The Strongest Badger at Hogwarts

After more than half an hour.

Cedric and others, along with Percy who was far away in the Ministry of Magic, all came to the Room of Response.

They each found a place to sit down, and then remained silent.

They had already known all about the dream that Harry had before when they came here, and now they just want to get together to discuss what to do.

This strange silence lasted until near noon, and John couldn't help but say:

"Actually, I don't think Harry Potter's words are credible. We all know that he has a problem with his head, and he may be invaded by Voldemort at any time. This is why he needs to learn Occlumency, isn't it ?

And ah, the Department of Mysteries was attacked. This kind of thing is really ridiculous! You know the Ministry of Magic is also our territory! "

John turned his attention to Percy, "Senior Weasley, have you heard of any changes in the Department of Mysteries before?"

Under everyone's gaze, Percy shook his head and said:

"As early as last time, we have begun to strengthen the security level of the entire Ministry of Magic, including the Department of Mysteries. Although we are in charge of the Auror Office at this time, we have no direct jurisdiction.

Moreover, the Department of Mysteries itself is mysterious, and those silent people are only responsible to the Wizengamot Council, and we cannot obtain too detailed information.

But overall, there should be no major problems.

Otherwise, Scrimgeour will definitely use this as an excuse to ask us for more funds! "

After all, Percy seemed to have been teased by his last joke, and couldn't help laughing.

Seeing this, Emily beside Link also said slowly:

"I went to see Professor Snape before. He told me something too."

As soon as this remark came out, John and the others all lowered their heads and remained silent.

But Link, who was originally silent, said lightly:

"Have you seen him in private?"

Emily said with great interest:

"I didn't expect your attention to be in this place. I thought you would ask me what he told me the first time."

Link sneered and said:

"What else can it be? It's nothing more than some innocuous, useless little information."

"You guessed wrong this time." Emily smiled, "Professor Snape really provided us with a rather important piece of information this time.

He said that Voldemort had been trying to infiltrate the Ministry of Magic recently with Death Eaters.

It's just because the Ministry of Magic has suddenly strengthened its security relationship recently, so the progress of infiltration is very slow. "

"That means that Voldemort's infiltration is still progressing, right?" Percy said anxiously, "To be honest, this will be a serious threat to the Ministry of Magic, including our entire D.A.! How far has the infiltration reached? Is there an explanation?"

Emily shook her head, and then added:

"Professor Snape should know so much about this, no matter how specific the information is, he, a non-core member, can't get access to it."

Percy lowered his head in distress and thought hard, probably trying to figure out who in the Ministry of Magic was the most suspicious.

The Ministry of Magic was already regarded by him as his stronghold.

If this was bought by Voldemort or used the Imperius Curse to control one or two key figures, then it would be a disaster for him.

Seeing that the atmosphere on the scene was gradually getting dull, Cedric spoke to persuade:

"If Professor Snape's news is true, then it can be considered good news, right?

Although he proved that Voldemort did have thoughts about the Department of Mysteries, but at the same time, he could also prove that Harry's dream was fake, couldn't he?

After all, Professor Snape also said that Voldemort's penetration of the Ministry of Magic has not yet been fully achieved. "

Hearing that John and others were relieved.

They're only just now taking control of Hogwarts and stabilizing it.

Right now, Hogwarts' strength has not yet been cultivated,

To be honest, many people in the D.A. Army prefer to continue to develop for a period of time, so as to accumulate some strength, rather than fight against Voldemort immediately.

However, what they didn't expect was that Cedric only paused for a moment before continuing:

"The only thing I can't understand is why Voldemort and the others have such a big obsession with the Department of Mysteries?

Could it be that there is really a Horcrux of Voldemort hidden there? "

As soon as this remark came out, the nerves that had just been relaxed by the others tensed up again.

They all knew very well that if there were really Horcruxes hidden in the Department of Mysteries.

Then they can't do it if they can't think of it.

"There must be no Horcruxes there, I'm sure of that."

Link's determined voice brought everyone's attention back.

Cedric frowned and said:

"That doesn't make sense. Why else would Voldemort and the Death Eaters go to a place like the Department of Mysteries?"

"No, this is reasonable, because there is something more important to Voldemort hidden there." Link deliberately paused and said with a smile, "Prophecy! A prophecy about Voldemort's demise!"

Cedric was visibly taken aback when he heard that.

Most of the people present had the same reaction, only Sceffen frowned in surprise.

Link said expressionlessly:

"The one with the energy to conquer the Dark Lord approached - born into a family that had defeated the Dark Lord three times - born in the seventh month.

This is that prophecy.

Otherwise, don't you think that Voldemort would really have too much time to kill the Potter family?

In fact, the reason why he did that was completely guided by Trelawney's prophecy.

But the problem is that this prophecy is actually incomplete, and the second half of it has not been known by Voldemort.

And now, the prophecy ball, which records the complete content of the prophecy, is stored in the memory hall of the Department of Mysteries. "

"So, Voldemort's deliberate plot against the Department of Mysteries is just to get the prophecy ball?" John seemed to have suddenly thought of something, turned to look at Percy and said, "Mr. Take that prophecy ball from the Department of Mysteries, right? It shouldn't be too difficult for you, and it's just enough to stop Voldemort."

Percy said angrily:

"What do you mean it's not too difficult? Let me tell you, it's very difficult. It can even be said that there is no possibility of success at all!

As I told you, the Department of Mysteries is directly responsible to the Wizengamot Council!

And now the Wizengamot Council is very dissatisfied with us controlling Fudge as a puppet!

