Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Chapter 164 The stage begins (6K requests for reading)
An hour later, Harry left the dressing room and prepared to return his Nimbus 2000 to the broom shed.

He was relieved, and he had finally done something truly worthy of pride - no one would ever say that he just had a famous name, and the huge points deduction he brought to the academy could be compensated.

The night air has never been as sweet as it is now. As he walked across the damp grass, the scene just an hour ago reappeared in his mind, all vague fragments of happiness——

The little wizards of Gryffindor ran over and put him on their shoulders. Hermione jumped with joy, Ron cheered with nosebleeds, and Lin Xia and Draco gave him a thumbs up. …

Harry came to the broom shed, leaned against the door and looked at the scenery outside the window, feeling extremely happy. He succeeded. Even Snape couldn't...

Suddenly, Harry was startled. He saw a sneaky figure wearing a hood quickly leave the castle and rush towards the Forbidden Forest.

The figure he recognized was Snape, sneaking into the Forbidden Forest while others were having dinner. What did he want to do?
Involuntarily, Harry rode the broomstick again and flew towards the Forbidden Forest.

Hidden above the leafy trees, he finally saw Snape in a shadowy clearing, but he was not alone, even Quirrell was there.

He couldn't hear clearly.

Quirrell said intermittently: "I don't know why you chose to meet in this place, Severus..."

Exam week is officially here.

Lin Xia was reluctant to reveal this information, so he only said: "Instead of paying attention to Snape, you should pay more attention to Quirrell. Maybe he will become a breakthrough point."

"You don't like to be my enemy, Quirrell." Snape approached him.

"Also, I have something to remind you." Lin Xia said seriously, "Now, you have to focus on next week's exam, not the magic stone."

"I-I don't know, you, you-"

But for those with good grades, it doesn't matter whether they review or not.

Now even Lin Xia didn't know how to explain to Snape.

"B-but Severus, I-"

"Don't worry about that," Harry said breathlessly, "I overheard that Snape was going to develop Quirrell as his subordinate and let Quirrell find out how to deal with the three-headed dog arranged by Hagrid! Snape needs Philosopher's Stone, he must be the mysterious man's subordinate, and he wants the mysterious man to be resurrected!"

When Harry returned to the Gryffindor common room, the little wizards were still cheering and Ron was patting his back excitedly.

Quirrell muttered a few words.

"Harry, where have you been?"

Professor Flitwick asked the little wizards to enter the classroom one by one, and asked them to cast a spell on the pineapple to make it tap dance across a desk.

Snape said coldly: "Because I think this matter should not be made public. After all, students are not supposed to know about the Philosopher's Stone."

Snape interrupted, "So, you figured out how to get past Hagrid's monster?"

A look of pain flashed across Harry and Ron's faces, the terrifying exam week was approaching!
Because it was exam week, Lin Xia, Draco and Hermione all stopped working on the papers and began to concentrate on reviewing.

On the second day, both Draco and Lin Xia knew about this news.

But Quirrell is definitely not innocent.

……

"Very well," Snape interrupted him again, "We will talk again soon, after you have had time to think it over and decide who you are loyal to."

She also had some doubts about whether Snape was another subordinate installed by Voldemort at Hogwarts, but she had never seen any divination between him and Voldemort.

Professor McGonagall's exam question was announced very early, which is to turn any object into a snuff bottle. The more exquisite the pot, the higher the difficulty, and the higher the score.

When taking the Potions exam, the topic was to make a potion of oblivion.

Professor Snape's sharp eyes were fixed on all the little wizards. Everyone seemed to feel that he was standing behind them and watching closely. They were very nervous preparing the potions...

The exam is over.

Lin Xia and Draco left the examination room together, and Draco looked very comfortable.

"It's much easier than I thought. I thought it would be difficult, but it didn't seem to be as difficult as I thought."

They met Hermione on the way, and Draco and Hermione became very topical now, and they were comparing each other's answers.

Harry and Ron couldn't help but stay away from those two people. They had to go over the questions again after the exam, which made them feel very uncomfortable.

"Harry," Lin Xia asked, "Does your forehead still hurt?"

Harry sighed: "It still hurts. It feels like it's getting worse and worse. Sometimes I can't sleep at night."

"Go and see Mrs. Pang Lei?" Lin Xia suggested.

Harry shook his head, "I'm not sick. I think this is a warning...meaning danger is coming...I always feel like something is wrong..."

Suddenly, Harry thought of something and rushed towards Hagrid's cabin.

"I thought about the fire dragon Hagrid had before. How could it be such a coincidence? Hagrid wanted the fire dragon, but someone gave him the fire dragon. No, there must be something we don't know!"

Lin Xia and others went together.

Hagrid was sitting outside the hut, his trousers rolled up, busy shelling pea pods.

Under Harry's questioning, Hagrid recalled the scene when he got the fire dragon.

