war and peace

The next day, St. Mungo's healer arrived at Hogwarts early in the morning.They brought all kinds of equipment Harry hadn't seen before, and went over him from the inside out.The whole process took an entire day, and it was concluded that the Savior was just a little malnourished.

When the therapist announced the result, everyone had different expressions.Harry, Hermione, and Sirius all breathed a sigh of relief, Dumbledore didn't respond, and Snape's eyes seemed to twitch.He began to feel that the Order of the Phoenix's worries about the savior were useless.The latter and the Dark Lord are getting along very well, and they don't need others to tell them what to do.

That's not the only thing Snape has been worrying about lately.On the side of the Death Eaters, he basically couldn't understand the movements of other people.Lucius, the only one he was familiar with, was always complaining about Bellatrix's sense of superiority and anger at being excluded from the newly emerged caucus.The so-called core meeting was only exposed after the Dark Lord disappeared, because the decisions on the new activities of the Death Eaters were all made through this.Snape had no doubts that the Dark Lord had been planning this for a long time, and that the Death Eaters who weren't inside had long since been isolated from the loyal Death Eaters.The only thing that was strange was the Dark Lord's patience, if it was as he had guessed, why didn't he kill him like he did the other traitors?

Forget it, he should be more worried about the Death Eaters meeting that is close at hand.Snape simply didn't know whether to call this decision too stupid or too clever.Who the hell thought of a meeting around Hogwarts?And knowing that this place is full of members of the Order of the Phoenix?Is it Achnatherum splendens in my mind?However, the Forbidden Forest is very large, and it cannot be outflanked by the manpower of the Order of the Phoenix. This is probably the only clever place, right?Or is there another backup, a way to get out in time even if you are in danger?

Snape couldn't figure it out, and neither could Dumbledore.But this did not prevent him from making the most correct judgment: the breakthrough of the problem still lies in Harry, and they just need to keep a close eye on Harry.The other members of the Order of the Phoenix only knew one thing and didn't know the other, and they all thought that the goal was to protect Harry.

Harry found that there were many more patrol posts inside and outside the school.In the past, he might not be able to see it, but after he has become proficient in various detection, anti-detection, invisibility and transformation spells, that situation will be obvious at a glance.He also received the covert letter, and just by the way he cast the invisibility spell on the owl, he knew it was from Voldemort's side (Voldemort had done this to Hedwig before).So it all boiled down to the fact that the Death Eaters asked him to meet him in the Forbidden Forest at midnight, and the Order of the Phoenix was waiting for them.

This is going to kill, Harry thought.He's not sure he can turn the tide when a massive confrontation breaks out between the two sides.Because he had to go, he couldn't just sit and watch the Death Eaters riot.That is to say, he had better avoid those guard posts of the Order of the Phoenix, lest the two sides collide.Then he thought of another point: if it was a Death Eater gathering, then there was a good chance that Snape had also been notified.Judging from the previous situation, he is still an undercover agent of the Order of the Phoenix, so the time and place have already been leaked, and it is even more difficult to avoid it.

Plan it out, there's always a way, Harry told himself.He studied with Voldemort for three years, and there was always something that came in handy.

Soon the appointed night came.Harry behaved as usual at dinner, and returned to Gryffindor Tower after dinner.He didn't tell Sirius and Hermione about it because it might be dangerous.He hoped they were doing well, and although it was probably a very selfish thought (Harry could have imagined that Hermione would point his nose and scold him like that, and Sirius would probably be furious), but the Death Eaters wanted him to go alone. .And no one in the Order of the Phoenix knew he had received the letter, and no one had informed him of it.They plan to leave two people watching the tower at midnight (Sirius is one of them, and doesn't know it), and everyone else goes to the Forbidden Forest.

Harry got up quietly as midnight approached.When he lay on it, he cast a blindfold spell on the bed, making it look like he was sleeping to everyone else.Then cast the invisibility spell and the flying spell on yourself, so that you can go directly to the Forbidden Forest through the tower window.

The castle at night is different from other times.The moonlight was very bright, and Harry in mid-air had already seen the patrolling figures below.It is estimated that this is only the number of people on the surface, and there must be people from the Order of the Phoenix in the dark.There was silence all around, apparently neither side noticed the other.

