Roar
Lupin was highly efficient; by noon the next day, he informed Wade that he had purchased the Vanishing Cabinet from Borgin and Burkes.
Meanwhile, Wade, under the pretense of studying Alchemy, borrowed the castle's Vanishing Cabinet from Professor McGonagall for research, assuring her he understood the dangers and wouldn't recklessly climb inside for study.
The Vanishing Cabinet was black and gold, etched with numerous Ancient Runes and intricate patterns. Ancient magic created a peculiar passage between the two Vanishing Cabinets, allowing instant travel even within Hogwarts, where Apparition was forbidden.
In the original story, Death Eaters used this passage to invade Hogwarts, and Dumbledore died that very night.
Wade used a Shrinking Charm to bring the Vanishing Cabinet to the Room of Requirement, then took time to experiment. He contacted Lupin using the Book of Friends, putting various items into the Vanishing Cabinet and retrieving them from the other end.
The first few experiments went smoothly — items like apples, bread, pillows, and buckets went in and came out perfectly intact.
Lupin then suggested experimenting with living creatures — mice, rabbits, Dwarf Pig Monsters… their sizes gradually approached that of humans, and they eventually switched to magical creatures.
The thirteenth experiment went awry.
Wade felt something was off as he pulled open the cabinet door. When he opened it, he found a Dwarf Pig Monster lying inside, no longer breathing.
[Wade: It's dead.]
[Lupin: What happened?]
[Wade: No injuries, but it stopped breathing. You can check it out on your end.]
Wade closed the cabinet door again, then Lupin opened it and saw the Dwarf Pig Monster's cold corpse. He moved it out and examined it carefully.
[Lupin: The body is extremely cold, as if it died at least three or four hours ago. There are strange cracks on the skin, and its bones are more brittle than crackers. It seems that the moment the door closed, it went to a strange place and died there.]
[Lupin: Wade, the Vanishing Cabinet is more dangerous than we thought.]
[Wade: I understand. We'll pause the experiments. I'll see if I can repair this cabinet first.]
When Wade put down his pen, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
He had thought the Vanishing Cabinet was only broken by Peeves in Harry's second year, but he hadn't realized it wasn't in perfect condition even before that.
He focused intently on the Vanishing Cabinet. Slowly, countless golden magical rune circuits flowed forth like water, complex magic arrays layered upon each other, and hundreds of Ancient Runes coiled around the Vanishing Cabinet like chains.
Tiny flaws, incomplete patterns, Runes worn by time, magic that seemed corroded...
He gradually found every missing part of the Vanishing Cabinet.
...
The Umbrella Room.
After combat training ended, everyone was applying bruise-healing ointment to each other. Harry asked, "Wade seems really busy lately? He only comes to the Umbrella Room every three or four days."
Even when he did come, he'd spend about an hour teaching them a new spell, offering guidance on any problems they encountered in their studies, and then quickly disappear again.
"Yeah," Michael said helplessly. "That Alchemy professor seems to have given Wade a really difficult assignment. Lately, he barely even comes back to the common room; he's always somewhere else researching Alchemy."
A cleaning crab scuttled over, clacking, collecting all the cotton swabs, and then mopped the floor.
Everyone's gaze involuntarily followed it around, and only after the crab returned to its shell home and quietly settled down did they leave the Umbrella Room. As they walked down one flight of stairs, they encountered an unexpected person.
"H-hello there..."
Professor Quirrell seemed startled by the impromptu meeting. He had an awkward smile on his face and extended a hand, stammering a greeting to his students.
Michael, Hermione, and Ryan instinctively bowed their heads, as if in great respect, and said, "Good evening, Professor."
Harry and Theo, however, said straightforwardly, "Hello, Professor Quirrell." Neville, a step behind, also hurriedly chimed in with a greeting.
As the two groups were about to part ways, Harry added, "Keep going, Professor! You're really brave!"
Professor Quirrell chuckled briefly and nervously, giving a small wave of his hand.
"You..." Hermione stared intently at Harry, as if there were a thousand words in her eyes.
Theo simply said, "Harry, you think Professor Quirrell is... uh... brave?"
—There wasn't a more cowardly professor in the entire school than Quirrell.
"You don't understand," Harry said profoundly, as if he harbored many secrets. "Professor Quirrell is fighting against evil; he's truly remarkable."
Though Theo and Neville didn't understand, they nodded vaguely. The others, however, wore unreadable expressions, looking at each other.
"Keep an eye on him. Don't let them get close again," Michael whispered.
Everyone silently nodded, feeling a heavy responsibility weighing on them.
...
Harry was unaware of the others' worries. He returned to his dormitory with his usual joy, shared what he'd learned that day with Ron, played a game of Wizard's Chess, and then went to bed.
But for some reason, the scar on his forehead throbbed faintly tonight. While everyone else fell into a deep sleep, Harry couldn't sleep at all. He simply put on his coat and sat by the window, gazing at the starry night sky outside.
Suddenly, a dark shadow streaked across his vision. It took Harry a moment to realize what it was — a person flying on a broomstick across the sky!
Who was that?
What were they doing flying around the school in the middle of the night?
Without a second thought, Harry found his Nimbus 2000, climbed out the window onto his broom, and leapt from the eighth floor of the castle!
He rapidly descended through the air, then quickly regained altitude, circling in the sky for a moment. He spotted a figure by the Black Lake. Harry circled from above, and only when he got closer did he realize the person standing there was Wade.
"Hey, Wade." Harry dismounted his broom and walked over. "What are you doing here?"
"Harry?" Wade turned, looking a little surprised. "It's so late; aren't you asleep yet?"
"Can't sleep," Harry said, touching the scar on his forehead. "For some reason, I've got a bit of a headache today—maybe Snape's cursing me from the bottom of the Black Lake?"
Wade's gaze swept over the lightning-shaped scar as he answered the earlier question. "I was just about to head back to bed when I suddenly saw what looked like someone with white hair here… But by the time I flew over, they were gone."
He wasn't sure if the person he saw tonight was the same as the figure he'd seen more than half a year ago, but for some reason, Wade was always very curious about it.
Perhaps it was because he'd never been close enough to see the person's name.
Harry scratched his head, not thinking too deeply. "Maybe you saw wrong?" he guessed.
"Maybe."
Wade didn't argue. He watched Hagrid, lantern in hand, leading his dog Fang, disappear into the Forbidden Forest under the cover of night.
"Looks like Hagrid isn't asleep yet either," Wade said.
"He's probably going to feed Norbert, right?" Harry said casually.
"Norbert?" Wade suddenly turned to look at him.
"Yeah! Oh, it's that baby dragon. Hagrid named him Norbert," Harry explained. "He's getting bigger and bigger, so Hagrid couldn't keep him in his hut anymore. He moved him to a cave in the Forbidden Forest."
Wade was surprised. "He didn't send him away?"
Harry sighed helplessly. "Hermione tried to convince him several times, and Ron also said his brother Charlie studies dragons in Romania and could take Norbert for them to care for, but Hagrid just couldn't bear to part with him…"
*ROAR————*
Suddenly, a tremendous roar echoed from the Forbidden Forest, and a burst of fire shot straight up into the sky!
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