Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Harry was the first to notice something was wrong.

Then they all stopped. It was already late at night and the corridor was silent, but now it seemed even more dead silent.

Ron took a step back in fear and said in a very sharp voice: "Where is the Fat Lady? She is gone. We have to find the professor quickly!"

When faced with such a situation, the Weasley twins were calmer than the little wizards.

George said quickly, "You will follow me to the Great Hall, Fred, and you will go find Professor McGonagall now!"

Hermione suddenly woke up and said, "Since the Fat Lady can leave, then the entrances to the common rooms of other colleges may not be safe. We must quickly notify Lin Xia and Draco!"

Ron: "Shall we go to the second floor now?"

Hermione: "No need to bother, we can just use the spell that Lin Xia taught us to notify her."

After she finished speaking, she waved her wand, and a flash of light rose from the tip of her wand - "Letter delivery!"

It was unknown where Lin Xia had seen this spell, but it was originally an intermediate spell, and the magic words involved were somewhat complicated.

Lin Xia had a lot of experience with ancient magic words, so he replaced some of the magic words in this spell with low-level ancient magic language.

The people in her experimental team have already learned many low-level ancient magic languages, so using this spell is actually relatively simple.

After a while, a golden piece of letter paper flashed in the air. Hermione waved her wand and quickly wrote a line of words with the tip.

After writing, the letter paper turned into a stream of light and suddenly disappeared in front of everyone.

Harry and the others did not dare to stay where they were, fearing that something unexpected might happen again, and quickly followed George to the auditorium.

At the same time, when they were about to enter the Hufflepuff common room, Lin Xia suddenly saw a flash of magic out of the corner of her eye.

She couldn't help but pause and stopped.

A piece of golden letter paper appeared in front of her. There was only one line of text on it, and the note was Hermione.

Draco also saw the contents of the letter and his expression changed.

“The Fat Lady who manages the entrance to the Gryffindor common room is missing?!

Harry and the others can't get back to the common room...wait, what about the group of Gryffindor students in the dormitory behind the common room? Will they be unable to get out?"

Lin Xia shook her head and said calmly, "I don't believe there is only one passage leading to the public lounge.

If an accident happens, the school must have other ways to get the little wizard out."

She thought about it for a while and felt that the Fat Lady's escape was no small matter and might affect the entire Hogwarts.

It is now late at night, when the little wizard is fast asleep. If something like this happens, no one knows how to deal with it.

Lin Xia turned around decisively and said, "Let's go to the auditorium. I'm afraid we won't be able to sleep tonight!"

At the same time, Fred finally found the professor on duty.

The professor on duty today is Professor McGonagall!

She looked energetic and not at all tired from staying up late.

Including other outstanding students, they patrol so late every night, but they are always full of energy the next day.

Fred was still in the mood to wonder what methods they used to keep themselves energetic.
Professor McGonagall was a little surprised to see Fred coming back, and asked quickly, "Fred, is there something wrong?"

Fred quickly told Professor McGonagall about the Gryffindor incident, and Professor McGonagall's expression became serious: "The Fat Lady disappeared?"

She said subconsciously: "The Fat Lady is a portrait with a strong sense of responsibility. Unless something unexpected happens, she will not leave easily."

Fred said, "Professor, I have arranged for Harry and the others to stay in the Great Hall. What should we do now?"

Professor McGonagall: "You also go to the Great Hall. I will gather all the wizards to investigate."

Fred then returned to the Great Hall, and as he left, he saw Professor McGonagall wave a spell with her wand.

The spell was silvery-white in color, with a loud bang, and looked like some special communication spell.

Fred was afraid of being criticized by Professor McGonagall, so he didn't dare to look at her any longer. He just glanced a few times and then left.

He arrived at the Great Hall, bringing news from Professor McGonagall.

Fred said in a relaxed tone, "Don't worry, the Fat Lady will be fine with the professor here."

