HP meets at Hogwarts

"The three of you stayed up all night discussing Crouch?" Ann asked in shock.

Harry, Ron and Hermione all looked puffy and pale.

"Actually, we slept for four hours!" Hermione explained.

An still looked surprised, "What's the difference between this and staying up all night? Then what did you discuss last night?"

The three looked at each other and shook their heads.

Ann frowned and looked at the three of them, "Okay, then why are you looking for me? Professor Dumbledore must have notified the Ministry of Magic about what happened last night, and the investigation probably started last night, maybe now The results of the investigation have also come out..."

"We wanted to talk to you about what happened last night..." said Harry.

"Opinion?" Ann said.

Harry nodded.

"What's your opinion?"

"Uh... like what Mr. Crouch said? About Bertha Jorkins' disappearance? About Voldemort's power? About Mr. Crouch's son? About a wrong thing he said and did?" Ron shuddered violently when Harry said the word Voldemort, and glared at Harry.

"He's talking crazy stuff..." Ron said with feigned certainty, "I think he must have been out of his mind!"

"But Mr. Crouch was at his most lucid when he said the man's name, and he kept saying he wanted to see Dumbledore," said Harry.

Hermione looked at Ann, and Ann thought for a while and said, "Mr. Crouch disappeared in the Forbidden Forest. It's really strange. Apparition is not allowed in Hogwarts Castle. What method will he use to leave? ?”

Hermione nodded. She and Ann were the only ones among the few who had read "Hogwarts, A School History". This commonality made them think similarly when discussing issues.

"According to Harry, his mental state and physical state at that time should not be able to transform himself. The appearance and disappearance of Mr. Crouch were very strange, and only Harry and Krum saw it. During the time, during which Harry and I went to find Professor Dumbledore, Krum passed out and Mr. Crouch disappeared. And Professor Moody, being an Auror, did not find any clues about Mr. Crouch... "Ann said thoughtfully.

Ann shrugged and said helplessly, "As for Bertha Jorkins, all I know is that she was once an unwelcome employee of the Ministry of Magic. The disappearance is a bit strange, mainly because the place and time of disappearance are wrong... About The person you mentioned is powerful and cannot be analyzed based on the current intelligence, as for him saying that he made a mistake..."

Ann played with a silver Sickle and said, "I think the mistake he made may be the cause of his strange behavior, but it's a pity he didn't meet Professor Dumbledore..."

"I agree with Ann's last point," said Hermione. "After he fired Winky in a blunt way, the unsatisfactory life probably brought a series of problems. Winky said that she kept many secrets for her master, so K If Mr. Rauch's problems during the Triwizard Tournament were due to a big mistake he made, and a serious big mistake at that time, it would be reasonable for him to come to Professor Dumbledore! Professor Dumbledore is One of the most powerful wizards in the wizarding world right now, he was once nominated to be Minister for Magic, but he turned it down."

"So what could this mistake be?" Harry asked.

Yin Xike twirled nimbly at the fingertips, Ann asked Hermione, "What do you think?"

"What Mr. Crouch said, we now assume that it is true, so this mistake can connect the disappearance of Bertha Jorkins, the power of Voldemort, and the little Crouch? If this is the case, we may Starting with Mr. Crouch's experience after his son's death in Azkaban? Should give us a clue?"

After Hermione finished speaking in one breath, both Harry and Ron's eyes lit up.Ann couldn't help but sighed in her heart, Hermione was indeed very good, and she was not far from the truth.

Stretching, Ann stood up, "Hermione has already given a direction, I won't bother you to continue." He walked towards the door, and Ann stopped at the door again, turning around and exhorting, "Hermione Min, remember to go to bed early tonight."

After getting Hermione's affirmative answer, An gave Hermione a big smile and went out.

Time soon came to the end of April, and Ann's ordinary life was broken.

"Karkaroff used to be a Death Eater! So did Snape!" Harry began to describe what he had seen in Professor Dumbledore's office.

Fanny covered her mouth in surprise when she heard the news, with a look of disbelief on her face.

An Ze didn't speak, just sat on the seat and rubbed her temples. She was pulled here by Hermione and Fanny at the same time.

Harry's scar ached during the divination class, and then he vaguely saw the conversation between Voldemort and Wormtail. Wormtail completed the task that Voldemort asked, but Voldemort was still very angry. He cast a spell Tortured Wormtail.

"Professor Dumbledore speculated that my scar hurts when Voldemort gets close to me, or when he develops a particularly strong desire for revenge..." Harry said, rubbing the scar on his forehead.

"Professor Dumbledore feels that the disappearances of Bertha Jorkins and Mr. Crouch are connected, but the Ministry of Magic doesn't think so... Minister Fudge said in the headmaster's office that Crouch was mad and in a daze, no Knowing where he went...and he also suspected that Madame Maxime attacked Crouch..." Harry continued, but his tone revealed his dissatisfaction with Fudge's statement.

