Hogwarts in a parallel world

Chapter 37 The Dementor

Winters has never been to Diagon Alley at night. This is his first time wandering around Diagon Alley at 8 pm, and it is also the first time for his family to come to Diagon Alley.

Diagon Alley at night is very different from daytime.If Diagon Alley during the day is a market, then Diagon Alley at night becomes a big stage. Wizards from all over the world come to Diagon Alley to perform magic performances. Winters is a little confused for a moment. These wizards Is he a magician or a magician?

The content of their performances is no different from ordinary magicians who do not know magic, but the only difference is that Winters can feel the disturbance of magic power when watching their performances. Although it is very slight, if you pay attention, you can still feel it. .

"Why do they perform these performances? Their transformation skills are very powerful." Winters was a little confused, and Ron was watching in fascination.

"That's because they only know Transfiguration, and they can't do particularly complicated Transfiguration," Arthur said with a frown.

"You mean..." Winters seemed to know the reason. . .But I don’t know how to say it.

"Because they are not particularly talented, they were scouted..." Arthur's tone was very dull, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Molly.

"Arthur, now is not the time to talk to them," Molly said sternly.

"But...Molly...they need to know some...um...situations" Arthur was a little embarrassed.

"That's not now, they are only 13 years old. It's too early," Molly said firmly.

"Oh... of course, dear" Arthur stopped talking immediately.Winters seemed to sense the Weasleys' underlying concerns.

How far a wizard can go on the path of magic depends entirely on how strong his soul is.The strength of the soul is determined at the moment of birth.Winters felt that the Weasleys were worried about their children's future.

Aurora's attention was not on these performances at all. He was discussing with Harry the key points of pursuing hands. The Weasley twins were correcting Aurora from time to time. They also hoped that Gryffindor could be like this. A pursuit player who is versatile rather than relying solely on speed.

Hermione's mind was not on these performances at all. She was discussing with Slyer how to learn the silent spell.She always asked, leaving Slyer speechless.Lydia was teaching mathematics to Karai and Elsa. Judging from the expressions of the two people, they were curious but didn't understand at all.Since they came to Diagon Alley, they couldn't leave empty-handed. They went to Flourishes and Blotts Bookstore to buy new books for this semester. In addition to the commonly used books, they also wanted to buy a very strange book: the Monster Book of Monsters.

As soon as they arrived at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, they were immediately attracted by the book with the strange name.These books are truly monster books in the truest sense of the word.In an iron cage, these books bite each other like wild animals.The clerk looked at these grumpy books with a sad face.

After seeing Harry and the others arriving, the clerk sighed heavily.

"Want to buy monster books about monsters again?" he asked angrily.

"Yes" Winters looked at the books that were fighting tirelessly.

"Wait for me, I'll go get the gloves," the clerk said feebly. When he went to get the gloves, he heard him muttering: Why did he buy these books?If this continues, my salary for this month may be released.After a while, the clerk brought a pair of special dragon skins and a clip, and then he said: When you open these books, you should touch the backs of them to calm them down.After coming out of Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, Harry and the others each held a Restless book in their hands. Winters saw a line of small words on the back of the book: Magical Creatures Lesson.

The gathering was pleasant, but in a blink of an eye it was time to part.Although they will meet at Hogwarts in a month, it is still a little sad.

It’s the end of August in a blink of an eye, and the weather has become cooler.The leaves have also changed into yellow and green coats, preparing to say goodbye to their home, and the sun has begun to come home earlier and earlier.

Winters still rides the Hogwarts Express 2 like Aurora.As always, they met Karai, Slyer, Elsa, and Elena.

"You actually didn't go to Harry's birthday party. He always wanted to find a chance to thank you." Winters cast a levitation spell on Elena's luggage.

"I want to spend more time with my family" Elena seemed a little weaker again,

"Are you okay?" Elsa asked with concern.

"I didn't fall down that easily. It was a side effect of the potion," Elena said nonchalantly.

"Potion? New potion?" Winters was a little surprised. Did Professor Dumbledore improve the formula of the potion again?

