The next morning, frozen rain mixed with snowflakes fell from the sky, condensed into smooth and transparent ice on the ground, and the little wizards had to move carefully through the courtyard and the open space.

"Ouch!"

Ron, who had just been discharged from the hospital, tripped and pounced on the ground. He struggled to get up. The ground was really slipping hard, but fortunately Harry pulled him.

He watched enviously as the twins transformed a pair of skates for themselves and shuttled around the students in the courtyard.

"Do you want to give it a try, Ron." Fred appeared in front of him and blinked at him.

"No, thank you" Ron muttered, he would only fall even worse after he went up, "Did you have no classes?"

"Don't say stupid things, we certainly have lessons," Fred said, "Hey, George, beware."

Harry watched George slide quickly, and he waved his arm desperately, "Oh," and immediately rolled together with Fred. The two of them plunged into the snow pile, their clothes, cuffs, and collars, and even their eyebrows were dyed white. They pointed at each other's funny face and laughed.

Harry, Ron and Hermione looked at each other, "Let's go, there are still many classes today."

"Wait, Harry!" Fred chased after him, put his arm on Harry's shoulder, and whispered to him: "Listen, the secret passage is blocked..."

"What?" Harry said in surprise, he didn't react for a moment.

"The secret passage, the secret passage leading to Hogsmeade, Harry." Fred looked at him meaningfully, and Harry suddenly woke up.

He stammered: "That map..."

"It has nothing to do with the map. We wanted to go to Joko yesterday to get some goods, you know." Fred squeezed his eyes at him, "Damp bombs, fireworks and so on, but the one-eyed witch statue on the fourth floor seemed to be dead. Then Felch's cat appeared and we hurriedly ran away."

Harry suddenly realized that it was a chain reaction after Black's attack. The professors were wary of someone breaking into the castle suddenly. If such a thing really happened, the castle's protection would be invalid, and he or Ron was likely to be blocked in the dormitory.

"Harry" Ron shouted in the distance.

"Anyway, we can only count on the passage behind the beaten Willow. George and I are ready to explore and wait for my good news." Fred left after saying that.

"Don't" Harry reached out to watch the twins run away. He wanted to tell them that he had been confined to the castle by Dumbledore. Apart from classes and professors, even Hagrid's cottage could not be visited at will.

After noon, the weather finally became clear. Harry and the other two had lunch, came out of the auditorium and breathed in fresh air.

"By the way, Harry, what did Fred say to you?" Ron asked curiously.

Harry informed Ron and Hermione about the matter, and Ron was disappointed, "You can't even go to Hogsmeade in an invisible cloak?" Hermione was obviously relieved.

She said to Ron, "Don't forget, you can't do it either. Professor McGonagall told you in person that you were treated the same as Harry before he caught Black."

Ron's entire face twisted, "I kept trying to forget this."

Harry and Hermione looked at each other. They hadn't told Ron about the mouse. Although Ron kept complaining that it was useless, Harry knew that Ron was still pretty precious. He changed the topic and said: "Maybe we can go to the practice classroom of ancient magic literature on the weekend. I heard that it is very popular. We haven't visited the last club assessment."

"Actually, I want to try your firebolt more."

Harry's mood became gloomy, "Don't think about it, Wood went to find Professor McGonagall, it was useless, we could only wait."

Hermione immediately turned her head away and pretended to be interested in the scenery in the distance, but she suddenly pointed to the distance, "Oh my god, look at what that is."

They were standing uphill in the open space, and they could see the corner of Hagrid's hut and Forbidden Forest below their sight. At this moment, the irritable willow slammed its whip-like branches, and two small black dots ran over in panic.

"It's Fred and George!"

They hurriedly ran towards the beating Liu, and fell more than a dozen times along the way because the road was too slippery. When they arrived panting, they found Professor McGonagall shouting at the twins in anger.

"I don't know what I think, have you never learned herbal lessons? You dare to tease someone else... Gryffindor deducted 50 points, plus a week's confinement is at this critical moment. Can you save some time?"

Professor McGonagall's anger had not subsided, and she turned her head, "And you, Porter, Weasley, Granger, why are you here again? I just told you yesterday that you want to stay in the castle."

"Teacher, professor, we see that Fred and George are in danger..." Harry said.

Professor McGonagall stretched his eyebrows a little, "Okay, there is a reason for this, I hope you don't find similar excuses in the future. Go back with me."

The Weasley twins followed Professor McGonagall with their heads down. As they passed by the three, Fred gave them an exaggerated lip shape:

Stopping ~ Trap ~

It was not until night that they met the unlucky twin brothers again.

Fred sat between Harry and Ron, not depressed at all. He said with a gaze: "You can't imagine what we met today."

"A crazy willow spirit?" Ron said deliberately in a guessing tone.

"More interesting than this," Fred's eyes shined. "George and I were actually very cautious and ready to retreat at any time. We saw an entrance near the willow roots, which was very hidden. George discovered something strange green..."

"It should be some kind of branch, which looks familiar, but not much of it is exposed, and I can't recognize it." George said regretfully.

Fred continued, "So we just got closer and twisted wildly, looking like a goblin who had eaten herbicides. We ran away quickly and wanted to wait for it to calm down. As a result..."

"We were surrounded and the professors fell from the sky," George said in a complicated mood. "President Dumbledore, Professor Happ, and of course, Professor McGonagall."

Harry and the others listened in a daze, which was much more exciting than they saw.

Ron looked unbelievable, "So you are still alive?" He reached out and raised Fred's arm, and it suddenly dropped, and Fred grimaced at Ron.

George finally said: "President Dumbledore and Professor Hepp took a look and left, leaving Professor McGonagall to clean up the mess, which is us. I think she must have regretted becoming the dean of Gryffindor at that time..."

The twins left quickly and they got some information from Harry, such as the Beat Willow Trap is probably targeted at Black, "cool~" but they also became serious and focused on the duel game that made the noise before the holiday.

"We can take the opportunity to make a profit."

Ron stared at the backs of his two brothers and suddenly said, "I know what they want. A shop in Diagon Alley can't help them."

Harry opened his lips and said nothing about lending money. He knew the twins would not accept it.

The door to the common room opened and Neville walked in.

"Have you noticed that Neville is different?" Hermione said thoughtfully.

“Is there any?”

"I can't describe it, maybe I'm more energetic?"

After watching it for a long time, Harry judged: "I should be more confident. I have a similar expression after the special training."
Chapter completed!