Although they do not have the power to directly govern us, they will never approve our request! "

John was speechless, and could only turn his head to look at Link resentfully.

Everyone else reacted in much the same way.

Faced with the current situation, the only person who can make real decisions is Link.

When Link saw this, he laughed and said:

"Percy, how is Scrimgeour's Auror training going?"

Percy seemed confused by Link's sudden change of subject, froze for a moment before replying:

"After spending more than 70% of the entire Ministry of Magic's budget this year, he's managed to recreate an Auror army.

This force was previously sent to hunt down the Dementors and Death Eaters who escaped from Azkaban, and after a series of battles, it is currently fighting well.

At least, better than the army of D.A. students we have now.

you mean? "

Link smiled even more happily.

He nodded slightly and said:

"Since that's the case, let's do what we can.

Didn't Voldemort want Harry, and even us, to go all the way to the Department of Mysteries?

Then we'll let him get away with it once.

By the way, lead Dumbledore and the others over.

Coincidentally, the utility value of Fudge and Scrimgeour is almost the same.

Let's do it once and for all this time. "

Cedric and Percy had excited smiles on their faces.

From Link's words, they heard something different.

...

In the Gryffindor lounge.

The Harry trio were anxiously awaiting a reply from Sirius Black.

As early as the first time they left the Room of Requirement, they had already written letters asking about Sirius' current situation and expressing concerns about Harry's dream.

In addition, in order to be able to deliver to No. 12 Grimmauld Place as quickly as possible, the stingy Ron also took out his savings and used the expensive express service of the Owl Post Office in Hogsmeade Village, that is, sending someone to apparate directly Send a letter.

Although this method of communication will be affected by the loyalty spell in No. 12 Grimmauld Place, it should be delivered within 10 minutes at the slowest, and a reply will be returned.

However, several hours have passed, and the three of Harry still haven't received any news.

Ron anxiously paced back and forth in front of the fireplace, while Harry covered his face with his hands, lying on the table without saying a word.

Hermione frowned and looked at the two, and said with some distress:

"Maybe we should ask Professor McGonagall if there is any news. When we wrote the letter to her, she said that she would write to Dumbledore to inform her."

"Come on, Hermione." Ron said impatiently, "We just went to Professor McGonagall's place half an hour ago, remember how she answered us?" Sorry, children, I'm afraid the reply will be A little later than we thought!'”

"Then maybe the reply letter will come now?"

"Hermione, be realistic! Ever since Link helped drive Umbridge away and set up a committee system, Professor McGonagall has been at odds with us! She won't help us!"

"How can you say that about Professor McGonagall? She is a good professor, have you forgotten her..."

"Yeah yeah, she's a good professor! But what happened? What was she doing while we were being bullied by Umbridge? Wasn't she just a bystander?"

...

During the quarrel between Hermione and Ron, brothers George and Fred walked into the common room talking and laughing.

Since it was class time at this time, George and Fred also skipped class, so only Harry's trio existed in the entire common room.

George and Fred looked at each other, sneaked up behind Ron with a smirk, set him up on the left and right and said gloomily:

"We seem to have heard someone speak ill of Professor McGonagall just now?"

Ron, who was arguing vigorously with Hermione, was taken aback, and his whole body shivered.

But after seeing that George and Fred were holding him back, Ron's face turned red like a boiled lobster.

George and Fred laughed heartily at this, which was their favorite kind of brotherly mischief.

As usual, Ron could only scold them at this time, and after being scolded by the two of them so much that he couldn't answer, he would run back to the dormitory crying and write a letter to his mother to complain.

However, this time Ron's complexion quickly darkened after turning red.

He pointed at George and Fred with trembling fingers and said:

"Wow! Father and mother are in danger now, but you two are still playing tricks on me! I should really go and talk to Brother Charlie about this matter, and see how he will teach you!?"

Upon hearing Charlie's name, George and Fred shuddered at first.

With the tempers of the two of them, they have been beaten by the big brother Charlie since they were young, so they both left conditioned reflexes.

But they reacted quickly.

Just now... Ron seemed to say that father and mother were in danger?

The two of them raised their faces at the same time and said to Ron:

"What the hell is going on here?"

Ron recounted everything that happened throughout the day today with great resentment.

After the narration, perhaps because he was aroused again, Ron's eyes were red, and he threw himself into the arms of George and Fred, the two brothers who had just teased him, and began to cry.

At this time, the faces of George and Fred were extremely ugly.

They patted Ron comfortingly, and asked Harry and Hermione with a frown:

"You said, Link asked you to try to contact Sirius and Dumbledore first?"

"That's right." Harry also raised his reddened eyes and said, "He said he needed to ask Percy about the Ministry of Magic first, and to prevent wasting time, let's contact Sirius at the same time." ..."

"You really think he won't be able to contact Sirius or Dumbledore?"

Before Harry finished speaking, he was interrupted by George and Fred, "Don't be naive Harry, Link's ability and network are far more powerful than we imagined! Besides, he can also enter and leave Gerry The one at No. 12 Mo Square, as long as he wants, he can go there to check the situation himself anytime!

However, more than two hours have passed so far, but you have not received any information from there.

See what this means? "

"Dai... what does it represent?"

Harry asked tremblingly.

He was in a panic now, and a terrible idea was slowly rising in his mind.

"We don't know either!" George and Fred sneered, "So let's stop making guesses here, and go directly to Link for an explanation!"

George and Fred didn't continue talking to Harry, and dragged Ron, who was crying non-stop, to the Response Room on the eighth floor.

Seeing this, Harry and Hermione looked at each other, gritted their teeth, and followed quickly.