Chapter 1302 DA
Hagrid was still not convinced in the end. Harry, Hermione and Ron were all helpless about this. They all felt that Sirius was right, but since Hagrid himself was unwilling, they couldn't say anything more.
That night, Hermione went to Harry and Ron's dormitory to discuss tomorrow's affairs, and helped them see if they had brought everything.
After all, I went out to look for Horcruxes, and I didn’t know when I would be back.
"...That is to say, we will first go to the asylum to visit the group of expelled students, and then go to Godric's Hollow." Hermione frowned slightly. She knew why Harry insisted on going to Godric's Hollow, but...
“Don’t worry Hermione, even if there is someone monitoring there, it cannot be a mysterious person. What’s more, we still have a detection pocket watch. If danger is really detected, it’s not too late to leave.”
In Harry's opinion, the risk of going to Godric's Hollow is average, not to mention the fear of facing Voldemort in the future because of this little trouble.
"But Harry..." Hermione hesitated for a moment, then lowered her voice and said, "They probably guessed that once you were free to move around, you would first visit your parents' graves, right?"
"I believe that Voldemort is not so free to go and block me personally." Harry said contemptuously, "That guy looks down on me. This is our advantage."
“Harry, can you not use that name?” Ron said weakly. “Can we call him Noseless?”
Harry didn't pay attention to Ron's words and continued: "We still need to go to Hogwarts. We need Gryffindor's sword, or the basilisk's fangs, so that we can destroy that thing after we find it."
“That’s a very risky thing to do?”
Hermione also disagrees with Harry going to Hogwarts.
"No, if we go to Hogwarts before school starts, Snape probably won't be in school at this time." Ron felt that they should avoid Snape and the Death Eaters for the time being. "There should be no danger there as imagined. And they probably never expected us to go to Hogwarts."
“Of course I know, but…”
Hermione's words were interrupted by Harry.
"Hermione, have you ever thought about where Hufflepuff's golden cup will be placed?" Harry said suddenly.
"Do you know where the golden cup is?" Hermione's eyes widened in shock.
"Since Voldemort gave the diary to Lucius Malfoy for safekeeping, what about the gold cup, crown, or other things?" Harry asked, "Would he also choose to give it to other Death Eaters for safekeeping?"
"That's possible." Hermione thought Harry's idea was fine. "Do you think it's Snape?"
"No, I just think we need to learn something useful from the Silk Eaters, and Snape is undoubtedly a good choice. If we can control Snape, we can knock something useful out of his mouth. The stuff is not bad." Harry shook a bottle containing Veritaserum, "Don't forget, Snape may be the only one in Hogwarts now, and we can find a bunch of helpers. If he is really here Words from Hogwarts.”
“Where did you get the Veritaserum?” Ron was very surprised by this.
"From Kingsley. Scrimgeour used to use this thing to torture prisoners. Kingsley also has it. I asked him for it." Harry handed the bottle of medicine to Hermione. "If we are lucky enough, , maybe we can also find news about Ravenclaw's diadem."
“It’s a pity that Lucius Malfoy is dead, otherwise maybe some useful information could be pried out of him.”
"Yeah, it's a pity that he died." Ron gloated: "Draco Malfoy must be very sad, that guy is alone now."
After the three of them took stock of their supplies and carefully planned what to do in Godric's Hollow, they went back to rest.
After a simple breakfast the next morning, the three of them followed Sirius, Kingsley and Moody to the shelter.
“Hush!”
Moody made a shushing gesture towards Harry and the other two, and after carefully observing the surroundings with his artificial eye, he lowered his voice and said a few words to Sirius and Kingsley,
The two exchanged glances and turned to leave.
“Where are you going?”
Harry asked doubtfully after the two came back.
"Destroy the dark wizards who are monitoring this place." Sirius explained, "The Ministry of Magic has been sending people to keep an eye on this place. We think it's best to keep your whereabouts secret."
"gone!"
After making sure that there was no problem around, Moody led the way, led the three Harrys to an open space, and took out a silver card from his robe pocket and handed it to Harry.
