Special residual power?
Harry and Hermione looked at each other, wondering what Dumbledore wanted to express.
However, Dumbledore, who had been very anxious just now, suddenly became cautious. He raised his head and stared at the white ceiling in silence for a while, and then asked a question to himself,
"According to Miss Granger, you have always had this Marauder's Map. Harry, how do you think it ended up in Mr. Malfoy's hands?"
Harry was a little confused. They were obviously discussing how to save Sirius, so why was Dumbledore suddenly so interested in this map?
"It's Christmas time--"
Hermione stared at Dumbledore's blue eyes, trying to find something in those bright eyes to confirm her guess.
"Malfoy once brought Mr. Filch into the Gryffindor common room. Well, we got into some trouble. If, at that time, Scabbers, I mean, Peter had followed Malfoy-"
Hermione asked quietly,
"Harry, after that, did you confirm that the Marauder's Map was always with you?"
"No--" Harry immediately shook his head, proving his innocence and said, "I haven't used it for a while-"
"It seems we finally figured out a problem--"
Dumbledore threw an appreciative glance at Hermione, nodded and said, "There is another problem. The Marauder's Map in Remus' hand and the one in Mr. Malfoy's hand are combined into one, but since Sirius and the others didn't make a second map back then, so what happened to the map in Remus' hand?"
This was indeed a puzzling question, at least Harry couldn't figure it out.
"Professor Dumbledore-" Hermione's breathing became lighter, she stared at Dumbledore and called softly.
Dumbledore glanced outside the door, and the rhythm of his speech became more compact again.
"There are some questions that we can only find answers to on our own, Miss Granger. This is a very dangerous mission, but if it succeeds, oh, I think you will obviously succeed, right? You may save tonight It’s not a life.”
Harry opened his mouth slightly, looking at Dumbledore for a while and then at Hermione, unable to intervene in their conversation at all.
"But, Professor—"
Hermione nervously grabbed her collar, her voice trembling, but Dumbledore stood up immediately. He took out his wand and waved it, and a breeze filled the room with closed doors and windows. Harry and Hermione They all felt as if something had integrated into their bodies.
"A little insurance measure--"
Facing the confused eyes of the two little guys, Dumbledore said quickly, "This will prevent your names from appearing on this wonderful map--"
Harry was completely confused and could only look at Hermione who pursed her lips.
"If you're confused about what you need to do, Miss Granger, I suggest you just follow the original path. Well, good luck to you."
Dumbledore also abandoned the map on Harry's bed, hurriedly left the room and closed the door.
"Good luck?" Harry stared at Hermione with wide eyes, "But aren't we discussing how to save Sirius? What can luck help us do?"
After Dumbledore left, Hermione immediately fumbled at her collar. After a moment, she pulled out a long, thin gold chain.
Hermione also grabbed the Marauder's Map and stuffed it into her pocket, then put the Invisibility Cloak belonging to Harry on the bedside on her arm, and said urgently,
"Come here quickly, Harry, we don't have much time to waste."
Harry walked over blankly, looking at the sparkling little hourglass hanging on the gold chain, thinking about its purpose.
"Come--"
Hermione also hung the chain around Harry's neck, "Are you ready?"
"What is this for?" Harry was confused. He felt that they were too stupid. Professor Lupine's life was uncertain, Sirius's life was also hanging by a thread, Ron had not yet woken up, and Hagrid was also in a coma, but Dumbledore But he left without any explanation, while he and Hermione were playing with a souvenir.
Hermione turned the hourglass four times.
The bright ward suddenly disappeared, and Harry felt like he was on a knight bus that accelerated suddenly. The strong force of inertia pulled him back. Except for Hermione, the colors of the scenes on both sides quickly became blurred. There seemed to be many figures hidden in the blur. He wanted to see clearly around him, but his dizzy head and swollen eardrums prevented him from seeing anything clearly.
Hermione seemed to be feeling okay, as if she was used to this painful feeling, but Harry was yelling due to his swollen eardrums and fainting brain, but what was puzzling was that he couldn't hear himself at all. Shouts.
Then, he suddenly felt his feet touch the solid ground again, and everything around him became clear again--
They were still in that ward, but it was pitch dark. Someone turned off the lights at some point, and the noisy sounds outside the ward also disappeared.
Harry looked around blankly, and when his eyes passed by the clock hanging on the wall, his expression suddenly became horrified, because the hour and minute hands on the dial clearly showed that it was still a while before ten o'clock.
"Nine forty--"
Hermione put the invisibility cloak on the two of them and murmured eagerly,
"Where are we at this time?"
"Maybe still in the lounge for the celebration--"
Harry had vaguely grasped a clue, but he couldn't believe his guess.
"Oh, yes, that's it!"
Hermione yelled softly, picked up Harry and rushed out of the ward.
At this moment, Madam Pomfrey has completed her ward rounds and is sitting in her small room, flipping through magazines and listening to the songs playing on the radio. Now she probably can't imagine that in a few hours The troubles I will face in the future.
"We - what - exactly - is going on!"
When climbing up to the third floor, Harry finally couldn't help but ask.
"We're going backwards in time. Phew, use this time turner—"
When they rushed upstairs, Harry and Hermione found Percy who was also climbing the stairs. He seemed to be in a good mood and was humming alone. It seemed that he had finished patrolling the castle and was going back to the dormitory to rest.
Hermione stopped talking, and after Percy left their sight, she took Harry's hand and ran wildly down the corridor on the third floor.
"I got it from Professor McGonagall on the first day back to school last semester. I relied on it to take all my classes this year. Professor McGonagall made me swear not to tell anyone. She wrote to the Ministry of Magic. It took a lot of letters for me to get one, and she had to prove to them that I was a model student and would never use it for anything other than academics. I turned it around and was able to relive a period of time so I could Having multiple classes at the same time, you know.”
If he hadn't experienced too many accidents tonight, Harry would definitely express his surprise at this thing called a time turner.
"oh--"
At this moment, Hermione suddenly came to a sudden stop. She stopped and expressed surprise at the open door of an office next to the corridor.
"He actually forgot to close the office door——"
Hermione whispered, but then she realized she shouldn't make any sound and covered her mouth.
This was Professor Lupine's office, but he himself was not in the office. Harry suddenly recalled that Professor Lupine should be on his way back after washing at this time. From the map that Hermione opened, Harry also confirmed that Got this.
"Speaking of which, how did you find out that Professor Lupine was... a werewolf?"
Among the things that surprised Harry tonight, Professor Lupine's werewolf identity definitely ranked in the top three. When he was in the Forbidden Forest before, Harry had no chance to ask Hermione how she discovered this secret, but now, He couldn't help but be curious.
"Remember, Harry, Professor Lupine taught us how to deal with Boggart in the first lesson. When the Boggart faced Professor Lupin, he turned into a moon. Later, he would have a moon every month. I've been on sick leave for a few days and I've been wondering about this. Before Christmas, I previewed the Defense Against the Dark Arts textbook and saw the introduction to werewolves - "
Hermione carefully put her head into Professor Lupin's office, but there was no one here.
On the Marauder's Map, Professor Lupine had appeared on the fourth floor stairs on the other side, and at the location of Gryffindor Tower, Ron and Harry's names were intersecting with Percy's.
"really weird--"
Hermione said quietly.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Harry asked quickly, and Hermione pointed to the Gryffindor common room with confusion in her voice.
"Did you see that, Harry, we were led out of the lounge by Spotted Peter. Look, we are going downstairs now, but Peter's name is not visible on the map."
(End of chapter)
