Chapter 44: Whomping Willow Secret Passage

"Hey, you guys, I have something to tell you."

One noon, Neville suddenly came to the Ravenclaw long table side and whispered to Ryan and the others.

After these few weeks of getting along, they were already very familiar.

Including that crazy girl Luna, Neville also became familiar.

So Neville sat directly beside them, but at this time his expression looked a bit nervous and urgent.

"What's wrong Senior Neville?"

Ryan asked strangely.

"Where is John, is he not here again?"

Neville didn't speak directly, but looked around, didn't find John, and asked strangely.

"He just went out to chase that big orange cat."

"......"

Neville was speechless, but couldn't care about John not being there, and said urgently.

"Forget it, I'll tell you guys first, remember to remind John later."

"Didn't you guys provoke Malfoy and the others last weekend? When I passed by a garden last night."

"Heard them discussing, saying they wanted to find an opportunity to retaliate against you, you must be careful."

Hearing Neville's words, Ryan and the others were also stunned.

But they weren't surprised either.

Ever since that day, they had guessed that this matter definitely wasn't over.

But they weren't afraid either; this was Hogwarts, not their home.

If they really fought, they might not suffer.

"We know, thank you for your reminder, Senior."

Ryan nodded at Neville, indicating he understood.

But at this time Titus spoke.

"By the way, now that John is alone, will he be in danger?"

"Er..."

As soon as this was said, the group was stunned.

Neville hurriedly stood up, looked at the Slytherin side, and found that Malfoy and his two lackeys were gone.

"It's over, they must have gone to chase John."

The group looked at each other and hurriedly ran out of the Great Hall.

Wanting to find John back.

Hermione on the Gryffindor side also noticed the riot here.

Seeing Neville leading John's friends, running out anxiously.

But John was the only one not seen, wondering if something had happened.

Regardless of the confusion of Harry and Ron beside her, she got up and chased out.

Harry and Ron looked at each other, although they didn't know what happened, they also followed out.

On the other side.

John was walking in a dim and closed secret passage.

The wand in his hand released Lumos, illuminating this secret passage for him.

This secret passage was exactly the one John and his little friends discovered two weeks ago, below the Whomping Willow.

John himself was also very surprised, not expecting to enter this secret passage so easily.

Back to a few minutes ago.

John was having lunch with his little friends, when Big Orange suddenly jumped onto the table, snatched a portion of food, and left the Great Hall without looking back.

He naturally followed, and no matter how he called Big Orange along the way, it ignored him, and walked out of the castle on its own.

John probably guessed that Big Orange was going to feed her dog friend again.

Thinking about following along to see.

As a result, they came all the way to the Whomping Willow.

When John realized something was wrong, Big Orange had already walked into the Whomping Willow's attack range.

Just when John rushed in wanting to bring Big Orange out, Big Orange suddenly stepped on a small bump under the Whomping Willow's root.

The Whomping Willow, which was planning to smash down its branches, suddenly stopped.

Then Big Orange came to a secret passage behind the tree with familiarity.

That scene made John stunned, but John only hesitated for 0.01 seconds before drilling in behind it.

It was lunch time, there was no one outside at all, so no one noticed the situation here.

However, what John didn't know was that not long after he drilled into the secret passage, Malfoy passed by here with two lackeys.

They indeed discovered John was alone, wanting to come and bully him.

As a result, they lost him when they arrived outside the castle.

Had no choice but to stomp their feet angrily and return to the castle.

"Big Orange, how much further is this secret passage, we've been walking for more than twenty minutes."

John followed Big Orange unhurriedly, walking for nearly half an hour, and he was a bit tired.

At this distance, it was estimated that it had long exceeded the scope of Hogwarts.

But John wasn't afraid.

The Whomping Willow was planted by Dumbledore, so Dumbledore couldn't possibly not know about this secret passage.

Since it was still left, it was impossible for there to be any danger.

Big Orange was so familiar, it definitely wasn't the first time it came.

And Big Orange wasn't an ordinary cat, it definitely wouldn't harm people; if it were dangerous, it wouldn't have brought John over.

So John wasn't panicked at all.

At this time, Big Orange in front suddenly accelerated its rhythm and rushed towards the exit with light in front.

John followed closely behind.

Walking up along the secret passage stairs.

After coming up, he found that this place was actually a dilapidated hut.

Looking closely, the doors and windows of the hut were sealed tightly with wooden boards.

There were also some ferocious claw marks remaining on these wooden boards.

Seeing these claw marks, John only hesitated for 0.001 seconds.

Turned and wanted to return to the secret passage to escape.

Retract the previous statement, this ghost place doesn't look safe at all!!

As a result, the next moment, John had just taken two steps down the stairs.

He felt a burst of heat hit the back of his neck.

Then a huge force grabbed his back collar, pulled John up, and pulled John flying out.

"Protego!!"

"Depulso!!"

"Vera Verto!!"

"Die, you bastard!!"

The moment he was grabbed, John didn't have any hesitation, immediately activated the Iron Armor Spell he learned from Professor Flitwick to protect his body.

When his body was in mid-air, he didn't even have time to see clearly who the enemy was, and threw out another Depulso.

When his body landed, he had already used Transfiguration to turn into a long spear in his hand.

Then directly threw it fiercely at the black shadow.

Bang! Bang!

The black shadow flexibly dodged John's spell and the thrown spear, both attacks hitting the wall behind.

Looking at the black shadow's dodging movements, it didn't look like a person at all.

"Lumos!"

John didn't hesitate, used the lighting spell; he must see the enemy clearly before he could deal with it.

As a result, when the light shone, appearing before his eyes was a bony big black dog.

The big black dog was dirty all over, and its hair was even more messy.

That appearance was more like a refugee than a refugee.

The big black dog didn't further harm John, but sat down quietly and looked at John.

That scrutinizing look didn't look like an animal at all.

Just when John was extremely nervous, Big Orange walked over, put the food it was holding in its mouth on the ground.

Meowed at the big black dog, as if saying something to the big black dog.

The big black dog rubbed Big Orange with its nose, then lowered its head and ate the food Big Orange brought in two or three bites.

After eating, it raised its head again, and that feeling of scrutiny disappeared.

However, it seemed it wasn't full yet, looking at John with eager eyes.

"......"

"Big Orange... your friend?"

John asked uncertainly.

Big Orange also "meowed" at the right time, as if responding to John.

Seeing this situation, John then slightly let down his vigilance.

However, the Iron Armor Spell wasn't canceled by him.

John hesitated for a while, then took out two more pieces of bread from his bosom and threw them to the big black dog.

The big black dog didn't refuse anyone, and ate them all.

After eating, it looked at John with eager eyes again.

"Er... gone, I only have this on me that can be eaten."

John raised his empty school robe and shrugged at the big black dog.

The big black dog didn't look stupid at all, as if it could understand human language, and nodded at John.

Then, the big black dog walked along the stairs towards the second floor of the wooden house, and when it walked halfway, it "wooed" at John, as if signaling him to follow, and Big Orange also followed up.

John thought, it had come to this step, there was no reason to retreat.

So he followed up. ===== CHAPTER 45 =====