Alice's Travels

Alice, Hermione, and Ron went straight to Honeydukes when they arrived in Hogsmeade. This was the first stop they planned in advance, and they had to buy some candy for Harry first.

Honeydukes has long been popular with students for their assortment of sweets, and it was packed when they arrived.They finally slipped through the crowd and came to a corner with a special taste sign.

Ron reached for a blood-smelling lollipop, and Hermione frowned immediately.

"Harry wouldn't like this," she said, "this one's for vampires."

"What about this?" Ron picked up another can of cockroach candies.

Alice was twitching when she heard Harry's voice suddenly sounding beside them, "Absolutely not."

Ron almost threw the jar away with a shake of his hand.

"Harry!" Hermione yelled immediately, with an unconcealable surprise on her face.

Harry gave her a happy smile.

"Oh—" Hermione quickly frowned again, "No—Harry, you shouldn't be here—"

"How did you--" Ron suddenly thought of something and looked at Harry in admiration, "you've learned to apparate?"

"Of course not," said Harry, and whispered about the Marauder's Map he'd gotten from Fred and George.

The Marauder's Map is a magical map that includes a map of Hogwarts and shows everyone's location in real time. Alice thinks it is like a modern GPS.It showed several secret passages leading to Hogsmeade - one of the working ones was in Honeydukes' cellar, so Harry could sneak out without anyone noticing.

"Why did Fred and George never give it to me!" Ron became annoyed after hearing that, "I'm their real brother!"

"But it's too dangerous for you to do this," Hermione said almost through clenched teeth, "if Black is here—"

"See?" said Ron, pointing to a Ministry of Magic notice taped behind the door. "Dementors will be patrolling the street after sundown! How's it possible for Black to break into Honeydukes?"

Alice looked at Ron, then at Hermione, and didn't express her opinion - she also felt that Harry shouldn't be running around by himself, but now the fact is that he has come out.

"Time to ease Harry," Ron went on, "it's almost Christmas."

Hermione was still biting her lip, looking extremely worried.

"Are you going to denounce me?" Harry said with a grin, looking at Hermione.

"Of course not—but—"

"Forget it, since Harry has come, let's take a look around, it should be safe for everyone to stay together in a crowded place." Alice said to Hermione.

Hermione looked at the smile on Harry's face and finally nodded helplessly.

They bought a large bag of candy and left Honeydukes.It was cold outside, and Harry didn't even wear a cloak. Hermione hurriedly dragged him into the Three Broomsticks bar, followed by Alice and Ron.

The pub was bustling, and they huddled together at a small, empty table in the back between the Christmas tree and the window, warming themselves until each took a swig of hot butterbeer.

"Merry Christmas!" Ron said happily, raising his glass and clinking a glass with each of them.

"You too, Merry Christmas!" Alice smiled quickly, and took a sip of the beer in the glass.

Harry and Hermione also had relaxed smiles on their faces, but before they could say anything, they saw Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, Hagrid and a fat man - Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic - They walked into the bar together.

Hermione immediately pinned Harry on the top of his head and pushed him under the table, then used a 'apparatus' to move the Christmas tree over to cover their table.

They sat quietly in the back and eavesdropped on the conversation between the professors and Fudge, and then they were shocked to discover something behind the scenes - Black turned out to be a good friend of Harry's father, James Potter, and they used the An extremely complex spell "Curse of Fidelity" made Black the secret keeper of the Potter family. As long as he didn't take the initiative to reveal it, no one, including Voldemort, could find the Potter family.

And it turned out that Black betrayed them, he had been secretly reporting to Voldemort, he betrayed Potter, he also killed Harry's parents and another friend - Peter Pettigrew, who tried to escape from Black Stopped him in time, but was blown to pieces by him in the end.

The professors talked about the past with indignation. They speculated that Black's escape from prison was probably to join Voldemort again, and they worried that once Voldemort recovered his most loyal servant, he might make a quick comeback.

After a slight clang, the professors put down their glasses and left quickly.

Hermione squatted down pale. Looking under the table, Harry was completely stunned.

Together with Ron, she helped Harry to his feet, looking at him terribly disturbed, not knowing what to say.

Alice pursed her lips tightly, but also couldn't make a sound.All words are pale in the face of blood and deep hatred, there is no way to comfort, and there is no way to solve it—perhaps only until the day of revenge.

Their steps back became extremely heavy.

Hermione held Harry's arm tightly until she sent him to the entrance of the secret passage in Honeydukes cellar. She opened her mouth, but finally said nothing, just watched Harry's figure disappear into the sky with a frown. secret road.

"Harry he—" Ron began uneasily, feeling his throat constrict as if he couldn't speak.

"Don't ask, Ron." Hermione seemed to be exhausted, and shook her head weakly at Ron, with a sad look on her face.

"I think, let Harry calm down first," Alice said in a low voice, "give us a little time, and we can all think about this matter."

Hermione nodded to Ron.

They ran into Malfoy on the way back, and Hermione and Ron didn't bother to bother him, so they just walked around him.Alice also walked past him expressionlessly, and Malfoy stopped there with a gloomy face and pursed his lips, but this time he didn't say anything.

After the holiday, Alice hardly saw Harry outside again.

