Hogwarts: Dumbledore reigned over the wizarding world

Chapter 45: Halloween Eve Incident

In the last few days of October, Hogwarts seemed to be doing just as usual, but in fact, every little wizard was brewing restlessness in his heart.

In the History of Magic class, first-year students began to frequently ask Professor Binns about the history of ghosts and spirits, which completely disrupted Professor Binns' teaching plan - although no one knew whether such things existed or not.

The ghost professor was furious and roared at Seamus Finnigan, who had raised his hand high: "Stop asking those stupid goblins. I won't answer them anymore. Put your hand down, Sean Panic. Five points from Hufflepuff!"

Seamus felt aggrieved: "Professor, my name is not Sean Panik, nor is it Hedge..."

Harry and Ron quickly grabbed him and covered his mouth.

But with the exception of History of Magic and Potions classes (no one dared to ask Snape), the other professors were happy to let the young wizards, who had been studying for two months, relax.

Professor McGonagall, who is always serious, used the desks to turn everyone into a bunch of dancing skeletons.

Professor Flitwick excitedly recounted a wonderful experience he had when he was young, spending Halloween with vampires and werewolves.

Amidst such excitement and anticipation, October came to an end, and on the day before Halloween, Hogwarts was already in a festive atmosphere.

Even though the weather was quite bad at this time.

I don’t know when it started, but the mountains around the school began to be covered with ice and snow, the sky was gray all day long, and the frost on the ground became thicker and thicker in the early morning.

This forced Hagrid to wear his moleskin coat, rabbit fur gloves and hat, wrapped up like some furry monster, and work hard to defrost the schoolyard with a broom.

The same is true on October 10st.

Vaughn, holding a book, passed by the courtyard and greeted Hagrid. When he walked into the hall, he found that the braziers and torches originally placed in the hall had been replaced by pumpkin lanterns.

Many decorative ribbons hung from the ceiling, and every little wizard was excitedly discussing the changes in decorations and what programs would be held for Halloween this year.

Fred and George said that last year Dumbledore invited a ghost band to perform, and the humming and humming music made half the people in the hall fall asleep.

Percy said that as a prefect, he had not received any notice from the school and there would probably be no program this year - speaking of Percy, he hadn't seen Vaughn for a long time since he was sorted into Slytherin.

Until he found out that his brother was popular in several houses, one day Percy approached Vaughan and said, "Dear brother, I was very busy recently. I hope no one in Slytherin bullied you."

Vaughan said hehe...

Harry whispered to his friends, "There's definitely no show. Dumbledore is still hiding his little secrets. How could he let outsiders into the school?"

Hermione looked at him with new eyes: "I thought you would complain that it's not lively enough."

"My life is busy enough now."

Harry said dejectedly.

The closer it gets to the Quidditch season, the crazier Wood becomes. If it weren't for everyone threatening him with death, he would probably want to organize Quidditch training on Halloween.

But I still can’t escape training this afternoon!
"Ron, you can accompany me this afternoon... uh..."

Harry decided to take his good friend along to enjoy the good times.

But when he turned around, he found that Ron had not spoken a word. He was in a daze, with tears in his eyes, as if he was about to die and would take one last look at the world.

"Ron, what's wrong with you?"

Ron held Harry's hand emotionally and said, "Harry, take good care of yourself in the future. When you grow up, make more money. If you have anything delicious to eat, drink, or have fun, remember to bring me some..."

Then, he was rendered mute by a Silence Charm cast across the long table. When Harry looked over, Vaughn, who was reading a book and eating broth, nonchalantly put away his wand.

Harry looked around, and everyone around him continued to talk as if they hadn't seen anything -

Isn't it normal for Ron to be bullied by his brother?
Harry turned around silently, pretending not to notice Ron's eyes widening and his arms and legs flailing in struggle.

……

In the evening, after practicing Quidditch all afternoon and with his hair turned into a Mohawk, Harry returned to the Great Hall exhausted. The whole Great Hall had completely changed.

The professors used magic spells to completely transform the pumpkin lanterns, and the flashing lights were colorful.

Countless bats fluttered and flew between the brilliant walls and ribbons, facing the stars and moonlight hanging from the ceiling, while the long table below was piled high with delicious food.

Harry walked over to his usual seat, but only looked at Hermione.

"Hermione, have you seen Ron?"

Hermione nodded and said with a bit of disgust, "He was here before, eating barbecue with his mouth full of grease. Vaughn just called him away."

Harry didn't ask any more questions. In the past few days, he had been listening to Ron say that he agreed to the devil's conditions and how regretful he was.

Maybe the two brothers went to "communicate their feelings" again!

Harry, feeling extremely hungry, quickly forgot about Ron in front of the delicious food.

But he had not started eating for long, when he was chewing a potato, the door of the auditorium was suddenly pushed open.

Professor Quirrell rushed in, his face full of horror. He crossed the long table of students that had suddenly quieted down, ran breathlessly to the teacher's table, and cried out to Dumbledore who was looking at him:
"Troll! Troll! In the dungeon..."

After saying this, he fell to the ground and fainted.

No one noticed the way Dumbledore stared at Professor Quirrell. All the students were in a panic. The senior students who knew the destructive power of the troll were pale and talked a lot, while the junior students who didn't know the specific situation screamed and shouted.

There are also troublemakers who take the opportunity to cause trouble.

The whole auditorium was noisy.

Until Dumbledore came to his senses, he arranged for several deans to restrain their own colleges and cast a loud spell: "Silence, ladies and gentlemen, unfortunately, the Halloween dinner must be temporarily suspended. Dear prefects, lead the students back to the common room."

"Professors, please follow me to the basement."

Although Dumbledore had left in a hurry, order was finally restored. The deans of the four colleges followed his instructions, gave instructions to the prefects, and hurried to the basement.

Like other little wizards, Harry and Hermione followed Percy ignorantly, listening to some of their classmates who came from wizarding families discussing trolls with either fear or excitement.

It was not until he walked up the stairs that he suddenly remembered something and grabbed Hermione's sleeve in fear:

"Ron and Vaughn!"

Hermione's face suddenly turned pale: "They don't know about the troll... I'm going to find Percy!"

Harry quickly called out to her, "Percy is stubborn. He only cares about looking for the professors, but they are all in the basement now. I don't think Vaughn and Ron are too far away. Let's try looking for them upstairs first."

(End of this chapter)