The Federation's statement is not over.

Hermione reached out and flipped through a page.

In the next part, the wording is quite different.

Compared to the previous worries and apprehensions.

What follows is all condemnation.

- On top of that, the Magical Congress of the United States of America has behaved incomprehensibly, and a week after the outbreak of the war, no official has reported the incident and casualties to the Federation. According to the previously exposed devil [Pretender]. This leads us to think that the Magical Congress of America is flooded with a large number of Pretenders. and they have joined forces with the Death Eaters. ”

- "At present, the Federation has recalled the direct troops of the Federation in Africa. They will leave for North America as soon as possible. I would like to call on all European countries to send Auror troops to support the frontline operations and avoid further casualties.

- In the follow-up of the incident, please also pay attention to the External Liaison Office of the Federation. ”

Finally, the little wizards, including Owen, finally read the statement.

"Is Voldemort crazy?"

This was the first thought that came to Owen after reading it.

Does he have the strength to be the enemy of the entire wizarding world?

Judging by the strength he showed after his resurrection last year, he was not even as strong as Dumbledore.

Of course – it could be that he's just recovered physically, and hasn't regained all his winnings yet.

But because of this, he should be silent for a while and accumulate strength.

It is not so perverse to create a large-scale invasion, which is unreasonable to look at.

And - is it so messy on the American side?

Has the power of the Wizarding Congress weakened to this extent?

Could it be that the states want to be divided and independent?

Is it about to fall into the footsteps of the Soviet-United States?

Otherwise, as one of the most powerful magical governments in the world, the Magic Congress should not be so weak.

At the same time, the faculty on the desk.

Professor Dumbledore still did not appear.

Professor Ger was whispering to Professor Flitwick, both of them grim on their faces, and Professor Sprout leaned the Daily Prophet against the bottle of ketchup, reading the first edition intently, the spoon held in the air, not even noticing that the yolk of the spoon was dripping onto his legs.

On the other side of the table, Umbridge was separated from all the other professors, gulping down cereal.

The toad's eyes scanned the contents of the newspaper rather easily, and from time to time he would cast a resentful look at Owen.

"Look here—" Hermione said with a frown, turning the pages of the newspaper again quickly, pointing to the third page.

That's — the list of the killed and the missing.

The Federation has confirmed a number of sorcerers who were killed, as well as those who went missing.

Owen glanced over, and there were dozens of Death Wizards.

Most of them are native American wizards and some foreign tourists and traders.

There are many more missing lists than dead lists.

There are more than 100 names.

Arranged in alphabetical order.

Owen quickly found the names of Ernie and Ron.

In addition to this, there are seven or eight Hogwarts Wizards.

Most are from Ravenclaw College.

The only Slytherin house is Tracy Davis, a Muggle-born witch.

The sudden name caught the onlookers off guard.

Lots of names - they had only seen them a few days ago.

Friends or rivals.

Who would have thought that with just one vacation, they might say goodbye forever.

"Oh! Bloe. In the crowd, Padma Patil cried directly.

Mandy Bloe is her friend, both Ravenclaw students, in the same grade, and roommates.

During the Christmas holidays, Mandy Bloe also invited her to go to the United States with her, but she and her sister were returning to India during the holidays, so she politely declined her invitation.

Who would have thought that this would be a farewell.

The other side.

Gryffindor's lounge.

Harry opened his eyes leisurely.

He didn't know how he got back to his dorm.

His memory is short, and now his brain goes blank.

Weakly rising, the room was empty, and Harry looked out the window.

It was gray outside, and the howling wind was blowing against the windows, making it impossible for him to tell what time it was.

"Ron!" Harry screamed.

Rubbing his head.

His scars were bulging, and the pain was intense, as if someone was chiseling his head open with an axe.

Harry held his head for a moment, then realized that Ron hadn't come back yet.

He is in the United States.

Thinking of this, Harry suddenly had some kind of ominous premonition.

Yesterday - oh - damn it - he remembered.

Yesterday he was tormented by Snape to learn Occlumency, and then—and then he seemed to be in Voldemort's consciousness again.

And then—

"N-no-no!" Harry screamed.

Then he put on his clothes in a panic and staggered out of the dormitory.

On the spiral staircase, Harry's first thought was to go to the Headmaster's office first.

But he didn't know the password.

He tried to go to Professor McGonagall again, but her office was closed and there was no one.

In the end, he had to come to the auditorium.

The clamor of the little wizards poured into his ears.

He heard Padma Patil's cries.

"Harry!" Ginny was the first to spot him.

"Professor Dumbledore! I have important things to tell him. ”

Harry frantically made his way through the crowd and walked straight to the guest of honor.

Professor McGonagall looked at him, her brow furrowed, "The Headmaster is not at the school, what is the matter with you?" ”

"Not there? At this time? Harry was stunned, then remembered that Snape was casting a spell on him, and he must have seen Voldemort torturing the young wizard, and he had already reported it to Professor Dumbledore.

