"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 through the secret passage and went around to the front to intercept them, but Fred was not worried. Before Filch rushed through the secret passage to the front to intercept them, the two of them went against him and left.
Filch would never try to stop them in advance, and besides, the opponent's physical strength was 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 would alert its owner and keep staring at them. Fred wanted to give it a kick, but they knew they didn't have time, and kicking Mrs. Norris would only
Make Filch even more violent.
"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 him behind.
"He has left 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!" George said happily.
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 happily, "Filch stopped. I guess he is still confused."
"Actually, this is quite interesting, running around in circles with Filch." During the chase with Filch, George lost all his sleep and was a little excited now. "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 captured by Filch." Peeves' eyes flashed with mischief.
"We won't, Filch is still hunting us down everywhere." Fred shrugged, picked up his wand and used the unlock spell to open the wooden door leading to another corridor.
"Oh, 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's eyelids twitched and he muttered.
"If he doesn't shout, he won't call Peeves." Fred immediately glanced at the Marauder's Map, and Filch was rushing towards this direction at an extremely fast speed.
"Quiet Peeves."
Fred and George returned the same way, but Peeves was still in the corridor and did not leave immediately.
"No, you should have Peeves shout louder," Fred muttered. "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."
Before leaving, Fred made a rude gesture to Peeves, and disappeared around the corner of the corridor with George.
"Peeves?"
After a while, Filch rushed over panting and said, "Tell me quickly which way they ran."
"You should say 'please'."
Filch didn't intend to talk nonsense with Peeves, and was going to chase his cat forward. Tonight, he was almost furious. Those guys actually dared to play a hide-and-seek game with him.
there has never been!
Filch had 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 gritted his teeth and said, "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 distorted with anger, and flew away happily, without revealing 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..."
Filch 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.
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 wouldn't worry about being blocked at all. But now that there is Snape, the situation is difficult to predict.
No one wanted to fall into the hands of the Potions Professor. It would be a no-brainer. Everyone knew that Snape hated Gryffindor students.
The two walked around outside, and when they returned to the eighth floor, the fat lady hadn't come yet.
Fred and George were both disappointed, as this meant they would have to wander 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 back to the corridor. If he went to the seventh floor now, he would probably run into Cat and Snape. This team 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 gryphon." Frey.
De stopped to take a breath and realized that they might be caught, and his mood suddenly became very bad.