Harry was still thinking about Sirius, how much he hated those silver goblets in the past. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Hermione banged on the table, her eyes wandering between Ron and the bar.

Harry had just finished the last drop of his glass when Hermione said, "That's all for today, let's go back to school?" ”

Du Teng and the other two nodded; It wasn't a pleasant trip, and the longer they stayed, the worse the weather became. They tightened their cloaks again, re-tied their scarves, and put on their gloves; Then she walked out of the bar with Katie Bell and one of her friends, and returned to the main road.

They trudged back on the frozen snow on the ground, and Harry's thoughts drifted to Ginny. They hadn't touched her, Harry thought, no doubt because she and Dean were cosy in the Padifu Teahouse, a place frequented by happy couples. He frowned, hung his head in the swirling sleet, and walked on.

It was a moment before Harry heard the voices of Katie Bell and her friends, their voices getting louder and louder, and reaching Harry's ears with the wind. Harry narrowed his eyes at the two blurred figures. The two girls were arguing about something, as if it had something to do with what Katie was holding in her hand.

"It's none of your business, Lynn!" Harry heard Katie say.

They turned into an alley, and the sleet was getting heavier, blurring Harry's glasses. Just as he raised a gloved hand to wipe the lenses of his glasses, Lynne snatched Katie's package; Katie tugged back, and the package fell to the ground.

At that moment, Katie rose into the air, not hanging upside down comically like Ron, but very gracefully and slowly, her hands outstretched as if they were about to fly. However, there seems to be something wrong, something strange...... Her hair was blown up by the wind, but her eyes were closed and there was no expression on her face. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Lynne all froze there, staring at her.

Katie then screamed in horror in mid-air, six feet above the ground. She opened her eyes, but it was clear that everything she saw and felt was in great pain. She kept screaming; Lynn started screaming as well, and she tugged at Katie's ankles in an attempt to pull her back to the ground. Harry, Ron, and Hermione rushed to help, but as soon as they touched Katie's legs, she floated over their heads, and Harry and Ron tried to hold her, but she squirmed so hard that it was impossible to control it. They lowered her to the ground instead, where she lay screaming and making noise, as if she didn't know any of them anymore.

Harry looked around; No one seems to be there.

"Stay here!" He shouted at the others in the howling wind. "I'm going to find someone to help!"

He ran in the direction of the school; He'd never seen anyone with Katie's symptoms, and he couldn't think of what caused it all; He sped around the alley, but it felt like he had hit the hind legs of a giant bear.

"Hagrid!" Harry gasped and climbed up from the hedge wall next to him.

"Harry!" Hagrid's eyebrows and beard were covered with snow and he wore that rough beaver fur coat. "Just went to see Glopp, he's doing so well, you won't-"

"Hagrid, there's someone there, or they've been attacked by a spell, or whatever—"

"What?" Hagrid said, bending down to try to hear Harry in the wind.

"Someone has been attacked by a spell!" Harry yelled.

"Attacked by a spell? Who's being attacked by the spell - not Ron, right? Hermione? ”

"No, it's not the two of them, it's Katie Bell - it's ...... over here," they ran back down the alley together. It wasn't long before the three of them were spotted surrounding Katie, who was still writhing and screaming on the ground; Ron, Hermione, and Lynn are trying to quiet her down.

"Stand back!" Hagrid exclaimed. "Let me see her!"

"Something she hit!" Lynn whimpered. "I don't know what—"

Hagrid stared at Katie for a second, then picked her up without saying a word and ran towards the castle. Seconds later, Katie's shrill screams dissipated into the roaring wind.

Hermione walked quickly over to Katie's friend, still crying, when Hermione put an arm around her.

"Your name is Lynn, isn't it?" The girl nodded.

"Did it happen suddenly, or—?"

"That's when that package was torn open," Lynn sobbed as she pointed to the soaked brown package, which had cracked open and glowed green. Ron bent down and held out his hand, but Harry pulled his hand back.

"Don't touch it." He crouched down. A delicate opal necklace emerges from the wrapper.

"I've seen this before," Harry stared at the thing. "A few years ago, the Borgin Burke store used to show it. The label above says that the necklace is cursed. Katie must have touched it. He looked up at Lynn, and she began to tremble involuntarily. How did Katie get this? ”

"Well, that's what we just argued. She had this when she came out of the bathroom with three broomsticks, and said that it was a surprise for someone in Hogwarts, and that she was going to deliver it herself. She looked weird when she said it...... No, oh, no, I bet she must have been controlled by the Imperius Curse, I didn't realize it just now! Lynn began sobbing again. Hermione gently patted her on the shoulder.

"Didn't she tell you who gave her this package, Lynn?"

"No...... She wouldn't tell me...... I told her to be stupid and tell her not to bring this to school, but she just wouldn't listen...... And then I want to grab it...... And then—and then—" Lynn burst into tears of despair.

"We'd better hurry back to school," Hermione still put her arms around Lynn, "so we can see how she's doing." Come on......"

Harry hesitated for a moment, ripped the scarf off, and despite Ron's exclamations, carefully wrapped the necklace in the scarf, and picked it up.

"We'll have to show this to Madam Pomfrey," he said.

They followed Hermione and Lynn towards the school, Harry's mind racing. When they walked to the school playground, he finally couldn't help but say what he thought.

"Malfoy must know about this necklace. Four years ago, it was kept in a small box at the Borgin Burke shop, and I hid to see him take a closer look at the necklace. That's what he bought on the day we followed him! He remembered it and came back and bought it. ”

"I-I don't know, Harry," Ron said, slurring. "Many people have been to Borgin Bock...... And didn't the girl say that Katie found it in the bathroom? ”

"She said she had it when she came back from the bathroom, and she didn't necessarily get it in the bathroom—"

"Professor McGonagall, you two don't talk about it!" Du Teng, who had not spoken, suddenly opened his mouth to warn.

