Chapter 81： Mysterious broom closet

Chapter 81 The mysterious broom closet

Holding an oil lamp, Filch hurried to the portrait of the Fat Lady and suddenly smiled. The gatekeeper at the entrance to the Gryffindor common room disappeared.

 The inability to enter the Gryffindor common room means that students who wander through the night can only continue to stay outside.

 No one can escape from his hands.

No one can do it!

 “Ah sneeze!” George sneezed again.

Fred in front stopped and looked at George speechlessly.

 “Where are we going?” George rubbed his nose and leaned over and asked.

Fred moved his wand to the Marauder's Map, observed the positions of Snape and Filch, and involuntarily quickened his pace. He planned to circle the eighth floor, escape from Filch's search, and avoid Snape and Filch at the same time. Erci's cat.

However, Filch did not chase in the direction of the sound. Instead, he turned back and blocked the corner of a corridor, waiting for Snape to appear, intending to prevent them from leaving through the nearby secret passage.

"When did that guy become smarter!" Fred quickly stopped and walked back. When he saw that Filch actually planned to block the corridor, his heart suddenly went cold.

 Snape was almost reaching the eighth floor. When he reached the eighth floor, they would be blocked here.

"Professor, they should still be on the eighth floor. I heard a noise just now." Filch said with unconcealed excitement in his tone: "You go through here, I'll go around from the other side, they There’s no escape.”

 “It’s over, I’m blocked!” Fred looked desperate. Now, there was not enough room to maneuver for the two of them to avoid Filch's pursuit.

However, when Fred and George were anxiously passing by the tapestry where the troll beat Barnabas silly for the third time, they accidentally discovered that a door appeared on the wall opposite the tapestry.

 “How did it appear?” George asked, staring at the door on the wall in surprise.

They didn’t know there was such a door here, and it wasn’t marked on the Marauder’s Map.

Fred gritted his teeth and said: "No matter, just hide in first!"

The two of them opened the door and hid inside, and found that behind the door was just a dusty broom cabinet with a few old brooms inside. "

By the time Filch and Snape surrounded him from both sides, the entrance to the Room of Requirement had long since disappeared.

The two of them were completely defeated.

"Where are the people?" Filch's face showed a moment of astonishment. He had just heard a sound here, but why didn't he see anyone?

 Hiding?

 Or...escaped?

"No, they can't go far, I just heard someone sneezing." The muscles on Filch's cheeks were twisted together with anger.

I originally thought I could stop those Gryffindor students who were making a fool of themselves and give those students a harsh lesson, but the other party still slipped through my fingers.

This huge sense of gap made Filch feel extremely aggrieved.

In the broom closet, Fred and George both reached out and covered each other's mouths, fearing that they would make the slightest sound and attract the attention of the two people outside.

There was no other way. Filch and Snape were standing outside the broom cupboard where they were hiding. If they opened the door, something terrible would happen.

As if someone was looking after the lucky couple, Snape and Filch finally left, and they went to other places on the eighth floor to search for the whereabouts of the twins.

Of course, the result is still nothing.

"Next time someone wanders around at night, come and report to me immediately." Snape said to Filch before leaving.

Hearing the footsteps gradually disappearing, Fred and George couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, but they had no idea of ​​going out immediately.

I don’t know how long I stayed in the broom cupboard. It wasn’t until I saw from the Marauder’s Map that Snape and Filch had given up searching for them that I cautiously opened the door and came out, for fear of making any loud noises and attracting attention. Erqi's attention.

"It was a close call. I almost got caught by Filch. But what's going on with this broom closet?" George raised his wand, ready to check the broom closet where the two had just hidden, but found the door on the wall. Actually disappeared.

"What's going on?" Fred was also confused. He reached out and knocked on the wall twice, and then looked at the Marauder's Map at hand.

 There is no hint on this.

"The castle of Hogwarts still hides many secrets. Even Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs don't all know these secrets!" George couldn't help but sighed and looked at his twins. The brother asked, "By the way, how did that door appear just now?"

"I don't know!" Fred gave up temporarily after researching to no avail. "Forget it, let's go back first. I hope the Fat Lady has come back."

 Returning to the portrait of the Fat Lady, both Fred and George breathed a sigh of relief.

The fat lady in pajamas looked at the two of them and asked, "Where have you been?"

 “Take a walk.” George said the command immediately. "Singing so well."

The portrait opened, and they immediately crawled into the common room, where they collapsed in armchairs, looking at each other and laughing.

 “It’s really thrilling tonight.” George’s excitement has not completely subsided.

"I think Filch must be mad." Fred laughed happily. To be honest, he really didn't like the administrator.

 When I returned to the dormitory, it was almost five o'clock. Although they felt very tired, the two of them couldn't sleep at all until they were vaguely awakened in the morning.

 “Ah…” Fred yawned widely, not even bothering to open his eyes.

"When did you come back?" Albert put on his long running shoes and opened the window to let the cool morning breeze blow into the room.

"About... around five o'clock in the morning." Fred covered another yawn and asked sleepily: "What time is it now?"

 “It’s half past seven in the morning.”

Looking at the sleepy twin brothers, Albert shook his head and said, "I told you not to go out for night walks at this time. There are two herbal medicine classes in the morning, over there in the greenhouse, so don't be late."

"I'm telling you..." George picked up his pillow and threw it at Fred. The guy fell down on the bed again, looking very tired.

"You said you were almost caught by Filch when the Fat Lady was away at night, and you escaped by hiding in a broom cupboard on the eighth floor?" Lee Jordan felt incredible as he listened to George's story. I'm curious as to what method Fred and George used to escape from Snape and Filch's pursuit?

 Or, George is lying?

“Later, when you were looking, the broom cupboard disappeared?” Albert listened to George talking about the location of the cupboard and immediately knew what place they were talking about.

 The house that answers all requests.

The two guys managed to escape by hiding in the Room of Requirement.

After Fred and George left the broom closet, they found that it had disappeared without warning.

 That day, Fred and George skipped their morning herbal medicine class and slept until the afternoon when they woke up naturally.

 (End of this chapter)