Today was undoubtedly a magical day for all Hogwarts students.
When they hurriedly finished dinner, abandoned their half-completed homework, and gathered in the Common Room to listen to the daily Wizard Lookout Station Broadcast, Lee Jordan's shocking declaration of war suddenly came through the radio.
"...We have waited far too long for this day. Today... is Voldemort's day of death."
That string of impassioned speeches left the students in the Common Room utterly dumbfounded.
Probably no one had expected that the major event mentioned earlier on the Wizard Lookout Station Broadcast referred to the final battle against Voldemort—and that it would take place at Hogwarts.
The news undoubtedly left everyone confused.
Wasn't Hogwarts still under Voldemort's control?
How could they so confidently turn the school into a battlefield? Had they asked Headmaster Snape, the professors, and all the students for their opinions? After hearing this earth-shaking news, the Common Room erupted into an uproar.
Some screamed excitedly, some were terrified and uneasy, some thought the Wizard Lookout Station was joking, and some believed they did not care about the students' safety. But... even more students were simply stunned speechless by the news.
The Common Room, filled with clamor and noise, quickly fell quiet when the heads of the various houses arrived.
"Professor McGonagall, the broadcast said..."
An older student could not help swallowing, his whole body trembling as he asked, "...Is it true?"
"It's true. The war has begun," Professor McGonagall admitted directly. "Just now, Snape fled!"
The Common Room was instantly drowned in deafening noise as countless students cheered at having driven away the Old Bat.
Professor McGonagall had no choice but to raise her wand and produce a series of ear-splitting explosions before she could barely suppress the noise in the Common Room.
"Quiet. Listen to me."
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