Chapter 246: The Escape Begins

"Bang!" The door to the Headmaster's office was pushed open, and Moody and McGonagall rushed in from the outside, "What's the matter, why did the contact note fail?"

"There's a fight here, Severus?" McGonagall looked at the headmaster's office, which had been messed up by the spell, in alarm, "How is the headmaster?"

"Why is Albus not breathing?!" Moody cried out in exasperation. "Gildero, what's going on?"

"Seaver...... Snape, who had just killed the Headmaster while I was unprepared, was wounded by me and fled. Lockhart tried his best to make a panicked expression, but it wasn't difficult, he was really a little panicked and a little dazed right now.

"How is that possible, this ...... There must be some agreement between them...... "McGonagall couldn't believe it, "this Dumbledore must be fake, it's part of the Headmaster's plan!"

"The original form!" a white light swept through Dumbledore's body, but Dumbledore was still Dumbledore, not someone pretending.

"I'm afraid not......" Moody looked up and stared blankly at McGonagall, who visibly shook her body, as if she was so shocked by the news that she couldn't stand still, barely holding on to the wall.

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"How so? Dumbledore assured me that Snape was genuinely repentant!" Scrimgeour was a little scared this time, he dared to fight the entire Ministry of Magic and the Death Eaters with just one team of Aurors, and most importantly: a wizard of the same level as Voldemort was on his side. Now that Dumbledore had suddenly died, many of his plans were completely out of order.

"Snape killed Dumbledore?" Hagrid's eyes widened, "No...... There must be something in this...... This is Dumbledore's plan!"

"I think the same as you do, Hagrid, but I've checked. Moody glared fiercely and said, "Dumbledore has been blinded by Snape, this time through his own fault, but we have to protect ourselves now." ”

"You must get out now!" McGonagall noticed the point, "The mystery man will soon be surrounding Hogwarts again, and I'll surrender then, you go!"

"Minerva is right, let's get out of here now and discuss what's next. Moody nodded, now that Dumbledore was gone, he was the new leader of the Order of the Phoenix: "Harry must go too...... The other children don't need to be nervous, the mystery man can't slaughter the students as soon as they take over the school. And now that he is victorious, there is no need for these senseless revenge. ”

"I've got to take Pandora away, or she'll be put under house arrest. Lockhart said.

"What are you going to do and run away with her?" Moody asked.

"They certainly haven't taken control of the whole country now, so they can let her leave England by Muggle transport, and the Fudge family has relatives abroad. ”

"Well, then, Hagrid, Minerva, the children at school are up to you to protect them. Moody didn't stop him, he still had a lot of work to attend to, the whole campus was full of figures, Dumbledore was suddenly attacked and killed, and his phoenix hovered over Hogwarts, inciting magic and singing a poignant elegy in a way that most people had never heard before.

This qiΔ“ caused an uproar, and almost all the students were woken up.

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"My dear, you come with me, and I will send you out of England. Lockhart used his magic to quickly find Pandora, "I'll leave tonight." ”

"Leaving the UK? What about my family, my parents, my grandfather, what about them. ”

"Their lives won't be in danger, but if you don't want to be caught by the Imperius Curse, or caught using it to lure me out, get out of here. ”

"I'm going to follow Uncle Auror against the mystery man too!"

"I still don't listen to your man!" Lockhart especially likes to use this trick, "I won't marry you if you don't obey." ”

"But ......" As soon as Lockhart spoke in her husband's tone, Pandora immediately ceased to be obedient and sensible, and this characteristic seemed to be rooted in the girl's genes. "Well, I'll listen to you. ”

As the Aurors and the Order of the Phoenix were quickly preparing to protect Harry and prepare to leave, Lockhart suddenly remembered that after Voldemort took control of the Ministry of Magic, he would aggressively oppress and kill wizards from Muggle families, and he had to take Hermione with him.

Tell Moody and Scrimgeour that they both agree with Lockhart that Hermione was supposed to stay at Hogwarts and that she could go along, of course, very willingly.

After telling the other Muggle-born students at the school to find a way to hide, the group left Hogwarts. They all left in the usual wayβ€”most on broomsticks, Hermione in the back seat of Kingsley's Thestrals, and Lockhart with Pandora.

They flew away from Hogwarts until dawn, when they landed in a wooded area to take a break.

"I'll send Pandora out of England, and you will rest first. Lohara said to the others by the hand of Pandora.

"Phantom away from here, and don't get us in trouble. Moody glanced at him and admonished.

Loharth nodded, pulling Pandora out of their hiding place and walking all the way out.

"In which country do you have relatives?"

"My sister is married to France...... Pandora whispered, "I can live with her." ”

"Okay, then France, is the apparition a pass? ”

"Yes, but I didn't pass ......"

"It's okay, I'll take you. ”

After walking for half an hour, when he reached a place where no one else could be seen, Lockhart grabbed Pandora's hand, blocked the names of the two people with a confusion charm, and took her to Glasgow International Airport.

"Did Professor Snape really kill the Headmaster?"

"Really......" Lockhart lied for the first time and was so uncomfortable, but he had to. "I saw it with my own eyes, but I didn't stop him. ”

"How so, I've always thought Professor Snape was a cold-hearted man......" Pandora said sadly, Snape was the head of Slytherin, and she had always been very partial to them, and she couldn't accept this result.

"I thought so too, but now he's just killing the headmaster. Lockhart shook his head. "Let's not talk about that, let's arrange your past life. ”

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The two waited in the airport lounge for a long time before waiting for the plane to France, and Lockhart had already confirmed that there were no other wizards here, so he boldly and easily used the Confusion Charm to send Pandora under the plane to France.

"I'll come to you when we've defeated the mystery man......" Lockhart put his arms around her slender but skinny waist and kissed her, "Love you." ”

"I don't want to leave you......" Pandora said sadly. "What are you going to do with Granger?"

"It's nothing, I'll send her away too, I just don't want her to be killed by a mysterious person. ”

"Well, well, don't fight with the mystery man...... Just get my family out, I'm sure you'll be able to do it!" Pandora had never seen Voldemort at all, in her eyes, Lockhart and the mysterious man were wizards of the same level, but she didn't worry too much, just reluctantly said a few love words, and then got on the plane with confidence.

It was early in the morning, and Lockhart stood blankly on the airport for a while, thinking about what he should do next, but unfortunately he had no clue, so he had to apparilate again to the vicinity of the grove where he had just settled, and walked back.

- (To be continued.) )