Hogwarts Mystery Sequence

Outside, a crow appeared in the sky above Azkaban, and a dementor happened to pass by it.

The crow glanced at the dementor that had just passed in front of him, and a faint silver mist began to slowly seep out of the transparent feathers on its body.

As the mist filled the air, the figure of the crow gradually disappeared, replaced by a chaotic and amorphous darkness that was constantly twisting, looking like an unknown monster waving illusory tentacles.

The next second, the thin mist around the "monster" vaguely condensed into a hooded robe, making it seem to have gained endless wisdom and turned into a high and mysterious existence.

This is an alternative application of the Patronus Charm: expanding the range of magic at the expense of its power.

Of course, not pursuing power is only a relative term. For example, the range-wide Patronus Curse cast by Amon can still cause fatal damage to dementors - generally speaking, dementors cannot be killed physically, even if The Patronus Charm, which has always been the most effective way to expel Dementors, cannot do this, but in fact Amon can do it easily, and some very powerful wizards can also do it - excluding the Ministry of Magic.

Therefore, when this weird and tall "mysterious man" quickly took shape, the dementors instantly became restless.

They seemed to sense something terrifying, and they scrambled one after another, "scratching and rolling" to disperse, and flew in all directions.

However, the "mysterious man" seemed not to simply let them go, but raised more and longer shadow tentacles, densely occupying the nearby sky.

Azkaban seemed to be covered with a black velvet curtain that blocked out the sun, and the already dim light was quickly absorbed.

Inexplicable fear crawled like maggots into the hearts of several Aurors who noticed the abnormality and raised their heads to observe the situation, leaving them stunned in place and did not take any action for a short period of time.

The next second, those python-like black tentacles were like hungry beasts that had let go of their shackles, and rushed towards the fleeing Dementors crazily.

Dementors, who have no vision and can only identify people through smell and emotion, naturally have no way of seeing this scene, but their instinctive fear forces them to subconsciously run away with all their strength.

But this had no effect. The black tentacles followed him like a shadow and wrapped around the Dementor's body in an instant.

The next moment, these struggling dementors were dragged into the black hole-like darkness inside the "mysterious man"'s robe, and disappeared silently.

At this moment, the dark tentacles all over the sky were like a terrifying black hand stretched out by the "mysterious man", easily strangling the lives of all the Dementors.

The Dementors, who were the main guard, were in such a level of chaos that the few Aurors who were sent by the Ministry of Magic to garrison Azkaban just to supervise the Dementors were naturally unable to control the situation.

Moreover, due to their slow reaction just now, by the time a few Aurors recovered and conveyed the news to the Ministry of Magic, there were not many Dementors left.

When they raised their wands and prepared to attack the "mysterious man" and prevent it from attacking the dementors, those black tentacles had already grabbed the last few dementors and retracted quickly.

At this time, the prisoners in Azkaban, no matter how mentally disturbed they were, noticed something strange. They did not know what was happening in the outside world, but the commotion of the dementors and the changes in the surrounding atmosphere undoubtedly showed that a huge change had occurred in Azkaban. .

And that incident was most likely due to an attack by a powerful enemy - some prisoners didn't know what they thought of because of this, and each of them looked as excited as a psychotic, singing, dancing and reciting poems in the cell.

Other prisoners who knew something about these inmates had some associations and speculations, so they also joined the crazy camp and began to beat the cell door vigorously, whimpering and praying for freedom.

But that's the extent of what they can do, as all the prisoners' wands are confiscated by the Ministry of Magic before they are imprisoned;

Moreover, due to long-term imprisonment, most of the prisoners have been drained of all their magic power by the dementors;

In addition, their physical and mental conditions are too poor, so even though there may be chaos outside the prison, the Dementors and Aurors have no energy to watch over them. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and they have no ability to escape from the cell. All he could do was vent in a crazy and meaningless manner, except for one person - Sirius.

Sirius stood silently in the cell, facing the cell door.

He was the first prisoner to notice the chaos outside, but this was not just because of what the mysterious crow told him before, but also because his sanity and magic were much better than those of other prisoners - he knew clearly that he was innocent , and those were not pleasant thoughts, so the Dementors couldn't suck those things out of his mind and body.

At the same time, he also has an obvious advantage - he is a senior Animagus who is not registered, and can switch between animal and human forms at will without a wand.

Therefore, Sirius was fully capable of taking the opportunity to leave the prison that had imprisoned him for more than ten years.

But in fact, leaving Azkaban itself was not that tempting to Sirius.

