the Gambler

On an ordinary stone path in the streets of London, a group of wizards appeared out of nowhere in front of a row of residential houses. They were all covered by cloaks, only a pair of eyes were exposed.Even so, one can clearly see that the one walking in the front is a witch, her curly black hair leaked out from the hood, her breathing was extremely heavy, as if seeing a baby that made her fascinated, the dark gray pupils Reflects greedy light.Bellatrix's unconcealable excitement was also shown in her current fast speed. The other wizards almost had to trot to catch up with her pace, and all kinds of boots knocked on the slate to make a rattling sound .

"Okay! Here it is!" Bellatrix gasped, she nodded to the man beside her, the latter took a step forward, took off the hood, revealing the long glossy black hair and huge buttocks Hawk nose.

Severus Snape was in there too.

"No. 12, Grimmauld Place." He said in a gloomy voice.

The house in front of me began to move slowly, and slowly, the outline of Black's old house appeared in the middle. Bellatrix clapped her hands excitedly, and shouted in a shrill voice: "It's been a long time! I feel like It's like I've never been here again in my life! It's all a good thing my dear nephew did! Invite those scumbags in the Turkey Club and keep the real Blake out!"

"There's no need to be passionate now, Bella, you can spend all your energy on dealing with the Order of the Phoenix," Snape said angrily.

"Dear Sif, don't be complacent just because you have provided this useful information. The lord will know who should be regarded as the right and left hand." Bellatrix couldn't help but think of Lucius. He stopped snorting, "It's definitely not the white peacock. Apart from a little family property and political connections, he has nothing to show off."

"Isn't it too vicious to say that your brother-in-law is so vicious?" Rabastan said, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was in a happy mood, and he didn't mean to condemn the other party at all.

"I'm just being fair, Rabastan, don't you agree with my point of view?" Bellatrix said maliciously, "It's different from us being grounded in the house, but Lucius came to Feel free to go. I've been depressed about this for a while, and I'm going to make it up tonight. I have to torture a few more wizards anyway. Moody is a good choice. Last time he left a scar on my chest-- "She said as she opened her skirt, revealing a large area of ​​snow-white skin. Under the moonlight, the pink scar looked particularly obvious.

"Control yourself, Bella." Rodolphs reminded, and he walked quickly to the front door. Just as he touched the stone steps, the door opened, and the loud siren woke up the occupants of the house.For a moment, the noise filled the whole room, the lights in the corridor flicked on, there were creaking footsteps on the stairs leading to the top, and lights of various colors shot at the unwelcome guests.

"This welcome gift is really too big!" Bellatrix shouted excitedly. She was the only one among the Death Eaters who had received Voldemort's personal training in dueling skills. The wand was flying wildly in her hand, invisible. The barrier appeared in front of everyone, and she continued to yell, "Hurry up! This won't last long, get rid of Moody first!"

"Easy to say!" Moody yelled in a rough voice and jumped down from the stairs. He quickly summoned the dilapidated sofa to block the attack, and grabbed the nearest warlock with a long twisted face.Moody let out a deep growl, leaned forward slightly, and circled Dolokhov like a hunter: "God gave me the opportunity to arrest you again, Anthony Dolokhov."

"Dream!" Dolohov waved his wand, the green light burst, Moody dodged sideways, and cast a spell back.Dolokhov took a step back and bumped into Avery, both of them groaning in pain at the same time.

"It's trash." Bellatrix complained in a low voice, "Get out of the way, this place is too narrow for fighting, go to the hall!" She shot the Cruciatus Curse at Moody, and at the same time , the other Death Eaters seized the opportunity to rush into the depths of the house, leaving Bellatrix and Dolohov alone.The witch clicked her tongue and rolled her eyes at the latter.

"Make yourself useful!" She smacked her mouth and said disdainfully.

"Ah, Remus Lupine, long time no see." Greyback hissed with his mouth open, and the glistening saliva dripped down his jaw onto the floor.Remus turned cold, put Tonks behind him, and quickly cast several spells on him. Tonks was not to be outdone, and the cooperation of the two forced the werewolf to the corner of the living room.Their fight was perhaps the most violent, with broken furniture and burnt marks all over the field.Greyback roared loudly, and threw himself at Tonks under the spell of the curse. He was bounced off by the sudden appearance of Sirius, and his bulky body slammed into the portrait hanging on the wall. The velvet curtain fell, and Walb Jia's angry roar made everyone cringe involuntarily: "You unfilial son! You have tarnished the ancient and noble Black family lineage! Before you bring in those disgusting and despicable werewolves, half-giants, pure-blood traitors and half-bloods! In the future, you will destroy our ancestral house now! It's unbelievable!"

"Auntie!" Bellatrix said suddenly, she was still pulling Moody's unconscious body in her hands, dragging the blood that stretched from the outside, "We are cleaning up those dirty blood! Will you Support us! An order from the Dark Lord himself!"

Walburga froze, glanced at Sirius quickly, and said uncertainly: "But Marvolo—"

Bellatrix quickly caught Marvolo's name and frowned: "Who the hell is Marvolo? He looks very similar to his master."

"he is the one--"

"There's no need to talk now, Walburga dear." Voldemort's slender figure turned from the other side of the corridor, and was exposed in front of the stunned crowd.His appearance caused the temperature in the room to drop instantly, and the suppressed magic power made people breathless. Walburga was the only one who was not affected, but she was already too shocked to speak.

