Harry Potter: The Path of Destiny

"Nitya!" Harry interrupted Nitya's thoughts, "What do you think? It's about Snape!"

"I believe in Dumbledore's choice." She believed Snape even more, but Nydia did not say the rest of the words, because Harry and the others would not like to hear such an answer.

"By the way Harry!" Nydia suddenly remembered Snape's lost potion ingredients, "Did you... take the African snake bark from Snape?"

"No! I didn't." Harry immediately denied. "Snape also asked me this question. Dobby did get the gillweed for me, but I have never taken the African snake bark."

"Is it possible that Dobby also took it, and he also took some other things when he took the gillweed?" Ron said.

"No, Dobby only took the gillweed..." Harry said.

"How do you know he only took the gillweed? Maybe he couldn't tell which one was the gillweed, so he took a few more." Ron said.

"No, when Dobby gave me the gillweed, he clearly told me that it was the gillweed. He would not have failed to recognize it," Harry said.

"Dobby is a house elf, what use does he need the bark of the African snake tree!" Hermione said unhappily. She felt that Ron's words were slandering the house elves.

"Who knows! We can ask him, maybe it just happened to have other uses and we took it together!" Ron continued.

"Okay! Stop talking, I was there when Dobby took the gillweed, so I can be sure that Dobby only took the gillweed!" Nidia sighed and said, she didn't want to say it at first. , but she didn't want Ron and Hermione to have any unnecessary arguments because of this matter.

"You there? Were you the one who helped Dobby get the gillweed?" Harry's eyes held a hint of joy.

"This...it's not important. I'm just asking casually to see if you know anything about African snake bark." Nidia lowered her head slightly, trying to avoid Harry's eyes, "If you don't know Forget about love!"

"I remembered something that might be related to the loss of African snake bark." Harry said.

"What is it?" Nitya asked.

"Remember what I said about Mr. Crouch? He appeared in Snape's office that night," Harry said.

"You mean Mr. Crouch took Snape's materials? But how is that possible! The bark of the African snake is not so rare that Mr. Crouch needs to sneak into Snape's office in the middle of the night to steal it. If he If you need it, you can go to Diagon Alley to buy it. Unless..." Nydia thought for a while, "Unless he is in the castle, Snape is the closest choice for him."

"But we know that's impossible, don't we!" Hermione said, "If he is in the castle, then why doesn't he attend the ball and the second competition!"

The idea that Crouch was in the castle was originally said by Nydia herself casually, but after saying it, Nydia began to think that this idea seemed possible, although Hermione did not agree with it.

"What is the use of African snake bark? Why would anyone need to steal this?" Ron asked confused.

"There are several potions that require the use of African snake bark. The polyjuice potion we brewed in second grade required this," Hermione explained.

"Mr. Crouch stole Snape's materials just to make a potion. This is ridiculous," said Ron.

"I... just thought that there might be some contact, because he secretly went to Snape's office. This kind of behavior is very suspicious, isn't it!" Harry said with some embarrassment, and now even he himself began to feel that this idea seemed a bit ridiculous. .

"Forget it! Let's not worry about Snape's affairs. It's none of our business if his things are lost." Ron said unhappily, hoping to end this topic.

On Saturday, which was the day when Harry and the others were going to meet Sirius, Nydia didn’t want to go with Harry and the others, but she still wanted to meet Sirius, so she decided to wait until Harry and the others had finished meeting Sirius. Then I went to see him secretly alone.

"What are your plans today?" Nydia asked Draco after lunch. "Want to visit Hogsmeade?"

"Ah! I'm afraid I can't go there!" Draco said with some embarrassment, "I have to stay to do my history of magic thesis "Wizards' Interference in Muggle History". This gives me a headache, but I still need to go. What a waste of time to learn about Muggle history.”

"I have finished writing this article. Maybe I can provide you with some help. I can find you some helpful books in the library." Nidia said.

"No need..." Draco immediately refused, "I have found a few useful books myself. I just need to sort out the information. You don't need to waste your rest time on me."

Nydia looked at Draco in surprise, "How can this be a waste of time?"

"No, what I mean is that it is a rare opportunity to go to Hogsmeade Village. You should have fun and relax." Draco said nervously, "Call Michelle to accompany you."

"Brace asked Michelle out. They are going well recently, so I don't want to disturb them." Nidia said.

"Then you can ask someone else, Granger! Weasley's sister!" Draco said, "Chretien is also okay."

"You actually asked me to find Chretien?" Nidia was a little surprised! Draco didn't say anything, but Nydia could still tell that Draco didn't like that he often spent time with Chretien.

"I... I'm just afraid that you'll get bored by yourself!" Draco explained.

"Okay! Don't worry, I will find something to do." Nidia felt that Draco was acting a little strange. Normally, he would like to be with him all the time, but today he seemed to be pushing him away. look like. But Nydia didn't have too much entanglement, because originally she didn't have much time to spend with Draco, and she would have to go find Sirius later.

When they arrived at Hogsmeade, because they had to wait until Harry and the others came out before meeting Sirius, Nydia took a leisurely stroll around first. She went to Honeydukes to buy some candies, and brought some back to Draco. , the other part she planned to leave to Sirius, Harry and the others must have prepared enough food for him, plus the candies she gave him, he would definitely be even happier.

It was not until half past three that Harry and the others came out of the cave. Sirius also turned into Padfoot and followed them out. Nydia hid behind the bushes and waited until they were gone before getting up and walking towards the cave. .

Nydia was startled as soon as she entered the cave. She had almost forgotten that Buckbeak had been following Sirius. Her sudden intrusion aroused Buckbeak's alertness. Buckbeak was lying on the ground. He stood up and stared at Nitya closely.

Nidia quickly bowed deeply to Buckbeak, then looked up to see Buckbeak's reaction. Seeing that Buckbeak had no intention of returning the favor, Nidia said softly, "Hey! Buckbeak, let's We met, outside Hagrid’s hut, don’t you remember?”

Buckbeak tilted his head and looked at Nidia. After a long time, he finally bent his neck and saluted Nidia. Now Nidia finally breathed a sigh of relief and stood up straight, but She still hesitated to get too close to Buckbeak, even though Buckbeak was now acting very friendly.