[HP]Blue Soul
Chapter 113 The Huge Dark Mark
The twins reappeared after 10 minutes of disappearance, their heads down, and George said to Qiubai: "We just found Ludo Bagman in the woods. He borrowed a lot of gold from the leprechaun The demon snatched all the gold coins on his body, but it was still not enough to pay off his debts."
"So he's a pauper, and when we got our debts he said we were too young to gamble, and he wouldn't give us a penny," said Fred sharply.
"We want our money back," George said angrily.
In the end, the matter was left alone. Indeed, even if you go to Ludo Bagman, you can't squeeze a copper nut from him.But Qiubai didn't think it was over. Time was not an issue when it came to debt collection.
George and Fred returned to the tent dejectedly, as if a dream had its wings snapped off.Ron patted Harry on the shoulder, "Let's go back too, it's getting late, it's time to go to bed."
"We're going back first, Mum Charles," said Harry.
"Go, if you can't sleep, you can sleep in my tent and leave me a room." Qiubai said with a smile and patted Harry on the shoulder, then turned and whispered to Severus, "I remember Do you have an appointment with someone to talk to after the end?"
"Well, go now," Severus said.
"We have something to do, so if we need it, we can go to the tent by ourselves, okay?" Qiubai said to Harry.
"Okay, Mama Charles."
Qiubai and Severus came to the tent with live peacocks that they passed by in the morning, and Lucius was squatting outside the tent door to sprinkle crackers for the peacock.Seeing Severus, he said, "You're not used to seeing this."
He patted the crumbs on his hands and stood up, "Come in, I hope you can bring me some good news."
The Malfoy tent was as luxurious inside as it was outside, it was like bringing Malfoy Manor into it.The study room is a little more concise, that is, the bookshelf has been replaced with a leather sofa for entertaining guests.
When they all sat down, Narcissa also entered the study, "Xiaolong is asleep."
"Let's get started, then," said Lucius. "Perhaps Miss Shire can cast us a secret spell?"
"Of course." Qiubai set up sound-proof spells and distraction spells around the room.
"Severus, I think our front line is pretty strong." Lucius leaned on the sofa and propped his chin, "I have a piece of information to share here, but only if I need to know how you are progressing Yes, I mean Horcruxes."
"All but Nagini and Voldemort," Severus said.
"Great news." Lucius sat up straight, his eyes sparkling, "So, have you found out where the Dark Lord is?"
"No, we are waiting for him to appear." Qiubai said.
Lucius leaned back on the sofa again, "I didn't see the final result. Forgive me for doing some last resort. That is the information I was going to tell you. I received an anonymous letter some time ago, which said black The Enemy is returning, get the Death Eaters ready to welcome."
"It's suspicious..." Qiu Bai said.
"It's suspicious, but it scares some people, and I'm not the only one who got the letter. The cowards got together for a meeting, and they discussed giving the Dark Lord a front and telling the Dark Lord that they are still loyal." " Lucius tapped the armrest of the sofa with his fingers, "What they discussed is today, Severus..."
"I didn't get the letter." Severus said darkly.
"As expected..." Lucius said, "It doesn't matter, what matters is today. Soon Death Eaters will rush into this camp, torturing Muggles and scaring wizards."
"Right now?" Qiu Bai frowned.
"Yes, soon." Lucius stroked his left arm, and his eyes did not know where to stay in the study. "Although I don't want to make any effort, I will participate."
Malfoy wasn't afraid of being thought a coward, but he had to think about his own interests, and the safety of his family.
"Sissy, you must pay attention to Xiaolong, he is a black light, and don't let him bump up. As for you, I think you can do something after knowing this?" Lucius said.
"But there are almost all the Ministry of Magic officials here." Qiubai said, "Aren't you afraid of being caught?"
"I can run away before I catch it." Lucius sighed. "I'll be at the end of the line, since my wand won't cast any spells anyway."
"Won't hurt people? Just scare?" Qiu Bai asked again.
"I can't guarantee this, after all, I'm not the only one." Lucius said in a deep voice.
"I understand." Qiu Bai pursed his lips and said firmly, "I will stop it, and I hope you can avoid my spell when the time comes."
"As long as you don't target me." Lucius raised his eyebrows and raised his pointed chin, "and Severus, you'd better not expose yourself, you should leave yourself a way out."
