Wind and Eagle Wings at Hogwarts

Chapter 524 524. Plans for Temporary Changes

In the principal's office, everyone waited for a while, but there was no new movement on the surveillance screen.

"Anthracene, it's very late." Sirius said, "Those children should not dare to disturb the mysterious man."

Moody said: "Let's break up first, we will talk about it tomorrow."

Everyone else stood up.

"I'll keep an eye on it," said Dumbledore.

"Let me watch," said Professor Moody. "At least I'm younger than you."

"Oh, thank you, Alastor, but no, old people don't need much sleep."

"Then I'll go back to the dormitory first, Professor Dumbledore, [the magic mirror] is here with you."

Scott said something, said goodbye to the others, and left the principal's office.

Back in the dormitory, all the roommates had already fallen asleep. Scott finished washing lightly, went to bed, and soon fell asleep.

The next day passed peacefully, and Scott received no new messages.

On the contrary, the members of the "Tower of Babel" asked him about the development of the matter, and Scott told them what he saw last night, satisfying their curiosity.

"You'll be involved."

Luna looks at Scott.

"I'll help," Scott said, "but not sure if I'll get involved myself."

Luna's voice was erratic, "Maybe the result will be a little unexpected."

"Oh? Did you see anything?" Scott asked curiously.

"It's a bit blurry." Luna shook her head, "I didn't see it clearly."

Her abilities still seem to be unstable.

"It's ok."

Scott isn't worried about his own safety.

Even if there is any accident, he has the confidence to get out unscathed.

That night, Scott was still invited to the principal's office.

Gathered here are still the same people as last night.

"Voldemort has sent someone to verify it."

Dumbledore said to the crowd.

"That is to say, the other end of the disappearing cabinet is where the mysterious man is now?"

Sirius asked excitedly.

"What are we waiting for?"

Dumbledore and Professor Moody turned their heads at the same time and looked at Shacklebolt.

Shaker nodded, "I've already informed Minister Burns that it's ready."

"Then act."

Dumbledore snapped his fingers, and two house elves appeared in the office carrying the disappearing cabinet.

"Dear Mr. Principal!"

"We brought the cabinet over here!"

Dumbledore nodded to them, "Thank you for your hard work, and I need your help next."

This brought tears to the house-elf's eyes.

"Dear Mr. Principal, we will resolutely carry out your order!"

"Resolutely implement!"

Dumbledore got up and walked to the fireplace, and said to the others, "We'll go through the Floo network, remember, the address over there is 'Mirror Room'."

He let the others go first.

The most active Sirius immediately stepped forward to grab a handful of Floo powder, shouted the address and disappeared into the rising flames.

"Come on, you go first, Scott."

Dumbledore waved to Scott.

"Don't call the wrong address."

Scott nodded and went to the fireplace.

"Wait," said Professor Moody suddenly. "How about that, Albus, to get a student involved?"

Dumbledore smiled and said, "Alastor, Scott's ability and intelligence are outstanding, you can't treat him like a child."

"But he's just a child." Mr. Weasley also looked at Scott with some disapproval.

Scott reminded, "I'm an adult, Professor Moody, Mr. Weasley."

Professor Moody turned to stare at him, "I don't deny that you are excellent, Mr. Trollope, but this operation is very dangerous, and the wizards involved may even sacrifice their lives."

Scott said confidently: "At least I have the ability to get out."

"I hope you don't regret it."

Professor Moody didn't stop him again.

Scott reached out and grabbed a handful of floo powder and threw it into the fireplace.

"Mirror room!"

In a blink of an eye, Scott walked out from another fireplace and came to a room that looked a bit old.

"Oh, Scott."

Sirius was standing in the doorway.

"Come and see, it's really scary here."

He beckoned.

Scott walked to him, saw the scene outside the door, and immediately understood why he said it was a bit scary here.

The living room outside the door is full of all kinds of mirrors, coupled with the unrestrained use of pink, lace and other dreamy girly color decorations, for men, this place does look a bit scary.

"Whose house is this?" Scott asked.

He felt that people who could live in such a place must be terrible.

Sirius shook his head.

At this time, other people also came out from the fireplace, including the house elf carrying the disappearing cabinet.

After seeing the room outside, everyone showed the same shocked expression.

"Oh! Here you come."

Just at this moment, a shrill, thin, and somewhat sweet voice sounded.

The door on the other side of the living room opened, and a squat-looking pink figure stepped out.

"welcome."

The visitor had a broad, flabby face, and was strangely dressed.

She wore short curly hair with a small black velvet bow, a fluffy pink cardigan, and an uncomfortable, contrived smile.

"I am Dolores Umbridge, Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic. Welcome to my secret base."

She said to herself.

"This is my favorite residence, but Minister Burns said that the operation needed a place of privacy, so I volunteered to contribute it."

"Oh, thank you, Dolores."

Dumbledore stepped forward to shake her hand without changing his expression.

"You're welcome," said Umbridge, laughing. "I've always been an active supporter of the Minister's work."

On the other side, Sirius lowered his voice and said unhappily, "She's still the deputy minister?"

He clearly disliked Umbridge.

Shacklebolt also whispered: "She has always been the Deputy Minister. It was Minister Fudge who promoted her in the past."

"Does Burns trust her too?" Sirius frowned. "I don't trust him. I think we should change the place to implement the plan."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Professor Moody, as if trying to win his support.

Professor Moody's magic eye was rolling around, constantly observing everything around him.

"You don't have to trust her, Sirius," he said. "She's just trying to please the Minister for Magic, whoever the Minister is."

Shaker added, "In short, she will embrace the minister's decision, of course, regardless of who the minister is, whatever the difference in the decision-making, she will do that."

At this point, the conversation between Dumbledore and Umbridge was over.

