Chapter 173: Dementor Riot
“Dementors are coming!”
The young wizards of Slytherin had just arrived, and someone suddenly shouted in the crowd.
The whole hall was in an uproar, and everyone was in a mess, looking at the doors of the hall.
As expected, some shadows floated past the door of the hall and the windows above.
This size and color definitely cannot be a ghost, which means that what the man just said is true. Everyone’s face was immediately filled with fear, and some even wanted to find a place to hide in a panic.
On the Hogwarts Express, everyone had experienced the fear of Dementors, and now no one wanted to face them again.
Standing on the stage, Dumbledore, who was about to start his speech, could only hold back his words. Now the first thing he needed to do was to maintain stability on the scene, and he immediately picked up his wand and pointed it at the ceiling of the hall.
Boom! Boom!
Several piercing fireworks attracted everyone’s attention, which made everyone look at Dumbledore on the stage.
The commotion was much smaller. After all, Dumbledore was also known as the number one person in the magic world. Seeing him on the scene, the sense of security was straightened.
After Dumbledore cast a loud spell on his throat, he looked at the little wizards below with a serious face.
“Everyone, be quiet. I and the deans are here to protect you. There is no need to worry.”
Dumbledore did not expect the Dementors to intervene. Everything really happened at the same time.
And Fudge had just promised himself not long ago that the Dementors would never enter Hogwarts Castle. What’s going on now?
After hearing what Dumbledore said, the four deans on the side also stood up and came to the opposite side of the entrances of the auditorium. Lupin also joined them at this time.
As for the other professors, they were just making up the numbers.
There shouldn’t be this scene in the original book!
Ethan doesn’t remember that the Dementors would enter Hogwarts on Halloween night, obviously Sirius made some noise.
Sirius was able to enter Hogwarts, which should be the result of Dumbledore’s indulgence.
There is a passage under the Whomping Willow, and the Shrieking Shack can directly reach Hogwarts. The Whomping Willow was planted by Dumbledore for Lupin. As long as Dumbledore didn’t lose his memory due to Alzheimer’s disease, he would definitely know this location.
But he didn’t block this passage, nor did he tell others, just letting Sirius go in and out freely, which was equivalent to directly abolishing the blockade of the Dementors on the ground.
The reason for this is probably to train Harry, after all, this is the savior he chose, and now Harry is obviously unqualified.
Harry didn’t get much training in the whole second grade. Dumbledore agreed to Lockhart’s dueling competition, probably because he wanted to train Harry’s actual combat ability. Who let Harry be a sandbag and shield on the stage prepared for him in the first grade?
But in the end, he didn’t learn much in the second grade. He just used a disarming spell and was almost killed by Ron.
This yearIt’s the third year now, if we don’t train him, there won’t be enough time.
That’s why I want to take advantage of Harry’s hatred for Sirius and let him catch Sirius himself, so as to train his courage and strength and enhance his self-confidence in the process.
And Sirius will basically not hurt Harry in the process, which is absolutely a perfect candidate for the trial.
With the protection of the various deans and Dumbledore, it is not so chaotic now, but everyone is still discussing this matter.
“Dementors, why did they enter Hogwarts.”
Luna stood next to Ethan and asked curiously with her big eyes.
She was pulled over by Ethan. Others still had some means to deal with Dementors, but Luna could not do anything except running when facing Dementors, but she couldn’t run faster than Dementors that could fly in the sky.
So, Ethan took her with him.
“It is likely that they found the trace of Sirius.”
That was all Ethan could say.
But in fact, it is impossible. Sirius, who turned into a black dog, walked out in front of the Dementors without any notice.
In fact, there are only two possibilities.
Either the Dementors have not absorbed happiness for a long time and are hungry and rioting, or someone deliberately brought them in.
Intentionally brought them in?
It is not impossible.
In order to catch Sirius, the Dementors are probably projected into the Hogwarts Castle, and the one who has this idea is probably Peter Pettigrew.
Ethan immediately took out the wizard mailbox and contacted Hermione in the hall.
If he wanted to confirm Ron and his mouse, it would definitely not work. Now the prefect is maintaining order on the side and he cannot act without authorization.
And Hermione is the best candidate. She just brought Crookshanks down. If Ron encounters such a thing, he will definitely bring Scabbers out and will not let it stay in the dormitory.
As long as there is Scabbers in a certain range, Crookshanks will be aware of it, even if he doesn’t see it. All he needs to do is observe Crookshanks’s expression to know if Scabbers is around.
