Harry Potter: The Path of Destiny

Nydia was a little absent-minded throughout the Halloween dinner. She sat next to Harry, with her wand in the pocket of her robe so that she could pull it out at any time for convenience.

Her eyes were sometimes looking at the door and sometimes at Dumbledore at the staff table. This emotion was very contradictory. She was looking forward to Sirius appearing, but she was also worried that his appearance would not be what she expected.

"What's wrong with you? You look nervous, worried about something." Harry felt something was wrong with Nitya. She couldn't even show any reaction to the wonderful performances of the ghosts.

"It's nothing, I'm just not interested in these things." Nidia's eyes flickered.

"Hogsmeade must be very interesting, right? Others are not that interesting in comparison." Harry said a little disappointed.

"Harry, you will have a chance to go to Hogsmeade." Nydia comforted.

"No, the Dursleys won't sign for me."

"They don't need to sign, you can let them." Originally Nydia wanted to say that Sirius, as his godfather, could also sign for him, but when she thought that the matter had not been finalized yet, she didn't want Harry to be happy in vain, "You You can ask Fred and George to find you a secret passage to Hogsmeade, they will definitely know it."

"Secret Passage" Harry looked at Nydia in surprise.

"Yes, there are many passages to other places in the school. They should be able to tell you one that leads to Hogsmeade."

"Really?" Harry said excitedly.

"Shh, please keep your voice down, this is not something that can be done openly." Nidia looked around nervously, and she felt relieved after making sure that everyone else was still indulging in the dinner.

"I'm just so happy. You don't know how I feel just watching you go by. It's so terrible." Harry said happily, "By the way, when you went to Hogsmeade today, the Fat Lady The password has changed again, and now the new password is butterbeer."

"What password has been changed?" Then Sirius can't enter the common room.

"Yeah, it's hard for people to remember it after changing like this. Neville has been locked out several times."

"My stomach feels a little uncomfortable. I need to go to the toilet." After saying that, Nydia ran out of the restaurant in a panic. She didn't know if Sirius was already here, hoping to find him before he was about to enter the common room. he.

Nydia hoped that it would be too late, but when she returned to the door of the Gryffindor common room, she was shocked by the scene in front of her. The portrait of the Fat Lady was empty, and the portrait had been hacked with a sharp weapon. , canvas fragments were scattered all over the floor, and a large piece of canvas was simply torn away. You don't have to think twice to know that this must have been Sirius' doing.

Judging from the situation at the scene, he failed to go in, so where will he be now? Has he gone out? Nydia began to look around for Sirius. It would be fine if he got out safely. He destroyed the scene like that. , as long as someone finds out, he will definitely report it to the teacher immediately. If he can't go out by then, it will be troublesome.

She checked the classrooms one after another. When she passed by a portrait that was taller than a person on the fifth floor, a hand suddenly stretched out from the portrait and pulled her in.

Nydia immediately took out the wand that had been prepared in the pocket of her robe, but a hand had already covered her mouth, "Shh it's me" Sirius' hoarse voice rang in her ears.

Seeing that Nidia had stopped resisting, Sirius let go of his hand. Nidia turned her head and looked at Sirius, "The password was changed in the afternoon, and I just got the news."

"That stubborn fat lady has already told me." Sirius said with some regret.

"Why did you attack her? Now she doesn't know where to hide. We can't get in even if we have the correct password."

"I'm too impatient. He's inside and I can't get in, and I can't find you." Sirius said with some annoyance.

"You can ask Crookshanks to come to me." As long as Crookshanks appears, Nydia will know that there must be something wrong with Sirius.

"I can't think about that much at the moment. I really don't want to wait any longer. I've been waiting for twelve years." Sirius became a little excited again.

"But the result now is that you have to wait for a while. This will not only alert Pettigrew and let Pettigrew know that you have come here to find him, but will also make the school's security tighter." That's it. We can only wait a while longer before looking for opportunities. "where is this place"

Nydia began to look around this place. This should be a secret passage, similar to the secret passage structure that the Weasley twins took her through, but the difference was that the entrance portrait of this secret passage seemed to be a Like a one-way mirror, it looks like a portrait from the outside, but you can clearly see the outside scene from the inside. Nidia stretched out her hand to touch the edge of the portrait, but she touched nothing and her hand went directly through it.

"It's amazing, isn't it? You can penetrate the screen directly from the inside, and even bring in things from the outside through the screen. That's how I dragged you in just now, but it can't be done from the outside. There is no spell. It doesn't matter from the outside. It still looks like an ordinary painting to the touch." Looking at the surprised expression on Nidia's face, Sirius looked a little proud, "This secret passage can lead directly to the Black Lake."