Umbridge walked towards Scott and the others with a feigned elegance.

Seriously, even though Beauxbaton's Madame Maxime was several times taller than Umbridge, Madame Maxime's elegance was much more natural.

"Oh, how are you, Arthur..."

Umbridge greeted everyone with a presumptuously approachable gesture.

When she and Sirius "talked warmly", Sirius looked like he swallowed a fly.

Umbridge quickly walked up to Scott again.

"Are you... the Trollope who participated in the Triwizard Tournament?"

She turned to Dumbledore.

"Oh, Dumbledore, why did you bring our little warrior here?"

Dumbledore said: "Scott is the best student at Hogwarts, and his magic can provide us with some help."

"really?"

Umbridge looked Scott up and down.

Seeing the suspicion flickering in her eyes, Scott immediately regretted participating in this operation.

He really didn't want to deal with such a weird thing.

At the same time, he was also thinking about whether the accident Luna mentioned was caused by something wrong with Umbridge.

Fortunately, Minister Burns came out of the fireplace one after another with a group of Aurors.

Umbridge's eyes lit up, and he immediately ran up to Minister Burns.

She bent down slightly, and said in a voice that was many times sweeter than before: "Minister, you are here, welcome to the mirror room, please tell me directly if you have any needs."

Ms. Burns looked at this strange house and frowned slightly.

Anyone can see that she doesn't like this place very much.

But Umbridge, seemingly without realizing it, continued to entertain her warmly, inviting her to sit down for a cup of tea before going to work.

"No, Dolores."

Ms. Burns checked Umbridge's courtship.

"Let's get out of here first, and then take action immediately."

With that said, she found the direction of the gate and walked straight there.

"Minister, what do you mean?"

Umbridge quickly stepped on his legs, which were shorter than Ms. Burns's, and followed her side by step.

"We're going to face a brutal war," Ms Burns said. "It's better to go outside in order to avoid your house being affected."

"It doesn't matter... Minister..."

Probably because she was panting a bit from the quick movement of her legs, Umbridge could barely keep the sweetness in her voice.

"Although this is my favorite place to live...but if it is necessary for work, I can give up here."

"No need."

Ms. Burns was determined.

The group quickly walked out of the house and went outside.

Although it was late at night, the moonlight was bright tonight, allowing people to see their surroundings clearly.

Scott found that this was a small island, not much larger than the house behind him.

He also sensed that there were traces of magic everywhere, hiding the entire island.

Scott couldn't help asking Dumbledore, "Professor, what is the plan? Is there any point in choosing this place?"

Dumbledore told him that the plan was to actively attack Voldemort and the Death Eaters through the Vanishing Cabinet, taking advantage of their sleeping hours late at night to catch them off guard.

Of course, if Scott can use super magic to expand the space, their chances of winning will be better.

As for choosing this place, it is because it is remote and secretive.

Even if Voldemort and the Death Eaters had the upper hand in the battle and chased them through the disappearing cabinet, they could retreat calmly by virtue of the advance arrangement here.

remote?secret?
Aren't there places like this everywhere?

Perhaps seeing Scott's doubts, Dumbledore smiled, "After all, Ms. Umbridge is the Senior Deputy Minister of Magic."

So Minister Burns also wants to give her face?
Scott was immediately disappointed.

He always felt that this was an extra element of instability in an important operation.

Thinking about the mirrors he saw just now, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"Professor, I have come up with a better way."

he said to Dumbledore.

"Oh?"

Dumbledore was a little surprised.

Scott gestured with his eyes, and the two stepped aside.

"I think maybe it's better to sit on the sidelines than to be proactive," he said.

Dumbledore shook his head, "Waiting for the rabbit? Unless we still put the disappearing cabinet in the dormitory of Slytherin College, we can only catch one person at most."

Scott certainly understands that this cannot be done, the risk is too great.

But everyone fell into a misunderstanding before.

"We could replicate a Slytherin dormitory elsewhere, or even the entire Slytherin house common room."

For wizards like him and Dumbledore who are proficient in transfiguration, it is not difficult at all to do this.

"Of course, in order to be more realistic, we may arrange the battlefield near Hogwarts, on the other side of the Black Lake."

"Oh...you're right."

Without Scott saying more, Dumbledore already understood everything.

Copying a fake dormitory, coupled with carefully arranged anti-apparition methods in advance, and anti-apparition spells, can greatly ensure one's own chances of winning.

When Voldemort and the Death Eaters take the bait, Scott can even temporarily open up a space with "Uktra Hill" to completely trap them.

He has a one-time magic stone and a [Magic Crystal] in his hand, which can completely do this.

If it wasn't for the fact that the disappearing cabinet couldn't span multiple spaces, they could even directly arrange the battlefield in the [Odin's Eye] space.

"Looks like we'll have to change our plans."

Dumbledore immediately took Scott's advice.

He found Ms. Burns, who was getting ready, and had a whispered conversation with her.

Ms. Burns immediately announced the change of plan in public.

Everyone was shocked when they heard her words.

But when she asked Dumbledore to tell the new plan, everyone thought about it and changed their minds, thinking that the new plan was better.

So Scott and his party returned to Hogwarts through the fireplace.

They didn't stop at the principal's office, but went straight out of the castle, crossed the Black Lake by boat, and came to the other side of the Black Lake.

Lady Burns and Shacklebolt had already Apparated here with a large army of Aurors.

Next, Dumbledore and Scott worked together to cast spells, creating another Slytherin College site under the lake.

Including the dormitories and the common room, everything is exactly the same as the Slytherin house site inside Hogwarts.

Of course, since Scott is not that familiar with Slytherin's territory, Dumbledore contributed more to the transformation, and Scott only output magic power to help stabilize the transformation effect.

(End of this chapter)