The atmosphere at Hogwarts was dull.
A Muggle family died, this was already the thirteenth attack.
The Aurors were helpless against the group of outlaws.
Sometimes it's a shop, sometimes it's a family, and even senior officials of the Ministry of Magic are threatened.
The former Dark Lord is back, and they are wreaking havoc.
Old Batty suddenly lost his wisdom and became horribly confused.
His approval rating continues to decline, but there is no competitor anymore, and Old Batty is not threatened at all.
Many students at Hogwarts have taken a long vacation. At this critical time, they no longer care about grades and exams.
In sixth grade, the Patil sisters' parents came to pick them up, but they didn't leave.
Simo's mother also came over, and Simo had a big fight with her.
"What do they think?" Ron, who was finally able to get out of bed, said happily, "Dumbledore is here."
"Are you right, Harry?"
Ron found that his little friend did not agree with him. He turned around and saw Harry in a daze.
"Huh?" Harry came to his senses and nodded perfunctorily, "Dumbledore is indeed here."
"What's wrong with you, Harry?" Hermione noticed that Harry was in a bad mood.
"I'm fine," Harry shook his head and said, remembering something, "Who saw Malfoy today?"
"Malfoy? What are you doing looking for him?" Ron said in surprise, "But I did see Goyle going to Hagrid."
"Hagrid?" Harry was stunned. Why did Goyle go to Hagrid?
However, as Malfoy's follower, Goyle went to Hagrid, which meant that Malfoy might also be there.
Remembering what he heard when passing the bathroom on the second floor, Harry hesitated for a while, but still did not go there.
"Ginny," Harry stopped Ginny who was about to go to the library and said, "Have you seen Luna?"
"I don't know, maybe she went to the library, or took Tom out." Ginny shrugged and said, "I'm going to the library, I can inform you."
Ginny and Dean break up.
The reason is that Dean always likes to take care of Ginny, and Ginny doesn't like this.
Ginny did not refuse the pursuit.
But unfortunately, Harry never found the opportunity to face his heart.
Ginny and Luna were both in fifth grade and had to prepare for exams, so Harry couldn't waste too much time on her.
Harry did not see the disappointment in Ginny's eyes and wished Ginny good luck with her review.
For some reason, Harry felt vaguely uneasy.
As if something was about to happen.
This feeling is very strong, just like Harry's intuition when he discovered the Golden Snitch.
"It's time for me to leave. I can't believe that I have to take the Apparition exam." Ron complained. "I mean, I've been lying in bed for nearly two months."
"Yeah, okay."
Harry wasn't old enough to understand what Ron was feeling.
Hermione passed her last exam.
A group of candidates heading to Hogsmeade left.
Harry looked at the much empty castle. After flipping through two pages of "Advanced Potion Making", he decided to head towards Hagrid's hut.
As he approached, he saw Malfoy coming out of Hagrid's hut.
Hagrid said something to him and Malfoy nodded and left.
Harry didn't know why he was hiding.
Malfoy led Goyle past the wall where he was hiding.
The footsteps gradually faded away, and Harry cautiously stuck his head out.
The book he put in his pocket accidentally dropped and he was about to pick it up.
The other hand picked it up first.
It's Malfoy.
"When can you get rid of the habit of peeking at others, Potter." Malfoy smiled contemptuously and casually opened the book that Harry regarded as a treasure and took a look.
His brows suddenly furrowed, he stared at Harry and said, "How dare you steal John's book?"
"I didn't!" Harry retorted.
"Stop pretending," Malfoy sneered, "I know John's handwriting. It's written on his right hand."
"besides……"
Malfoy turned to the first page and sneered: "Half-Blood Prince? You are really narcissistic."
It didn't seem like much to others, but when Malfoy said it, Harry felt it was quite ironic.
"Wait a minute, this looks familiar to me too."
Malfoy glanced back and forth between the two fonts inside, suddenly thought of something, and sneered: "This one belongs to Slytherin, you Gryffindor thief."
Harry tried to snatch it back, but Malfoy dodged it.
"I asked you why you were so successful in Potions class. It turned out to be the result of stealing Slytherin." Malfoy said disdainfully, "I want to give it back."
"Give it to me now, Malfoy." Harry growled, "Why do you do this?"
"Just because this is the Head of Slytherin and the King of Slytherin, you really can't tell that these are Professor Snape's notes?"
Malfoy pointed to the words on it, which he had seen so many times on Snape's slips of paper when applying for Quidditch pitches.
