[hp] Pure White Age

.A group of Death Eaters who sneaked in first moved towards the direction of the bed. This was an extremely spacious space. After gradually getting used to the darkness, Theodore had already seen where the door was.It is standing quietly next to a statue.

However, he was quickly pulled back to his senses: the bed closest to him was empty, which meant that an enemy had awakened in the darkness.There is something else hidden in the sound of even breathing, and even a little training students know how to avoid sleeping spells.Just as he was thinking this, a dazzling green light shot out from behind, illuminating the gate and the statue next to it.Theodore flipped over the empty bunk, flung himself to the ground, and hid himself in a pile of debris.Saving lives is always the most important thing in war.Along with several more green lights and screams one after another, he vaguely saw the figure of Luna Lovegood. Although she was still shooting spells one after another, she was gradually cornered and only needed a few more seconds bell……

To Theodore's surprise, the three Death Eaters who surrounded Lovegood were stripped of their wands at the same time, and Lovegood himself disappeared instantly in the interlacing of light and shadow.That can't be possible, Lovegood was chanting something else, it wasn't "Amliters".Theodore threw a Killing Curse behind him, and a fat Gryffindor boy fell down. His eyes were wide open, and there was a look of astonishment on his pale face.The young Death Eaters had been trained a few years ago, and these guys who had decided to join Dumbledore at the first thought could not be their opponents.What's more, no one knew that they would sneak into Hogwarts today. As expected, this should have been a sneak attack, a one-sided massacre...

However, the reality is not as smooth as Theodore imagined.Getting into the Room of Requirement should be the easiest step in the plan, but why do people here seem prepared?Why did Draco leave temporarily?The suspicion in Theodore's heart was expanding, and he threw a Killing Curse not far away, successfully helping Crabbe out of the siege, and the fallen Ravenclaw girl seemed to be his cousin of some distant relative, he didn't care anymore .Something was wrong, something was wrong all the time, and his gut told him he had to get out of this place as soon as possible.The body of the fat boy behind him had two more blood holes, which was the proof of the melee.Lovegood didn't say "Ammunition"...the three Death Eaters wands flew out...why no one took the hostages...something must be wrong, he was starting to regret his drink.

This is his first time in war.Not the little fights on campus, not those one-sided games in the cellar, real wars.Theodore ordered his brain to be clear, and he saw Goyle's obese body lying in the center of the Response Room, trampled by countless feet, blue, red, and green lights flashing, and wands could be picked up everywhere on the ground.He saw Lovegood again, the girl had no expression on her face, she was chanting spells mechanically, it was hard to tell which one was more Death Eater between her and the person opposite.Theodore still didn't understand how she escaped from danger just now.

The minutes are ticking by and there isn't even a fucking light in this place.Theodore never found the Weasleys, as if they left early.People keep falling, no one ever gets up, but the room is always full of people throwing spells at each other... "Nott, Nott! Look at me!" Theodore snapped back to his senses, Louis was clutching his shoulders. "Why are you hiding here?!" Theodore looked at his former classmates in a daze.Blood stained the blond boy's chest, and Theodore subconsciously wanted to avoid the disappointment in the eyes of the dying man.

"Listen to me, Nott..." Louis stared at him with dilated pupils, "There are people up there...they're up there...they know we're here today..." Before Theodore could react, the boy clutched The hand on his shoulder has slipped down quietly.

Theodore looked up, as if waking up from a dream.Someone is up there, someone is up there.Those in the Room of Requirement are not unprepared.They didn't know they would come today, but they were always preparing, and maybe every night someone left their bed and hung on the high dome to wait.The people who helped Lovegood have been hiding there, maybe the Weasleys, maybe Longbottom... Are they watching him in the dark?Theodore flung Louis' body away.He had to get out of here, he had to find Snape, and help the outsiders open the gates of Hogwarts, but at this moment he wanted to go back to Borginburg and ask Draco why he left and what secrets he had Did not tell him.Isn't his life his life?Why had no one reminded him that it was never easy?

