08. Curse

It was already approaching the direction of a small bridge.

And just then, the weather is getting worse and worse.

By the time Harry, Sherlock and the others arrived, the wind was blowing even harder, and they could hear the sound of the wind blowing, the whistling sound.

The two girls could be heard arguing, and Katie Bell and her friend's voices were getting louder and sharper.

Harry narrowed his eyes at their blurred figures.

The two girls are arguing over what Katie is holding in her hand.

"It's none of your business, Linee!" Harry heard Katie speak.

They took a turn in the path, and the rain and snow fell more densely and more rapidly, blurring Harry's glasses.

He wiped the lenses with his gloved hands, and Sherlock snapped his fingers, and the fine rain and snow began to bypass the men so that their clothes would not get wet. At that moment, Linee suddenly reached out and snatched the bag from Katie's hand.

Katie tugged back, and the bag fell to the ground.

All of a sudden, Katie rose into the air, not ridiculously hooked upside down by her neck like Ron had been hit by an upside-down golden hook in the morning, her posture was very graceful, her arms stretched out, as if she were about to fly.

However, there was something strange about her, something was wrong...... Her hair was fluttering in the fierce wind, but her eyes were closed and there was no expression on her face.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Linee all stopped and stared at her.

Asinsha frowned and couldn't help but say, "There's a problem, it's kind of like some kind of curse of the dark arts." ”

Dandeni and Kirkla stopped Lini and asked her, "Who was screaming just now?" ”

And Lini cried out in fear, was the two of them arguing so loudly just now? Even the parties were unaware.

Then, six feet above the ground, Katie let out a terrifying scream.

Her eyes snapped open, and what she could see or feel was clearly causing her terrible pain.

She screamed one after another.

Lini screamed as she grabbed Katie by the neck, desperately trying to drag her back to the ground.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione rushed to help.

Unfortunately, it didn't work, Harry only felt like something was pulling Katie's body up, and they were pulling down, and Harry was really worried about whether such an action would directly pull Katie in half.

"Stay away, spell dispelled!" Sherlock pulled out his wand and waved it casually.

Katie's body fell on them at once.

Harry and Ron managed to hold her, but she squirmed so hard that they couldn't control her.

So, they put her on the ground.

She writhed violently, screaming loudly, apparently unrecognizable to any of them.

"It's still not getting better, Mr. Sherlock?" Harry looked at Katie and called out for help to Sherlock.

Sherlock walked over and used the spell to dispel it again, the effect of this spell is to dispel the effect of some spells, for example, curses or some spells attached to objects can be dispelled by Sherlock's spell, like pencil words written on paper, then this spell is like an eraser.

And even if Sherlock used it again, Katie was still screaming and her body was twisted.

"Xiling meditate!" Sherlock frowned, and with the spell again, Katie began to settle down.

"What's going on?" Hermione asked curiously, if she didn't believe Sherlock would miss just now.

"Black magic, an evil curse of black magic, I expelled that curse just now, but the damage caused by the curse to Katie is irreversible, her screaming and resistance just now are instinctive, and her mind has been hurt." Sherlock explained.

Hermione nodded, "That's why the calming spell of Siling's meditation will work." ”

Sherlock shook his head, "It's only temporary, it can't last for a long time, if Katie wants to fully recover, it will take a long time to recuperate, but fortunately, the curse just now was expelled early, if it takes time, Katie will be tortured to death by the curse." ”

The wizards around all gasped, obviously Hogwarts is now the safest place in the wizarding world, but I didn't expect this to happen.

"We're going to send her back to school first, and I'm going to find someone to help." Harry stood up and said that he had to at least go and inform Mrs. Pang Lei of the school in advance, after all, the other party was the school doctor.

Hallissa ran in the direction of the school.

He'd never seen anyone like Katie before, and he couldn't figure out what it was all about.

He made a quick turn around a corner, only to collide with a behemoth that looked like a big bear standing on its hind legs.

"Hagrid!" Harry fell into a hedge, gasping for breath and screaming as he struggled to get out.

Harry! Hagrid said, his eyebrows and beard stained with rain and snow, and his huge, scruffy beaver fur coat "I went to see Glopp, he's improving so fast, you ......"

"Hagrid, there's someone injured over there, maybe they've been under a spell or something......"

"What?" Hagrid leaned down to listen to Harry, the sound of the wind too loud.

"Someone's under a spell!" Harry shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Under a spell? Who fell under the spell...... Not Ron? Hermione? ”

"No, it's not them, it's Katie Bell...... Over here......"

Together, they ran back down the path, and Katie floated in the air, supported by Sherlock's magic, like a balloon floating in mid-air.

Lupo looked at Harry, "So you went out and took Professor Hagrid over?" ”

"I ......" Harry was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that the most important person to invite should be Mrs. Pomley, not Hagrid, who planned to go back again, but was stopped by Sherlock, "If you have this time, you might as well send Katie back." ”

"What a poor girl." Hagrid looked at Katie with some heartache, he really didn't want to see anyone hurt in this school,

"Something happened to her!" Leni cried and said, "I don't know how......"

Hermione hurried over to Katie's crying friend and put her arm around her.

"You're Linee, aren't you?"

The girl nodded.

"Did this happen suddenly, or did it?"

"As soon as that package was torn open, something happened." Lini twitched, pointing to the soaked brown paper bag on the ground.

The paper bag cracked, and something inside glowed green.

Ron bent down and reached out for his hand, only to be stopped by a loud shout from Sherlock.

"Don't touch it!"

With a wave of his wand, Sherlock exploded.

Everyone saw an ornate opal necklace peeking out of the paper bag.

