Chapter 739: To Grimmauld Place Twelve
Thestrals' carriage galloped through the clouds, soon leaving the village buildings far behind.
Probably because they were familiar with the journey, they returned much faster than they had come, and soon they left the area where Devon was located.
"Do you want to go back to Hogwarts now?" As he approached London, Kyle asked suddenly.
"What do you mean?" Connor looked at him and asked, "Aren't you going back?" ”
"I've got something to do with Diagon Alley." Kyle said.
"Go now?" Connor frowned.
"Yes, now." Kyle pauses for a moment, as if thinking about something.
If you go back to Hogwarts first, you'll still have a long way to go, and it will be too late to go to Diagon Alley.
And now it's right near London, just in time to drop by.
But Kyle is not very relieved and lets Connor ride back to school in a carriage alone.
After all, the Thestrals are also rare in the wizarding world, and they are considered the top means of transportation, and Kyle fears that it will be noticed by the increasingly rampant Death Eaters.
"If you don't have anything else to do......," Kyle said after a moment's thought, "how about coming with me, we can drop by for lunch in London." ”
"Yes, of course." Connor said with a smile, without the slightest hesitation.
"Then it's settled."
Kyle came outside the carriage and whispered a few words to Thestrals.
Thestrals, who were flying towards Hogwarts, suddenly turned around and flew towards London with the carriage.
"Wait......" Connor thought of something, "there are a lot of people in London, what if the Muggles see the carriage." ”
"Don't worry." Kyle said, "That's another good thing about the Thestrals, Muggles can't see this particular magical creature any more than they can't see the Dementors, and it's even simpler about the carriages." ”
Kyle took out his wand and struck it on the carriage, and the surrounding compartment was immediately blocked by a layer of something.
"The Hidden Charm, a little rough, but this is London, it's enough."
The carriage passed through the gray clouds over London and reached its destination in less than half an hour.
A square that looks like it's a bit old.
"Be prepared." Kyle said to Connor, "There's the same protection from the Loyalty Charm here. ”
Connor nodded slightly nervously.
When the carriage came to a stop, before the two of them could jump off it, an indifferent voice came from outside.
"Who's coming, come out, don't take your wand."
The sound is somewhat familiar.
"Don't worry Charlie, it's me." Kyle put his hand out of the carriage before leaning out, indicating that he wasn't holding his wand.
"Kyle?" Charlie was pleasantly surprised: "Why are you here?" He hurried over, but he didn't put away his wand.
"I should have thought that this carriage looks like Hogwarts, and they haven't changed it in decades."
"Then you're still pointing your wand at us." Kyle said.
"There's no way, what's the responsibility, no matter what, I have to confirm it." Charlie smiled and said, "Then there's another question, where are you going?" ”
"Grimmauld Place Twelve." Kyle said, "That should make sure I'm not someone else disguised as someone else's Polyjuice Potion." ”
"The Death Eaters don't know the address." Charlie and Kyle hug.
At this time, Connor also stepped out of the carriage.
Charlie was stunned for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and didn't speak, just looked at Kyle teasingly.
"We just happened to be passing by." As if he hadn't seen his expression, Kyle said to himself, "Are Fred and George there?" ”
"Just came back half an hour ago." Charlie nodded, but immediately he hesitated a little more, pulled Kyle to the side, and asked in a whisper.
"It's not that I want to spoil the fun, Kyle, but this is the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, you brought this girl, does Headmaster Dumbledore know?"
"I haven't had time to tell him yet." Kyle said, "But I can assure you that Connor is on our side." ”
Dumbledore's agreement to Connor going to Nicol's manor has actually shown his attitude, even if Connor has not joined the Order of the Phoenix for the time being, with Snape's connection, she is qualified to know here.
"Well, I have no doubt about that." Charlie only hesitated before agreeing with Kyle's statement.
"Come with me." He waved at Connor and walked to the front.
"Mom would be very happy if she knew you were coming."
Then, under Connor's shocked gaze, a house swelled out of thin air, squeezing open houses with the words 11 and 13 written on either side.
"Let's go, hurry up." Charles said that he was the first to go up the stone steps, pushed open the door, and shouted loudly inside:
"Mom, let's see who's coming!"
"Be quiet, Charlie!" Mrs. Weasley stepped out of a room, "Aren't you supposed to be on guard outside?" Why did you come back all of a sudden, and there was still a little time before lunchtime? ”
"No, Mom, it's Kyle." Charlie explained.
"Kyle?" Mrs. Weasley was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously looked behind Charlie.
"Oh, Kyle, dear, what a surprise."
She walked over quickly, first glanced at Charlie, and immediately gave Kyle a hug after receiving an affirmative answer.
