[HP] Seven Nights Talk

After the New Year, the students are preparing to go back to Hogwarts again.Everyone seemed to have new clothes or other gifts, and everyone seemed in high spirits.Sirius came back in time to take Harry to the train station.

Harry's mood also recovered a little.He finally realized now what Voldemort meant by "gift" on New Year's Eve—wasn't it his own birthday?He'd have to say he'd never thought of that before, and thought it was a good thing he hadn't, given how Voldemort had played him tricks and startled him again and again during the holidays.

But maybe not everyone's life is wonderful, the first one is Gryffindor's first-year girls' dormitory.The place seems to have been ransacked with everyone going home, and many things have been shifted, although it's not obvious.Several girls were frightened and cried when they found out about this, and the prefect who was at the same level as Percy hurriedly reported it to the dean.

Professor McGonagall came with Professors Dumbledore, Snape and Lockhart.The last one got involved in this matter without any accidents, made things worse, and was finally kicked out by Professor McGonagall unbearably.But they didn't find any suspicious clues, so they could only increase the security protection by two levels, and then let them live back.

Just when this matter spread rapidly throughout Hogwarts, and everyone was wondering who broke into the Gryffindor Tower and what they were looking for, an accident happened in the Forbidden Forest.Hagrid claimed that something so dangerous had escaped from the castle that all his pets in the Forbidden Forest disappeared overnight.But when people asked him for details, he just shook his head in tears and didn't even say what his pet was.This kind of secretive reaction makes people suspicious, which is really normal.

But Dumbledore seemed to trust everything Hagrid said.There are many more safety regulations in the castle, including the rule that you cannot stay in the open space after sunset.Although I don't know exactly what happened, this development obviously made everyone panic.

The lessons are still going on, but the message in the castle has gone from a ghost who broke into the Gryffindor girls' dormitory as an invisible ghost to a small group of gods in the Peruvian valley, and Hagrid is also described as a person who eats Old lunatics who have become eccentric after taking some illicit drug - well, that's nothing new in Slytherin eyes.

Ron and Hermione had known since the Norbert incident that Hagrid had an unlucky fondness for gigantic monsters.So, if they expressed the same nervousness about the former, they paid less attention to the latter.

"If it's something serious, he can't be unnamed, can he?" guessed Ron.

"That doesn't mean Hagrid is doing something bad," Hermione said harshly, but she wasn't particularly confident either.

"I didn't say that either," Ron spread his hands. "I just want to know what he kept as a pet in the Forbidden Forest. It can't be more exciting than a dragon, can it?"

Harry sat aside, not joining in on their conversation.He'd just met Nagini over winter break, so he thought he'd be able to figure out exactly what happened - Nagini entered Hogwarts (probably through the school's drains), and opened the Chamber of Secrets (to Knowing that the chamber of secrets opening is a circle specially designed for snakes); then the basilisk must have been hungry for a long time, so it slipped out and ate Hagrid's spider.If you ask him, it’s not a big bad thing to exclude the damage that the basilisk might cause—you know, Aragog is an eight-eyed giant who can leave him as food for its descendants to share. Spider, he naturally couldn't have considered its safety before it happened, and it was too late to think about it now.

It took Ron and Hermione some time, but in the end they couldn't guess the truth.Then Ron turned his head to Harry and asked, "What do you think Hagrid is raising? Or should we ask him sometime?"

Harry shook his head. "Maybe it's an animal we only see in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."

"Horned camel? Voldebat?" Hermione guessed quickly.

"Or a giant spider," Harry followed her lead.

Ron's face turned slightly pale, obviously it hit a certain point in his heart. "Forget it, it's better if I don't know." He said dryly, and then changed the subject: "It seems that we only have one problem to clarify. I asked Ginny, and no one in their dormitory brought anything particularly expensive , didn’t lose anything, but it was turned upside down—who is so bored, going to look through those little things of girls?”

The answer to that question was even simpler, the diary—if there was anything noticeable in Ginny's dormitory, it was the diary that was supposed to be there.And the only one who knew, had reason, and was able to do so was Malfoy.

It only occurred to Harry now that Malfoy's stay at school was premeditated, and he must have thought of doing so early on.But why?The Malfoys probably don't know what a diary is!

Harry thought about it and noticed another problem.Maybe it wasn't Malfoy who came into the tower by himself, but Dobby—because Malfoy probably didn't have such magical power—that is, Dobby—

That's right!It must be because he almost had a serious accident in the Quidditch match, and the culprit was not found. The Malfoy family didn't know that Dobby did it, so that's why he thought of that diary!

"This matter has been discussed in the school for half a month. If there is anything, the professors should have found out." Hermione said, she didn't want to talk about this issue anymore, because there would be no results at all.Then she looked up, just in time to see Harry's expression: "What's on your mind, Harry?"

