Chapter 56: When Destiny Begins

Section I

Harry and Hermione hid behind the bushes and waited for a long time to see Lupin and the others clumsily emerge from the hollow in the tree and walk towards the castle. As they had experienced, when the clouds cleared and the full moon was revealed, Lupin turned into a werewolf.

Looking at this, Harry became excited, gasping for breath, and couldn't help but grasp his wand in his hand.

"Harry," Hermione murmured, as she seemed to understand what he was thinking, "we'll just stop where we are." We must not be seen. We can't do anything now......"

"Then we're going to let Peter Pettigrew escape again......" Harry said calmly. How can we find a mouse in the dark?"

"We can't do anything!" Hermione snapped, "We're here to help Sirius, we shouldn't have done anything else!"

Harry resisted the urge and watched Sirius and the werewolf tear apart, while Peter took advantage of the chaos to escape, Harry clenched his fists tightly and watched in anger and helplessness as Pettigrew disappeared into the bushes.

Snape tries to save Harry by attracting the werewolf's attention, and just as the werewolf rushes in front of him, he is pounced on by Black and rolls down the hill together.

"Let's do something." Harry couldn't help himself, he grabbed his wand and bent down towards the hillside.

"You're crazy, Harry." Hermione shouted, "There's all Dementors down there, and that's going to kill us." ”

Harry ignored her, and Hermione gritted her teeth, untied Buckbeak's rope, and followed. They ran down the hill and circled to the other side of the lake, where they could see a large number of Dementors gathering towards themselves and Blake on the other side of the lake.

Harry and Hermione hid behind the bushes, peering desperately through the gaps between the leaves, waiting for the mysterious wizard to appear. The Dementors gathered more and more, and the silver flash on the opposite shore suddenly went out, and Harry shuddered with fear.

But no one came. Harry looked up at the circle of Dementors by the lake, they were about to make a move, and the savior should have been there - but no one came to help this time......

At this moment, Harry suddenly realized that the Patronus Charm had been cast by him, and that he had not seen anyone else, it was himself.

Harry jumped out from behind the bushes, wand held aloft—"Divine Guard!" He shouted.

The huge silvery-white stag appeared, shining brightly, and rushed along the surface of the lake to the opposite shore. The Dementors seemed frightened and dispersed, but then something horrified Harry - there were too many Dementors for his Patronus to disperse.

"Damn." Harry shouted in his heart, trying to concentrate and be happy, but to no avail. The Dementors were about to get their hands on it, they would suck the souls of Black, Hermione, and himself, and he could only watch at this point, and there was nothing he could do.

"Why, why don't I have the strength!" Harry hated his own incompetence, he hated his weakness, he couldn't save Sirius, he couldn't save Hermione, he couldn't save himself—he had never been more hungry for power.

"What I can do - what I can do - I will overcome them!" Harry shouted, "Divine Protector!! ”

For a moment, it was as if a flame had ignited from the depths of his soul, and a dazzling white light erupted from the tip of Harry's staff, accompanied by a wave of magic that was terrifyingly powerful. The silver stag on the surface of the lake became larger, emitting a dazzling white light, and the white flames burned all over its body, drowning everything around it in a piece of light. Most of the Dementors instantly dissolved into nothingness in the light, and the few who survived fled in panic.

On the other side of the lake, Sauron had just arrived, and at the moment when the dazzling light erupted, he was startled, and black flames burst into flames, enveloping him.

It was as if a stone had been thrown into the calm surface of the lake, stirring up layers of ripples and spreading into the distance—on a distant island, on a towering lonely tower, a weeping old man raised his head, and his originally cloudy eyes reflected the essence; In the dark forest, Voldemort, like a cloud of smoke, suddenly realized and looked solemnly into the distance; At Hogwarts Castle, Dumbledore walked to the window and stared at the light that seemed to illuminate the heavens and the earth.

"Holy Judge...... Sauron muttered as he looked at the other side with a complicated expression.

