Chapter 12: Halloween Singles Out the Trolls
Halloween has finally arrived. Early in the morning, everyone smelled the scent of pumpkins wafting from the corridor. The festive atmosphere filled everyone's faces with joy.
The scene in the hall is quite spectacular. There were about a thousand live bats hovering on the walls and ceiling, some up and down, and some swarming onto the table, looking like a large dark cloud from a distance.
Even more exciting was the announcement today by Professor Flitwick, who teaches spells, that he thinks everyone is capable enough to learn the levitation charm. Ever since everyone watched Professor Flitwick chant a spell to make Neville's toads fly all over the classroom, they had long been envious of this magic.
After Professor Flitwick explained the main points, he divided the class into pairs and gave out feathers to practice. Aitch and Terry teamed up, and Ron didn't go so well, and he had to work with Hermione. Both of them were furious, Hermione hadn't spoken to them both since the day Harry had received Professor McGonagall's new broom. You know, Harry and his wife actually took this as a reward for breaking the school rules! This is something that Hermione, a good student, cannot accept.
"Don't forget, the wrist must be tapped! We've already practiced it once. Professor Flitwick jumped on his pile of books as usual and shouted. Wave down first, then up again! Remember, swing down and then up. The most important thing is to say the right mantra! There was a wizard who used to pronounce 'B' as 'D', and when he said 'Buffalo', he pronounced 'Duffalo', and then he found himself lying on the floor with a big buffalo sitting on his chest! ”
The joke made some students even more worried, fearing that they would make the same mistake themselves.
Honestly, the levitation spell was hard to practice, and Ron flicked and flicked at his feathers. I thought that the feather would obediently rise into the air, but who knew that it didn't even move! It was there that Aitch was the first to succeed, having already performed the Levitation Charm on the train, and using it to carry luggage for himself and Neville, much to the surprise of the Weasley twins. This rightfully adds two points to Ravenclaw.
Professor Flitwick was delighted with the performance of his own students, which made him look forward to this year's House Cup, and he did not hesitate to add points.
But I don't know what's wrong, Ron seems to have drunk a big glass of red wine, and his eyes are staring at the feather in front of him, as if to say, "Damn feather, if you don't want to be burned to death by me, just obediently float up." ”
"Yugadem Leviosa!" He yelled at the feathers, his long arms swinging faster than a windmill.
"You're not right," Hermione said to Ron, "it's supposed to be 'Eda Dim Leviosa'!" When pronouncing the word 'plus', be a little longer, not too fast. ”
"You're so good, you can do it!" Ron was upset.
Hermione rolled up the cuffs of her robes and waved her wand, chanting the words, "Yugadim Leviosa!" ”
The feather moved slightly, slowly off the table, and flew four feet above their heads.
"Oh, well done! Gryffindor plus one point. Professor Flitwick applauded her: "Look, Granger has managed to make her feathers fly!" ”
As a result, after a class, Ron's mood was extremely bad.
"No wonder no one in the class can stand her!" Walking down the crowded hallway, Ron angrily complained to Harry, "She's a nightmare!" ”
Someone rushed past the two of them. It was Hermione, and Harry just glanced at her face - he was very surprised to see that she was crying.
"I think she heard what you said about her."
"So what!" Ron was a little unconvinced, "She already knew that she didn't have any friends at all except for the poisonous snake hiding in the eagle pile. She should go to the snake to cry and cry, and then we should come to me for revenge. Harry knew who Ron was talking about.
In the second period, Hermione was gone, and then no one saw her all afternoon. On his way to Halloween dinner in the lobby, Aitch overhears a conversation between two Gryffindors about Hermione crying in the women's bathroom and telling everyone to leave her alone.
"Oh, hell, I forgot about it." Two months of peace and quiet made Aitch concentrate on studying magic, completely forgetting that Hermione would be so angry with Ron that she cried in the women's bathroom today.
"Hermione! Are you there? Aitch asked Hermione which bathroom she was in, and she ran over quickly, and if she was right, there would be a troll running into Hogwarts Castle tonight!