"Don't worry if it's not safe. With me here, Severus won't be exposed so easily." Qiubai also raised his eyebrows.
After getting out of the tent, Qiubai looked at the moon in the sky and said to Severus, "Should I go to the Ministry of Magic and ask them to step up their guard?"
"People from the Ministry of Magic will ask you where you got the news." Severus said in a deep voice.
"This is really damn difficult." Qiubai gritted his teeth and said, "I hope they are really just scaring..."
What should she do if the incident is out of control.Qiubai kept shaking this idea in his mind.She clearly knew the actions of the Death Eaters, but she couldn't stop them in advance. Lucius didn't inform them of the specific time and place when the Death Eaters gathered.So they can only "wait for the rabbit" again.
As time went on into the night, the camp gradually became less noisy, but melodious songs were still sung in some places.Qiubai came to the woods where he had seen black shadows before. Some leprechauns were flying around in the forest with lanterns, like tree elves who had grown in size.
"When will it come?" Qiubai scanned the surroundings, hoping to see some clues.
"Wait," Severus said briefly.
Yeah, there's nothing to do but wait.It would be great if there was a magic that could track and locate, then Qiubai only needed to use one on Lucius.But it's a pity that there is no such magic, and Lucius uses Apparition to leave, and Qiubai can't track him at all.
After waiting for a long time, in the distant camp, there were suddenly loud sneers, wild laughter, and drunken yelling, and successive explosions accompanied by flames sounded one after another, getting closer and closer.People started running into the woods, and then a bright green light flashed, illuminating everything around them.
A group of hooded and masked Death Eaters, with their wands pointed upwards, pushed forward together, slowly moving across the field.Above them, four struggling figures floated in the air, twisted into eerie shapes, as if the Death Eaters were puppeteers and the figures above them were marionettes, pulled from wands. Controlled by invisible ropes that soar into the air.Two of the figures were small.
More wizards joined the advancing procession, laughing loudly and pointing to the few bodies floating above.As the army continued to grow, the tent was crushed and collapsed.There were more screams as tents were set ablaze.
In the light of the burning tent, Qiubai saw Mr. Roberts, the camp manager.The other three appeared to be his wife and children.A Death Eater below with his wand turned Mrs. Roberts upside down.Mrs Roberts struggled to cover herself as the crowd shrieked and booed happily as her pajamas fell to reveal a mass of gaudy panties.
"Sev, I have to go." Qiubai said to Severus, "help me see Harry and the others."
Severus nodded, "Go ahead and be safe."
Qiubai hit the ground with his toes, like an arrow flying through the crowd, rushing in the direction of the Death Eaters.As soon as he arrived near the Death Eaters, Qiubai raised his fingers and placed an earthen magic circle in the air, cutting off the Death Eaters' control over Mr. Roberts' family and catching them at the same time, preventing them from falling directly from the sky.Then manipulate the magic circle and put them in the open space far away.
The Death Eater at the head of the team roared angrily, and cast a spell on Qiubai, who was quickly dodged by Qiubai.The battle was on the verge of breaking out, and countless spells passed Qiubai's head like raindrops.With the help of the elf's speed and her magic circle, Qiubai successfully escaped the siege of many Death Eaters.
The Aurors were belated and joined the battle, and the battle soon turned one-sided. At this moment, in the direction of the forest, a huge green pattern appeared in the sky - a huge skeleton, made of countless emerald green stars Composed of something similar, a large boa constrictor emerges from the skeleton's mouth like a tongue.There is no doubt that this is the Dark Mark.
The Aurors were distracted by the Dark Mark, and the Death Eaters all Apparated and disappeared.A dark-skinned man among the Aurors glanced at Qiubai and said, "Come on, let's go over there and have a look."
Qiubai glanced around, Mr. Roberts' family was being pulled up by several wizards, and it seemed that their memories would be amended soon.She raised her hand and cast a spell, doused the burning tent, and quickly ran towards the direction of the Dark Mark.
At the bottom of the Dark Mark, Qiubai only had time to see Harry, Ron and Hermione who were surrounded by groups, and heard more than 20 "fainted ground".Qiubai immediately rushed to Harry's side, knocked them down to the ground, squatted and raised his right hand to cast a magic circle in the air.
