Chapter 42: The Rescue Team

With that, he fell headlong to the floor and passed out. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 There was a lot of chaos in the info restaurant. Professor Dumbledore had to make a few screeching fireworks explosions on his wand's head before everyone fell silent.

"Prefect," Dumbledore said in a low voice, "bring the students of your house to the dormitories at once!" ”

Percy is naturally at home.

"Follow me! Don't get scattered, first graders! As long as you do what I tell you, you don't have to be afraid of any trolls! Okay, follow me closely. Get out of the way, the first graders are going to pass! I beg your pardon, I'm a prefect! ”

"How can a troll get closer?" As they made their way up the stairs, Harry asked curiously.

"Someone put it in." Lin Yiyan said affirmatively.

"Don't ask me, the trolls must be surprisingly stupid, like Yi Yan said, maybe Peeves put it in to add some fun to Halloween Eve?" Ron speculated. On the way, they met some crowds of people hurrying in different directions. As they struggled to squeeze past a crowd of bewildered Hufflepuff House students, Harry grabbed Lin Yiyan's arm sharply.

"I just remembered—Hermione."

"What's wrong with her?"

"She doesn't know about trolls yet."

Ron bit his lip.

"Well," Ron said decisively, then, "but we'd better not let Percy see us." After speaking, Lin Yiyan and the others buried their bodies, blended in the Hufflepuff crowd, and walked in the other direction. They slipped quietly through the empty side hallway and hurried to the women's restroom. As soon as he turned the corner, he heard hurried footsteps behind him.

"Percy!" Ron said in a low voice, following Lin Yiyan and Harry to hide behind a large stone sculpture. They looked behind the stone carving, only to see that it was not Percy, but Snape. He walked through the hallway and disappeared from their sight.

"What is he doing?" Harry asked in a low voice, "Why doesn't he stay in the basement classroom below, with the other teachers?" ”

"How do I know!"

"Don't ask me, you have to ask me." They followed Snape's footsteps as they faded away, creeping down another hallway, trying not to make a sound.

"He's heading to the third floor." Harry said, but Ron raised his hand.

"Can you smell something? Seems to stink a bit! Ron said, pinching his nose.

"Do you want a stuffy nose?" Lin Yiyan, who was prepared, asked.

"You're so well prepared." Harry said as he looked at Lin Yiyan's face with both noses stuffed with things.

"That's for sure, trolls, it stinks." Lin Yiyan said when he took out four nasal congestion.

There was a muffled grunt and the sound of huge soles dragging on the ground as they walked. Ron noticed that at the end of one of the passages on the left, a behemoth was moving towards them. They quickly retreated into the darkness and watched as it slowly walked into a patch of moonlight.

It was a horrible sight. It was twelve feet tall, its skin dull and gray as granite, and its massive, stupid body resembled a huge pile of dirt with a small head like a cocoa bean. Its short legs are as thick as tree stumps, and underneath are flat, thick, calloused feet. The smell emanating from it was disgusting even with nasal congestion. It clutches a thick stick in its hand, which is dragged on the ground due to its long arms. The troll stood by a door, peeking inside. It wiggles its long ears, makes a decision with its small head, then lowers its head and slowly burrows into the room.

"The key is in the keyhole," Harry said, "and we can lock it inside." ”

"Good idea." Ron said nervously.

"You're going to regret it." Lin Yiyan said.

"Why?" Harry asked.

"Don't listen to him, he's always against us." Ron said disdainfully. Lin Yiyan shrugged indifferently and ignored it. Harry and Ron turned sideways towards the open door, Harry leaped quickly, grabbed the key in his hand, and slammed the door shut, locking it securely.

"It's done!" Ron said excitedly.

"Not necessarily." Lin Yiyan leaned against the wall and said meaningfully. At that moment, a sharp, terrified voice came from the room they had just locked.

"Oh, oops." Ron said, his face pale as the ghost of Gryffindor.

"That's the women's restroom!" Harry said remorsefully.

"I regret it now." Lin Yiyan said.

"How do you know?" Ron asked.

"Don't worry so much about it first, go save people first." Harry took Ron's hand and ran to the door, clumsilyly twisted the key, pushed the door open, and rushed inside. When Lin Yiyan entered, he found Hermione Granger cowering by the opposite wall, seemingly threatening to faint at any moment. The troll was closing in on her, disengaging the pool from the wall as it went.

