Chapter 81 An Unexpected Night Encounter

As night fell, the faint moonlight shone through the clouds onto the walls of the castle.

The students went back to the dormitory to sleep one by one. There were fewer and fewer people in the common room, clearing a large space.

Three sneaky figures walked down the stairs quietly, one of them holding a black cloak in his hand.

Quack! Quack! Quack!

Just as the three were about to move on, a toad appeared in front of them.

"Riff!" Harry was stunned for a moment, and he didn't understand why Neville's pet appeared here.

"Ignore it, we have to act quickly." Ron said.

"Action for what?" Neville stood up from behind the sofa, looking at Harry and the other two with a grim expression.

He just wanted to come and sit for a while because he couldn't sleep, and took Riff out to get some fresh air.

But he never expected that he would block three Gryffindors who were about to leave the dormitory. His sense of responsibility instantly exploded, and he absolutely could not turn a blind eye.

"You're going to sneak out again, right?"

"Neville, listen, I, we..." Harry said hesitantly, but he was obviously not prepared to explain because he was guilty.

"No, you are not allowed to go." Neville blocked the door with his strong physique, "You have already been deducted 150 points. If you are caught for staying out all night, Gryffindor will be even more unlucky."

"Neville, we don't have time to explain to you now, get out of the way quickly." Ron said impatiently, "There are three of us, you can't stop us."

"I'm ready." Neville was determined, clenched his fists, and took a fighting posture.

It's just that his pajamas and the panic expression on his face made his action seem out of place and a little funny.

"Neville, I'm sorry for you." Hermione drew out her wand, "Petrify all!"

Neville's face turned blue in an instant, his body quickly stiffened, his arms were pressed tightly to the left and right sides of his body, and he fell to the floor with a plop.

Gulu!

Harry hadn't reacted yet, but Ron swallowed his saliva, "You are a little scary sometimes, you know?"

Hermione looked at Neville who was motionless, her face full of apology, "I'm sorry, but this is really for your own good."

"Let's go!" Harry said.

The three of them walked around Neville lying on the ground and put on the invisibility cloak when they went out of the portrait door.

There were more of them, and they had to make sure that the invisibility cloak covered the three of them, so they had to travel much slower than normal walking.

......

At the same time, Aaron in the Slytherin common room was almost ready.

A music box, which was a Christmas gift from one of his relatives. The sound quality was very high and it would definitely calm the three-headed dog.

Two letters written in advance, the contents of which were almost identical.

Once it was confirmed that Voldemort had started to act, Aaron would not hesitate to let Abe deliver the letter.

A life-saving magic item, a very inconspicuous brooch, was pinned inside his clothes. This thing can withstand the full force of the great wizard, including the killing curse.

Finally, there are two wands. Aaron carefully checked them, just like checking the quill before the exam.

"Huh!

Sure enough, I was too nervous. If I had known, I would have kept half of the tranquilizer for myself today." Aaron chuckled, then patted Abe's faucet and stuffed two letters into its pocket, "The green envelope is for Professor Snape, and the red envelope is for Professor McGonagall.

Your mission is very important, and it may even be related to your master's life, do you know?"

Abe nodded solemnly, his little face was rarely serious.

Seeing this, Aaron felt a little relieved, and then took out the invisibility potion.

He drank a quarter of it himself and fed a quarter to the holy dragon.

This can make them invisible for nearly an hour, enough time to rush to the corridor on the fourth floor to wait for them.

Even if the time limit is up, the remaining half of the potion can give them enough buffer time.

After becoming invisible, he took out another bottle of Felix Felicis, drank a sip himself, and fed Abe a sip with some pain.

"This should be foolproof now.

Let's go!"

......

More than ten minutes later, Aaron arrived at the corridor on the fourth floor before Harry and the others.

One man and one dragon adjusted their breathing tacitly and approached the wooden door carefully.

At this time, they couldn't help but be vigilant. What if Voldemort was playing music for Mao Mao? If they were discovered, it would be a waste.

