[Comprehensive] Digging Secrets in the Academy of Magic

Once he noticed the danger behind him, his senses became sharper: Al could hear the sound of the snake spitting out letters, as well as the stinky, rotten cold breath from the snake's mouth, so it seemed that the basilisk was very close to him, even If you don't look into its eyes, you may be bitten to death!

Al slowly pointed the ring wand at George and cast a Levitating Charm. George's body levitated, equally slowly, and Al got goosebumps on the back of his neck, but they were not attacked.

Al sent George into the secret passage, and he also slowly climbed in. After the whole body entered the secret passage, Al heard the sound of the one-eyed witch statue closing.

The secret passage was suddenly dark. Al had never thanked Peter so much for breaking his wand. He pulled out the wooden wand from his waist and lit the wand. By the light, he saw that the entrance to the secret passage had been closed.

Al breathed a sigh of relief, but then became worried again—George was petrified.

George was still floating unconsciously in the secret passage in front of Al. Al crawled over to check George's breath. Fortunately, he was still breathing. It was indeed only petrified. His fingers dangled in front of George's eyes. George didn't respond, so Al had to Close George's eyes so he can't blink, they're too dry.

Immediately Al took out the diary in his pocket, poked the skin of the diary with his wand violently, and shouted angrily: "Voldemort, you bastard! How did you let the basilisk out!"

The diary is silent and there is no movement. It is impossible for Al to start a (un)friendly communication with Tom Riddle now. What if he pulls his soul into the diary again and hurts him?

So after poking at the diary to vent, Al had to put the diary back in his pocket.

Now the basilisk may still be at the entrance of the secret passage, and it is impossible to go back. If you stay in the secret passage all the time, and you don’t know when the basilisk will leave, Al thinks twice, takes George behind him, and walks to the other end of the secret passage .

There may be people who rescued George from petrification in the world I went to this time, such as Doctor Strange and Master Ancient One. These mages seem to be very proficient in souls.If they can't do it, it's okay even to go to the world of Thanos, after all, it's the man who holds the soul gem... He shouldn't beat children, right?

Although the secret path has become very unstable recently, Al still has a glimmer of hope in his heart, but if it's the Hunger Games, the Maze Runner, or something like Homecoming, he can come back immediately.

With a nervous mood, Al came out of the secret passage, looked around at the surrounding scenery, and immediately drooped his head in disappointment.

He got out of a cave in a mountain. The scenery here is indeed beautiful, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, but the people who live there are either primitive people or isolated "outsiders"... Probably there is no way to help him.

Al looked back at the floating George, sighed, and said to himself, "Let's go back."

However, as soon as the words fell, Al heard a gloomy and low voice from beside him: "Where are you going?"

Al almost jumped up, he suddenly turned his head in the direction of the sound source, and his eyes went dark when he saw the person coming.

... No, is the secret way spiritual?Can it hear what it is thinking?

How could it really open the exit to Thanos?

The person in front of him was as tall as three Als, with a huge head, purple skin, and vertical grooves on his chin, like a man who had become a purple potato—isn't he Thanos?

Right now, Thanos is different from the image when he appeared in Avengers III. He simply wears a vest and shorts, and with the slanting sunset behind him, Thanos looks like an old farmer hoeing the fields for retirement.He still wears a glove that can be inlaid with six gems on his left hand, but the glove has been damaged.

Al swallowed, and said cautiously, "Who are you? I stumbled here by mistake, and I just want to go home."

Thanos didn't seem to intend to crush Al with one finger, but cast his eyes on George with interest: "Who is he?"

"He's my friend." Al moved defensively to keep George behind him.

"What's wrong with him, why can't he move? Still floating?"

Al had never known that Thanos was such a curious person before, so he answered bravely: "He...he was petrified by a monster in our place, and I'm trying to help him, where is this place?"

"Planet Stella." Thanos pointed to a cabin not far away, "My house."

Stella... Al had never heard of this planet, or heard of it, but he forgot, the name is not the point, Al was feeling a little breathless, the planet must have less oxygen than Earth.

