The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Harry emerged from Honeydukes' cellar. He figured out the direction for a while, and then found an opportunity to sneak out of the basement of the candy store.

He opened his eyes wide and stared at everything in the store.

There are all kinds of candies that look very tempting on the shelves: milky yellow toffee, pink shining coconut sorbet, toffee in buckets, and most importantly, a shelf dedicated to chocolate. There are hundreds of flavors of chocolate.

Harry was dazzled by what he saw and was extremely excited. He regained the feeling he had when he first arrived in Diagon Alley.

As for the worries he had just felt, he threw them thousands of miles away - a trip to Hogsmeade was worth it even if he was imprisoned.

Of course, he still had reason and did not take off his invisibility cloak. Because too many people knew that he was not qualified to go to Hogsmeade. If he was seen here, it would cause him big trouble.

Harry believed that Malfoy would leak his whereabouts to Snape within five minutes after seeing him. By then, he would probably be kidnapped back to Hogwarts by Snape, and then spend the next semester there. Spent in solitary confinement.

So he carefully wrapped his invisibility cloak tightly, and he deliberately covered his feet with the cloak so that he would not be exposed by his shoes. As for the footprints, Harry looked out the window and felt reassured. Thanks to the little wizards who came to Hogsmeade today, they came and went, trampling the snowy ground into a mess, leaving no conspicuous traces at all when walking on it.

At first, Harry was cautious and huddled in the corner motionless, but he soon felt relieved: there were too many people in the store, and no one would pay attention to some strange noises - even if they were discovered, they would think they were something. Weird magic.

Harry, who felt much more relaxed, began to carefully select candies. As a good boy, Harry would definitely not choose to steal. He reached into the back of the shelf and took away the candy, throwing down a few Sickles. It was very clever for Harry to do this, because if you take the candy from the back, there will be no change on the surface of the shelf, and the money left behind will not be easily discovered by customers.

"Chocolate frog...candied pineapple...pepper naughty..." Soon, the bottom of Harry's robe was filled with candies.

Just when he was happily "purchasing", he saw Neville walking over with a huge lollipop that had just been opened.

He suddenly became interested and took the lollipop from Neville's hand while he wasn't paying attention.

Neville:?

Where is a lollipop that big like me?

He blinked, looking innocent and confused. Neville was a little panicked: Is this a ghost playing a joke on him?

At this time, he heard the sound of candy being chewed into pieces.

He suddenly froze, looking horrified. Fortunately, the sound of chewing candy gradually faded away, and Neville breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the evil spirit that was haunting him had gone away.

But do evil spirits really steal people’s lollipops? Could it be Peeves? But can Peeves leave Hogwarts? Neville was lost in thought.

Harry was enjoying a lollipop and followed an upperclassman out of Honeydukes. He wandered aimlessly on the streets wearing an invisibility cloak.

When he was in Honeydukes, he didn't realize the problem, but when he left this busy candy store, he realized how out of place he was.

Other little wizards walked on the street in twos and threes, and from time to time there was laughter and laughter around them. Some groups and even couples don’t forget to show off their affection while walking on the road.

Most of these couples stayed on their own terms at Hogwarts. After leaving school, they seemed to let go of their restraints. The sour smell of love was everywhere in their bodies, making the single children feel like they had eaten lemons.

Harry is the only exception. He stood alone in the ice and snow, looking like he had been abandoned by the world. He even wanted to deliberately make some noise so that everyone could see him.

Of course, this is just wishful thinking on his part.

Harry's preparations were inadequate. It can be said that this "action" was a chance meeting, and it was all a coincidence. So much so that Harry didn't know what to do after setting foot on the land of Hogsmeade. This feeling is like having difficulty choosing in an amusement park.

Harry decided to take a look around. As a result, he got lost.

As Harry walked around, he realized that the road around him was getting more and more desolate, and he couldn't help but feel a little panicked: He seemed to have left the core area of ​​Hogsmeade?

