However, the plan did not go smoothly at all. First, he and Ron were driven away by Professor McGonagall from the door where Fluffy was hidden, and Snape discovered that Hermione was acting suspiciously. When the three of them reunited in the common room, they couldn't help but look at each other, obviously a little frustrated.
"Well, it seems that's the only way to go, right?" Hermione and Ron both stared at Harry, who saw that his face was pale and his eyes were bright.
"I'm going to sneak out of here tonight. I want to get the magic stone first!"
"You're crazy!" Ron said, "You can't do this!"
"Didn't you hear what McGonagall and Snape said? You will be expelled!" Hermione obviously disagreed.
But when Harry said "Voldemort killed my parents" with a painful expression, Ron and Hermione were speechless.
Yes, Voldemort killed his parents. This is an unavoidable fact, and it is also the biggest reason why Harry chose to prevent Voldemort from making a comeback and face his mortal enemy.
Obviously, neither Ron nor Hermione had the means or qualifications to deny this matter.
He glared at Ron and Hermione angrily, as if to say that he would definitely go even if they didn't agree.
"You're right, Harry." Hermione said weakly.
"Fortunately, Maka picked up the Invisibility Cloak that day. I think I will use it." Harry said, thinking of Maka again, "I just don't know, where did Maka go? I really want to Ask him if he has any advice.”
"But can it cover all three of us?" Ron asked doubtfully
"Us? Three people?"
"Oh, don't be stupid! Did you think we would let you do it alone? Obviously, you need help."
"Of course not," Hermione said proudly, with her hands on her hips and her little chin raised, "How could you ever think of leaving us and looking for the Philosopher's Stone alone? I'd better go look through my books. Maybe we can find something useful... By the way, it's best to call Maka—"
"But we can't find him." Ron started to finish her sentence.
"But... if we are caught, even you will be expelled." Harry obviously didn't want his good friends to be implicated.
"Maybe not," Hermione showed a confident smile, "Flitwick secretly told me that he said that I scored 112 points in the Charms exam! With such a high score, they were reluctant to expel me. Let’s go.”
"But I'm not sure," Ron patted his forehead. "I think it's most appropriate for us to find Maka again and let him deal with Professor McGonagall."
After dinner, they carefully avoided the crowd and searched everywhere in Hogwarts Castle. But this didn't seem to have any effect - he didn't even come at dinner time, and it was like evaporating from the school.
Eventually, they returned to the common room. Hermione looked through various books and notes hurriedly, trying to find a few useful spells or other things.
Harry and Ron rarely spoke. They were always thinking about what they were going to do soon.
After all his classmates went back to bed, Harry hurried back to the dormitory and took out the invisibility cloak.
At this moment, he accidentally saw a rough-looking flute that Hagrid had given him for Christmas. He put the flute in his pocket and prepared to use it against Lu Wei - he didn't think he was in the mood to sing to the big dog.
By the time he ran back to the lounge, the three of them were mentally prepared and ready to set off. Unexpectedly, Neville emerged from behind a sofa.
"What are you doing?" He held his toad Leif in his hand. Apparently, Leif had just fought for his freedom again.
"It's nothing, Neville, it's nothing." Harry hurriedly hid the invisibility cloak behind his back.
"You are planning to go out again." Neville looked at their guilty looks and whispered.
After going through the twists and turns last time, Neville seemed to have a lot of resistance to visiting Hogwarts at night. He felt that there was no benefit at all in doing so, and he might even get points deducted.
He blocked the exit of the lounge, in front of the portrait door, and opened his arms to prevent Harry and the others from going out.
"That night, Maka said to Professor McGonagall - he said I did the right thing. It's for your own good not to let you go out. You can't violate school rules anymore." Neville connected with a firm light, "Maka And he said, I’m brave!”
As for whether Maka said these words - yes, he did. He felt that Neville had courage in his nature. Although he was timid and inferior due to the environment in which he grew up, he would always grow at critical moments.
Of course, he didn't expect that his words would become Neville's reason to stop Harry. It can be seen from this that Neville does have courage, but it seems that his brain is not enough - or, after all, he is still a child!
"I won't let you do this." Neville said, puffing up his chest, "I want to—I want to compete with you!"
