struggle

In the days after Tom left, Ginny felt a deep sense of powerlessness.The materialization of the diary soul movie disrupted all the plots she knew. Now she can't guess the future direction, which makes her suddenly feel difficult.Tom obviously wanted to recruit her, but it was too risky for her to be a good choice, so she could only think about how to arrange the rest of her life, but still felt at a loss.

Judging from Tom's current situation, he has obviously absorbed part of the soul piece, which makes his appearance look closer to a 25 or 6-year-old youth. Moreover, he has also absorbed most of the memory of the main soul.Ginny counted the locations of the Horcruxes she knew one by one. The main soul and Nagini were both in the Albanian forest, and Hufflepuff's gold cup was in the vault belonging to the Lestrange family in Gringotts. It is impossible for Tom to get these three; Ravenclaw's crown is in the Room of Response in Hogwarts, presumably after Tom materialized, he must have been taken away smoothly; It was in his hand, and his original wand had been retrieved, apparently he had returned to the old Gaunt house.So, in the end, all that was left was a Slytherin locket and the accidental soul piece on Harry's head.

Slytherin's locket?Ginny was startled suddenly. Tom might not know about the soul piece on Harry's head right away. Even if he knew, he would have no way to get rid of Harry immediately to get it.However, the Slytherin locket, Tom must have known that the one hidden in the cave was fake, so the next thing he had to do was to find the real one.Then what she can do now, perhaps, is to get ahead of him, find out this locket, and look for an appropriate opportunity for Dumbledore to discover its existence by himself.

She had to find a way to get in to Black's mansion at 12 Grimmauld Place, and the best way to get in was through Sirius Black.Thinking of the news about Sirius Black's escape from Azkaban published in the "Daily Prophet" a few days ago, Ginny finally smiled for the first time in a few days.She stood up, found out the phone number Harry had left for her before the holiday, and walked out of the house.

The weather in early August was still extremely hot and muggy. All the pedestrians on the road were in a hurry, distracted by the high-hanging sun. Even the rows of sycamore trees on the street could not block the direct sunlight. The leaves look listless in the hot sun.Ginny found a phone booth on the side of the road and called the Dursleys'.After the bell rang a few times, a somewhat rude male voice said, "Hello, who are you looking for?"

"Excuse me, is this the Dursleys' house?" Ginny said in a cautious tone.

"Yes, I'm Vernon Dursley. Are you looking for Dudley?" Vernon obviously thought Ginny was Dudley's classmate, and his tone suddenly became kinder.

"No, sorry, excuse me, I'm looking for Harry Potter." Ginny tried to be as polite as possible.

"Who are you?" Vernon asked fiercely when he heard that he was looking for Harry.

"I'm Mrs. Figg's granddaughter. My grandmother said she wanted to ask if Harry is free this summer. She needs a helper to help her mow the lawn." Ginny lied a little. She thought the Dursleys must be very happy. Would love to be free of Harry over the summer.

"Oh, of course, of course he's free, I'll let him answer the phone." Vernon seemed relieved, and then shouted into the distance, "Harry, come and answer the phone, Mrs. Figg needs your help She mows the lawn."

Not long after, Harry's listless voice rang on the other end of the phone: "Hi, hello, Mrs. Figg."

Ginny laughed. "Harry, it's me, Ginny."

Harry was visibly startled: "Ginny?"

"Yes, don't bark. I'll pretend I'm the granddaughter of Mrs. Figg, the neighbor you told me about, and that she needs your help. Just pretend to come down, and then I'll fetch you and sneak over to our house. ’ Ginny encouraged with a chuckle.

"Okay, great, Dudley's Aunt Marge is coming tomorrow, and I don't want to see her." Harry also whispered, and then deliberately amplified his voice, "I'd be more than happy, Miss Figg, to represent you." My regards to your grandmother."

"Then it's settled. I'll pick you up later. See you tonight." Ginny said goodbye to him.

"See you tonight." Harry's voice was full of excitement, and he could imagine that he was very surprised and excited on the other end of the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Ginny leaned against the glass of the phone booth and looked at the slightly darkened sky outside. She secretly calculated the time and considered taking the Knight Bus to No. 4 Privet Drive after dark.She remembered that in the original book, after Sirius escaped from prison, he had been hovering near Privet Drive, secretly observing Harry's movements. Now she only hoped that this hadn't changed, and then she would be able to find Sirius smoothly.