Fiery red lights shot out from the Aurors' wands, crossed each other above their heads, hit Qiubai's magic circle, and were bounced into the darkness——
"Stop!" cried a familiar voice, "Stop! That's my son!"
The spell finally stopped, and the Aurors had dropped their wands, and Mr. Weasley strode towards them, looking terrified.
"Ron—Harry—" his voice trembled, "Hermione—are you all right? Thanks to you, Miss Shire."
"Get out of the way, Arthur," said a cold, emotionless voice.It was Mr. Crouch, stern-faced, surrounded by other wizarding officials from the Ministry.
Qiubai pulled the three little wizards up.
"Which of you did this?" Crouch asked sharply, his sharp eyes flicked between Qiubai and the others, "Which of you conjured the Dark Mark?"
"We didn't!" said Harry.
"We didn't do anything!" said Ron, rubbing his elbows and looking at his father angrily. "Why are you attacking us?"
"Don't lie, sir!" said Mr. Crouch.He was still pointing his wand at Ron, his eyes were about to pop out - he looked a little crazy, "You were found at the crime scene!"
"Barty," whispered a witch in a long wool dressing gown, "they're children, Barty, and there's no way they'd—"
"Oh? They are children, what about her, this woman?" Mr. Crouch pointed his wand at Qiubai.
"It wasn't her, she just helped us save those four Muggles," said the dark-skinned Auror.
"You three, where did the mark come from?" Mr. Weasley asked anxiously.
"Over there," said Hermione in a trembling voice, pointing to where they had just heard the sound, "behind the tree there were...they were speaking loudly - chanting a spell -"
"Oh, they're standing there, aren't they?" said Mr. Crouch, turning his bulging eyes to Hermione again, suspicion written all over his face. "And they said a spell, didn't they? You know how to conjure a sign, miss—"
But apart from Mr. Crouch, the wizarding officials in the Ministry seemed to think that there was absolutely no way Harry, Ron, and Hermione could conjure a skeleton.After listening to Hermione's words, they raised their wands one by one, pointed in the direction she pointed, and squinted into the dark bushes.
"We're late," said the witch in the woolen dressing gown, shaking her head. "They've already Apparated."
"I don't think so," said a wizard with a short brown beard and a hawthorn. "Our master scares must have crept into these bushes... We might catch them..."
"Amos, be careful!" Several wizards reminded, and saw Amos puffed out his chest, raised his wand, strode across the open space, and disappeared into the darkness.Hermione covered her mouth with her hands nervously, watching his disappearing back.
Seconds later, they heard Amos yell, "It's done! Got it! There's someone here! Unconscious! It's—ouch—God…"
"You've got a man?" cried Mr. Crouch, in a tone of complete disbelief. "Who? Who?"
They heard the snapping of branches, the rustling of fallen leaves, and the crunch of footsteps as Amos emerged from behind the bushes.In his arms was the small limp body of a house-elf.
Amos put the house-elf at Crouch's feet while the other Ministry officials stared at Mr. Crouch.For several seconds, Crouch stood motionless, as if frozen, his pale face staring intently at Winky on the ground with fire-breathing eyes.Then, he seemed to come back to himself.
"It's—impossible—impossible," he paused, "impossible—" He walked quickly around Amos and strode toward where Winky had been spotted.
"You know this elf?" Qiubai asked Harry in a low voice.
"Yes, her name is Winky, and she is the house elf of Mr. Crouch's family." Harry also answered in a low voice.
"It's no use, Mr. Crouch," Amos called after him, "there's no one else there."
But Mr. Crouch didn't seem to want to heed his words.They heard him walking up and down and rustling the leaves as he parted the bushes in search.
"It's kind of embarrassing," Amos said sternly, looking down at Winky's delirious figure, "Barty Crouch's house-elf...I mean..."
"Stop that nonsense, Amos," whispered Mr. Weasley. "Do you really think the elves did it? The Dark Mark is a wizard's symbol. It requires a wand."
"Yes," said Amos, "she has a wand."
"What?" said Mr. Weasley.
"Here, you see." Amos held up a wand and handed it to Mr. Weasley. No creature can carry or use a wand."
