Chapter 272: Intertwined Positions
"Severus!" The Death Eater, whose finger had been severed, screamed at the top of his voice.
"Damn it!" He bent down, trying to use his other intact hand to pick up the bloody wand that had been stained on the ground, but he didn't have a chance.
Harry saw a burst of red light burst from Snape's wand, and lightning struck the Death Eater, sending him flying upside down and falling onto the iron shelf, knocking the whole shelf into it, and he himself slid to the ground like a rag, never to be heard again.
"Yours, Potter." Severus Snape stepped on the smooth marble, his heels "kicking, kicking" against the ground, and with a grim expression, he glanced at the grizzled Harry and Ginny, and stood in front of them.
"Now—take your little friends, get out through this door, go back to school, and make a fuss about the Ministry of Magic in the middle of the night, tsk—Dumbledore must be disappointed in you, Potter, you can always get into trouble like that."
Snape's wand pointed at the door to the main hall, and he squinted at Harry for a few seconds, then looked up at the impenetrable darkness ahead, the door to the Hall of Prophecy, long since it was destroyed.
"It's trouble for me—" Harry tried to argue with a little complication, there was no doubt that Snape had saved his and Ginny's lives just now, something that Harry had never thought would happen, shouldn't he have prayed for his death every day, maybe because of the special circumstances?
Harry couldn't believe he could be so stupid, he had almost forgotten about it, and it was only now that he realized for the first time that the Potions professor standing in front of him, who was almost one of the people he hated the most, was also a member of the Order of the Phoenix.
Yes, it's just against the Death Eaters that Snape will make a move.
"Fuck off, Potter, you don't need you here—" Snape lifted his robes and turned to walk in the direction of the Prophecy Hall, not looking at Harry again, the glimmer of gratitude that had just risen in Harry vanished in the blink of an eye.
He shouted angrily, "You don't know what they're looking for, you're just always putting on a high-minded, invincible posture, Professor—"
Harry swallowed, shook off Ginny's hand that was holding his arm, and continued to shout at Snape's back, "I hit Voldemort - several times!" You used to be a Death Eater—but you've always targeted me! You're going to find your accomplices now! ”
Snape stopped, turned his head slowly, his greasy hair darkened in the dim darkness, his eyes shining, he pursed his lips, and mocked in a playful tone:
"Defeated—several times?" He looked at Harry and put away his smile, and Harry could catch a glimpse of the muscles in the corners of Snape's mouth shuddering slightly, and then the cold voice came through the air as if with a chill.
"What do you think you are? Porter? If not—" He paused, clenching his teeth for some reason, and looked at Harry deeply, saying with an emotion that Harry couldn't understand, "You're just sheltered by a powerful magic." ”
Harry shuddered, he had nothing to say, he decided not to argue with Snape anymore, and pulled Ginny up and walked towards the main hall, of course he didn't plan to leave like this, he also wanted to know the news of Sirius, and Ron and they were still trapped here.
It's just that Snape is here, and it looks like he won't allow himself to go along, so Harry plans to go around and enter through another room to look for it.
Snape watched Harry's figure disappear behind the door to the main hall, followed by the sound of a door closing, before turning around, holding his wand firmly in the palm of his hand, lifting his robe, and striding towards the Hall of Prophecy.
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Hermione looked at Harry, who had already rushed through the doors of the Hall of Time, looked back at the four Death Eaters who were slowly searching her side, and glanced at Ron beside him.
"Let's go—" She whispered, rolled on the spot to the left front, and pushed the black door open, and the two men planted one after the other.
"Oh my god, where is this—" Ron exclaimed, and Hermione looked up at the room and saw that they were in a galaxy of stars, surrounded by an empty universe, and they could see the light of stars light light years away, and the planets of the solar system circling around them.
Hermione didn't have time to take a closer look, she leaned over, gave Ron a "shhh
"We're going to have to look, there must be doors to the other rooms here." Hermione whispered as she pricked up her ears alertly, listening to the movement behind her.
"I think they're coming—" Ron's words were interrupted by a loud "boom" and the sound of scattered footsteps breaking into the planetary chamber.
"Be careful—" Hermione screamed and shoved Ron to the right as she rolled to the left, only to see the diamond-like Venus under the cosmic starry sky rushing towards them.
"Broken bones!" The spell fired from the tip of Hermione's wand and struck Venus hard, followed by a deafening explosion of blinding light.
"Run—" Hermione tugged at Ron by the collar and pulled him back, but a Death Eater had already rushed in front of him, a flesh/yan visible smirk in his cruel eyes under his hood, as if a hungry beast had finally found its prey.
"Faint—"
"Boom-"
However, the shock wave of the explosion swept through like a huge wave, and an invisible air current sucked the Earth not far away, and in this suspended dark void, as if there had been a terrible century collision, the orbits of countless planets were disturbed, and Hermione looked back to see Mercury falling straight into the sun, and two Death Eaters were running towards them from behind Pluto on the other side.
"Ah, I can't-" Ron hugged the ankle of his right foot, which twisted at an eerie angle, "I must have broken a bone—leave me alone, you go, Hermione—"
The Death Eater who had just rushed in front of him was lying on the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead, Hermione didn't pay attention to Ron's nonsense, she was like a cheetah searching for prey, one hand dragging Ron's collar with one hand, dragging him in one direction with great effort, while staring around with wide eyes.
"Come on, with the other foot—" Hermione's connection revealed surprise as she finally saw a black door behind one of Jupiter's moons, "This way, we're out—"
Ron was propped up on one foot, struggling to leap forward.
"Kill them!" It was the familiar voice of Lucius, and then a green light flew past Ron's neck, startling goosebumps all over his body.
