Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 124 Bourne’s Intuition

While eating dinner and chatting, the Auror came.

This scene really surprised all the young wizards present. Many of them stood up like groundhogs and looked at the Aurors in confusion.

In fact, even the several deans who rushed over after receiving the notice were also a little surprised by the sudden appearance of these Aurors.

"Rufus, what are you doing here at school?" Professor McGonagall asked the middle-aged wizard headed by Xiang. Although the latter has now become the director of the Auror Office, he was also a graduate of Gryffindor College before. s student.

Moreover, even the appearance of Rufus Scrimgeour is somewhat similar to that of the old lion in the Serengeti savanna in the animal world.

His tawny hair and thick eyebrows were mixed with wisps of gray. Behind his gold-rimmed glasses were a pair of sharp yellow eyes. Although his legs were a bit lame, he walked with the grace of a meteor, making people immediately feel that he was A sharp, tough guy.

"Dean McGonagall," Scrimgeour first said hello to his former dean, and then nodded gently to the other deans.

However, when he saw Snape, his eyes stayed for a second or two.

"The purpose of our presumptuous visit this time is to take away Professor Snape." He said concisely and concisely: "Something happened just now, just over at Spider Alley, Professor Snape's old house..."

Perhaps sensing that many young wizards were looking at him curiously, Scrimgeour lowered his voice and spoke a few words.

Immediately afterwards, Professor McGonagall's face turned pale. It was like she was hit in the head by something, and it took her a few seconds to recover.

"I cannot agree to your request," Professor McGonagall shook her head. "Severus is the Potions Professor at Hogwarts. He has two classes that he must attend tomorrow, and they will be next week." It’s time for the Ordinary Wizarding Level Examination and the Ultimate Wizarding Qualification Examination, which are crucial for young wizards in fifth and seventh grade.”

"Dean McGonagall, we have no choice." Scrimgeour frowned, "This decision was not made by the Auror Office, but a magical ruling signed directly by Minister Fudge. We cannot violate it."

While he was speaking, several Aurors who had followed him to Hogwarts had spread out into a loose formation, vaguely surrounding Snape and several professors.

Seeing this situation, Professor McGonagall's attitude softened, but she still insisted: "I have to communicate with Dumbledore."

"Master Dean, we have nothing else..."

Scrimgeour reluctantly repeated what he had just said, but at this moment, a clear cry suddenly sounded over the auditorium.

Fox, the fire phoenix, appeared here at some point. It kept hovering over the auditorium, its dazzling orange-red feathers reflecting the light emitted by the floating candles, as if little sparks were shooting out of its body.

"I have to say, Principal Dumbledore is really cool to have a fire phoenix as a partner!" Ron said with excitement.

Then, perhaps thinking of his pet rat, his face suddenly fell.

"I have to study the color-changing spell later. George and Fred assured me that the spell was not a squib. Maybe it was because I pronounced the wrong syllables or something, so I couldn't make Scabbers' fur change."

Bourne, who was sitting next to him, picked up a fork and poked a piece of barbecue into his mouth, hiding the change in his expression with the action of chewing salt pork.

Unlike other little wizards, because of his excellent hearing, he just heard clearly what Scrimgeour and Professor McGonagall were whispering.

"The house is on fire, the Dark Mark has appeared, and all the amnesiacs at the Ministry of Magic are being forced to work overtime." He tried hard to search through his memory, and was finally 100% sure that there was definitely no similar plot in the original Harry Potter books.

"So, who did this?"

While Byrne was constantly calculating whether this variable would affect some of his plans, the negotiations between several deans and Scrimgeour also made some progress.

Through some channels, even though he was far away in Southern Europe, Dumbledore still knew the situation of the British Ministry of Magic (especially the Auror Department) very well.

He asked Fox to bring back a note expressing his opinion.

Although he agreed to Scrimgeour's request and allowed them to temporarily invite Snape to the Ministry of Magic to ask some questions, it was only limited to questioning.

Moreover, this inquiry can only last until the early morning of tomorrow at the latest.

What Dumbledore means is that just as the sun will rise tomorrow as usual, the Potions Professor must also return to Hogwarts Castle on time, step onto the podium, and impart knowledge to the little wizards who are "waiting for food".

As for whether the Auror Office could ask anything at this time, and whether there was any way to find clues about the suspects of this "extremely bad" fire, that was none of Snape's business.

Of course, Dumbledore's real thought may be: It doesn't matter what your Auror office does about this matter, he will take action in the end anyway.

However, this may have to wait for a few days, because he still has an urgent problem that needs to be solved and cannot spare any time for the time being.

For the guidance given by the former headmaster and the greatest white wizard in the world - even if it slaps the entire Auror office, the result is better than not being able to take away the person, or worse, requiring the use of force in Hogwarts. It would be better to ask Snape away - Scrimgeour had no reason not to agree.

If you don't agree, you are being shameless. He is a serious British man, and he is not a general, so he will not be so ignorant.
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After dinner, on the way to the library for self-study, Hermione had been a little worried: "Those Aurors took Professor Snape away, who will teach us Potions class next week? Will Principal Dumbledore find other teachers?" The professor comes to teach for us? What if the new professor reorganizes the focus of the exam? "

"Instead of worrying about the potions test, I think it's a good thing that Snape was taken away by the Aurors." Ron shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "Anyway, no matter who comes to take over the potion test, it will be better than Snape's magic." Medicine class is a hundred times better.”

Harry is also a supporter of this view.

He was even a little excited in his heart, and at the same time he did not forget to share his guess with his friends in a low voice:
"You guys are saying, could it be that Professor Dumbledore discovered Snape's little tricks with the Sorcerer's Stone, so he just asked the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic to capture him and lock him up?

