the Gambler

Outside Hogwarts Castle, closest to the Forbidden Forest, Hermione and Ron were having a heated argument.At this time, the sky had already darkened, and strange cries could be heard from the depths of the Forbidden Forest from time to time.Ron sighed and glanced at the battered Ford beside him.After Marvolo and Malfoy left, he entered the Forbidden Forest alone, and finally found his damaged flying tool near the eight-legged spider's lair.Of course, the middle is full of dangers. If it wasn't for Firenze's protection, he might not know where he was lying in the corner.The place where the flying car is found is also where Ron meets Dobby, Malfoy and -- Nagini.

The freckles on Ron's face faded from fear at the thought of that terrible big snake.Fortunately, the other party seemed to be completely uninterested in him, twisting his body and happily chasing the rabbit to the depths of the Forbidden Forest.As soon as the giant snake left, Malfoy sat slumped on the ground, unable to recover for a long time.On the contrary, Dobby looked very happy. At Ron's request, the house elf snapped his fingers, and they were all moved to the open space in front of the castle.Before he had time to breathe a sigh of relief, he looked at his girlfriend with extremely angry eyes.

"Never! Never run into the Forbidden Forest alone!" Hermione screamed in a high-decibel voice that shook the eardrums, her eyes filled with tears, and she threw herself into Ron's arms the next moment, Sobbing and crying.Draco glanced at them boredly, always in the shock of being intimate with Nagini, with a look of lovelessness on his face.

"I can't just sit around, Hermione." Ron circled Hermione's back comfortingly, "Harry has been away for six hours, and even Malfoy is back."

Only then did Hermione notice the existence of the third person. She wiped away her tears in embarrassment, and said to Draco, "Your parents are in the principal's office now, with Principal McGonagall."

Draco jerked his head up, flashed a huge smile and ran to the castle impatiently.Hermione glanced down at Dobby, who was biting his lip disapprovingly at the poor shape of the Ford.Following the witch's gaze, Ron suddenly said, "Dobby, can you fix it?"

Dobby nodded vigorously.He stretched out his hand and drew a few circles in the air, and the golden light slowly fell from above. After about 3 minutes, what appeared in front of them was an intact car.Ron patted Dobby on the shoulder gratefully, turned around and grabbed Hermione's hands and shouted excitedly: "We can go pick Harry up!"

"You have a driver's license?" Hermione said.

"Oh, I just passed my exams. Crap, of course I didn't! Who cares now!" Ron huffed.

"But we can't, Harry told us to wait for him to come back." Hermione bit her lower lip hard, she was extremely contradictory now, Harry gave himself the command of the battle before he left because he believed that she would not Will be emotional, but also ready for possible sacrifices.This decision was cruel. If there was a choice between world peace and Harry's life, she would choose the former without hesitation, even if she had to spend the rest of her life with a sense of guilt.However, she couldn't tell Ron this. She knew better than anyone else that if Ron pushed behind her, she would put down her righteousness and go through fire and water for Harry.

Too cruel.

Hermione closed her eyes tightly, and it became difficult to even breathe.

She didn't know what to do.

She hated Harry Potter now.

"I'm sorry, Hermione." Ron sighed, "I couldn't wait any longer, even the ferret was involved in the rescue!"

"Don't say that, Harry will be safe." Hermione said choked up, tears rolled in her eyes, as if they were about to flow down, "We need to hold the rear position, Harry may return at any time."

"Those can be handed over to Luna and Neville, remember? They're equally efficient!" Ron glanced at Dobby who hadn't disappeared, and asked suspiciously, "Why didn't you go back to the castle? Winky is very worry about you."

"Dobby could bring Mr. Weasley and Miss Granger to Malfoy Manor! Just like Dobby brought Mr. Gaunt and Mr. Malfoy there!" the house-elf's voice trembled with excitement.

"Really? That would be great!" Ron looked back at Hermione's still hesitant expression, he lowered his voice and said softly, "Hermione, if Harry is still there, it means that the situation is not good. It's too ideal, we'd better go and have a look. I know you're worried about the situation of the Volpes Knights, but isn't Ginny here?"

"Okay." Hermione nodded, and she and Ron held Dobby's hand at the same time. Before they disappeared, the witch suddenly stopped their movements and pointed to the car next to her, "Take that, just in case just in case."

Dobby lowered his huge head, pitifully, "The great Mr. Harry Potter won't let Dobby go back to pick him up. He's in very bad condition, sir! The appearance of his entourage will aggravate the wound."

"That's why we need flying cars." Ron forced a consoling smile.

The next moment, the three disappeared into the open space at the same time.

The landing was not as smooth as expected, they were almost bounced off by a force that crushed their internal organs, and fell heavily on the hard stone road.Hermione got up from the ground, patted the grass clippings on her robes, and frowned at the burning house.She took a step towards the open iron door, and Ron followed closely behind.The footsteps stopped due to invisible obstacles, and Hermione put her hand on the barrier and said regretfully, "The situation is not very good. Dobby can't enter, and there are tracking and anti-apparation barriers around."

"What do you mean?" Ron put his hand on it too.

