Harry Potter and Shafik

Chapter 117 Battle of the Department of Mysteries ([-])

A group of eight took out their wands from their waists. As they walked through the golden gates to the elevator, he pressed the nearest "Down" button, and the elevator clicked almost immediately, and the golden fence slid to the sides. , with a deafening, reverberating clang, they rushed in.Daphne, who was leaning on the outermost side, poked the No. [-] button, and the fence slammed shut.The elevator made a rattling sound, which was very ear-piercing.

"Which room are we going to?" Hilbert asked.

"Hall of Prophecy, Row 97. You know that?" Harry said uncertainly.

The indifferent woman's voice said, "Department of Mysteries." The grate opened and they stepped out into the corridor, where nothing was moving except for the nearest torches flickering in the draft stirred up by the lift.

It's still the same here, dark, cold and damp.Pushing away the people in the time hall, it is full of beautiful, diamond-like flashes of jumping light.Clocks can be found on every surface, ranging in size from grandfather clocks to travel clocks, hanging between bookshelves or standing on tables the length of a room.Because of this, a rapid, never-ending ticking sound filled the room, like the sound of thousands of tiny marching footsteps.

The diamond-bright jumping light came from a towering bell-shaped crystal glass dome at the far end of the room.Standing atop a table, the bell-shaped crystal glass dome, the height of Harry Potter, appears to be filled with a churning, sparkling air of air.Inside the enclosure, a small, jewel-like bright object (egg) floated up and down.The object is a small hummingbird, but it wasn't always a bird.At the bottom end of its loop, the bird is carrying its egg.As it rose up in the glass enclosure, it snapped open and a hummingbird emerged, rising straight to the very top of the glass enclosure.But as the airflow descends, the bird's feathers are soiled and wet again, until it lands at the bottom of the glass cover and is locked in the egg again.This time process is repeated endlessly inside the hood.A closet with a glass front and various hourglasses hanging on the wall where the closet sits.

They didn't have time to appreciate these magical skills, and they came to the door leading to the hall of prophecy in silence.

It was as tall as a cathedral, and filled with towering shelves filled with little dusty glass spheres, but nothing else.More candlesticks were embedded in the shelves at regular intervals, from which came dim light, the same blue flames as those in the black round room.Those little glass balls glow faintly in these lights.It was cold inside the house.

They came inside, and they found the place at last.It was as tall as a cathedral, and filled with towering shelves filled with little dusty glass spheres, but nothing else.More candlesticks were embedded in the shelves at regular intervals, from which came dim light, the same blue flames as those in the black round room.Those little glass balls glow faintly in these lights.It was cold inside the house.

Harry walked forward slowly, looking down at a dark passageway between two rows of shelves. He couldn't hear a sound, and couldn't feel any movement, even the slightest movement.

"You said row 97," Hermione whispered beside him.

"Yes." Harry responded softly, looking up towards the end of the nearest row.The candle was burning blue, and the silver number 53 was flashing under the stand. "I think we should go to the right," whispered Hermione, squinting at the next row. "Yes! It's 54." ?”

"Everyone get your wands ready," said Harry softly.

They tiptoed along the long aisle between the shelves, glancing back from time to time, where it was almost pitch black.On the shelf below each glass globe was a small yellowed label.Some globules glowed with mysterious flowing light, others were vague and dark, like light bulbs that had gone out.

They passed row 84, row 85—Harry tried to hear the slightest noise, but couldn't hear anything, maybe Sirius' mouth was gagged, or maybe he was unconscious?Or, a disgusting voice entered his head: "Maybe he's dead?"

Finally arrived at the 97th row, Hilbert suddenly felt sick and coughed, Daphne took out a white towel and covered his mouth and nose, Hilbert coughed a few times and gradually stopped, everyone else stood in the 97th row The end of the shelf was a little further in, and he strode up to them, noticing nothing but Ron looking at a dirty glass globe on the shelf.

"What?" he asked gloomily again.

"It's - it's got your name on it," said Ron.

Harry moved closer, and Ron pointed to a small glass globe, which was dirty as if it hadn't been touched in years.But the shimmer in it makes it somewhat shiny.

"My name?" Harry asked blankly.

He stepped forward, not being as tall as Ron, and he had to crane his neck to see the yellowed label pasted on the shelf under the glass globe.It is marked with a date about 16 years ago in delicate fonts, followed by: -513? SPTtoA.PWBD Dark Lord and Harry Potter Harry staring at it.

"What's this?" Ron asked. "Why is your name on it?"

He glanced at the other labels on the shelf.

"It doesn't have my name on the shelf," he said bewildered, "and no one else's."

"Harry, I don't think you should touch it," Hermione shrieked as Harry reached for it.

"Why shouldn't it?" he said. "It's about me, isn't it?"

"No, Harry," said Neville suddenly.Harry glanced at him.Neville's sweaty round face was shining slightly, and it looked as if he couldn't take any more restlessness and anxiety.

"It's got my name on it," said Harry.