"Why are you here at this time?" She said, "I asked Dumbledore before, and he said you have other things to do during the holidays and can't come here. ”
"That's right, we happened to be passing through London on our way back to Hogwarts, so we thought we'd come over and have a look." Kyle said.
"We?" Mrs. Weasley noticed that Kyle was followed by a girl.
How so...... For a moment, she was even more excited than she was to see Kyle.
"This ...... I'm guessing you've got to be Connor, Kyle talks about you a lot. ”
"Yes." Connor turned to look at Kyle, who was not doing anything, and then looked at Mrs. Weasley again, "Connor Prince." ”
"Welcome, dear." Mrs. Weasley stepped forward and hugged her, "I'm so glad there's someone here." ”
"Newcomer?" Connor was confused.
To be honest, she still hasn't figured out what this is going on, and she doesn't know where she has been.
Weasley's house? Probably not, she remembered that the Weasleys, Kyle and Cedric, all lived in the village of St. Cachpole.
As if sensing her doubts, Mrs. Weasley asked, "Honey, didn't Kyle tell you where this was?" ”
Connor shook her head.
Mrs. Weasley immediately glared at Kyle disapprovingly, but just as she was about to explain, two excited voices came from behind her.
"Connor ......"
"How did you get here!"
Fred and George came running one after the other, almost knocking Ron on to the head as he came out to check on the situation.
"You know each other, too?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"Mom, we've known each other for six years." Fred said quickly, "And it's not just us, Dad, Charlie and Bill know each other. ”
He was talking about the last time Quidditch World Cup, when Connor was with them, but Mrs. Weasley hadn't been there at the time, so she hadn't seen her.
"She's the Connor we talked about earlier." "And one of our best friends......
"But she's clearly on better terms with Kyle."
Speaking of this, the two suddenly squeezed their eyes and showed a tacit lewd smile.
It was so obscene that even Mrs. Weasley couldn't stand it, so she pushed them back into the room by twisting their ears.
"Sorry, dear, please forget those two unclean things just now." Mrs. Weasley turned calmly, "Where did we just go, oh, Order of the Phoenix." ”
"Order of the Phoenix?" Connor blinked.
"That's right, this is an organization founded by Dumbledore to fight the Death Eaters, and this is the base camp."
Mrs. Weasley said, "All right, don't stand at the door, come with me, I've made a goulash at noon, just wait a little longer and you'll be able to eat it."
"Charlie, you're still going outside, Bill will go to you for a shift at lunchtime."
"Okay, Mom."
Charlie, who was about to go inside, could only say stupidly, walked out of the house again, and closed the door by the way.
"This way, dear." Mrs. Weasley took Connor and Kyle to the kitchen.
At this moment, Kyle suddenly notices several heads poking out from the direction of the stairs.
From top to bottom, Harry, Hermione, Ginny, ...... As for Ron, he's right next to him.
"Why are you still here?" Kyle asked, a little curiously, "It's the last day of the holidays, don't you have to take the train to school?" ”
Hogwarts was leaving early in the morning, and they shouldn't be here under normal circumstances.
"It was meant to be." Harry explained, "But Mr. Weasley said that Professor Dumbledore had arranged for a one-time Floo connection, and we would only need a second to get back to school. ”
"I see, that's pretty convenient." Kyle said.
"yes." Harry nodded, "But Kyle, why are you here too, and it's still at this time." ”
"Didn't you just say that? Just passing by. Kyle said.
However, he could fool Mrs. Weasley and Harry, but not Fred and George.
While Mrs. Weasley brought Connor into the dining room, the two of them attacked at the same time, dragging Kyle into another room.
"Tell ...... honestly"
"What the hell are you going to do!"
Fred and George surround Kyle in the middle, one left and one right.
"Don't say anything along the way......"
"This clumsy excuse won't fool us!"
"I didn't think about it that way." Kyle shrugged, "I'm here because I want to take a trip to Tumbledown Alley, remember what I told you in my letter earlier?" ”
"Tumbledown Alley?" Fred thought for a moment, "You mean, let's look at that incident with Draco Malfoy?" ”
"That's right." Kyle said, "Well, did he ever go to Tumbledown Alley during his vacations." ”
The Weasley brothers' shop is not too far from the entrance to Tumbledown Alley, and even from the store, you can see through the window pane of the entrance.
So when he wrote to the Weasley brothers, he mentioned it in passing.
"We don't know." George shook his head and said, "You know, there's a lot going on at the Ministry of Magic right now, and we don't have time to keep an eye on the store. ”
"But we'll leave this task to the house-elves in the store." "The elves have always had an extraordinary passion for their work, and it was the right thing to do with them," Fred said. ”
"Makes sense." Kyle patted them on the shoulder, "Then why am I telling you this?" ”
With that, Kyle prepares to leave the room.
"Hey, wait!"
Fred hurriedly blocked the door and explained:
"We wanted to ask in the afternoon and write to you again."