At this time, he heard the voices of a man and a woman.

"Haunted houses all over Britain"

"Get closer to the house!"

He recognized it. It was Tom and Hermione. So he quickened his pace and ran towards the source of the sound. As for what he would become when he got there, and what changes he would make to the scene, that was beyond the scope of Harry's thinking.

…

Hermione was waiting for Tom's answer. At this moment, the thick scarf surrounded half of her face, making the blush on her face nowhere to show. But her eyes gave her away.

Those watery eyes were clearly shouting at Tom: Promise, promise!

Today, Hermione is wearing a red knitted hat, a black plush coat, and a scarf with Ravenclaw stripes around her neck. The khaki pants could not hide her slender thighs. One of the trouser legs extended to her ankle, covering most of her snow boots.

Seeing that Tom didn't answer her for several seconds, Hermione moved the lady's satchel on her shoulder uneasily. She reflected on what she had just said, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with her. Why did he not agree for so long?

Perhaps the action of fiddling with the satchel interrupted Tom's thoughts. He came back to his senses and agreed to Hermione's proposal.

"Of course I have no problem - I'm just afraid that someone will regret it. After all, it is the scariest haunted house in the UK~"

Seeing that Tom agreed, Hermione felt relieved and said she was not willing to suffer at all: "We are wizards, how can we be afraid of ghosts? But you, you hesitated for so long, are you afraid?"

"I'm not afraid, I'm just thinking about how to get in."

"Go in?" Hermione was startled, "You want to go in?!"

Only then did she panic. She meant to get a closer look at the Shrieking Shack, not go in! Hermione was actually afraid of the Shrieking Shack.

This is a haunted house recognized by the wizarding world! And wizards have seen ghosts! Even wizards think the things in this are scary, so they must be really scary.

Hermione hesitated.

Seeing Hermione in this state, Tom was surprised: Is Hermione really afraid of this?

"You're scared."

"I didn't!" Hermione shouted as if her tail had been stepped on.

"Then do you dare to enter this house?"

Hermione: ...

She told Tom her concerns. Tom laughed. Of course he knew the truth about the Shrieking Shack, and he also understood that the reputation of this place was most likely spread by the villagers of Hogsmeade. The purpose is to attract more tourists.

It's been so long since Lupine graduated, but the popularity of the Screaming Shack continues unabated. Tom didn't believe that there was no pusher behind this. Besides, after just two screams, the wizards rated it as the scariest haunted house in the UK? Isn't that a bit hasty?

However, in this situation, talking about hype would be a bit disgraceful.

"Don't worry, I will definitely protect you." Tom squeezed Hermione's little hand. Her little gloved hand was as furry and as soft as anything.

"Tom..." Hermione murmured in a low voice, her red lips slightly parted. Tom came over and closed the open mouth.

At this time, Tom and Hermione were hugging each other face to face. Hermione's face was slightly raised, and Tom's face was tilted downward. Through the gap between their necks--if the invisibility cloak could be seen through--you could see what had just happened. A stunned Harry stood not far away.

There are little snowflakes in the sky, and it's the white season again.

Harry just felt that he came at the wrong time.

But there was someone even more out of place than him.

"Granger! Yodel—" a drawling voice sounded from the distant bushes. Harry recognized immediately that it was Draco Malfoy's voice.

Malfoy and his two companions jumped out from the bushes and ran towards the distance while shouting: "Granger, I advise you to fasten your trousers. Your butt will get frostbite in this weather. You should How to explain to Madam Pomfrey—ah!"

Malfoy dared to jump like this this time because he kept a safe distance from Tom and Hermione. The distance between the three of them and Tom and Hermione was more than ten meters. At this distance, the hit rate of the magic spell was already very impressive. And when the three of them started running, they changed from "fixed targets" to "moving targets", which was almost impossible. Hit by a curse.

