In the auditorium, four college long tables were piled up against the wall, and hundreds of purple sleeping bags were spread on the ground. There was no sound at all, and everyone seemed to be asleep.
Under Percy's signal, Ivan got into a sleeping bag near the door.
The enchanted ceiling, like the sky outside, is full of stars. With the help of the faint starlight, Aiwen saw a slender white origami crane quietly flying over from the corner of the wall. It hovered in the sky for a while, and landed in front of him accurately.
The paper crane made a slight noise and turned into a small silver note with Hermione's delicate handwriting on it, "What did you do, why did you take so long?"
The handwriting is slightly scribbled, and it can be seen that the girl is worried.
Ivan thought for a while, pulled out his wand from the sleeping bag, and tapped it lightly on the note. The black writing on it dissipated like smoke and regrouped into new words.
"I went to Crookshanks, I found it in the grass next to the Forbidden Forest!
Then he tapped the note again with his wand, and the note quickly folded and turned into a paper crane along the original crease, and flew back to Hermione wobbly.
"Thank you for finding it! But you shouldn't run out of the castle. It's too dangerous. Black may still be hiding in the school. You may encounter him at any time."
"Don't worry, I heard Dumbledore talking to Snape just now. They searched the entire castle but found no sign of him. Dumbledore thought he had left."
"But how did he do it? It's impossible for him to just sneak into the castle and leave without a sound! The castle is cast with various spells to prevent outsiders from sneaking in. He must not be invisible or fly in. , maybe some sort of polymorph, like the Polyjuice Potion we took last term or...
Seeing the note sent back by Hermione, Ivan felt that he could not continue the conversation along this topic, otherwise, with the intelligence of the other party, I am afraid that it would not take long for him to guess that Black is an Animagus.
It was inappropriate for Black to be exposed early when he was not ready.
"Leave that aside, it's almost midnight, why are you still up so late?"
Seeing Ai Wen's question, Hermione's face turned red rarely. Fortunately, the auditorium is very dark, so there is no need to worry about being discovered.
She couldn't tell Ai Wen that she was waiting for him to come back, it was too embarrassing! She hesitated for a moment, then tapped the note lightly with her wand.
"I'm worried. Harry keeps saying that he saw the dog again, which is an ominous omen of death, but it's obviously absurd! And you, you haven't come back, in case something happens... ... "
"This little problem is nothing. You forgot that Harry and I entered the Chamber of Secrets last semester. We defeated the Basilisk and Voldemort when we were students."
"That's why I'm worried, I'm afraid you will go to Black alone. Promise me, Ivan, don't do dangerous things again, okay?"
Seeing Hermione's handwriting, Ai Wen had a weird feeling. Although the other party's words were vague, he could feel the other party's fragile heart hidden under the strong appearance. Hermione was especially like an ordinary weak person at this time. Girls, people can't help but care.
He didn't know how to answer, the word "good" weighed as much as ten thousand pounds.
Regardless of the current situation or Voldemort who is about to return, Ivan is facing a dangerous and difficult road. It is impossible for him to do nothing, and the result may be even worse.
Ai Wen sighed, raised his head and saw that no one was paying attention to him, he decided to do something...
In the dark, Hermione was nervously waiting for Ivan's reply, and Harry and Ron beside them snored slightly.
Looking at the stars on the ceiling, she unconsciously recalled in her mind last year, when the basilisk in the Gryffindor common room rushed towards them, Ivan embraced himself desperately, with his back to the basilisk that scene.
This image played repeatedly in Hermione's mind, and she thought she would never forget it in her life.
Suddenly, she felt something approaching her. Hermione raised her head and was surprised to see Ivan's sleeping bag rolling towards her quietly.
Ivan rolled to Hermione's side, and he stretched out his hand to pat the other's sleeping bag, which might just make Hermione feel at ease.
Unexpectedly, his hand met another soft and cold little hand in the dark.
In the next second, Ivan found that his hand was being held tightly.
The little hand on the opposite side was trembling slightly, but it seemed that it would never let go.
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At the same moment, in the secret passage leading to the Shrieking Shack under the Whomping Willow, Lupine cautiously moved forward, and with the help of his wand to interrupt the faint fluorescent light, he looked at the familiar and unfamiliar scenes around him thoughtfully.
He never thought that he would have the opportunity to come back here, to this secret path that he had walked through countless times.
Everything seemed like yesterday, and he seemed to have returned to the time when he was a student at Hogwarts more than 20 years ago, the best day in his life.
Before coming to Hogwarts, Lupine never had any friends.
When he was four years old, his father offended the werewolf Fenrir Greyback, and the werewolf attacked him out of revenge. Since then, he has also become a werewolf.
Because of this identity, everyone avoids him, and no matter where he goes, he is greeted with blank eyes and discrimination. Lupine still remembers asking his father why, but his father didn't say anything, just hugged himself and cried silently .
At that moment, Lupine secretly swore that no matter what happened in the future, he would never cry again.
Before the age of eleven, his life was gloomy without any color.
Lupine had thought that it was impossible for him to go to Hogwarts like other children, and other parents would not want their children to be close to a werewolf, but Dumbledore gave himself hope.
Dumbledore had a Whomping Willow planted in the school grounds to cover the passage to the Hogsmeade Shrieking Shack.
Whenever the moon is full, he goes there to transform.
This is to ensure the safety of other students, because he was very brutal after transforming, and the villagers of Hogsmeade thought it was some ferocious ghost when they heard the noise and screams. Dumbledore encouraged people to spread such rumors, so people stayed away from the Shrieking Shack and kept everyone safe.
Lupine still remembers the days when he was afraid that his classmates would know who he was, and he kept the secret from everyone.
Every night when the moon is full, he would make up to his classmates reasons to go home to visit his sick mother or other reasons.
Then he came here alone, and became a brutal monster in the Shrieking Shack, wandering, destroying, and roaring in the hut.
Despite his efforts to cover up, several classmates quickly guessed the truth of the matter.
At that time, Lupine felt that he was definitely doomed, that he would be kicked out of Hogwarts and return to that colorless life.
But James Potter, Peter Pettigrew and Sirius Black accepted themselves and became his first friends in life. They even learned Animagus for this purpose, and after the fifth grade, they would come to accompany them every full moon night.
They traveled all over Hogwarts, and under the influence of their friends, Lupine felt that he was no longer as cruel as before after he turned into a werewolf.
If possible, how he wished that time would freeze at that moment.