Because grief is greater than heartbreak, he has always believed that the death of the Potters was his own responsibility. If he had not mistakenly believed in Peter Pettigrew, then as the secret keeper of the Fidelity Curse, Voldemort would not have obtained the Potters. hiding place, the Potters would not die because of this, which made Sirius extremely regretful.

This kind of regret made Sirius still unable to forgive himself even after the deaths of Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew.

Therefore, rather than saying that he is imprisoned here, it is better to say that he is imprisoned here.

It's like he never defended himself, because he thought these were the punishments he deserved.

Therefore, if he had not known that Peter Pettigrew was probably still alive, he would not have considered escaping from prison at all...

Sirius suddenly raised his head, his eyes sharp and firm.

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Outside Azkaban, on a dead tree, the black-eyed crow raised its head slightly, looking quietly at the sky above the prison building where the weak sunlight shone due to the disappearance of the dementors.

Suddenly, it seemed to feel something, lowered its gaze, and looked in the direction of the prison.

Immediately, a skinny big black dog was seen running in its direction, as if it was subconsciously avoiding something.

When the black dog or Sirius approached the dead tree, the crow spread its wings and flew down the branch, landing on a big rock next to the tree.

Sirius stopped vigilantly, hunched over, and stared straight at the crow in front of him with his dark eyes.

The crow didn't care about this and said leisurely:

"welcome back."

Sirius took two steps back warily, his figure gradually changed, and returned to his human form. Then he looked at the crow and said in a hoarse voice:

"Are you an Animagus?"

"Why on earth did you save me?"

The crow tilted his head, stretched out his right wing, stroked the dark circle of his right eye, and chuckled:

"As for the first question, isn't it obvious?"

"As for why I saved you, I made it very clear before, and now you have two choices..."

At this time, Sirius suddenly interrupted:

"Didn't you say that releasing me was your purpose?"

The crow nodded matter-of-factly and replied:

"Of course, but now that you are out, I will naturally have a new purpose."

Hearing this, Sirius grinned uncontrollably, but after twitching the corners of his mouth twice, he didn't say anything to refute.

Crow glanced at him and reminded:

"The support from the Ministry of Magic has arrived. Although they are probably very busy now, it won't take much time to find you escaping from prison, so we'd better get out of here first."

"After this, I think you may need to take care of yourself first, otherwise not only will the target be too conspicuous, but I also don't want to communicate with you anymore."

When Sirius heard this, he subconsciously scanned his whole body and found that he was in ragged clothes, in tatters, and exuding a strong odor. His hair was long and dirty, and his beard had not been shaved in ten years. Even a tramp might not look like this. awful.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he reluctantly nodded and agreed to Crow's proposal.

Seeing this, the crow fluttered its wings, flew next to Sirius' head, and picked up his clothes with the tips of its claws.

The next second, Sirius felt a strong squeezing sensation, as if he was being forced through a very tight rubber tube.

He was very familiar with this feeling, and immediately understood that this was Apparition.

And almost the moment he had this thought, he felt down to earth again.

Sirius shook his head to relieve the discomfort - before this, he had not cast any spells for more than ten years, let alone had the opportunity to apparate, so now he felt something familiar and yet strange. That feeling was what he felt when he experienced Apparition for the first time.

"Sentimentality can wait until you are alone. I don't have that much time, and I have no interest in watching a 'tramp' and reminiscing about the past."

"Also, if you don't want to be blocked by Aurors, it's best to quickly open the barrier of Black's ancestral home before no one notices."

At this time, Sirius suddenly came back to his senses. After turning his head and looking around, he found that he was standing in a somewhat rundown small square with several mansions behind the square.

The house number in front of the mansion reads No. 10 and No. 11 Grimmauld Place... But strangely, No. 11 is followed immediately by No. 13. It seems that the house was marked incorrectly when the house was built. Same.

But Sirius, as the last heir of the Black family, knew that it was not that there was no 12 Grimmauld Place, it was just that it was hidden and neither Muggles nor wizards could see it.

Sirius glanced at the crow beside him, and then walked towards the "non-existent" mansion between 11 and 13 Grimmauld Place.

He didn't care about why the crow knew that this was the ancestral home of the Black family, and even came here - the destination of the Apparition must be something that the wizard knows very well, and this kind of understanding is not just the level of seeing it through photos, etc., but At least he has been to this place in person - after all, judging from previous contacts, Crow holds a lot of secrets, and compared with those secrets, the location of Black's ancestral home is obviously insignificant.

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