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"It's okay."

From his right came Crabbe's rich mumble.

Now Ron was a perfect replica of Crabbe, from his short pot hairstyle to his long gorilla-like arms, but his face looked pale and frightened.

"It's unbelievable," said Ron, "I've really turned into Crabbe, but then our clothes can't be worn."

Ron's original robe hung a foot above his ankles.

Only then did Harry realize that his feet were hurting because he had turned into Goyle, so his feet were squeezed into shoes that were four sizes too small...

George and Fred laughed and took out a change of clothes and shoes.

"I knew you wouldn't think of this, just put it on quickly!"

After some fuss, the two of them changed into clothes.

George said to them: "You need to act quickly. The polyjuice potion is only effective for one hour. If you want to maintain this effect, you need to continue taking it. I think if you are not sure, you can take some more with you and drink it on the road."

"No need, George."

Harry refused with a pale face: "I don't think it will take Ron and I that long to figure out the truth."

"Yes, that's it. If we find that we don't have enough time, we will find an excuse to leave in advance and come back to drink again."

Ron also nodded, because the polyjuice potion was too unpleasant to drink, and neither of them wanted to experience it a second time.

"Okay then, I have to remind you that five of your precious sixty minutes have passed."

Fred said, "We sent Goyle and Crabbe to a relatively remote place, but they will return to the castle as soon as they wake up... So, please hurry up."

So Harry and Ron set off, reminding each other along the way.

"Stop swinging your arms like that."

Harry whispered to Ron.

"What's the matter?"

"Crabbe's arm is a little stiff..."

"How about this?"

"Ah, much better."

They walked down the marble stairs. Now, all they needed to see was a Slytherin student and they could follow him to the Slytherin common room, but there was no one around.

"Any ideas?" Harry asked in a low voice. "I remember that the Slytherins always came out for breakfast."

Ron said, nodding towards the entrance to the underground classroom. Before he finished speaking, he saw a girl with long curly hair coming out of the entrance.

"Sorry," Ron said, walking quickly towards her, "we forgot to go to our common room."

"I'm sorry, I don't understand." The girl said arrogantly, "Our common room? I'm from Ravenclaw House."

The situation suddenly became awkward, and Harry and Ron were speechless.

The girl walked away, looking back at them suspiciously. Harry and Ron quickly walked down the stone steps and disappeared into the darkness. Crabbe and Goyle's big feet tapped the ground, and the echo of their footsteps was particularly loud.

They feel it won't be as easy as they hope.

The maze-like corridors were empty. They walked deeper and deeper under the ground of the school, constantly looking at their watches to calculate how much time they had left. After a quarter of an hour, just when they began to feel desperate, they heard the sound in front of them.

Suddenly there was movement.

"Ha!" Ron said excitedly, "Finally I met one of them!"

The figure flashed out of a nearby room. However, when they hurriedly approached, they suddenly discovered that the figure was Draco Malfoy.

"Where have you two been? I'm looking for you."

Malfoy said arrogantly, "Have you done what you were asked to do?"