When Hagrid recalled what he said when he was drunk, and once again told how to appease the three-headed dog, his face instantly turned pale.

"I shouldn't have told you. Forget everything I said. Hey - where are you going?"

The group of people didn't exchange a word along the way. It wasn't until they arrived at Hogwarts that Lin Xia set up a "disruption spell" and asked: "Harry, what do you want to do?" Harry's eyes were firm: "I Must tell Professor Dumbledore!"

Hagrid had already revealed the answer to passing the first level, but the man hadn't taken action yet.

The exams have recently ended, and the little wizards are not interested in the restricted area on the fourth floor. Taking advantage of the fact that no one is paying attention now - Harry thinks that in these few days, the Sorcerer's Stone may be stolen!

Harry, Ron and Hermione hurried to find Dumbledore, while Lin Xia and Draco returned to the laboratory.

It was enough for them to look for her. If anything unexpected happened, Lin Xia asked them to contact him at any time.

In the laboratory.

Draco looked at Lin Xia and hesitated to speak.

Lin Xia was talking to the diary, telling Tom about the future research arrangements.

Finally, Draco couldn't help it anymore and asked: "Lin Xia, why don't we follow Harry and others to find the principal?"

Lin Xia asked calmly: "Draco, do you know what Legilimency is?"

Draco: "Of course I know, my dad told me about this spell. It is an advanced witchcraft that has the ability to obtain emotions and memories from another person's brain.

My dad said that people who are good at Legilimency can easily tell whether others are lying. At the same time, they can also easily know what others are thinking in their minds and get the information they want. "

Lin Xia said lightly: "As far as I know, Dumbledore is the master of Legilimency. When you face him, are you sure that it won't matter even if he knows your secret?"

Draco couldn't help but be startled, "This..."

Lin Xia looked directly into his eyes, "This is also the reason why I don't want to have contact with Dumbledore. When he appeared on the Quidditch field, I didn't even dare to look at him. I have many hidden secrets, and he didn't Not fit to know.”

Draco was shocked.

He also has many secrets that he doesn't want others to know, both about himself and about the Malfoy family.

He said cautiously: "You are right, but I was too rash. So should we wait in the laboratory for notification, or should we go to the common room?"

Lin Xia shook his head: "No, let's wait here. I have a hunch that many interesting things will happen tonight."

On the other side, Harry's search for Principal Dumbledore reached an impasse.

They met Professor McGonagall on the way and asked her about Professor Dumbledore, but it turned out that the headmaster was not at Hogwarts.

Professor McGonagall: "This is normal. The principal is often away from school. He is a great wizard who has many things to do and time is precious..."

Harry was very anxious and couldn't help but reveal to her that they knew about the Philosopher's Stone and that someone was trying to steal it.

But Professor McGonagall didn't believe it and suggested that they go outside to bask in the sun.

After Professor McGonagall left, Harry and others discussed again. Harry had an intuition that Snape would choose to take action tonight.

"It must be tonight. The little wizards have all finished their exams and are relaxed. No one stays on the fourth floor. The professors are busy writing comments and summaries for us. Even Dumbledore has left Hogwarts."

Hermione: "But we don't-"

She gasped sharply. Snape was standing there in the corridor.

She didn't know when Snape showed up. Maybe he heard everything, maybe he didn't.

Snape's sudden appearance shocked the trio, and they returned to the Gryffindor common room to discuss their future plans.

Harry: "Listen, I have to solve this matter and stop Snape's conspiracy to steal the Sorcerer's Stone! This is about my life, I have to do it, but this matter is very dangerous. If I fail, I can--"

Hermione interrupted: "Harry, can your invisibility cloak cover three people?"

"Three, three people?"

Ron also said: "Of course, do you think we will let you act alone?"

……

As time passed by, the students went to bed one by one, and the number of people in the common room gradually decreased until it was empty.

But something unexpected happened before they left. Neville was still awake and prevented them from going on a night out to prevent Gryffindor from being deducted points.

Hermione had no choice but to petrify Neville and leave the lounge.

What they didn't know was that outside the lounge, there was a cat hiding in a corner, watching them motionless.

The cat saw the trio going out and slowly licked its fur without moving.

About 10 minutes later, the door to the Gryffindor common room opened again, and Neville and another student walked out.

Fairy Bai recognized the student, it was Mikel. Lin Xia once said that if she encounters him, she should pay more attention to him.

It waited there for another ten minutes to make sure no one came out of the lounge, then quickly took the elevator to the laboratory and pressed the door with its paw.

"Welcome back, Fairy White."

Fairy Bai jumped into Lin Xia's arms with three clicks, and fragments of messages flashed in her mind.

Lin Xia thought for a while and was about to leave, but suddenly felt that there was no point in going with just these few people.

Since the water needs to be mixed, the more people, the better.

(End of this chapter)