Alice's Travels

The night seemed to be silent.

Alice's heart was extremely anxious, as if she was being scorched by a raging fire.

Draco lured the Death Eaters to Hogwarts, are they going to work together to kill Dumbledore?

So, how many people will come?

Alice forced herself to calm down, clutching her wand tightly in her hand, thinking about countermeasures.

Fighting seemed inevitable.

The professors and the students will definitely fight against the Death Eaters. Is there any way to drive those people away?

In the castle, the sound of fighting came from an unknown number of floors, accompanied by bursts of white light from the magic wand, piercing the silence of the night.

Alice moved quickly and ran to the open space outside the castle, took out the Felicity Elixir and poured it into her mouth, then stretched out her hands and aimed at the castle to emit a dazzling light for a moment.

A massive, solid barrier enveloped Hogwarts.Alice closed her eyes and focused on pouring out all the magic power in her body, thinking silently in her heart to drive away the Death Eaters—to drive out all those who broke in!

May I--

I order you - drive those trespassers and invaders who do not belong to Hogwarts back to their original places, throw out all trespassers - defend Hogwarts!

The circle of light in the enchantment seems to be flickering, and there is a wave of light like water ripples.

The exclamation sounded suddenly.

Harry and Hermione were fighting with two Death Eaters. One of the short women swung her wand quickly at Hermione. Harry was about to block Hermione when suddenly the little woman let out a piercing scream. The figure flickered and disappeared.The stout man who was fighting with Harry also shook his body with a look of astonishment on his face and disappeared in front of them.

"What's going on?" Harry asked in amazement, still looking around warily as he pulled Hermione closer to him.

"I don't know," Hermione gasped.

"Look, that light outside!" Ron ran over from a short distance and pointed to the sky outside.He had just experienced the same thing as Harry and Hermione with a few Gryffindor boys on the other side-the Death Eater in front of him suddenly disappeared.

"What's that, a protection spell?" Harry asked puzzled.

"Harry, we need to check the situation in other places now!" Hermione said quickly, "See how many Death Eaters have broken in, whether anyone has been attacked, and what is the target of their operation?" who--"

"You're right," Harry said, taking Hermione's hand immediately, "we're going there now."

Ron's eyes seemed to stay on their intertwined hands for a second, and then he looked away, then turned around and ran back while saying in a slightly strange voice, "I'll go over there with Neville and the others. ..."

Harry and Hermione looked at each other with firm expressions on their faces.Without delay they set off and ran upstairs, floor after floor.

Until the spiral staircase around the tower, two figures confronting each other appeared in the corridor.

Dumbledore stood calmly at the end of the corridor.

On the other side were Snape and Draco.

Draco immediately noticed Harry and Hermione approaching.His face was extremely pale under the light, and he immediately turned his wand to point at them, and said with a little shortness of breath, "Did you do something?"

"Your helpers are gone, Draco," Dumbledore said calmly, as if he was not surprised by the sudden disappearance of the Death Eaters before, "You are not a murderer, you can choose-- "

"No, I have no choice!" Draco's voice rose suddenly, his face pale, his lips quivering and twisting, "He told me to do this or he would kill me. I have no choice. "

"Stand on the right path, Draco, I can help you..." Dumbledore said gently, "Severus, I also trust you, there is no need for you to help the Death Eaters with tonight's Action. Why go back to the old way, the Dark Lord is not worth following, don't you understand?"

"It was just an accident!" Snape said coldly, "If it hadn't been for the troubles of those guys, do you really think you can deal with so many of us by yourself—"

Harry and Hermione were now behind Dumbledore.Harry was glaring at Snape angrily as Hermione grabbed his arm tightly.

Just as Dumbledore was about to speak, Snape's wand suddenly sent out an attack, and Dumbledore immediately waved his wand to stop it.Snape raised his arm and began to shoot. Spells. Dumbledore raised his wand and kept resisting. Harry and Hermione waved their wands at the same time. Draco's wand was also aimed at them.

For a while, several white lights flashed continuously, colliding with intense light.

Bang bang sounded one after another, and the light hit the surrounding walls and refracted instantly.