"Then you can get out safely from here." Knowing such a secret passage, no wonder Sirius dared to go back to school to find Pettigrew.

"Yes, I originally planned to leave just like that, but I happened to see you coming over and looking around. I think you have seen the damaged portrait and are looking for me," Sirius said.

"I'm just making sure you've left. The dinner is almost in progress. It won't be long before someone discovers the portrait. You'd better leave as soon as possible."

"Okay" Sirius suddenly looked through the portrait and looked out of the secret passage, "Why would a Slytherin appear here? Shouldn't their common room be in the basement?"

Nydia was startled and turned her head to look outside. Sure enough, it was Draco. Every time she sneaked out of the banquet, he would follow her.

"He should have come to see me. No, we can't let him stay here. A Slytherin appearing here at this time can easily arouse others' suspicion. Plus his relationship with you, there may be rumors. What kind of rumors are they?" In the past few years in school, Nidia has deeply understood the terrifying nature of rumors.

"Who is this kid related to me?" Sirius looked at Draco. He didn't pay attention before, but after Nidia said this, he felt that this kid looked familiar when he looked at it now. Could it be?

"Draco Malfoy, your cousin's son." Nydia turned to look at Sirius. The last time he was a little far away, but this time when he looked up close, he realized that Sirius's eyes were somewhat similar to Draco's. , both are gray, but Draco's gray has a touch of blue, while Sirius's eyes are a purer gray, which looks very deep.

"Aha, let me tell you, he looks like a smaller version of Lucius Malfoy." Sirius looked at Draco and then at Nydia, "You two have a good relationship."

Nydia nodded. She looked at Draco anxiously and saw that he was already preparing to go upstairs to the Gryffindor lounge. "You should leave quickly. I have to stop him." ”

Nidia passed through the frame and returned to the outside. Then she looked back at the painting behind her. It looked no different from the other paintings. She stretched out her hand to touch it again. What she touched was only the painting. She could not touch it. penetrate.

"I forgot to ask Sirius to tell me the spell." Nidia was a little annoyed. How could she let go of such an interesting secret passage?

"Draco" Nydia called Draco who was about to go upstairs.

Draco turned around in surprise, "Why are you behind me, Nydia?"

"I just went to the toilet, why are you here?" He avoided eye contact with Draco.

"You looked restless throughout the banquet. Did something happen?" Draco looked at Nydia, "Or is there something wrong with your body?"

"No, none. I just feel a little bored. It's like this every year." Nidia replied, "I have nothing to do. You can go back quickly."

Draco frowned and said displeased, "Are you driving me away?" He was unhappy that Nydia quickly asked him to leave without saying a few words.

"No, that's not what I meant. It's just that it's not good for others to see you around here at this time." As soon as Nidia finished speaking, there was a burst of footsteps not far away. It seemed that the dinner was completely over. , Nydia quickly pulled Draco to the nearest classroom and hid.

"Why are you hiding?" Draco asked confused.

"This road leads to the Gryffindor common room. It is inappropriate for you, a Slytherin, to appear here."

"It's not appropriate. It's not time to turn off the lights yet. Why would it be inappropriate for me to be somewhere?" Draco happened to see Harry and others passing by through the crack in the door that wasn't closed tightly. "What on earth do you think I am?" It’s not appropriate here, and I’m still worried about being seen by others. It’s not appropriate for the two of us to be together.”

"What are you talking about?" Although Nydia didn't understand what Draco meant, she could clearly feel that Draco's mood was not right. "Draco, I just don't want you to get into unnecessary trouble."

"What trouble?" Draco looked at Nydia suspiciously.

"This" Nitya couldn't say.

At this time, the crowd outside became noisy, and they heard someone shouting loudly, "Go tell Professor McGonagall and Principal Dumbledore."

"What happened?" Draco's attention was attracted by the situation outside, and he was about to go out to check the situation.

"No" Nydia grabbed Draco, "You can't go out now, wait until everyone has left before going out."

Soon, the crowd outside was attracted by the situation in front of the Gryffindor lounge and ran over quickly. Now the outside became empty again.

"Draco, please go back to the Slytherin common room quickly and don't tell others that you have been here." Nydia said with a pleading tone.

"What is going on? What happened at your college?" Draco felt that Nydia seemed to be hiding something.

"I don't know. Anyway, please go back quickly." Nydia urged Draco to leave again.

Being urged to go back by Nydia over and over again, Draco's mood became very bad, "Okay, as you wish." Draco walked away angrily.