"Actually, I think there is still a possibility..." Ron said slowly, "After all, she has the blood of a giant, although she refuses to admit it..."

"Of course she doesn't want to admit it," Hermione retorted sharply. "Look at what happened after Rita found out about Hagrid's mother. And look at Fudge, just because Madame Maxime has giant blood, he arbitrarily Think she is the murderer. Who would want to admit that kind of discrimination? If I had known the truth and the result would be like this, I would probably say that I have a big frame."

Hermione turned to look at Ann, "Harry asked Professor Dumbledore about Mr. Crouch's mistakes we discussed last time, but he didn't know what it was? We checked the past in the library The Daily Prophet, found nothing..."

For a while, there was no sound in the empty classroom, and everyone was silent.

Fanny tugged on La Ann's sleeve, motioning for Ann to say a few words.

After listening to Harry's statement in silence, what Ann said had nothing to do with any problems.

"When is the third item?"

No one else could react for a while, only Hermione answered in time, "May 5th."

"It's close..." said Ann, looking at Harry. "Are you ready for the third project?"

"Uh..." Harry glanced at Ron and Hermione, "The third project is the maze. With the help of Hermione and Ron, I learned a few spells..."

"What spells?" Ann continued to ask.

"Disarming Curse, Impeding Curse, Guiding Curse, Fainting..." Harry counted them one by one, wringing his fingers.

Ann nodded, "Do you still remember the Unforgivable Curse that Professor Moody said in a class?"

Harry nodded.

"Recite it again, and describe in detail each spell and the process of casting the spell and the reaction of the caster."

Although Harry looked puzzled, he said it anyway.

Ann nodded after listening. She looked at Hermione and said, "In the first section of the library, on the second and third row from the top of the spell bookshelf, there is a book "Quickly Mastering Several Hexes" ". Write a note to Professor McGonagall, borrow this book, there is no harm in learning a few curses."

"Ann, if you say that, will Harry be in any danger?" Fanny said in a panic.

"Aren't the first two items of the Triwizard Tournament dangerous? It's normal for the third item to be dangerous, and so many things have happened recently..." An said, "In short, it's always right to be cautious."

Fanny nodded along with Ron and Harry.

Although what Ann said was reasonable, Hermione heard something wrong from Ann's plain tone, and told her intuitively that Ann had something to hide, and it was different from the secrets she kept from the past. has a great impact.

"Professor Dumbledore's answer is already very good...he should have considered all the possibilities, there is still some time today, your top priority is to learn a few more emergency spells, I think if someone really wants to do something What, then everything will be revealed after the third item of the Triwizard Tournament..." An said, with a feeling that he was about to stop discussing.

Afterwards, Fanny chatted with Ron and Harry about some pointless questions, and they left the classroom.

Hermione stopped Ann the next day when Ann was about to go to the greenhouse after dinner.

"Ann, can we talk?"

On the corridor leading to the oak door on the first floor, there was no one there. The sun had not completely set, and the sunlight was twilight, reflecting a halo of light on Hermione standing in the backlight.

Looking around, Ann nodded.

"What's the matter?" Ann asked simply.

"Ann, are you..." Hermione faltered.

"You can just say it, it's okay." It was rare to see Hermione stammering.

"I actually want to ask, Ann, did you hide something when you talked to Harry yesterday?" Hermione said carefully, "I'm just curious...ah, just, I just feel the impact of this incident on you Not small…"

Ann looked at Hermione, she didn't see a hint of inquiry in the other's eyes, but she saw worry and worry.

"Heh... Fanny didn't see it, can I ask how you saw it?" Ann didn't answer the question directly.

"I noticed that when you were talking about danger, Ann, you squeezed your fingers tightly, and this action occasionally appeared when you were flipping coins... But at that time, I felt that the person you were looking at was not Harry."

"Really?" An didn't expect that it was a subconscious trick that betrayed her.

"Hermione..." Ann suddenly changed into a completely different tone from before, her voice was low and confused.

"Huh?" Hermione responded.

"If..." Ann said, "let's say, let's say you know one day that someone you know is leaving... the kind of leaving... that's going to a place and never coming back, and you didn't think you'd know this person before, And getting along with this person, in some respects, we even have a common language, but he is leaving, someone let him, or even forced him to leave...Will you try to save it?"

Hermione's first reaction was that Ann said that leaving was death, and she couldn't help trembling in her heart, but she didn't ask the question, but thought for a while before answering, "I don't know how far I can go , but I will do it, yes, I will save it..."

"What if the person who made him leave was very powerful? Very strong, very strong! Besides, you have a reason that you have to say?" An continued.

"Why?" Hermione blurted out.In fact, what she wanted to say could be more important than saving a life, but she swallowed the rest of the sentence.

An Cheng kept looking at Hermione's expression, she guessed what Hermione swallowed, and the words that came to her mouth were extremely bitter.

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I just finished writing... I have classes this morning and afternoon... There are typos or something... No wonder, I will change it when I don't have class tomorrow afternoon...