Harry watched Malfoy leave with a complicated look in his eyes, secretly sighing at the unusual way Slytherin reminded people.
Ron kicked the carriage door and slammed it shut. He put his wand back into his pocket and sat down angrily." Malfoy is getting more and more arrogant. If you have the ability, fight me for real. I'm not afraid of him."”
Harry shook his head, no longer counting on Ron's intelligence. Hermione said thoughtfully,"He didn't come here just to say something, did he? Well, why do I feel... dementors?!”The little witch's voice rose an octave."What did Malfoy say? Dementors are coming to inspect the carriage?"
Harry gave the only sensible person around him an appreciative look, though it was an ill-timed one.
At the mention of the word "dementor," Avery jumped to his feet as though he had been scalded, knocking the chess pieces on the table into a mess, and Harry drew his wand at once.
"Dizzy."
Stunned Hermione's big cat as well and stuffed them into the high luggage rack. Harry looked around at the gaping crowd and shrugged.”
Ron looked at the wand in Harry's hand, swallowed, and said with a hollow laugh,"That was quick-I mean, how do you know Malfoy's telling the truth? Maybe he's making fun of us.”
Harry played with his wand nonchalantly."Better safe than sorry.”
The rain was getting heavier, the windows were now pitch black, and the lights in the corridors and luggage racks were coming on, so Harry could see the uneasiness and suspicion in their eyes. If he could, he'd rather believe Malfoy was bluffing. Alas, how many dementors would have boarded the train for inspection, hoping that his Patronus Charm was powerful enough-no, hoping that his Patronus would not have a chance to show up? The Ministry of Magic officials were all so brainless.
The train slowed down and gradually came to a stop. Harry stood at the door and saw many heads poking out of the other carriages, feeling increasingly annoyed at the Ministry's foolish decision.
said Hermione, trembling slightly,"We haven't arrived yet, have we?”
"Don't worry, the Ministry won't allow those monsters to hurt students. Besides, Neville and I learned the Patronus Charm over the summer. We haven't tried it yet, but I think I can do it well."”His tone was calm and calm, with a rare hint of pride. He imitated Malfoy's way of raising his chin and looked confidently at his still uneasy friends." Don't you believe me?”
For the first time, Hermione had seen Harry so immodest. She chuckled and relaxed."Of course I do.”
All the lights went out suddenly, and Harry heard Hermione squeal, saying gloomily,"Hey, you just said you believed me, what are you screaming now?”
"Ah, I'm sorry, Harry... Reflex... You know, dementors are horrible in books..." Hermione's embarrassed voice reached his ears, and Harry rolled his eyes.
"All of you stay inside and don't move!"
Fortunately, they were in the last carriage of the train, and the dementors could only come from one direction. Harry leaned against the door and, remembering something, pulled out his D.A. badge.
[d.a Members, listen calmly and don't interrupt. The Ministry has sent dementors to inspect the train, they'll probably be boarding soon, we're in the last carriage of the train, anyone nearby who's left alone can come over, but the rest of you must not wander off, it's best to stay with the seniors. They were only here to check and not to do anything that would cause misunderstandings.]
On second thought, the dementors were still under the control of the Ministry of Magic, so it was better to treat it as training. After all, he had never heard of any student casualties in this scene. Harry squeezed the badge and breathed a small sigh of relief.
The sound of messy footsteps could be heard in the darkness. Many students were curiously looking around for information. Harry thought they were really going to cause a lot of trouble, but in order not to cause chaos and cause the ridiculous tragedy of them being trampled to death by their own kind instead of being scared to death, he suppressed the urge to shout,"Dementors!”Impulse.
"Harry-"
Hearing Colin's excited voice, he could not help but roll his eyes again.
Well, how could you expect a Muggle-bred child to know how scary dementors were?
"Let's go in."
She stuffed him into the carriage and heard Colin ask happily," Is it a new activity?”，Then, there was the sound of someone falling.
The corner of his mouth twitched as he continued to observe the situation ahead. Seamus and Dean, who had been looking for friends nearby, had hurried over when they heard his notice. After making sure that no one else was alone, he sat down on a chair by the door. The noise in the corridor gradually quieted down, and soon it became dead silent.
Harry stared at the wand in his hand with an indifferent expression, feeling the cold and evil aura gradually approaching. A chill came over him, as if it was directly chilling his heart. He could clearly hear the sound of the people behind him grinding their teeth. Secretly circulating his True Core Strength to dispel the chill, he used his wand to silently cast a few Silence Spells to prevent the two on the luggage rack from being discovered, and cast a few Warmth Spells on Neville and the others to ensure that they would not freeze.
A tall figure in a cloak slid slowly into the carriage, moving at an intolerably slow speed. Its face was completely hidden under the hood, and Harry was glad he had not seen what was beneath the cloak, deciding once again that dementors were one of the creatures he hated the most after Voldemort.
It circled around the carriage and slowly slid away. When they reached the door, the dementor drew a long, slow, trembling breath, as though it were trying to draw in something but air from around it.
You reckless thing!
A murderous look flashed across Harry's eyes, and his wand hand began to move.
No, he couldn't make the first move.
