored it and went to bed.

In the first Transfiguration class in the morning, an incident occurred that made everyone forget about the Chamber of Secrets for the first time in weeks. Professor McGonagall walked into the classroom and told them that the exam would be held on June 1, just a week away.

"Exams?" Seamus Finigan screamed, "We still have exams?"

There was a loud thud, and Neville Longbottom's wand slipped from his hand, causing one of the legs of the desk to suddenly disappear. Professor McGonagall flicked her own wand and put the table leg back on, then she turned and frowned at Seamus.

"In this extraordinary situation, schools are still not closed, and the purpose is to educate you. "Therefore, the exam is still going on as usual, and I'm sure you'll all review it carefully." ”

This is already the case in the castle, and there are still exams. The class began to talk about it, and there was a rush of chatter in the classroom, which made Professor McGonagall's brow furrow even tighter and her face more gloomy.

"Professor Dumbledore's instructions are to keep the school running as smoothly as possible. "That means looking at how much you've learned this year." ”

There are only three days left before their first exam. At breakfast, Professor McGonagall made another announcement.

"I have good news for you. Far from becoming quiet, she said, the auditorium was noisy.

"Dumbledore is coming back!" A few people shouted with joy.

"You've captured the heir of Slytherin!" A girl at the Ravenclaw table shouted in a shrill voice.

"Quidditch is back!" Wood exclaimed excitedly.

When the noise had subsided, Professor McGonagall said, "Professor Sprout told me that the mandrake was finally ready to be harvested. Tonight, we can bring back to life those petrified people. I need not point out to you that one of them may have told us who or something had attacked them. It is my sincere hope that this terrible year will end with us catching the murderers. ”

Everyone erupted in cheers. The Slytherins, also led by Phoenix, were a little more interesting.

Harry left the Phoenix method and handed him a sheepskin from under the table with a hover charm. "In the afternoon, on the second floor, the girls' bathroom met. "It's crazy.

At this time, I still want to go to the women's bathroom to play hooligan. No, no, that's not right, there must be something in that bathroom that would let him go, but he really can't think of anything special except for the girls. It wasn't that the bathroom was unused, and it was a good place to discuss secret issues.

In the afternoon, he decided to visit the petrified Hermione in the school hospital first, and it would be good to have a dean who favored his own college.

Phoenix arrives at the infirmary and asks to see Hermione. Madame Pomferet pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and agreed to his request.

"Talking to a petrified person is a total waste. Reluctantly, she placed a chair next to Hermione's bed.