Students from all four houses stood around the pool of blood, their faces filled with terror as they stared at the hellish scene before them.
For a group of greenhouse flowers, this was their first time witnessing something so bloody. Quite a few burst into loud sobs, while those with weaker nerves fainted on the spot.
Snape reacted first from the staff table. He shoved aside the crowd of onlookers and strode into the blood-soaked floor, his face dark as he stepped through the scattered Peace Apples.
He hurried to Connor's side, pulled a bottle of Potions from his robes, yanked out the stopper, and poured the entire thing into the mouth of the unconscious boy, who was coughing up blood.
After administering the potion, Snape rose to his feet, covered in blood, and roared at the watching students with a grim expression.
"What are you all standing around for?! Now, every student return to your common room immediately! Bill Weasley, Elliott, come over here and take these two to the Hospital Wing."
Moments later, the other professors rushed over from the staff table, pushing through the panicked crowd and taking in the bloody scene.
Professor McGonagall sucked in a sharp breath. After freezing for a moment, she immediately began directing the students to evacuate. Seeing this, Professor Flitwick grabbed two Ravenclaw girls and told them to fetch Headmaster Dumbledore from his office.
Professor Sprout's eyes had already reddened. She charged into the pool of blood without a thought, grabbed Roy, who was slumped on the floor, and tried to take him to the Hospital Wing.
Faced with Professor Sprout and Bill Weasley, who had come to support him, Roy merely shook his head. He panted heavily, clutching his relentlessly bleeding right ear, and stared silently at Snape.
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