In this case, why not make fun of Tom who once made him feel embarrassed? Malfoy has disliked Tom and Hermione for a long time. Although Tom and his friendship is not as intense as Ron and Harry's, their relationship is also tense due to those two direct conflicts. It's just that Tom had to swallow his anger because of his superior force.

Malfoy had a beautiful idea, but it was a pity that his running route happened to pass Harry. So Harry stretched out his foot -

With a plop, Malfoy fell to the ground, confused.

His two followers, Crabbe and Goyle, were very loyal. Instead of leaving Malfoy and running away alone, they turned around and tried to help him up.

At this time, two red lights flashed past.

"Fainted to the ground!"×2

Tom and Hermione subconsciously took the same action. It's hard to say whether they hit the moving target, but they hit the fixed target accurately. Crabbe and Goyle fainted with a groan.

Malfoy struggled to stand up, but the two red lights that followed also knocked him to the ground.

Tom, who knocked out the three, ran to them and used the Oblivion Curse on them one by one. If these three people saw him dating Hermione, some vicious rumors might spread. So Tom decided to modify their memories so that they would forget that they had met him in Hogsmeade.

Harry on the side was horrified. He stood there nervously, not daring to breathe out, for fear of exposing himself and tasting the combination of the Coma Curse and the Forgetting Curse.

After taking care of the Malfoy three, Tom skillfully dragged them aside. In a few minutes, the three of them would wake up, and by then they would have forgotten what they should not have seen.

Tom straightened up, and then his eyes hardened. Harry's heart skipped a beat, and he realized a problem. Following Tom's gaze, he could see several sets of footprints winding up from the foot of the hill.

Tom and Hermione's, Malfoy's three, and a bunch of others that stopped midway but showed no sign of turning back. The set of footprints were very close to Tom, almost touching his face.

Harry felt like his heart was being pinched and his blood stopped flowing.

Tom's first reaction was that there was someone, and he was standing face to face with him. When he understood this, he suddenly became furious, jumped back, and at the same time hit the place where the footprints disappeared and walked out.

Tom's subconscious counterattack shocked Harry. The spell hit his ear, causing Harry to fall to the ground and the invisibility cloak fell off his body.

"Harry?" Tom and Hermione shouted in disbelief. Seeing Harry Potter here is a very incredible thing, just like seeing a polar bear on the African savannah.

Hermione's face changed in surprise when she saw Harry. She screamed: "Harry, why are you here? What are you doing here?"

Harry thought to himself, aren't they looking at you... But his desire to survive made him change his words: "I saw the Malfoys and the three sneaking around, so I followed them, and I saw you conflicting with them. "

This sentence reminded Hermione that the problem now was not how Harry got here, but his presence here.

Hermione narrowed her eyes at him for a moment, and seemed to tighten her grip on the wand in her hand. Her gaze made the hair on Harry's back stand up.

Why hadn't he noticed before that Hermione was so aggressive?

Fortunately, after some careful consideration, Hermione put away her wand and her expression softened. Her voice was as nice and gentle as ever.

"Then please keep it a secret for us. We don't want others to know that we knocked Malfoy and the others unconscious."

Harry said with relief, "Of course."

He wanted to say something else, but he suddenly closed his mouth, his eyes widened, his lips trembled, and finally all his emotions turned into one word, and he blurted out: "Ominous!"

Following Harry's gaze, Tom saw a large black dog with shaggy hair turning and entering the Shrieking Shack.

"Did you see it?" Harry's face flushed with excitement.

"I see." Tom and Hermione nodded.

Something unexpected happened. After receiving the affirmative answer, Harry became energetic and ran towards the Shrieking Shack.

There was no time for him to find the entrance to the fence. Harry directly grabbed the barbed wire and climbed in from the top of the fence.

Tom looked at Harry who was desperately chasing Sirius and couldn't help but sigh, "Follow him!"

He also ran towards the Shrieking Shack.

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