Luna is okay!
This was the first thing Maka confirmed.
Since when Hermione ran away just now, Luna was the last one to chase her... and she seemed to be running a little slowly, so she was the first thing Maka and Harry saw.
And next…
Ron is fine too! Not only was Ron fine, but Hermione didn't have any problems either. Even when Maka found the two of them, they were still running back in a hurry, obviously noticing the sound just now.
"Maka, downstairs! The scream just now came from below..."
In fact, without Hermione's reminder, a possibility had already flashed through Maka's mind like lightning—Helpo expected that he would discover his existence sooner or later, so he had set his goal from the beginning. On other students!
And this is undoubtedly the most difficult situation to prevent.
"Harry, put the sword away first, but you can put the hat on your head; Ron, go to the school hospital and notify Madam Pomfrey. She may need her help later," Maka didn't waste any time and walked towards the stairs. As he walked, he said, "Well, Hermione, go and call Professor McGonagall..."
"Then I'll go this way—"
The principal's office is on this floor, but it's still some distance away. After Hermione said hello, she hurried to the other side.
Seeing this, Harry put the Sword of Gryffindor back into his hood, and then put the Sorting Hat on his head in disgust.
So, the frothy water flowed all over his face in the blink of an eye.
But since Maka said so, there must be a reason for it, and it is always right to follow it.
"Maka, need..." He wiped the water from his face, "Uh, I want to say, do you need to go to Snape to talk to him?"
Harry never had a good impression of Snape.
Especially after the other party became the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, the students had to be exhausted in every class, and in class they were always forced to come into contact with some dark magical creatures that could easily affect people's psychology. .
However, in terms of Snape's actual abilities as a Potions and Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, he still had to admit it.
However, Maka quickly shook her head after hearing this.
"No, Professor Snape usually goes home on his days off, and it's the same today." He said, and casually suggested, "I think you should still call him 'Professor Snape'..."
While they were talking, they were not slow on their feet and soon reached the seventh floor. And when Maka discovered that several students were walking up the stairs from the sixth floor, he knew that the sound just now was probably coming from this floor.
Ron didn't pause here. When Maca turned around to figure out which way to go, he had already passed several students on the stairs and went straight to the school hospital on the second floor.
"This way!"
Maka glanced at the corridor on the right, and soon she discovered a half-open door deep in the corridor, and a large puddle of water had already overflowed on the ground in front of the door.
Moreover, the pool of water continues to grow larger over time, with no intention of stopping.
As far as Maka knows, it should be a boys' bathroom, and since there are not many commonly used rooms on the seventh floor, few people actually go to that bathroom.
"Everyone, don't go over there yet. Wait until I confirm the situation. Help me stop the students behind me and keep them away for the time being."
After quickly warning the first few young wizards who were coming up, Maka frowned slightly and walked quickly along the corridor.
Probably because Maka spoke seriously, the students who were still communicating with each other stopped talking. As a result, the Hogsmeade Castle, which was originally empty of people, suddenly became quiet.
Maka took a few steps and soon heard the sound of running water coming from the bathroom. In addition, he could vaguely hear some strange suppressed moans, but it was not so obvious under the cover of the sound of water flow.
"what happened?"
Not paying attention to the water on the floor, Maka quickened her pace, and then opened the bathroom door. And the next second, the scene behind the door suddenly froze him.
"...Neville?"
…
A moment later, it was still the boys' bathroom on the seventh floor of the main castle.
"Professor McGonagall, it's okay! It was Neville who broke the faucet when he was washing his hands, and the sink happened to be blocked, so the water flooded the floor... Then he slipped on the water on the floor. Except for his head Apart from a few bruises, nothing happened..."
Maka stood by the sink, explaining the general situation to Professor McGonagall who hurried over.
But now Neville, who is tall and powerful, still stands behind Maka with his neck hunched as he did many years ago, even though he doesn't understand what is going on.
