94 hp Diagon Alley

It was the Death Eaters who broke into the Forbidden Forest and set them free.Harry threw Stunning Spells at them again and again, and the leader spider was knocked down, falling on top of its mate, and together they rolled down the castle and disappeared.Then another spell passed over Harry's head, so close that he felt the force of the spell blow his hair.

"Fred's ear!"

"It's too late, we'll all be eaten by spiders if we stay here—"

"Come on, go!"

Harry pushed Hermione forward, letting her walk with Ron, and leaned over and grabbed Fred by the arm.Percy understood Harry's intentions and helped him.They ducked to avoid the spell shot from the playground, and together they dragged Fred away from the danger zone.

"Percy, you have to take Fred to Madam Pomfrey, she must be helping the wounded somewhere in the castle," said Harry.

"I'm going now." Percy's face was still well stained with tears.Fred couldn't even open his eyes now, and the jolt just now seemed to make him pass out.

Harry still had the Horcrux in his heart, and when he saw Fred, he ran away with Ron and Hermione.Malfoy and Goyle were gone, the corridors were dusty and littered with shattered stones, and the windows were long gone.Harry saw many people running around at the end of the corridor, whether they were friends or foes.Turning a corner, Percy bellowed like a bull, "Rookwood!" and rushed at a tall wizard who was chasing two students.

It was the Death Eater who blew up Fred.

An extremely powerful curse touched Rookwood's shoulder, and the Death Eater's figure paused.Goatee-bearded Aberforth ran after him with his wand raised, turned his head, and said to Percy, frowning, "Go to the Great Hall, where the wounded are."

"Harry, here!" Hermione screamed.

She had put Ron behind a tapestry just now, and the two seemed to be twisted together.Harry didn't understand it for a moment, thinking they were hugging again, and then saw Hermione desperately trying to stop Ron from running after Percy.

"Listen to me - listen to me, Ron!"

"I want to help—I'm going to kill Death Eaters—"

His face was contorted, black smoke and marl, and he was shaking with rage.

"Ron, only we can end this! Please - Ron - we need to find the snake, we have to kill the snake!" said Hermione.

But Harry understood Ron's feelings.Finding another Horcrux is unlikely to bring the thrill of vengeance.He wanted to go into battle too, to punish them, to punish those who had hurt Fred, and he wanted to find out about the rest of the Weasleys, and most of all, to find out, [-] per cent, that Ginny didn't—and yet he didn't Allowing that thought to take shape in your head—

"We're going to fight!" said Hermione. "We've got to fight, and we can all get close to the snake! But now we mustn't forget what we're supposed to do—things! Only we can end this!"

She was crying too, wiping her face with her torn, charred sleeve as she spoke, but she still held on to Ron, taking deep breaths to calm herself.She turned to look at Harry.

"Who cast the spell that saved us just now? I heard someone say Dumbledore's name. Harry, we can go to him first..."

"No." Surprisingly, Harry flatly rejected the offer. "I know what we should do now. The only thing I need to do is to find the last Horcrux as soon as possible, otherwise more people will be injured."

"but……"

"If that's really Dumbledore," Harry felt that his thoughts were exceptionally clear now, he had never been so confident in his plan. "It turns out he's protecting the students at Hogwarts. Then we must use the time he's bought to find the snake! Destroy the Horcruxes! And end this."

"You need to find out where Voldemort is, he'll take the snake with him, won't he? Come on, Harry - look inside his head!"

Why is it so easy?Was it because the scar had been burning for hours, eager to show him Voldemort's mind?Harry followed Hermione's instructions and closed his eyes. Immediately, the battle shouts, crashes, and all kinds of chaotic and harsh sounds seemed to be drowned out and became indistinct.He seemed to be standing very, very far away from them...

He stood in the middle of a dilapidated but very familiar room, the surrounding wallpaper was peeled off, and the windows were all boarded up, leaving only one.The sound of the attack in the castle was faint and distant.Through the only unsealed window, he could see the distant place where the castle was radiating light, but the room was dark, with only one oil lamp burning.

