Chapter 117: The Trap (Sincere thanks to Liu Xia Hui and the alliance leader of the Great Thing in the Fire)
It was as if water had entered the oil pot, and the originally quiet community suddenly became agitated.
"Action. Dumbledore's old voice rang out in the courtyard, and all Harry and their protectors sprang into action, and just like that, they took out their broomsticks outside the door. The sound of a car motor starting was heard in front of the yard.
Smoke signals were received, and in the shadows of Mrs. Figg's house in the distance, and in the shadows of some other houses, at least thirty pairs of wizards and Harry drove out of the house on various tools, either running on the ground like Muggles or flying into the sky, scattering like frightened birds in the woods.
In the yard that Sirius had purchased, Arthur led Fred into the house with the huge black Thestrals, who deftly climbed onto Thestrals' back.
Hagrid pulled out a goggle and pointed to the moped in the yard. "This is it." He looked down at Harry with a smile, "The last time you sat on it, I could have lifted you up with a slap." β
Harry got into the sidecar and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, because in doing so, he was several heads shorter than the others. Hagrid stepped onto the motorcycle, and the motorcycle creaked and sank a few inches into the ground. "Now it has a couple of mechanisms on its handle. This thing was my idea. He pointed his thick finger at a purple button next to the odometer.
"Be careful, Hagrid," shouted Mr. Weasley, from inside the room, "I still don't know if it's wise to add this thing to you, and only as a last resort." β
"Let's go, we're late. Hagrid kicked the motorcycle with his foot. The car roared like a fire dragon, and the sidecar shook with it.
"Hold on to Harry. Hagrid shouted, and the motorcycle let out an earth-shattering roar, and Harry felt the straddle lean dangerously to one side, and they arced through the air and flew higher and higher, the long black tail of the Thestrals beside them whizzing across the sky, and they circled in the air higher and higher.
In front of Gate 4 Privet Road, Kingsley took Lupin's Vernon and Tonks' Harry, and they drove the Dursleys' car into the road, driven by Kingsley, who was a bodyguard for the head of the car and had mastered driving skills, Tonks and Lupin sat side by side in the back, and the car's headlights illuminated an area in front of them.
Around the corner, however, they were blocked by the silent appearance of armed Aurors from the Ministry of Magic in uniform Auror uniforms, who formed a huge circle around the Muggle car, all of which glowed coldly in the moonlight, and the tips of their wands were aimed at the ordinary Muggle vehicle.
One of the unassuming middle-aged Aurors walked over and knocked on the car window, and Lupin became Vernon, but his acting skills showed how a Muggle should behave at such a time.
Kingsley opened the window and looked coldly at the Aurors, "Excuse me, what's the matter?"
The Auror's sharp gaze lingered for a moment on Tonks, who had become Harry in the back row, and asked unceremoniously, "Mr. Shackle, what the hell are you doing? How can there be so many Potters flying in the sky? And it's so late, where are you going to take Mr. Potter?"
In the sky, many Harry and his protectors were scattered in all directions, and they were all very fast. Although those Aurors were very strong, in such a chaotic situation and could not be stopped by the spell rashly, these Aurors could only successfully intercept a few people with great effort, and the Aurors who were made angry by such a chase inevitably showed unhappiness at this time.
"No comment, it's not my official time. Kingsley's hand left the steering wheel and he gripped his wand, "I don't think where Harry is going, our Aurors don't have that authority - the little wizard travels during the summer vacation, and he doesn't cast spells himself, so it's not against the laws of the Ministry of Magic." But what is your intention in blocking our way with such menacing menacings?"
"Shakel, if a Muggle sees such an act of yours, it is a violation of the Secrecy Act, and the consequences are clear to you...", the middle-aged Auror said coolly, narrowing his eyes, "If we receive this information later, don't blame me for enforcing the law impartially, you're welcome." β
"Don't bother, we're using Muggle vehicles now, and the rest of Harry doesn't care about me. Shakel was not at all cowardly because of his small number and besieged, he glanced at the other party and was a little alarmed, "It's you, you have encountered some difficult task, the number of Aurors dispatched this time is much less than usual." β
The middle-aged Auror's gaze turned to Harry's body, and he slowed his tone to Kingsley's colleague, "Shackle, tonight the Death Eaters have gone mad, setting fire and launching terrorist attacks all over the UK, and the Aurors have been sent out to put out fires and capture those Death Eaters... Enough bad things have happened today, you've got so many people, so many Mr. Harry Potter, and we don't have enough people to keep up with all the undead boys and protect them... In a situation like today's, I'd suggest you better tell us who the real Potter is, and we'll be involved in protecting it from the Death Eaters taking advantage of the attack. β
At this moment, a piercing scream suddenly erupted in the sky, and the Aurors, who had been warning Kingsley, suddenly looked up at the sky, only to see a dazzling magic light shining all over the sky - although these Harry and their protectors flying in the air escaped the Aurors' interception, but not long after they flew into the sky, they were surrounded by dozens of hooded figures hanging in the air, and the Order of the Phoenix flew into their encirclement unnoticed, and the battle began instantly.
Seeing what was happening in the sky, the Aurors' sharp gaze swept over the people in the car, and seeing that they still had no intention of cooperating, he had to sigh and take out the equipped monoculars and look at Harry scattered in the sky, feeling that he really couldn't tell which one was true, and he couldn't decide which one to protect - so the Auror captain paused, elbowed off the window of the Muggle car, stood up straight, turned to the other armed Aurors and said, " Whether those Harry are true or not, notify the ministry first, and then we'll go straight to arrest the Death Eaters. β
"Yes, sir!" a neat and loud reply rang out, and the Aurors took out their broomsticks, rode on them, and swished into the sky, quickly joining the battle.
On the ground, Kingsley could only see their almost blurry shadows - which made Tonks and Kingsley can't help but salute their competent colleagues.
"The Death Eaters are here?!" Harry in Tonks held his wand, twitched the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and looked worriedly at the sky outside the window, "Kinrice, let's go up and fight those Death Eaters, too." β
"It's not quite right, it's like they know exactly when we're going to act..."Vernon, dressed as Lupin, frowned and looked at the sky, "The Aurors just said that the Death Eaters who set fire to the Muggle community were just to attract the Ministry of Magic, Kingsley, I think the plan was learned by the mystery man before we even acted, it was a trap..."
β... Our mission remains the same, if we go up now, it will directly expose us as fakes, there is no way, we can still share the pressure on them, I hope to attract more people to come. Don't worry too much... Dumbledore was up there, too, and he didn't let us change our plans. Kingsley said as he started the car again, heading for another block.
High in the air, as Kingsley had been, the Death Eaters had noticed the situation, and although they didn't believe that the real Harry would use Muggle tools to escape, one of the Death Eaters wearing hoods and masks gestured behind him, and immediately three Death Eaters followed, and they made an arc in the air together on broomsticks, turned around and headed straight for the Muggle car.
The addition of the Aurors added to the already chaotic scene, with various spells shooting in different directions in the air, spewing fire of various colors in the darkness, and raining spells at these real and false Harry's protectors.
And because each group of the Order of the Phoenix escaped from a different safe house, the sky over Little Whinging was quite lively for a whileβmany Muggles also walked out of the room and looked up at the sky.
(End of chapter)