"Leave me alone!" Hermione's voice was low and hoarse. If it weren't for Edge's ability to speak snakes, he wouldn't have heard clearly. The premise of being able to speak snakes is that you have a good ear, if you can't even hear the snake's hiss, how can you talk to a snake?
"Listen to me, Hermione, I know what's going on. Don't care about that Weasley. "Aitch is a little angry with Ron, just from the use of 'that Weasley', it shows his extreme dissatisfaction, in the past two months, Ron has been giving him a lot of trouble, although the twin brothers will always find an opportunity to apologize for their little brother, but it can't change Edge's dislike of Ron.
"He's just jealous, you know, you didn't do anything wrong. In Muggle psychology there is a disease called hatred of wisdom, and there are people who are not wise themselves, and they repeatedly denigrate those who are wise. That Weasley is such a person, just deal with such a guy and leave him alone. Besides, who said you don't have friends? Isn't it still me......"
As he spoke, Aitch's nose smelled a foul smell, like the smell of old socks that hadn't been washed in years and the stench of a public toilet that no one had cleaned.
Edge's face changed drastically, and he didn't care that this was the women's bathroom, so he broke in. The trolls are here!
Hermione was moved by Edge's words, and was freshening up in front of the mirror, her eyes were red like walnuts, and it was difficult to see people when she went out. But suddenly a boy came in, and she was so frightened that she couldn't help screaming.
As soon as the impolite boy came in, he premeditated to cover Hermione's mouth and shove her half-screaming back into his throat.
"Shhhhhhhhh "There's a troll out there."
As soon as Aitch put her hand down, Hermione believed it, and she smelled a foul odor rushing to her head.
"What should I do?" Hermione asked in a whisper, pinning her hopes on Edge, who was caught off guard by the sudden appearance of the troll.
"The troll's brain is not good, and when he is not paying attention, we will run back to the hall as soon as possible, there are professors there, and it is absolutely safe." Aitch poked an eye out of the bathroom, and a large dark figure was walking towards them around the corner at the end of the hallway.
The troll was a full twelve feet tall, which the book says is the height of an adult troll. His skin was dark, like gray granite. His body was bloated, like a large pebble, and a bare head as small as a coconut shell rested on it. His two short legs were thicker than the trunk of a large tree, and his large flat feet seemed to be full of horns. That disgusting smell came from this monster. The monster had a huge wooden stick in his hand, and because his hand was too long, it dragged to the ground with a loud noise.
He walked towards the women's bathroom, damn it, he must have heard Hermione screaming before.
"Hide." Aitch pushed Hermione to crouch under the sink, "Hopefully he'll be gone later." ”
But he was disappointed again, and the troll stopped next to the bathroom door, and poked his head into the door, and he listened for a long time, and finally made up his mind, and slowly walked into the room with his head down.
Aitch took advantage of the troll's focus on the bathroom, and led Hermione from under the sink to the door. Victory was just one step away, but Merlin played a big joke on them again.
Both of them were already standing at the door of the bathroom, and the door was slammed shut, not only locking them inside, but also attracting the attention of the trolls in the same room.
He turned awkwardly and blinked stupidly, trying to see where the noise was coming from. No matter how stupid he was, he suddenly saw the two people still standing in the doorway. As he walked, he raised the large wooden stick in his hand.
Aitch couldn't help but roar: "Don't let me know who it is!" He actually heard someone behind the door high-five and cheer!
Aitch drew his wand and had no choice but to fight with his back. "Close your eyes." This was said to Hermione, who was clutching at his robe.
"It's like the sun is shining!" Aitch poured a steady stream of magic into his wand, emitting a dazzling white glow of the sun on one section of his wand, which was an improvement on Edge's "Fluorescent Flicker" charm, which temporarily blinded people when they suddenly saw a bright light with the naked eye.
The troll was caught off guard, and he was hit at once, and the bright light stimulated him to close his eyes, and he lost his vision, waving the big wooden stick in front of him indiscriminately, shouting loudly, this is to prevent the enemy from getting close.
