[Comprehensive British and American] Painting ghosts

After Christmas is over, the new year comes.

In the past year, although there have been terrible incidents in the wizarding world that are suspected of being resurrected by mysterious people, this has not affected the good mood of the little wizards in Hogwarts to celebrate the New Year.Decorations are hung everywhere, and the frequent celebrations and dances make the little wizards go crazy. Even though the final exam is approaching, they still don't have the heart to prepare for it.

But in the first week of the new year, something happened in the magic world that completely shattered this leisurely and happy atmosphere.

The Dark Mark is at it again, and this time it's accompanied by a serious wizarding prison attack, a dementor mutiny, Azkaban's near fall, and a massive escape of imprisoned Death Eaters, though eventually captured Part of it went back, but it didn't help.

During this attack, no one saw the Dark Lord.

The magic world fell into a new round of panic. They began to wonder whether a new leader of the Death Eaters had appeared, whether the third generation of the Dark Lord was born, and some people began to wonder whether the mysterious man was real. was killed.

Everything is unknown.

People only know that the Death Eaters are back, and they want to spread a new fear to the wizarding world.And the powerful power they advocate will still attract blind people to join the Death Eaters, and eventually their team will become larger and larger, just like ten years ago, hanging over the magic world like a dark cloud.

The Death Eaters' actions became more and more frequent.Werewolves, giants, and many magical creatures who were drawn into the Death Eaters' camp gradually started their actions and joined the Death Eaters' attack.

The wizards who participated in the Albanian forest battle began to be attacked one by one. Most of them were no longer young. Although they could escape under precaution, their descendants would inevitably suffer.This kind of behavior that even family members are not spared caused many reporters who learned the truth to write and publish in newspapers, but it didn't take long for these reporters to also be attacked.

The major newspapers in the magic world also fell into panic, the throat of public opinion was choked, and the panic of silence made people even more confused.

The power of the Death Eaters slowly developed under such chaos. In order to fight against the Death Eaters, Dumbledore established the Order of the Phoenix, summoned a large number of powerful wizards with a sense of justice to join, and launched a counterattack against the Death Eaters.

The Order of the Phoenix's counterattack was effective, the Death Eaters' movements were restricted, and the number of attacks gradually decreased.

But relatively, Dumbledore's time in school was getting shorter and shorter. A lot of field work and attacks left him at a loss, and he had to drag his old body around, although he was always in good health.

Even so, the Dark Lord never showed up.No one knows whether he is really resurrected, or if there is a new successor to take his place, and if there is a successor, who is the successor.

A turbulent spring passed like this, time passed slowly, the winter vacation passed, a new semester began, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day when the summer vacation was about to begin.

The most important attack arranged by Voldemort is about to begin - take Shen Yanzhou's office as the entry point, and directly capture Hogwarts.

The biggest threat to Dumbledore and his Order of the Phoenix will be contained by the sudden riot of magical creatures, and there will be attacks in various places at the same time, while the main force of the Death Eaters will directly enter Hogwarts through the fireplace in Shen Yanzhou's office. Control all the students in the absence of Hogwarts' overall combat effectiveness.

These students are the hope of the wizarding world, and controlling them is equivalent to controlling their families, and their families are the entire British wizarding world.

Shen Yanzhou was sitting at his desk, watching Voldemort and a few of his cronies sitting on his sofa with a blank expression, talking about tomorrow's action plan without any scruples.

After the discussion, the Death Eaters left Shen Yanzhou's office through the fireplace. Voldemort looked at the silent Shen Yanzhou, walked over suddenly, sat opposite him, and said softly, "Professor, what are your plans for tomorrow?"

"..." Shen Yanzhou looked at him coldly: "What do you want me to do?"

"I need you to deal with Dumbledore," said Voldemort.

"Hasn't Albus already been transferred by you?" Shen Yanzhou asked calmly.

"...Professor, what I want is not to be disturbed for a while." Voldemort was silent for a moment, then suddenly chuckled. "All I want is that Dumbledore never get in my way."

"You want me to kill him?" Shen Yanzhou smiled mockingly. "I'm not strong enough to kill the most powerful wizard in the world."

"Professor, you underestimate yourself," said Voldemort. "Although in a direct conflict, you may not be the opponent of the old bee, but using everything available, Dumbledore is definitely not your opponent."

"Oh? What can I use?" Shen Yanzhou said.

"Your godson," said Voldemort, the coldness in his eyes chilling. "Professor, I don't think you don't know that he has an invisibility cloak on his hand, right?"

"..." Shen Yanzhou looked up at Voldemort. "You saw it with Legilimency."

"Yes." Voldemort admitted simply. "The invisibility cloak is the first that can be used, and the second is Dumbledore's trust in you."

"..." Shen Yanzhou fell silent.

