Chapter 41: The Living Point Map
Threatened by Hermione, Harry wanted to sneak in to Vio and walk with her to Hogsmeade from the tunnel where she and Xiao Luo had gone to buy goods, but Hermione kept watching him in the Gryffindor common room, and sent Crookshank to watch him, and the ginger cat followed him all day. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
As soon as he was about to go in the direction of the Slytherin basement or the Slytherin table, he immediately exploded all over his body and gained weight.
Harry finally felt the pain of being chased by Crookshank.
He was indignant at this, and in order to distract himself from going down the tunnels again, he borrowed a copy of "Sorting Broomsticks" from Wood to read, and decided to spend the day learning about the different styles of broomsticks.
He rode one of the school's broomsticks, an old shooting star, slow and dangling, during the team's practice, and he definitely needed a new one.
On the Saturday morning when everyone went to Hogsmeade, Harry and Vio said goodbye to Ron and Hermione in cloaks and scarves, and then Harry walked up the marble staircase back to Gryffindor Tower for no other reason, Vio said that she hadn't slept well and needed to catch up on sleep.
Harry was frustrated.
Snowflakes were falling outside the window and the castle was very quiet.
"Oh, Harry!" Harry turned halfway down the hallway on the fourth floor to see Fred and George peeking at him from behind a one-eyed, hunchbacked witch statue.
"Are you there?" asked Harry, curiously, "why didn't you go to Hogsmeade?"
"We're here to give you a little festive spirit before we go. Fred said, blinking mysteriously, "Come here," he nodded to an empty classroom to the left of the one-eyed statue, and Harry followed Fred and George inside. George closed the door slightly, then turned around, smiling and looking at Harry.
"I've got you Christmas presents early, Harry. He said.
With a wave of his hand, Fred pulled something out of his cloak and placed it on an empty table. It was a big, square, very old piece of parchment, and nothing was written on it. Harry thought it was another Fred and George joke and glared at it.
"What do you say this is?"
"Well, Harry, it's the secret of our success. George said, patting the parchment affectionately.
"It's a bit reluctant to give it to you," said Fred, "but last night we decided you needed it more than we did." ”
"Anyway, we've memorized its contents. George said, "We're giving it to you." We don't need it anymore. ”
"What do I want such a little worn-out piece of parchment?" asked Harry.
"A little tattered piece of parchment!" Fred said, closing his eyes and grimacing, as if Harry had underestimated him. "Explain, George. ”
"Well, when we were in first year, we were as young, carefree, and naïve as Harry......"
Harry snorted. He wondered if Fred and George had ever been naïve.
"Well, more naïve than we are now, we're in a little trouble with Filch. ”
"We put a big bomb in the hallway, and for some reason this bomb frustrated him......"
"So he pulled us into his office and started using the usual ......"
"Confinement ......"
"Pull our intestines out......"
And we couldn't help but notice his filing cabinet drawer, one of which read: confiscation of supplies, high danger. ”
"Don't tell me......," Harry said, laughing.
"Well, what would you do?" said Fred, "and George threw another big dung bomb to distract him. I quickly pulled open the drawer and grabbed this one. ”
"It's not as bad as it sounds, you know," said George, "and we don't think Filch ever figured out how to use this parchment." But he probably guessed what it was, or he wouldn't have confiscated it. ”
"Do you know how to use it?"
"Oh, yes," said Fred with a smirk, "this little pretty thing has taught us more than the whole school has taught." ”
"You're lying to me. Harry said, looking at the tattered piece of parchment.
"Oh, did we lie to you?" said George. He took out his wand, touched the parchment lightly, and said, "I solemnly swear that I have done nothing good. ”
Thin lines of ink, like spider webs, immediately began to appear from where the wand had just touched. The lines converge and intersect each other, extending to every corner of this parchment.
Then the writing began to appear above the parchment, in large, curved green letters.
Here they are: Moonface, Wormtail, Bigfoot, and Pointed Fork, suppliers of auxiliaries to the Magical Pranksters, are proud to present a map of the Living Spots, which depicts all the details of Hogwarts Castle and its grounds.
However, the really noteworthy thing is the tiny ink dots that move along the map, each with a name in tiny letters.
Harry was surprised, and he leaned over to take a closer look. A small ink dot in the upper left corner shows Professor Dumbledore pacing his study, Filch's cat, Lady Loris, wandering the third floor, and Peeves, the pestering ghost, hopping around the prize room.
Harry's eyes swept up and down the hallways he knew. At this time, he noticed something again.
The map shows a series of passages that he had never entered before.
Many of these passages seem to lead to ......
"It leads to Hogsmeade," Fred said, pointing his finger along a passageway, "and there are seven." Well, Filch knows these four ......"
He pointed out the four points one by one, "but surely we are the only ones who know them." Don't bother with the one behind the mirror on the fifth floor, we used it until last winter, but it collapsed and was completely clogged.
We don't think anyone has ever walked this one, because the beating willow is planted right at its entrance.
But this leads all the way to the cellar of the Duke of Honey, which we have walked many times.
As you may have noticed, the entrance is right below this room, through the hunchback of the one-eyed old woman. It was amazing and we took it as a treat."
"Fred!" warned George.
"Oh, and as our own discovery put a super big pillow in it. Fred said.
Harry was sure he had changed his tune, but he wasn't curious about what Fred hadn't said, after all, the secret passages themselves were more attractive to him. (To be continued.) )