On the other side, Hermione, who put the cat cage at her feet and held books and wizard mailbox in her hands, soon found that the font on the wizard mailbox in her hand was flashing.
She opened it immediately. Although she was puzzled about why Ethan asked Ron, she still looked aside. There were not many people in Gryffindor. If she was more careful, she could easily know who was there and who was not.
After confirming that Ron was not in the information, Hermione squatted down and looked at Crookshanks’s status. At this moment, it was lying quietly in the cage, which meant that there was no Scabbers nearby.
After knowing the result, she immediately sent a reply to Ethan.
[Hermione Granger: Ron Weasley is not in the Gryffindor team, and Scabbers is not nearby. 】
Sure enough, now both of them are not here, this must be a problem, and Harry and the prefect did not report this matter to the professor, is he looking for an excuse to go out?
Originally, he came to the dinner party halfway through, and the more I think about it, the more suspicious it becomes.
“Ah!”
A scream attracted everyone’s attention.Pay attention.
At the main entrance, more than a dozen Dementors suddenly floated over, facing the direction of Slytherin College.
They were tall, wearing tattered cloaks, and their faces were completely covered. The exposed part was only a little skin and bones. Looking at this image, these little wizards couldn’t help but recall the scene on the Hogwarts Express.
Snape stood at the front, looking at the Dementors who broke in with a dark face, and shouted in a hoarse voice:
“There are no criminals you are looking for here.”
The Dementors stopped for a moment, but then moved forward again. Whether there were criminals or not, they came here, and they couldn’t go back empty-handed.
Even if you don’t deliberately absorb it, just take a walk in it, and you will get a lot of happy emotions.
For a long time, life in Azkaban has been really miserable. It’s okay when the criminals just arrived, but after a long time, the happy emotions provided will not taste right.
Even this unpleasant happy mood has to be distributed according to the distribution, you can’t eat it whenever you want. (To read the exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)
Now it’s such a good opportunity to eat delicious food to your heart’s content. Do you say there are no criminals if there are no criminals?
We don’t believe it!
We have to search in person to confirm whether there are really no criminals.
Seeing that these Dementors are still moving forward, Snape is a little troubled. It’s not that he can’t deal with them, but he doesn’t want to expose his patronus image, especially after the patronus turns into a doe.
Isn’t this telling those who know something that I, Snape, as a licking dog, didn’t get it, and I was still thinking about it after she got married, and now I’m still licking Lily after her death?
“Expecto Patronus!”
Professor Lupin waved his wand, and a ball of silver-white mist appeared at the tip of the wand.
The silver-white mist quickly condensed into the image of a wolf, aiming at the Dementors in front and rushed over.
Lupin, who took a few steps forward, didn’t know why Snape didn’t use the Patronus 140 spell. The Dementor was about to rush to his face. If it was just Snape, it wouldn’t matter.
But now there are so many little wizards, he can’t just watch.
In front of all the little wizards, the silver-white wolf used its fangs and claws to beat the Dementors back again and again, which immediately made Lupin’s image taller in their hearts.
In the past, they just thought that Lupin’s teaching was good and interesting, and he was a qualified professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
But now, everyone recognized Lupin’s strength.
It’s just that Lupin’s move now is like poking a hornet’s nest.
Suddenly, the whole auditorium was dark outside, and countless dark shadows gathered here. []
Originally, the Dementors didn’t understand the meaning of unity at all, and the death of their companions had nothing to do with them.
But Ethan’s two consecutive actions forced them to start huddling together for warmth.
On the Hogwarts Express, they captured more than 40 Dementors, and later tied up 17 more. None of the Dementors left behind knew if they would be the next one.
So after that, once they encountered a situation, they agreed to gather together to face it together.Better than dying in obscurity.
Even the Dementors that Fudge had specially transferred from Azkaban later joined in. After all, who doesn’t fear death?
But at this moment, as more and more Dementors joined the battlefield, Lupin’s Patronus also dimmed.
In the hall, even though he was so far away, Ethan could feel a chill from there. How many Dementors were gathered outside now?
Not only Ethan noticed this, but Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick also noticed it.
Everyone came to the main entrance immediately.
“Expecto Patronus!”
As the words fell, the silver-white cat, raven, and honey badger rushed out at the same time.
Now only Snape felt a little embarrassed standing among these professors.
With the help of several other Patronuses, Lupin’s pressure was greatly reduced. He tried to control his Patronus and rushed up again. .
