Old Blood at Hogwarts

After dinner that night, in the Gryffindor common room, Fred and George invited Harry and Ron to play crackle cards while Ginny watched.Hermione sat in her usual seat reading.

Aaron noticed that Harry and Ron were a little distracted when playing cards. They didn't seem to care much about winning or losing, and just wanted to end the game quickly.Moreover, he still made eye contact with Hermione on the side.

Seeing this scene, Aaron immediately knew that they must take action tonight, and immediately observed them more carefully.In order to avoid Harry discovering that he was spying on him, Aaron sat on the sofa nearby and pretended to read a book, watching with the corner of his eye.

It wasn't until midnight that the game between Harry and Ron and Fred and George ended.After briefly tidying up, Fred, George and Ginny went back to the dormitory to sleep, while Harry and Ron continued to stay in the common room.At this time, the other students had gone to bed, and only Harry, Ron, Hermione and Aaron were left in the common room.

Because of the Basilisk's influence, these days, once six o'clock in the evening is passed, Gryffindor students have nowhere else to go.So the Gryffindor common room is always packed with people.They always had much to talk about, and the common room was often occupied well after midnight.Therefore, Aaron's stay until now did not arouse the suspicion of Harry and others.

Aaron saw Harry and Ron sitting restlessly in their chairs and always looking towards him, and immediately understood that they were waiting for him to go to bed.

[It seems that if I don’t leave, they won’t take action. 】

Aaron understood in his heart, and immediately got up from the sofa, said "good night" to the three Harrys, and walked up the stairs leading to the dormitory, pretending to go to bed.But in fact, Aaron did not go upstairs. After he walked up a few steps, he quietly came back, hiding around the corner and looking into the common room.

I saw Harry and the three of them in the common room holding a cloak to put on their bodies.As soon as the cloak was put on their bodies, their figures suddenly disappeared together with the cloak.Then the portrait at the entrance to the common room suddenly opened as if someone was passing through.After a while, the portrait closed again.

Aaron was no longer a rookie entering the magic world at this time. After nearly a year of study, he already understood most of the things in the magic world.Therefore, as soon as he saw the three Harrys disappearing, he realized that the cloak they were wearing should be an invisibility cloak.Harry and the three of them should have left the common room by now.

[At times like this, for them to go out in the middle of the night is definitely not for fun, it must have some ulterior motive. 】

Thinking of this, Aaron quickly came out from the corner and climbed out of the portrait hole, wanting to follow him and take a look.But when he came to the corridor, the three Harrys had disappeared.

Due to the cover of the invisibility cloak, Aaron could not detect the traces of the three Harrys at all.

Since Harry and the three of them couldn't even be seen, it was nonsense to follow them.Thinking rationally, Aaron should give up this operation now.If you know that something cannot be done, you should let it go decisively.But although Aaron is extremely smart, he is only 11 years old after all, and is still a little immature in some aspects.After spending so many days, he finally found a clue. How could Aaron be willing to give up like this?

[In such a short time, they should not have gone far yet.As long as I'm more careful, I should still be able to find them. 】

With that in mind, Aaron started walking down the corridor.But not far out, he ran into trouble.

Due to the impact of the attack, teachers, prefects and ghosts now patrol the corridors in pairs every night, looking around for anything unusual.In order to avoid the patrolling teacher, Aaron could only keep changing his route.It took him half an hour to get down two floors.

When Aaron reached the fifth floor through the stairs, he saw Professor Snape standing guard in the corridor ahead.He quickly held his breath and retreated to the stairs.Just when Aaron was about to change his route as before, there was a sudden "bang" in the corridor between him and Snape.

"Who's there?" Snape shouted, walking towards Aaron.

"Professor, what happened?" Filch, who was patrolling nearby, heard Snape's shouting and asked hurriedly.

Snape said while paying attention to the surrounding situation: "There was movement around here just now."

"Maybe it's that student who's wandering around at night." Filch walked over from the other side of the corridor and said, "These little troublemakers always make people worry."

At this time, Aaron's situation was very bad.He was now on the stairs in the middle of the corridor, while Snape and Filch were walking down the corridors on either side.If he continued to stay here, Snape and Filch would definitely find him.After realizing this, Aaron quickly tiptoed upstairs.