Theodore seemed to see Draco standing before him, with his usual, seemingly knowing smile on his face. "It's your choice, Theodore," said the boy who always overwhelmed him. "During the meeting, wouldn't you be happy to be the pioneer and help the great Dark Lord open the gate of Hogwarts? You won this opportunity yourself."

"Or do you think that the people hiding in the Room of Requirement will be at your mercy like those guys in the dungeon? Do you think that only the Dark Lord can train young people, and Dumbledore can't?"

Theodore covered his ears.What did the other party say before entering the disappearing cabinet?Tell him to kill a member of the Order of the Phoenix.He is currently being watched by members of the Order of the Phoenix, and his every move cannot escape their eyes, they just have no time to take care of him for the time being.Maybe, maybe there are people guarding the door of the Room of Requirement?If he rushed out of the corner now, what awaited him might be a Killing Curse shot from nowhere.

Not far from him stood a tall bookcase.Even in Theodore Knott's wildest imaginations, he would not have been the one trying to climb a bookcase, climb a column, and risk his own life to see the sky above.If Weasley was really there, let them be there.Another Death Eater fell across the bed, and Theodore looked at the opposite person in surprise. It was Cruise, his Slytherin classmate!Why is the other party here?Theodore subconsciously recalled the Killing Curse, but the other party found him before that, and then the strange thing happened again, Cruise took a deep look at him, and then disappeared suddenly.

crazy!All crazy!Theodore wanted to laugh wildly, he suspected he was drunk.Hostages, Order of the Phoenix, rewards, it doesn't matter, he has to get through tonight first.On the floor of the Room of Requirement, the blood of Death Eaters and students mingled together - students, to be precise.In the middle of the room, Goyle's body still lay.A Death Eater struggled to crawl towards the disappearing cabinet. He opened the door of the cabinet with great difficulty, but did not make any further movements. A beam of blue light hit his back, and he half fell into the disappearing cabinet without moving. .Theodore turned his head blankly, and there were also two corpses piled up at the exit leading to Hogwarts, one belonging to a Death Eater and the other belonging to Hufflepuff.It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, he has to get through tonight.He closed his eyes, thinking back to what Draco had taught him in the past... He was told that the crack in the Room of Requirement was long gone, but he didn't believe it... maybe, maybe...

Theodore stared in amazement at the miracle in the center of the room.He saw that crack again!Exactly the same as what I saw during the Triwizard Tournament!Exactly as Draco had shown him!It didn't go away, Draco lied to him!It was there, around Goyle's body... Several Death Eaters also noticed the anomaly, and one of them was killed by a spell thrown from above just for a moment.Theodore gave up the idea of ​​calling his companions in an instant, he quickly jumped out from behind the bed, and rushed towards the crack...

The next second, as he had practiced repeatedly in the past, he landed in the familiar Slytherin lounge.Theodore got up from the ground. Apart from him, Goyle's body was successfully brought in. Those ugly eyes were still wide open, as if he couldn't believe the situation in front of him.Theodore looked around the empty lounge, and the anger in his chest was ignited again, burning his brain.

Draco Malfoy, the guy who fixed the Vanishing Cabinet with him lied to him!He should have known that the other party didn't care about his life...how could a Malfoy care about a Nott!Is the other party an undercover agent?Or is this part of the Dark Lord's plan?Did the other party disrupt the Dark Lord's plan, or did the Dark Lord intend to send them to Hogwarts to test the waters?

In any case, he had to find Snape first.His right leg seemed to have been injured while rushing into the crevasse, and he was now struggling to run.Theodore opened the stone door of the lounge, took one last look back at Goyle's body, and realized he had forgotten to close his eyes.But the other party is already a dead person, so he probably wouldn't care about this, would he?As they ascended the stairs, Theodore caught a glimpse of a lavender glow outside the window, which indicated that Hogwarts' protection spells were warding off attacks.

When he finally found Snape, he seemed to have been waiting for him for a long time. "Professor Snape!" Theodore seemed to have grasped at the last straw, "We were assassinated! I was the only one who escaped!"