Harry looked up. Sure enough, Professor McGonagall walked briskly down the stone steps and walked towards them in the swirling snow.

"Hagrid said you guys saw what happened to Katie Bell - please come to my office right away! What are you holding, Potter? ”

"It's something she's touched," Harry said.

"Oh my God," Professor McGonagall looked horrified, as she took the necklace from Harry's hand. "No, no, Filch, they're going to follow me!" Seeing Filch rushing eagerly from the side of the foyer with his probe aloft, Professor McGonagall hastened to speak. "Send this necklace to Professor Snape right away, don't touch it, make sure it's wrapped in a scarf!"

Harry: They followed Professor McGonagall upstairs to her office. The windows splashed with rain and snow creaked constantly, and although there was a fire in the house, it was still cold. Professor McGonagall closed the door and walked over to her desk, facing Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Lynn, who was still answering questions.

"So?" She said sharply. "What happened?"

Lynn tries to control her crying as she intermittently tells Professor McGonagall how Katie came out of the bathroom with three brooms with an unmarked package in her hand, how strange Katie looks, and how they argue about the wisdom of passing an unknown item, and their argument turns into a dispute over the package, which is torn open.

At this point, Lynn could no longer control herself, she couldn't say a word.

"Well," Professor McGonagall said mildly, "please go to the school hospital, Lynn, and ask Madam Pomfrey to give you some medicine for your fright." After Lynn left the office, Professor McGonagall turned to look at Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Duten.

"What happened to Katie when she touched that necklace?" "She rose into the air," Harry said as he got ahead of Ron and Hermione. Then he started screaming, and the whole thing collapsed. Professor, may I meet Professor Dumbledore? ”

"The Headmaster isn't here, I'll be back on Monday, Potter," Professor McGonagall looked surprised.

"Absent?" Harry repeated angrily.

"Yes, Potter, not there!" Professor McGonagall said scathingly. "But I'm sure if you think anything about this terrible thing, you can tell me!"

Harry hesitated for a moment. He was not very confident in front of Professor McGonagall; Dumbledore, though more frightening in many ways, seemed unlikely to laugh at other people's opinions, no matter how crazy they were. But it was a matter of life and death, and Harry couldn't afford to be ridiculed.

"I think Draco Malfoy gave that necklace to Katie, Professor." Ron, who was standing next to him, rubbed his nose and looked embarrassed; Hermione, who was standing on the other side, moved her foot to the side, as if to keep a certain distance from Harry.

"That's a very serious charge, Potter," Professor McGonagall said with a shocked pause. "Do you have any proof?"

"No," Harry said, "but......" he told Professor McGonagall about their tracking of Malfoy to Borgin-Burke's shop, and the conversation they overheard between him and Borgin.

After he said this, Professor McGonagall looked confused.

"Malfoy brought something to the Borgin Burke shop to fix it?"

"No, Professor, he just wanted Borgin to tell him how to fix it, and he didn't bring it. But that's not the point, the question is what he bought at the same time, I think it's the necklace-"

"Did you see Malfoy leave the store with a similar package in his hand?"

"No, Professor, he asked Borgin to keep the thing for him—"

"But, Harry," Hermione interrupted, "and when Borgin asked him if he had taken it, Malfoy said 'no'—"

"Because he doesn't want to touch that thing, obviously!" Harry said exasperatedly.

"He actually said, 'What am I going to do with this thing in the street?' ," Hermione said.

"Well, he looks a little silly with a necklace," Ron interjected.

"Oh, Ron," Hermione said disappointedly, "it could be wrapped up so he wouldn't have to touch it, and it could easily be hidden inside the cloak so no one could see it!" I think the thing he deposited at Borgin Burke was either noisy or just big; He knew that if he wore it on the street, he would attract people's attention - but one way or another,"

She shouted before Harry interrupted, "I asked Bokin about the necklace, don't you remember?" I went in and tried to find the thing that Malfoy had kept in his custody and saw it there. And Bokin only quoted a price, he didn't say it had been sold or anything-"

"But you're too obvious like that, it only takes him about five seconds to see what you're trying to do, and of course he won't tell you - either way, Malfoy can ask him to send it over—"

Hermione looked angry, and was about to retort, but Professor McGonagall said, "Enough! Potter, I appreciate you telling me this, but we can't blame Malfoy just for patronizing the store that sells the necklaces. Many people went there like him—"

"That's what I mean......" Ron muttered.

"And anyway, we've put in place strict security measures in the right places this year, and I don't believe this necklace can sneak into the school without even noticing......"

"But ......"

"Besides," said Professor McGonagall with the majesty of ending the conversation, "Mr. Malfoy is not going to Hogsmeade to-day. ”

Harry looked at her dumbfounded, deflated.

"How do you know, Professor?"

"Because he's locked up with me. He hadn't completed his Transfiguration class twice in a row. So, thank you for telling me your suspicions, Potter," she strode past them, "but I'll have to go to the hospital to see Katie Bell." Good morning, everybody. She opened the door to her office. They had no choice but to walk out without saying a word.

A few people walked back in silence, the atmosphere was super solemn, and as they passed by the Gryffindor Tower, Duten suddenly stopped Harry.

Hermione and Ron went in with puzzled expressions, except for Harry, who looked at Duten who stopped him even more suspiciously, not understanding what Duten was going to do.