At eleven o'clock in the evening, Harry and the other students went to the Astronomical Tower, the air at the top of the tower was very good, and it was cloudless and windless tonight, which was perfect for observing the stars.

The venue was bathed in silvery moonlight, and there was a slight chill in the air, and the students each set up their telescopes and waited for Professor March's order to fill out the blank astrological charts that had been sent to them.

Harry saw Hermione, she was next to a telescope not far from him, and when the two looked at each other, Harry could see the twinkle and apology in Hermione's eyes, but he ignored it and looked away with a blank expression.

Marchiban and Professor Tofodi wandered among them, watching as they recorded the exact positions of the planets and stars they observed.

Harry "squeaked" the telescope and hurriedly wrote on the parchment after the observation, and there was silence around him, he had already marked the location of the constellation Orion on his star map, and at this moment, directly below the breastwork in front of him, the front door of the castle opened, and the light projected down the stone steps, illuminating a small patch of grass below, attracting the attention of the students.

Harry adjusted his telescope slightly, glancing downward, and he saw five or six long shadows walking through the lighted meadow, and then the gate closed, and the meadow fell into darkness again.

He squinted at the dark field below, the moon hanging from the zenith, making it easy for the six figures to be seen, they were walking through the meadow, and Harry felt that he recognized the shortest and fat of them, Dolores?? Umbridge, she seems to be leading the whole team.

Hogwarts is already Umbridge's world, and since Dumbledore's departure, she has enacted a number of bans in the school as a senior investigator at the Ministry of Magic, including the establishment of a special operations investigation team, gathering a group of students who obey her orders, acting as her eyeliner and helpers, and trying her best to suppress those who resist her.

Harry couldn't understand why Umbridge was walking outside in the middle of the night, and couldn't think of why she wanted the other five to accompany him, and just as he remembered that he was still on the exam and was about to re-record the position of Venus, he heard a knock that came through the empty field, followed by the low barking of a large dog.

It was teeth, Harry's heart jumped, he looked up, and there was light coming through Hagrid's window, and now those who were walking through the grass were darkened by the light, and the door opened, and he clearly saw six well-defined figures cross the threshold, and the door closed again, and then there was silence.

Harry felt his heart beat wildly, and he looked back to see if anyone else had noticed anything unusual, but Professor Marchbon stopped behind him, so that he didn't dare to look left and right, but at this time he was no longer in the mood to observe the position of Venus, he pretended to lean over and write on his astrological chart, and actually observed the condition of the hut through the chest wall in front of him.

Professor Marchband began to walk again, when a roar came from the hut.

Several people around them jerked their heads out from behind the binoculars, staring in the direction of Hagrid's hut.

Tofodi coughed lightly again.

"Alright, try to concentrate, students." He said softly.

Most of them had their eyes glued to their binoculars, and Harry looked to the left, where Hermione was, staring blankly at Hagrid's cabin.

Harry couldn't tell what was going on in his heart, so he looked away when there was a loud "bang" from the field, and several students let out "oops" and they all poked their heads out to see what was going on.

Hagrid's door suddenly opened, and by the light of the hut, they could clearly see a burly figure roaring and waving his fists, surrounded by six people, and a thin red light struck him, it was a stun spell.

"Oh my God," exclaimed Professor Todifo, "this is an exam!" ”

But no one was paying attention to the exam anymore, everyone was paying attention to Hagrid's hut on the edge of the field, the red light of the squirt/chu was flying around, but for some reason, the spell seemed to bounce off him, and a man shouted, "Calm down, Hagrid!" ”

"Look!" Parvati screamed, and she was leaning against the breastwork and pointing at the foot of the castle when the front door opened again; More light projections/dao on the dark meadow, a long shadow was undulating like a wave, crossing the meadow alone.

"How dare you!" The figure ran and shouted, "How dare you! ”

It was Professor McGonagall, Harry recognized.

"Let him go, Professor Umbridge, why are you attacking him!" McGonagall's voice came from the darkness, no one was paying attention to the exam anymore, and even the examiner, Professor Todefo, was drawn to it, "He didn't do anything, you don't have any reason to do such a thing to him!" ”

Parvati, Lavender, and the other girls screamed, Harry felt something explode in his ear, and he saw Hermione staring at her stunned, as the shadows around the hut fired at least four stun spells at Professor McGonagall, and the red light slammed into her, and in an instant, she became so bright, emitting an eerie red light, and then soared into the air, and then fell heavily to the ground, no longer moving.

"Oh my God, Professor—"

"It's brutal!"

"Coward!"

The explosion was louder, Harry felt that his ears were no longer his own, the siren beeping was like a beep, and it was transmitted back and forth in his ears, the shouts of the surrounding students, the exclamations of the examiners, the roars of Hagrid came from afar, and Harry even heard Umbridge shouting in a shrill voice: "Catch him, catch him!" ”

Consciousness tended to blur, the quill in his hand was shaking, the scene around him seemed so unreal, Harry felt a chill in his chest, something slippery trying to get out of his neckline.

He lowered his head, bent his neck and looked down, and saw a pair of yellow snake eyes.

"What's wrong with you, Harry." No one in the chaos could hear the "hissing" sound coming from under Harry's collar, but it dispelled the cacophony of noise.

It's Poole, a snake. A snake following Harry.

"I'm fine." Harry rubbed the sides of his forehead, his heart settled down inexplicably, he had been talking to Poole a lot lately, confiding in the annoying things in life, which was why he had become calmer lately, and this conversation even surpassed the exchange with Ron.

Harry handed in the papers five minutes early, and he saw Hagrid staggering out of the gate and disappearing into the night after receiving a stun spell at the end.

