Chapter 68: The Witch Shadow Empire
It's not your fault, Harry. Andrew said, looking Harry in the eye, "It's going to make you mature, Harry." ”
"Andrew......" Harry looked at Andrew, "Ron ———"
"I know, is he okay?" Andrew stepped forward to check on Ron, "Oh, it's because the spell has lost its effect. ”
Andrew pulled out his wand, "Wake up." ”
Ron slowly opened his eyes and saw Andrew in front of him, "Did it work?" he asked.
"Almost, Ron. Andrew laughed and said, "Well done." ”
"Of course. Ron said with a smile.
"Wait, what's going on?" asked Ginny, puzzled, as did others.
"Oh," Ron explained with a smile, "Andrew already knew I had the Imperius Curse, but he told me to keep going——— where are we now?"
"We're in the Ministry of Magic. Luna said.
"Oh my gosh. Ron was taken aback and said, "Why are we here?"
"There's no time to explain," Andrew said, opening the door, "and the others are still outside." ”
"And what about her?" Neville gestured to Hallie, who was still unconscious on the ground.
"What's wrong with her?" Andrew asked, "she's hurt?"
"No," Hermione said, "that's a bit of a long ——— to say"
"——— then we'll talk about it later," Andrew picked up the unconscious Harley, "we'll go out first."
Then they walked through the room, which had long since become unrecognizable.
Everything in the room was reduced to a pile of waste, and many of the Death Eaters were lying on the floor, as if they had been blown away by something, and some were still hanging on the wall.
"You did this?" asked Hermione.
"Oh, almost. Andrew replied casually, "When I came here, I found that they were besieging Penelope, so I sent them flying by the way." ”
"Oh, by the way, Penelo, she ———" Hermione didn't finish her words, as it saw Penelope look at her, as if to stop Hermione from talking about it.
"——— she saved us all. So Hermione changed her words.
They walked out of the room, and there was a big battle going on outside.
Andrew saw Malfoy holding his wand to fend off the stun spell Tonks had fired at him.
A large number of Death Eaters of the Order of the Phoenix fought, jumping down the stairs as they rained down the spells at the Death Eaters. Weave through the rushing crowd and flashes of light.
"Are you alright, Harry?" Sirius shouted, firing another spell towards the Death Eaters.
"Are you alright?" Harry said, "I thought you ———"
"I'm fine, Harry. Sirius happily said that he had fired a spell that stunned a Death Eater, "Watch the Prophecy Ball!"
Sirius saw that Kingsley was fighting two Death Eaters at once, so he rushed up, and Tonks fired a spell at one of the Death Eaters below halfway up the steps
Andrew looked around for a week, then said to Hermione, "Protect yourselves, and the prophecy ———."
"Oh. Harry handed the prophecy ball to Andrew, "This is what he wants." Harry said, "I think it's safe to keep it with you." ”
Andrew put Hallie, who was carrying on his shoulder, in a safe place, and said to Hermione beside him, "You have to be careful yourself, take care of her by the way——— and Penelope, it is injured." ”
"Wait," Hermione pulled Andrew.
"What?"
"Be careful yourself——— Hermione kissed Andrew quickly, "I've been worried about you for the past two days, but now I'm much more at ease." Then he dragged Harley aside.
After Andrew left, Hermione asked Penelope, "Why didn't you let me tell him you could talk?" Penelope didn't answer, just shook his head.
Andrew saw Moody fighting one of the Death Eaters, he was not lightly wounded, and his enchanted eye was spinning rapidly and rolling across the floor.
Andrew hurried to the owner of the MONOCULUS, blood streaming down his head.
"Are you alright?" Andrew asked, helping him fend off a spell.
"It's okay," Moody said loudly, "it's just a little unaccustomed to missing an eye!"
When the Death Eaters saw Andrew coming, they felt that the man was better to bully. "Faint!" he shouted at Andrew, who simply waved his wand to block the spell with the Iron Armor Charm.
