Archaeologists at Hogwarts

The Quidditch pitch is abuzz!

It only took Harry Potter a few minutes to catch the Golden Snitch - this will be a new record, no one can remember a game where the Snitch was caught so quickly!

The Gryffindors poured into the arena, and Harry was surprised to find Ron and Hermione there, both of them panting.

"Did you see it?"

Harry shouted happily: "We won! Gryffindor won!"

But the expressions on their faces made Harry's heart skip a beat - Ron looked at the crowd around him in confusion, while Hermione looked almost anxious. They had obviously just arrived at the Quidditch pitch.

Harry suddenly remembered the agreement between the three of them - he would come to participate in the competition as usual, while the other two were keeping an eye on Professor Heimer.

But now that Hermione and Ron have shown up early, could there be something wrong with Professor Heimer?

"follow me!"

Hermione couldn't help but grab Harry's arm, drag him little by little out of the crowd, and after finally leaving the Quidditch pitch, she put the invisibility cloak on the three of them.

Hermione told the complete story of what she had just seen, and Harry's eyes widened in horror: "So, doesn't Professor Highmore have already succeeded?"

This couldn't be worse, and even the joy of winning the game was reduced a lot.

But at this time, Ron suddenly said: "But maybe we still have time to stop Professor Heimer."

It turned out that after leaving the school hospital, just as the two were about to go find Hagrid, they discovered Mr. Al sitting on the flying carpet in the corridor.

They didn't understand why Mr. Al didn't accompany Professor Heimer to the campus hospital, but didn't leave until now. However, the two of them made another additional discovery.

Hermione and Ron hurriedly took Harry to the Ancient Magic Office, and pushed open the door of the office under Harry's horrified gaze. Fortunately, Professor Heimer was not inside, and judging from the expressions on the two people's faces,

, they have known this for a long time.

But there was something else that caught Harry's attention - an open wooden door with a brilliant light shining inside.

"I don't understand..." Harry said confused.

"This is Mason Gate. Don't look at me. I don't know why it's called this. But according to Professor Heimer, Mason Gate seems to be related to emotions, and today is the day when Mason Gate matures - I told you not to use this name.

He looked at me with a kind of look."

Facing Harry's increasingly weird gaze, Hermione explained angrily: "This is Professor Hemmer's collection, and he didn't write it down in detail in the book. I don't know what maturity is like - in short, I

He and Ron suspected that after Professor Heimer obtained it from Quirrell, he and Mr. Al split up. Now Mr. Al should go to protect the room of the Sorcerer's Stone. As for Professor Heimer - as you said

See you, it should be inside the Mason Gate."

Harry still didn't understand. He stared at the mysterious Mason's Gate, then turned to look at the two serious-looking people, and asked in confusion: "But why are we divided into two groups? What's the deal with the Mason's Gate and the Philosopher's Stone?"

relation?"

At this time, Ron said with a serious face: "Think about it, man, Professor Hemmer is an experienced archaeologist. How could he steal the Sorcerer's Stone without being prepared? He must have been prepared. Mason

The door is his preparation."

"Now that the time has come, the Mason Gate has become mature, and Professor Heimer finally decided to take action. The mechanism to protect the Philosopher's Stone may be able to drag Mr. Al for a while, but this door is different. I guess not many people know about it.

The existence of this door. No matter how many secrets there are in the Mason Door, we are the only one now, and we can only rely on us to stop Professor Heimer."

Harry finally understood the meaning of the two people's words - Professor Hemmer had to pass through the Mason Gate first if he wanted to steal the Sorcerer's Stone.

As for the reason, it doesn't matter at all, because that is Professor Heimer, and who knows what weird methods he has, but no matter what, he must be stopped and prevented from stealing the Sorcerer's Stone.

Harry was convinced.

"Then what are we waiting for?" He said anxiously: "Hurry up and get in, hurry up and get into this door - by the way, is there anything we need to pay extra attention to?"

"Emotion." Hermione mentioned Professor Heimer's rejection: "The professor said that the students' emotions are not enough to support us staying in the Mason Gate."

"What's the reason?" Harry looked unconvinced: "Even if you're trying to fool people, you have to come up with a more convincing excuse."

Ron also thought so: "You're right, man, the professor obviously said this to prevent us from approaching the Mason Gate. Not even my father has used this excuse, and not even Ginny can deceive him."

After seeing the two of them eager to try, Hermione did not stop them.

In fact, Hermione is more curious than Harry and Ron combined. She still remembers Professor Hemmer's description of the Mason Gate - entering the other side of the real world, which can also be said to be another world.

It was hard to imagine what they would find on the other side of the door, and Hermione couldn't wait to do so.

"Let's go."

Hermione quickly concealed the joy on her face and said seriously, "It's time to go through the Mason Door."

The three of them entered the gorgeous light one after another. They felt as if they were being sucked into a vortex, gradually sinking deeper and deeper until—

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

As if falling from the sky, Ron was pressed at the bottom. He shouted with great effort: "Get up, you are going to crush me to death. Why is it so heavy? You-"

Ron suddenly froze.

He stared blankly at his two hands - which now turned into a pair of slender claws.

And right on top of him, a snow-white owl and an orange cat covered in fried fur jumped up.

"I--"

The owl spoke, and Ron recognized Harry's voice.

"Why did I turn into an owl?!" Harry shouted in horror.

This is really strange, even though Ron has turned into a mouse and Harry has turned into an owl, they can still understand what each other is saying.

"ah--!"

The scream came from the orange cat's mouth, and as expected, it was Hermione's scream.

"It's an Animagus!"

Hermione suddenly shouted excitedly. She stared at her fur and the fluff on her paws with interest: "This is an extremely advanced transfiguration skill. Maybe we won't be able to learn it until we graduate. I didn't expect it to be so

Simple yet successful, the Mason Gate is truly magical.”

Animagus?

Ron blinked his eyes in confusion.

"Then what animal am I?" he asked, feeling that the owl and orange cat in front of him were extremely huge: "A beetle?"

The owl and the orange cat suddenly looked at Ron. For no reason, under their gazes, Ron suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling of fear in his heart.

The owl's expression suddenly became extremely vivid, and Ron heard an embarrassed tone from Harry's mouth.

"Rat. You turned into a rat, Ron."