Chapter 3030: (｀) Targeted by Some Old Geezer
Neville had been taken away by Snape yesterday. Hermione only found out when she went to hand in her reflection and her potion-brewing lab report: Snape had taken Neville straight to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. The two of them had brought along the potion Neville had brewed.
As for the details—whether the potion had worked, and whether Neville's parents had been successfully cured and recovered—they still had no way of knowing.
All they knew was that Neville hadn't come back yesterday. For anything more specific, they could only ask Professor Snape.
Unfortunately, Hermione, Ron, and Harry were all too nervous to approach him. So, aside from patiently waiting for Neville to return and asking him then, they didn't have any other good options.
After all, no matter how things turned out, Neville would still have to come back to class. They didn't need to rush to find out in the next day or two.
Of course, the main thing was that they had something much more important to worry about now!
It was Sunday, and the final match for the Hogwarts Quidditch House Cup was scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. that afternoon.
When the students arrived at the Great Hall for breakfast that morning, right on time, they saw a large poster hanging by the entrance. It read:
[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Notice]
New Rule Changes to Improve the Spectacle and Fairness of the Quidditch Final
Dear Hogwarts students and staff,
To further enhance the spectacle of Quidditch matches and ensure that they are fair and impartial, after careful consideration and extensive discussion, Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, together with Professor Severus Snape and Professor Minerva McGonagall, has decided to introduce a series of new rules