Although they experienced a series of difficulties and obstacles, fortunately, Harry and Hermione completed the task assigned to him by Dumbledore, and they finally brought Peter Pettigrew back to Hogwarts.
After walking out of the Forbidden Forest and entering the campus, Harry and Hermione used the Invisibility Cloak again, because this time there was a white chrysalis holding Peter under the Invisibility Cloak, and their running speed was greatly hindered. When they were in Professor Sprout's greenhouse, Harry asked breathlessly,
"Hey Hermione - what happens if - we don't get back before Dumbledore locks the door at that point?"
"I don't want to think about it!"
Hermione said collapsed, she looked at her watch,
"There are still ten minutes left!"
When you don't want to encounter accidents, accidents will happen.
When Harry and Hermione crossed the lawn and approached the path from the school gate to the castle, they suddenly noticed a group of people walking hurriedly on the path. Harry's eyes widened and his breath froze.
"Professor Blaine and the Minister of Magic, the remaining one——"
"The woman in black is Ms. Amelia Bones, Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and the one to Fudge's left, Rufus Scrimgeour, Head of the Auror Office, and those behind They are probably magic strikers. They are all big shots from the Ministry of Magic, and they are often reported in the Daily Prophet. They have probably received notice of Sirius's arrest."
Hermione's eyes looked frightened, and her teeth were chattering in fear.
"They're ahead of us, Harry we're done."
Except for Professor Blaine, everyone at the Ministry of Magic didn't look too good, especially the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge.
Having said that, Halligan and Hermione still ran towards the castle gate with all their strength, but in order to take care of Peter, especially since they could not expose their whereabouts, their speed could not be compared with the officials of the Ministry of Magic.
When they were still a hundred feet away from the castle, Professor Brain, who was walking at the front, was already standing on the marble steps at the door.
"etc--"
Amosta looked hesitant, suddenly stopped, turned around and blocked Cornelius Fudge.
"There is something very important that I need to confirm with you. As I said just now, Sirius Black is innocent. The person who committed the crime more than ten years ago was Peter Pettigrew. In this case, well. The bounty promised by the Ministry of Magic."
Fudge's heart skipped a beat when he heard Amosta say something important. He had been frightened enough tonight. He was afraid that Amosta would give him another 'surprise', but he didn't expect that... What he heard was indeed such a question.
"The bounty—" Fudge's face turned the color of pig liver, "Oh—well, yes—it does exist. Of course the Ministry of Magic—wait a minute."
Fudge gasped after regaining consciousness,
"Those are all your one-sided statements, Amosta, I haven't confirmed it yet!"
Amosta shrugged his shoulders helplessly.
"Well, even if you don't mention this, I remember that Greyback and his subordinates are also on the bounty list of the Ministry of Magic. They all died in my hands. You saw it with your own eyes-"
"You used Li Huo--"
Rufus Scrimgeour said with a cold face,
"Amosta Blaine, you should know that this violates many laws, enough to send you to Azkaban."
"Hey, Greyback and his werewolves attacked the little wizard in the castle. As the director of the Student Safety Office of Hogwarts, I am here to protect the little wizard and the school staff when they are persecuted by such evil creatures. Their lives are safe and they have the right to use all means to fight back."
Faced with Scrimgeour's indifferent threat, Amosta smiled lazily.
Umbridge and some Aurors were ordered by Fudge to stay in Hogsmeade to calm the people's emotions and deal with the foreseeable arrival of reporters from the Daily Prophet. Now, only Scrimgeour and Bone are accompanying Fudge. Sri Lanka.
Looking at Amosta Brain standing on the marble steps, bathed in the red firelight from the torch, Ms. Bones had a strange look in her eyes.
To be honest, when she first arrived in Hogsmeade, she was really frightened by the fire that burned the sky and boiled the sea.
Before that, her image of Amosta Brain was limited to knowing that he contributed the basilisk from the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets to the Ministry of Magic last year, which made Fudge famous in front of the people and the ministers of magic from various countries, and, Dumbledore hired him as Director of the Office of Student Safety.
