Chapter 94: Through the Trapdoor (1)
There was a faint sound of wind in the distance, and Harry and Ron shivered nervously as they shrank their bodies harder into the shadows of the wall.
They had only waited a few minutes, but it felt like they had been waiting for a century, and it seemed like every second, a wild Peeves would pounce on them from the wall.
"You're slow!" When they were delighted to hear footsteps on the other side of the empty hallway, Harry finally let out a long breath, and the two of them hurried to meet them. "You don't know how hard it is to stay here, especially since there was movement in the hallway, and we thought it was Filch! Huh? Hermione...... Why didn't you come here without an invisibility cloak, Brandi? ”
He looked at Hermione suspiciously, she had just hurried in from the entrance of the restricted area alone, and there was still a deep worry on her face.
"We saw Quirrell when we came down, Brandi and they decided to delay a moment, we better hurry!" She finished her words in one breath, and dragged the two of them to the door.
"What, Quirrell?!" Harry quickly shook Hermione's hand away, "Are you kidding!" It's Snape that we're trying to stop! ”
"So we got it all wrong in the first place, didn't we?"
Hermione's tone was agitated, and she said impatiently.
Harry and Ron's eyes widened in surprise.
"We just heard at the top of the staircase, Professor Quirrell alone in the hallway on the third floor, talking to himself! There's something unseen talking to him, and he's also mentioning the master and the Philosopher's Stone! You'll never forget what Brandi said about what happened in the Forbidden Forest! ”
Ron held his breath.
"You mean? The mystery man is hidden in Quirrell's body? He muttered, "This can't be! It was Snape who was casting a curse on Harry on the Quidditch pitch at the time—"
"And Quirrell," Hermione angrily pulled out her wand and pointed to the lock on the door, "Before Snape's robe caught fire, Brandi knocked Quirrell to the ground, and he was staring at Harry at that time, so Harry's broom behaved so strangely!" Otherwise, do you think that with Snape's mana, you can't control a broomstick? ”
"Ahora Cave Open!"
The door lock erupted with a burst of blue light and slowly opened.
"Listen, you two...... Whoever wants the Philosopher's Stone, we must get it as soon as possible! Brandi and Parvati are dangerous right now, they're confronting the mystery man! Hermione turned around and said menacingly. This is your last chance, and it's too late to give up, just in time for us to inform the professor, anyone. ”
Harry was stunned, hadn't she been trying to persuade them not to take risks in the afternoon, but now she was the most resolute...... I really don't know what happened to them, how she changed so quickly.
Of course, this doesn't seem like a bad thing.
"Don't be stupid, Hermione......" Harry said. Aren't we all in this together? ”
He reached out and pressed his hand against the door.
"Ron, are you ready......
"Huh? What the? Ron was still staring at the door when he suddenly came to his senses. Oh, Merlin is on top, wait, I need to recall the lyrics! Hey! Don't do that, Harry! ”
Harry pushed the door open. "Lu Weike can't understand the lyrics, idiot!"
The three-headed dog, which was as large as a hill, squeaked open the wooden door, and completely met their eyes. It seemed to have been waiting for them behind the door for a long time, and as soon as the door opened, the three heads quickly pounced, and the foul breath blew on the three of them like a wind through the hall.
"Ron! Come on! Harry yelled.
"I can't remember which song is better!"
"GodTM has to pick up the dog singing!"
Just as the doghead was about to pounce on the three of them, Ron finally began to sing—a song that Hermione and Harry had never heard before, presumably pop music in the wizarding world. The truth he sings is not very good, and there are only a few short back-and-forths, but these are not the point, the point is that the song always sounds a little weird, which will make people want to pity him, but also want to stay away from him.
But the song worked really well for Lu Wei, as soon as he sang the first line, the big dog's eyes began to droop down, and the three hideous heads retracted back, and involuntarily beat in the air with Ron's humming. By the time Ron had sung the song over and over for the third time, the big dog had stopped whimpering—its head staggered down, its massive body toppling to the side.
With a pop, it fell limply on the floor and fell into a deep sleep.
Meanwhile, Harry and Hermione, who had unwittingly moved more than five yards away from Ron, could finally get moving, tiptoeing towards the trapdoor. Lu Wei's snort blew over and down, and they seemed to be standing next to the outdoor unit of a central air conditioner, and the fishy smell made them a little sick.
