Chapter Ninety-Three: The Dog and the Eagle and the Dementors

"I have an idea, Harry! Give me your glasses, quick! ”

Hermione had come with a cloak on, and she was smiling.

Harry froze for a moment, then handed her the glasses with a puzzled look, and the whole team watched in amazement.

In the midst of everyone's strange gaze, Hermione tapped Harry's glasses with her wand.

"Waterproof and moisture-proof!"

"-Alright!" She said, returning her glasses to Harry, "The water won't get in the way of your glasses!" ”

Wood watched excitedly, as if he wanted to kiss her.

"Great!" He shouted hoarsely behind Hermione.

At this time, Hermione, who had successfully retired, had already disappeared into the crowd.

“…… Alright, guys, good job! Wood turned and shouted again at the team, seemingly regaining momentum just because of Hermione's little action.

Hermione's spell worked.

Harry was still cold and numb, and his body was still wet like never before, but he could at least see it.

Renewing his mind, he urged his broomstick to fly through the turbulent currents and dash in all directions, searching for the inconspicuous golden snitch.

In the process, he dodged a Bludger and swept past Diggory, who was flying in the opposite direction......

There was another thunderclap, followed by a bifurcated bolt of lightning, and the situation seemed to be getting more and more dangerous.

Harry felt he had to catch the golden snitch as soon as possible - Maca had scored another goal! Almost no one could stop him!

Harry turned again, trying to get back to the middle of the court.

But just then, another bolt of lightning lit up the stands, and Harry stumbled upon what was most distracting him.

It was the silhouette of a huge, shaggy black dog, clearly visible in the sky, perched on an empty row of seats at the top of the stands.

Ever since Harry saw the black dog before school started, that impression had been lingering in his mind. In the divination class, Professor Trelawney was even more horrified at calling it ominous, causing some of the students to try to stay away from him.

And now, damn it, he saw it again!

Harry's already numb hands slipped on the broomstick, and he couldn't help but fall several feet. He brushed the ends of his soaked hair away from his eyes and squinted at the stands.

But the dog was gone.

"Harry!" Wood's shouting came from the side of Gryffindor's goal, "Harry, you're behind!" ”

Harry looked around in a panic to find that Diggory was continuing to slam down the pitch, a small golden patch flying through the rain, shimmering between them with a golden light that could not be ignored.

Harry was panicked, his whole body on his broomstick, and he spun and rushed towards the golden snitch.

"Come on!" He yelled at his broomstick, the rain lapping his cheeks, but he ignored it, "Quick! Faster! ”

However, something strange happened at the scene.

There was a timid silence in the stepped stands around the stadium – the wind, though still as strong as ever, seemed to have forgotten to howl, as if someone had pressed the volume switch and turned it off.

Harry felt as if he had suddenly become deaf.

What happened?

Then a familiar and terrible cold snap came upon him, raging incessantly within his body. At this moment, he just felt that something seemed to be moving on the court below.

Harry didn't have time to think about it, so he looked away from the Golden Snitch and looked down.

That's a Dementor! That's a staggering amount!

There, at least a hundred Dementors stood underneath, their faces hidden beneath their turbans facing him!

Suddenly, Harry felt as if cold water was rising from his chest, cutting through his internal organs. Then he heard something familiar and unfamiliar......

Someone was moaning, moaning in his head...... It was a woman...... No, there seems to be something else.

"Don't touch Harry! Don't touch Harry, please don't touch Harry! ”

"Go aside, you stupid woman...... Go aside! Right now! ”

"Don't touch Harry, please don't- come at me, kill me—"

Harry's mind was numb, and he felt like his mind was full of white fog - what was he doing? Why is he flying? He had to help her...... She's going to die! She's going to be murdered!

But Harry only felt himself falling, falling in the cold mist.

"Don't touch Harry! Please don't touch him...... Please...... Be merciful! Be merciful—"

A shrill voice was laughing, and the woman was screaming...... But at this moment, a sudden force held up his falling body!

“…… Call the gods to guard. ”

A calm voice rang out in Harry's ears, and he felt his body surrounded by a soft, warm breath. At the same time, there seemed to be a sound of cheers and exclamation in the distance.

