"Is there an earthquake?"

This is the first thought that almost all students have.

Of course, it was Matthew's first thought.

But it doesn't make sense -

Geographically speaking, the British mainland is outside the two major volcanic seismic zones, the surrounding plates are quite stable, and there are very few earthquakes in history, and the largest earthquake around the British mainland in the past thousand years was the earthquake that occurred in the North Sea Dogger Sandbar in 1933, with a magnitude of only 6.1......

What's more, Hogwarts Castle, as a magical building, must have enough protective magic, and it is impossible for such an obvious earthquake to occur so easily!

"Everyone, please leave Hogwarts Castle in an orderly manner under the leadership of the prefect!" the voice of the Vice Chancellor, Professor Vita Rozier, rang in their ears.

The entire auditorium quickly calmed down.

"Slytherin students, please follow me!" said Slytherin House Prefect Garma Farley, who was already familiar with the road, and she exclaimed......

First, she started organizing the first-year students.

Matthew glanced over there, and for a moment he frowned.

Because in that small group of first-year Slytherin freshmen, he didn't see Elaine Shafiq.

In the castle, the students of each academy began to evacuate in an orderly manner under the leadership of the prefect......

As a sophomore, Matthew was the second group to leave.

They left the castle in a noisy place.

"Let's go to the Quidditch pitch first!" shouted Gamar.

Strange to say, however, the tremor was noticeable in Hogwarts Castle, but once you left the castle, the tremor disappeared completely...... It's as if there were no earthquakes at all!

Obviously, everyone felt a little strange about this.

Could it be ...... It is not the earth that shakes at all......

But...... Hogwarts castle itself!

......

The first and second year students began to evacuate in the direction of the Quidditch pitch, led by several prefects.

The third-grade students also began to walk out of the castle in an orderly manner.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd of third-graders...... It's as if something happened over there!

The third-year students, who had already left the castle, ran towards them like desperate.

"What's going on?" said Percy Weasley, the Gryffindor prefect, stopping the third-year students.

"Those house-elves, they're crazy......" said a third-year Gryffindor girl, a little out of breath, and Matthew remembered her name, which seemed to be "Arya Spinnert".

"They attacked us out of the blue...... "and a Ravenclaw boy next to him added, "smashing us with their kitchen utensils and bowls...... The students in the back were blocked by the house-elves, and they can't come out now......"

Percy Weasley's face changed suddenly.

"Damn, my two younger brothers are still in the castle......" said him, and he ran to the castle like crazy.

"Weasley!" Garma tried to hold him down, but was unsuccessful.

He quickly broke into the castle and didn't know what was going on there.

"Damn, what are we going to do?" said Gamar, a little helpless.

Ravenclaw's prefect, Penelope Clingwater, was the same, and they jumped to their feet in a hurry.

Now here at the Quidditch pitch, there are just a few of their prefects, and a large group of first- and second-year students, as well as some third-year students.

And on the Hogwarts side, there seems to be some turmoil.

"We've got to find a teacher and let him protect us," Cedric Diggory, the Hufflepuff prefect, remained calm, and said, "whatever happens in the castle right now......

"Children, follow me!" a familiar voice sounded from behind Cedric's words.

Matthew looked back, and it took him a lot of effort to recognize that the person who spoke was actually Professor Sivanos Kettleburn!

This was Matthew's first meeting of the Magical Beasts Conservation teacher since the Christmas holidays.

Professor Kettleburn's appearance seems to have changed a lot from before.

He seemed to be blind with a blindfold in one eye, and the old professor, who had been crippled many times, was once again in trouble, and his only sound arm, wrapped in a thick plaster, hung around his neck.

I have long heard that this teacher of the Magical Beasts Protection Class was seriously injured in the Centaur Rebellion, and today I saw that it was unexpected......

But this is not a shameful thing, and it is an honor in itself to be able to escape one of the hundreds of centaurs, especially since he was also in charge of cutting off the queen to protect several students at the time.

However, his eyes looked more fierce than before, and the somewhat cynical look he had before had completely disappeared.

"Keep up with Professor Kettleburn," Cedric said without thinking, "by the way, Professor, where are we going?"

"We need to get out of Hogwarts!" Professor Sivanos Kettleburn said with a heavy face, "It's no longer safe on campus...... Hurry, hurry!"

......

And on the other side, inside the Great Hall of Hogwarts.

The situation seems to be worse than on the Quidditch pitch.

Dozens of house-elves suddenly swarmed out of the kitchen...... They were like crazy, smashing kitchen utensils, cutlery, and even kitchen knives at students and teachers.

Of course, it was the third graders who were about to leave the castle through the oak gates...... Some of the students fled the castle in a hurry, while others were blocked.

The small group of third-graders fled back into the auditorium in fright, and a few bright kids closed the door.

Those crazy house-elves, intercepted by them.

This is what relieved everyone.

In the previous chaos, many children were slightly injured.

Thankfully, these rioting house-elves don't seem to have the courage to use magic against wizards, otherwise the situation could have gotten worse.

"Percy, why are you back?" Fred and George Weasley, as well as Lee Jordan, had just come up with the idea of closing the door to the Great Hall, and one of the twin brothers said in some surprise that she had seen his brother come back, and that he should have left the castle with the junior students as a prefect.

"Thank goodness you're alright!" Percy glanced at his two younger brothers, looking relieved.

"How could it be. Fred said.

"We just need to close the door. George added.