"He's singing about something, 'shock' and 'miracle' - why does it sound so awkward. Also, What is green light? Clam Wada's Life Continuation Curse! They cautiously tiptoed past the three-headed dog, Hermione whispered in a strange voice.
"Don't ask me, we have to open the door quickly and let him sing for a while, I guess I'm going to have embarrassing cancer."
Harry struggled over the big dog's lap to the trapdoor. Pull the tab on the top of the trapdoor.
The door opened suddenly.
"Hmm...... You come first? Harry waved behind him, motioning for Ron to follow.
Hermione raised an eyebrow and blinked innocently.
Forehead...... Well, how can this kind of thing make a girl head start. Harry shrugged.
He looked inside, and it was pitch black, and he couldn't see how deep it was, and there didn't look like there were any ladders or anything like that. So he said to the people around him.
"In that case, then I'll go down first. Listen, you two, if I don't respond in a while, you guys should get out of here! Find McGonagall, find Flitwick, even Snape - if he's really not the guy we're fighting tonight! Ron, you keep singing! But don't stop. ”
He saw them nodding, so he took a deep breath and jumped into the hole.
The cold and humid air whirred in his ears, and his mind went blank, but only for a few seconds—plop! He landed on top of a layer of softness, so elastic that he didn't feel hurt anywhere. It was only after his eyes barely adjusted to the light that he was surprised to find that he was sitting on some kind of thick-leaved plant.
"Hey! Hermione, no problem, you can come down! ”
He shouted at the hole, quickly moving away to prevent Hermione from falling directly on top of him.
The strange singing voice above changed to Hermione singing Christmas songs. Harry looked up, his eyes darkened, and Ron fell from it in a twisted position with perfect difficulty.
"Oh, I think I've taken a bite of this......" he pulled his head out of the ground and shook his vertigo head. The smell reminds me of the rotten lettuce my mom forgot in the cupboard for half a month. ”
"Get out of the way, and Hermione." He pulled Ron aside, and then he heard the whizz of the air rubbing, and then Hermione landed lightly and fell to the other side. Overhead, Lou Wei barked angrily.
"Luck, isn't it?" Ron grinned, "We just fell a few dozen feet away!" ”
"This thing is probably specially laid here as a buffer." Harry touched something soft on the ground, and it felt like he was touching a piece of tough rubber...... "By the way, Ron, what song did you just sing......"
"How? I'm singing it well! Ron smirked, "This is the famous work 'Green Light' of the bankrupt sisters, and the newspaper said that it seems to have been created after the two of them had some minor troubles in their families...... But I don't know why, every time I hum this song at home, my mother will be hung up and hammered, probably because my mother is jealous of my beautiful singing voice - hey, Harry, why are you so far away from me? ”
While they were still talking, Hermione, who was caught off guard, suddenly jumped to her feet, and she began to run desperately towards the rock wall behind her, stepping on a protruding rock. "You two run! There seems to be something wrong with this plant! ”
"Moved? Why don't we feel it, Hermione, you're having fun-! Ron let out a foul mouth, and he began to move his legs desperately. The plant's leaves suddenly became soft as a swamp, and began to drag him and Harry down slowly!
"What the hell is this! Wasn't it okay just now! Harry struggled desperately, but he and Ron were half-sitting on it, the lower half of their bodies stuck to the blades, and the more they struggled, the faster they seemed to sink!
"Fluorescent flicker!" Hermione's fluorescent spell illuminated the space, and she finally saw what was beneath her—what looked like a huge mushroom—mushroom? They're trapped on the mushroom's cap!
"Don't move! Don't move again! Hermione screamed, "I think I've seen this in the library - it's a gluttonous mushroom!" It's going to drag you into your body and eat you! ”
"Excellent! And then what! Ron panted, he just wanted to use his hands to support his body, but in his despair he found that he couldn't even pull out his hands. You should at least tell us what to do! ”
"Shut your mouth first! Ron! This stuff is not in the scope of first-grade knowledge at all! I've been thinking about it for a long time! Hermione bit her nails in a panic. Damn, I just looked at it, and I didn't even notice if there was any restraint! ”
"What! Oh my God, Hermione, you might as well be Neville! At least he can help! Harry was almost wrapped in that thing to his chest, and he couldn't even breathe.
"I can't be good at everything! Gluttony Mushrooms - Mushrooms - Oh my God! This thing is a big mushroom! Hermione said loudly, wringing her hands anxiously. We might just burn it to death! ”
"Then you should hurry up and do it!" Ron yelled.