Ron said that he had been bored in the dormitory, and his face was ugly.Both he and Hermione tried to comfort him, but it didn't work.

Harry wanted to go to Black - it was a crazy idea, and it was tantamount to death.Tears kept shining in Hermione's eyes when she told Alice. Obviously she and Ron had persuaded Harry, but Harry still stubbornly kept this irrational idea.

Hermione was extremely worried that Harry would do something stupid - like sneaking up to Black by herself, and she was spending almost all of her time with Harry now, staring at him for a moment, not daring to let go.

Alice didn't try to persuade or stop Harry's crazy idea as usual this time - she couldn't.There's no reason why Harry should be prevented from getting revenge on the killers of his parents - even if it cost him his life, as long as it pays off - and it seems worth it.All she could think about now was how, if Harry was going to get revenge, how could he succeed--rather than just lose his life and let the killer still get away with it.

But she obviously couldn't tell Ron and Hermione what she thought, and they probably thought she was even more crazy.

However, when everyone's nerves were tense, Hagrid brought another piece of bad news.

Malfoy's father, Lucius Malfoy, filed a complaint about Malfoy being attacked by Buckbeak. The result was that Hagrid was safe and sound under Dumbledore's guarantee, and his job as a teacher was not lost, but the injured Malfoy's Buckbeak will be dealt with after Hagrid takes on a legal battle with the Commission for the Disposal of Dangerous Animals.

Hagrid looked very sad, he was not confident that he could win the lawsuit, and he was very worried about Buckbeak-you know, he has always had special feelings for these strange and magical animals.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron were ready to help him, and began to search past cases incessantly for a strong defense.This incident finally diverted part of Harry's attention, so that he finally stopped thinking about revenge all day long, and it also greatly relieved Hermione.

Alice didn't ask for help. Hagrid was fine, so she thought it was all right. As for Buckbeak, she didn't care - after all, Malfoy was injured anyway.

On Christmas Eve, the three of Harry still spent all their time in the library.Alice went to Hagrid's hut alone, Hagrid stayed there listlessly, talking about his Buckbeak worriedly, Alice left after comforting him a few words.

The evening sky was not so dark under the reflection of white snow, the surrounding was quiet, and the tall trees of the Forbidden Forest cast a circle of shadows at the edge.

The suppressed low growl of an animal suddenly came from behind Alice, and she immediately turned around to see a huge black dog growling lowly at her.

Its eyes seemed to be staring at her—a strong disgust and anger were revealed in its eyes, and there was a suppressed roar in its throat, and it was staring at the girl in front of it with its sharp canine teeth.

Alice realized for a moment that this should be the "ominous" Harry saw-but why did it appear here?

She didn't act rashly, her footsteps were nailed to the spot, and she tried to keep her eyes calmly watching the black dog—well, it wasn't approaching her, she quietly reached into her robe to take out her wand—

At this moment, the black dog leaped forward as if it had discovered Alice's small movements. It raised its sharp front paws and rushed straight in front of Alice——Alice's pupils constricted for a second, Just as he was about to move, he felt that his body was suddenly pushed aside, and he fell hard to the ground.

Suddenly, a person rushed out from nowhere and quickly pushed Alice away, and then was hit on the chest violently by the black dog's paw, and his body flew out and fell to the ground with a heavy muffled sound, followed by painful pain. — was Malfoy's voice.

Alice quickly got up from the ground and drew out her wand, shouting: "Quickly imprison!"

The big dog jumped up abruptly, nimbly dodged the attack, then turned around and quickly disappeared into the forbidden forest with a few jumps.

Alice gritted her teeth and stared angrily for a second, with suppressed anger flashing in her eyes, before she turned around and ran to Malfoy's side to help him up from the ground.

"How are you?" Alice looked at him from beginning to end, and after confirming that there were no obvious wounds on his body, she touched his extremely pale cheek with her hand and said, "Tell me, where does it hurt? Let's go now How is the hospital?"

Malfoy closed his eyes tightly, frowning together to show a painful expression, his pale lips became paler and colorless, and they were tightly pressed together to suppress the muffled groan that came out of his throat.He leaned his head on Alice, and grabbed her robe with one hand. After Alice reached out and touched him, his eyelashes trembled slightly and he opened his eyes.

"That black dog—" he said in a low hoarse voice.

"It's all right, it's gone," Alice said softly. "Can you stand up now?"

Malfoy nodded, and Alice put one of his arms around her shoulders and put the other around his waist to pull him up.

"I can walk by myself—" Malfoy said awkwardly, turning his head to one side with a slight twist.

Alice looked up at him, and asked in a natural tone, "How did you get here?"

"Just passing by by chance," Malfoy said nonchalantly.

"You saved me," Alice said solemnly.

Malfoy seemed to notice her seriousness at this moment, lowered his head and said with a nasty smile on the corner of his mouth, "Why, do you want to repay me? As long as you don't be friends with Gryffindors in the future, be a good one." Repay me, Slytherin—well, it's simple, right?"

"I see." Alice said quickly after thinking for a while.

"You agreed?" Malfoy seemed taken aback.

"I'll help you." Alice didn't answer, but said seriously at the end.