He twirled a wand between his fingers, his eyes fixed on it, but his mind was thinking of that room in the castle, the secret room that only he had discovered.That room, like the Chamber of Secrets, would have to be discovered by someone extraordinarily clever, clever, curious...he believed the boy would never find the diadem...although Dumbledore's marionette was far more powerful than he had thought... terrific many……

"Master." said a desperate and hoarse voice.He turned around, and Lucius Malfoy was sitting in the darkest corner, in rags, with marks on his face from the last time he was punished after the boy escaped, one eye was swollen and couldn't open open. "Master... Please... my son..."

"Lucius, if your son dies, it's not my fault. He didn't come to me like the other Slytherins. Maybe he decided to help Harry Potter?"

"No—impossible," Malfoy whispered.

"It's better not to."

"Master, are you—are you not worried that Potter will die at someone else's hands?" Malfoy asked in a trembling voice, "If...please forgive me...if you order the fighting to end, dear—come to the castle in person Wouldn't it be safer to find him here?"

"Don't do this with me, Lucius. You want the fighting to stop so you can find out what happened to your son. I don't have to look for Potter. Before tonight, Potter will come looking for me."

Voldemort's eyes fell on the wand in his hand again.The wand confused him... and what confused Lord Voldemort had to be rearranged...

"Go get Snape."

"Snape, lord—master?"

"Snape. Come on, I need him. He has something to do for me. Go ahead."

Terrified, Lucius stumbled across the dark room and left.Voldemort was still standing there, twirling his wand between his fingers, keeping his eyes on it.

"This is the only way, Nagini." He said softly, turning his eyes to look at the big thick snake.The serpent hung in midair now, writhing gracefully in the magically protected space Voldemort had made for it, a starry, transparent sphere that was part shining cage and part water tank.

Harry gasped, pulled his thoughts back, opened his eyes, and immediately his ears were filled with battle cries, screams, thuds, and bangs.

"He was screaming at the shack. The snake was beside him, and there seemed to be a magical protection around the snake. Voldemort just sent Lucius Malfoy to find Snape."

"Voldemort screaming at the shack?" said Hermione angrily. "He didn't—he didn't even fight?"

"He doesn't think he'll have to fight," said Harry. "He thinks I'll come to my door."

"But why?"

"He knew I was looking for a Horcrux - he kept Nagini with him - obviously I had to go find him to get to that thing -"

"Yeah," said Ron, puffing out his chest, "so you can't go, he just wants you to go, expects you to go. You stay here and take care of Hermione, and I'll get that—"

Harry interrupted Ron.

"You two stay here, I'm going in the Invisibility Cloak, I'll be back soon, just wait until I—"

"No," said Hermione, "the best thing I can do is wear the cloak and go—"

"Don't even think about it," Ron yelled at her.

As soon as Hermione said "Ron, I have the ability--" the tapestry on the top of the stairs where they were was suddenly torn open.

"Potter!"

Two masked Death Eaters stood there, but before they could raise their wands, Hermione yelled, "The slide is flat!"

The stairs beneath them suddenly turned into a smooth ramp, and Hermione, Harry, and Ron rushed down, too fast to stop, as the Death Eater's Stunning Spell flew high above their heads. .They flew through the hidden tapestry at the bottom of the stairs, rolled several times, and crashed into the opposite wall.

"Phantom Slate!" Hermione yelled pointing at the tapestry with her wand, and with two unpleasant bangs, the tapestry turned into stone, and the two Death Eaters who were chasing them hit it unconscious.

"Stand back!" Ron yelled, and he, Harry, and Hermione pressed their bodies against a door, and a large pile of tables rumbled past. Professor McGonagall was sprinting aside directing them, seemingly not noticing The three of them.Her hair was down and there was a gash on her cheek.They heard her yell after turning the corner, "Go!"

"Harry, you put on the Invisibility Cloak," said Hermione, "leave us alone—"

But Harry threw the Cloak of Invisibility over three of them, and though they were big, the air was so full of dust and falling stones and flashes of spells that he figured no one would see their disembodied feet.

They ran down another flight of stairs and found the corridors here filled with fighters.Masked and unmasked Death Eaters wrestle teachers and students