It was already dark when I got off the Knight Bus, which was driving wildly all the way. Ginny suppressed the feeling of nausea and dizziness, found No. 4 along Privet Drive, and knocked on the door politely.The door swung open, and Harry appeared in front of Ginny with his messy hair, beside the door was his packed luggage.And Vernon's fat purple face appeared behind Harry: "Miss Figg, please, give my regards to Mrs. Figg." At the same time, he pressed his stubby hand on Harry's shoulder , gave him a warning look, "Boy, show me some sense." As he spoke, he couldn't wait to push him out the door, as if he was afraid that Ginny would go back on his word.

Harry felt uncomfortable for a moment, as if he was embarrassed that Ginny saw his most pitiful side, but Ginny pretended not to pay attention to his expression, and naturally lifted Harry's luggage: "Harry, luggage It's all here, right?" She turned her head and smiled at Vernon: "Then we'll go first, goodbye, Mr. Dursley."

Harry hurriedly snatched the luggage from Ginny's hand, said vaguely, "Goodbye, Uncle Vernon." Then he walked out the door first.

Vernon nodded at Ginny and smiled what he thought was amiable: "Goodbye, Miss Figg." Then, with a look of relief on his face, he immediately closed the door with a "bang".

"I'm sorry, Ginny, that's how they are." Harry was still a little embarrassed, but Ginny smiled indifferently: "I understand, it's nothing, Harry, let's go." Harry's other hand, and walked forward, pretending not to see Harry's suddenly flushed face.

The two walked for a while without a word, and Harry found that Ginny was pulling him through a dark alley, and asked with some doubts, "Ginny, how are you going back to the Burrow?"

"You know, my parents and Ron have all gone to Egypt to see Bill, and we can't use magic, so we can only take the bus in the wizarding world—the Knight Bus to go home." Ginny turned her head and smiled at Harry, seeing He nodded, "So, we have to go through the nearby alleys and hail the Knight Bus on the main road." She apologized to Harry from the bottom of her heart, but she remembered that Sirius should be near Privet Drive She was hiding in the small alleys, so she could only take Harry to try to walk through these possible small alleys and try his luck.

Sure enough, not long after, she noticed the sound of light breathing behind her, and something was obviously following her, and Harry also said nervously, "Ginny, have you noticed that something seems to be following us?"

Ginny knew her method had worked, and Sirius must have followed, so she wasn't frightened.But she still held Harry's hand tightly, and took out her wand with the other hand: "Harry, don't worry, I will count one, two, three later, and when we reach three, we will turn around together." Harry nodded , quietly let go of Ginny's hand, and reached into his pocket.

Ginny counted softly, and as soon as she said "three," Harry turned around immediately with the agility of a Seeker, and at the same time his wand was pointed forward, side by side with Ginny. at the entrance of the alley.Through the dim streetlight not far away, they saw a huge black dog staring blankly at them, obviously he didn't expect them to turn around suddenly.

Harry relaxed in an instant, and his wand hung down: "It turned out to be a stray dog. It scared me to death." The dog also cooperated and made a look of fear and bewilderment, but that But there was a look of nostalgia and reluctance in his eyes that would never belong to a dog.

Harry turned around and wanted to move on, but Ginny held him back, and under his puzzled gaze, she continued to point her wand at the big black dog: "Harry, obviously this is not an ordinary stray dog. Dog, if I'm not mistaken, this should be an Animagus dog."

Hearing Ginny's words, the black dog showed a guarded look, growled and wanted to back away, but Ginny's words stopped him in place: "Mr. Dog, if you run away, shouldn't we think you are really Has malice against us? Under normal circumstances, underage wizards are not allowed to use magic outside of school, but when they encounter danger, there are exceptions.” She knew that even if she threatened to use magic and could not scare Sirius, but Saying that he has malice towards his godson, he will definitely not be able to bear it and even acquiesce.

Sure enough, the black dog stopped receding, and under Harry's horrified eyes, slowly stood upright and turned into a tall and thin man with dirty, tangled hair hanging down to his elbows and sallow skin Clinging to the skeleton of the face, it looks like a skull.There was sadness in his eyes, and he looked at Harry who was close at hand with an almost greedy look, reaching out his hand as if wanting to touch his face: "Harry Potter, you really look like your father."

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