"You're right. Professor Dumbledore has made great improvements to the potion in order to be foolproof. But the side effect is that I will be weaker than before." Elena's condition is worse than the previous two years.

"If you had started that ritual earlier, you wouldn't have suffered this," Winters said worriedly.

"I don't care. But my parents will not agree to start that ceremony unless it is absolutely necessary." Elena's attitude was still the same as before.To put it lightly, maybe she has had enough of this almost tightrope walking state of life.Winters felt that continuing to talk would cause Elena's mood swings, so he changed the topic to Harry's godmother.

"I only know some gossip," Karai said quietly.

"Can you tell me?" Aurora asked

"The possibility of Harry's godmother being acquitted is not low. And now there is a saying that Sirius trusted the wrong person. That person was also a good friend of Harry's parents, and it was that person who betrayed Harry's parents. As a result, Sirius She thought it was all her fault...and then she went crazy," Karai said in a low voice.

"Or Sirius punished himself by squatting in Azkaban for 13 years, and then forgot that he still had a godson who needed her to raise," Slyer concluded.

"But the bad side is...if she is really a murderous madman. What should Harry do?" Aurora asked worriedly.

"Then let her come, we have Dumbledore anyway." Winters bought some snacks from the passing food truck.The scenery outside the window has changed into fields and countryside.

Just as they were attracted by the beautiful scenery outside the window, the train suddenly shook, and then the temperature dropped suddenly.The drink Winters bought suddenly began to freeze rapidly.The laughter disappeared, followed by a shrill scream.

Winters immediately pulled out his wand, his nerves tense.

"Could it be...a dementor?" Elena said tremblingly. This was the first time in Winters' memory that she had shown fear.

"What is that?" Aurora had also drawn out her wand and was ready to fight.

"The warden of Azkaban... can turn a person into a walking zombie that has no response to external stimuli... Could it be that Sirius ran over?" Karai and Elsa's hands holding the wands were trembling. Slyer had also drawn his wand, and his face was pale.

Through the glass of the private room, Winters saw a cloaked shadow, and at the same time, the temperature of the private room where they were sitting dropped to the lowest level.Winters felt as if he were in the middle of winter.Then a slender bone-like arm covered in knots opened the door of the box.

The Dementor's face turned to Winters, and then a wave of despair engulfed him.A horrific scene appeared in his mind: he was kneeling in front of the bodies of Aurora, Lydia, and the Eisens.At the same time, a voice became clearer and clearer: I must not let this happen.This voice and the scene in Winters' mind mutually promoted each other, and an extreme idea took root in Winters' mind: destroy these monsters in front of him.

Despair turned into fear, and fear turned into the strongest murderous intention.Then a dazzling green light like lightning burst out from Winters' wand, and the dazzling green light filled the entire carriage. The dementor who poked his head into the private room where Winters and the others were sitting was struck by the dazzling green light. , burned to ashes on the spot.

Winters felt his head pounding, as if there was a train running through his head.Panting heavily, he looked at the place where the burned-to-ash dementor had just stood, and the temperature returned to normal again.His companions looked at him dumbfounded.

"Do you know what spell you just cast?" Elsa's voice was trembling.

"What..." Winters remembered that he had only one idea at the time: destroy these monsters.

"Well... Winters... Dude... I think you should find time to talk to Professor Dumbledore... You just released a killing curse..." Slyer was obviously frightened. .

"What?..." Winters was frightened by his actions.

"He must have been stimulated by something to do such an extreme thing... Anyway, I did feel a feeling of being swallowed up by despair at the time." Aurora seemed to have noticed something.

"I saw...I saw you, Lydia, and the bodies of your parents." Winters trembled as he recounted the scene just now.

"Really? Do I have a lot of wrinkles on my face?" Aurora joked.

"I don't know... You seem to be still very young!" Winters was a little anxious. He found that he couldn't recall the scene at that time.

But one thing he was sure of: he had to talk to Dumbledore. Has the corruption of black magic on people already appeared on him?

(End of this chapter)