"Faint!" Andrew then used the same spell to knock the Death Eater over.
Then he raised his wand again. "The MONOCULUS flies—"
Moody's MONOCULUS quickly flew out of nowhere to Andrew's hand and handed it to Moody. Moody shook his head, "Looks like I'm really old. He put his eyes on his missing spot and said in a rough voice, "Alright, keep fighting!"
A Death Eater suddenly appears behind them, "Arvada ———"
Sirius rushed over from nowhere, sending him flying with one shoulder. The Death Eater forcefully overturned Sirius to the side, drew his wand back, and prepared to swing it at Andrew.
But Harry, who had jumped out of nowhere, jumped up and shouted, "Petrify!" The Death Eater froze instantly, falling on his back and slamming to the ground.
"Well done!" Sirius shouted as he pressed Harry's head, dodging the two stun spells that were flying towards them.
"Well done. Andrew said as well, casting a spell on a Death Eater in the distance who was about to attack them, and the Death Eater fell.
The battle was nearing its end, and only a small fraction of the Death Eaters were still resisting, and Andrew was shouting, "Now take the wounded out first——— Sirius, you cover them and get out first." Andrew gestured to the door leading to the hall directly above him, "Harry, you go out with Neville, Luna, and Ginny." Hermione, Hermione———"
Andrew paused, as he saw Lestrange standing there, and her wand was pointing at Hermione.
"Don't move, Andrew Lee. Lestrange said in a shrill voice, unless you want this stinky mud creature to die——— don't you love her very much?
"No, Andrew. Don't give it to him!" Hermione screamed, immediately being pointed to her throat by Lestrange's wand, "Get it! or I'll kill this Mudblood!"
"Very good," Andrew said, "you won." ”
"Put down your wand!"
Andrew slowly lowered his wand to the ground, "You can let her go first," Andrew said slowly, "Isn't this prophecy ball very important, if you don't get it, your master will be very upset, right?"
"Bring it! You're only allowed to come alone!"
The crowd stopped, and all eyes were fixed on the only Death Eater left in the room. Lestrange smiled coldly, "Hurry up and give it to me, or my wand will tremble." ”
Andrew slowly approached Lestrange, "Very well, don't get excited," Andrew said, he took out the prophecy ball, "I'll give it to you if you want!" He threw the prophecy ball out, but it landed a little far away from Lestrange, so Lestrange had to let go of Hermione to catch it.
Andrew took advantage of this moment to run to Hermione, hugged her in his arms, and protected her tightly.
At the same time, a voice sounded, "The prophecy ball is coming!"
Dumbledore didn't know when he appeared, and he used his wand to summon the prophecy orb, which flew out the moment it fell into Lestrange's hands.
Lestrange was going crazy with rage, and it took him almost a blink of an eye to aim his wand at Andrew's back, "Arvada for his life!"
It was all so fast, so fast that it didn't have time to react, Hermione hadn't even had time to scream, Andrew hadn't had time to turn back.
The green light followed, and a grim smile appeared on Lestrange's face.
A black furball burst out as the green light was about to hit Andrew's back.
The green light hit the flying hairball, and with a bang, the hairball was bounced off the wall.
"All petrified!" Hermione raised her wand as well.
Lestrange fell to the ground stiffly.
"Andrew, are you alright?"
But Andrew ignored Hermione's words, and instead ran over to the black ball.
Andrew picked it up and called softly, "Hallie?"
Penelope glanced up at him and opened his mouth to say something. But immediately, Harley was surrounded by a cloud of yellow light, and she slowly grew larger until she became a little girl.
Andrew trembled even more as he looked at the little girl in his arms.
Hermione, who ran over, was also stunned when she saw the little girl, and she suddenly remembered why Penelope's voice was so familiar, because this was the barefoot, crisp voice that appeared in Penelope———'s memory.
Andrew ...... Run......"
"What?" It took a long time for Andrew to spit out these two words with difficulty.
