Study Days at Hogwarts

The two returned to the castle along the same route. As soon as they returned to the third floor, George and Fred prepared to take a shortcut back to the Gryffindor common room.

Before emerging from the secret passage, the two of them had already determined their next route, and repeatedly confirmed that the number one "enemy" of the overnight trip was still resting in their room.

"Ah, ah..."

Seeing George trying to sneeze, Fred quickly reached out and covered George's mouth to prevent him from making too much noise.

"It's okay, my nose is just a little itchy." George stretched out his hand to rub his nose and covered another yawn. He began to miss his soft bed.

"Maybe he caught a cold!" Fred looked at his twin brother sympathetically, "Go back!"

The two walked along the stairs to the fifth floor, preparing to go directly to the eighth floor from a secret passage here.

"Meow."

An unfamiliar cat meows.

Fred's movements froze in place, he raised his wand and looked forward. A black shadow came out of the corner. The two of them took a closer look and saw that it was Mrs. Norris of Filch.

The cat turned and ran away after seeing the two men.

After Fred and George looked at each other, they suddenly laughed happily. They both knew what the cat had done. Filch would soon be searching for their whereabouts throughout the castle.

However, Fred and George didn't care because they had already returned to the lounge by that time.

Fred and George felt very happy when they thought about Filch who had a cold and got up in the middle of the night to mess around.

"Let's go, I want to go back to bed early." George yawned frequently.

The two came to the eighth floor through the secret passage on the fifth floor, passed through the dark and silent Gryffindor corridor, and came to the portrait of the Fat Lady.

However, the painting in front of them was empty, causing their originally happy mood to plummet.

The fat lady went out late at night to visit.

At this moment, both Fred and George realized that they were locked outside the Gryffindor common room.

"What should we do?" Fred's face looked unhappy. They didn't know when the Fat Lady would come back. Moreover, Filch had already gotten up, and he and his cat were on their way to the fifth floor.

The guy took a shortcut through the secret passage and was faster than the two of them expected.

"Albert is really a crow's mouth." George said helplessly, "I don't want to spend the night here at all. I will definitely catch a cold. Otherwise, find a place to rest first."

Find a place to rest

Rather than risking running into Filch and continuing the night walk, it was undoubtedly more appropriate to find a place to stay and wait for the Fat Lady to come back.

Where is the right place to stay?

The answer is the secret passage.

There were several secret passages on the eighth floor, but Fred was not sure which ones Filch knew. Through the Marauder's Map, they both saw that Filch had reached the fifth floor through the secret passages and began to search for the night travelers. student.

"Let Filch find it!" George curled his lips and said.

"Be careful, lest the boat capsizes," Fred reminded.

He didn't want to be caught by Filch at all. Once caught, the end would definitely not be good.

Not only did they have to face Filch's annoying face, but they also had to face Professor McGonagall and Percy, and after being deducted a lot of points, none of the Gryffindor students would look good on them.

Now, we can only hope that Filch will give up the search soon and that the Fat Lady will come back soon.

On the fifth floor, in the portrait corridor, Filch was patrolling with an oil lamp. He was in a terrible mood now. He accidentally caught a cold today and his head was still a little dizzy. He couldn't rest peacefully even if he wanted to have a good night's rest.

No, no, still no.

Filch swept across the abandoned classroom with an oil lamp, and pricked up his ears to carefully distinguish the surrounding sounds. His pet Mrs. Loris was also helping to search for the target, but the student wandering at night was still not caught, and he didn't even hear any other movements?

"Run away?" Filch murmured: "No, that's impossible!"

It took only a few minutes from the time Mrs. Norris raised the alarm to the time he arrived. Those nasty little devils couldn't possibly run so fast.

"They can't go far, I will definitely catch them!" Filch believed that no one knew all the secret passages of Hogwarts Castle better than him, and no one could escape from his hands.

However, Filch didn't know that his actions were completely caught in the eyes of the twins. They stared at the ink dot symbolizing Filch on the Marauder's Map, watching it move through the various levels of the castle through secret passages, watching Mrs. Norris and Filch separate, and search for their whereabouts separately.

"Filch is indeed very familiar with the secret passages of the castle. It would be difficult for students traveling at night not to be caught by him," George said with emotion.

"Now is not the time to lament these things. We can't stay here any longer. Filch may know about this secret passage. We must find a place to hide that Filch doesn't know." Fred immediately realized what they were doing. Not a good situation.

"Why don't you go see if the Fat Lady is back." George suggested. If he could enter the lounge, he wouldn't need to worry about Filch.

"Go check it out." Fred agreed.

They left the secret passage again and came to the portrait of the Fat Lady at the end of the Gryffindor Corridor. The result was still disappointing. The Fat Lady still had not returned.

"We have to go. If Filch searches the eighth floor, we will definitely not be able to hide. Go to the passage of the knight's armor on the seventh floor. I think Filch must not know that passage. As long as he hides somewhere, Fei Erqi will definitely not find us."

However, there is Mrs. Norris patrolling the seventh floor, and you may be caught if you are not careful.

The two planned to go to other floors through the secret passage carved with griffons on the eighth floor, but found that Filch was actually walking towards the eighth floor along this secret passage.

"Run!" Fred shouted in a low voice, quickly speeding up and running. By the time the two came down the stairs to the seventh floor, Filch had already walked out of the griffin sculpture, and immediately heard the sound of running. The sound of movement.

"I found you, don't even think about running away!" Filch muttered. He held the oil lamp and stepped towards the seventh floor to chase. Mrs. Norris immediately ran over to join them and led the way, taking him to where he was at night. The guy wandering around the castle.

"No, Filch is coming this way!" Fred didn't try to open the knight's armor statue because Filch moved very fast.

If the secret passage is not closed in time, it is likely that Filch will discover it.

This is definitely not a scene the twins want to see, and since they have the Marauder's Map in their hands, they can go around the castle with Filch.

caught

Can clearly see the opponent's movements through the Marauder's Map, and can still be caught

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At this time, George sneezed suddenly, and the sound rang in the corridor, which immediately attracted Filch's attention.

"Come on, Filch is coming this way." Fred looked at George speechlessly and urged quickly.

"What should we do now?" George followed quickly.

"What else can we do?" Fred shrugged helplessly, "He chases, we run."

A game of cat and mouse has officially begun.