406 Battle and Memory
Under normal circumstances, students cannot clearly see the depths of the Forbidden Forest in Hogwarts Castle, because the entire Forbidden Forest is too big, otherwise Hagrid's brother in the original timeline would not be able to see clearly. He had been hiding in the Forbidden Forest for so long without being discovered.
But when large trees were knocked down to create a path to Hogwarts - many students still noticed something strange in the Forbidden Forest - giants!
Piles of giants are roaring and rushing towards the castle!
There are almost as many of them as a whole tribe!
Not only does this make people wonder how the Undead Demon conquered all these giants, but the timing and method of their appearance are also particularly strange - they all appear out of thin air!
"Acromantula......"
Karan murmured in a low voice in the chaos. He had already identified the general direction in which the giants appeared - that is, the location where the Acromantula has always lived. Karan was extremely familiar with this.
However, no one in this world had time to deal with these threats, which allowed these dark creatures to take advantage of them and once again became the traitors of Hogwarts, and also turned the depression into a hiding place for the Death Eaters. stronghold.
This way, it would be easy for them to do whatever they wanted to do - such as secretly teleporting giants in, as well as other equally dangerous creatures.
No one heard Karan’s whisper, and the students were all staring blankly at the towering shadows in the woods, until Professor Pandora, who was in charge of the transfer work, shouted loudly: “Don’t be in a daze, keep walking, and leave the castle quickly! "
After the students panicked and got into the secret passage, Professor Pandora had time to say goodbye to her daughter and tell her that she had already changed her mind.
"Leave the school with everyone."
She kissed Luna's forehead, held her cheeks with both hands, helped her smooth her messy hair, looked directly into her daughter's light silver eyes and said: "Follow the prefects of the academy. I remember you are You can cast the Patronus Charm, right? Protect yourself and don't let those nasty dementors affect you."
Luna's reaction was very calm, and she asked without panic: "What are you going to do?"
Pandora took out her magic wand. As if she was telling a secret, she leaned close to her daughter's ear and whispered: "Mom is going to test the newly created spell. Don't tell your father, he will definitely blame me."
In the castle, except for a few professors who maintained order, more professors rushed out at the first sight of the giant. Under the leadership of Professor Slughorn, they summoned the patron saint to resist the giant. Feeling the despair coming from far away.
The giants were very fast. If no one stopped them, they would soon arrive at the castle and smash the stone wall and the students inside with big trees.
Pandora is about to join their team, and there are also many upperclassmen sneaking out of the evacuating team. If they are discovered by the professor, they will loudly prove themselves: "I have come of age, sir, and I want to fight!"
No one can stay out of this war.
The wizarding war in this world has been going on for too long. To some extent, many students' parents or relatives have been involved and have become victims or perpetrators.
Luna did not rush to follow Pandora's instructions and leave the secret passage. She stood on the edge of a window and saw Pandora summoning a hare Patronus while rushing out of the castle. When Professor Slughorn discovered her The two seemed to have a brief quarrel, but after the dissuasion of James and Regulus, Pandora still joined the team to resist the giants as she wished.
Rows of silver animals gathered together, the invisible despair and frost being repelled in front of the light.The few professors rushed forward, followed far behind by the senior students who bravely rushed out.
Opposite them was the Forbidden Forest shrouded in dark clouds. The tall giants pushed down the big trees in front of them, and the bushes under their feet were also making rustling sounds - they were Death Eaters, werewolves, and others. There was an attack composed of Acromantulas, and there were scattered Dementors floating in the air around them.
On the other side, the duel between Credence and Voldemort continues.In the dark fog of Obscurus, a green light kept flashing, and Credence's painful face occasionally emerged from it. It seemed that it was difficult for him to trap Voldemort any longer.
All the resistance looks so ridiculous and so vulnerable.
Luna did not move away from the window where she could see all this clearly. She silently combed her long, flat hair with her hands, and then turned around to see Ron and Hermione not far away - they seemed to be dealing with several people as well. What were the instructions given by the extra young students? Luna had never seen these students before.
