Chapter 22: Dudley is dead
Legend has it that the three-headed dog is a watchdog of the underworld, it has three heads, has the tail of a snake, and the hair on its head and back is full of coiled poisonous snakes, which can spray venom from its mouth. It is mainly responsible for guarding the gates of the underworld, preventing the living from entering the underworld and the undead from leaving the underworld.
It's just that the bloodline has been passed down to this day, and the three-headed dog has long ceased to have the appearance of an underworld creature and its magic. How sad, no matter how powerful it is, it can't withstand the invasion of time. Now that the three-headed dog has become Hagrid's pet, I really don't know why Hagrid likes this kind of thing as a pet, is this not a pet?
But there's no time for Dudley to think about this mess. The three-headed dog bit straight at Harry and Ron, who were standing in front, and if Dudley hadn't reacted and pulled them away, they would have been turned into headless corpses here.
"Go open the door. Dudley held them back. And cast three obstacles in a row on the head of the three-headed dog, Dudley's actual combat experience was still too little, and he thought that quality was not enough quantity to make up. But it didn't work at all.
The three-headed dog's fur itself has a high degree of magic resistance, not to mention that Dudley wasted a lot of magic power in the showroom to transform a dagger out of thin air.
Dudley's magic only made the three-headed dog's middle head shake, and don't forget that it had three heads, two of which were unaffected, and it opened its bloody jaws and bit at Dudley.
Dudley turned his mind wildly, he remembered that the three-headed dog would fall asleep at the sound of the music, and he wanted to conjure a harp, but now he couldn't conjure it. He thought about what other spells he could use, but his brain was already empty, and he still had too few spells. In just a few moments, the huge head of the three-headed dog was about to bite him, and he could smell the fishy smell in its mouth.
At the critical moment, Hermione pulled him out of the door, Harry and Ron quickly locked the door, and the door was banged by the three-headed dog.
Dudley was panicking now, and he felt his heart beat strongly and rapidly. He originally thought that a person who had died once could face everything calmly, but he was wrong, completely wrong.
He didn't react to the death of the previous life, anyway, he was already dead and there was nothing to be afraid of, but just now he was only a centimeter or two away from death, he was afraid, afraid of death, in this life, there is the love of his parents, the company of his brothers, and the magic that people yearn for.
He suddenly understood why Voldemort was conquering death, death was terrible, and even more terrible for those who had died once.
When Dudley came to his senses, he was back in his dormitory, lying on his bed, he didn't know if he had been dragged back or carried back, he laughed at himself, he must have been ashamed at the time.
He had insomnia that night, he wanted to fall asleep, but he couldn't sleep, as long as he closed his eyes, his mind was full of images of him being bitten off by a three-headed dog.
It was getting dark, and Dudley wasn't going to toss and turn on the bed any longer, and he went to the common room, only to find that someone was already there.
"Didn't you sleep?" Dudley looked at the person in front of him, holding a book, and already had obvious dark circles under his eyes.
"Wake up early and read a book. ”
"Thank you yesterday, Hermione, if you hadn't pulled me out, I'm afraid I'd ......" Dudley didn't dare to go on, let alone imagine.
Hermione pursed her lips, she looked at Dudley and said, "It's you, you've been a little ...... since you came out yesterday You're all right, right?"
"Thanks, I'm fine. Dudley smiled and nodded to Hermione, and he walked out of the common room. What he didn't see was Hermione reaching out to stop him. But Hermione didn't say anything.
Dudley made his way to the eighth floor to the tapestry where the troll stick beat Silly Barnabas, and Dudley walked against the wall, thinking that only great strength could guarantee that he would not be harmed or killed.
The door to the Room of Requirement appeared on the wall, but Dudley didn't notice something wrong with the door.
When Dudley opened the door, what appeared in front of him was not what he wanted, but pitch black, and a biting cold wind blew from inside.
Dudley stood in the doorway with some hesitation, he didn't know if he should go in or not, it was supposed that there would be what he needed in the room, but in this situation, he was afraid that something terrible was hidden inside. He had been standing at the door and watching, and after a long time, nothing terrible had come out of it, it was still the same as before.
Dudley tried to close the door and leave, but walked in very honestly. He looked back and saw that the door was gone.
Dudley couldn't tell the direction in the darkness and didn't know how long he had walked, the place was as big as endless. He seemed to hear something coming from in front of him, and he couldn't help but quicken his pace.
There was a wooden door, and there was only one handle on it, and the sound came from behind the door, and he wanted to know so much where it was, how to get out, and the endless darkness was maddening.