"His trust in you is comparable to my trust in you back then, and Dumbledore will never kill you..." Voldemort said calmly, but his eyes had already begun to glow abnormally blood red. "Betrayal should be familiar to the professor, right?"

Shen Yanzhou sighed, but didn't want to explain anything: "What if I say no?"

"The life of all Hogwarts students and the life of Dumbledore, you choose one." Voldemort said indifferently.

"If I agree to kill Albus, won't you hurt any Hogwarts student?" Shen Yanzhou asked softly after a long silence.If he didn't speak softly and held himself back desperately, he estimated that he would be so angry that he would roar.

"It can't be guaranteed, I'll try my best." Voldemort said coldly, in his usual joking and cruel tone. "I only know that if you don't do this, Hogwarts tomorrow will definitely be littered with dead bodies."

"But... don't worry too much, I will pave the way for you, you just need to complete the final blow."

……

Voldemort returned to the diary, while Shen Yanzhou stared blankly at the book on his desk, and did not turn the pages after a long time.

For the first time, he felt that he was a little homesick.

He opened the drawer and saw the Tianyan pen lying quietly inside.

He reached out and took out the Tianyan pen, holding it in his hand, the touch was still so cold and hard, he suddenly felt his eyes a little sore.

The way home is really long.

The only thing he hoped for now was that his operation would go smoothly tomorrow. Maybe this was another betrayal for the Dark Lord, but at least he didn't want to make another mistake.

……

The next day, Shen Yanzhou glanced at the timetable, it happened to be a second grade class.

"You don't have to teach them." Voldemort said lazily, sitting in the easy chair. "Anyway, it will be forced to stop halfway."

Shen Yanzhou ignored him, still packed his things as usual, then closed the door and left the office.

Voldemort looked at the closed door with no emotion in his dark pupils.

Shen Yanzhou walked to the classroom along the corridor, as usual, the noisy little wizards all stopped after he entered the classroom, and looked at him together.The sex between the little lions of Gryffindor and the little snakes of Slytherin is still so strong that they may not even know why the two houses have been hostile to each other for many years. There was no hatred on Tong Zhen's face.They also have no sense of the impending disaster. For them, perhaps Hogwarts is the safest place in the world.

Shen Yanzhou's gaze swept over their faces one by one, and he walked towards the podium with heavy steps.

This is probably his last lesson.

The lesson plan was placed on the table by him, and there was a very light collision sound, which was so clear in the classroom where needles could be heard.

"..." Shen Yanzhou looked up and saw James looking at him with a particularly bright smile. His friends were sitting beside him. Although they were a few brats who liked to bully others, they were also pure and kind in heart, and they were all very reliable. buddy.

Lily and Snape sat not far away, the only Gryffindor and Slytherin pair sitting together.Their relationship has always been very good. Lily is a very cheerful, lively and lovely girl. Shen Yanzhou still remembers the Christmas gift she gave him, a very good Muggle picture book.Snape was a potion genius who impressed Shen Yanzhou very deeply. Although he looked gloomy, his heart was unexpectedly soft.

Shen Yanzhou suddenly didn't want to give lectures anymore, he put away the lesson plans, took out a pen and paper, and said with a smile: "I don't give lectures today, how about I draw group portraits for everyone? You all sit down in your seats, and I will draw. "

The little wizards opened their mouths in surprise. They had never heard that Professor Shen would give portraits of students, and it was this kind of group portraits.

But when they thought that they didn't have to go to class, they would of course be very happy, and immediately found a posture they thought was the coolest and sat down, waiting for Shen Yanzhou to draw.

Shen Yanzhou picked up the pen, stood behind the podium and slowly began to draw lines.

While painting, he felt the Dark Mark on his arm start to burn like pain.He stopped writing and looked in the direction of his office.

Starting from that direction, the Dark Mark rose into the air.A dark green light shone in the air, full of evil and weirdness.

The Death Eaters have begun to gather.

Before everyone could finish painting, with a deafening roar, the earth trembled and the walls began to shake. All the characters in the portraits screamed and fled in all directions. The little wizards were startled and stood up from their seats one after another. , don't know what happened.

Shen Yanzhou decisively dropped the quill in his hand, and said loudly on the podium: "Everyone, stay in the classroom and don't go out! James, follow me!"

While talking, he wrote the word "Shou" with the Tianyan pen, covering the entire classroom. He grabbed the hand of James who rushed to the podium, and walked quickly towards the door.

"Professor, what happened?" someone asked behind him.

Shen Yanzhou paused for a moment, then turned his head and showed a comforting smile: "Don't worry, stay here, the professors will take care of everything."

After finishing speaking, he pulled James out of the classroom without looking back, and the bewildered little wizards stayed in the classroom, which was firmly protected by the guardian spell, together with the unfinished painting. .