"Find a way, Harry." Ron said anxiously.

"Confuse it!" Harry said to Ron in desperation, grabbing a faucet from the ground and throwing it at the wall.

The troll stopped a few paces away from Hermione. It turned awkwardly, blinking stupidly, trying to see what the sound was coming from. Its ugly little eyes saw Harry, and it hesitated for a moment, then walked towards Harry, raising the stick in its hand.

“stupefy! (faints to the ground). Lin Yiyan raised his wand and shouted at the troll.

The troll shook in place and fell face down to the floor with a thud that shook the room. Harry, along with Ron and Hermione, were all surprised to see Lin Yiyan calmly put the staff back into his robes, as if it was just a simple thing to eat.

In the end, Hermione spoke first and asked, "Is it dead?" ”

"No, it's just a stun spell." Lin Yiyan said calmly.

"How did you do that?" Ron asked.

"I did it with a wand, and as for the steps, you all saw it just now." Lin Yiyan replied.

"How is it possible, even Hermione, who has the best grades, can't do anything." Harry said incredulously.

"Anything is possible. Nothing is impossible in this world! Lin Yiyan said as he revolved around this stinky idiot, his eyes lit up, if some scientists saw Lin Yiyan's eyes, they would know what Lin Yiyan wanted to do, this was the look of a perfect test subject.

"What are you doing around this stinking idiot?" Looking at Lin Yiyan's movements, Harry asked puzzled.

"I'm ......" It's just that before Lin Yiyan finished speaking, there was a sudden violent knock on the door and loud footsteps, and the four people in the room were all carried. Moments later, Professor McGonagall burst into the room, followed closely by Snape and Quirrell at the end. Quirrell glanced at the troll before letting out a feeble sob, sitting on a toilet bowl and clutching his chest.

Snape stooped down to look at the troll. Professor McGonagall looked at Lin Yiyan and them, her lips turned white.

"What the hell are you guys up to?" Professor McGonagall said, with cold anger evident in her voice, "If you're lucky not to be killed by it, why don't you stay in your dorm honestly?" ”

Snape quickly glanced at them with his eyes, and Lin Yiyan shrugged fearlessly, as long as Lin Yiyan was still a good baby and a good student, at most he would deduct points, and Lin Yiyan didn't care! At this moment, a low voice came from the shadows.

"Please don't do that, Professor McGonagall—they're looking for me."

"Miss Granger!" Hermione finally struggled to her feet, and said in a timid tone, "I came to the troll because I - I thought I could deal with it alone - you know, because I had read about them in books and knew them well. ”

"If that's the case," Professor McGonagall said, staring at them, "Miss Granger, you silly girl, how can you think you're dealing with a mountain of trolls alone?" ”

Hermione hung her head.

"Miss Granger, Gryffindor will be deducted five points for this," Professor McGonagall said, "I'm disappointed in you. If you're not hurt at all, it's best to head back to Gryffindor Castle. Students enjoy Halloween dinner in the common room of their college. ”

Hermione left. Professor McGonagall turned to Lin Yiyan and them.

"Well, I'll still say you're lucky, there aren't many first-year students who can take on an adult troll. Each of you has earned five points for Gryffindor, and I'll inform Professor Dumbledore about that, and you can go. ”

They hurried out of the room and went up two flights of stairs without saying a word. They were relieved that they couldn't smell the stench of the trolls.

"We should have won more than fifteen points." Ron grumbled.

"It's 10 points, counting the points deducted from Hermione."

"Hermione was so nice, she stepped up and got us out of trouble." Ron admitted, "But don't forget that we did save her. ”

"If we listen to Lin Yiyan's words, she may not need others to save her at all." Harry reminded.

"That's right." Ron said the truth.

They came to the portrait of the fat lady.

"Pig's nose." After they had the password, they went inside.

The common room was crowded with people and noisy. Everyone was eating the food that was brought in. Only Hermione stood alone in the doorway, waiting for them. For a while, the four of them were embarrassed except for Lin Yiyan. It seemed that Hermione mustered up a lot of courage, looked at Lin Yiyan and the others and said, "Thank you!" And he hurried to his plate.

From that moment on, however, Hermione Granger became their friend. When you've been through something big with someone, you can't help but have a good feeling for each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot troll is one such event. (To be continued.) )