Dudley eagerly opened the wooden door, and was greeted by a huge real three-headed dog of the underworld, all three of its heads roaring at him, a deafening sound that surprised him.
"It's all petrified. ”
"It's all petrified. ”
"There are many obstacles. ”
Dudley tried to cast the spell, but to no avail, his spell failed, and he didn't have time to think about it and quickly turned and ran, because the three-headed dog had already rushed towards him.
He didn't have to go far before Dudley was caught up by the three-headed dog and let him fly with one palm. The three-headed dog's sharp claws slashed deep behind Dudley's back.
Dudley rubbed his face against the ground for some distance before stopping. "It hurts", there was only one thought in his mind, there was blood dripping from his back, his spine was broken, and he couldn't get up if he wanted to.
"Bang!" the three-headed dog stomped Dudley's back, feeling his body flatten.
"Ahh He wanted to faint in pain, so that he could not endure this pain, but his thoughts were still extremely clear when he fainted.
The three heads of the three-headed dog scrambled and roared, as if arguing over which head would eat Dudley's head.
Presumably the doghead in the middle won, Dudley saw the head in the middle open and bite it.
"Click. ”
With a pain in his neck and a blackness in front of his eyes, Dudley was finally relieved.
Hermione didn't show up in the common room this morning to wake up early as she said, but she hadn't slept all night and she had been waiting in the common room.
Although Hermione and Dudley were not as happy when they first met, she was bent on believing that Dudley was a squeamish and cowardly crybaby spoiled by her parents. During her time at Hogwarts, she felt like she was alone, and none of her friends, including Parvati Patil and Lavender Brown in her dorms, disliked her. The only one she could talk to was Dudley, but it seemed that Dudley wasn't what she had thought he was. Especially when in danger, Dudley will keep his friends behind and face the three-headed dog alone.
The attentive Hermione was very worried when she found out that Dudley was wrong, until she saw him in the morning, which confirmed Hermione's suspicions, and she secretly followed Dudley after he went out.
Following him all the way to the eighth floor, Dudley walked back and forth twice in front of a wall before a door appeared, and he held the doorknob and never responded.
Hermione observed. She stepped forward and shouted, "Dudley?"
He didn't react, sweat on his forehead, and his eyes were full of horror.
Hermione was a little overwhelmed, she slapped Dudley, and as soon as his palm touched Dudley, he fell straight backwards.
"Ahh ”
"Miss Granger. "A white-bearded old man suddenly appeared, don't think too much about it, it's not the kind of old man who can pass on his skills, he's just Professor Dumbledore.
"Professor Dumbledore, he... All of a sudden, he just... I don't know what to do. ”
"Please calm down. Dumbledore's words seemed to have a magical power, and Hermione's clarity immediately calmed down, "Excuse me." ”
After Hermione got out of the way, Dumbledore bent down and picked Dudley up. The legendary princess hugs, if Dudley is still awake, she is more willing to let Lao Deng resist on her shoulders.
"Come with me. ”
Dumbledore led Hermione to a huge, ugly stone monster and stopped, he said, "Cockroach pile." ”
I saw that the monster suddenly came to life and jumped to the side, and the wall behind it cracked in half. Hermione couldn't help but be secretly surprised. Behind the wall is a spiral staircase, slowly moving upwards, like an escalator.
Dumbledore stood up first, and he said, "Miss Granger, please." ”
Hermione reacted and stood up in some panic, and then there was a thud and the wall closed again. They swirled higher and higher, higher and higher, until they came to a stop and there was a gleaming oak door in front of them, with a brass knocker in the shape of a sphin-headed mirppogriff.
Once inside, Dumbledore placed Dudley on a soft leather couch.
"Professor, what's wrong with him?" asked Hermione eagerly.
"It's okay, I think he'll wake up in a minute. Dumbledore picked up a plate of cockroaches and threw it into his mouth.
Inside the office, there was only the crisp sound of Dumbledore munching on a pile of cockroaches.
Dudley still gives Lao Deng a lot of face.
Dudley's consciousness began to return, and he seemed to hear someone munching on a baby raccoon. He couldn't help but wonder if he had crossed over again, he was too unwilling.
Slowly opening his eyes, the first thing that appeared in his eyes was Hermione's eager face.
"I'll go, how is it. "Dudley was actually pleasantly surprised, he didn't die, and he didn't recross.
Hermione was very happy to see Dudley wake up, but his words made Hermione unhappy, "Hmph. Hermione didn't look at him, tilting her head to the side.
"It's really enviable love, if I were more than a hundred years younger... Young man, you have to grasp the person in front of you, she is very worried about you after you pass out. ”