Nighttime at Hogwarts was far from silent; the calls of owls and other creatures constantly echoed through the dense woods surrounding the castle.
Yet the Marauders were long accustomed to this noisy tranquility. They could practically be called masters of nighttime wandering.
Once again successfully evading Filch and his obnoxious new cat, the four of them smoothly made their way to the patch of woods outside the castle near the Forbidden Forest.
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