Most of the stairs in Hogwarts Castle are made of wood. Due to their age, even if Aaron ran on tiptoe, there would be some slight "crunching" sounds.

These small sounds were immediately heard by Snape, and he immediately shouted: "Who is there?"

Seeing that he had been discovered, Aaron stopped covering up and hurriedly ran upstairs as fast as he could.Immediately, a sound of "thump, thump, thump, thump..." sounded on the stairs.

Hearing the footsteps, Snape quickly caught up and shouted at Aaron's back: "Stop!"

Of course Aaron would not be obedient and continued running upstairs without looking back.

At this time, Filch rushed to Snape's side and asked: "Who is it, Professor?"

"I don't know, I didn't see clearly." Snape said to Filch, "Go to the other direction and block him. No matter who he is, we can't let him escape." After saying that, he walked quickly Rushed up the stairs.

Filch turned and ran towards the other end of the corridor.

After everyone left, a faint sound of footsteps sounded from the place where the sound originally came from...

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Aaron ran all the way and soon returned to the eighth floor.Now he only needs the common room and he's safe.

But when he ran to the door of the common room, he suddenly found that the portrait at the door was blank, and the Fat Lady who was supposed to be there was completely missing.

The portraits in Hogwarts are all movable, and the characters on them often visit each other.Although as the gatekeeper of the Gryffindor common room, the Fat Lady usually does not act wantonly, but occasionally during the night curfew, she will go to her friends to drink and chat.Obviously, she didn't know where to visit tonight.

The door to the common room could not be opened without the Fat Lady.Seeing that Snape was about to chase him to the eighth floor, Aaron couldn't help but anxiously wandered back and forth in the corridor in front of the common room.

At this moment, I suddenly found a door appearing on the wall next to me.Aaron was convinced that this door did not exist originally, and that it should be a complete wall.

A door suddenly appears where there was no door before. Even an idiot knows there must be a secret here.But Snape was about to arrive at this moment, and Aaron had no time to investigate carefully, so he quickly opened the door and hid inside.

After Aaron closed the door, he began to look at the room behind the door.I saw that this was a small room of only about 10 square yards, which was empty and without any decoration.

Looking at the empty room in front of him, Aaron couldn't help but frown secretly.There was nothing in this small room, no place to hide.If Snape comes to find him later, he will find himself as soon as he opens the door.

At this moment, a burst of footsteps came from outside the door.Snape and Filch had already chased him to the eighth floor, and now they only needed to open the door to find Aaron.

Aaron was ready to be discovered.However, Snape and Filch were heard walking up and down the corridor, but they refused to come in.

Aaron couldn't help but wonder: "Can't they see this room?"

After waiting for a while, Aaron only heard people coming and going in the corridor, but no one came in. He finally confirmed that they should really not be able to see this room.However, when you think about the strange way this room appears, you know that this should be a secret room that can only be seen through special methods.It makes sense that people outside can't find it here.

After confirming that he would not be discovered, Aaron felt as if a big stone had fallen to the ground, and he breathed a sigh of relief.After relaxing, Aaron began to think about the "bang" sound that sounded in the corridor before.The reason why I was discovered by Snape before was because of the sudden noise.There was obviously nothing in the corridor, but there was a sudden noise. It felt weird no matter how much I thought about it.But after thinking about it for a while, Aaron understood that it was Harry and others who made the noise, but they were not seen because they were covered with invisibility cloaks.

After about half an hour, it became completely quiet outside.Aaron opened the door, carefully poked his head out, looked around, and saw that there was no one in the corridor.

After Aaron walked out of the room and closed the door, the room, the door and the house suddenly disappeared.Aaron stretched out his hand and touched the room. There was only the smooth wall and nothing else.Aaron felt very miraculous about this room that suddenly appeared and disappeared, but now was obviously not the time to explore carefully. After he noted the location, he turned back to the common room, planning to come back to explore here during the day tomorrow. secret.

On the portrait at the door of the common room, the Fat Lady has returned and is sleeping on the portrait with her eyes closed.Aaron woke her up, commanded the door to the common room, and crawled through the doorway as she grumbled.

When Aaron returned to the dormitory, his roommates were already asleep.Aaron was very tired from this night's tossing.He fell on the bed and soon fell asleep.