"Neville," said Ron furiously, "get out of that hole, don't be an idiot—"
"Don't call me an idiot!" Neville took a step forward.
"Come on, come here and hit me!" He raised his two chubby fists and shouted, "I'm ready!"
Harry couldn't help but turn to Hermione, and he said anxiously: "Let's think of a way."
Hermione stepped forward, pursed her thin lips, and pointed her wand at Neville.
"I'm really, really sorry for doing this," she said, "I'm all petrified!"
Neville's whole body immediately tensed up and became stiff. After shaking on the spot, he fell down on the plush carpet like a statue.
Hermione ran over and turned Neville over - his upper and lower jaws were clenched so tightly that he couldn't speak at all. Only his eyes moved, looking at them in horror.
"Hermione, what did you do to him?" Harry asked softly.
"This is a full-body binding spell. Maka used this when she punished Malfoy. He told me some key points when using the spell, and it's very useful." Hermione looked at Neville sadly, "Oh, I'm sorry Neville. , I’m really sorry.”
Harry pulled her and hurriedly left the common room - their time was tight, and Snape might have seen the Philosopher's Stone by now.
Along the way, Harry used a trick to trick Peeves away, and then arrived outside the corridor on the fourth floor as quickly as possible.
"Oh - the door is open!" Ron whispered.
"How is it? You see," Harry whispered, "Snape has successfully passed Lu Wei."
Looking at the half-open wooden door, they seemed to realize more clearly what they were about to face.
"If you want to leave now, I guess I won't blame you." Harry said, "You can take the Invisibility Cloak with you. You shouldn't need it next."
"Don't say stupid things" "Let's go in quickly!"
Ron and Hermione said almost simultaneously.
Harry looked at them and nodded, suppressed the emotion in his heart, and gently pushed the door open.
As the door creaked, a deep barking immediately sounded in their ears - although he couldn't see Harry and the others hiding under the invisibility cloak, he had obviously discovered it.
"Look at the harp at its feet," Hermione asked quietly.
"I dare say it must have been left by Snape," said Ron.
"Apparently it wakes up as soon as the music stops." Harry said as he took out his flute, "Okay, just listen -"
But I don't know if it's because Harry doesn't know how to play it, or because the flute that Hagrid cut has a bad tune, so it sounds particularly unpleasant. Ron and Hermione couldn't help but cover their ears.
But this noise-like vagueness seemed to be especially effective for the three-headed dog Luwei. He quickly stopped barking, his eyelids began to droop, and he fell asleep on the ground after a while.
Harry continued to blow while Ron and Hermione moved the huge dog's paw away from a trap door.
To be honest, Lu Wei passed this level quite easily, and the level that followed with the devil's net intertwined was not very difficult either. Unexpectedly, at the third level, Harry and the others had an accident for the first time.
"...They are not birds at all!" Harry stood in front of the locked door, looking at the shiny little things flying in the air. "They are keys—keys with wings! Take a closer look. .obviously that means?”
"This means that the door cannot be opened by the Unlock Charm," said Hermione. "The Alaho Cave is open!"
Sure enough, the locked door didn't move.
"...No, look," Harry pointed at the corner, "the broomstick!"
"But, to find the right key among so many birds—I mean keys, among so many flying keys, maybe it takes Maka." Ron looked helplessly at the large group of people in the sky. Little things flying around.
"I think I can give it a try. Mrs. Hooch said I fly well." Harry said.
However, so far, Harry had only flown a few times in flying lessons. For a young wizard who has not practiced systematically to do this, no matter how talented Harry is, he will not be able to do it. At least that's what Ron and Hermione thought.
"No matter what, I have to try!" Harry said firmly.
He picked up a broom and stepped on it, a little nervous, but not too scared. He thought to himself, "Just follow what was taught in class, yes, that's right."
Facts have proved that if the talent is high enough, it can actually be done.
Well, it's just that when Harry was holding the flying key that had obviously been caught once, he was lying on the ground, and his other hand was bent at a strange angle.
"Oh - no -" Hermione couldn't help but cover her mouth.
At this time, Maka, who was immersed in the experiment, would never have thought that she had missed this event. What he didn't even expect was that his words would actually change everything, and he would move to another unknown extreme.