Hogwarts Lion Girl

Just before Harry was caught by Umbridge and the Ministry of Magic officials, Salina pushed aside the branches that blocked her view and entered the dark Forbidden Forest.

At the edge of the Forbidden Forest, the sunlight fell on a tall female centaur with silver hair and wise eyes. It was the centaur Aria.

Salina walked quickly to Aria, greeted her with a smile, and said, "Aria, I need your help. Umbridge is the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. She is now the highest inquisitor at Hogwarts and is using various means to control the school. I hope you can help me hold her back for a while, at least so that she doesn't have time to control the castle before tomorrow."

Aria's silver mane sparkled in the moonlight. She lowered her head slightly, looked at the girl in front of her, and said in a deep voice: "We are happy to help you, Salina. In fact, our people are now full of resentment towards the Ministry of Magic. That woman is just a running dog sent by them. However, she is a wizard after all... I'm afraid we are no match for her."

Serena added: "My friends will try to take her wand away."

Aria nodded and said affirmatively: "That's no problem. Wizards without wands are nothing to be afraid of. We can handle it."

After saying goodbye to Aria, Salina turned around and walked back to Hogwarts.

The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the edge of the forbidden forest, making her figure look particularly slender.

Sharina walked lightly through the dark corridor and went straight to an empty classroom on the third floor of the castle.

She pushed open the door. The classroom was dimly lit, with only a few rays of sunset shining through a window.

Salina walked into the classroom and immediately saw Shanshan hiding in the shadow in the corner.

It seemed a little nervous. When it saw Salina coming in, it immediately walked out from the corner and bowed deeply to Salina, almost bumping into the textbooks piled next to it.

After standing firm, Winky tried to clear her throat and said in a shrill voice: "Good evening, Miss Swinburne. Winky has brought a letter from Mr. Percy Weasley."

As it spoke, it took out a letter from its hat and handed it to Salina.

Salina took the letter, took out a handful of candy from her pocket and handed it to Shanshan, "Thank you, Shanshan. Please wait for me for a moment. I will need your help to reply to the letter later."

Winky grabbed the candy, peeled off the candy wrapper impatiently, put the candy into her mouth, and while chewing, she nodded repeatedly and said vaguely: "Winky is happy to serve Miss Salina."

Salina couldn't wait to open the envelope, and Percy's familiar handwriting came into view.

In the letter, Percy told Salina that he had followed her plan and secretly cooperated with Voldemort's men to successfully complete the arrangement. Today, most of the officials of the Ministry of Magic will accompany Minister Fudge to the Department of Magical Transportation to attend a lecture on the new Floo network, and no one will stay in the Ministry of Magic.

In addition, Percy has asked Winky to deliver the prophecy ball that Serena mentioned before.

The one now stored in the Ministry of Magic is just a fake infused with ordinary memories.

Percy added at the end of the letter that he had seen Sirius put on the amulet that Salina had repeatedly urged him to give to him the day before, and Sirius had promised him that he would never take it off.

Sharina gently placed Percy's letter on the table, smoothed out the wrinkles on the paper with her hands, then turned and walked towards the package in the corner of the room.

She bent down and opened the package. Inside lay a crystal ball, which was exactly the prophecy ball she needed.

Salina carefully picked up the prophecy ball and placed it on the table.

Salina gently placed her hand on the prophecy ball, and felt a cool touch on her fingertips.

The clouds in the prophecy ball began to roll, like boiling water, or like a sign of a coming storm.

Salina held her breath and stared intently at the prophecy ball, trying to see through the swirling fog inside.

Gradually, the rolling clouds slowed down and began to dissipate, revealing a dim room.

In the room, Professor Trelawney sat on a high stool, looking dazed;

Dumbledore sat opposite her, his brows furrowed and his expression serious.

Salina saw Professor Trelawney say in a vague, ethereal voice that the Potter child would become the destroyer of Voldemort.

Salina's eyes withdrew from the prophecy ball, the scene in front of her gradually dissipated, and the clouds in the prophecy ball rolled up again, obscuring the previous picture.

She took a deep breath and slowly removed her hand from the prophecy ball.

The prophecy ball lost its temperature and became cold again.

Serena picked it up, put it back into the package in the corner of the room, and then tied the package carefully.

Salina stood up and turned to Shanshan, who was still smacking her lips while eating candy.

She patted the twinkle's head gently to get its attention.

"Sparkling," Salina said to it softly, "This package contains something very important. Before I ask you for it, you have to keep it safe for me, okay?"

She pointed to the package in the corner of the room.

Upon hearing this, Shanshan immediately stopped eating the candy, jumped off the chair, ran to the package, circled around it twice, then raised his head and nodded seriously to Salina, indicating that he accepted the task.

At the same time, on the other side, Umbridge shrilly ordered Snape to get the truth serum, her bulging eyes flashing with vicious light, as if she couldn't wait to pry open Harry's mouth.

Snape had a gloomy face and turned without saying a word, walked to the cabinet in the corner of the office, opened the drawer, and deliberately made a harsh sound.

Then he announced coldly that the truth serum had run out and the last bottle had been used in the interrogation of Qiu Zhang.

Harry was shocked when he heard this, and then he realized that Qiu had not betrayed them, but was forced to confess by Umbridge with the truth serum. But he had no time to think about it now, because after hearing what Snape said, Umbridge's face flashed a fierce look, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Then use the Cruciatus Curse!"

As she spoke, she raised her wand and pointed it at Harry.

At this moment, Hermione suddenly shouted: "I know where Dumbledore's secret weapon is hidden!"

Hermione's words were like a thunder, exploding in the office. Umbridge's movements stopped abruptly. She slowly put down her wand, her face full of disbelief.

The whole room seemed to have been paused, and you could hear a pin drop. Everyone's eyes were focused on Hermione, waiting for her next words.

A hint of barely perceptible surprise appeared on Snape's originally expressionless face. He narrowed his eyes slightly and examined the girl in front of him.