"Yes! He was out of school a few days ago. Probably a federation thing. Professor McGonagall said flatly.

A few days ago, Albus left in a hurry, she didn't know what was happening, and today, she realized that Albus's departure may have something to do with the war that broke out in the United States.

"A few days ago?" Harry was startled, then hurriedly asked, "What about Snape?" ”

"It's the professor! Mr. Potter. Professor McGonagall corrected, "That's the bare minimum of respect. ”

After criticizing Harry's faux pas, she continued, "Professor Snape left the school last night, Potter, what the hell happened?" ”

"Left?" Harry breathed a sigh of relief.

Because he knew that Snape must have gone to find Dumbledore.

"It's okay." He spoke again.

A huge sense of powerlessness enveloped him.

"Harry!" Professor McGonagall roared, her tone more stern.

"If you have something to say, then you should tell me now." The professor was a little angry.

Harry didn't seem to communicate with her because he didn't think he was capable of handling certain things.

Even if Harry didn't think so. But he has already shown it subtly.

"I'm your dean." Professor McGonagall emphasized.

"I know, I know." Harry muttered. Lost and dejected, he stood in place.

After seeing Harry's expression again.

On the Gryffindor bench, Hermione immediately realized something, she leaned over to Owen, and whispered, "I think Harry is in that man's mind again, and he sees something." ”

Miss Granger pointed to the newspaper with her finger, her intent obvious.

"I think so too." Owen nodded.

Then he picked up the newspaper and got up and walked over to Harry.

Kicked his foot and hit him right in the shin.

Harry came back to his senses in pain, bent over and rubbed his legs.

"Look—" Owen said.

Then hand him the newspaper.

"Did you see something again?"

Harry gritted his teeth in silence.

He mechanically took the newspaper from Owen's hand.

The green eyeballs turned quickly, and it only took more than ten seconds to read the federation's announcement.

Then he hurriedly flipped to the other pages, and finally his eyes lingered on the list of missing persons.

When he saw the names.

His expression instantly became extremely painful.

And when Ron's name appeared, he even fainted for a moment, staggered back a step, and it was Owen who supported him behind him, so that he didn't fall.

Harry couldn't believe it, his eyes widening.

Trembling all over.

"No—" Harry groaned in pain.

Then he covered his forehead and tossed the newspaper aside.

Headache - like it's going to crack.

"What's going on?" Owen asked.

Professor McGonagall at the podium also cast a serious gaze.

Not only her, but also Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout on the side all looked at her.

"She's dead." He said.

"Who died?" Hermione got up and rushed over.

Just stand beside him.

"Mandy Blohe!" It was only after half a ring that Harry spat out the name.

"She also has Stephen, Tracy, Kevin. They were all captured by Voldemort. I saw him torturing them, dying. Already—there's no hope. ”

"What?" Did everyone's worst fears finally happen?

When they saw the familiar names in the newspapers, they already guessed it.

The little wizards couldn't be so lucky, all of them were safe.

But when Harry tore apart their fantasies, the shock of that moment was still unacceptable.

"Oh my God—" Professor McGonagall turned pale and let out a terrible cry that no one had ever seen before.

Then it was heart-wrenching and began to shake.

Professor Sprout hurriedly helped her up.

"Are you sure?" Hermione's face also turned pale, but it may have been her summer vacation experience, several times she thought that Owen's permanent departure made her a little resistant, although she didn't show as sad as Professor McGonagall, but her voice still trembled and asked, "Where's Ron?" And Ernie, are there any of them? ”

"I," Harry closed his eyes tightly, his face full of pain, "I don't see it, but there are still a lot of people being caught, it's a hall, there are a lot of people - they're all in iron cages. There are some who are still struggling, and there are some.

I don't know, there are too many people. I don't know if there are any of them. ”

His heart was like being weighed down by a boulder, heavy.

The tragic condition of his classmates who were tortured by Voldemort made him feel miserable and helpless.

Especially when the torture spells come from 'his hand'.

Harry had thought he had experienced the worst, and he had even walked with death.

But now he understood.

This is not the case. Seeing a friend in the dark and unable to do anything about it is even more difficult to accept than death.

"We've got to do something." Hermione said.

"Calm down – dear.

All you have to do is get the little wizards' spells up as quickly as possible. Owen said calmly.

"As for North America, for now, there's the Federation, there's Dumbledore and my grandfather, there's a whole bunch of Aurors.

If something such a big thing happens, the Aurors of the whole world will get involved.

Our involvement doesn't solve the problem quickly. It can also put yourself in trouble and add to the annoyance of others. ”

His voice was flat but unusually loud.

This quickly woke Professor McGonagall up.

