The Same Halloween Feast
What is the Halloween Feast like at Hogwarts?
"I arrived late to last year's Halloween Feast, and when I got to the Great Hall, I was attacked by Troll. So... I've never seen how the Halloween Feast is set up."
"Then we share the same expectations!"
"Yes! This time, we shouldn't encounter Troll. We should jump..."
Moving Staircase can take many forms; some staircases may widen or narrow from time to time, sway, or even have their steps suddenly disappear...
In fact, it's not just the Moving Staircase that moves; the portraits hanging on the walls also move, and they occasionally visit other portraits.
Even the armor moves, and to match the Halloween atmosphere, the armor will suddenly stomp its feet, making a loud noise to scare people.
After getting familiar with it for a while, Luna also gradually figured out the various patterns of the Moving Staircase by relying on simple maps.
Before Wizet could finish speaking, she had already taken a step forward.
The two of them strolled down the Moving Staircase as slowly as they would in hopscotch.
The rainy weather has not ended and even shows signs of intensifying.
The rain fell like thousands of silver threads, pattering against the window and rolling down like pea-sized raindrops, resembling a glistening beaded curtain.
The area around the castle was even wetter, and a sizable puddle had formed on the path leading to the Great Hall.
Ron tiptoed over the puddle. "Hopefully there's a fireplace in the basement, otherwise it's too horrible..."
Harry's tone carried a hint of uncertainty, "Hopefully they'll notice... it's supposedly a feast of pure Ghost."
Hermione comforted her, "Look on the bright side! Those are people from who-knows-how-many years ago... Ghost, they're so historically significant, aren't they?"
Harry sighed, expressing his pessimism, "If Professor Binns goes too, I'll probably fall asleep the moment I see him."
"It might be quite meaningful...?" Seeing Hermione raise an eyebrow, Ron swallowed hard. "I wonder what kind of food they've prepared for the feast... Will there be chicken legs?"
"Water and Fire Repelling!" Luna picked up her wand, tapped her robe, and then her boots.
"Next, it's your turn! Water and Fire Repelling!" She held out her wand to Wizet and solemnly performed the same trick.
Wizet stepped into a small puddle, and the splashing water droplets bounced toward her robe, but before they touched the robe, they condensed into pea-sized particles and returned to the embrace of the puddle.
He praised repeatedly, saying, "This time you used it exceptionally well, even more skillfully than I have."
Luna flashed a radiant smile, walking side by side with Wizet.
The Water and Fire Resistance Spell is a magic spell from the Book of Spells. It can make the target water-resistant, and if the annotations are correct, it can also prevent burns.
Compared to various types of offensive magic, Wizet actually prefers this kind of magic, which can genuinely help with daily life.
After walking for a while, Wizet and Luna saw Harry and his group ahead.
The three of them were walking on tiptoe, trying to avoid stepping in puddles and getting splashed on themselves.
"Harry, haven't you guys gone to the dinner party yet?" Wizet called out.
Harry turned around. "We're going to a dinner party... but it's Deathday Party."
Wizet nodded. "Deathday Party? That's quite an important moment... The Ghost who invited you must care about you a lot."
Harry gave a wry smile and said, "I do care. It was ' Nearly Headless Nick ' who invited me to his 500th Deathday Party."
Hermione noticed that Wizet and the others were stepping in the water, but the splashes didn't get into their shoes, and asked curiously, "Did you put a spell on your shoes?"
"Yes, the Water and Fire Resistance Spell is quite useful," Wizet nodded. "I learned it from the Book of Spells; you can look it up."
Not long after, Anthony ran over, "Wizet, you're here! Penelope just asked me where you'd been..."
"I said you were right behind us, but when we got to the Great Hall, we found you were gone, but Fred and George were Great Hall too."
The group had grown considerably in size. As Anthony walked, he gestured and said, "Wizet, you know what? There's a lot going on tonight. Headmaster Dumbledore has invited the Skeleton Dance Troupe..."
When they arrived at the Great Hall entrance, Wizet waved to Harry and the others, "We're off now, Happy Halloween!"
Harry and the others waved and said, "Happy Halloween..."
Harry and Ron looked toward the Great Hall, its brightly decorated interior captivating them and stirring a desire to step Great Hall.
Hermione reminded Harry again, "' Nearly Headless Nick ' cares about you, let's go!"
Far from the Great Hall, warmth seemed to be fading away from them as well.
As they got closer to their destination, Harry and his friends heard a sharp, piercing sound that made their hair stand on end.
The surrounding light dimmed, and Ron, watching Harry's increasingly sinister face, muttered, "Judging from your expression... you look like you're about to become Ghost..."
Harry shrugged. "You're pretty much the same..."
Ron took a deep breath and immediately gagged. "Merlin's stinky socks from the night before! What did I just smell? How could it be so..."
Before Ron could finish speaking, a sinister voice appeared, "Welcome... dear friends."
Nearly Headless Nick, slowly floated in front of the three of them. "I didn't expect you all to come. I'm so happy! Come with me!"
Led by Nearly Headless Nick, Harry and his friends entered the banquet hall and suddenly felt a little disoriented.
Everything around was in cool tones: black candles, blue candlelight, piercing and terrifying funeral music, Ghost dancing in mid-air...
They were like stepping into the world of the dead.
Although winter has not yet arrived, with each breath they exhale, they can see the warm air turn into white mist and dissipate into the air.
"Good news! There are chicken drumsticks!" Ron rushed to the table, his voice almost hysterical. "Bad news! They're infested with maggots!"
To welcome Halloween, the area around the Great Hall has been completely transformed, with decorations featuring Halloween themes everywhere.
Besides the huge pumpkin lantern in the corner, countless bats Accio on the ceiling, creating a lively scene.
The candles on the ceiling turned into candy shapes, and as the candles melted, the dripping wax actually turned into candy.
While waiting for the dinner to begin, the students would look up every now and then to see if any candy would suddenly appear.
"Got it!" Luna proudly held up a large piece of nougat.
She broke the nougat in half and put one half into Vizer's mouth. "I never expected the Halloween Feast to be so much fun!"
"Yes, it's not creepy at all." Wizet nodded, handing the Fizzing Whizbees he had just caught to Luna ...