Just then, with another poof, Mr. Ludo Bagman Apparated next to Mr. Weasley.Bagman was out of breath and looked dazed.He turned around on the spot, staring at the emerald green skeleton in the air. "The Dark Mark!" he gasped, turning to look at his colleague questioningly, almost stepping on top of Winky.
Mr. Crouch came back empty-handed.His face was still ghastly white, and his hands and toothbrush mustache were twitching.
"Where have you been, Buddy?" Bagman asked. "Why didn't you come to the game? And your house-elf got you a seat—Jesus!" He found Shining lying at his feet, "What's the matter with her?"
"I've been very busy, Ludo," said Mr. Crouch, still slurring his words, his lips barely moving, "and my house-elf has been stunned."
"Been stunned? You mean, you people? Why—" Bagman's round shiny face broke into sudden realization.He looked up at the skeleton, then down at Winky, and finally his eyes fell on Mr. Crouch. "Impossible!" he said. "Winky? Conjured the Dark Mark? She doesn't know how! First of all, she needs a wand!"
"She does need a wand," said Amos, "and I see she has one in her hand, Ludo. If you have no objection, Mr. Crouch, I think we should hear how she defends herself. "
Mr. Crouch was unresponsive, as if he hadn't heard Amos, and Amos seemed to take his silence for acquiescence.He raised his wand, pointed at Winky and said, "Resuscitate quickly!"
Winky moved feebly.The bell-like brown eyes opened, and she blinked hard, dazed.Under the silent eyes of the wizards, she sat up tremblingly.She saw Amos' feet, and slowly, tremblingly, she raised her eyes to his face, and then, more slowly, to the night sky above.She gasped, looked dazedly at the people gathered in the open space, and then suddenly cried out of fear.
"Elf!" asked Amos sternly. "Do you know who I am? I'm a member of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Fantastic Creatures!"
Winky began to rock back and forth on the ground, her breathing interrupted by violent sobs.
"You also saw, little goblin, just now, someone conjured the Dark Mark here." Amos said, "After a while, we found you, just under the mark! Please give us a explain!"
"I-I-I didn't, sir!" gasped Winky, "I don't know how, sir!"
"You were found with a wand in your hand!" growled Amos, waving the wand in Winky's face.
"Yeah—that's mine!" said Harry suddenly.Everyone in the open space turned to look at him, and Qiubai frowned and looked at Harry. "That's my wand!" said Harry, "I lost it!"
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"So he's a pauper, and when we got our debts he said we were too young to gamble, and he wouldn't give us a penny," said Fred sharply.
"We want our money back," George said angrily.
In the end, the matter was left alone. Indeed, even if you go to Ludo Bagman, you can't squeeze a copper nut from him.But Qiubai didn't think it was over. Time was not an issue when it came to debt collection.
George and Fred returned to the tent dejectedly, as if a dream had its wings snapped off.Ron patted Harry on the shoulder, "Let's go back too, it's getting late, it's time to go to bed."
"We're going back first, Mum Charles," said Harry.
"Go, if you can't sleep, you can sleep in my tent and leave me a room." Qiubai said with a smile and patted Harry on the shoulder, then turned and whispered to Severus, "I remember Do you have an appointment with someone to talk to after the end?"
"Well, go now," Severus said.
"We have something to do, so if we need it, we can go to the tent by ourselves, okay?" Qiubai said to Harry.
"Okay, Mama Charles."
Qiubai and Severus came to the tent with live peacocks that they passed by in the morning, and Lucius was squatting outside the tent door to sprinkle crackers for the peacock.Seeing Severus, he said, "You're not used to seeing this."
He patted the crumbs on his hands and stood up, "Come in, I hope you can bring me some good news."
The Malfoy tent was as luxurious inside as it was outside, it was like bringing Malfoy Manor into it.The study room is a little more concise, that is, the bookshelf has been replaced with a leather sofa for entertaining guests.
When they all sat down, Narcissa also entered the study, "Xiaolong is asleep."
"Let's get started, then," said Lucius. "Perhaps Miss Shire can cast us a secret spell?"
"Of course." Qiubai set up sound-proof spells and distraction spells around the room.
"Severus, I think our front line is pretty strong." Lucius leaned on the sofa and propped his chin, "I have a piece of information to share here, but only if I need to know how you are progressing Yes, I mean Horcruxes."
"All but Nagini and Voldemort," Severus said.