Harry stood by the lake, like his patronus, thin white flames burning from the tip of his wand and slowly extending like a robe draped over his body, gorgeous and sacred. Harry didn't react to this, he watched silently as the Patronus ran back to him, and the light enveloped Harry.

"Harry." Hermione ran over and said, "I can't believe you did it......"

Before Hermione could finish her sentence, she stepped back in horror - Harry turned, his face indifferent as if looking at a stranger, his emotionless eyes with a cold silver glow shining through his long, narrow crescent-like pupils.

Harry looked at Hermione like that, her uneasy face reflected in her silver eyes.

"Harry, what's wrong with you, don't scare me!" Hermione mustered up her courage and shouted, "I'm Hermione, wake up, Harry, wake up." ”

"Hermione......" Harry muttered under his breath, a twinkle in his calm, deep pool in his eyes. Suddenly, the white flames vanished, and the Patronus dissipated into the air in bits of light, and Harry gave Hermione a deep look before fainting to the ground.

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Section II

"Recover!" Hermione read it again and again, and finally, Harry slowly opened his eyes, and he looked confused, finally focusing his gaze on Hermione's anxious, pale face.

"Hermione, what's wrong with me." Harry asked weakly, "What about the Dementors, and Sirius......"

Before Harry could finish his sentence, Hermione threw herself on him and cried, and it took a while for her to calm down.

"What the hell is going on, Hermione?" Harry pushed Hermione away in embarrassment, and said confusedly, "Why did I faint......"

"It's a long story, I'll talk to you slowly later." Hermione wiped her eyes, "We need to hurry, we don't have much time, we need to save Sirius." ”

"Oh, okay then." Harry was completely awake now, though he still couldn't remember what had happened.

In a hurry, Harry and Hermione rode on Buckbeak, and the Hippogriff spread its huge wings, and the two flew towards the castle. After the two left, a black mist began to gather, revealing Sauron's form. He looked at the two people who were gradually moving away, and his expression was complicated.

Harry and Hermione found Sirius, who was locked in his office, and together they left the tower on Hippogriff, after which Black fled Hogwarts on Buckbeak. Harry and Hermione breathed a sigh of relief, time was running out, and the two carefully dodged the others and returned to the hospital room in time.

Dumbledore was exiting the room, closing the door, drawing his wand and locking it with his magic. Harry and Hermione ran forward in a panic. Dumbledore looked up, a smile beneath his long mustache.

"We did it!" Harry couldn't breathe and said, "Sirius is gone, riding Buckbeak......"

Dumbledore looked at them with a smile on his face.

"Well done. I thought—" He nervously listened to see if there was anything in the hospital room. "Okay, I think you're gone. Go in—I'm going to lock you up." ”

Harry and Hermione slipped back to the hospital room, and Dumbledore smiled at them and locked the door. Then, he turned and walked to a nearby corner.

Sauron emerged from the shadows, looking at Dumbledore with anger in his cold eyes.

"Why did you do that?" Sauron's voice was gloomy and cold, "You almost killed Harry!" ”

"I didn't do anything, it was Harry's choice, Sauron." Dumbledore said calmly, his deep eyes met Sauron's, "Neither I nor you can change it, fate always puts difficult choices in front of us, and we cannot escape it. ”

"it!" Sauron's suppressed anger erupted, "I almost lost my brother, and you're blaming this qiē for damn fate!" You know very well what has just happened, you have pushed him to a point of no return, and one wrong step is a bottomless abyss. It's not fair, why should Harry be burdened with this cursed qiē. ”

"It's hard to believe that the word fairness would come out of your mouth, Sauron." Dumbledore looked into Sauron's eyes, "Anger has made you lose your mind, Sauron, this fate is not fair in the first place, and you know it now after all you have been through. This qiē has already happened, and it is already predestined the moment everyone makes a choice, and neither I nor you can be harsh. All we can do is be brave enough to face it. ”

Sauron took a deep breath with a shudder, and looked at Dumbledore, his lips trembling slightly. After a long time, he sighed helplessly, and turned away silently, his thin back looking lonely and sad, like a wounded lone wolf.