"Why do you live here? It's very..."

"Quiet." Thanos looked around, "I just killed half of the people in the universe, I need to think, and calm. You two children are lucky."

Al: "..."

Only then did he realize that Thanos had collected six gems and completed his energy-saving and emission-reduction plan.

Al: "...so, can you do me a favor?"

The soul gem can steal, manipulate or modify the soul. Since all petrified people have no physical problems, they are unconscious and unable to move. Al can only judge that petrification is an effect on the soul.

But asked Thanos to help... Al suspected that Thanos would use the reality gem to turn himself and George into willows after hearing his words, but Thanos just raised his eyebrows: "How can I help?"

Al felt like he had won the first prize lottery.

The orange Soul Gem shimmers on Thanos' gauntlet, and Al observes it carefully, as a stone it has some separate consciousness of its own - it reminds Al of the stone in The Dream of the Red Chamber.

Thanos put George on an open space in front of the house, turned his head over and over to check his mouth, nasal cavity and eyes, his movements were a bit rough, Al felt distressed, and hurriedly said: "Take it easy, he Very fragile."

Thanos glanced at Al and relaxed his movements.

"What a gentleman." Al exclaimed.

"You need to be patient with children in order to teach them something." Thanos looked at the soul gem on the back of his hand, looking fascinated, and Al guessed that he remembered Gamora.

"So, are you really willing to help? And...won't kill any of us?" Al asked worriedly.

"The Soul Stone says it needs you to sacrifice your soul." Thanos replied.

"Does this also need to sacrifice the soul? He was just petrified, his soul is still there, and I don't want the soul gem." Al asked in surprise.

"The Soul Gem is not a gentle baby."

Al was silent for a few seconds, and replied: "Oh...then I'd better go back and wait for the mandrakes to mature. Thank you, let's go first."

As he said that, Al used the Levitation Charm again, and led George to walk in the direction he came from, his back looked pitiful.

After walking a few steps, Al heard Thanos say, "Wait, kid, I was just kidding."

Al turned quickly and put George back.

"I've just stayed here for too long. I'm the only one on this planet. I mean, the scenery is so charming, but no other creature can talk to me." Thanos said while fiddling with his gems.

"The oxygen content of this planet is slightly lower than where I live... I guess you may not need oxygen or something." Unexpectedly, life after retirement has turned Thanos into a chatterbox, "The creatures on this planet Were they all killed by you?"

Thanos' face...Even if his face changed, Al couldn't tell, but he could always tell that Thanos was a little unhappy because of this sentence: "Sorry, I won't say it."

At this time, Thanos' temper was better than Al imagined. In fact, the Thanos portrayed in the movie is at least a person who kept his promise-at least after he got the time stone, he really didn't kill Iron Man.

So since Thanos wanted someone to talk to, and promised that he would not kill the two of them, then neither of them should be in danger.

"How much longer do you need?" Al asked.

"Emmmm... It's been a long time. I just got the gem not long ago. I just fulfilled my dream, but I haven't fully understood what the gem can do." Thanos replied.

"Then can I ask you a little favor while you're helping George?"

"what?"

Al took out his diary: "If I suddenly passed out and didn't wake up within 10 minutes, please give me a slap to wake me up. If I can't wake up, I can only ask you to use the soul gem to wake me up." Pulled my soul out of this diary."

Thanos: "..."

While talking, Al had already used his ring wand as a pen, and wrote in the diary: "Tom Riddle, you despicable villain, who did you use to bring the basilisk out?"

… As expected, two seconds later, the insulted, perhaps very angry Dark Lord, pulled Al into his diary space.

In fact, if Al's force is worth enough now, he will definitely beat Thanos to death, remembering the superheroes who have been killed in this timeline-at least grab the gloves and turn Thanos' soul into purple sweet potatoes.

But now Al is just a little fluff, so he can only ask Thanos to help George restore his petrified soul, and then go to have a conversation with Tom Riddle that may not be too friendly.