Why did he just slip and fall and suddenly attract so many people to watch
"Then...did something happen before Mr. Longbottom fell?"
Mag keenly discovered this important point, but there were still several students standing in the corridor outside the bathroom, so it was naturally impossible for Maka to say it on the spot.
"About this, I think we should go to your office to talk!" Just as he was saying this, he glanced at the back of Neville's head. "Although I have treated the wound urgently for you, you'd better go there again." Ask Madam Pomfrey to take a look, and ask Ron, who is still there, to come to the Headmaster's office."
After saying that, Maka couldn't help but sigh helplessly, and then patted Neville on the back.
"To be honest, your fall made us all scared. We should be more careful next time!"
After leaving the bathroom, Maka followed Professor McGonagall back to the eighth floor from the other side of the corridor, and soon arrived at the principal's office. Harry, Luna and Hermione, who had just followed Professor McGonagall, also followed them in.
"Uh, can I take off the sorting hat? I feel like my face is almost wrinkled by the orange-flavored soapy water..."
"Hey! I haven't even complained a few words yet! Are you still unhappy?"
Maka looked back at Harry, only to see that the other man's face looked as if he had just applied a hydrating mask, and his whole face was hydrated.
"No, you'd better wear it first!"
While saying this, Maka waved and saw the water on the heads of the Sorting Hat and Harry immediately floated up and separated from themselves.
And in the next second, the water that had gathered into a ball completely dissipated with a disappearing spell.
"Harry, there's something I didn't have time to confirm with you just now - how did you get out of the other party's control at that time?"
This issue is important to Maka...of course, and perhaps to everyone present. If it was just as Maka guessed, he might not need to worry about that damn comet in the sky anymore.
On the other side, Hermione, who had some understanding of Harry's situation, immediately looked in the former's direction.
"Get rid of?" Harry was stunned for a moment, but then nodded, "Yes, it seems that it can be described like this..."
"Actually, I can't remember many things clearly. Most of the time, I felt like I was floating in darkness. I don't know how long it took, but suddenly a bright light appeared in front of me, and then I I remembered a few stories for no reason..."
"story?"
Hermione was obviously a little confused about what Harry said, but Maka was different. He didn't seem to be surprised by what Harry said.
"Is it the stories in the book "The Golden Griffin from the Wilderness"?" he immediately asked.
"That book that Professor Dumbledore gave you?"
After Maka's reminder, Hermione quickly reacted.
Yes, Scrimgeour had announced a non-public will of Dumbledore, and along with the will, there were several small gifts for Hermione, Harry and Ron.
What Harry received was a storybook about several adventures of Godric Gryffindor.
"Yes, that's the book," Harry nodded. "Because Maka told me to read more, so I read it over and over again, but I never found anything. Unexpectedly, there was something there before. In the depressing darkness of the film, those few stories suddenly woke me up."
Having said this, he paused for a moment, and then said seriously: "Moreover, after those stories were played in front of me like a TV show, I felt full of power!"
Maka was listening, and suddenly nodded thoughtfully.
"Is that really the case..."
He thought about it carefully, and after a while he raised his head and looked at Hermione as if he wanted to say something. But before he could speak, he suddenly waved his backhand and opened the door to the principal's office.
"Ron, you're here at the right time! Ron, and Hermione, please take the things that Professor Dumbledore gave you with you. I think they may come in handy."
As Maka spoke, she silently lamented in her heart: Dumbledore and he were indeed taking a completely different path. Such a very prophetic approach, he couldn't even figure it out for a while. reason.
…
That day, Maka, Professor McGonagall, Luna, and Hermione, three little lions, chatted a lot in the principal's office. He didn't hide anything about the despicable Haierbo, and he let everyone present know more about it.
In fact, Maka didn't want too many people to know, but as for what happened today, it was impossible not to explain it clearly.
However, the so-called wave comes again and again.
Early the next morning, Hogwarts Castle welcomed a new group of "guests".