The Days of Sneaking at Hogwarts

"Fly there?" Arnold tilted his head in confusion, "Use a broom? Isn't it a little slow?"

Luna shook her head, "No, it's the Yeqi."

The Thestral is a type of Pegasus that can fly at high speeds in the air. However, only people who have experienced death can see it.

After Luna brought up the Thestral, everyone was stunned. One question was whether they could see the Thestral. Another was finding where the Thestral was. Whether the Thestral would let them ride was another question.

After Luna finished speaking, she walked alone. She turned her head and smiled at everyone, "Just follow me."

Luna led everyone to an open space. Luna stepped forward and made caressing movements into the air.

Arnold understood that Luna should be interacting with the Yeqi at this time, but she still couldn't imagine herself riding an invisible thing moving at high speed in the air. Before Arnold could prepare herself mentally, she He was pulled by Luna and directed to sit on Yeqi.

The Thestral was very fast, and luckily it flew very steadily, so Arnold didn't have too much worry about this matter.

Soon, Harry and his party arrived at the Department of Mysteries.

The Department of Mysteries is the top secret organization in the Ministry of Magic. It is mainly responsible for various major secret magical matters. It is located on the ninth floor at the bottom of the Ministry of Magic.

Everyone was walking in the slightly empty corridor.

"He will develop terrible poisons there." Luna said suddenly. "To drug those who have differences with him."

"Who?" Arnold looked at Luna.

"Minister of Magic," Luna said.

"You two, stop chatting and come here quickly." Ron stood in the elevator and greeted Luna and Arnold.

To reach the Department of Mysteries, you must pass the elevator. After exiting the elevator fence, there will be a simple corridor leading to a simple black door. Open the pure black door and you can enter the round black room. , where is the Department of Mysteries.

Everyone stood in a huge circular room. Everything, including the ceiling and floor, was black. On the surrounding black walls, there were twelve identical black doors with no marks or handles. , they are embedded in the wall at some distance from each other. The wall is also dotted with some candles with blue flames. The cold, flickering weak candlelight is reflected on the bright marble floor, making the floor look like Like a pool of black water.

Everyone was still marveling at what they saw in front of them. The room quickly began to spin, so that they were not dizzy, but they could no longer tell which door they came in from in the first place.

"Uh, Harry, where should we go? I can't even recognize the door at the beginning now." Ron looked at the rapidly rotating walls around him, and then at Harry.

Harry said nothing, frowned, and just looked ahead.

After a long time, Harry moved forward, and everyone followed him.

"Harry, do you know where these doors lead to?" Hermione looked at Harry.

Harry shook his head, "I don't know, let's go before we talk."

Harry opened one of the doors. It was a square room, very bright. The room was empty, with only one table. In the center of the room, there was a huge one filled with dark green liquid. The glass water tank was big enough for them to swim in it, and there were many white things slowly floating around in it.

In addition to the door everyone came in from the beginning, there are other doors in the room.

"That door may be the door leading to other rooms." Hermione pointed at the door and said, "Harry, is this what you see?"

"No." Harry walked quickly towards the door, "Go and try that door."

Through that door, everyone entered a world full of clocks.

This room is filled with beautiful, diamond-like dancing lights. Clocks can be found on every side. The clocks vary in size, including grandfather clocks and travel clocks. Some of them hang between bookshelves, and some stand on the wall. On the table as long as the entire room, a rapid, never-ending ticking sound filled the entire room, like the sound of thousands of tiny footsteps marching in order.

Those jumping lights came from a towering bell-shaped crystal glass dome at the end of the room. The dome was as tall as a person and stood on a table. It seemed to be filled with a tumbling, sparkling air current.Inside the cover, a small, gem-like bright object floated up and down. It looked like a hummingbird.

There is also a door behind the bell-shaped glass cover, which should also lead to some other room.

Harry opened the door again.

It was a huge, cold room, as high as the church. It was lined with tall shelves, and the shelves were filled with small, dusty glass balls. The bottom of each glass ball was pasted with some yellowing paint. Small labels.Some balls emit mysterious flowing light, while others are fuzzy and dark, like extinguished light bulbs.

The light in the hall was very dim and vague, except for some candles that provided some faint light.

"Harry?" Ron called Harry, "Is this here?"

After entering this room, Harry became completely silent. He seemed to have some goal in mind. Without saying a word, he just walked straight to the right.

Everyone followed Harry and walked through almost forty rows of shelves. Harry stopped and turned to walk inside.

Everyone watched as they walked.

"These little balls can't all be prophecy balls." Ron looked at the little balls up and down.

"Wow, there are so many prophecies, I feel like I can't even see the end." Arnold shined the light into the distance, but there was still endless darkness.

Harry stopped when he was about to reach the end of the shelf. He looked up at one of the prophecy balls and carefully took it off the shelf.

He looked at the prophecy ball, and a slow whisper came from the prophecy ball, "The person with the energy to conquer the Dark Lord is getting closer. The Dark Lord marked him as a powerful enemy, but he has energy that the Dark Lord does not understand. The two of them Not both can live, only one can survive.”