She stretched out a hand to greet the two of them, but heard a familiar shout:
"Luna! Pandora! Where are you all?!"
It was Xenophilius Lovegood, Luna's father.
He looked panicked, trying to break through the crowded students and running around staggeringly.
It wasn't until he saw his daughter that Lovegood finally breathed a sigh of relief. He kissed Luna's forehead like Pandora: "Thank God, dear, fortunately you are okay."
"Why did you come here?" Luna had a trace of curiosity in her eyes.
Lovegood gasped and explained: "The mysterious man's previous words were heard in Hogsmeade. I rushed over as soon as I heard the news. It was not just me, but many villagers were rushing to school. They are all here to help - by the way, where is your mother? Where is she?"
Luna did not reveal Pandora's secret, but she still turned her head and glanced in the direction of the window.
Lovegood also looked out the window, and he recognized Pandora's patron saint at a glance - the hare jumping joyfully in the air, looking very agile.
"Merlin..."
After finally understanding what Pandora was going to do, Lovegood was so frightened that his calves were shaking, but he still subconsciously ordered: "Okay, dear, you leave the secret passage with the other students first - —”
"I don't want it!" Luna suddenly resisted: "I want to fight too!"
"But you're not an adult yet." Mr. Lovegood retorted immediately: "It's not the time for you to make your own decisions, especially such dangerous decisions."
Luna said nothing, she stared at her father angrily.
Lovegood was silent for a while. He couldn't let the current Luna leave on her own, otherwise Luna would sneak back, but he couldn't watch Pandora in danger.
"Ok."
Finally, Lovegood finally nodded and repeated, "Okay, but you have to stay with me and not too far away from me."
"Let's go protect your mother together."
The father and daughter took out their wands and ran away. When they passed Hermione and Ron, Luna shouted to them: "Are you coming too?"
"Of course!" Hermione shouted back: "But you have to wait a while, we will be there soon!"
After shouting these words, she looked back at Guspard, who had just returned to the castle from the ruins, and asked anxiously again: "You said you don't know where Harry is? But Callan clearly told you Have you always stayed together?"
"That was when we were inside the ruins." Gespard said calmly, but he didn't look calm at all - the witch robe on his body was full of holes scratched by branches, and there were many scratches on his face. There were scratches and a small crack appeared on the left lens.
Karan was taking the time to cast a healing spell to heal the wounds on Gaspard's face. At the same time, he heard Gaspard continue to explain: "After Principal Dumbledore entered the ruins, he asked us to quickly become invisible. Yi left to avoid being implicated by Gryffindor's legacy like Karan. But not long after we left the ruins, we heard a sound deep in the Forbidden Forest."
"You should have also seen the group of giants, but the Death Eaters were even faster than them - Harry and I met Abraxas Malfoy, who was rushing out with a large group of Acromantulas Forbidden Forest to make enough space for the sudden appearance of giants."
"The situation was very urgent. Even the invisibility cloak couldn't completely protect us. As a result, the two of us were separated by the Acromantula. Now I don't know where Harry is."
"Oh my god..." Hermione's frightened body suddenly became weak - she could guess what kind of danger Harry had encountered just by looking at the miserable scene of Gaspard - maybe It's not certain that Harry has been captured by the Death Eaters!
"Calm down, Hermione!"
Ron's appearance was not much better than that of Hermione, but he still held Hermione firmly and encouraged him: "Harry... Harry will be fine for sure. Let's go find him now." !”
The two quickly left the crowded corridor, leaving Callan, Gaspard, and Steve where they were.In addition, beside the three people stood Professor Gaspard of this world - he was also not good at spells, so he was left by Professor Slughorn to maintain order during the evacuation.
"Did Dumbledore say anything else before he asked you to come out?" Callan asked.
Gaspard nodded: "He did say that no matter whether he gets the Gryffindor legacy or not, he will drive him out of the legacy as soon as possible."