"Great news." Lucius sat up straight, his eyes sparkling, "So, have you found out where the Dark Lord is?"
"No, we are waiting for him to appear." Qiubai said.
Lucius leaned back on the sofa again, "I didn't see the final result. Forgive me for doing some last resort. That is the information I was going to tell you. I received an anonymous letter some time ago, which said black The Enemy is returning, get the Death Eaters ready to welcome."
"It's suspicious..." Qiu Bai said.
"It's suspicious, but it scares some people, and I'm not the only one who got the letter. The cowards got together for a meeting, and they discussed giving the Dark Lord a front and telling the Dark Lord that they are still loyal." " Lucius tapped the armrest of the sofa with his fingers, "What they discussed is today, Severus..."
"I didn't get the letter." Severus said darkly.
"As expected..." Lucius said, "It doesn't matter, what matters is today. Soon Death Eaters will rush into this camp, torturing Muggles and scaring wizards."
"Right now?" Qiu Bai frowned.
"Yes, soon." Lucius stroked his left arm, and his eyes did not know where to stay in the study. "Although I don't want to make any effort, I will participate."
Malfoy wasn't afraid of being thought a coward, but he had to think about his own interests, and the safety of his family.
"Sissy, you must pay attention to Xiaolong, he is a black light, and don't let him bump up. As for you, I think you can do something after knowing this?" Lucius said.
"But there are almost all the Ministry of Magic officials here." Qiubai said, "Aren't you afraid of being caught?"
"I can run away before I catch it." Lucius sighed. "I'll be at the end of the line, since my wand won't cast any spells anyway."
"Won't hurt people? Just scare?" Qiu Bai asked again.
"I can't guarantee this, after all, I'm not the only one." Lucius said in a deep voice.
"I understand." Qiu Bai pursed his lips and said firmly, "I will stop it, and I hope you can avoid my spell when the time comes."
"As long as you don't target me." Lucius raised his eyebrows and raised his pointed chin, "and Severus, you'd better not expose yourself, you should leave yourself a way out."
"Don't worry if it's not safe. With me here, Severus won't be exposed so easily." Qiubai also raised his eyebrows.
After getting out of the tent, Qiubai looked at the moon in the sky and said to Severus, "Should I go to the Ministry of Magic and ask them to step up their guard?"
"People from the Ministry of Magic will ask you where you got the news." Severus said in a deep voice.
"This is really damn difficult." Qiubai gritted his teeth and said, "I hope they are really just scaring..."
What should she do if the incident is out of control.Qiubai kept shaking this idea in his mind.She clearly knew the actions of the Death Eaters, but she couldn't stop them in advance. Lucius didn't inform them of the specific time and place when the Death Eaters gathered.So they can only "wait for the rabbit" again.
As time went on into the night, the camp gradually became less noisy, but melodious songs were still sung in some places.Qiubai came to the woods where he had seen black shadows before. Some leprechauns were flying around in the forest with lanterns, like tree elves who had grown in size.
"When will it come?" Qiubai scanned the surroundings, hoping to see some clues.
"Wait," Severus said briefly.
Yeah, there's nothing to do but wait.It would be great if there was a magic that could track and locate, then Qiubai only needed to use one on Lucius.But it's a pity that there is no such magic, and Lucius uses Apparition to leave, and Qiubai can't track him at all.
After waiting for a long time, in the distant camp, there were suddenly loud sneers, wild laughter, and drunken yelling, and successive explosions accompanied by flames sounded one after another, getting closer and closer.People started running into the woods, and then a bright green light flashed, illuminating everything around them.
A group of hooded and masked Death Eaters, with their wands pointed upwards, pushed forward together, slowly moving across the field.Above them, four struggling figures floated in the air, twisted into eerie shapes, as if the Death Eaters were puppeteers and the figures above them were marionettes, pulled from wands. Controlled by invisible ropes that soar into the air.Two of the figures were small.
More wizards joined the advancing procession, laughing loudly and pointing to the few bodies floating above.As the army continued to grow, the tent was crushed and collapsed.There were more screams as tents were set ablaze.
In the light of the burning tent, Qiubai saw Mr. Roberts, the camp manager.The other three appeared to be his wife and children.A Death Eater below with his wand turned Mrs. Roberts upside down.Mrs Roberts struggled to cover herself as the crowd shrieked and booed happily as her pajamas fell to reveal a mass of gaudy panties.