Snape glanced at him in surprise, opened the office door in front of him without saying anything.Theodore was surprised to find several Death Eaters standing inside, familiar faces who had entered the Room of Requirement with him.At the same time, there were still three people kneeling neatly on the ground that the Dark Lord wanted. "The vanguard team occupied the Room of Requirement a few minutes ago," said Snape slowly, "and took hostages other than Fred Weasley and Luna Lovegood, although in the end only seven Personally... oh no, counting Mr. Nott and you, there should be a total of eight survivors."

"We don't associate with cowardly rats." The black-haired girl among the seven said with contempt, and the other six looked at Theodore with complicated eyes. "Assassinated? Escaped? You can speak, Nott, this is war! Any danger must be overcome! As the leader, you didn't know where to hide from the beginning. As for you How you escaped, everyone can see clearly!"

Theodore took half a step back, feeling the blood in his body flow backwards: "But how did you guys...obviously..."

"It's hopeless, isn't it?" Another boy walked up to him, "Louis found someone up there, so he immediately told me and Anna, we asked him to tell you the news quickly, and climbed up the pillar... We originally thought that when you heard the news, you would definitely come to us, but we didn't expect..."

"I didn't expect that you didn't know what kind of tricks you used, and disappeared from the room." Anna picked up the boy's words, her face flushed, "Louis died just to deliver the news to you, you have let us down in vain. People's trust! Liz, let me go!" She threw off the hand of the girl beside her, "Alex is dead too! He was killed by George Weasley! He fell from such a high place... …during his death clutching Weasley's leg, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to capture him alive!"

"I heard what you said to Draco." The boy said coldly, "You are not loyal to the Dark Lord at all, you just want to be a hero. All fucking cowards."

Snape watched all this with cold eyes, until Theodore couldn't take it anymore. "Now is not the time to worry about this," he put his hand on Anna's shoulder, "There are still many Dumbledore's people hiding in Hogwarts, and many professors are still guarding the gate. We must wait in the Forbidden Forest." Theodore--" He gave him a deep look, "you and Tom will keep the hostages, and the others will come with me."

"Do not--"

Theodore responded subconsciously with a sneer. "Yeah, how could the young Knott family want to do this kind of work?" Tom said. "He has to kill a member of the Order of the Phoenix, so he can go back and claim credit."

"Professor, let me go with Nott." Elizabeth said suddenly, "Tom and Anna's magic is stronger and more suitable for fighting."

Snape was noncommittal.Theodore tried to explain that his magic was the most superb of the few, but under such pressure, he couldn't help but give in. "Very good," Snape reminded, looking at the cursed hostages on the ground, "don't underestimate these guys, you must keep an eye on them. Regardless of whether the school gate can be opened in time, the second team will soon come from the disappearing cabinet Come here, you just hand over the hostages to them."

The office quickly returned to silence, quiet enough to regret.How did things become like this?Louis had been sent by Tom and Anna to find him, and he'd been utterly terrified, leaving the other's body behind and crawling into the crevice... No, there was nothing wrong with that, wasn't it clear from the start?One's own life is the most important thing... Only those pure-bloods with no family background would be stupid enough to fight for the Dark Lord... If he hadn't prepared for himself early, he might have died in the Room of Requirement by now. Damn mouse, dare to laugh at him like this in front of Snape, oh of course, Snape himself doesn't have a good background, he just made friends with the Malfoy family...

But if the gang survived, report to the Dark Lord how he was doing here... damn, damn.Theodore slammed his fist against the wall.He suspected that there was something wrong with the glass of whiskey he drank with Draco before he left...Damn, damn...

"Nott, you have to calm down!"

"I can't fucking calm down!" he yelled at the girl.At this moment, one after another fireworks rose outside the window, and the beautiful flames scattered in the air, turning into a huge Dark Mark.For the Death Eaters, this symbolizes the initial success of the plan to capture Hogwarts, and the large forces will soon follow.As long as Harry Potter was keeping an eye on Hogwarts, he would see it.