Being able to catch the basilisk was enough to prove that this young man had extraordinary skills, but she could not have imagined that Amosta Brain's methods were so superb!
For a moment, Ms. Bones, who had tried countless crimes, almost thought she was witnessing the rise of a Dark Lord.
However, now this extraordinary young wizard was blocking the entrance of the castle, bargaining with Connelly over Greyback and Sirius's bounty. This made Bones confused and at the same time felt a little more comforted.
A Dark Lord would not negotiate with the Ministry of Magic for some gold, and since he had Dumbledore's trust
"We'll talk about the bounty later, Amosta!"
Fudge glanced at Filch, who had half of his body exposed behind the castle gate. He wanted to get closer but didn't dare to disturb their conversation, and said angrily,
"At least until we figure everything out!"
"All right--"
Amosta looked regretful, turned around slowly, glanced at a marble pillar not far away, and moved the corners of his mouth slightly.
"You feel--"
Harry and Hermione quietly slipped up the stairs next to the entrance hall. Harry, who looked lucky to have survived the disaster, murmured in a low voice,
"Do you think Professor Brain discovered us?"
"Needless to say, Harry." Hermione, whose physical strength and energy were exhausted to the limit, struggled to lie down on the stairs.
"Did you forget that we were at the Three Broomsticks Bar last time? We have no time to worry about this. We have to go back to the campus hospital quickly. We only have two minutes left!"
Finally, they climbed to the end of the corridor where the school hospital was located. The place was brightly lit, and Madam Pomfrey trotted through the individual wards as if being wound up, with a sense of urgency on her face.
The ward they were in was still closed. Harry and Hermione sneaked close to the door and vaguely heard Dumbledore's voice.
"If you're not sure what to do, Miss Granger, I suggest you just follow the original path. Well, good luck to you."
Then, the door opened and Dumbledore appeared in front of them.
"Professor Dumbledore!"
Harry wasn't sure if he should lift the invisibility cloak now, because they wouldn't be able to explain it if Madam Pomfrey caught him, but he wasn't sure if Dumbledore could see him, so Harry could only make a sound Remind them here,
"Professor, we've done it!"
Harry said breathlessly,
"We caught Peter, he was trapped in the white chrysalis, and I think he is still alive."
Dumbledore pricked up his ears and listened to what was going on around him. His blue eyes were ready to catch Harry's sight. He smiled and said,
"You have created a miracle again, Harry, and Hermione, well done, I think - oh, now is not the time to chat, leave Peter to me, you'd better go back to the ward and rest -"
Snapped--
Dumbledore waved his wand, and a stretcher appeared out of thin air. The white chrysalis automatically floated out from under the invisibility cloak and landed on the stretcher. When staring at the white chrysalis, Dumbledore's eyes were extremely cold, and his whole body The aura that exuded was something Harry and Hermione had never seen before.
"Professor Dumbledore--"
Hermione shrank her neck in fear,
"How are you going to explain to the Ministry, I mean, how Peter was captured."
"Don't worry, there will be explanation--"
Dumbledore said gently.
"One more thing, Professor Dumbledore, people from the Ministry of Magic have appeared downstairs. A group of them came, oh, and Professor Blaine."
Dumbledore took Peter away, and when Harry and Hermione slipped into the room, they happened to see the figures between them disappearing.
"This trip is really not easy——"
Harry pulled off the invisibility cloak and said with a grin,
"But I have to say, the feeling of traveling through time is so amazing——"
Hermione also pursed her lips and laughed. She was saying something, but suddenly, there was a slight crisp sound in her chest, like the sound of breaking glass.
Hermione looked stunned, lowered her head in disbelief, and hurriedly pulled out the hourglass tied with a gold chain. Under the light of the light, a crack appeared on the delicate glass hourglass. Under Hermione's dumbfounded gaze, The golden sand within gradually dissipates like a phantom
(End of chapter)