"Sev, I have to go." Qiubai said to Severus, "help me see Harry and the others."
Severus nodded, "Go ahead and be safe."
Qiubai hit the ground with his toes, like an arrow flying through the crowd, rushing in the direction of the Death Eaters.As soon as he arrived near the Death Eaters, Qiubai raised his fingers and placed an earthen magic circle in the air, cutting off the Death Eaters' control over Mr. Roberts' family and catching them at the same time, preventing them from falling directly from the sky.Then manipulate the magic circle and put them in the open space far away.
The Death Eater at the head of the team roared angrily, and cast a spell on Qiubai, who was quickly dodged by Qiubai.The battle was on the verge of breaking out, and countless spells passed Qiubai's head like raindrops.With the help of the elf's speed and her magic circle, Qiubai successfully escaped the siege of many Death Eaters.
The Aurors were belated and joined the battle, and the battle soon turned one-sided. At this moment, in the direction of the forest, a huge green pattern appeared in the sky - a huge skeleton, made of countless emerald green stars Composed of something similar, a large boa constrictor emerges from the skeleton's mouth like a tongue.There is no doubt that this is the Dark Mark.
The Aurors were distracted by the Dark Mark, and the Death Eaters all Apparated and disappeared.A dark-skinned man among the Aurors glanced at Qiubai and said, "Come on, let's go over there and have a look."
Qiubai glanced around, Mr. Roberts' family was being pulled up by several wizards, and it seemed that their memories would be amended soon.She raised her hand and cast a spell, doused the burning tent, and quickly ran towards the direction of the Dark Mark.
At the bottom of the Dark Mark, Qiubai only had time to see Harry, Ron and Hermione who were surrounded by groups, and heard more than 20 "fainted ground".Qiubai immediately rushed to Harry's side, knocked them down to the ground, squatted and raised his right hand to cast a magic circle in the air.
Fiery red lights shot out from the Aurors' wands, crossed each other above their heads, hit Qiubai's magic circle, and were bounced into the darkness——
"Stop!" cried a familiar voice, "Stop! That's my son!"
The spell finally stopped, and the Aurors had dropped their wands, and Mr. Weasley strode towards them, looking terrified.
"Ron—Harry—" his voice trembled, "Hermione—are you all right? Thanks to you, Miss Shire."
"Get out of the way, Arthur," said a cold, emotionless voice.It was Mr. Crouch, stern-faced, surrounded by other wizarding officials from the Ministry.
Qiubai pulled the three little wizards up.
"Which of you did this?" Crouch asked sharply, his sharp eyes flicked between Qiubai and the others, "Which of you conjured the Dark Mark?"
"We didn't!" said Harry.
"We didn't do anything!" said Ron, rubbing his elbows and looking at his father angrily. "Why are you attacking us?"
"Don't lie, sir!" said Mr. Crouch.He was still pointing his wand at Ron, his eyes were about to pop out - he looked a little crazy, "You were found at the crime scene!"
"Barty," whispered a witch in a long wool dressing gown, "they're children, Barty, and there's no way they'd—"
"Oh? They are children, what about her, this woman?" Mr. Crouch pointed his wand at Qiubai.
"It wasn't her, she just helped us save those four Muggles," said the dark-skinned Auror.
"You three, where did the mark come from?" Mr. Weasley asked anxiously.
"Over there," said Hermione in a trembling voice, pointing to where they had just heard the sound, "behind the tree there were...they were speaking loudly - chanting a spell -"
"Oh, they're standing there, aren't they?" said Mr. Crouch, turning his bulging eyes to Hermione again, suspicion written all over his face. "And they said a spell, didn't they? You know how to conjure a sign, miss—"
But apart from Mr. Crouch, the wizarding officials in the Ministry seemed to think that there was absolutely no way Harry, Ron, and Hermione could conjure a skeleton.After listening to Hermione's words, they raised their wands one by one, pointed in the direction she pointed, and squinted into the dark bushes.
"We're late," said the witch in the woolen dressing gown, shaking her head. "They've already Apparated."
"I don't think so," said a wizard with a short brown beard and a hawthorn. "Our master scares must have crept into these bushes... We might catch them..."