Harry looked as if he was struck by lightning when he heard this. He had always been curious about who the Half-Blood Prince was.
In the end, it turned out to be Snape?
And the person he hated the most was Snape.
Harry watched Malfoy leave with the book, while he looked lost.
He was not even in the mood to go to Hagrid's hut, he just wanted to be quiet.
Not long after Harry left, Hagrid hurried into the Forbidden Forest.
...
Harry returns to the castle.
As the sky darkened, Harry heard hurried footsteps and panicked sounds.
"what happened?"
All the students who had gone out to take the exam ran back in confusion, and Harry grabbed Ron and asked.
Ron looked horrified, and Professor McGonagall behind him interrupted their conversation loudly, "Everyone go to the auditorium to gather. Harry, you go and inform Professor Slughorn."
Professor McGonagall turned frighteningly pale, grabbed Harry's shoulders and said, "Voldemort is here."
That name.
After appearing, Harry was briefly distracted, but he quickly recovered.
Run to the principal's office as fast as you can.
By the time Slughorn hurriedly arrived in the auditorium, Professor McGonagall had already called the other professors.
"What happened, Minerva?" Slughorn saw the prepared posture.
Professor McGonagall took a deep breath and clenched her fingers so hard that their knuckles turned white.
Not long ago, Hogsmeade was attacked.
The attackers were Voldemort and his men, the Aurors there were killed and the students escaped back.
"Hogsmeade has fallen?" Slughorn was stunned.
After receiving the affirmative answer, Slughorn was completely absent-minded.
"Horace, we have a decision to make."
Professor McGonagall was resolute and courageous, and said: "Voldemort's goal is Hogwarts, and we must protect the castle."
"But, but those people..." Slughorn hesitated.
Professor McGonagall said, "We have Albus."
Yes, Dumbledore is still here.
This old friend was usually so low-key that Slughorn almost forgot about him.
Upon hearing this, Slughorn perked up again.
"Strengthen vigilance and protect the children."
Slughorn arranged a few words and then went to hurriedly invite Dumbledore.
The heads of the four houses were all there, and Snape glanced in the direction of Slytherin.
As the conversation between Slughorn and Professor McGonagall ended, the entire auditorium had entered an atmosphere so tense that it was almost vomiting.
"You guys hurry up and inform the other students,"
At this time, there were still many unknowing students around the school, and Professor McGonagall asked the students who had returned from taking exams to inform them of these things.
Professor Flitwick went to set up the defenses of Hogwarts.
"Why did Voldemort suddenly make up his mind to attack Hogwarts?" Harry reacted quickly and hurriedly went to summon the former soldiers.
Compared to other students,... has been trained and is more powerful.
After a while, Harry saw Mrs. Weasley and Mr. Weasley appearing in the Great Hall.
Not only that, there are other people too.
"Thank God, nothing happened to you." Mrs. Weasley hugged Harry and Ron.
"Sirius informed us," Mr. Weasley said, "We came over at the Hog's Head Tavern, and I learned that there was a secret passage leading to Hogwarts. The area was destroyed and there were injured people everywhere."
"Okay, don't say any more." Mrs. Weasley pulled Ginny and said, "Leave with me quickly, Ginny."
"No, I'm staying here!" Ginny protested loudly.
Mrs. Weasley shouted: "You are only fifteen!"
"John's fifteen years old almost killed Voldemort!" Ginny refused to be outdone.
But not everyone is John.
"Arthur, will the Ministry of Magic come to support?" Professor McGonagall asked Mrs. Weasley to help with the evacuation, and found Mr. Weasley for questioning.
Mr. Weasley shook his head, "I'm afraid this matter is very difficult. We suspect that the Minister of Magic has been controlled. The Ministry of Magic is now seriously divided."
"It seems we can only rely on ourselves." Professor McGonagall raised her wand and shouted, "Stone Dune is out!"
The statues and armors in the corridor jumped off their stands. Professor McGonagall said with some excitement, "Actually, I have wanted to try it for a long time. This is the power of the principal, but Horace is not available for the time being."
"Hogwarts is under threat!" Professor McGonagall shouted, "Keep the borders, defend us. Do your duty to the school!"
The statues and armor ran out of the hall with shouts.
Students from the four houses were gathered in the auditorium and evacuated by the prefects of each house.
If you are old enough, you can stay.
Dumbledore finally left the small office, but he couldn't stay away for long.
Looking at the young faces, Dumbledore had mixed feelings in his heart.
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