Harry Potter: Charlie and the Candy Factory

As night falls, the clouds have not receded, and the darkness becomes more and more like a curtain covering the sky, making people breathless.

"That's not a good sign... I feel like it's going to rain, don't you think, Hermione?"

In the dark corridor, Ron glanced sideways out of the window and couldn't help but muttered.

Hermione, who was about to move forward, also stopped and then gave him a big eye roll without any surprise.

"If you are afraid, you can go back. I will go find Draco and Harry myself. You know, they are still waiting!"

"Afraid!?"

This sentence seemed to hit a sore spot in Ron's body, causing him to immediately get angry, his eyes widened, and he looked at the girl in front of him in disbelief.

"You actually think I'm afraid!? You know, when the three of us met the troll, who picked up the mop and bravely stuffed it into his mouth - it was me!"

"Uh-huh... whatever!"

Hermione shrugged and had no intention of arguing with Ron on this issue. After all, she had already heard about his heroic deeds no less than ten times...

Fortunately these days, a while ago, almost every time after class, Ron would rush back to the Gryffindor lounge and talk about his experiences with a group of young wizards.

Bragging about one thing in different ways dozens of times has become his daily routine.

Then, ignoring Ron and turning her head, Hermione walked quickly towards the meeting point agreed with Draco Harry with light steps.

"Hey! Don't walk so fast, wait for me!"

Seeing that Hermione ignored him and left directly, Ron quickly lowered his voice and shouted, then trotted and rushed to Hermione's side again.

Soon, the two of them took advantage of the faint moonlight shining in the window and arrived at the gathering place in a familiar way.

Sure enough, when Hermione and Ron arrived, Harry and Draco were already waiting for them.

Seeing that the two men finally arrived, without wasting any time, Draco looked at Ron and asked

"How about it? How many violet candies are there?"

Hearing this, Ron had a proud smile on his face.

Without speaking, he directly opened his robe, revealing the bulging backpack under the Gryffindor uniform.

"About fourteen packs! There are also some other candies, such as licorice sticks, lemon sorbets, etc..."

"good."

After carefully evaluating it for a moment, he figured it was about the same. Draco nodded, then glanced at Harry, and then said

"Harry and I went to find some seniors in the afternoon and learned from their mouths that there is indeed a secret passage leading to the Forbidden Forest, but it is on the fourth floor, so we need to be careful."

After that, the four people, led by Draco, stepped onto the stairs together and started walking towards the fourth floor.

The reason why I need to be more careful than usual is because the fourth floor is where Filch's room is.

Although several people have never been caught by him, it is definitely a stupid behavior to say that he underestimated the administrator who has been guarding Hogwarts for decades...

………

Sure enough, as a few people arrived on the fourth floor and groped towards the secret passage, a familiar footstep happened to come from the corner.

For a moment, the movements of the four people stopped suddenly, they all fell silent and pressed against the wall.

Then, Draco and Hermione pulled out their wands at the same time and cast a "disillusion charm" on Ron, Harry and each of them as quickly as possible.

The cold feeling once again spread and swept through the whole body, and then the color on the bodies of several people began to gradually disappear. The second after Filch arrived, they became completely invisible.

"cough……"

The oil lamp in his hand swayed slightly due to Filch's steps, causing the handle and the main body to rub against each other, making a harsh "crunching" sound.

He hunched over, coughed slightly, and looked around suspiciously.

After a round of inspection, he lowered his head, looked at the skinny Mrs. Loris at his feet, and asked thoughtfully.

"Did I hear it wrong... Mrs. Norris, did you notice the footsteps just now?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Loris raised her head slightly and sniffed the air. She seemed to have noticed something. The whole cat became energetic, walking step by step, constantly looking for some traces...

Finally, following the guidance of the scent, Mrs. Norris stopped in front of the four people leaning against the wall, and a bit of human doubt appeared on her expression.

Draco and the others were suddenly in a panic. They were so frightened that they did not dare to take another breath. They could only stare at the thin cat in front of them with wide eyes, hoping that it would leave quickly.

After all, the Illusion Charm works like an optical camouflage. It allows you to blend in with the surrounding environment, but it cannot erase your own existence...your smell, your body, the sound you make.

, can still be easily detected.

The doubts in Mrs. Norris's eyes became more intense. She hesitantly raised her paws and hovered in mid-air, intending to test it out.

At the same time, Draco, who was staring at it, also raised the wand in his hand and fell into a confrontation. He planned to petrify them all as soon as the other party found out anything. No matter what, they would be solved first.

Let’s talk about the problem at hand.

Fortunately, facing Mrs. Norris's strangeness, Filch, as the master, did not notice anything. It was probably too late, and his old eyes were dim and he could not see more details with the simple light source.

change.

"Let's go! Mrs. Norris."

He shouted at the thin cat in front of the wall, and then swayed forward.

The claw that was about to fall was retracted by it. After Mrs. Norris turned her head and called out "meow", she gave up the confusion in her heart and returned to Filch's side obediently, and began to continue her daily night patrol with one person and one cat.

When they were far away, Draco and Hermione finally released the spell on their bodies, and then breathed in the fresh air like crazy.

Ron's little face had turned red because he had held it in too hard just now.

While panting desperately, he looked towards the direction where Filch disappeared and said viciously.

"This broken cat! I will roast it sooner or later..."

Naturally, Harry realized that all Ron said was angry words at this time, so he patted him on the shoulder and said a few words of comfort in a soft voice.

"Okay, don't compete with a cat... let's go!"

