The Days of Sneaking at Hogwarts

"The Christmas Ball is a tradition that has existed since the start of the Tournament. It is held on Christmas Eve. We and our guests gathered together in the auditorium. Everyone must not lose their grace and enjoy themselves. As representatives of the host school, I hope that Each of you students can put on your best posture, and I say this because the most important thing about the Yule Ball is dancing." Professor McGonagall gathered everyone at Hogwarts together and said They introduced the importance of this Yule Ball.

"The most important thing about the dance is not dancing, Christmas?" Jesmine said listlessly.

Arnold glanced at Jasmin, then at Heather and Yvette, "What's wrong with her?"

"What else can it be?" Yvette glanced at Jasmine, "She, as soon as she heard about the Christmas ball, she couldn't wait for a moment, and immediately ran to her senior Cedric. Who would have thought, oh."

"I was rejected." Arnold looked at Jasmin with some sympathy, "Jesmin, don't be too sad, think about the best, maybe you can invite Senior Cedric once more and you will be successful. , I remember my uncle told me an idiom called Sangu thatched cottage, try a few more times, you might succeed."

"How else can it be successful? When she ran to find Cedric, Cedric was asking Qiu Zhang to be his dance partner. Not only was he rejected, but he was very thorough." Yvette patted Jasmine's Shoulder, "Thinking of the best, at least, you get a very thorough answer. Cedric usually doesn't do such a thorough thing."

Arnold stopped Yvette from continuing, she felt that if Jasmin continued to speak, it would be a big blow to Jasmine.

Professor McGonagall was demonstrating some necessary matters for dancing. She looked around and finally locked her eyes on Ron who was talking loudly, "Mr. Weasley, please come up, please?"

Ron was picked up by McGrath, "Now please put your right hand on my waist, stretch out your arm and put it on my waist, yes, Mr. Filch, please give me music, thank you."

Along with the elegant music, Professor McGonagall and Ron danced, "One two three one two three one two three, yes, that's it, all right, everyone stand up and dance."

Arnold got up, and when everyone stood up, he planned to sneak out and was caught by Draco.

"Arnold, what are you doing here?" Draco was about to come to Arnold when he saw her stooping and sneaking towards the door.

"Huh?" Arnold turned around, smiled at Draco, didn't say anything, and pulled him to the door together, and Draco had no choice but to walk out with Arnold. .

"I was caught by Filch last night when I was looking for Fugui, and then Filch took my small bag away. Since he was about to play music here, I wanted to go to his office and take it out. .” After going out, Arnold explained to Draco the reason for sneaking out.

Draco and Arno slipped into Filch's office.

In Filch's drawer, Arnold found her small bag. Just as she was about to go out, she looked up at the cabinet. On the top of the cabinet, she saw the little props that Filch took away in the second grade. She bought it from Fred and George at a high price. Originally, she wanted to return what belongs to him to him, and use the props on Fred and George. Fred and George props were first confiscated by Filch.

Arnold handed the bag to Draco, moved a stool by himself, and went to get the prickly prop.Draco took the bag that Arnold handed over, and when the bag was shaken, there would be a crashing sound, the sound of bottles and jars colliding, "Is this a prop for Potions?"

"It's a potion, but it's not used in potions class. I don't understand why Filch put this thing on the top of the cabinet, and how did he put it there?" Arnold struggled. Enough with that prop.

"Arnold, we can actually let this thing come down by itself, can't we?" Draco shook the wand in his hand, and the little prop flew down obediently.

Arnold stood on the stool, not knowing whether he should go down or continue to stand, cleared his throat, "Exercise and exercise your arms." Then he jumped off the stool, took the bag on his back, and put the props on the back of the stool. in the bag.

When Arnold opened the bag, Draco saw a pile of bottles and cans in the bag, "So many bottles? What are they?"

"Invisibility potion, revealing potion, and compound potions." Arnold introduced them one by one, "It's convenient for me to go in and out of various places in Hogwarts, but it's a pity that I was discovered by Filch before I had time to drink it yesterday. It's all Loris' fault." Madame, she walks so quietly, it would be great if there was a potion that makes cats make footsteps when they drink it, or whenever Mrs. Norris is not paying attention, I will put one on her The collar, the kind with a bell, and a little spell, the kind that can never be taken off, so that you will never have to worry about Mrs. Norris popping out of nowhere."

"Let's not talk about whether Norris will show up, Filch will definitely look for you all over the school." Draco opened the door of Filch's office a crack, and after confirming that no one is around, he motioned As Arnold came out, "I understand the invisibility potion and the revealing potion, but why is the compound potion? Who do you usually become?"

"Well, because I need the hair of the person to be imitated, since there are only a few that are easy to get, and I don't want to look guilty when I see myself, so I usually turn into Crabbe and Gore. If you catch it, you will only deduct Slytherin points, and sometimes you will become Ron, but it is easier to meet Fred and George, and it is easier to be punished." Arnold said, feeling guilty for a while, but then Seeing that Draco's expression didn't change, and he was still smiling, he continued to be confident again, and shared with him some tricks for imitating voices.

Out of Filch's office, Arnold and Draco ran into Sidro after a few steps, "Oh, hey, Arnold, what a coincidence, I met you here, um, and Mr. Malfoy. "

"Well, it's not a coincidence, Mr. Braxton." Draco said before Arnold could speak, "Do Beauxbatons students like wandering around other people's campuses so much?"

"Arnold, are you interested in being my dance partner at the Christmas ball?" Sidro ignored Draco, turned to Arnold, and sent her a ball invitation.