"Harry Potter will definitely come back." Elizabeth smiled behind him. "If he doesn't come back tonight, there won't be any chance in the future. But even if he comes back, so what? The world will sooner or later of the Dark Lord."

The crackle of the fireworks made her voice indistinct, but Theodore heard it clearly, but at the same time, there was another sound of breathing that was sensed.He subconsciously turned around, and before the girl opened her lips again, she was pulled to him.A green light obscured what she was about to say.Before Theodore could react, he had cast the Killing Curse at the dying George Weasley.George Weasley's red hair and clothes were covered with blood, one ear was cut off in half, and a sigh flashed through the eyes illuminated by green light.Given that the man was good at dodging pranks, this was probably the most embarrassing he had been at Hogwarts in seven years.How he hid his wand was unknown, but at least for now, he didn't have the strength to hold it any longer.

The bodies of the boy and the girl fell on the floor at the same time.The huge fireworks are still blooming outside the window, but Theodore can't feel anything anymore.He killed the most important hostage...George Weasley was seriously injured, and it only needed to say "disarm you" to solve the problem!Damn it!Damn it!The clutter on the desk fell to the ground, and Theodore had never been so aware for a moment that he was finished.His damned uncle is currently staying at the headquarters of the Forbidden Forest with peace of mind... and his father is still looking forward to his return with military exploits!Why did he volunteer in the first place?Why compare everything to Draco?It's not that he doesn't know the relationship between the Malfoy family and the Dark Lord. The Dark Lord probably recalled Draco urgently after realizing the danger of this operation, didn't he?

He stepped on the ground and subconsciously went to help the statue beside him, but he slammed to the ground because he couldn't stand still.The door of the office was opened at this moment, and several Death Eaters older than him walked in.The leading man exclaimed when he saw the scene inside the house: "Liz!"

"Weasley did it!" cried Theodore desperately. "George Weasley killed her, Mr. Sangster!"

Elizabeth's father was left behind by another Death Eater. "Who killed Weasley?" he asked.

"It's Elizabeth, sir." Theodore said tremblingly, pointing to Elizabeth's body with his finger, "I, I didn't realize it, Weasley suddenly jumped out and cursed Elizabeth, and Elizabeth attacked him at the same time..."

The Death Eater's breathing became heavy, obviously dissatisfied with the current situation. "Why didn't you take away the hostage's wand?! How did you teach you during the training?!" He immediately waved his hand, "Take the hostage away! Nott, you follow us to the school gate!"

Oh sure, go to the school gate, the battle is far from over.Theodore nodded in a daze.Snape's office was full of Death Eaters, methodically taking hostages and leaving dead bodies.The fireworks outside the window seemed to be over, and everything returned to silence, except for the protective cover in the sky that kept shining frequently. "Mr. Sangster" disappeared. There is no condolence and sorrow here, but only the uniform black hood.

"Sir...is the gate open?" Theodore asked as he followed the procession down the stairs.

"Soon," said the gentleman.Theodore didn't recognize that face, but somehow it felt familiar. "We haven't caught Fred Weasley and Luna Lovegood yet... There are only seven people left in the team, and the remaining six are going to the school gate with Snape..." He mechanically reported everything know everything.At some point, the stairs under his feet became twisted and deformed, making it difficult for him to get off.He knew there was something wrong with that glass of wine.Theodore shook his head. He thought it would wake him up, but he didn't expect the whole space to tremble violently like an earthquake.

The people in the team raised their heads in amazement, and Theodore suddenly realized that this was not his own hallucination.The entire space is distorting, like the crack in the Room of Response, and the ripples are swaying around them, but the force is stronger, as if to swallow everyone.Many people were caught off guard and rolled down the stairs, and Theodore struggled to grab the handrail beside him.

"what happened?"

The gentleman looked up at the roof of Hogwarts. Compared with the people around him, he seemed to be completely unaffected by the space, and his feet were firmly glued to the steps. "It's over," he said, "sooner than I thought."

"what are you talking about?!"