"Well, let's go quickly before anything happens again," Hermione agreed, then directly picked up Ron and Harry and continued to move forward.

After experiencing such a small setback, the group successfully arrived at the entrance of the secret passage, passed through it, and successfully escaped from the castle, standing on the smooth soil...

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Different from the cold and damp outside, the interior of Hagrid's cabin was both dry and warm.

In the fireplace, orange flames burned the wood and made a crackling sound.

The warm yellow light also illuminates the entire cabin, making it look particularly warm and cozy.

Next to the fire was a set of huge wooden tables and chairs, which seemed to be specially made according to Hagrid's size.

At this moment, Hagrid was sitting on a chair, holding a slender quill in his hand, and meticulously writing a letter to Charlie on the paper.

Next to the letter, there was a string of exquisite bracelets - woven from the mane of a water monster. He planned to send this to Charlie together with the letter tomorrow.

Under the table, the huge Neapolitan Mastiff Fang was nestling at Hagrid's feet, warming himself comfortably by the fire while snoring non-stop.

It’s like an exceptionally beautiful picture…

Suddenly, as if he noticed something, Yaya, who was sleeping soundly, flapped his ears twice, opened his eyes, stood up quickly, and looked in the direction of the door.

Feeling the change in sensitivity in the teeth under his feet, Hagrid's pen stopped at the same time.

"What's wrong, Yaya, is there any movement?"

He stroked Yaya's broad back, asked in a low voice, and then couldn't help but look in the direction of the door.

Soon, there was a knock on the door of "Dongdongdong".

Hagrid's brows furrowed slightly, and there was a bit of doubt in his eyes. He was a little confused as to who would be knocking on his door at this time.

But even so, he still asked loudly

"Who!?"

"Hagrid! It's me, Harry!"

Through the thick wooden door, Harry's voice came in with a hint of trembling.

Hagrid's slightly frowned eyebrows relaxed, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Then he stood up from his seat, walked quickly to the door, and opened it.

When the door opened, they saw four young wizards, headed by Harry, standing shivering at the door with their arms folded, looking obviously freezing.

"Harry, Ron, Hermione and Draco... why are you here?!"

Hagrid looked at the pitiful four little wizards in surprise and couldn't help but ask.

"Sorry...can you go in and talk, I'm freezing to death, Hagrid..."

Seeing the door open and the hot wind blowing on him, Ron said uncontrollably and squeezed in regardless of what happened.

Seeing this, although Hagrid was still confused, he couldn't stop him. He could only take a step back, let the four people in, and then closed the door to isolate the dampness and cold outside.

Seeing that several little wizards were coming in, Yaya, who had stood up, lay down again, his thick eyelids drooped down, covering his sight, and he continued to sleep.

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"...Okay, now you should tell me how you ended up here, right?"

Hagrid calmly sat back in his seat, looked around with a scrutinizing look at the young wizards who were surrounding Yaya, holding hot tea, and asked

"If I remember correctly... you should be sleeping in bed at this time! Instead of running to my hut to drink tea... isn't it?"

The four of them looked at each other first, and then at you. Finally, Draco elbowed Ron next to him, and then made a gesture with his eyes.

Ron understood in his mind and stood up quickly. With a flattering smile on his face, he opened his robe, revealing the bulging backpack inside.

"Hagrid... we actually brought you a gift."

As he spoke, he opened his backpack and revealed it was filled with violet candies.

"Look! A whole backpack full of candies, and most of them are violet candies!"

Several people thought that such a "generous gift" would make Hagrid very happy, or at least a little surprised on the surface.

After all, it is really not easy to buy so many of this limited-order candy.

However, unexpectedly, Hagrid didn't even raise his eyelids... He just looked at Ron's backpack politely, then turned around and pulled out a huge sack that was as tall as a person from under the table.

Before the four of them could react, they saw him pulling open the sack, then reaching into it with his huge, thick hand, casually taking out a handful of candies and placing them in front of the four of them.

"Thank you for your kindness...but Charlie just gave me a lot not long ago. If you want to eat, you can come to me."

Hagrid said expressionlessly, his tone was extremely calm, but it gave people an inexplicable feeling of Versailles.

Ron's eyes were even more widened, staring at the sack that was taller than him, and then at his own small bag. He suddenly lost the desire to continue talking, calmly took two steps back, and put it down.

He took off his cloak and sat back down where he was.

"So...what exactly are you here to do?"

Hagrid sighed, tied the sack again, and repeated the question he just asked.

Seeing this situation, Draco had no choice but to stand up and said with a serious face

"Actually... we are here to investigate some things."

"investigation?"

Seeing the solemnity on that young face that was unequal to his age, Hagrid couldn't help but feel funny. He patted his knees and couldn't help but ask

"Quirrell!"

Harry also stood up and said seriously

"We think there must be something wrong with Quirrell!"

Hermione also added:

"He has a premeditated plan for what is hidden in the room in the corridor on the third floor! Although we don't know what it is, I can guarantee it! He is definitely here for this."

"Also! And the time we were attacked by a troll, he did it too!"

Not to be outdone, Ron hurriedly took over the words.

Now, it was Hagrid's turn to be confused.

He was momentarily overwhelmed by the amount of information and flaws in the words of the four young wizards. He opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

"You guys, can..."

Just when he finally recovered and was about to speak, a strong explosion outside the room once again interrupted his organized speech.

"What's the sound!?" Luo was jumped, and he quickly turned his head to look in the direction of the explosion outside the window - he saw the Forbidden Forest stretching out, suddenly blooming with a burst of green light, in this lonely night

, looks particularly eye-catching.