Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 135 "Forbidden Zone"

Corridor on the right side of the fourth floor of the castle.

A place designated as a "forbidden zone" by the headmaster of Hogwarts, a place that Dumbledore warned not to go near if he didn't want to "die violently".

The three little wizards put the invisibility cloak on their heads, tried their best to cover their bodies, and moved slowly towards the iron gate where the three-headed dog Luwei was hidden.

Before the operation began, they had tried their best to make careful planning.

Harry and Ron consulted their "external brains," and Hermione, the "external brain," came to the conclusion that "speed is everything."

Ron felt that wasn't this what he and Harry originally thought?
However, before his opinion could be raised, he was elegantly ignored by the other two people.

According to Hermione, there is no time to continue chirping, as the same saying goes, "Speed ​​is everything."

"Open the Alajo!" Just like when she came here before, Hermione used the "Unlocking Charm" to open the locked door.

This time, because there was no Hogwarts janitor chasing after her, Hermione even had room to cast a spell silently.

Under the invisibility cloak, Ron gave Hermione a thumbs up, meaning to praise her for a job well done.

Hermione glared at him, and then pouted at the two boys, indicating that they could take action.

Ron held the door handle and twisted it hard. Harry released the clockwork that he had been holding tightly and let the music box in his hand play music.

The two of them were the first to bear the brunt and walked into the door of the secret room first, while Hermione nervously held her wand and prepared to respond.

Just like the last time I entered this secret room by mistake, there was no window in the entire room. It could be said that you couldn't see your fingers.

The air was smelly and the temperature seemed to be a few degrees higher than outside. This was all caused by Hagrid's "little pet".

However, after they entered the secret room, the big dog with three heads neither barked nor attacked them.

In fact, when the sound of the music box entered the room, Lu Wei's six big copper bell-like eyes began to move up and down involuntarily.

And when the three little wizards all walked in timidly, its trio of purring sounds resounded throughout the house.

"Lomus!" Hermione summoned a little light with a fluorescent spell. Because she was very nervous, she had to recite the spell this time to successfully cast the spell.

"Success!" x2
Harry and Ron whispered in unison. The two good friends looked at each other, their eyes full of joy and excitement.

"Don't be too happy too soon." Hermione reminded the two of them: "Remember the trap door we saw last time? That should be the real entrance to the secret room."

The entrance in her mouth was now being stepped on by one of Lu Wei's big paws. It took some effort for Harry and Ron to remove the three-headed dog's paw and pull the knocker to open the trap door.

There is a big black hole below. Looking from top to bottom, it is impossible to tell how deep the hole is.

"Maybe we need a rope." Ron scratched his hair, "Is it too late for us to go back to the dormitory to find a few sheets and connect a rope?"

"No, there's no time!" Harry said the same thing.

In fact, his first reaction was to find a flying broomstick, but time was really running out now.

"I'll go down first." Harry thought for a moment and said, "If nothing happens, you can follow me down."

Hermione looked at him curiously, because Harry's performance in Charms class had always been average.

"How do you get down? Can you use the levitation spell to support your own weight..."

Before she could finish asking the question, Harry answered her with practical actions - his levitation spell was indeed not that clever, but wasn't it just a hole in front of him? If he wanted to get down, he just had legs - he just jumped with his legs Into the dark hole.

Seeing how fierce Harry was, Ron quickly fell to the ground and shouted to his friend in the hole: "Harry, how are you?"

To Ron and Hermione's surprise, the hole seemed so deep, but Harry didn't seem to be injured. Hearing Ron calling his name, Harry, who had reached the bottom of the pit, responded immediately: "I'm fine. There is a soft cushion at the bottom of the pit. It shouldn't hurt if you jump down."

So, Ron and Hermione also jumped into the hole one after another. At this time, the music box they left in the secret room also played the last section of the music score. Without the hypnotic music, the three-headed dog Lu Wei opened his eyes with a snap.

Fortunately, the three little wizards are now in the tunnel and no longer have to face the big dog who seems a little angry at their sudden awakening.

The three little wizards seemed to have landed on a large soft cushion. Because their eyes had not yet adapted to the darkness here, they fumbled around with their hands and found that they seemed to be sitting on some unknown plant vines. On the vine.

Looking from below, the hole above his head has become as big as a postage stamp.

"What is this?"

Ron asked curiously: "Isn't this a secret room used to protect the magic stone? Why is there a buffer? I mean, even if there are no spiked wooden stakes or the like here, it should at least be hard. The stone floor is the right one, right?”

"No!" Hermione suddenly screamed.

"Look at yourselves!" She suddenly jumped up from the ground, desperately trying to get closer to the wet wall. She struggled as she felt the vines reach out with twisting tendrils like snakes, trying to wrap around her ankles.

As for Harry and Ron, while they were talking, tendrils had already crawled up their bodies unknowingly, and their legs were tightly entangled.

Hermione finally broke free before the tendrils could grab her. She watched in horror as Harry and Ron struggled desperately, but the more they struggled, the tighter and faster the vines became.

"Stop moving!"

Hermione shouted.

"I know what this is, it's Baphomet's minion, the Devil's Net!

Professor Sprout talked about it in herbal medicine class and showed us its spores.

Through some magic and the cultivation of mature soil where geraniums have been planted, they can grow quickly..."

"Great! We know its name, which will help us get rid of it!"

Ron yelled and interrupted Hermione. Those snake-like vines had climbed up his and Harry's necks, and his arms could no longer move.

"Shut up, I'm thinking about how to kill it!"