He thought whoever he was, and gave it a go, so he grabbed the dirty little ball.He had expected it to be cold, but instead, it felt as if it had been in the sun for hours, warmed by its own glow.Anticipating, even hoping that something dramatic would happen, hoping that something exciting would make their long and perilous journey finally worth something, Harry took the glass globe off the shelf and stared at it. watch it.

Nothing happens.Five other people came and stood around him, and he brushed the thick dust off the surface of the glass ball with his hands.They stared intently at the ball in his hands.Then, behind them to the right, a lazy voice sounded. "Very well, Potter, now turn around slowly and give it to me."

Hilbert quickly tied his handkerchief on Daphne's face, watching the Death Eaters around him warily.

Suddenly dark shapes loomed around them, blocking their way on either side; the eyes of these men gleamed in the slits of their hoods, and twelve shiny-tipped wands were aimed at their hearts; Ginny held her breath in terror. took a breath. "Here, Potter," Malfoy Lucius repeated slowly, holding out his hand, palm up.Harry's heart sank suddenly.They were surrounded, and there were twice their numbers on the other side. "Give it to me," Malfoy said again. "Where's Sirius?" Harry asked.Several of the Death Eaters laughed; among the dark figures to Harry's left, a shrill female voice said triumphantly, "The Dark Lord is always a master!"

"Always," echoed Malfoy in a low voice, "now, give me the Prophecy Ball, Potter."

"I want to know where Sirius is!"

"I want to know where Sirius is!" parroted the woman on Harry's left.

She and her fellow Death Eaters moved closer, within a few feet of Harry and the others, dazzled by the light from their wands.

"You took him," said Harry.He ignored the panic rising inside him, the fear he'd been trying to dispel since their first steps into row 97. "Here he is. I know he is."

"Little baby was woken up by ha (scared), and thought the dream was real." The woman said disgustingly in a baby-like voice.Harry noticed Ron move beside him. "Don't do anything," Harry muttered, "it's not yet—"

The woman who imitated him laughed in a husky, raspy voice. "Did you hear that? Did you hear that? He was giving orders to the other kids, as if he was going to attack us!" "Oh, you don't know Potter as well as I do, Bellatrix." Malfoy Softly, "He has a great weakness for heroism; the Dark Lord knows that. Give me the Prophecy Ball now, Potter." "I know Sirius is here." Harry said. Said, even though the flustered emotion made his chest tight and made him feel like he couldn't breathe normally, "I know, you got him!"

"Bellatrix!" Hilbert felt that his whole body was completely cold, and his fingers must be terribly cold now.More Death Eaters laughed, and the woman laughed the loudest.

"It's about time you understood the difference between reality and dreams, Potter," Malfoy said. "Give me the Prophecy Ball, or we'll have to use wands."

"You are Bellacritus!"

"Oh? You're Neville? Are your parents well?"

"Very well, I'm going to avenge them now!" Neville was about to cast a curse, but Harry and Ginny stopped him.

"Okay, come on then." Harry said, raising his wand to his chest, and at the same time, the five wands of Ron, Hermione, Neville, Ginny and Luna were also raised on both sides of him. .Harry's heart tightened.If Sirius really isn't here, is he leading his friends to senseless deaths?But the Death Eaters didn't attack.

"Hand over the prophecy ball, there is no need to hurt people." Malfoy said coldly.

This time it was Harry's turn to laugh.

"Yeah, that's right!" he said. "I'll give you this—the prophecy ball, right? And then you'll let us sneak home, right?" As soon as he said that, the woman died The gangster screamed: "The prophecy ball flies—" Harry was on guard against her: before she could finish the spell, Harry shouted: "Armor protection!" Although the glass ball slipped on his finger on the tip, but he managed to grab it. "Why, he's pretty good at it, little Potter," she said, her furious eyes staring hard through the slits of her hood. "Very well, then—" "I told you. Don't do that!" Malflusius yelled at the woman, "If you break it—!"

Harry thought quickly.These Death Eaters want this dirty glass globe.He is not interested in this.All he wanted was to get everyone out alive and make sure his friends didn't pay dearly for their stupidity?The woman stepped away from her accomplice, came over, and tore off her hood.Azkaban made Bellatrix.Lestrange had sunken cheeks, looked haggard and bony, but exuded excitement and enthusiasm.

"Do I need to persuade you more?" she said, her chest heaving violently. "That's good, grab the youngest one," she told the Death Eater nearby, "and show him how we tortured this little girl. I'll do it."

Harry felt the others closing in on Ginny; he took a step to the side, standing just in front of Ginny and blocking her, holding the Prophecy Ball to his chest.