“Don’t say it here,” Moody warned.
"Feel sorry."
A dilapidated hotel appeared in front of them without warning.
A few people walked forward quickly and disappeared.
This place is actually similar to the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, except that the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix has been carefully cleaned, while this place is obviously still semi-abandoned.
“How is the situation here?”
Kingsley said hello to Ted who came over to check on the situation.
“It’s not good, those kids only know how to complain now.” Ted shook his head and said with a bitter smile. He actually regretted taking this job. Those expelled students always liked to come to him to complain, as if complaining to him could be solved.
“Don’t say that about Ted, it’s just a minority.”
A voice came from upstairs, it was Dean holding a wand.
"A few, yes, only a few people have never complained to me." Ted shook his head and said, "They have no sense of being refugees at all. This is not Hogwarts, and there are no house elves to take care of their daily life. "
However, Dean didn't seem to pay attention to Ted Tonks's words, but looked at Harry, Hermione and Ron, and said happily: "Harry, you finally came to visit us, everyone will be very happy. "
With that said, Dean pulled Harry upstairs, ready to tell everyone the news of Harry's arrival.
Hermione and Ron looked at each other and followed them upstairs.
As soon as he reached the third floor, Dean shouted toward the corridor: "Look who's coming!"
The door of a room in the corridor opened, and several heads came out of the room. Then someone screamed and shouted: "Harry!"
More and more people were attracted by the noise.
“It’s Potter, it’s Harry Potter!”
“Ron!”
“Hermione!”
The corridor was quickly filled with people, and Harry, Ron and Hermione were surrounded by enthusiastic people.
Those people hugged them, shook their hands, slapped their backs, and seemed extremely excited.
“Harry, are you going to stay here too?” Colin Creevey asked excitedly, and next to him was his younger brother Dennis, who was equally excited.
"No, I just came to visit everyone. We still have things to do next." Harry looked at everyone's expectant eyes, shook his head and emphasized, "It's a very important thing."
“What’s important?” Someone finally couldn’t help asking.
“It’s not good, there’s nothing here.” One girl complained, “Sometimes I feel like a prisoner in a prison.”
“Can’t you get out of here?” Hermione reminded sharply.
The expressions on everyone's faces were a little unnatural.
"This is just a place for you to temporarily avoid being hunted." Hermione felt that these people were really shady. "If you are short of anything, you can spend some Galleons and ask Mr. Tonks to buy it for you."
These words are really harsh.
It was undoubtedly mocking everyone present, but they could not refute it.
“It’s really not safe out there.”
Harry interrupted the possible conflict: "If Remus or Moody has time, he will take the time to come over and give you Defense Against the Dark Arts."
"Of course, these are all voluntary." Harry added.
“Harry, why don’t we overthrow Snape?” Justin Finch-Fletchley couldn’t help but ask.
“Then what?” Harry asked.
“What?” Everyone was a little confused.
"I mean to expel Snape from Hogwarts, and then what?" Harry sighed and asked, "Don't you all realize why you are here? It's not that Snape expelled you, But Voldemort..."
When Harry mentioned Voldemort in public, everyone else around him couldn't help but take a breath of air.
"You need to get used to it." Harry reminded, looking at the fearful people, "Voldemort will not let us go just because we don't call him by his name."
"We are not being alarmist. You should know that there are many Muggle wizards out there who have been imprisoned in Azkaban Prison." Ron threatened, "I heard that many wizards cannot survive two weeks."
"Ahem, it's best not to use his name directly outside, because..." Hermione took a deep breath and said, "Because the name Voldemort has been cursed, and if used outside, it is likely to attract Death Eaters. .”
"So, you'd better give him another wrong name, such as calling him Noseless Monster." Harry mentioned the shocking nickname again, "That guy has no nose, and he doesn't even have lips."
Everyone looked at Harry in stunned silence, unable to believe what they had just heard.