He didn't want his communication with Poole to be overheard, and Harry still remembered how many strange looks he had attracted because of his Parseltongue in his second year.

Descending the spiral staircase, he saw several students standing at the corner of the staircase, rather angrily discussing what they had witnessed tonight.

Harry shook his head and returned to the common room tiredly, the fire was lit, there weren't many people in the room, the students were getting together in twos and threes, as if someone was exclaiming "It's horrible, it's horrible." They must have seen it through the windows of their dorm room.

Harry didn't say a word, and walked straight back to the bedroom, where he lay down in the dark bed/hang, not even bothering to take off his clothes.

"You look extra tired today—hiss—" Poole crawled out of his clothes and perched over Harry's bedside, his indifferent snake eyes staring at Harry.

"You can tell me about your troubles......"

"Why are you listening to me say this? Why do you treat me specially? Harry said emotionlessly.

"Because you're the only person I can talk to, I haven't found anyone here who understands snake language...... So, in a way, you're special, Harry, and there's no one like you, at least when it comes to communicating with a snake. ”

"Not necessarily—" Harry scoffed, feeling a little happier.

"I saw Umbridge go and get Hagrid, Hagrid fled, and Professor McGonagall was wounded." Harry's mood was low again, and he didn't hide his frustration at the moment.

"Ah...... Umbridge, the big bad you call it, old witch, I don't know who is worse than the Dark Lord. Pit Viper Poole said in a playful tone.

"They can't be compared." Harry waved his hand and dropped the subject.

"It's going to be okay, Harry, you're the most gifted wizard I've ever met, it's going to be all right......" The pit viper twisted its belly and moved closer to Harry as it slid under his soft velvet pillow, Harry felt a chill on his neck.

He closed his eyes tiredly, and everything was ...... It's going to be fine...... Is it...... Right...... Everything will be fine......

Leave all your worries behind, Hermione, Akihari, Umbridge, Dumbledore, and even Voldemort don't think about it anymore, everything will be fine...... He will be with the Godfather...... Living together...... Wait until the godfather can't move...... He can also take care of him...... He's still bigfoot...... And Ron, Mr. Weasley, Mrs. Weasley......

Once again, Harry walked down a dark, cold hallway.

This time he was determined to reach the end, his steps were firm, decisive, and occasionally he ran a few steps, he must reach his destination, the black corridor was silent, he came to the end, a black door stood in front of him, it slowly opened for him as Harry approached, he entered, into a circular room with many doors.

Walking alone, through the black stone floor, through the second door...... A few specks of light from the diagonal side danced on the walls and floor, and there was the ticking sound of strange machines...... The third gate, like the previous one, was opened.

He was now in a church-sized room full of shelves and glass balls, his heart was beating very fast, and he felt that something was waiting for him.

Harry continued on his way, and when he reached the 97th row of shelves, he turned left and hurried down the narrow aisle between the two rows.

But there was a figure on the floor at the end of the aisle, a figure moving on the floor, like a wounded animal...... Harry's stomach tightened in fear......

A sound came from his own mouth, a silent scream, as if his throat was stuck, and he saw the black figure on the floor move slightly, a hand with long, white fingers, grabbed a wand, slowly raised it, and slowly aimed it at the black figure on the ground.

No...... Harry tried to scream, but couldn't...... He could see the man's face clearly, his face was stained with blood, haggard, and twisted in pain, but still with a resolute and unyielding look.

"Get it for me...... Get it for me......" In his pale hand, his wand aimed at Sirius, "Drill the heart and cut the bones!" ”

The man on the floor screamed in pain, he tried to get up, but he writhed and fell, and Harry wanted to scream, but he couldn't make a sound.

"You're going to kill me." Sirius lay on his side on the ground and whispered.

"There's no doubt I'm going to do it eventually." The man with the wand said coldly, "But you have to bring that thing to me first, Blake, think about the pain you will endure for the next few hours, do you think you feel the pain...... No one can hear you......"

I could hear, I could hear, Harry wanted to speak, but he opened his mouth, still couldn't make any sound, and then he was awakened, wrapped in the quilt and his mouth wide open, screaming silently, his scar burning with pain, and in front of him, Poole's glowing snake eyes.

"What's wrong with you, Harry."

"Sirius......" Harry muttered almost unconsciously, "Voldemort scratched Sirius......"

"Aha, your godfather." Poole sighed meaningfully.

"I've got to save him...... Go and save him, in the Department of Mysteries...... In that room full of shelves...... I had to save him. ”

"Go find your friends, they can help you, Ron, Hermione......" Poole's voice seemed to come straight into Harry's head.

"First...... Find a professor first...... Professor McGonagall. Harry hurriedly got up from the bed/shang, the sun was faintly shining through the curtains, he had slept all night, it looked like it was daylight the next day, there was still a class to be taken today, but Harry had no intention of taking the exam, Sirius was in danger of his life!

Before he could wake Ron, Harry got dressed, Poole slipped his arm into his pocket, hidden, and he rushed out of the common room and down the hallway, ignoring the cries of the unhappy portraits, ran up the marble staircase and rushed into the infirmary like a gust of wind, causing Madam Pomfrey to scream.

"Potter, what are you doing!"

"I'm looking for Professor McGonagall."

"She's not here, Potter." Madam Pomfrey said sadly, "She was transferred to St. Mungo's Hospital this morning......"

Harry didn't hear what Madam Pomfrey was saying, he turned around in a daze, and walked through the corridor in distraught, turning back the way he came, and there was no more time, and he said to himself silently, panic spreading in his heart like a poisonous gas, Godfather...... He couldn't let Sirius have trouble......

"Go find your friends for help." There was a hissing sound in the pocket, it was Poole.

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