"Those house-elf kitchen knives can't open the door of the Great Hall!" Fred said triumphantly.

Suddenly, a rumbling sound came from outside the oak gate.

The twin brothers, who were still triumphant just now, suddenly changed their faces.

"What's that sound?"

"Sounds ...... Like a troll?"

"Or maybe a giant?"

"Are you an idiot, how can you walk around the hallways with the size of a giant?"

"You two idiots, run," Percy Weasley angrily grabbed the twin brothers and led them away from the oak gate.

Almost a dozen seconds later, only a "bang" was heard, and the door of the auditorium was smashed open.

Not a troll, not a giant...... It's stone statues and armor!

The stone statues and armor that should have been on the first and second floors of Hogwarts have strangely appeared here!

How did they help those crazy house-elves to attack the teachers and students of Hogwarts?

"Impedimenta!" Professor Travers, the Muggle Studies teacher, suddenly walked up to them, raising his wand in the direction of the gate and shouting loudly.

Whether it's armor, stone statues, or house-elves, all of them are blocked by his spells.

"Boys, go this way!" shouted Professor Flitwick, the head of Ravenclaw, at the Weasley brothers.

Only then did they realize that they were the few students left in the entire auditorium.

Headmaster Rozier opened the door between the auditorium and the garden, and the other students began to hurry through it, fleeing the castle.

"Get out of here!" Percy Weasley yelled.

Then, with his twin brother and Li Jordan, he hurried into the garden.

......

The junior students followed Professor Kettleburn and the three prefects worriedly.

Although I don't know what happened, everyone's mood is heavy.

"Those Dementors of the Ministry of Magic, and the Aurors, what are they doing?" said Draco Malfoy angrily, "Aren't they supposed to protect us at this time?"

Matthew glanced at the sky, and it was.

Under normal circumstances, there was such a large-scale "upheaval" at Hogwarts that the sky should be filled with the dark bodies of those Dementors.

If those Dementors appear in the sky, they must feel bad...... But at least it will give people a sense of security.

But now, the clear sky is incomparably clear, blue sky and white clouds, and there is not a trace of a Dementor to be seen.

And the Aurors who usually appear at Hogwarts are not seen now.

"They're gone this morning," Professor Kettleburn seemed to hear Malfoy's complaints, and he explained softly, "a short notice from the Ministry of Magic has sent all the Aurors and Dementors out of Hogwarts...... It seems that the traces of the three Azkaban fugitives have been found in Aberdeen......"

"Damn!" Malfoy shouted, "it's clearly a hoax!"

"That's right, it's a hoax!" a voice suddenly came from their side.

It's a tall, familiar figure...... If Matthew remembers correctly, he is supposed to be one of the several Aurors from the Ministry of Magic who are based at Hogwarts, and his name is "Dlux".

Delux explained with a serious face: "It was the goblins who did it...... The elves bribed the officials of the Ministry of Magic to issue this false order to the Aurors and Dementors at Hogwarts...... Let my companions and Dementors leave Hogwarts early in the morning!"

"Then why are you still here?" asked Matthew, curiously.

Instead of answering Matthew's words, Dlux continued, "I've sent them an owl message, but it will take at least an hour to get in touch with them and get all the Dementors back...... Professor Kettleburn, you leave with the students, and I'll go to the castle to help!"

So saying, he hurried to the side of the castle, without looking back.

Matthew glanced at Delix's back with some curiosity.

"Let's move on!" said Professor Kettleburn aloud, "first go to the gate, where there is the Thestrals, which will take us to Hogsmeade...... When you get to Hogsmeade, you should be safe......"

......

It's a huge team.

Including Professor Sivanos Kettleburn, three prefects, and more than a hundred junior students.

But so far, their escape has gone well...... Didn't encounter the "rebels".

Just as they got closer and closer to the gates of the castle—

"What's that?" said Theodore Nott, suddenly letting out a strange cry.

Two black dots appeared in the sky, rapidly approaching them.

Professor Kettleburn raised his wand to the black dot in the sky with a solemn face, his wand was held in the hand of a prosthetic.

Two red rays of light flew towards the black shadow in the sky, but they did not hit the target, but were easily dodged by them.

At this time, they can also see the true face of those two black shadows-

Not a flying magical creature or a wizard on a broomstick, but two statues.

For Matthew Wakefield, the two statues are all too familiar......

Two winged warthogs who fought for Grindelwald in his duel with Morgana the Black Witch a year ago, and now they are striking back at the Hogwarts professors.

"Boys, go away!" shouted Professor Kettleburn as he ran toward the two statues.

Streams of light erupted from the end of the wand of the Magical Beasts Teacher...... The two flying pigs in the sky were more nimble than they thought, and the spells weren't so easy to deal with.

A flying pig slammed into Professor Kettleburn, and if it weren't for the prosthetic reaction of the Fantastic Beasts teacher, he would have been knocked to the ground.

Finally stabilizing his body, another flying pig statue began to attack.

It was clear that the only teacher in the crowd, suppressed by the two statues, quickly fell to the downside.

The students were overwhelmed, almost all of them junior students, and there was no doubt that they were of no use in a battle at this level.

And soon, the sound of horses' hooves behind him suddenly sounded-

"It's a centaur!" Draco Malfoy let out a scream.

That's right, it's the centaurs, and they're back at Hogwarts.

A large area of black pressure rushed towards this side from the direction of the Forbidden Forest.

Soon, they surrounded the horde of Hogwarts students!