"Perhaps, there will be a day when we drive Snape out of Hogwarts, but not now." Harry knew what everyone wanted to hear, but still chose to tell the cruelest truth, "Even if we drive Snape out now, In the end, Nap will only be defeated by the siege of Voldemort and the Ministry of Magic, and he will suffer heavy losses. Such sacrifices are meaningless."
"We don't have many supporters," Hermione reminded.
"how come!"
"Unfortunately, most wizards in the magical world have chosen to remain neutral." Harry shrugged helplessly, "However, I am still working hard to defeat the mysterious man."
“We support you Harry,” Brother Creevey shouted.
They soon gained a sporadic support from people who were familiar with Harry.
The surrounding atmosphere suddenly became particularly awkward.
"I'm not asking you to support me. This war is too cruel for you." Harry was not affected by the awkward atmosphere at all and said calmly, "However, I still recommend that you take some time to learn black magic. Defense, whether you want to confront dark wizards in the future or protect yourself, requires strength, unless you want to stay in the asylum forever and wait until the end of the Second Wizarding War."
"If you don't want to stay here, you can ask Mr. Tonks to take you out safely, but it may not be safe outside." Hermione emphasized again, but she attracted dissatisfied looks from many people.
"Professor Moody will take time to give you a Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson later." Harry raised his hand to suppress the noisy voice and said, "If you want to listen to the lesson, you can go to the second floor. They should be cleaning there now."
With that said, Harry walked downstairs. He felt that maybe he shouldn't be here today.
“What’s the matter, Harry?”
"nothing."
“I don’t think they understand their situation at all.”
“They just...”
Dean hesitated to speak, but he knew that what Ron said was actually right, and many students did not have time to correct their mentality.
“The environment here is indeed very bad, and it is inevitable that everyone will complain.” Dean sighed.
"Why don't you clean it up, you have a wand, don't you?" Hermione sneered, the people here really disappointed her.
"This is not Hogwarts. Everything you use is purchased with galleons donated by everyone, but those few hundred galleons are only enough to barely maintain the food supply here, so that you can fill your stomachs and not starve. "
This is for the students who are eavesdropping.
“That food costs a few hundred galleons?” Dean couldn’t help but scream.
"This is normal!" Ron reminded, somewhat confused by Dean's reaction, "You may have forgotten that there are dozens of people here. If it takes one galleons a day, it takes three galleons a year. One hundred and sixty-five galleons. In other words, this place can probably supply food for a year, but no one knows how long this wizarding war will last."
Dean fell into a brief silence and suddenly asked, "Is the Order of the Phoenix still recruiting people?"
“You have to ask Moody about that.”
"I thought you were planning to join the Defense Association." Hannah walked towards this direction, and Justin beside her smiled and shook Harry's hand.
“If you had come a few days later, the situation might have been much better. Cedric said that Albert would take time to come over recently to deal with these matters.”
“I just want to get out of this **** place,” Dean muttered. “I’ve had enough of boiling potatoes.”
"By the way, Harry, this is for you." Hannah handed the communication bookmark to Harry.
“This is it?” Harry took the communication bookmark in confusion.
"I have contacted Neville and we are planning to start Dumbledore's Army again. I hope you can..."
"Sorry Hannah, we have our own things to do." Harry refused directly.
“We can help you,” Justin said. “You need help.”
"Sorry, you can't help with that matter right now." Harry shook his head.
“Why can’t you trust us?” Dean complained softly.
"Because it's a top secret and no one else knows about it," Harry interrupted in a low voice.
"Brother, if you really want to help us, you should train your dark magic defense level. One day we will fight the mysterious man, and we will need your help then." Ron patted Dean's hand Shoulder said, "As for the task Dumbledore left for the three of us, this needs to be kept secret."
"Shut up Ron, maybe I should sew your mouth shut." Hermione glared at Ron dissatisfied.
“What task?”
"Don't ask, and don't spread it around. It won't do you any good, it will only cause unnecessary trouble for us." Harry regretted coming.
However, he also knew that it was best for him to meet with them once, which would help improve cohesion. Even if not all of the members who settled here could become a force against the mysterious man, there were still some that were worth fighting for.
(End of this chapter)