Chapter 20: Turmoil
Section I
Justin and Nick, who was almost headless, were both attacked, which turned the already tense atmosphere into a real panic. Strange as it may seem, the most frightening thing was what happened to Nick, who was almost headless - it was hard for the students to imagine what terrible force could hurt a dead person.
The students hid Harry in the hallways, as if he was going to grow teeth and spew poisonous juice at any moment; Whenever he walked by, people would point and mutter. Hufflepuff's Ernie identified Harry as the culprit of the attack, and spread the word about it all day long. Harry was frustrated, but what worried him more was Sauron, and the more Harry thought about it, the more suspicious he felt, which made him extremely frightened and conflicted - his only relative, his twin brother, had attacked Muggle-born students, just like the evil dark wizards. He really wanted to talk to Sauron, but in the past two days, Sauron seemed to have disappeared, Isabella, who had always been behind Sauron, was also a person recently, and when Harry asked her where Sauron was, she always said she didn't know, but looking at her hesitant expression, Harry felt that she had something to hide from herself, which made him even more uneasy.
Unlike the other students' fear of Harry, Fred and George found it funny. They ran up the hallway in front of Harry, striding with their heads held high, shouting, "Make way for the heirs of Slytherin, the most evil wizard is ......"
Percy was unhappy with the behavior, "It's not something to make fun of. He said coldly.
"Hey, get out of the way, Percy," said Fred, "Harry is short on time. "Yes, he's going to go to the secret room and have tea with his toothy servant."
"Disgusting fellow," a couple of Hufflepuffs muttered to the side, "he should be expelled, along with his evil brother." ”
Ron and Hermione heard this, furious.
"What proof do you have that Harry did it?!" Ron yelled angrily, "You nasty people. ”
Hermione pulled Ron to stop him from lunging and fighting the Hufflepuffs.
"I saw it with my own eyes, and everyone saw it." "He was the one who attacked Justin, and the ghost named Nick was probably his brother's hand, but I saw that Sauron almost killed Peeves that day."
The three Harry glared at Ernie angrily, but didn't know how to refute it.
"Perhaps, I should kill you too."
The cold voice came, which made people shudder, and for a moment, the corridor was silent. Sauron walked over slowly, staring at Ernie with a blank expression.
Harry tried to step forward, but was held back by Ron - Sauron had a wand in his hand.
"You...... What do you want? Ernie's face turned pale, and he said with a shudder, "I warn you...... Don't you mess around......"
Sauron sneered, raised his wand, and whispered calmly, "Curse the Statue." ”
Under the gaze of the crowd, whether surprised or horrified, Ernie's face turned pale in an instant, and the expression of horror froze on his face, standing motionless, in a posture that wanted to retreat - he was petrified, just like Lady Loris and Colin Creevey.
It took a long time for the stunned students to react, and one of the girls looked at Ernie, then at Sauron, and ran away screaming loudly, and then, like a chain reaction, the people in the hallway shouted in horror and scrambled to run away.
Harry reacted and wanted to grab Sauron, but was blocked by the chaotic crowd, and by the time the corridor calmed down, Sauron had already left.
"Well, I think Sauron was just a little angry." Ron said unconfidently.
Harry's face was ugly, "But you see how Sauron dealt with Ernie, he petrified Ernie, just like Filch's cat and Colin. ”
"However, he only petrified him with a spell, and did not summon any monsters in the secret room." Hermione reassured Harry, "Maybe it's just a coincidence. ”
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Section II
By the time dinner came, things had changed far more than anyone had expected.
"What, people from the Ministry of Magic?!" Harry said in horror, "How can it involve the Ministry of Magic, I mean, Sauron just petrified Ernie, didn't he, a little conflict between the students, like last year, Hermione also petrified Neville......"
Hermione shook her head, "That's different, Harry. She hesitated, "Professor McGonagall said that Sauron used a very strong dark magic on Ernie, and that Ernie almost died, you know, it is illegal to use powerful dark magic on others, and the Ministry of Magic suspects that Colin and Justin did the same thing as Sauron. ”
Harry froze, and sat down on the couch in distraction. Ron swallowed and patted Harry on the back, "Don't worry too much, Harry, Sauron is only a student, and no one is dead, is it, I guess the Ministry of Magic is looking for Sauron just to investigate, well, just to investigate." ”
Harry thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to find Dumbledore, I think he can help Sauron." ”
"Don't be foolish, if something like this happens, you don't need to say it, Dumbledore will definitely intervene." Hermione said.
Harry's face softened a little, and then, Neville ran in in a panic, and when he saw Harry, he ran straight over, and said breathlessly:
"Not good...... Oh no, Sauron...... Sauron knocked the men from the Ministry of Magic unconscious, and then ran away. ”
Harry and the others were stunned, and after a long time, Harry jerked to his feet and ran out.