"Mr. Braxton, I think this is obvious. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that I am the partner of Arnold's Christmas ball. You are sending out a very unnecessary invitation. Your behavior can be said to be a little ridiculous, but you Don't worry, I don't have the habit of laughing at schoolmates from other schools." Draco abruptly stood between Sidro and Arnold.

"Oh? Is that so? I think Arnold should have his own choice. You are obviously making the choice for her now, Mr. Malfoy. I think this is also obvious. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is wrong, but Don't worry, I don't have the habit of forcibly correcting people, I just bring it up." Sidro responded to Draco's words, obviously, he didn't lose the wind at all.

"Oh? Mr. Braxton, I don't know if anyone has told you that you are very suitable for performing comedy. Your words really make people laugh." Draco took Arnold's hand, " Well, Mr. Braxton, I think we must go, or I'm afraid I'll break my habit if I stay with you again, and I can't help laughing at you."

Draco pulled Arnold to the door of the Hufflepuff common room, "Arnold, I still have something to do, I'm going to the dormitory first, you have to go back to the dormitory early today, so as not to be caught by Filch again. "

"Yeah, don't worry." Arnold nodded.

After Draco left, Arnold was hesitating whether to go directly to the dormitory or go to the kitchen to have something to eat, when Jesmine patted him from behind, "Arnold, what are you staring at? Look Watching Professor Mike and Weasley dance halfway through, you disappeared, and said, where did you sneak off to play? Did you go to the kitchen to steal something to eat? Speaking of which, it seems that there is a platinum head missing from the crowd today , yo, sneak out and date Malfoy, there are really both of you."

"No, my bag was confiscated by Filch, didn't Filch happen to be helping Professor McGonagall play music there today, so I took the opportunity to go to his office to get my bag back, and take my two The little props that were confiscated in grades were also brought back." Arnold explained, "Draco just accompanied me to get things, why are you alone, Heather and Yvette, Why aren't they with you?"

"The two of them went to the library. Yvette said that she was looking for a potion that could make people shine at the ball and become the focus of the ball. Heather was dragged by her to find this magical potion together. "Jessmine took A Nuo's hand, "A Nuo, I suddenly had an idea, let's go to the library together."

"What idea? It feels like your idea is not a good idea." Arnold pulled his hand away, "Could you be like Yvette, looking for some weird magic potion?"

"What do you mean, am I that kind of person in your heart? Can I be that kind of person? I can't, can I?" Jesmine looked aside, a little guilty, "I just want to go to the sea of ​​books Take a swim and don't have any bad thoughts."

"Oh, is that so?" A Nuo said "I don't believe it".

Perhaps Arnold made her feel guilty, and Jesmine's face gradually turned red. She looked around, and then whispered in Arnold's ear, "I want to find out if there is any kind of love at first sight or love at first sight." A love potion that says you can fall in love instantly."

"No, you." Arnold looked at Jasmine.

Jesmine lowered her head and blushed, "After all, he is senior Cedric, Arnold, think about it, Cedric, Cedric Diggoryer."

"Then even if he is Cedric, it won't matter. Besides, if the potion fails, what do you think senior Cedric will think of you?" Arnold patted Jasmine, "Leave aside a Cedric Ke, there are still many good things in this world waiting for you to discover, but is Senior Cedric's charm so great? Is that why you like it?"

"He's that kind, that kind, oops, I can't say. But I'm not that much of a thing," Jesmine scratched his head, "You are like this, just imagine, if you are not with Draco now Girls and girls, and you want to invite Draco to be your dance partner this time, but Draco invited, invited, um, assuming he invited Parkinson, what would you do? Wouldn't you Thinking of finding some love potion?"

"Well, I've never thought about it, I think about it, hey, I, I can't think of it." Arnold fell into thinking.

"What are you two doing standing at the door? Is this going to replace those barrels and help build a new security system for the Hufflepuff lounge?" Yvette and Heather came over, and Yvette looked Two people standing at the door in a daze.

"The two of you came back so early, have you found your focus potion?" Jesmine looked at Yvette, "Ah, I'm really thinking about a very rigorous, um, philosophical question."

"Philosophical questions? You two?" Yvette looked at Arnold, then at Jasmine, "Does half of the word philosophy have anything to do with you?"

"It doesn't matter, we are both very philosophical." Jesmine tapped the wooden barrel at the door of the Hufflepuff lounge. Hit the barrel to enter the lounge, "Forget it, let's go back to the dormitory first."

A Hufflepuff lounge like no other.In other breaks, if you say the wrong password or type the wrong riddle, there will be no specific punishment measures, and Hufflepuff's lounge, it has a built-in magic security system, someone knocks the wrong barrel, knocks If the number of times is wrong, the heart will not be able to enter the door, and the lid of the bucket will burst, and the intruder will be covered with vinegar.Because of this security system, very few people other than Hufflepuffs have ever entered the lounge.

The requirement to tap the barrel is actually very simple, as long as you tap the bottom of the second barrel in the middle of the second row according to the rhythm of "Helga Hufflepuff" correctly, you can enter.

When Jasmine was knocking, at the beginning of the first school year, the words introduced by the seniors about the entry criteria for the Hufflepuff lounge echoed in the minds of Yvette and Heather, especially that sentence, the second Row the bottom of the second barrel in the middle.

Heather frowned, and looked at Yvette with a worried face, "Yvette, just now Jasmine knocked, the bottom of the second barrel in the middle of the second row, not the second barrel in the second row The top, right?"

Yvette was also stunned, "I think, maybe it is."

The second they spoke, the barrel lid burst.

Acid rain fell in some parts of Hogwarts.