"Amos, be careful!" Several wizards reminded, and saw Amos puffed out his chest, raised his wand, strode across the open space, and disappeared into the darkness.Hermione covered her mouth with her hands nervously, watching his disappearing back.
Seconds later, they heard Amos yell, "It's done! Got it! There's someone here! Unconscious! It's—ouch—God…"
"You've got a man?" cried Mr. Crouch, in a tone of complete disbelief. "Who? Who?"
They heard the snapping of branches, the rustling of fallen leaves, and the crunch of footsteps as Amos emerged from behind the bushes.In his arms was the small limp body of a house-elf.
Amos put the house-elf at Crouch's feet while the other Ministry officials stared at Mr. Crouch.For several seconds, Crouch stood motionless, as if frozen, his pale face staring intently at Winky on the ground with fire-breathing eyes.Then, he seemed to come back to himself.
"It's—impossible—impossible," he paused, "impossible—" He walked quickly around Amos and strode toward where Winky had been spotted.
"You know this elf?" Qiubai asked Harry in a low voice.
"Yes, her name is Winky, and she is the house elf of Mr. Crouch's family." Harry also answered in a low voice.
"It's no use, Mr. Crouch," Amos called after him, "there's no one else there."
But Mr. Crouch didn't seem to want to heed his words.They heard him walking up and down and rustling the leaves as he parted the bushes in search.
"It's kind of embarrassing," Amos said sternly, looking down at Winky's delirious figure, "Barty Crouch's house-elf...I mean..."
"Stop that nonsense, Amos," whispered Mr. Weasley. "Do you really think the elves did it? The Dark Mark is a wizard's symbol. It requires a wand."
"Yes," said Amos, "she has a wand."
"What?" said Mr. Weasley.
"Here, you see." Amos held up a wand and handed it to Mr. Weasley. No creature can carry or use a wand."
Just then, with another poof, Mr. Ludo Bagman Apparated next to Mr. Weasley.Bagman was out of breath and looked dazed.He turned around on the spot, staring at the emerald green skeleton in the air. "The Dark Mark!" he gasped, turning to look at his colleague questioningly, almost stepping on top of Winky.
Mr. Crouch came back empty-handed.His face was still ghastly white, and his hands and toothbrush mustache were twitching.
"Where have you been, Buddy?" Bagman asked. "Why didn't you come to the game? And your house-elf got you a seat—Jesus!" He found Shining lying at his feet, "What's the matter with her?"
"I've been very busy, Ludo," said Mr. Crouch, still slurring his words, his lips barely moving, "and my house-elf has been stunned."
"Been stunned? You mean, you people? Why—" Bagman's round shiny face broke into sudden realization.He looked up at the skeleton, then down at Winky, and finally his eyes fell on Mr. Crouch. "Impossible!" he said. "Winky? Conjured the Dark Mark? She doesn't know how! First of all, she needs a wand!"
"She does need a wand," said Amos, "and I see she has one in her hand, Ludo. If you have no objection, Mr. Crouch, I think we should hear how she defends herself. "
Mr. Crouch was unresponsive, as if he hadn't heard Amos, and Amos seemed to take his silence for acquiescence.He raised his wand, pointed at Winky and said, "Resuscitate quickly!"
Winky moved feebly.The bell-like brown eyes opened, and she blinked hard, dazed.Under the silent eyes of the wizards, she sat up tremblingly.She saw Amos' feet, and slowly, tremblingly, she raised her eyes to his face, and then, more slowly, to the night sky above.She gasped, looked dazedly at the people gathered in the open space, and then suddenly cried out of fear.
"Elf!" asked Amos sternly. "Do you know who I am? I'm a member of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Fantastic Creatures!"
Winky began to rock back and forth on the ground, her breathing interrupted by violent sobs.
"You also saw, little goblin, just now, someone conjured the Dark Mark here." Amos said, "After a while, we found you, just under the mark! Please give us a explain!"
"I-I-I didn't, sir!" gasped Winky, "I don't know how, sir!"
"You were found with a wand in your hand!" growled Amos, waving the wand in Winky's face.
"Yeah—that's mine!" said Harry suddenly.Everyone in the open space turned to look at him, and Qiubai frowned and looked at Harry. "That's my wand!" said Harry, "I lost it!"
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