She leaned on the podium and said as if she were ten years old, "Mr. Sanchez—Owen is right. All of you must be calm and not think about leaving school. I know you have a way to leave. Especially you Owen. ”

"I understand, Professor McGonagall."

"I hope you understand." The professor said with a pale and serious face.

Last night, when Snape was in a hurry to find Dumbledore, she was there.

Because the network of Floo roads leaving the castle is the one that leaves the headmaster's office, only Umbridge's office has another one.

He was in a hurry and didn't have time to explain too much.

Under her questioning, Snape only said seriously that something had happened to the little wizard.

Then he left in a green flame.

At the time, she didn't think much about it, she thought that the gentlemen and ladies of the academy were fighting again, or trying to challenge Umbridge and so on.

Until just now, I read the newspaper and heard what Harry had said.

Professor McGonagall realized what Snape meant when he said that something had happened to the little wizard.

"Now—you go ahead with the class. Leave the rest to us and the other professors. The professor said categorically.

Then, in a hurry, she got up and left the guest of honor table.

Exit through the small door on one side.

And the rest of the professors followed.

All of a sudden, Umbridge was the only one sitting there savoring the food like no one else.

Hermione pulled Harry.

The three of them returned to the Gryffindor table.

She poked her head over and whispered in Owen's ear, "You can find it. You know, ask her for some information. ”

"I'm going to do it!" Owen nodded. He also quickly left the auditorium. He's going to go to Kreacher and ask him to talk to Bella.

Owen's departure did not attract the attention of the other young wizards, and now everyone's attention is in the newspapers.

But—one of them looked up inadvertently.

It was Umbridge, who sat at the podium.

Her eyes flashed with joy.

Like a greedy viper, he licked the corners of his mouth.

But soon this part of the expression was restrained by her.

In less than a second, it was back to its usual sweet, disgusting smile.

On the other side –

Gryffindor's long table.

The three little Weasleys finally realized the fact that Ron might have been captured by the Death Eaters.

Oh my god – the news of the thunderbolt from the blue was simply breathless.

"Mom, why didn't anyone tell us. The wall clock at home," George hissed, then realized, "Oh! I'm such a fool, of course she won't tell us, my mother is afraid we'll be worried. ”

The Weasley Clock is a Weasley clock that shows the whereabouts of various family members.

The clock is usually placed in the living room of the Burrow, and its purpose is not to tell the time. The clock's dial features nine gold hands, each engraved with the name of each member of the Weasleys.

There are no numbers on the clock face, but the place or state where each family member may be, such as "home", "school", "work", "road", "missing", "hospital", "prison", and "mortal danger" at twelve o'clock in a normal clock.

The Weasleys probably knew about their children in danger before the Federation, or even the Magical Congress.

They must have informed Sirius or Kingsley.

Anyway, Dumbledore must have learned the news in advance.

"Ron. And Bill's little face turned pale.

She couldn't afford to lose her two brothers in a day.

Especially because of Owen's involvement, in the second year, he and Ron used the name Malfoy to cheat everywhere and reaped a lot of benefits.

Ginny's first school robe, first set of new textbooks, new crucibles, etc., were all bought by Ron.

The relationship between the two is much deeper than it seems.

"No—" she wailed, and the whole person was about to fall.

Harry was still sharp-eyed and quick-handed, holding her up.

Ginny fell into Harry's arms, weeping bitterly.

Suddenly the auditorium was filled with sadness, fear, insecurity, and crying.

In the time that followed.

The whole of Hogwarts fell silent.

Professor McGonagall personally warned the young wizards in the Great Hall that Headmaster Dumbledore and the officials of the Federation had traveled to North America, believing that they would soon be able to rescue the trapped young wizards.

In addition, she forbade young wizards from leaving Hogwarts in any way.

In order to ensure that no one causes any more trouble for the professors, all young wizards will be forbidden to Hogsmeade from mid-January.

She even went so far as to personally visit Harry and Hermione, and of course Owen, in private, sternly admonishing them not to cause trouble, and not to think about sneaking out of the castle and heading to North America.

Remember who you are now, as students, not as Aurors.

Leave the affairs of adults to adults.

Professor Sprout seems to have been instructed by Professor McGonagall to start pulling Owen into the greenhouse when he has nothing to do.

Even let him live in a greenhouse.

The professors' hard conscience and the little wizards naturally understand.

After a hellish, frightened few days.

Kreacher finally brought back Bella's message.

She said: Voldemort did capture a group of young wizards. But they were not meant to be killed, now they are only imprisoned. He had other plans.

Although there is no specific person in Bella's message.

But this is undoubtedly good news.

Silenced Harry, Hermione and Weasley's three little thorns.

And Molly also got in touch with the three children.

Tell them that the wall clock now only shows that Ron and Bill are in 'prison' and that they are not in mortal danger.

So the worst didn't happen.

(End of chapter)