Lin Xia took the opportunity to ask them: "What happened? Why did the Fat Lady disappear?"

Harry recalled: "I was standing at the door, waiting for the Fat Lady to speak and ask me for the password.

But I waited a moment longer and looked up, and saw that the Fat Lady had vanished from her portrait, leaving only an empty frame."

Ron added: "Not only that, the portrait had been slashed so badly that pieces of the canvas were scattered on the floor and a large piece of the canvas had been torn away."

When the little wizards gathered together to discuss, many professors also came from all directions.

They were all in Hogwarts, and they came very quickly, almost at lightning speed.

Snape glanced at the damaged photo frame and said coldly: "We need to find her as soon as possible."

The other professors looked solemnly, with worry in their eyes.

Professor Flitwick frowned, "The Fat Lady is not someone who would run away easily. She has a strong sense of responsibility."

Sprout speculated, "Perhaps she encountered some danger and had to be forced to open the door to the Gryffindor common room, but the Fat Lady didn't get the correct password, so she refused?"

Snape said coldly: "This must be told to Dumbledore!
We need the Headmaster's permission to open another route to the Gryffindor common room, as there are many Gryffindor students trapped inside, although most of them should be asleep."

Professor McGonagall said seriously, "I'll go inform Dumbledore now!"

In addition, McGonagall also said: "Others should hurry to find the Fat Lady. She can't leave Hogwarts, and she will never leave easily."

"Good luck to you!" Suddenly, a voice came out, giggling.

Everyone looked up and found it was a Peeves.

This Peeves was not nervous even though he was being stared at by so many professors. He whistled loudly, and more and more Peeves emerged and floated together.

It seems that the more people there are, the more powerful the force.

More and more Peeves came, and the mischievous Peeves no longer concealed his true nature and jumped over the heads of all the professors.

Other people's misfortune is their happiness.

Professor McGonagall suddenly asked: "Peeves, have you discovered anything?"

Peeves subconsciously looked at Professor McGonagall in a flattering manner, but soon returned to his usual fearless expression and said sarcastically:
"She's shy, Your Excellency. She doesn't want to be seen. She's horribly miserable. I once found her running past the landscape painting on the fifth floor.

Professor, she is hiding in the bushes, crying her heart out." Peeves added hypocritically, "What a poor creature."

Professor McGonagall said softly, "Did she say who did it?"

"Oh, I did, Professor." Peeves looked as if he was holding a bomb in his arms.

"He was angry because she wouldn't let him in." Peeves turned over and grinned at the professors from between his legs. "He has a terrible temper, that Sirius Black."

All the professors' faces darkened. This was the scene they least wanted to see.

Seeing that all Peeves had left, the other professors took action.

McGonagall was responsible for contacting Dumbledore, while the others went to look for the Fat Lady.

She is a picture frame and can only hide in the picture frame.

But there are at least thousands of Hogwarts picture frames, and it is very difficult to find them.

If the Fat Lady had to hide in some corner, they would spend days and nights looking for her.

In the auditorium.

Several little wizards gathered together to discuss the disappearance of the Fat Lady.

They didn't know what was going on and could only make wild guesses. Because the reasons for their guesses were too outrageous, Hermione couldn't help but stop them.

"Forget it, don't let your imagination run wild. I believe the professors are already taking action.

If you really want to know the truth, you might as well go out now and maybe you can learn it from the professor."

Hermione was just talking, but she didn't expect the other little wizards to change their expressions slightly, and it seemed that they really wanted to go out.

Hermione said quickly, "No, we can't go out. The Fat Lady's sudden disappearance is more serious than we thought.

Hogwarts is very dangerous now. The professor has set up a protective magic in the Great Hall. It is safest for us to stay here."

The Weasley twins were about to speak when a voice suddenly emerged, with a unique arrogance.

"I didn't expect to hear such philosophical words from Miss Grange. Your performance is beyond my expectations.

