Chapter 17: Pulled into the plot by Hermione

"I see, quick, turn my head over, I don't have time to explain. Hermione pulled out the time turner, put it on Harry's head, and told Lockhart to get his head down and get in. "No, not in this room, or Professor Lockhart will see himself and come out. ”

So the three of them moved out of the door face to face, Hermione turned the time machine, and Lockhart felt himself flying, flying backwards as fast as he could, and after a while, the ground beneath his feet was solid again.

"Hermione, what the hell is going on. Lockhart's subtext: "Fu-ck-you, Hermione, can't you finish the plot on your own, you have to pull me in." ”

"We've got to get back in time," Hermione whispered, "and the clock is three hours back." ”

Harry pinched his leg hard, as if to judge if he was dreaming.

"Where did you get this time ball?" asked Harry.

"It's called the 'Time Turner,'" Hermione said, "and the first day we came back, I got it from Professor McGonagall, and I swore I wouldn't tell anyone. In order to be able to get it, she wrote various assurances to the Ministry of Magic. She told them that I was an exemplary student, and that I would never use it for anything other than my studies...... I have to turn it to turn time back. That's why I learned the course for several years at once, you see......?

"Harry, I don't understand why Dumbledore would want us to do this. Why would he want us to go back for three hours, and how would that help Sirius?"

"7:30, where were we then?" Hermione remembered.

"Perhaps, on the way to Hagrid's house. ”

"All right!" she said, "we need to sneak to Hagrid's house." Don't be seen, Professor......"

They walked quietly among the trees until they reached the edge of the forest. When they saw the front of Hagrid's house, they heard a knock on the door. They quickly slipped behind the trunk of a wide oak tree, and each looked out from one side. Hagrid appeared in the foyer, his face trembling pale, trying to see who was knocking, and then Harry heard his own voice.

"It's us, we're wearing the cloak of invisibility, Hagrid lets us in, and then we take it off. ”

"You shouldn't have come!" Hagrid whispered. He took a step back and slammed the door shut.

"It's the weirdest thing I've ever done. Lockhart said with a strange face, there was a little beauty in the house in front of him, and there was an identical one beside him, maybe he could use the time turner to play double fly with the same girl, Lockhart began to think crankily again.

"Let's move forward a bit," Hermione whispered, "we've got to get closer to Buckbeak!"

They walked quietly among the trees until they saw a nervous Buckbeak, chained to the fence of Hagrid's pumpkin patch.

"Now?" Harry whispered.

"Don't!" said Hermione, "if we sneak him away now, the people of the Council will think Hagrid released him, and we'll have to wait until they tie him up." ”

"We only have sixty seconds. Harry said, "It doesn't seem likely. ”

"Don't worry, I raised it with Hagrid, and I can follow me as soon as I say hello. "Lockhart and Hagrid were close to each other and raised this little monster together, but I didn't expect it to come in handy now.

Hermione glanced at Lockhart, "Oh my god, Professor, I can't think of anything that would hurt you, if Ron was half as good as you......"

Hermione turned to Harry, "Now, Harry, go untie the ropes." ”

Lockhart walked over to Buckbeak, and the monster saw Lockhart and stood up excitedly, trying to rub Lockhart over to him, but Lockhart motioned for it to keep it silent.

"Professor, get out!" Harry urged.

Harry wrapped the rope around Buckbeak's neck. Buckbeak meekly followed Lockhart. A group of three entered the woods.

On the way, Hermione explains to Lockhart that Blake is innocent and Peter is the criminal. Of course, in fact, Lockhart knows.

What now?" Harry whispered, looking around.

"We've got to hide here," said Hermione, who looked terrified, "and we're going to have to wait until they get back to the castle." Then, when it was safe to do so, we asked Professor Lockhart to catch Peter. ”

"Oh my God, it's no coincidence that Professor Lockhart happened to be there, you called hermione. Harry exclaimed.

Lockhart rolled his eyes helplessly.

Hermione nervously looked into the depths of the forest behind her. The sun is starting to set.

"We're going to do it soon," Harry said, thinking for a moment, "we should be able to see the beater, or we don't know what's going to happen." ”

"That's right. Hermione said, clutching the rope that bound Buckbeak, "We have to make sure we don't get found, Harry, remember?"

"Am I not and can't be found, why did I go and catch that Peter? Lockhart wondered.

Hermione explained, "The reason why people who go back to the Time Turner can't be found is because there have been accidents in history where wizards accidentally killed their past selves or were killed by their past selves, leading them into an endless loop. But the professor said that you were in the office all night. So you don't have that to worry about. ”

"I see, I see. ”

"That's Ron. Harry said suddenly.

So, they saw Ron being dragged into a tree hole by a black dog.

"Lupin is here!" said Harry, as they saw a figure hurrying down the steps towards the willows, and Harry looked at the sky, where the clouds completely obscured the moon.

Lockhart suddenly realized: "No wonder Lupin and Snape rushed out one after another in the afternoon." ”

Sure enough, after a while, Snape also appeared, ran to the willow tree, stopped, looked around, and then entered the hollow of the tree as he grabbed his cloak and held it in his hand.

"That's it," said Harry, "we're all in there...... Now we just have to wait until we come out again. ”

"Well, now we'll have to wait. Hermione nodded, tied one end of the rope that hung Buckbeak securely to a tree, and sat down on the dry ground with her hands on her knees, Lockhart also sat on the side, Hermione seemed to lean uncomfortably against Lockhart, as if she was shivering, and Lockhart, as a professor, unceremoniously put her arm around Hermione to comfort her.

Harry said, "I still don't understand who drove away so many Dementors. After a pause, it dawned on him, "Ah, it must be Professor Lockhart, I thought I saw my father!"

Lockhart Khan, "Unfortunately, I'm not very good at Patronus charms, I guess that's you." "The Guardian needs to be positive on his mind, in fact, because Lockhart always has something unhealthy in his head, he can't even summon the Guardian Saint steadily. "Harry, remember the spell of the Divine Guard. ”

"Yes, remember. Harry hesitated.

"Don't be afraid Harry, this time will definitely succeed, because you have been saved. Even if something goes wrong, I'll do it. ”

Harry nodded, "Okay, I've made it!"