"No, no." Only then did Harry realize that he was probably over-excited, and immediately denied it.

"If you ask me, strange things seem to be happening at Hogwarts recently, don't they?" Ron said to the point. "First you almost fell off the broom, then the Tower and the Forbidden Forest... By the way, have you checked that ring yet, Harry?"

Hermione stared at Harry immediately.After Gryffindor vs. Slytherin, Harry's magic weapon was once widely circulated.At that time, many people were already waiting in the common room to see the real face, but what they were waiting for was the news that it had been confiscated and inspected, and they couldn't help being disappointed.She always thought that there must be a clever spell attached to it, so she has been thinking about it for a long time.

Harry patted his head.He hadn't been thinking about it lately, nor had he thought of mentioning it a word after Professor McGonagall had returned the broom to him. "Fly away." He said succinctly.

"...what?" Ron and Hermione yelled together, not paying attention to the eyes of others around them, "the ring flew away?"

For the rest of the time, Harry explained to them that the ring was actually a beetle.The most difficult part of the whole story must be that shop, because Harry was with them both when he went to Diagon Alley to buy books, so he can only say that he sneaked in once when he was in Privet Drive.To be honest, even his uncle and aunt couldn't possibly know what he was doing every day, even checking it was useless, so this matter should be over.As for the location of the store, Harry only said that the first time he came across it by accident, and the second time he found it with the diary's built-in after-sales function.Now the beetle is nowhere to be found, and of course there is no news of it.

Ron had no doubts. "It might be that the people from Knockturn Alley came out to do business," he speculated, with a longing expression on his face, "I heard that there are many strange things there."

Hermione didn't know as much basic knowledge of the magic world as Ron, so she didn't notice the problem at this time, and was distracted: "Really? What's in there?"

The two of them started talking about Knockturn Alley, and Harry breathed a sigh of relief.A lie needs more lies to back it up, and he's finally done with one now.By the time Hermione knew about it, the night was getting late, and after the three of them said good night to each other, they climbed up the spiral stairs leading to their respective dormitories.

The next day was Saturday, so instead of going to sleep after drawing the curtains, Harry carefully cast a few silent charms.When making sure that no one will be seen or heard, he directly asked: "That basilisk, what are you going to do with it?" He waited for Voldemort to speak for several days, but the other party didn't know whether to live or die. Mention; that's fine with Nagini, the basilisk is an animal that can't even see, and its danger index has already become a legendary level!

"The food it likes to eat is not people," Voldemort replied.He had already sensed Harry's intention to talk, so he slipped out of his pocket.

Hearing his relaxed tone, Harry felt a pang of breath in his heart.Of course he knew what the basilisk liked to eat—spiders—"but that doesn't mean it's safe, does it?"

"I didn't say that," said Voldemort, changing the subject. "Do you think I should put her back in?"

It took Harry a while to realize that the female pronoun referred to the basilisk.Well, yes, the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets is indeed female, but using a human pronoun for a snake or basilisk just doesn't sound right. "If it's wandering around outside, can you guarantee that no one or anything will suffer from it?" he asked back, his tone not very good.If Voldemort didn't give him a satisfactory answer, he was ready to steal the Gryffindor sword.

Voldemort paused for a moment, seeming to be thinking. "I understand what you mean," he conceded, "and I'll send her to the Isle of Delia."

The name of the place seemed familiar to Harry. "Desert island?" He asked with certainty.

"There are many monsters eating people, is it considered a desert island?" Voldemort reminded him.

Harry shivered. He remembered where he had heard the place name—an island in the far north of Scotland that was not marked on the map because it was too dangerous!I have to say that this arrangement is very suitable. An isolated island is full of animals with a five-star danger index from the Ministry of Magic.But then again, Voldemort agreed so quickly...? "You think the basilisk can stand against the five-legged?" he asked tentatively.

"I am sure they are no more dangerous than the sword of Gryffindor in the hands of the Savior," Voldemort replied.If you can see his expression now, there must be a fake smile on it.

After a rare moment of embarrassment, Harry realized that it was unnecessary - he wasn't trying to do anything bad!But, on the other hand, Voldemort's willingness to cooperate is always a good thing. "When will it be ready?" He couldn't hold back and asked again.Who made the basilisk so dangerous? It must be right for him to ask a few more questions, right?

The ring seemed to roll his eyes at him. "Just a few days, no more than a week."

Harry got a satisfactory answer and was finally able to sleep soundly.For the next few days, he counted the days and waited for the time to urge Voldemort.If it wasn't too dangerous to enter the secret room now, he might have gone in to see it a long time ago.

But Voldemort obviously didn't need to tell him about it.Because on Thursday, another explosive news spread in Hogwarts - a huge snake slough was found in the Forbidden Forest!