Voldemort would not care who was invisible at this time, and he might even cast a killing curse on them.

The lock of the wooden door was still good, just like at noon.

But Aaron was more careful. If the lock was broken, it meant that Voldemort had entered the trap door.

But the lock was good now, and Aaron didn't know whether he came or not.

He could only get close to the wooden door and listen carefully to see if there was any music inside to make a preliminary judgment.

But the soundproofing function of this room was still very good. Aaron worked hard for a while, and only heard the sound of Maomao snoring.

Just as he was hesitating whether to go in and take a look, a faint red light suddenly flashed on the door lock, and the door was opened.

Aaron's heart skipped a beat, and he covered his mouth with one hand and Abei's mouth with the other, fearing that he would make any sound.

After the door was closed, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finally, I've waited." Aaron put Abei down, and then pointed outside the corridor. The meaning was very clear: I'll stay here first, and you go to report the news.

Abei did not act immediately. After hesitating for a while, he stretched out his dragon claws to the wooden door, and then shook his head quickly.

"Is there a situation?"

Aaron frowned and continued to put his ear against the door.

After a while, there were a few more black lines on his forehead.

Because in addition to the snoring of the three-headed dog, he also heard the voices of several familiar people.

Without thinking too much, he pushed the door open and walked in, and as expected, he saw three Gryffindors.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione were all here, not one was left behind.

"Why is the door open?" Ron asked in confusion.

"Maybe it's not closed!" Harry didn't care, just glanced at the automatic harp on the side, "Snape has been here, he cast a spell on the harp."

"It may not be Professor Snape who came." Aaron interrupted speechlessly, "He should be sleeping in the dormitory at this time."

"Who? Who is there?"

The three of them panicked instantly, took out their wands, and pointed them in the direction of the sound.

"Uh... don't be so nervous." Aaron exited the invisible state, "If we wake up Maomao, we will be in trouble."

"Aaron, why are you here too?" Harry asked excitedly, "Do you have an invisibility cloak too?"

"I don't have that kind of prop, but I do have a bottle of invisibility potion." Aaron spread his hands, then glanced at the harp that was still playing, and his pupils shrank slightly.

Since this harp was not made by Harry and the others, it could only be Voldemort.

After figuring this out, he immediately winked at the Holy Dragon who was still squatting at the door.

After receiving the signal, Abe rushed out of the corridor at a rapid speed.

"What are you doing here?"

"To get the Philosopher's Stone before the You-Know-Who." Hermione explained, then became a little frustrated, "But it seems we are a step too late."

Aaron couldn't help but pat his forehead, "I think I said I was sure I could stop the You-Know-Who!

Don't you believe me?"

"It's not that we don't believe you, but we can't put the burden on you alone." Harry said seriously.

"Haha! Don't get me wrong.

I'll state in advance that I have my own purpose in stopping him, but it's not for you."

"It doesn't matter.

Since you're here too, it means you're on the same front with us.

Although we're a step late, there are still many traps under the trapdoor!

The mysterious man must not have succeeded yet, we still have a chance." Harry said as he walked up to Maomao, "We have to move its claws away, the trapdoor is right below."

"What do you want to move?" Aaron said impatiently, "What you have to do now is go back to sleep, staying here will only get in the way, and... it's dangerous."

"What about you?" Hermione asked meaningfully, "You should be planning to stay, right?"

"That's not important, what's important is that I'm sure I can get out of this unscathed."

Harry shook his head, "Even if you talk nonsense, we won't let you face these alone.

Besides, if you fail, we'll help you and take care of you."

Aaron:......

Why didn't I realize that this kid was a stubborn person before?

"Ron, come and help me!"

"Okay!"

The two of them struggled to move a huge dog paw away, revealing the trapdoor below.

After opening it, there was an extremely dark passage.

"Tsk tsk tsk! It looks scary." Driven by curiosity, Aaron walked closer to take a look.

"I'll go in first, wait for me to give the signal, and then you can come down." Harry volunteered, "If anything goes wrong, you just run out by yourselves."