Petrified Mrs. Norris

„Did here have an accident, had an accident?"

Filch was attracted without doubt by the Malfoy's shout, he uses the shoulder to squeeze through the crowd. Then, he saw Mrs. Norris, retrocedes totteringly several steps, holds own face with the hand panic-stricken.

„My cat! My cat! Mrs. Norris how?" He screamed, has almost soon fainted.

„Is you!" Filch walked suddenly held Ivan in the past, the squawk shouts, „was you have killed my cat, has killed it! I must kill you, I want..."

„Lets loose me!" Ivan wipes out Filch's, „I have not moved a that cat fine body hair, nobody touches him, we come time already this."

„Lies, you are lying!" The Filch loud scream said that „some people saw you to commit murder, was?!"

„Filch!"

Dumbledore rushed to the scene, behind with many other teachers. The free time of a blink, he arrives at side Ivan, Harry, Ron and Hermione, solved from the flare support Mrs. Norris

„Comes with me, Filch." He said to Filch that „also has you, Mr. Mason, Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley and Miss Granger."

Lockhart walks up hurriedly, dancing with joy said that „my office left here recently, headmaster! In the building, you can go to there."

„Thank you, Gilderoy!" Dumbledore nodded.

The silent crowd separates to the two sides, making them pass.

Under they in Lockhart eagerly anticipate gradually enter to his dim office, Professor McGonagall and Snape also followed. On the office wall a tumult, Ivan saw that Lockhart on picture has hidden flustered, on their hair is also bringing the curl tube.

At this time, the candle on true Lockhart ignition table, fell back on behind. Dumbledore places on Mrs. Norris bright and clean tabletop, starts to inspect carefully.

He looks very carefully, the tip of the nose of long aquiline nose has almost bumped into Mrs. Norris wool, slender finger here stamp stamp, there holds gently. Professor McGonagall bends the waist, the face also almost bumped into the cat, narrowed the eye to look carefully.

Snape stands behind them, half body hides in the shadow, appears gloomy, the expression on face is very strange, probably is going all out to restrain itself do not smile. Lockhart paces back and forth around them, keeps supplying ideas.

Ivan, Harry, Ron and Hermione have exchanged the meaningful glance intensely, cautious sitting to several chairs that on the candlelight cannot illuminate. Filch stands in them behind, vision stares at Ivan to look stubbornly that probably had recognized he is kills the cat the murderer.

„Definitely was a spell has killed it, very possible was the distortion torture spell. I see others to use this incantation repeatedly, regretted really I at that time not on the scene, I know exactly that Xie Zhoufa, can rescue it."

Hears the Lockhart's words, stands in Ivan behind Filch sad twitches.

Then, he sits down exhausted suddenly on a table chair, is covering the face with the hand, does not dare to look at Mrs. Norris pitifully, the appearance.

At this time, Dumbledore was talking over some strange words in a low voice, and has knocked Mrs. Norris with his wand(s), however had not responded. Mrs. Norris stiffly lies down there, is similar to specimen that just completed.

„headmaster, this cat died!" Lockhart said that „I remember has had similar matter in Ouagadougou, a series of attacks, in my autobiography have the detailed record. At that time, I gave the common people to provide all kinds of charm amulets, has solved all of a sudden the problem."

„Professor, it has not died, but was petrified."

Ivan thought oneself must say anything, otherwise to ignore Lockhart continues such exciting Filch, the latter will possibly jump to look for itself to go all out.

„Nonsense, was you have killed him!" Filch rises high the scream to say.

„Mr. Mason said right, it has not died, Filch." Dumbledore said in a soft voice that „it was petrified, profound dark magic, the first-grade student is impossible to achieve this point."

„Is he does, is he does!" The Filch saliva scattered said that the face of obese sagging turned into the purple red, „you saw him in the character that on the wall wrote, my Mrs. Norris once repeatedly prevented him to enter three building that female student washrooms, he bore certainly a grudge."

„I do not have, I have not bumped that cat!"

„That, why famous does Mr. Know-it-all try to enter a female student washroom?" The Snape vision has swept Ivan gloomy, „does there have anything to publish your baseless and irrational concoctions in the newspaper?"

„I, I is looking for ghost in castle to provide the news source to my newspaper, I think it is necessary and Moaning Myrtle discusses, she to the Hogwarts familiar, many female students likes her." Ivan stammeringly answered, these words he who he said does not believe.

„I was doubtful." The Snape's lip sways from side to side is revealing a ridicule, the vision changes sits in nearby Harry, „the entire item matter has been full of a series of questionable points, why you in should not appear in that time in that place, why must arrive at the above corridor, why hasn't attended Halloween banquet?"

Snape proposed that a series of questions, making Ivan feel why he likely is one 100,000.

Does not need him to return to him fortunately, Harry, Ron and Hermione explained competitively they attend the death anniversary party.

„Came several hundred ghost, they can prove us there."

„After this, why doesn't attend the banquet? „ Does the sparkling of Snape jet black eye in candlelight, „ why arrive at the above corridor?"

„Because Ron had a misunderstanding at the death anniversary party and Moaning Myrtle, we must ask her to apologize."

„Apologized with a ghost, didn't have the dinner?" On the Snape skinny face flashes through a self-satisfied smiling face, „I believe that the ghost in the food probably not too suitable live person who at the party provides."

„We are not hungry." Ron said loudly that simultaneously his belly mumbling has made a sound, the Snape ugly smiling face was more obvious.

„My opinion is, headmaster, they do not have to speak the truth completely." He said that „perhaps we should cancel their some privileges, is willing to tell us until them the matter. I believe that should better make Mason close down his laughable newspaper, making Potter leave Gryffindor Quiddich team, when their manner honest said again."

„Truly speaking, Severus," Professor McGonagall said fierce that „I looked has no reason to let the extracurricular activity that these children stop them liking, this cat not hit the head by the newspaper or the broom, moreover did not have the evidence to show that they have done any wrong thing."

Dumbledore looked at four person one eyes with the vision of inquisition, blue eye bright shining staring they, have been as if completely understanding all.

„Does not want by the conviction, is innocent, Severus." He said firmly.

Snape appears very angry, Filch is also same.

„My cat was petrified, I hope that saw some people receive some penalties!"

„We can cure it, Filch." Dumbledore said patiently that „Madame Sprout had gotten so far as some mandrakes recently, once they grow up maturely, I had one medicine to make Mrs. Norris bring back to life."

„I compound," Lockhart interrupted, „I compounded definitely had 100 times, I can have a dream while compound the mandrake resurrecting medicament."

„Please forgive!" Snape coldly said that „I think I was Potions teacher of this school."

An awkward silence, Lockhart has turned the body restlessly.

„You can walk." Dumbledore said to Ivan, Harry, Ron and Hermione.

They step out as far as possible, almost ran. When arrives in the building in Lockhart office, they sneak in empty classroom, closes gently.

In the darkness, Hermione narrows eye to look at Ivan, Harry and Ron.