But don't worry, I still won't give Gryffindor extra points. It's enough that your school has a point-adding devil, Mikel."

Lin Xia ignored Snape's tone.

This professor is only polite when speaking to students from his own college, and he treats the same to students from other colleges.

She asked: "Professor Snape, what happened?

Can the students trapped in the common room get out? Is the Fat Lady missing or dead? Can she be found? "

Snape glanced at Lin Xia, but did not make any sarcastic remarks.

He was very kind to students with outstanding academic performance, especially those from the aristocracy.

If Lin Xia and Draco were not in Hufflepuff, Snape would have treated them better.

Snape said calmly: "Peeves saw this scene. Sirius Black asked the Fat Lady to open the door for him, but the Fat Lady refused. So Black destroyed the picture frame. The Fat Lady was too scared and fled to another place."

He said a few words of comfort: "The Fat Lady is very responsible. She will not leave Hogwarts. If you don't go looking for her, she will return to the common room in a few days when her mind has calmed down."

He looked at Harry specifically, his eyes cold.

“I came here specifically to remind you not to do unnecessary things.

Sirius may be in Hogwarts. He is a wicked villain. If he really wants to kill you, we will not be able to stop him in time."

After Snape finished speaking, he left quickly because he still had to look for the missing Fat Lady.

The little wizards looked at each other, and their original desire to go out and move around instantly died down.

It must be mentioned that Sirius Black has a notorious reputation outside. If he were in Hogwarts, no one would want to joke with their own life.

Ron said in a somewhat frustrated tone, "There are so many Dementors outside the school, but no one noticed Sirius?"

Lin Xia said calmly: "If it was so easy to find, the Ministry of Magic would not have placed the Dementors outside Hogwarts, making us little wizards worry all the time.

Even a powerful organization like the Ministry of Magic couldn't find Sirius's whereabouts in the first place. So why is it strange that the Dementors couldn't find him?"

Ron couldn't help but shudder a few times and looked at Harry.

He knew what Harry was planning.

Harry has always wanted to meet Sirius and ask him what he really thinks, and whether his parents' death is related to Sirius betraying them.

Sure enough, the next second Harry said firmly: "I want to go out!"

George and Fred quickly followed: "Harry, we're going with you!"

Hermione frowned and said very disapprovingly: "No, this is too dangerous."

George and Fred looked at each other and nodded.

George smiled and said, “What if we can minimize this danger?

Harry has the Invisibility Cloak, and even the Professor cannot see through its invisibility, and we have something else that can tell us where Sirius Black is."

Fred took out a large, worn piece of parchment from his traceless retractable ring and said to the paper: "I solemnly swear that I will do no good!"

Everyone saw that the facilities inside Hogwarts suddenly and slowly emerged from the parchment. The details became clearer and clearer, as if to include the entire Hogwarts.

Lin Xia's eyes suddenly narrowed. She actually saw the professor's name and the student's name on the map!

The professor's name kept flashing, and this map seemed to be able to record people's activities.

Ron asked in surprise: "What kind of map is this?"

George: "We call it the Marauder's Map. When I was in detention with Filch in my first year, I saw a drawer with the words [confiscated supplies, highly dangerous] written on it, and found the map in it."

Fred added: “This little beauty has taught us more than all the teachers in the school combined!”

Harry was instantly attracted to the map.

With this map, if Sirius really appeared in Hogwarts, he would be able to find him immediately.

They looked at the map.

Because it was late at night, not many people were walking around outside.

After a while, they looked through the names of all the people who were still active, and Sirius Black's name was not on it.

Harry couldn't tell whether he was disappointed or relieved.

He didn't seem to want Sirius to be caught by the professors and put back in Azkaban.

At least not now.

George: "With this map, we were able to go on many night tours without being discovered by the professor."

Fred: "Now then, it's time to decide what to do!"

George asked, "Will you stay in the Great Hall or come with us to look for the Fat Lady?" (End of this chapter)