Voldemort waved his arm, and the portrait was covered again.He made a hair-raising hiss, and Nagini's huge body slowly slid out of the shadows. She wrapped her body around Voldemort, stuck her head out to show a threat to everyone, and her forked red tongue seemed to be Tasting the fear in the air, Nagini grinned, revealing sharp fangs.

All members of the Order of the Phoenix seemed to be frozen in place. The news that Snape brought did not include the arrival of Voldemort. Judging from the similarly shocked expressions of the other Death Eaters, this was the Dark Lord's improvisation.Perhaps it was more than that, Sirius' heart sank, Voldemort may have discovered the existence of the eyeliner, and in turn used Snape to spread false information, at least judging from the current situation, Voldemort is more inclined to keep track of his whereabouts and act recklessly.He does have the capital of publicity.

The wand seemed to be slipping from the trembling fingertips, Sirius swallowed, and swished the wand, a big silver-white dog scattered the crowd and disappeared into the boundless darkness.Voldemort raised the corner of his mouth and observed Sirius' pale face with interest. In the blink of an eye, the other party curled up and writhed and struggled on the floor.Sirius kept howling in pain, he never knew he could make such a high-decibel sound, it was as if his entire throat had been ripped open, and his mouth was filled with the smell of blood.He wished he could just pass out, but the pride of being a Gryffindor made him grit his teeth and gasp.

"Very good, Blake." Voldemort raised his wand, and a fist-sized stone slowly appeared in midair and landed in Voldemort's palm. He grinned, and his tone was full of sarcasm. Hide away? That old bee is really thoughtful, worried that I will leave a way for the next development. I have to admit that I am touched. He really guessed that I would go to Nicole Flamel, but he didn’t Thinking that my speed is faster—oh, by the way, remember to convey to me that his old friend is not missing, but has died in a more complete way." Voldemort kicked Sirius' waist, "And you, Blake, wait patiently, and I will take your life before Harry."

"You've started to distance yourself from me since you came back this afternoon." Tom moved forward a few steps, and slowly stood in front of Harry. Their faces were very close, and their breath hit each other, which should have been ambiguous. But because of Harry's cold attitude, his posture looked like two lifeless stone statues, who didn't even fix their eyes on him.Tom cursed inwardly, and slapped his hand away from Harry's face.Rejected by his lover, he kicked the wall behind Harry in frustration.

"Speak." Really unable to bear being treated negatively, Tom emphasized his tone, "Speak!"

Harry looked at each other calmly.

Tom took another step closer, and took advantage of his height to trap Harry between his arms and the wall. His black hair was scattered on Harry's forehead, and his eyes were cold: "Talking to me at least shows that you are angry with me." Reason. You can't challenge me over and over again, Harry, what I need is an equally strong partner instead of a child throwing a tantrum."

Harry's mouth curled into a sneer.

"You're too emotional." Tom looked into Harry's eyes.

Harry drew out his wand quickly, and the sound of slicing through the air rang in Tom's ears. In the next second, his body was frozen on the ground and could not move.Just as Tom was about to speak, Harry's expression suddenly became contorted. He shook his body, leaned on the wall and stared at himself angrily.

"what's the situation?"

"I don't think this is a good time to talk." Harry said through gritted teeth, his fingernails digging deep into his palms, a rage that didn't belong to him burst through the barrier, and his scar burned like fire.From the back of his mind he could glimpse fragments of a village engulfed in flames, a dying Muggle and - twitching Sirius.

Hatred exploded in Harry's body. He pushed away Tom who was standing in front of him, and ran towards the principal's office. He could hear footsteps behind him. Tom easily untied and followed closely behind him. .The cold night wind blew past his ears, and a silvery-white object attracted his attention. Tom's continuous shouts were ignored, and his heart was suddenly occupied by fear.It was the Patronus of Sirius, exactly the same as what he saw just now, he swung his wand for the last time before Voldemort used Cruciatus.

"Damn it!" Harry galloped at an unbelievable speed, but the Patronus was still much faster, and no matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't catch up to the big dog.Too much concentration caused him to hit a body hard, rebounding and falling to the ground.

"It's past curfew time, Mr. Potter." Professor McGonagall looked at his favorite student disapprovingly, "let alone running in the corridors, I'm sorry I'm going to give Gryffindor a—"

"Sirius!" Harry yelled.

Professor McGonagall straightened up quickly, grabbed Harry's arm and pulled the boy into the shadow beside the armor, speaking very anxiously: "You have contact with him? Dumbledore forbids him to reveal the news of the Order of the Phoenix, The Dark Lord is likely to monitor your communications!"

"No, Voldemort attacked the headquarters!" Harry said, "I saw it!"

"It may be a trap that also attracts you, Mr. Potter." McGonagall's knuckles turned white. "He has used this more than once. You should have learned Occlumency, right?"

"I'm not lying!" Harry said dejectedly, "Sirius' Patronus just ran over!"

Professor McGonagall opened her mouth wide, and she quickly took Harry's hand and turned to walk in the direction of the principal's office, just as Dumbledore also came quickly from the opposite side.His eyes flicked over to McGonagall and Harry, before pausing behind them.Harry turned his head to see Tom coming around the corner with a grim face.There was no surprise on Dumbledore's face. He suddenly looked up, and Fox's fiery red figure pierced the night sky and stayed above them.Dumbledore grabbed the phoenix's tail feathers and briefly explained the situation: "There was an attack on Grimmauld Place."