Chapter 22: The Screaming Ghost in the Shack

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"What are you two doing here?" Snape said, pausing to take turns looking at the two men. "It's weird enough to meet here—"

Much to Harry's alarm, Snape's dark eyes looked down the hallway on either side of them, and then his gaze fell on the one-eyed witch.

"We're not—meeting here," said Harry, "we're just—meeting right here." ”

"Really?" Snape said, "You're used to being in places people don't expect, Potter, you seldom come here for no reason, and I'll make you go back to Gryffindor House, where you should be." ”

Harry and Neville left without saying anything more. They turned the corner, and Harry looked behind him, where Snape was stroking the one-eyed witch's head with one hand, examining it carefully.

Harry managed to get rid of Naville by telling him the password to the Fat Lady, and then pretended to leave the paper on vampires in the library and folded it back. As soon as he stepped out of the security guard's gnome sight, he pulled out the map again, and put it close to his nose to look at it.

There seemed to be no one in the hallway on the fourth floor. Harry looked at the map carefully, and was relieved to see that the dot marked "Severus Snape" was now back in his office.

He ran as fast as he could to the One-Eyed Witch, opened her hunchback, climbed in, slid to the bottom, and found the bag at the stone ramp. He brought the map back to a blank canvas and trotted all the way.

Harry was completely hidden under the Cloak of Invisibility, and in the sunlight outside Duke Honey's shop, he saw Ron poking his head out of the crowd. He stepped forward and touched Ron's back.

"It's me. He whispered.

"Why are you late?" Ron asked in a low voice.

"Snape is hanging out there"

They went out into the streets.

"Where are you?" Ron kept asking from the corners of his mouth, "Are you still there?" ”

They went to the post office. Ron pretended to be looking at how much it would cost to send an owl to Egypt to give Harry time to look around. The owls sat there, whispering at him, and there were at least three hundred owls there, ranging from the Great Greyhawk to the Little Bard Owl ("Local Delivery Only"), the little bards small enough to sit in the palm of Harry's hand.

Then they went to Jokowi, which was packed with students, and Harry had to be very careful not to step on anyone so as not to cause panic. There was material for jokes and tricks, and even Fred and George's wildest dreams could be fulfilled. Harry whispered instructions to Ron and handed him some gold from under the Cloak of Invisibility. When they left Jokowi, their wallets were much lighter than when they entered the store, but their pockets were stuffed with dung bombs, burp candy, frog egg soap, and a nose-biting teacup each.

The weather was fine and breezy and neither of them wanted to stay indoors, so they walked through three broomsticks and up a slope to the Screaming Shack, the most haunted abode in Britain. It sits a little higher than the other houses in the village, the windows are nailed to the boards, and the garden is damp and overgrown with weeds.

"Even the ghosts of Hogwarts don't come here. Ron said, leaning against the fence and looking up at the haunted house. "I asked Nick, who was almost headless, and he said there was a very rough group of people living here. No one was able to get in. Fred and George apparently tried, but all the entrances were sealed. ”

Harry was about to take off his cloak for a few minutes as he was feeling hot from the climb, when they heard a nearby voice: someone was crawling towards the haunted house on the other side of the hill.

It was Silver and Hermione, and they were talking.

"You ask Hagrid what will happen to the winged Buckbeak of the Hippogriff? Hagrid will be fine, Malfoy is injured this time, and he is also at fault - he shouldn't have provoked an aggressive magical creature like that. So this can only be regarded as a teaching accident. Not to mention the protection of Professor Dumbledore. Hagrid wouldn't be implicated. But the eagle-headed horse had wings, and it couldn't escape. ”

Hermione said a little strangely, "Are you so sure that Buckbeak will be sentenced to death?" I've seen a lot of related cases, and as long as there is a good defender, the Hippogriff will probably be fine. ”

Silver laughed. "Do you think Malfoy and his parents will give up? Lucius Malfoy will be present at this hearing in person. I've heard he's already said hello to the judges. With Hagrid's level of defense, Buckbeak had no chance of escaping. ”

Silver suddenly saw Ron.

"Ron, what are you doing standing there alone?"

Silver looked at the strange way Ron leaned forward and grabbed something with his hand, and couldn't help asking, "Ron, you are moving so strangely, do you need any help?"

Ron Qiang laughed a few times: "Haha, I recently read in a book that this kind of movement can exercise the body, but because it is more weird, I went to this ghost place where no one is there to practice." ”

Silver looked around Ron with a strange look. "Okay, Ron, then you can continue to work out here. ”

"Harry, what do you want to do!" Ron smiled stiffly, grappling harry.

"Let go, Ron. Let me teach him a lesson!" Harry struggled to break free of Ron's grasp.

"Harry, are you crazy? you're no match for him!"

"I have the Cloak of Invisibility, he can't see me!"

"Harry, the Cloak of Invisibility won't help you defeat the other wizards!"

Silver, who was walking away, suddenly turned back and smiled strangely at Ron. "Look Ron, you're sweaty, maybe need a little breeze. ”

He pulled out his wand and waved it casually.

A strong scrape came at Ron and Harry. Harry felt like a large strong hand was tugging at his cloak, but before he could withdraw his hand to hold it, the cloak slipped off Harry's face.

"Ahh It was Malfoy, who, along with Crabbe and Goyle, had just crossed the hill and had seen this horrific sight—a man floating empty in the air.

Hemin sensed that something was wrong and looked back. Silver covered her eyes with his hands.

"It's fine, it's just Potter's head. We'll have to hurry back and maybe have a drink at the Three Broomsticks Bar. ”

"Jack, let go of your hand, I can't see the way......"

By this time Malfoy had turned and ran down the hill, Crabbe and Goyle following him. Harry pulled on the Cloak of Invisibility again, but the disaster had already fallen.

"Harry!" Ron said, stumbling forward, looking hopelessly at where Harry had just been, "Run, if they sue anyone...... Hurry back to the castle, quick!"

"Goodbye. Harry said. Without saying a word, he ran in the direction of Hogsmeade Village.

How could Silver see through the Cloak of Invisibility?Would Malfoy believe that he did see Harry?Would anyone believe Malfoy?No one knew about the Cloak of Invisibility - except Dumbledore. Harry's stomach churned - Dumbledore would know exactly what was going on. As long as Malfoy says it. Back at Duke Honey's shop, walking up the steps of the cellar, over the stone floor, through the floor door, Harry took off his invisibility cloak, tucked it under his armpit, and ran desperately along the passageway, Malfoy would go back first, how long would it take him to find a teacher? Harry gasped and tingled in both sides, but he didn't slow down and ran all the way to the stone ramp. He preferred to leave the Cloak of Invisibility there, and it would be a shame if Malfoy leaked the news to which teacher and the Cloak was confiscated. Harry hid his cloak of invisibility in a dark corner, and began to climb up as fast as he could, his sweaty hands sliding over the edge of the stone. He got inside the witch's hunchback, tapped his wand and stuck out his head, and then the whole man came out of there, and the hunchback closed again. Harry had barely jumped out from behind the statue when he heard Xun's approaching footsteps.