"The vicious Dark Lord adjusted the barrier. Dobby didn't know how to do it," said the house elf, whose face was covered with tears. He sniffed his nose a few times, and beat the barrier continuously with his small fist. It's Dobby's fault, Dobby should have brought Mr. Harry Potter out with him! Dobby is a bad elf, Dobby can't even protect the great Mr. Harry Potter! Dobby is a useless elf !"

Hermione put her arms around Dobby's body and comforted her softly: "It's not your fault, Dobby. Harry must have a way to get out, don't you believe him?" She squinted her eyes and looked carefully for a while, " Do you know how to get out of it?"

"Let the Dark Lord adjust the barrier," said Dobby, sobbing. "Only the Dark Lord can set Mr. Harry Potter free."

Hermione grinned, and her mood was obviously much happier: "Dobby, listen to me, Marvolo is inside, remember?"

Dobby nodded.

"He can get Harry out," said Hermione. "You go back to Hogwarts first and tell Headmaster McGonagall we'll be back soon. Only you can break through the barrier and get out here. Ron and I have to use a special way, understand?"

As soon as Draco and Nagini were sent away, there was another explosion above their heads.Harry raised his head and stared straight at the ceiling. The crystal chandelier shook a few times, and white dust swirled down his hood.He coughed a few times, wiped the stains off his face with his sleeve, kicked the floor, and jumped directly out of Voldemort's bedroom window.Harry tripped over a dense fence and almost fell into the mud.Too bad, he thought, now he's covered in bruises.Draco and Nagini were absent, and it would be very difficult to protect themselves if something happened.Calling that the work of heroism, Harry regretted it a little.

The boy had to hide behind the fence and wait patiently for Tom to appear.The waiting time was always very long, and considering the sound of explosions everywhere, he really didn't know where the possibility of encountering Tom was higher.Patience has never been Harry's strong point. Hermione's evaluation of others is 3 minutes hot, and Harry doesn't even have two and a half minutes.Thinking of the anxious expression that might appear on his friend's face now, Harry calmed down and shrank his body closer to the bushes.

Wait, he suddenly felt something hot inside his clothes.Harry took out the threaded Galleon from his collar, and a row of Ron's handwriting appeared crookedly on it.

[The main entrance of Malfoy Manor. 】

Harry stuck his head out in confusion and looked towards the carved iron door. In the flickering fire, something red seemed to flash past.He took a closer look again, and a silhouette of a suspected Ford car emerged from the edge of the woods.There was another explosion sound overhead, and a familiar figure jumped out from above, bringing up a long chain of shards of glass. Harry waved his wand swiftly, and an invisible barrier blocked the two of them, blocking the glass that was raining down one after another. scum.The visitor turned around quickly, with a big smile on his face. It was like a round balloon was placed on Harry's chest. The moment he saw Tom, he overflowed with joy, almost breaking the surface of the rubber.

"You're fine." The two said at the same time.

"Let's go separately, then he will disperse his forces."

"I won't let you slip out of my sight. Every time I give you a chance to make your own decisions, you will do something worse." Tom said coldly, "Voldemort also knows."

"Damn it, what are you going to do then!" Harry pointed angrily at Ron and Hermione, who were separated by a barrier and huddled behind the woods not far away, trying to hide their existence, "They can't be Voldemort found it!"

"I need time to adjust the barrier." Tom hissed suddenly, and a group of small snakes crawled out from under the rubble. Ron jumped out of the shelter as if shocked by electricity, and quickly hid behind Hermione, his face pale with surprise.

"For Merlin's sake! I hate snakes! Very much!"

Tom stretched out his wand and tapped the snakes, they slowly turned into Harry and Tom, he waved it again, and all the copies were combined in twos, Harry raised his eyebrows and looked at 'Tom' and 'Harry' Holding hands, I couldn't help blurting out: "Who is so close when running for their lives? Can't you be more realistic and run away in six groups?"

"My possessiveness doesn't allow this kind of behavior." Tom gave instructions again, and those people fled in all directions, leaving only the two of them staying where they were.Tom turned to Ron and said, "Start the car now and rush towards us when the gold coins are hot. Time is running out, animals are no better than humans, and their camouflage will soon be exposed."

The plan went smoothly, and after they met, they left Malfoy Manor in a rickety flying car. The car drove at the fastest speed, and the pointer on the dashboard turned rapidly.Harry stretched out on the back seat, and tilted his head to look at Tom, who was still serious.He bumped the opponent with his elbow and asked with interest, "How did you escape?"

"I told Voldemort we were on one side," said Tom, "because we are one."

"I don't think that's an excuse for him to let you go, there are so many Death Eaters out there."

"That's right, he still wants my life, so I said I've thought it through, first cheated your trust, and then brought you back to the past," Tom said indifferently, "Oh, I told him that the magic circle is in Gerry Mo Square."

"He trusts you?" Hermione asked, turning from the passenger seat.

"Of course not, but he hesitated for a moment, and I took the opportunity to escape." Tom smiled, "Love is the most powerful magic, I believe it a little bit now, at least it can suddenly make Voldemort's IQ drop a few levels. "

Ron squeezed out a few dry laughs: "This is funny, you are mocking your future self."