"That's ...... The audience ...... It's the voice of the spectators in the stands! I'm still playing? Yes, the game! ”

Harry awoke suddenly, and when he found himself closing his eyes, he struggled to open his eyelids, which were as heavy as lead.

Suddenly, he immediately saw a giant eagle emitting a silver-white light mist!

The giant eagle's body was simply bigger than a human, and its wings were flat, so big that it made his spirit flutter suddenly.

The giant eagle soared rapidly ahead, a silvery white mist of light surrounding its body...... Suddenly, it folded its wings and swooped down with a majestic momentum towards the Dementors floating on the ground.

The mist of light was stretched behind the giant eagle, dragging a conspicuous silvery-white band of light in the air, which seemed to have a reassuring beauty.

The silver-white giant eagle suddenly rushed into the place where the dementors were gathered, and with one impact, nearly ten dementors flew away, and for a while, the scene seemed a little chaotic.

The giant eagle seemed to be the predator of the Dementors, coming and going naturally, as if it was not in the slightest concern about the threat posed by the terrifying Dementors. Instead, the Dementors scattered in all directions, and fled outside the stadium before the eagle could grab its beak and peck it.

The giant eagle followed them after them for a while, and then inexplicably dissipated into midair.

It wasn't until this moment that Harry put away his stunned expression and looked around.

“…… Maca? He said in surprise.

The man next to him was Maca, holding Harry's belt in one hand and his wand in the other, hanging upside down from his Wheel 2000, leaning on the handle of the broom with his legs.

"Don't look at it," Maca said with a hard frown, "Do you still have the strength?" If you have one, climb on the broomstick! Hurry up, if you don't want to fall! ”

Halo 2000 was slowly descending, but Maca didn't seem to have much strength to control it properly, so it was up to Harry for now.

However......

"Oh, I'm sorry—" Harry felt his hands and feet go limp, and he had completely disobeyed the call.

"Okay, okay!" Maca sighed and said, "Remember, you owe me once!" ”

Intentionally or unintentionally, he glanced at the corner below the viewing platform, and just happened to see the figure of a black dog turning around and running quickly in the direction of the Forbidden Forest.

From the stand, the students, the professors, and even Dumbledore were all watching him—he even saw the smile in Dumbledore's pale blue pupils.

"At least everything is going according to plan—"

Maca muttered under her breath, then decisively let go of her leg and fell with Harry to the screams of all the teachers and students.

"Float into the air!"

Under the effect of the levitation charm, the speed of the descent immediately slowed down, until when they were close to the ground, Maca and Harry fell to the ground almost like two leaves in the wind and rain.

Fortunately, at the moment when Maca chose to free fall, the two were not so high from the ground, otherwise Maca was really not sure that she would be able to land without injury.

"Whew-"

Maca lay on the muddy turf with her head back, letting the raindrops the size of beans fall on her face and body, but she didn't even bother to move.

"It's a lot of work."

At his feet, Harry was lying face down in the mud with his ass facing the sky, and it was a different treat entirely.

To prevent Harry from suffocating, Maca laboriously lifted her leg and kicked him in the ass, causing him to roll over and lie on his side on the lawn.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem—aw—" Harry choked a few times, then gasped twice, "Oh...... Thank you...... I almost ...... Ahem...... I almost thought I was going to suffocate in the mud. ”

Maca didn't have time to talk to him, he was thinking about other things right now!

After a while, the other students gathered around and took them to the school hospital.

"Oh! Golden Snitch! Is the game over? Harry seemed to have come to his senses suddenly, and he struggled to shout.

"What kind of thief, lie down honestly and don't move, don't cause trouble to others, or I'll let them throw you down and let you find the snitch yourself." Maca said lightly.

"Uh, I'm sorry......" Harry snapped up.

In fact, probably because of the influence of the Dementors, Harry had run out of strength. When he was taken to a bed in the school hospital, he quickly fell asleep.

On the contrary, it was Maca, who contributed the most, still with her eyes open.

At first, a lot of people were gossiping around him, and then they were all blasted out by Madam Pomfrey, the head nurse.

"He needs a break! They all need to rest! Get me out—"

Maca turned her head to look out of the closed window, the storm was still raging, and it seemed that there was no intention of stopping.

"Then let's sleep for a while, and we'll have to go to the Forbidden Forest in the evening......" Maca said, slowly closing her eyes.