Making up their minds is easy, but the first problem that stops Fred and George is how to leave school.
There are only a few days left before the end of the semester. If they don't want their parents to know their plans and want to solve the problem, they have no choice but to skip school, and skipping school is risky, especially when Voldemort rises again, so Fred and George
At this time, they made a very wise choice and asked their friends for help.
Of course, the person to ask for help was DeWitt, and it was Hermione who told the twins about the article in "Wizard Weekly" - the death of Rita Skeeter not long after it was published.
Reid and George found the two of them in the library, and then took them outside the castle. At this time, the ivy had almost covered the pillars of the corridor. Looking across the corridor, they could see white sprouts growing in the bushes.
The little flower came to the hidden corner outside the castle. Fred and George explained the whole story and plan.
Hermione was a little surprised at first, but then became calm. This was nothing to her, so she simply commented: "You are not rational."
"How do you want us to be rational?" the twins replied, "Are we allowed to be slandered by others?"
"That article not only attacked you," DeWitt said, "it also implicated your family and friends, including me and Hermione. Do you think you are the only one who will take action? As far as I know, Wizard Weekly is responsible for reviewing
The person who published it has already been investigated. Your father, Arthur Weiss, came and asked people he knew for information..."
"What's the result?" Fred, or George, interrupted DeWitt and asked hurriedly.
DeWitt said bluntly: "The results haven't come out yet, but the latest development is - Ludo Bagman went crazy and wanted to break through the defense of Hogwarts, and then was stopped by Dumbledore and sent to
Ministry of Magic."
"Why don't any of us know about this?"
"For the sake of stability," Hermione told the twins, "at this time, the Ministry of Magic does not want anything abnormal to happen, and Ludo Bagman has been fired from the Ministry of Magic for cheating and manipulating gambling scandals, and he is no longer important.
, especially after going crazy, there is no chance to change the matter of being expelled."
"But that's false!" the twins couldn't understand. "Even if we participate in adjusting the odds...but this is the dealer's right! We did not control the gambling!"
"It's not important," Hermione said uncomfortably. "The important thing is that many people who lost money in gambling wrote letters to the Ministry of Magic. They insulted Ludo Bagman, insulted you... they
Because I have lost money, and I don’t want to make it easier for those who have made money.”
"Despicable!" The twins were furious and yelled, "It's obviously their own incompetence!"
"Humans," Hermione said, "the key question now is how to protect yourself."
"What do you mean?" The twins were confused.
"Literally," DeWitt said, "Rita Skeeter published an article exposing the 'truth,' and then she died. You probably don't know the circumstances of her death?"
The twins shook their heads.
"Being turned into a beetle, and then trampled to death - but there were no footprints. The trampling to death was my guess, because I had wanted to do this for a long time - in short, it was crushed, and human blood and blood flowed out.
Offal."
The twins tilted their necks back neatly to suppress the nausea that surged from their chests. They noticed that Hermione was not surprised. She should have known it for a long time.
"Her death added great persuasiveness to the article. Although the scene was very strange," DeWitt continued, "how many people can really pursue the details? So the truth began to twist, and the next one was Ludo.
·Bagman."
"Isn't he crazy?" The twins still didn't understand, "Too much pressure, too much money owed... aren't these all reasons for going crazy?"
"I would rather think that someone is harming him," DeWitt said, "and even if Ludo Bagman is crazy, it should not be when he just made a lot of money, but if he is crazy because he is too excited,
, he should have gone crazy earlier. What’s more, he doesn’t look fragile, nor paranoid, nor mentally defective, so I think he was attacked. If someone is taking action, then you must...
…It is very likely to be the next target.”
The twins calmed down and said, "What should we do?"
"Stay somewhere safe," DeWitt said. "Hogwarts is the safest place right now."
"Do we have to stay at school even during the holidays? Tonight is the end-of-term dinner." The twins thought this was too scary. "We would rather die outside and jump from the castle tower..."
"As if you can convince Dumbledore to protect you personally!" DeWitt said impatiently, "Of course with your parents!"
The twins kept their mouths shut.
DeWitt stopped talking. He walked back and forth in the area and asked hesitantly: "Is the Burrow safe enough?"
The twins answered conservatively: "There is certain magical protection."
"Really?" DeWitt said to himself: "That is indeed not as good as Hogwarts..." Then he began to think of a safe place for the twins. The first thing that came to mind was his own home, but there were secrets and similarities hidden in his home.
The beast's territorial awareness makes him somewhat resistant to outsiders entering the home, unless there is no other way... DeWitt suddenly thought of Ciri. He thought that Dumbledore's approach might change because of Ciri, so he said: "
Or... you should go directly to Professor Dumbledore. Under special circumstances, he may even ask you to stay with him. Also, it is his duty to protect students. If he refuses to protect you - this may
Sex is too low - but if he refuses, you can come to me again."
The twins asked pitifully: "Is there no other way?"
"This is the safest way, and you can learn from Dumbledore," DeWitt insisted. "Don't you care about your own lives? The precedents of Rita Skeeter and Ludo Bagman have already been
It’s in front of you, why don’t you take safety to heart? Things are different now! Fred, and George!”
The twins followed DeWitt's suggestion and they will immediately go to the principal's office and seek asylum from Dumbledore.
"What about us?" Hermione asked, "Who do you think this crisis comes from?"
"At first," DeWitt replied, "I thought it was Voldemort. Now, I have rejected the possibility of Voldemort - there are other forces in the magical world. What are they for?"
"You don't even know?"
"Even those pure-blood families in the magical world who think they have mastered all the secrets don't know." DeWitt said, "Don't you think this is scary and interesting?"