In the Slytherin lounge, Sauron sat on his couch, with Epikos and Isabella sitting on either side of him. Both Sauron and Ibikos appeared calm, while Isabella looked nervous.
Sauron raised an eyebrow, "Don't be so nervous, Isabella. He waved his wand, and a pile of packaged boxes appeared in front of the couch with small labels pinned to them.
"Well, this is a Christmas present, and I'll have to trouble you to give these out then." Sauron said lightly, and he took out a beautiful little blue box and handed it to Isabella, "Well, give it to Forbertor when he comes." ”
Isabella took it and nodded. She hesitated for a moment and asked uneasily, "Your Highness, the Ministry of Magic should just come to investigate, right?" ”
Sauron pouted and got up to leave the common room, Isabella stood up and tried to follow, but was stopped by Ibikos, Isabella looked at her strangely, Ibikos just smiled and shook his head.
In Dumbledore's office, Dumbledore sat behind the large desk, Snape and Professor McGonagall stood next to him, an old woman in a pink suit chattering, and a wizard in a green robe standing next to him with a stern face.
"It's hard to believe, Principal Dumbledore, that this kind of thing could happen in a school, blatantly using black magic to attack students, which is really unfortunate and infuriating." The old woman said in an official tone, with a smug look on her face, making her look like a toad, "We must treat this matter strictly." ”
"With all due respect, Ms. Umbridge, I don't think things are so strict," Professor McGonagall said with a frown, "Sauron used a curse, but it didn't do anything, didn't he, anyway, he's just a sophomore......"
"A curse? You're really kidding," said Umbridge, "it's not a curse, it's an evil form of black magic, one of the British Wizarding Conventions that prohibits the use of human magic, and it's a blatant violation and provocation of the laws of the Ministry of Magic and the wizarding world, not to mention, he's suspected of opening the secret room and attacking two innocent students," her little eyes sparkled with pride, "As for your statement that he's a sophomore - according to what we've got, he's probably a dangerous person, and in the past few years, He was suspected of many murders and disappearances, and he was not sent to Azkaban because there was no direct evidence......"
"Ahem...... The wizard in the green robe coughed ugly, interrupting Umbridge's words, he looked at Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall, and said embarrassedly: "This matter has a very bad impact, there are many people inside and outside the Ministry of Magic who put pressure on the minister, which makes it difficult for the minister to do, not only Sauron's use of dark magic, but also the suspected matter of opening the secret room, after all, the person who died fifty years ago, under pressure, the minister can only do this...... But it's not that bad," he glanced at Umbridge with disdain, "We're here just to intervene in the investigation." ”
Dumbledore appeared calm, in stark contrast to Professor McGonagall, who pursed her lips tightly, and Snape, who had a gloomy face. "Severus, Sauron is a student of your academy, I think he should be in the Great Hall waiting for the review right now, you can bring Ms. Umbridge and Kingsley over. My stomach is not very upset, and I will have to go to Madame Ponfrey to get some medicine in a moment. ”
Snape frowned, but didn't say anything, he turned and nodded at the Ministry of Magic, and left with the two of them.
"Albus, what are we supposed to do, do you think it's really Sauron who opened the Chamber of Secrets?"
"Don't worry, Minerva," Dumbledore said lightly, "I trust Sauron. ”
In the Great Hall, Sauron sat at the Slytherin table, and the students were far away from him.
Snape led Umbridge and Kingsley into the hall and walked straight towards Sauron, the students all looking at the excitement.
"You're Soren Potter?" Umbridge said arrogantly, "We have been commissioned by the Ministry of Magic to investigate that you used the forbidden dark magic on a student, and are suspected of attacking two other students through the Guò Secret Room, according to the relevant laws..."
"Joker." Sauron sneered disdainfully and interrupted Umbridge, which made her toad face contort angrily.
"It's rude and arrogant, and lacks ......discipline," Umbridge said indignantly, and Snape and Kingsley's faces instantly turned ugly. How could the Ministry of Magic send such an idiot! The two thought indignantly.
Sauron looked at Umbridge coldly, which made her retreat.
"Please calm down, Mr. Potter, we just wanted to investigate...... Kingsley said quickly, but Sauron ignored it and drew his wand.
Umbridge and Kingsley were taken aback, but immediately drew their wands.
"Except for your weapons!" Kingsley shouted, and the spell was shot at Sauron, who was scattered by Sauron's wave. Kingsley was stunned, Sauron waved his wand, Kingsley's wand flew out, Umbridge also aimed his wand at Sauron, "faint......" Before she could finish the spell, Sauron's wand shot a silver light, knocking her out and lying unconscious.
Most of the students ran away in fear, and a few stood and watched from a distance. Snape stared at Sauron and said coldly, "Are you crazy, you're going to get into big trouble like this." ”
"Hmph," Sauron disdained, turning into a black flame in front of everyone's eyes, and flew out of the gate and disappeared into the darkness.