The gentleman said nothing more.The whole of Hogwarts was shaking, and it was not until the moment before he fell into a coma that Theodore finally recognized the face hidden under the hood, and was so frightened that he lost his soul.It's not that he doesn't know the person in front of him, but he didn't expect that the dead can be resurrected.

That's Sirius' younger brother, a character who exists only in photographs, Regulus Black.

☆、Chapter145 Ending (6)

The taste of whiskey still lingers in my mouth.Draco closed the cupboard door and turned to leave the Borginburg store.On the street outside Knockturn Alley, Soul Eaters scattered away from him leisurely, and a carriage was parked in the middle of the road.Thestral's silvery eyes swept over him blankly, flapping its bat-like wings, reminding Draco of the time of the Triwizard Tournament, when he could not see this magical creature.

In the carriage sat his father and another lady.Draco sat across from the two elders, Lucius looked at him but said nothing.The carriage lifted into the air, and the Thestral's huge wings completely spread out, sending gusts of cool wind to the people in the carriage. Outside the window, the supposedly bright moonlight was obscured by black clouds, turning into an indistinguishable chaos of light and color.Looking at the chaos, Draco was a little dizzy.Too many things happened tonight, his mother was sent home, he was personally tested by the Dark Lord, and he sent Nott and the others away with the disappearing cabinet.He knew what was waiting for him next.

The Death Eaters who had been stationed had all left, and the Malfoy Manor was unspeakably deserted.Draco passed the rose path where he had talked with Pansy, crossed the fountain that often came to breathe in the middle of the ball, walked through the gate led by his father and the old Death Eater, and walked into the warehouse he rarely set foot in.

"The Dark Lord wants you to put the necklace back here."

Draco nodded: "I know, Father." As he said that, he took off the necklace from his neck with a refreshing "click", Lucius and the lady watched his movements.It was only then that Draco realized that the woman could see the necklace as well, and that she also had Black blood running through her, but he had never seen her, although her face was familiar.It wasn't until he put the necklace back in its original disc that he remembered that she was Aunt Bella and Mother's sister, Andromeda Tonks, who had been expelled from House Black for marrying a Muggle-born.Draco didn't know what the Dark Lord had done to get the woman here, but the way she looked at him was benevolent.

Perhaps because of her daughter?According to the information, Nymphadora had just given birth to a son, and perhaps the Dark Lord also promised Andromeda the safety of her offspring, which made her return here willingly.Draco stared at the disk, the second time he had looked at it carefully: a long tube was connected to the bottom of the disk, the tube should be white, but it was terribly stained with old blood.The necklace emits an extremely faint white light.It was this device and the constant offerings that kept it alive during the long unclaimed years.The crest of House Black was engraved on the disc's edge: a shield decorated with a mountain symbol, two five-pointed stars, and a short sword, also stained with brown blood.

"Okay, kid," Lucius said, "we'll take care of it, you go back and do what you have to do."

As Draco had expected, his father was unaware of the new mission the Dark Lord had entrusted to him.Lucius Malfoy thought his son would go to Hogwarts like all young Death Eaters, thinking that the Dark Lord was only doing this to keep the necklace safe during the war.If he knew the truth, he wouldn't let him go so frankly.

Draco walked out the door, and his mother was standing outside waiting for him.Her blond hair fell over her shoulders, and Draco had never seen his mother look so careless.He walked over and hugged her. "Come back safe, Draco, nothing is more important than your life," she said softly, kissing his forehead. "My child, my child," she repeated.Draco's face had the temperature of his mother's tears, and he held her hand and kissed: "I know, Mom. I will come back safely. But if...you find that you can't find me after everything is over, don't worry about me Worry, I want you to know, I must be alive, and here at Gringotts... please keep it a secret from me, I love you." These were his last words to her.After that, Draco ignored his mother's shocked and confused eyes, kissed her on both cheeks, and turned to leave.

This time he didn't dare to look back.The manor was shrouded in darkness. When he passed the fountain again, a vague light rose in the direction of Hogwarts. At the same time, the Dark Mark on his arm was slightly warm.A smile flashed across Draco's face, but he quickly returned to indifference.He quickened his pace and boarded the Thestral carriage again.The magical creatures of the aura knew where to send him without even being told.