Dumbledore stood in front of Harry and Hermione like an impenetrable wall.

Snape stepped back and suddenly reached out and grabbed Draco by the back of his tie and slid him out of the window.

Under the green light of the Dark Mark, a black figure in a robe fluttering in the wind quickly disappeared into the night.

"They escaped!" Harry hurriedly chased to the window sill, looked around and said angrily.

Hermione walked over to him, frowning.Dumbledore watched them calmly.

Finally the Death Eaters were cleared out one by one.Alice's legs softened, and she knelt down on the ground, supporting the ground with her hands.

Her magic power has been almost completely exhausted, only this invisible barrier is still firmly enveloping Hogwarts, like an airtight armor protection.

Draco should be fine for now.Alice thought, as long as he is fine, this action can be pushed to Voldemort's order and persecution-this is also true, and they can just ask Dumbledore for protection-to keep Draco's family and protect Draco's family. With Ke and her, Dumbledore should be able to do it.

It would be great if they could find a place to hide them...

Just as Alice was deep in thought, a slight rustling sound suddenly sounded.

Alice turned her head abruptly, only to see a pair of small, watery eyes staring at her without blinking.

It's Scabbers—no, Pettigrew Peter!

Suddenly, Alice's heart was full of alarm bells. She wanted to take out her wand, but found that she had no strength at all at this moment, and the magic power in her body had already been exhausted.

She didn't expect that her elimination would miss the Animagus in the Death Eaters-Peter turned into a mouse at the time and was not counted among those who broke in.

And that mistake obviously had serious consequences.

"All petrified!" Peter immediately turned into a human form and cast a spell on Alice, and she immediately fell to the ground stiffly.

"My friends told me that there was a girl who guarded Hogwarts with magic power." Peter said in a high-pitched voice.He was a middle-aged man with a short stature and ordinary appearance, only a pair of eyes that still looked like animals with wet eyes, carefully watching the brown-haired brown-eyed girl on the ground.

"I guess it might be you—the Slytherin friend of Savior Potter, who always uses some special, magical magic, doesn't he? You know, there is such a benefit to being a mouse, you can hear the mouse friends It’s not easy to attract people’s attention.”

"Alice... Altman," Peter paused slightly before calling out Alice's name, and said after a pause, "It's such a strange name, you shouldn't use this name—I'm going to dedicate you to the Dark Lord , oh, I think he'd be very happy..."

Do not!

Alice's eyes widened suddenly, and Peter's approaching face was reflected in the pupils, and then fell into darkness.

Peter withdrew his wand, and his gaze never fell on Alice again.He took out a diary from his pocket, grinned and muttered softly, "The Dark Lord will be very happy, you know I brought him a big gift back—so that I can be favored again." .I believe..."

Peter said to himself, and quickly disappeared in place with Alice.

At night, still silent.

Professor McGonagall quickly found Dumbledore with other professors and reported the current situation in the school-no students were injured or injured, only a few people suffered minor injuries.All the Death Eaters disappeared suddenly, not as if they were actively retreating, but as if they were suddenly expelled.

"It's obvious that someone has set up a protective barrier." Dumbledore said, waving his wand towards the sky outside. Suddenly, a beam of light shot out from the top of the wand, as if it had crashed into a transparent barrier. It was as if the water surface fluctuated and then calmed down again and hid.

"Guardian spell—" McGonagall said slightly surprised, "Who guarded Hogwarts—"

"I don't know yet," Dumbledore said, shaking his head, "but I think this person must have great determination to keep Hogwarts."

Harry told the story of Snape's mutiny in front of all the teachers, and everyone looked surprised.Because Dumbledore had shown complete trust in Snape before.The professors cast their eyes on Dumbledore, but saw that he was calm and calm, as if he had never experienced betrayal.

"People are always prone to make wrong choices in many situations," Dumbledore said after a pause, "Obviously Severus has betrayed my trust. But at the same time, fortunately, Hogwarts has not been punished for this." Damage. This situation may play out many times in the future - while the Dark Lord is still strong, we need to distinguish between friends and foes. I think you have to remember this too."

Harry and Hermione looked at each other, their eyes mirrored, their fingers clasped together.