A broken Hogwarts

Chapter 27
When the pointer of the pocket watch slowly pointed to eleven o'clock in the evening, Owen exited the space facing the wall, and quietly walked out of the bedroom with his suitcase.

It was late at night, and there were only a few people left in the common room. No one spoke, only the flame in the fireplace occasionally made a short "crackling" sound.

Owen came to the stone wall of the exit, and the stone door opened slowly and silently, revealing the dark corridor behind, and the cold and damp atmosphere poured into the warm lounge.

Owen shuddered slightly, tightened his grip on the alley, and walked out quickly.Two people followed silently behind him, a man and a woman, both senior students.The three of them looked at each other outside the lounge, and they all nodded slightly, choosing different routes tacitly.

"It seems that there are not many students who believe in the existence of that fax machine. This is good news." Owen chanted a spell to himself to eliminate sound and smell, and walked quickly along the deep corridor.

As for the fax machine, most students thought it was just a farce for grandstanding. After all, it was too incredible and unreasonable.There are also some people who are dubious, thinking that it may be dangerous, and only a few people are ready to move and plan to come out to try their luck.

"The Hufflepuff students should still be blocked by Filch in the lounge. The Ravenclaw and Slytherin students don't believe much. The problem is that Gryffindor, whether they believe it or not, must not mind." Take advantage of the chaos and come out to join in the fun."

There were obviously many times more students in the night tour. By the time Owen walked up to the first floor of the castle, he had already met two groups of little wizards.Fortunately, he was not without gains. He learned from the two groups of young wizards the areas the other party had searched, which simplified his route a lot.

After wandering around the first floor of the castle, Owen climbed up to the second floor and quickly searched along the corridors. At the same time, he did not forget to open the doors to check the situation inside, and finally said in a low voice, "The fax machine is coming." ".Although there is a high probability that it is useless, at least it can provide a little more psychological comfort.

When passing a corner, Owen heard footsteps approaching quickly from the opposite corridor, and he took two quick steps to avoid bumping into each other.Who would have thought that the person at the corner also turned a corner at the same time, and bumped into him with a "bang".

"Ouch..." The two fell to the ground and moaned, while the remaining one was holding his stomach and laughing.

An old parchment with a map of the entire Hogwarts landed beside Owen flutteringly, with some small dots marked with names moving around.

"The Marauder's Map." Ignoring the Weasley twins on the side, Owen picked up the map and scanned it quickly, keeping in mind the areas where some small dots were moving in the castle.At the same time, he didn't forget to glance at the Defense Against the Dark Arts office. The little dot representing Quirrell was staying there obediently, and Voldemort's name was not displayed next to it.

"I've been staring at the map and still bumping into each other. I suspect George, you're intentionally creating a chance encounter!" The standing boy laughed at the other one, and stretched out his hand to Owen in a very gentlemanly manner, "Hi, are you okay? Huh? It's you." ah!"

It seemed that there was a big difference between the ideal and the reality. He retracted his outstretched hand in an instant, and looked at his younger brother with some resentment: "I thought it was a girl, although he does look like a girl...George, You have fallen!"

"Shut up, Fred! I just didn't expect him to react so quickly." George got up from the ground, clapped his hands and said, "You know, we just happened to hide on the same side... Oh, that's our map .”

"Good evening." Owen finally moved his eyes away from the Marauder's Map and looked at the two guys who talked a lot.He stood up from the ground, patted the robe on his body, and temporarily canceled the silent spell on his body.

"Are you also interested in that unknown fax machine?" He shook the Marauder's Map in his hand and asked first.

"Who can't be curious? Although we think exploring the castle is more interesting than that." Fred said jokingly, taking the Marauder's Map from Owen.

"It's a very interesting magic item, no wonder you can do whatever you want in the castle." Owen said with the corner of his mouth slightly raised.He tried to copy a Marauder's map in the wall-facing space just now, but failed in the end. Maybe if you want to copy a creation with wizard magic power, you need to consume connection points?

"We don't just rely on it, but courage and strength, and of course Hogwarts' luxurious toilet!" George glanced at the Marauder's Map, his expression suddenly changed.He put his index finger in front of his lips: "Shh - hide!"

The three of them huddled together in a small utility room, and then heard voices from outside.

"Shut up! Twenty points off Gryffindor!" Professor McGonagall's shout came clearly, "Wandering around in the middle of the night, how dare you! I can't believe you two...Mr. Jordan, Johnson Miss, I need an explanation!"

The hurried footsteps gradually faded away, and the Weasley twins on the side groaned, followed by a low murmur: "The two of them have been caught, we have to laugh at them tomorrow."

Owen couldn't stand the dust in the utility room, so he opened the door first and walked out, followed by the twins, who choked on the dust and sneezed.

"Since your main purpose is not the fax machine, can you tell me the route you have already explored?" Owen said sincerely after changing places.

The twins winked at each other, their bright eyeballs rolling around.This Shafiq looks like a fat sheep!
George said with a smile, "Fair trade, no deceit! Only five Galleons..."

Owen looked at the two identical smirking faces amusedly, and pretended to be helpless, and said, "Okay, let me think about it... Well, where are you from, it's the bathroom... Transfiguration classroom, yes , you came from the stairs over the transfiguration classroom."

He looked at the eyes of the two and the expressions on their faces, and continued with a smile: "The stairs over there are connected in three directions. Obviously, you are coming from the north, west, east... east of the prize showroom on the third floor." Yes. On the fourth floor you passed the Charms classroom and the Charms office... No, you bypassed the office and walked down the corridor with the one-eyed witch statue..."

Owen looked at the unpredictable expressions of the twin brothers, with a hint of laziness and mystery on their expressions, and in just a moment deduced their route from the eighth floor.

The Weasley twins looked at Owen's trembling eyes, and always felt that his deep and dark eyes seemed to carry a penetrating joke and mockery, and the smile on the corner of his mouth also seemed to become mysterious.Fred took a step back and asked cautiously, "You know Legilimency?"

"It's just the magic of the mind... You guys are so easy to understand." Owen smiled and blinked his left eye, and waved at them, "Thank you for the information, bye."

As he spoke, his body had already passed the corner in front of him and disappeared in front of the two brothers.

After Owen left for a while, the two looked at each other and hissed lightly: "This guy is a bit evil."

"I think we need to learn Occlumency."

"Good idea, let's go to the restricted area next time, and don't forget to bypass the dean's office!"

"Oh, poor Lee and Angelina, we'd better give them a toilet cleaver tomorrow as a token of comfort..."

"I disagree, why not a toilet seat?"

"..."

At the same time, Owen had already explored the remaining area on the second floor and came to the third floor.

(End of this chapter)