Gringotts and Malfoy Manor were equally eerily quiet, passing through the two heavy doors, the marble halls empty of customers.Hundreds of goblins sat behind their respective counters and wrote calculations. They were all used to order, and nothing could be heard in the space except the occasional sound of coins colliding.He was received by two of the oldest goblins, who examined him meticulously and confiscated his wand.After everything was over, the two goblins bowed to him: "Mr. Malfoy, please follow us. The great Dark Lord has prepared extremely safe protection for you in Gringotts."

Draco wanted to laugh, but just nodded.The Death Eaters' attack on Hogwarts had just begun, but the Dark Lord thought it was time for him to rest.In fact, after such a long and long preparation, on the night when he was finally able to accept the results, he also thought that he really should rest.

"After returning the necklace, I want you to go to Gringotts." But three hours ago, the Dark Lord said to him. "You have proved with your loyalty that you can continue to be the owner of the necklace. Because of this, I want to keep you safe. You have done enough for me over the years. Now I only ask you to stay in Gringotts until the war is over. I will fulfill my promises to the Malfoy family one by one."

Draco followed the old goblin through the hall to the door leading to the vault at the end.Draco was familiar with Gringotts. As he got closer to the door, he seemed to have seen the narrow stone corridor behind the door, the winding railway, and the huge stalactites and stalagmites.His father had told him that the most important treasury was at the deepest part of the passage, guarded by fire dragons.Draco hadn't seen it yet, and he thought he'd be able to see it today.

If Pansy hadn't betrayed, the Dark Lord would have had enough time to wait for the baby girl to be the owner of the necklace, and the other party wouldn't care about his life or death in the war, Draco thought as he got into the stroller.Right now, his parents thought that as long as he was the owner of the necklace, he would not be in danger. They were still wrong.The various protections that the Dark Lord set up for him were just captivity in disguise. According to Draco's understanding of this person, no matter what the outcome of tonight's battle was, it would be very difficult for him to leave the vault again.He will be buried as a puppet guarding the necklace, carrying the secret of the Horcrux, and buried forever in Lestrange's vault in exchange for the succession of the Malfoy family's glory outside of Gringotts.

Draco stared at the letters on the vault door and couldn't help but laugh out loud.What a perfect plan, as long as he is not a traitor, not a pure blood who does not value the family, it is impossible to refuse such a sacrifice.But it was such a thoughtful person who knew nothing about the destruction of the Horcrux.Greed and ignorance caused him to occupy magic power that did not belong to him, and this was the price he had to pay.

If Merlin was alive, he must be helping Harry Potter too, and Draco only hoped that the Savior Boy would take his chance.

The goblin took out the tinkle.The vault of the Lestrange family slowly appeared in front of Draco. "Don't be alarmed, sir, the dragon will do no harm to you," explained the goblin to him. "It will be loyal when it realizes that you are its property to protect."

Fire dragons are not loyal to property, but only to the owner of the property. The goblin who has been stationed in Gringotts for many years will not be so stupid that he can't tell the difference.Draco didn't refute, he walked in under the sign of the goblin.

Yet he still hadn't been able to foresee the Dark Lord's whole plan.

When he saw Nagini entrenched in the innermost side of the vault.Nagini was awake, and it noticed him, but it just lazily raised its eyelids, and continued to curl up its body more comfortably.Behind Draco, the goblins slowly closed the heavy door.

He has never felt so deeply isolated from his body, from the world, from power.Draco had expected the snake to go with the necklace, not him.What is this indicating?Even after he took off the necklace, was the man worried about what his emotions were doing to the Horcrux?Draco had no doubt that if that person really thought that there was something wrong with the Horcrux, the big snake in front of him would immediately bite off his throat.

His safety depends entirely on fate.There is nothing in this spacious space but snakes, piles of gold coins, and antiques.In the absolute silence, he could even hear the sound of dripping water in the underground passage and the slow breathing of the fire dragon outside the door.Draco found a place to sit down, not sure if Dumbledore had anticipated the situation.