Harry floated into the Forbidden Forest from the path next to Hagrid's hut.His journey was very smooth, unbelievably smooth.But in fact, the various defenses of the Order of the Phoenix have been arranged in advance, but they are all set up to face external attacks.Harry didn't know the underlying reason for this, and just kept walking inside.He figured the Death Eaters weren't really stupid enough to hold a meeting on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, it must have been in the depths.Where is it in the depths?Harry quickly thought of the mutant black mamba he had encountered in the Forbidden Forest in his first year.He suspected it was Nagini, when in fact it was Nagini.What could be more obvious than this location?

Deep in the Forbidden Forest, a group of people in black robes formed a circle.All of them wore silver masks with different cutout patterns on their faces.Generally speaking, they all rely on texture to recognize people.

"Who else hasn't arrived?" A shrill female voice rang out.

"Snape." Another deep male voice answered, "Actually, I didn't tell him the exact location."

"If it's a traitor, kill him. Why are there so many troubles?" The second male voice said gruffly, "I think he is indeed suspicious." Then several voices echoed him.

"It's useful for the Dark Lord to keep him," the first male voice replied calmly.

There was silence for a while.

"Then you don't have to wait for him." This time it was a new male voice, speaking in a drawl, with an air of arrogance. "If the Dark Lord has already made his judgment, there is no need to waste time on him."

"Lucius, you finally said something decent." The female voice replied sarcastically.

The man named Lucius hit the ground with a snake-headed cane, and seemed to want to refute, but in the end he only said one sentence: "I said not to call you by name directly at this time!"

"Are you afraid of death? Huh?" The female voice showed no sign of weakness.

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, the first male voice interrupted them: "Okay, be quiet. We are not waiting for him. Don't you want to know the master's whereabouts?"

The atmosphere in the circle suddenly heated up. "Is there any news from the master?" "Where is the master?" "If it is the master who is waiting, it doesn't matter how long it is!"

"Then I'm afraid you will be disappointed." A voice came from far and near.

The Death Eaters stood up straight and looked towards the place where the sound came from.Although invisible, it sounded very strange, obviously not the Dark Lord himself. "Who are you?"

"Savior." A man slowly walked out of the circle, the first male voice. "The person we were waiting for has arrived."

The audience was in an uproar.They're a Death Eater meeting, right?What are you looking for a savior for?Although the Dark Lord seems to have chosen the latter as his partner, the Dark Lord was never the only one they obeyed!

"So, you're the one who asked me to come?" Harry removed the spell from his body, and everyone stared at him as he landed from the sky. "That's right, my lord?"

The leading Death Eater let out a deep laugh. "Are you really going to the meeting alone? You are worthy of being the savior." Then he changed the topic, "Then the savior must also know our goal? You are back, so where is the Dark Lord?"

At this moment, the other Death Eaters also reacted.They came here just to meet Voldemort!They haven't seen the master in a meeting for a year! "You'd better tell the truth," the sharp female voice became a little sinister, "otherwise you will suffer."

Harry glanced over and knew it was Bellatrix without seeing the face. "He's fine." Harry said very succinctly, "I just can't contact you for the time being."

"What do you mean temporarily unavailable?" Chester was already in a hurry without Bellatrix asking this time.That's not the owner's style at all!The emotions of the other Death Eaters were also aroused, and the silver masks looked very bright in the moonlight.

"There is no wound on the body, but I just can't wake up." Harry decided to tell the truth.He originally considered simply turning into Voldemort to trick the Death Eaters away, but first of all he didn't have the Dark Mark used to convey the message (so it was useless to trick them that Voldemort was awake, and it was revealed all at once).Plus, the wand was a flaw, and he didn't want to take Voldemort's wand away from him—what if he woke up without a wand?So after thinking about it, he could only get on the horse himself and bluff them with a false aura.

"Wake up? What did you do to Master?" Bellatrix screamed uncontrollably.However, this time her voice stopped abruptly in the middle, because a large and icy black figure rushed past her.

"What are you talking about? What happened to Foddy?" The big snake entangled half of its body on the ground, raising its triangular head.Seeing it, most of the Death Eaters took three steps back in unison, obviously recognizing it.

"He's in the Chamber of Secrets, if you know where that is." Of course Harry understood Nagini.His hiss startled everyone else, and whispers had already begun.The savior can speak snake language!How did they never know?