"Except for your weapons! Yuga Dim Leviosa! With two spells, Aitch pulled the troll's large wooden stick out of his hand and hung it directly above his head, then smashed it down at an accelerated pace.
With only a "poof" sound, the troll staggered a few steps and fell face down to the ground. The loud bang shook the whole house.
"Ho-ho-ho-" Aitch gasped, this was his first actual battle, and even the bosses in the game in his memory were not so exciting.
Hermione opened her eyes and held Aitch, who was about to collapse, in less than half a minute, he was exhausted and felt light. She asked in a trembling voice, "Are you alright?" Also, it'...... Is it dead? ”
"It should ...... Still...... Not dead. Aitch said. I guess it's just...... Knocked unconscious. He swallowed another gulp and looked at the open door, and Harry and Ron standing in the doorway. Go get ...... Get the professor. I, sit down. ”
Regardless of the wetness on the floor, Aitch sat down, his chest rising and falling.
At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and the four people suddenly raised their heads and looked at the door. They didn't know how loud they had just made it. Of course, anyone downstairs should have heard the loud thud of the troll falling. A moment later, Professor McGonagall burst into the room first, followed by Professor Snape and Flitvier, and the last one Professor Quirrell. Quirrell screamed at the sight of the fallen troll, and quickly sat down on the ground, his hands clutching tightly to his chest.
Professor Snape stooped over to inspect the troll. Professor McGonagall stared at the four sternly, her lips white with anger. "What the hell do you want to do?" Professor McGonagall was furious, her voice terrifying. was so frightened that several people didn't dare to speak for a while.
Aitch was able to recover after a few minutes of rest, "We still want to know what's going on!" Professor. Isn't it said that Hogwarts is the safest place to be? And what about Professor Dumbledore? Why would a troll come in at Hogwarts! He almost killed us! Edge's snatching left the professors at a loss for what to say, and Merlin realized how the trolls had come in.
A notice crumbled Professor McGonagall's momentum. "Today I was discussing some magic with Miss Granger, and Miss Granger suddenly wanted to go to the bathroom, and this troll came out, and if it weren't for Merlin's blessing, you wouldn't have seen us." It took Aitch a few seconds to come up with an explanation, which was very simple for him as a writer to make up a plausible nonsense. It's been two months, and Aitch and Hermione have been discussing it together, and the professors don't know it.
"What about Porter and Mr. Weasley?" Professor Snape interjected at an inopportune moment, tearing the two men standing in the doorway into the water.
This is Edge's revenge, it should have been them who closed the door just now, and Edge's deliberate not to mention the two. The perceptive Snape noticed it at once, and as soon as he spoke, he squeezed the two into a corner.
"That's right, Professor." A small voice appeared beside Edge.
Aitch sighed secretly, Hermione was too soft-hearted to let them go in the end. "Potter and Weasley are here to sit in, and they have a few questions to ask." She pulled the two of them into the discussion group together.
Harry and Ron did their best to pretend it was true.
"Really?" Snape's eyes made Hermione dare not look directly, and Edge's statement was reasonable, and Hermione's addition made him wonder. Harry and Ron don't look like good students.
"That's it, Professor." At this point, Aitch must also nod, and if he throws away the two now, it will undoubtedly be a "reason" to overturn the previous one.
"Alright, Professor Snape." Professor McGonagall had to interject at this point, she also knew about Harry and Ron's situation, but it would not be good for everyone to pursue it. "I think the kids need a break."
"I've got to say, you're lucky that few first-year students can deal with an adult troll. Ravenclaw plus 5 points. "Of course Professor McGonagall knew that Aitch sitting on the floor was the one who made the difference, or that every professor knew in their hearts what was going on. But they need an explanation to cover up the students' encounter with the trolls, otherwise it will be a teaching accident, as Aitch said.
Aitch was brought back to the Ravenclaw common room by Professor Flitwick, and the other three returned to the Gryffindor common room with Professor McGonagall. There, their Halloween Carnival night will be performed.