There's a fight going on in the streets of Hogsmeade.

Ron had never seen so many Eaters of Souls before, it seemed like the whole of Azkaban had come, a silent and treacherous battle, the only sounds being the whirring of animals and the swishing of wands.Looking in the direction of Hogwarts, the fireworks have disappeared, but the flashing purple mask reminds everyone that the Peaceful Land where Dumbledore once stationed is under attack.

Like Harry and Hermione, Ron also used the Polyjuice Potion prepared by Hagrid.Patronus charms are scattered around the Pig's Head, making it look like a house that only exists in the galaxy.The stag, otter, and hound shuttled between the Eater of Souls, "Get in!" Hagrid pushed Ron hard from behind, blocking his right side.His shoulders, arms, and knapsack were full of Bowtruckles, leaping from Hagrid to hang securely on the Eater of Souls' hood, covering its soul-sucking mouth, angrily left and right. Scratching around, there were probably a few invisible beasts hiding in the air. Before Ron could see clearly, Hermione dragged him into the bar.The moment the three of them entered, Aberforth waved his wand, and a layer of light blue mist rose outside the bar, blocking the fight outside the window.

"There's a shield here too?" Ron asked.

"My preparation is hard to compare with Hogwarts." Aberforth led the three of them to the hanging picture, "Quick, go to the Room of Requirement."

"But what about the others!" Harry asked eagerly.

"Someone must deal with the Soul Eater, in case they contact the Death Eaters and expose your whereabouts." Aberforth said, "As long as you safely enter Hogwarts, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief, stop talking nonsense, hurry up !"

Ron followed Harry and Hermione down the dark corridor and into the Room of Requirement. "It's hard to imagine we've kept it," said Hermione.This was originally the place where DA students were stationed, and the space was filled with messy beds, equipment for listening to intelligence was placed on the cabinets, and there were graffiti that could only be drawn by Gemini.After not seeing his two brothers for a long time, Ron felt a little sore.

"They must be with Professor McGonagall," said Hermione. "We have to meet them." While talking, two more people came from the side of the portrait, Lupine and Tonks. "We'll take you to McGonagall," said Lupine. "Harry, get out the Marauder's Map."

Harry spread the Marauder's Map on the table, and Lupine looked at it for a moment, frowning. "There are fewer Death Eaters in the school than I thought." He sounded confused. "So, what the hell is that firework?"

"That's really weird," Hermione took him on.In fact, when everyone saw the fireworks, they thought that Hogwarts had been initially occupied by Death Eaters.However, after they experienced the battle with the Eater of Souls, the number of Death Eaters in the school did not increase significantly.

"If we held the Room of Requirement, how did the first Death Eaters get in?"

"Maybe they were hiding in the school and started to act when they received the signal." Hermione's brows loosened. "So the fireworks are a signal for them to start to act, not a notice of occupation. The situation is more favorable to us than we imagined, and we Hurry up to help Professor McGonagall, and don't let those people break through the gate of Hogwarts!"

"Just avoid the people patrolling the corridors on the second and third floors." Ron pointed with his wand, "You can use the magic stairs."

"Great, I'll get the map and keep an eye on the situation," said Harry.

Everyone had no objection and silently wiped their wands.Lupine and Tonks stood at the head of the line, and Ron walked behind Lupin, helping Lupine open the door to the Room of Requirement.In the corridor, the bronze statues of three knights fell to the ground, and the sword of one of them flew down the steps.On the landing between the two flights of stairs sat a dead Hufflepuff.Ron didn't want to look, but he couldn't help but look at him, subconsciously he didn't want himself to know the dead.

Apparently, before their arrival, there had been a fierce battle in the corridor on the fourth floor.There is a mess in front of the classroom where students participate in club activities.Crystal chandeliers and bookcases are scattered, and traces of spells are left on the walls.Three more corpses, Slytherin and Gryffindor.That immature face made Ron's blood coagulate. It was Colin Creevey, the one who