"I've seen it before." Harry stared at the thing and said, "It was displayed in the Burkinbock store a long time ago, and the logo says it has a spell, and Katie must have touched it." ”

He looked up at Lini, who was shaking uncontrollably, "How did Katie get this thing?" ”

"Well, we were arguing about this, and when she came out of the toilet with three brooms, she held it in her hand, saying that it was a gift for someone at Hogwarts, and that she was passing it on, and she spoke with a strange expression...... Oh, no, oh, no, she must have been under the Imperius Curse, I didn't realize it at the time! ”

Linee was shaking from crying again, and Hermione gently patted her on the shoulder.

"Didn't she say who gave it to her, Lini?"

"No...... She wouldn't tell me...... I told her that she was dizzy and that she must not take this thing to school, but she just wouldn't listen, and then ...... Then I wanted to snatch something out of her hand...... Afterward...... Later......" Lini let out a desperate scream.

"We'd better get back to school as soon as possible." Hermione still put her arms around Linee and said, "That way you can figure out how she's doing, let's go......"

Sherlock snapped his fingers, and the necklace floated up, and on the way back, in order to avoid being discovered by others and causing unnecessary panic, Sherlock also released a group stealth spell.

Hide Katie, who was floating in mid-air.

That way, they wouldn't be spotted unconscious Katie as they walked back.

"Professor McGonagall!" A sharp-eyed Ron saw Professor McGonagall.

Harry looked up, and sure enough, Professor McGonagall had hurried down the stone steps to meet them, braving the rain and snow that was swirling in the wind.

But Professor McGonagall had met them by chance.

"Professor McGonagall, wait a minute......" Sherlock called out to Professor McGonagall, and then quietly released a small part of the Concealment Charm in the other party's puzzled eyes, allowing McGonagall to see Katie floating in mid-air, and then quickly hid Katie.

"Oh my God, what's going on?" McGonagall covered her mouth in surprise.

"Let's go to Professor McGonagall's office first." Sherlock said, and then they all went to Professor McGonagall's office.

He undid the Concealment Charm on Katie and let her lie gently on the office floor, snapping his fingers as the opal necklace floated in front of McGonagall.

"Falling under some kind of evil curse of black magic, it is very dangerous and even easy to die, and the damage to the body and mind is particularly great, and Katie needs to recuperate." Sherlock continued, "That's the thing that Katie touched. ”

"Oh my God! Take this to Professor Snape! McGonagall tried to touch it, but remembered Sherlock's warning, and began to look for something on the table that would wrap around the necklace.

Sherlock snapped his fingers again, and the necklace shrank into a ball, and a thick layer of ice formed on the outside, the size of a basketball.

Professor McGonagall asked Harry and Ron to hold the puck and send it to Snape so they could study the necklace.

Then she began to ask Linee.

"Say it." She said sternly, "What's going on?" ”

Lini stammered, crying uncontrollably, pausing several times in between.

She tells Professor McGonagall how Katie had gone to the toilet at the Three Broomsticks Bar and how she had come back looking a little weird, with the unmarked package in her hand.

The two of them argued because she didn't think Katie should have agreed to hand over something unknown.

At the height of the argument, the two began to snatch the package, which was torn open.

At this point, Lini was completely emotionally broken and could no longer utter a word.

"Alright." Professor McGonagall said gently, "Linee, you go to the hospital and ask Madam Pomfrey to give you some medicine to suppress the shock." ”

After Lini leaves, Lady McGonagall turns to question Sherlock.

"What happened to Katie after she touched that necklace?"

"She rose into the air, and then she started screaming, and then she fell."

"And what does Sherlock look like to you?" McGonagall asked, and if a professor asked for a student's opinion, I am afraid that there would be no second person in the whole of Hogwarts except Sherlock.

"There is a certain curse of black magic, which will not dissipate for a long time if it is attached to the object, that is to say, the necklace is also a very evil black magic item in its own sense, and it may even kill if you touch it inadvertently, I am afraid that there is only one place in the entire wizarding world that can be easily found and bought."

Sherlock said categorically.

"Boginbock!" McGonagall said.

"That's right."

Just around this time, Harry and Ron had returned from the necklace, and it looked like Snape had tricked the boy again.

"It's such a big thing, there's a student at the school who has been cursed, Professor McGonagall, I want to meet Professor Dumbledore." As soon as Harry returned, he asked Professor McGonagall for help.

"The Headmaster is out and won't be back until Monday, Potter." Professor McGonagall looked surprised.

"Out?" Harry repeated angrily.

"Yes, Potter, get out!" Professor McGonagall said scathingly, "But I think you can tell me anything you have to say about this terrible thing!" ”

For a moment, Harry hesitated.

He seemed to have a hard time with Professor McGonagall.

And Dumbledore, for all his intimidating nature, seemed unlikely to turn his nose up at an idea, no matter how ridiculous it might be. However, this is a matter of life and death, and there is no time to consider whether it will be ridiculed.

"I think Draco Malfoy gave Katie that necklace, Professor."

Ron, who was standing on his side, rubbed his nose in awkwardness, and Hermione, who was standing on his other side, slid her feet around on the ground, as if she wanted to keep a certain distance from Harry.

"It's a serious charge, Harry." Professor McGonagall paused in surprise and said, "Do you have any proof?" ”

Dandney, Kirk, Lupo, and Femia all looked bad.

No one wants to see something like this happen, and it's a Hogwarts student who is injured.

But it was too arrogant for Harry Potter to accuse the Slytherin people in the first place.

"Enough is enough, Harry! There is no clue that you should not say such things. Sherlock said to Harry angrily.

It seemed like Sherlock had really risen, and the people around him were reluctant to make some noise.