Orochi nodded. "If he's there, there shouldn't be a big problem. But why are you awake and he hasn't? Aren't you together?"

Harry paused. "I don't know either," he said dryly, with a difficult voice: "He passed out, and I can't wake him up."

"What?" Big Snake leaned up excitedly. "How could he..." But before it finished speaking, several red lights shot out from the surrounding bushes.

Harry was taken aback first, and subconsciously used an Obstacle Charm ahead of him.The red light hit the invisible barrier, then bounced back, and hit the trunks of several trees, immediately burning several scorched black holes.He immediately understood that the people of the Order of the Phoenix were attracted by Bellatrix's voice, and Nagini's actions just now were like a prelude to an attack.But the big snake was very clever. When Harry blocked the spell, it immediately ran into the depths of the forest.

"It's a member of the Order of the Phoenix!" The Death Eaters were not slow to react, almost all of them drew out their wands, and counterattacked towards the position where the red light was emitted.The places where they originally stood were relatively open, but now they have spread out, each occupying a favorable terrain.

"The Savior has betrayed us! Catch him!" someone shouted.

"Don't be stupid, that's not the point now!" Chester yelled back, "Potter belongs to the Dark Lord!"

The Order of the Phoenix was also shouting: "Come here, Harry! What are you doing?" The voice was Kingsley.

"Your Obstacle Charm won't last long! Come here, Harry!" Harry didn't recognize the voice, but he obviously thought Harry had mistook the red lights that were hitting Nagini for attacking him just now.

The silence in the woods was broken.There were red and green lights staggering and flying everywhere, the leaves fell rustlingly, and the trunks fell down, making a huge boom.Some places started to catch fire, and some places turned into swamps in an instant.Several flocks of birds were startled and flew into the night sky in a panic.Figures flashed back and forth, and from time to time some people groaned in pain.

"Stop! Stop!" Harry yelled.But in this case, few people could hear his voice clearly, and even if they heard it, no one would stop first.Harry quickly understood this, and the longer he waited, the more chaotic he would be.He dodged a few spells that brushed past him, raised his wand, and yelled toward the junction of the two sides: "The curtain is heavy!"

A curtain of water suddenly appeared in the forest.It was translucent, hanging vertically, rippling, and shimmering.This kind of deformed curtain didn't attract the attention of others at first, and the red and green lights were still flying around.But within two seconds, both sides were stunned.They could vaguely see the figure on the opposite side, but the curse did not pass through it at all, but disappeared, as if it had been absorbed.

Then a sharp-eyed person among the Death Eaters noticed that the tree that touched the curtain disappeared instantly, and cried out in horror: "Don't touch it, don't touch it!"

"What's the matter, Rookwood? What's that?" someone raised a voice in the confusion.

"It will die! Things that pass through it never appear again! And neither do people!" The previous voice was visibly frightened.

"I've never seen such a spell! Have you seen it, Moody?" The Order of the Phoenix also noticed the anomaly and stepped back cautiously.

"Damn it!" Moody replied gruffly, with a very surprised tone: "Which Death Eater used this?"

Both parties looked along the curtain, and finally found the caster at the same time, and they were all taken aback. "Harry? Aren't you in the castle? How did you get out?"

Harry didn't answer them.This is a very powerful spell, which means that it consumes a lot of magic power.He won't last long with this, but if he doesn't use it at the beginning, it won't work when it's all messed up later on. "I said, stop." He blushed and said word by word.

Before the two parties could react to this sentence, a new mutation occurred.It seemed that something invisible had hit Harry, and his vision lost momentarily.Then they saw that the savior was growing up at a speed visible to the naked eye—really growing up, taller, and the outline of his face matured, as if he was several years older all of a sudden.What kind of magic is this?Everyone was stunned again.

Harry himself, however, didn't seem to notice anything.He still held his wand, but tears filled his cheeks without warning.

Everyone looked at him in amazement. "Is he... crying?" someone asked uncertainly from behind.First cast a particularly powerful spell, then seemed to grow taller, and finally cried?This development is so puzzling.

At the same time, a tall and thin figure quickly crossed the high wall of the castle, towards the direction of the Forbidden Forest and the author has something to say: the curtain is heavy, this spell is not in the original book, the author got it from the water gate of the Department of Mysteries [It is the door that Sirius passed through and disappeared after being hit by the death curse in the fifth part].