"Harry." Hermione called Harry, and she noticed a masked man walking out of the darkness.

Everyone's expressions became tense, and as the masked man gradually approached, everyone's breathing became rapid.

"Where is Sirius?" Harry looked at the masked man.

"You should really learn to distinguish between what is a dream and what is reality." The masked man took off his mask, it was Lucius Malfoy, "What you see is only what the Dark Lord wants you to see. , now, give me the prophecy ball."

Harry clenched the prophecy ball in his hand, "If you dare to touch us, I will smash it."

"He really knows how to play, little sweetheart, Potter." Another person walked out of the darkness. She was a taller woman with thick, kind-hearted black hair. Even if the surrounding environment was very dark, she could still stand out from the darkness. There was arrogance in her tone.

Neville recognized the man, "Bellatrix Lestrange."

"Neville Longbottom, right?" Bella also recognized Neville, "Are your parents okay?"

"Much better." Neville raised his wand and stepped forward, "Because I will take revenge."

Harry quickly stopped Neville, "Calm down, Neville."

"Now, let's all calm down, okay?" Lucius said, and he pressed Bella's hand that raised the wand down, "We only want the prophecy ball."

Harry now fully understood that what he saw was what Voldemort wanted him to see, and the purpose was to get him to come and get this prophecy ball. "Why did Voldemort want me to get this prophecy ball?"

"How dare you say his name?" As soon as Harry spoke, Bella yelled, "You filthy bastard."

Lucius stretched out his hand to stop Bella, "It doesn't matter, he is just curious, because only those people mentioned in the prophecy have the right to get it. It just so happens that you have this confidence. Didn't you always want to find out between you and the Dark Lord?" The connection between them, why he couldn’t kill you when you were just a baby, and the secret of your scar, don’t you want to know?”

Lucius walked forward as he spoke, getting closer and closer, "All the answers are in your hands, Potter, you just need to give it to me, and then I will tell you everything."

As Lucius approached, everyone could feel that more and more people were approaching, and they all seemed to be Death Eaters.

"I've been waiting for 14 years, Potter." Lucius stretched out his hand and looked at Harry.

"Then just wait a little longer, it won't be long before now." Harry put his hands behind his back.

"Arnold, aren't you curious about your parents? Why and how they are gone? Your brother and aunt must have been hesitant about this. I can tell you, as long as you help me. "Lucius saw that Harry couldn't make sense, and turned to look at Arnold, who was standing behind Harry.

"I asked the fortune teller under the overpass to tell me, so I don't need you to tell me, Uncle Lucius." Arnold said, "He's pretty accurate. I'll recommend it to you next time, which will save you a few years of waiting." .”

"There's no need to waste words with these brats, Lucius." Bella pulled Lucius back and walked forward, "It's better to just do it."

"You're right." Harry passed out with a backhand.

As Harry took action, everyone also started to take action. Taking advantage of the gap between the group of people to dodge, everyone hurriedly ran forward.

However, after a while, everyone dispersed due to the pursuit of the Death Eaters.

When Arnold faced three Death Eaters alone, she decided to follow others closely when escaping in the future. She would never run around alone again, so that at least someone would die with her.

Just when Arnold was feeling sad alone, lamenting his one-on-one fate, a beam of light passed by her ear and hit the three Death Eaters. Arnold turned around and saw that it was Ginny. The prophecy ball exploded like fireworks, the prophecy ball version of Weasley's fireworks. If Fred and George were here, they would definitely applaud their sister.

Everyone gathered together, and as soon as they took a breath, they found that the rows of shelves were like dominoes, falling one after another, another grand Prophecy Ball version of Weasley fireworks.

"Go to the door quickly," Harry shouted.

I thought that after opening the door, I would return to the room full of clocks. Contrary to what I imagined, everyone missed the mark. Several people fell rapidly. Just when they were still a few centimeters from the ground, everyone stopped in time. When everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they all fell to the ground again.

This is a new room, dimly lit, square in shape, with a sunken center, forming a huge stone pit, about twenty feet long. Stone steps surround the entire room, like stone benches, gradually descending step by step, each step The steps are very steep, just like a lecture theater. In the center of the pit is a raised stone platform with an arch standing on it. It looks very old and shabby, with a tattered black curtain hanging on it. , although the air here is cold and there is no wind, it is swaying gently, as if it has just been touched.

Everyone stood in the middle of the huge stone pit.

"What is this place?" Ron looked around, "It really deserves to be the Department of Mysteries."

"No matter where it is, we have to leave here quickly, they will catch up soon." Hermione looked around with some worry.

"Stand behind me." Harry felt someone coming, but before they could prepare, everyone except Harry was captured by the group of Death Eaters, one by one, and stood at the edge of the stone pit. Periphery.