It seems that Dumbledore still understands how important he is in this war - after all, except for him and Credence, almost no one can stop Voldemort who has abandoned his trust.
But when he mentioned Voldemort, Karan could not help but think of the other person's face again - in the picture given by the God of Death, Voldemort completely changed back to his normal appearance.But when he glanced far away in the Forbidden Forest, what Karan saw was still the snake's face - what went wrong?What is Voldemort's current plan?
This time the war was far more difficult than in the original timeline. Although Callan and the others successfully rescued the powerful Dumbledore and Credence, the Dumbledore of this world had been imprisoned when Voldemort entered school. In Nurmengard, he was unable to prevent the rise of Voldemort, and he was also unable to spend more time investigating how to solve the threat of Voldemort like in the original timeline.
And Karan has never forgotten that in addition to Voldemort himself, there is a greater threat - those Horcruxes, which number more than 700.
To this day, there is only one Horcrux destroyed by Callan himself - Slytherin's Locket.
Professor Gaspard, who was maintaining order, turned to look at them and asked, "What are your plans? Are you leaving the castle? Are you also preparing to fight?"
The smaller Guspard calmly replied: "Aren't you here too? The shrewd Ravenclaws are here, how can the mediocre Hufflepuff back down?"
Steve looked at the two of them in surprise. He could vaguely detect the smell of gunpowder - but before that, he knew that Guspard in this world was assigned to Ravenclaw House, not Hufflepah like himself. strange.But he still didn't expect that Gespard would actually get into trouble with him over such a thing.
"Do not make jokes."
At this time, Karan opened his mouth and interrupted the two of them looking at each other. He waved his hand and said: "If it is really going to be a battle, there will be many of us. And don't forget, my current magic level is about the same as yours. , as for you two——"
Karan looked around and saw no one who could fight.
Gaspard calmly accepted Callan's evaluation, but Steve retorted with some reluctance: "But I can still communicate with magical animals. Didn't Gaspard say that there is an Acromant among the attackers?" Spider, maybe I can-"
Before Steve could finish what he said, Karan immediately interrupted: "Don't even think about it! If I really let you die, Mrs. Tina won't know how to teach me a lesson."
"Besides, I didn't tell the truth, so there is absolutely nothing I can do."
The three of them all naturally decided not to continue escaping. In fact, they paid more attention to the outcome of this war than many people, which was related to whether the three of them could successfully return to the world where they were.
"Then what are you going to do?" Professor Gaspard asked, pushing up his glasses. He was full of curiosity about this student who shouldn't exist. He always regretted that he didn't meet such a roommate, otherwise his alchemy would be better. The level will definitely become more powerful.
Karan didn't speak, he just pressed his pocket silently.
In addition to the recovered jumping cauldron and many other items, there was one other thing inside.
Memories from the home in Antioch.
After making the decision, Karan quickly led Steve and Gaspard out of the crowded corridor. On the way, Steve said with nostalgia: "How long has it been since we last acted together?"
"There will be plenty of opportunities in the future." Karan, who was running in front, said without looking back. He also added in a low voice: "If we can go back alive... I hope my ancestors will not let me down. "
After reaching higher floors, the three of them almost didn't encounter any students anymore.They came to the headmaster's office at Hogwarts. The gargoyle statue was tilted to the side. This seemed to be caused by the previous battle between the professors and the Death Eaters.
"Come in, come in."
Before Karan could ask, the gargoyle statue hummed and said, "If you want to enter the principal's office, just go in. I can't stop you now."
Steve walked toward the spiral staircase in confusion. He glanced back and asked curiously: "Has it always had such a bad temper?"
Karan didn't know what was going on. He had never encountered an angry gargoyle statue before when he went to the principal's office.
But soon, the three of them understood the reason.
When the last door opened, they looked at the figure in the principal's office in surprise, and Steve even screamed.
"Harry, why are you here?!"