"I didn't expect you to come back suddenly."
"Anyway, we can count on a little help, just tell us what the plan is."
The two stared at Kyle in unison, saying nothing to let him out of the room.
They were so curious why Kyle was suddenly staring at that Draco Malfoy.
"Tell me quickly if you're going to do something to the Malfoys." Fred asked, "If so, please be sure to bring us with you." ”
"We've been thinking about this day for a long time, really!" George said with a look of hope.
The conflict between the Weasleys and the Malfoys is almost universally known in the wizarding world, and Mr. Weasley and Lucius Malfoy had a fight at the Blotted Bookstore, which was in the Daily Prophet for several days.
A few years ago, Ron had to drive a flying car to school because the platform was inexplicably closed...... At that time, Lucius grasped the matter and lobbied everywhere, and Mr. Weasley almost lost his job.
Of course, there are many other things besides these, and the struggle between the two families has continued to this day and has not stopped.
Now there is finally an opportunity to fall into the ground, and of course they don't want to miss it.
Kyle knew what they were thinking, too.
"Sorry, you're overthinking." Kyle said, "This time it's just because Draco Malfoy is alone." ”
"It's okay, it's okay to be alone." Fred said, "Tell us about it." ”
"yes." George nodded repeatedly, "You're going back to school soon, and you still have to prepare... Exams, there will definitely not be much time to care about things outside the school.
"Maybe we can help you."
Kyle hesitated for a moment, "You really want to know?" ”
"Uh-huh."
"Yes!"
Both of their heads are about to come out of the afterimage.
"Okay." Kyle said, "In fact, I found out that Draco Malfoy was working on a plan to get the Death Eaters into Hogwarts. ”
There was a sudden silence in the room.
A second later.
"If you don't want to say it, forget it." Fred pouted, "Why make up such a story to lie to us." ”
"In addition, even if you make up a story, you can also have a little bit of a snack." George said dismissively, "A Malfoy...... Can a Death Eater enter Hogwarts?
"Even if he told Ron that kind of thing, he wouldn't believe it."
The two looked at Kyle again, disappointed by his perfunctory attitude.
Kyle, however, is calm.
"One Malfoy can't do it...... So what if I help him? ”
"What are you helping him with?" George was stunned for a moment, and asked tentatively, "Could it be to help him transport the Death Eaters to Hogwarts?" ”
"yes." Kyle said, "What's the problem? ”
The first thing Fred and George thought about was that Kyle had been dropped with Polyjuice Potion.
But soon the two of them realized that Charlie was guarding the door, and he would definitely not make such a low-level mistake.
In addition, Kyle's appearance and tone just now didn't look like he was joking at all.
If you look at it this way, the Eight Achievements are real......
The two of them immediately became excited, and excitedly approached Kyle's side, pressed him against a stool, one pinched his shoulder, the other thumped his leg, and behaved as diligently as he could.
"Quick, let's talk about ...... carefully"
"We've been at Hogwarts for a long time, and we've banned our hoax products from the school."
"It's literally destroying our dreams."
"Completely negated us!"
"We are at odds with this school rule!"
The two of them were impassioned, as if as soon as Kyle spoke, they would lead the Death Eaters into the school to overthrow Dumbledore and create a new Hogwarts.
"You are so brave...... Does Mrs. Weasley know? Kyle asked in a flat tone.
"Of course not."
"Otherwise, Mom will kill our ......," Fred shrugged.
"Alright, hurry up and tell us about your plans."
"Not my plan, it's Malfoy's." Kyle didn't hide it anymore, and said directly, "He plans to use the Vanishing Cabinet to create a new secret passage at Hogwarts." ”
"Vanishing Cabinet?" Fred touched his chin, "You mean, it's not the kind of vanishing cabinet that connects two different places." ”
"Is there anything else else that can artificially create a secret passage to the outside of the school?"
"Impossible." George frowned and said, "Isn't the Disappearing Cabinet long gone?"
"I've read a book about alchemy, and it says that it's been destroyed since sixty years ago, when someone used the Vanishing Cabinet to infiltrate the International Confederation of Wizards and kill an important witness."
"That's right." Fred said, "And the alchemists who were able to make the Vanishing Cabinet at that time were also forced to sign a magic contract, vowing not to make it in the future, let alone pass on the method of making it." ”
"Even the Malfoys don't have the energy to get their hands on something like this."
"That's true." Kyle said, "But as it happens, there happens to be a missing Vanishing Cabinet in Hogwarts. ”
"Malfoy found it?" Fred's expression became serious. "No, I have to tell my father."
"Don't worry." This time it was Kyle's turn to stop him, "Malfoy didn't find it, I found it." ”
Fred and George stopped.
But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, Kyle continued, "I've already given it to Malfoy, though. ”
……
(End of chapter)