Chapter 207: Chapter 207 : Seer's Cry 3
"Professor McGonagall, Professor McGonagall. This is bad, something happened in the main hall," came running a Gryffindor prefect to McGonagall's office, it was way too early for this kind of noise in Hogwarts and McGonagall's own sanity.
Seeing that this was something urgent, McGonagall who would usually scold the students for making a ruckus even at the beginning of the vacation, spoke or outright scolded the student.
McGonagall didn't say anything and decided to assist the situation first.
"What is it, Mr Weasley," McGonagall asked with her usual stern tone.
"This is bad Professor, someone ... someone hung some students upside down in the main hall with their faces fully blacked out with paint, They are just in their undergarments," Percy said with a little panic on his face.
Hearing this even McGonagall's eyes widen in disbelief. This is no longer a prank as she was thinking.
She immediately took off with Percy toward the main hall and she wasn't alone, other professors also made their way there. The reason for calling all of them in the early morning was also necessary.
First and foremost due to the victim's faces completely blackening, none of the students could figure out who they were or from which house they came, not like they were wearing their robes either.
Secondly and more importantly they were currently hovering in the air, roaming freely around the Main hall and none of the other students was able to break this spell which was keeping them floating and in deep sleep.
By the time all the house heads reached the Main Hall, a commotion was building up as even the so-called Professors couldn't break this magic which was keeping them hovering in the air.
"Oh, Severus. What is going on? Do you have any idea how to bring them down or who could have done this ?" McGonagall seeing Snape coming immediately asked, though she was formidable in her own right but her speciality is Transfiguration and not curses and dark magic. Even the charm Professor Flitwick and DADA Professor Lupin lack in this regard. There were only two people in the entire Hogwarts besides the painting, who had adequate knowledge about Dark Magic.
Those were Dumbledore and Snape Respectively.
"I don't know," Snape saw the curse but didn't feel any dark magic used here, more like an enchantment. Maybe a combination of runes and charms works.
"Perhaps..." Snape was about to point out that they might need to call Professor Bathsheda Babbling the resident Ancient Rune teacher in Hogwarts but before that, a student called out.
"Professors, look here,"
All the Professors did so, only to found that many students covering the wall of the hall while gossiping about something.
With Irritation clear on Snape and the other professors' faces, they use the sonorous charm to scare the chatty students away. Only to find a certain writing on the wall. A very similar thing to what happened last year, the only difference was that the last time the message itself was written in blood and the fonts too were much creepy but here the message was written in a much better style while indicating that it was done magically.
"Try may you might but evil can't be hidden,
Hide may you do but you will be destined to suffer.
Cut the suffering short, pick the smarter choice.
For your salvation is the crime you committed in your voice.
-BABA GAYA...."
"What does that mean," Flitwick pondered over, there was clearly a message the culprit wanted to say here.
"It's simple, according to this, this student committed a crime for which they are flying here as this half naked and black paint decorating their faces. To come down they have to confess what they did wrong," Snape said and asked the students who resemble flying statues at this point, who suddenly came to life as they were programmed to wake up from their restless sleep when someone questioned them about their crime.
Masterfully crafted spell as any professor has to say and some even admired the control and complexity of it but did not make it known, it was still done but by a culprit.
Earlier other students and even Professors tried everything but they couldn't undo the magic which bind them, stating that the person who did this magic was even beyond their own capabilities. There is only one person like that in Hogwarts besides Dumbledore himself, who isn't in Hogwarts any more thanks to a certain dark lord.
And that person would be none other than their residential wonder boy, Orion D Ambrosius. The problem is that they just can't raise their finger at the boy like they could have at any other student. Orion was not just a boy whom they could deal with like how they do with other students.
The last time Snape tried using his Professor card against the boy, he was shown his place by the devil's child.
But to some extent, the Professors are hoping that this BABA GAYA is none other than Orion. Not that they are looking fault with the boy but rather they just don't want another person, who they the Professors of the Castle, can't handle.
At least Orion accepts his faults and listens to them.
Only after Snape calls them and asks about there crimes do the students, who now resemble flying statues, come back to life and start crying.
But no matter how much they vail, they just kept on floating. But that was fine, it wasn't the half-naked state they were in or the floating or even the black paint on them which they found unbearable.
What they were more afraid of was going back to sleep. Because the real Punishment they were going through was inside their minds. A horrible dream something which made them even afraid of closing their eyes.
But upon seeing that if they don't answer they go back to sleep, all the students flying high panic. But not knowing what exactly was the thing which was holding them up, all of them started to enlist everything they found guilty of.
"I..I... put love potion on Neema's soup,"
"I confess that I bullied John,"
"I destroyed my classmate's project and homework,"
"I speak upon girls...
There was much that they had to say, not known to them the place beside where the Message from Baya Gaya was written started to manifest another line of text, this time recording what the culprits did just in case others didn't take note about their crimes.
But none of them came down, though there was a visible decrease in their height.
"Anything, think about it. Something which you are not saying," McGonagall asked, there was a fury in her voice after listening to many things those students did especially the later half of their crime list as they started to reveal even those things which they didn't want others to know.
And finally, one person out of them all started with him bullying a little Raven Claw girl.
"I snatched Luna's shoes and hit her with jinxes when no one was looking. I bully her and even tear her books and notes,"
"Damn," He fell face-first to the ground.
Unbeknown to all these students and professors.
The Luna Lovegood who was watching this had tears forming under her eyes, trying to hold them back while trying to spot the boy who most likely was responsible for this.
Nick too was looking around to spot Orion, according to him there is no one else in Hogwarts who could do this level of magic or would go this far for someone they barely knew besides Orion.
But the said boy wasn't even there, he intersected most of his friends even before they could enter the hall and come to know about the ruckus this BAYA GAYA cause.
"You are leaving... this early," Daphne asked with a pout.
"Yes, that's why I stopped you. I have an important work to do. I hope both you and Rose take care while I am away, I will be back by the end of vacation." Orion said with his trade mark smile.
There was much pouting from both the girls. But even they knew that they couldn't stop him, hell even professors couldn't.
"Okay, but you have to attend the Christmas Party at my house, Artoria was dying to thank you in person, you have to come, you are invited too Rose," Daphne said with a cheerful tone. To this Rose just smiled but Orion had a small frown on his face.
"I'm sorry princess, but maybe next time. I am going out of Britain for important business." Orion said this and both the girls seemed deflated at this.
"But here are your Christmas presents in advance," Orion said as he took out two rings from his pocket and a piece of paper as well.
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