"Oh-please-"
"Divided!" Hermione turned around and fired a spell at an asteroid in the direction the Death Eaters had run, stooping down to dodge a curse, and before she could look back, she hurriedly pushed open the black door and pulled Ron headlong into it.
"Ouch-" Ron's cry of pain sounded, he didn't seem to stand still, he fell down the stone staircase, lying in the middle of the stone staircase, Hermione didn't have time to pay attention to him, it seemed to be a large room with a strange curtain before, she turned around first, and read to the black door who came in:
"Quick ban—"
"Bang!"
However, the curse blew the door away before her confinement spell could take effect, and Hermione stepped back, down the stone staircase, helping Ron, dragging him behind the stone platform to barely cover it, and then saw two figures rushing in.
"What a little girl who can run."
The corners of Lucius Malfoy's mouth rose slightly, and he ripped off the hood and mask from his head, and his face was full of a confident smile that seemed to be in his hands, as if he had finally cornered his prey after a grueling hunt.
He raised his wand and aimed it at Hermione, and slowly walked down from the stone platform with another companion, and said slowly, "I heard you're the best witch at Hogwarts?" But it's like- a mudblood? ”
Hermione clenched her wand, she lost her lead, the enemy pointed their wand at her first, the tip of her wand drooped, the situation was too unfavorable, both Death Eaters were pointing their wands at him, and there was a deadly threat on them.
Calm down—think of a way—there must be somehow—Hermione took a deep breath to calm herself, and she looked around for cover to cover, but there was nothing but the stone platform that was lowered layer by layer.
"Farewell, Mudblood," Lucius raised his wand slightly with a haughty smile, "Don't side with that stupid Potter next time—"
The wand glowed green, Hermione shuang/her leg bent, and she was about to fall to the ground in the next second.
"Mr. Lucius, that's what you call my companion? You're going to make little Draco feel embarrassed. ”
Accompanied by the woman's voice, there were four more black shadows in the hall, and the shadows were stretched out and stood in a row on the lowest stone platform.
"Bang!"
With a muffled thud, Lucius Malfoy turned his head to see his fellow Death Eater being knocked out by two red lights, dropping his wand in mid-air and falling heavily to the ground, foaming at the mouth and falling unconscious in the blink of an eye.
He looked back at the figures again, his pupils dilated unconsciously, his face instantly became surprised and struggling, the wand in his hand trembled and he raised it and didn't put it down, but with his other hand, he pointed at the row of figures in disbelief, and shouted in panic:
"Virtue ...... Draco? ”
The one standing on the far left of the four dark shadows showed a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, looking at his father, he never thought that father and son would meet on such an occasion.
"Dad...... Father. Draco Malfoy exclaimed.
"Why are you in ...... Will it be here......" Lucius's face was so ugly that he couldn't imagine why his son from far away at Hogwarts would be in the Department of Mysteries with Harry Potter and them.
No, not with Harry Potter.
Lucius looked at the other three figures, the two hooded ones they didn't recognize, but the spell that had just knocked Mooresabeth unconscious should have been used by these two people, and then at the girl standing on the far right, Daphne Greengrass.
The child of the Greengrass family, the daughter of the elder Greengrass who did not want to mention more, always revealed disappointment in the older daughter in his previous conversations, and seemed to have joined the organization called Snake Letter.
Lucius's heart sank rapidly, and his son and these people appeared here, could it be ......
His face became more and more ugly, Draco's speech and demeanor had become more and more different from before, and at first he always thought that he had become more mature and stable, which made Lucius and Narcissa overjoyed, but he often heard other colleagues and friends mention the fact that he always hung out with several famous Slytherin members of the Serpent Faith despite his dissuasion.
"You're here ...... Draco," Lucius shouted in a trembling voice he didn't even feel, "Get Hermione Granger...... Good boy, don't go against the Dark Lord. ”
"Poof." Daphne let out a sneer, much to Lucius's annoyance, but even more to his annoyance, Draco was still standing still.
"Father, Granger is also our companion, so you might as well let her go." Draco Malfoy spread his palms and said to his father with a little helplessness:
"I'm not interested in Harry Potter's entanglement with the Mystery, but I'm afraid I can't allow you to get her back."
"Same ...... Companion? Lucius's hands trembled uncontrollably, and he opened his mouth and glared at Draco with the most incredulous gaze, "You said companion——? Right...... Mystery Man and Potter's ...... Imbroglio......? ”
"Tell me about it?" Daphne's words were lazy, and that was Lucius's favorite tone.
"Hehe, Mr. Lucius has been to Azkaban, although he was going to Sirius at the time, but we are no strangers!" Samantha grinned and took off her hood and elbowed Walter next to her, but Walter didn't move, just a hoarse voice came from under the hood
"Stop talking nonsense, let's fix it quickly."
"Oh, it's Draco's father anyway, why are you in such a hurry." Daphne pouted.
Lucius looked at Samantha's beautiful face and felt numb in his heart, how could he forget this person, the man who could still greet him in Azkaban with a smile on his face, and honestly he had never seen it in all these years.
From that day on, Lucius decided that this guy was a terrible changer, and his only thought was to let this wizard rot in Azkaban and never come out, because there was no such crazy guy even among the Death Eaters.
Samantha ...... ......"Lucius muttered under his breath, his gaze becoming more and more complicated as he watched Malfoy, and he was not alone.
Ron leaned behind the stone platform and looked at Hermione with an equally complicated expression.
"Aren't you going to go to them?" Ron asked.
Hermione didn't speak, and after a moment of silence, she shook her head and said:
"I don't know what they're trying to do, I'll talk about it when this is over."
"But you're their companion." Ron stubbornly continued the conversation, even though he was already feeling Hermione's displeasure.
"I am also your companion." She said impatiently.
"But you can't be "our" companion at the same time......" Ron sighed as he looked up at the dark zenith.