Chapter 80： Mouse playing with cat

Chapter 80 The mouse plays with the cat

 “This way, go this way.” Fred was running. He felt his heart beating faster and his blood boiling. The hide-and-seek game with Filch was more interesting than he imagined.

Filch had just passed the secret passage and went around to intercept them, but Fred was not worried. Before Filch rushed to the front to intercept them through the secret passage, the two of them ran away from him.

Filch can never try to stop them in advance, and besides, the opponent's physical strength is not as good as the two of them!

 The only trouble is Mrs. Norris. This cat is even more difficult to deal with than Filch. It is very fast and smart. It is not easy to get rid of it.

Filch's cat alerted its owner and was always watching them. Fred wanted to kick it, but they knew they ran out of time and kicking Mrs. Norris would only Make Filch even more furious.

“I heard footsteps again, why is Filch faster than us.” George complained breathlessly.

"Don't worry, he can't catch up, this way!" Fred was far less familiar with the castle than Filch. He needed to rely on the Marauder's Map to steadily leave the opponent behind.

 “He’s out of the secret passage.” Fred suddenly laughed. "Turn right ahead and go down the stairs. Let's go to the fourth floor."

 “I dare say... he must be mad!” said George cheerfully.

Filch does know many secret passages in the castle, and is more familiar with the environment in the castle than the Weasley brothers, but so what, they have the Marauder's Map here, even if Filch goes around to intercept it in advance, as long as they Going that way, Filch's detour would make them lose track of them.

Fred slowed down, took a breath, looked away from the Marauder's Map, and said cheerfully, "Filch stopped, I guess he is still confused."

“Actually, this is quite fun, going around in circles with Filch.” During the chase with Filch, George lost all his sleep and was now a little excited, “This is something we can keep busy with for months.”

“Tsk, tsk, you annoying new student, wandering around in the middle of the night.” Peeves suddenly jumped out of the prize display room, stopped in front of the two of them, and screamed happily.

"Good evening." George raised his hand to greet Peeves, "Filch's cat is chasing us. Do you want to cause some trouble for him?"

"I would rather you were caught by Filch." Peeves' eyes flashed with mischief.

"We can't, Filch is still catching us everywhere." Fred shrugged, picked up his wand and used the unlocking spell to open the wooden door leading to another corridor.

"Well, maybe I should tell Filch," Peeves said seriously. "It's for your own good."

"Then tell him." George said disapprovingly before closing the door behind his back, "But I heard that your relationship is not good, would you like to see Filch in a good mood?"

Fred waved his hand towards Peeves and said: "I also have reservations about this."

"Students don't sleep!" Peeves, who was being teased by the two men, suddenly roared, "wandering around outside the prize display."

“Peeves is so annoying,” George muttered, his eyelids twitching.

"If he doesn't shout, he won't be called Peeves." Fred immediately glanced at the Marauder's Map. Filch was rushing towards this direction at an extremely fast speed.

 “Quiet Peeves.”

Fred and George returned the same way. Peeves was still in the corridor and did not leave immediately.

“No, you should tell Peeves to shout louder,” muttered Fred. “Shout at the top of your lungs!”

"as you wish."

When Peeves saw the two men coming back, he suddenly appeared in front of Fred and shouted: "Here, here, those nasty little newbies are here."

Fred made a rude gesture to Peeves before leaving, and disappeared around the corner of the corridor with George.

 “Peeves?”

 After a while, Filch rushed over panting and said, "Hurry up and tell me which way they ran."

 “You should say ‘please’.”

Filch had no intention of talking nonsense with Peeves, and was ready to follow his cat and chase him forward. Tonight, he was so angry that those guys dared to play a hide-and-seek game with him.

there has never been!

Filch has never suffered such humiliation. He must catch those students and punish them severely.

 “What’s going on?” Snape appeared in the corridor wearing pajamas.

"Professor, there are people wandering around at night, and I'm trying to catch them." Filch said through gritted teeth, "Peeves knows who it is, but he won't tell."

 Snape looked up at Peeves and asked, "Who is Peeves?"

"Two annoying Gryffindor freshmen," Peeves stared at Filch and said slyly, "Those two little brats said you couldn't catch them!"

 Peeves looked at Filch's face twisted with anger, and flew away happily. He did not reveal the names of Fred and George.

"Professor, those two Gryffindor students must be preparing to return to the lounge after being alerted by Peeves. We must intercept them on the eighth floor. I know there is a shortcut to the eighth floor..." Fei Erqi had rich experience and quickly thought of a way to catch the students traveling at night, and quickly followed Snape.

 Snape agreed. He didn't mind catching the two Gryffindor freshmen and deducting a hundred points severely.

At this moment, Fred and George, who were heading to the eighth floor, also discovered that Snape had joined in the search for them. They frowned slightly and said, "We must return to the lounge quickly."

If there was only Filch, the two of them would not worry about being blocked at all. Now that there is Snape, the situation is difficult to predict.

No one wanted to fall into the hands of the Potions Master. It would definitely be fruitless. Everyone knew that Snape hated Gryffindor students.

The two of them walked around outside, and when they returned to the eighth floor, the fat lady hadn't come yet.

Fred and George were disappointed, as this meant wandering around the castle, evading Snape and Filch.

"No, Filch is coming to the eighth floor through a secret passage. We must find a place to hide as soon as possible." Fred, who was observing the Marauder's Map, suddenly said. He immediately realized that something was wrong and quickly took the lead to prepare to run away. .

 “Be careful not to get blocked by Snape.” George reminded quickly.

"I know." Fred felt very worried and quickly retreated to the corridor. If he went to the seventh floor, he would probably run into the cat and Snape. This combination was more dangerous than Filch.

“There is a room next to it, maybe we can hide in it.” George pointed to an abandoned room on the right side of the eighth floor and said.

"No, we will definitely be found. Filch's cat is more sensitive than we thought. We need to be patient, follow Filch in a circle, and leave through the secret passage carved by the griffon." Frey De stopped to take a breath and realized that they might be caught, and his mood suddenly became very bad.

 (End of this chapter)