"Andrew......" The little girl raised her little hand weakly and stroked Andrew's face, "Please forgive me...... I haven't told you all this time...... Because I...... Can't say ........."
"It's okay, I'm not going to let you be fine!" Andrew hugged the little girl tightly, he couldn't say anything anymore.
"As long as ...... Guarding your side...... That's enough......"
The little girl's arm slipped down Andrew's face, accompanied by Andrew's endless pain, and silent tears.
The little girl's smile stayed on her face, as if she had seen the best thing, and Andrew buried his head deep in his arms.
“…… It's not the time, it's not the time, you have to listen to me, I still have a way, let's take a break......" Andrew muttered.
Andrew ...... Are you hungry......"
"Let's go...... Please eat something delicious and go to ......."
"Help me get stronger...... Andrew ......"
“…… Bang......"
"Penelope ......"
It turns out that you have always been by my side, my dear friend.
Andrew was embraced by a warm chest.
"Andrew......" Hermione whispered, hugging him tightly.
"Penelope's thing, I ——— regret. Another kind voice said, "But I want to ask you to restrain ——— because ———"
A tall, skinny, black-masked, snake-like face pale and emaciated, with scarlet eyes like a slit in his pupils—Voldemort appeared in the center of the hall, followed by a large group of Death Eaters.
Voldemort looked around slightly, staring at it all with his scarlet, cold eyes, "What do I want?"
"Master, I'm sorry, we didn't get it, it'——— still in the boy's hands. ”
"Voldemort———" shouted in a hysterical voice, like a madman.
Hallie, she has long since lost the elegance and beauty she had been.
Her hair was disheveled, her face was dirty, and her clothes were torn. She frantically rushed towards Voldemort.
"My mom...... My father...... I'm going to kill you......"
Bang, it's quiet again.
"What a problem——— good guys," Voldemort said calmly, "what I wanted, my Death Eaters didn't get it for me in time, so I couldn't wait impatiently, so I had to come out and see for myself what was going on." ”
"Are you looking for this?" Dumbledore said, holding up the orb of prophecy in his hand for Voldemort to look more closely.
"What——?" Voldemort cried out to see the orb of prophecy, and then he gasped, "Dumbledore, how did it end up in your hands?"
"It's foolish to come here tonight, Tom," Dumbledore said calmly, "the Aurors are already on their way—"
"When I'm done, you'll be dead!" Voldemort spat out. He fired another deadly spell at Dumbledore, but missed.
Suddenly, the main hall was crowded with people, and a fire suddenly lit up in the fireplace along one wall, and the floor reflected the emerald green flames. A succession of male and female wizards emerged from the fire.
"Oh, here they are. Dumbledore said, "Can you still get away tonight?"
Voldemort snorted coldly, "Let's go." Then he disappeared with his men.
"Oh my God, my God! I saw him!" Fudge said in horror, panting, as if he had just finished a marathon, his pinstriped cloak still in his pajamas, "God-here-here-here-at the Ministry of Magic—— God is on top--it's unbelievable-I mean-how could this be——?"
"If you had come earlier, Connelly," Dumbledore said, "maybe it would have been much better. Dumbledore looked visibly satisfied, "Oh, by the way, you have a few Death Eaters here, bound by the Anti-Transfiguration Charm, waiting for you to dispose of them. ”
"Dumbledore!" Fudge was still out of breath and looked surprised, "you-here-I-I-"
He frantically glanced around at the Aurors he had brought, and it couldn't have been more obvious, and he shouted almost without thinking, "Catch him!"
"Connelly, I'm ready to fight your men again—win again!" said Dumbledore, "but, a few minutes ago, you saw with your own eyes the fact that I have been telling you all the time. Voldemort is back, and you've been catching the wrong people for the past twelve months. It's time for you to learn to use your brain———"
Andrew didn't pay any more attention to what they were going to say next, and left with the little girl in his arms.
Hermione looked at his back and got up to chase after him.