Hermione said.

"Hey, hurry up, I'm really out of breath!" Harry shouted out of breath. At the same time, he was struggling desperately, and the devil's net had wrapped around his chest.

"Devil's net, devil's net... what did Professor Sprout say? By the way! This magical plant likes moisture and darkness -" "Light it up quickly!"

Harry shouted

"Yes! But there are no matches now." Hermione wrung her hands and was about to cry. "I only know that there is a magic spell to summon flames in the book, but that is a magic spell that can only be learned in the third grade, and I haven't previewed it yet!"

Ron shouted to Hermione: "For Merlin's sake, Granger, use your wand... and let it out..."

It is dangerous to wave your wand randomly and cast spells. Professor Flitwick told them that some wizards could not speak clearly when using the "Levitation Spell". As a result, the spell summoned a bison and stepped on the man's chest.

But now there is really no other way, so Hermione can only do something risky.

However, just as Hermione drew out her wand, a string of bluebell-like flames suddenly fell from the sky and shot towards the devil's net entrenched on the ground.

Within a few seconds, the two boys were released. At the same time, the vines seemed to be frightened by the light and heat, squirming and retreating in all directions.

"You... why are you... here?"

Harry and Ron could swear to Merlin that they had never felt that voice so familiar, even if the person speaking it spoke in a concise manner.

While shaking off some vine debris stuck to his body, Harry stood up and walked towards the newcomers who had just saved them by shooting fire from their wands.

"Thank you very much, Professor Quirrell!"

"No, no, you're welcome." Quirrell was quite polite, "But you haven't answered me yet, why are you here."

After escaping from the trap, probably because the effects of adrenaline had not subsided, Ron was obviously a little excited. He blurted out: "Because this is a restricted area!"

Quirrell's eyes widened.

You also know that I co-authored it.

Then, while stroking the wand in his hand, the two-faced professor said with a pun: "This is not the place you should come to."

The three little wizards didn't even notice that Quirrell didn't stutter when he said this.

"But Snape is back!"

Harry said loudly: "If we don't steal the Sorcerer's Stone first, then he might steal the Sorcerer's Stone, and that would be terrible."

Hearing this, Quirrell suddenly felt incredible about the brain circuit of this little wizard.

Is this the idea of ​​striking first and taking advantage?

If you are afraid that others will steal your things, you will become a thief first - then if you are afraid that the Dark Lord will kill you, then should you commit suicide first?

Hey, that seems right.

We have met each other, and there are no outsiders here, so can I give you some "Avada Big Melons"?
"Didn't you hear that Snape is back? Let's not get into trouble yet."

Just as Quirrell was about to put his idea into practice, Voldemort's voice sounded in his heart. The Dark Lord told him not to act rashly just yet.

"Professor, are you thinking the same as us, so you are here?" Harry said to Quirrell excitedly: "It is too dangerous for you to face Snape alone. We can give you some help. Yes. No, Ron, Hermione?"

Ron nodded hurriedly, and although the little witch Hermione felt that something was wrong, she couldn't figure it out for a while.

"This... I really thank you."
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"Are you sure you want us to take these bubbles back to Hogwarts from here?"

Because the fire in the Forbidden Forest was extinguished by the rain, Dumbledore left Kate alone to let Professor Bourne and Hagrid clean up the mess. He took Bourne and the Weasley brothers to prepare to send them back to the castle.

But when passing by the Black Lake, he suddenly received a message from Fox, the fire phoenix. After reading the note, Dumbledore fell into deep thought and asked Bourne and the twins to go back by themselves.

Of course, he provided the three young wizards with a safe and fast secret passage - Dumbledore also guaranteed that there would be no problems with this secret passage.

That secret passage does not exist on the "Marauder's Map", because although it is a secret passage, this secret passage is not that secret passage.

It's a bunch of bubbles.

This is a giant bubble blown by the giant squid that lives in the Black Lake. According to Dumbledore, humans can get into it. Then you can be pushed by the giant squid's tentacles into a basement in Hogwarts Castle. From there, Bourne and the three of them could quickly return to the Gryffindor common room.

Unsurprisingly, this is indeed the result.

But the same sentence remains: if nothing unexpected happens, accidents will always follow.

Just after Bourne and the others got into the bubble, the giant squid indeed pushed the bubble and dived under the water, and also pushed them into Hogwarts Castle through an underwater tunnel.

However, when Bourne and the others came out of that place, they found that the exit of this "secret passage" was a place where even the twins felt confused.

"We never came here," George affirmed, and Fred nodded in agreement.

Near this exit, the ground has always been wet, and some thin vines have accumulated in the corner. Apart from their footsteps, all they could hear was the sound of water dripping down the wall.

"There seems to be some movement up front." Bourne listened carefully and came to a conclusion. "It's a bit like the sound of flapping wings, but it's very much like wings flapping the ground."

"Impossible!" Fred was startled by these words, "It's impossible for someone to raise a goose in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, right? Merlin's beard, which little wizard is so brave?"

When they reached the end of the corridor, they found a bright room in front of them with a high arched roof. Inside, there were some birds shining like gems, flapping their wings and flying. At the back of the room is a thick, solid wooden door.

"We have never seen a secret passage like this."

The twins felt that something strange must be caused by a monster. Their years of experience in making pranks made it difficult for them not to suspect that these things might be related to pranks.

"Do you think they will attack us when we pass by?" George asked.

"I think there must be something fishy here." Fred also agreed with his brother.

Only Byrne disagreed.

"I don't think so, because-"

(End of this chapter)