In this case, no one in Hogwarts should have bad intentions towards the gem anymore. "

Bourne, who was walking in front of them, couldn't help grinning after hearing these words and shook his head slightly.

The results deduced by these little wizards are not to say that they are far from the point, but they can also be regarded as completely wrong. Just relying on the words of the three of them, if Dumbledore hadn't arranged everything secretly in the original work, Nick Flamel's Philosopher's Stone would have definitely been stolen by Quirrell.

"Bourne! Come here quickly, we have something to do with you!" Just before they were about to enter the door of the library, two figures suddenly appeared at the far corner of the corridor. Even though they were half a corridor apart, George and Fred's loud voices attracted the attention of many young wizards.

Fortunately, Bourne had quick hands and eyes. As soon as he saw the Weasley twins waving to him, he quickly raised his hand and cast a "silencing spell" in front of the library door.

Otherwise, if this voice was heard in the library, Mrs. Pince would have picked up the feather duster and walked out. "Keep your voice down," Bourne said quickly to the twins as he ran over in a few steps. As he spoke, he carefully looked back at the door of the library.

Good, Mrs. Pince didn't come out.

"Mr. Sherlock asked us to come to you," George lowered his head slightly and lowered his voice deliberately, but his expression was obviously a little excited. "There is a chance to leave Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry tonight. The reason is absolutely legitimate. He hopes We could take a walk with him.”

So that's what happened, no wonder the twins were so excited. Little wizards at Hogwarts cannot leave the castle without permission. This is school discipline. Ordinary students only get the opportunity to go to Hogsmeade on Saturdays after their third year.

Although they know several secret passages, going to Hogsmeade actually doesn't have much appeal to George and Fred anymore.

But being able to leave Hogwarts Castle "honestly", and judging from what they said, they didn't mean to go to Hogsmeade, this is a wonderful experience that most young wizards can brag about for a lifetime!
How could they not be excited?
Therefore, both of them barely gave Bourne a chance to choose. As soon as they finished speaking, they dragged Bourne to the trophy room in the left-hand corridor on the fourth floor.

"Mr. Sherlock didn't say what he was going to do?" Bourne asked curiously as he glanced at the closed door at the end of the corridor opposite.

George and Fred shook their heads at the same time, like two mirror-image rattles.

"We went to Hogsmeade in the afternoon. Before we left, we asked Peeves to bring you a letter." George said, "We have been following Quirrell recently. He went to visit Mrs. Puddifer today. 'teahouse."

Fred added: "It turned out that before he came out, there was chaos in the teahouse, and a group of people were busy catching mice."

George said with a smile: "I don't know if it was a big rat like Scabbers. A group of people had a big quarrel in the teahouse because of a rat."

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

The two elements of "rat" and "Professor Quirrell" come together, and it is difficult for Bourne not to think that this may be Voldemort guiding his two servants to meet.

This actually makes sense.

Recently, due to Bourne's intervention, many things planned by Voldemort have not gone smoothly.

In desperation, Voldemort, with only a trace of his soul left, might take a desperate risk and let Quirrell and Peter Pettigrew meet.

Even if this may increase his risk of exposure, it can also gather more manpower.

It's easier to get things done when there are more people.

And this also reminded Byrne of another possibility: "The dark mark that appeared over Spider Alley might have been committed by one of Quirrell and Peter Pettigrew.

His purpose of doing this is also easy to guess, most likely to get the Ministry of Magic to take action to take Snape away from Hogwarts. "

Thinking of this, Bourne suddenly didn't want to leave Hogwarts.

Because Snape has now been taken away from Hogwarts by the Aurors, in other words, the two wizards who know some details about Quirrell - Snape and Dumbledore - are not in the castle today. Inside.

If Bourne were Voldemort, he would definitely not waste this opportunity and try to force his way into the restricted area opposite the corridor on the fourth floor.

"Hey, Bourne, George, Fred, you're finally here."

A shout suddenly came from the magic portrait on the wall. Mr. Sherlock makes his grand entrance.

In the portrait, he was wearing a tuxedo that was more formal than a formal suit, and a civilized stick with a curved handle hung on his arm.

However, he put a wizard hat on his head, which slightly ruined the overall atmosphere of the outfit.

"Mr. Sherlock," George and Fred greeted him cheerfully.

The three of them have met frequently recently and exchanged a lot of miscellaneous information about the magical world and the Muggle side.

Dr. Watson was busy making new ghost friends, and Mr. Sherlock was not idle either, also expanding his network of contacts at Hogwarts.

"We are about to leave. Before we leave, I want to ask you something. Have you ever used a 'portkey'?"

"We've heard it."

The Weasley twins replied: "It is an alchemical item that can quickly travel from one place to another. It is a bit like the 'Apparition' magic, but the distance of transmission is longer, but it can legally use the 'Port Key' Not much."

"correct answer!"

Sherlock in the portrait applauded, and then he said: "The magic portrait in front of you turns out to be a door key - I just learned about it today.

However, now I would like to invite you to experience it with me, as my assistant, and travel with me to the Ministry of Magic using the Magic Portrait Key.

We're going to have a mystery night! "

"Yeah!"×2
The twins waved their arms excitedly.

"Let's go. Principal Dumbledore asked us to go back as soon as possible. This magic portrait door key has an expiration date, and we can't waste time.

After all, the principal only agreed to let you go on a field trip as my assistant, but he did not agree to the little wizard not returning to the dormitory to sleep in the middle of the night. "

As he spoke, Sherlock in the portrait glanced at Bourne. He noticed that the little wizard had not expressed any opinions just now.

Aware of Sherlock's gaze, although his reason and logic told him that everything was reasonable, his wizard's intuition was a little wary.

"Mr. Sherlock, I want to ask you a question. Do you know where Peeves is now?"

(End of this chapter)