Lucius walked towards Harry, "If you really believe it, are so naive, and think that a bunch of kids have a chance to defeat us, then I'll just keep it simple and give me the prophecy ball now, otherwise I'll just watch. Watch your friends die one by one."

It was Bella who was holding Arnold. She was a little crazy and was very strong. Arnold felt that his hair was about to separate from his. Arnold didn't really want to become bald, so Bella pulled back and she followed. Backwards, Bella pulled forward, and she followed it forward. Bella was getting a little tired of going back and forth, so she kicked Arnold into the stone pit, and Arnold rolled to the center of the stone pit with a grunt.

Harry was hesitating whether to hand the prophecy ball to Lucius, but Arnold rolled so hard that he lost his grip and the prophecy ball fell out of his hand.

Lucius had already stretched out his hand and was ready to catch the prophecy ball, but he could only watch the prophecy ball fall to the ground and shatter. He glared at Bella, "Bella!"

While Lucius was distracted, Sirius appeared out of nowhere and said to Lucius, "Stay away from Harry and Arnold."

Just when Sirius appeared, other members of the Order of the Phoenix also appeared, and they rescued the students from the hands of other Death Eaters.

"Harry, Arnold." Sirius ran to Harry and Arnold, "Are you okay?"

"We have to take them out of here quickly." Deruo also came, and she helped Arnold up, "Arnold, are you okay?"

"It's okay, it just hurts a little." Arnold stood up.

"Take the children out." Sirius handed Harry and Arnold over to Deruo, and then started fighting with the Death Eaters.

"No, Sirius." Harry wanted to run over and help Sirius.

"Harry, listen to me, just leave this place to us. I will go and help him. Don't worry." Deruo took Harry and Arnold to the door, turned around and ran to help Sirius, "You guys You two, get out quickly."

Hermione and others also ran to the door at this moment, "Everyone is here, let the members of the Order of the Phoenix do the rest."

Just a few steps out, Arnold wanted to go back and take a look. Looking at Arnold who stopped, Hermione asked, "What's the matter, Arnold?"

"I..." Arnold looked up at her companion who was waiting for her, then looked back at the door of the Department of Mysteries.

"I know what you are worried about, Arnold. Trust them, they are capable of protecting themselves." Hermione took Arnold's hand.

"I know, Hermione, I just..." Arnold felt as if his heart skipped a beat, and then he ran back toward the door.

"Arnold," Hermione called after Arnold.

Everyone looked at each other for a few times and then ran back with Arnold.

Arnold didn't understand why she wanted to run back so much. As she got closer and closer to the door, she felt more and more uneasy. She couldn't say why until she saw Deruo falling in front of her eyes.

The Death Eaters had been defeated, and when everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, Bella rushed out again, breaking the calm of victory with a sound of Avada Kedavra, and hit Deruo directly.

For a moment, the calm scene became chaotic because of Bella, and everyone was in a hurry.

Arnold wanted to run to Deruo, but he didn't notice the stone steps under his feet. Each level of the stone steps was very steep. Arnold couldn't remember how many times he rolled and when he stopped. Arnold ignored the pain of the fall and hurriedly crawled towards De Ruo. De Ruo seemed to be very close to her and yet far away from her.

"Arnold." Sirius wanted to help Arnold up first. Arnold shook Sirius's hand away and just kept crawling towards Deruo, but when he was still a few steps away from Deruo, She stopped again, just knelt down and stared at De Ruo. She wanted to take a closer look, but she didn't dare to.

Arnold couldn't remember how she left or what happened after that. She just felt like she had a long dream. In the dream, everyone was talking and making noise, but she didn't know what happened. She couldn't hear clearly. It seemed like many people were running past her, and it seemed like many people were coming to her. Finally, the sounds and figures disappeared, leaving only darkness around her.

When Arnold opened his eyes again, he found that he was lying in the ward of St. Mungo's Hospital, his body covered with bandages. Will was taking care of him. When he saw Arnold waking up, Will opened his eyes wide, " Oh, wake up, wake up." After saying that, Will ran out and came in again shortly, followed by Norn.

"Are you awake?" Noen walked in, "Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"

"Well, no." Arnold said dullly.

"I heard that you fell down the stone steps of the Death Hall, twice. Fortunately, your injuries are okay and not too serious." Noen poured a glass of water and put it on the bedside table. "Are you thirsty? Don’t you want some water?”

Arnold shook his head and just said softly, "Auntie..."

Noen made a move and said, "You should have a good rest first."

Arnold sat up and said, "Does uncle know?"

"Not yet." Norn paused, "I haven't decided how to tell him."

"What about my aunt?"

"It has been buried, today."

"I want to see my aunt." Arnold said.

"When you recover from your injuries, I will accompany you." Noen said as he walked towards the door, "I'm going to buy something. Is there anything you want to eat?"

Arnold sat on the bed and looked out the window blankly, "The weather is good today. It's not like that day. It was gray and made me feel uncomfortable at first sight. It's a good day. My aunt must also like it very much. She always likes to bask in the sun." of."