Hilbert poked Daphne and gave her an indication with his eyes, Hilbert's left hand was changing: "Three, two, one! Passed out!" The spell hit a Death Eater, just as if It was a signal, "Go!" Harry yelled.Seven different voices yelled behind him: "Bones shattered!" The seven spells flew in five different directions, the oncoming shelf was blown up after being hit, the towering shelf shook, hundreds of glass balls were shattered, Pearly white figures floated in the air, their voices echoing through the never-before-seen torrential rain of broken glass and wood chips on the floor—"Run!" Many glass balls started falling from above.He grabbed Hermione's robes and dragged them forward, his other arm covering his head, as chunks of broken shelves and tiny shards of glass rumbled down on them.A Death Eater darted forward through the dust cloud, and Harry elbowed him hard into his masked face; the cries of pain, the crash of shelves collapsing and crackling, the sounds released from the glass sphere. The staccato voices of the prophets resounded strangely——

Harry saw nothing in the way ahead, and saw Ron, Ginny, and Luna sprint past him with their arms over their heads; something hit him hard in the side from the side, but he Just jerked his head down and rushed forward; suddenly a hand grabbed his shoulder, and he heard Hermione yell, "Swoon!" The hand let go instantly—they Came to the other end of row 97; Harry turned right and started running at full speed; he could hear footsteps behind him and Hermione urging Neville; directly ahead, a door was ajar, and they were Coming in from here, Harry could see the glint of the glass bell; he darted out the door, waiting for the others to cross the threshold quickly before slamming it shut, the ball of prophecy still intact in his clutch. In hand - -519? "Quickly imprison!" Hermione muttered out of breath, and the door closed with a strange creaking sound.

"Where are they—where are they?" Harry asked breathlessly.

He thought Ron, Luna, and Ginny were running ahead of them and would be waiting for them in this room, but there was no one here.

"They must be going the wrong way!" whispered Hermione with a look of panic on her face.

"Listen!" Neville whispered.

There were clattering footsteps and loud shouts from behind the newly closed door; Harry put his ear to it and heard Malflusius yelling, "Leave Knott alone, leave him alone, I say— To the Dark Lord, his injury is nothing compared to the loss of the orb. Gargson, come back here, we need to organize! Team up and search in pairs, remember, after getting the orb Don't be rude to Bo before, everyone else can be killed if you want - Bellatrix, Rudolph, you go to the left; Crabbe, Rabstein, go to the right - Gargson, Do Lokhov, go to the front door—McNeill, and Avery here—Rookwood, go over there—Mulciber, come with me!"

"What should we do?" Hermione asked Harry, shaking all over.

"Well, we can't just stay here and wait for them to find us," said Harry. "First, get out of this door."

Passing as lightly as they could past the shimmering bell-glass in which the tiny eggs hatched the birds, they ran to the other end of the room where the door opened into the circular hall.When they were almost there, Harry heard something huge and heavy banging against the door that Hermione had just charmed shut.

"Here!" Lucius smirked, "Avada Kedavra!" Hilbert couldn't care less, pulled off his mask, cast a curse, and Lucius roared, "Don't hurt him and The one next to it belongs to Greenglass and Shafik's family, let me deal with it! Go find them!"

"Damned!" Daphne also cast a spell and knocked down a Death Eater!

Lucius ducked sideways.Hilbert took advantage of this gap

"Get out of the way!" A voice yelled violently, "Alahoo hole!"

The door flung open, and Harry, Hermione, and Neville ducked under the table.They could see the hems of the robes of the two Death Eaters getting closer on the floor, and they were walking quickly.

"They may have run straight into the hall," said the gruff voice.

"Check under the table," said another.

Harry saw their knees buckle, and he stuck his wand under the table and yelled, "Swoon!"

A red light hit the nearest Death Eater, who fell backwards into a grandfather clock, knocking it over; but the other Death Eater jumped aside to dodge Harry's spell, and he used He pointed his wand at Hermione who was crawling out from under the table in order to get a better aim.

"Avada—"

Harry jumped across the floor, throwing his whole body around his knees, knocking him over, his wand missing.In a hurry to help, Neville knocked over the table; frantically, he pointed his wand at the two wrestling people and shouted, "Disarm!"

The wands of Harry and the Death Eaters were thrown out of their hands immediately, and they flew towards the entrance leading to the Hall of Prophecy.They both scrambled to their feet and ran after their wands, the Death Eater at the front and Harry at the rear.Neville froze behind, obviously stunned by what he had just done.

"Get out of the way, Harry!" Neville yelled again, obviously trying to make up for his mistakes.

Harry stepped aside quickly as he took aim and mouthed the spell again.

"Passed out!"

The red light passed over the Death Eater's shoulder and hit a closet with a glass front door on a wall covered with various hourglasses.The closet fell to the floor, shattered, glass flew everywhere, then bounced back to the wall, intact, then fell again, shattered - the Death Eater's wand lying on the gleaming On the floor next to the bell jar, he snatched it up.When he turned, Harry crouched quickly behind another table; his visor slid down over his eyes.So he tore off the mask with his free hand, yelling, "Dizzy—"

"Damn!" Hermione yelled at the top of her lungs after she had caught up with them.A flash of red light struck the Death Eater's chest: he froze, arms still raised, his wand fell to the ground with a clatter, and fell on his back towards the glass bell behind him.Harry thought he would bang against the solid glass and slide down the glass bell to the floor.However, his head sank through the bell jar as if it were nothing but a soap bubble, and then he became motionless, sprawled on the table, his head sunk in the flashing air of the bell jar inside.

At this time, the two Death Eaters suddenly apparated and came behind Luna, "All petrified!" "Fuchsia!" Neville and Luna hit two people together.

"Good job, Neville. Time to go!"

(End of this chapter)