It was as if he heard a scream coming from afar…
"Lily, take Harry and run! It was him! Flee! Run! I'll stop him…"
……
"Don't move, Harry! Don't move, Harry! Please-I'll do anything-"
……
In the darkness, Harry's expression was extremely indifferent. He watched quietly as the dementors receded and felt the temperature around him rise.
"Ha... Harry, it's... it's gone?”said Hermione weakly.
"I think so-fluorescent flashes!”
A warm glow from the tip of the wand illuminated several pale faces in the carriage. Harry took out a few pieces of chocolate, unwrapped them, and stuffed them into their hands. He said lightly,"You'll feel better after eating this."
Neville and the others managed to get the chocolate into their mouths and chewed with difficulty. Ginny was shivering in Hermione's arms, sobbing slightly, and Hermione's trembling fingers ran through her hair as she whispered reassuringly,"It's okay…Have some chocolate first…"
Suddenly, they all froze.
A scream filled with fear and despair echoed in their ears.!!]
In the distance, a girl's scream could be heard. It was not an illusion.
"It's Parvati!" yelled Hermione.
Seamus's voice was shaking."When I saw her, she was in the middle compartment of the train with her sister and some Ravenclaw girls.”
"You guys stay here and don't move."
Harry got to his feet quickly and ran off in the direction Seamus had indicated. Along the way, the students in the carriages that they passed by had not returned to normal. Only a few sobs could be heard occasionally. His figure flashed a few times, like a ghost in the darkness, and soon appeared at the place where the commotion was the loudest.
A few more dementors were sliding forward a short distance down the corridor, apparently ready to retreat after their inspection, but one of them left the line and ran into the carriage, causing the girls to scream so loudly that the ceiling almost collapsed. The door was wide open, and Harry could clearly see the dementor's rotting gray hand reaching out of its cloak, trying to catch a pale-faced girl. She looked very much like Parvati, dressed in Ravenclaw's blue robes, and was now staring at the monster with a look of despair, frozen with fear.
Raising his wand, Harry made the gesture he had tried so many times over the past few days with a branch and shouted,
"Summon God Guard!"
A dazzling silver phoenix emerged from the tip of the wand and spread its wings gracefully toward the dementor, which melted away like snowflakes in the hot sun the moment they hit. In the warm and bright light of the Patronus, the cold gradually disappeared and the air became warm again. The phoenix flew out of the carriage with a crisp cry and chased the other dementors down the corridor, disappearing in front of them.
The lights came on again, and Parvati and the others stared at Harry, who was smiling faintly at the door, as if they could not believe that they had been rescued.
"Are you guys alright?" Harry's lips curled slightly, looking exhausted as he leaned against the door and watched them.
A Ravenclaw girl suddenly came to her senses and said excitedly,"Harry? Potter? Was that your Patronus? You saved us?"
Harry smiled faintly."Obviously.”
There was the sound of messy footsteps in the corridor. Many people were rushing over. He shook his head and laughed when he heard Percy shout,"Excuse me, I'm the head of the Student Council..."
"Harry, what's wrong?" Percy squeezed his way over to support him."What happened here?”
"A dementor just tried to attack me," said Padma, trembling, supported by her sister and looking gratefully at Harry through the gasps."Potter's Patronus saved us.”
Percy tightened his grip on Harry's hand and said urgently,"Aren't Ron and Ginny with you? Where are they now?"
"Don't worry, they're safe." Harry clapped his hand, feeling much better about him. At least for now, Percy was just a good brother who worried about his younger siblings.
"I'm here." Ron pushed his way through the crowd."Is Parvati all right?”
"I'm fine." Parvati, who had calmed down, frowned as she looked down the noisy corridor."Padma's scared and Harry needs to rest-they're making too much noise..."
Percy helped Harry to the bench and sat him down, then called over his shoulder,"Now, go back to your carriages and let them be quiet-"
The crowd gradually dispersed. He straightened his wrinkled robe and said seriously,""I'll go see how the others are doing, Ron, you take care of them.”
"Wait a minute," said Harry, stopping him. He pulled several large pieces of chocolate out of his pocket and handed them over.”
Percy took the chocolate, thanked him, and turned to leave.
Parvati looked after him and said,"Ron, he's not as annoying as you make him out to be..."
Harry agreed."Percy was worried about you and Ginny just now. I mean, you brothers just don't talk to each other enough.”
Ron rubbed his nose awkwardly.”
"Well, let's go back, Neville and the others will be worried.”Harry stood up, swaying slightly.
Padma quickly supported him and asked worriedly,""Are you really alright? You don't look too good."
Harry said nonchalantly,"Just a little tired, I'll be fine after a rest.”
At his age, it was already eye-catching enough for him to successfully use the Patronus Charm. If he was still alive and kicking, he would probably be captured and studied. Although there was no human anatomy course in the Magic World, the old fox's reflective glasses were definitely more creepy than those scalpels.
After saying goodbye to the girls, he and Ron walked back down the long corridor to the carriage at the end of the train. Along the way, he received countless looks of admiration, mixed with some jealous and disdainful gazes.
Harry didn't pay much attention to them. He glanced at Ron's bulging pocket, lowered his eyes to hide the coldness in them, and curled his lips into an imperceptible sneer.
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