Hermione's worries about the situation are very reasonable. Although the "Daily Prophet" continues to claim that everything is under control day after day, Ryan conducts research based on the information he obtained from the Order of the Phoenix and Lupin.
After analysis, it is obvious that Voldemort and his subordinates are indeed planning a big operation.
Judging from the progress of the repair of the disappearing cabinet, it is likely that all this will happen within a week. So during this week, Ryan basically devoted his energy to preparing for the war. If he was lucky, he would even be sure to be alone.
To deal with those guys who might invade the school through the disappearing cabinet.
But not everything goes as smoothly as Ryan thought. Just one Friday after Ryan and Hermione talked, the two of them were reading in the library after dinner. Suddenly Ryan nervously turned his head and looked at
Outside the window.
"What's wrong, Ryan?" Hermione asked aloud after hearing the movement on Ryan's side.
"Look outside." Ryan said, pointing to the sky outside the window. Hermione, who had been sitting with her back to the window, immediately turned her head and looked in the direction of his finger.
"What is this?" Hermione asked in surprise. Through the glass window of the library, she saw a transparent barrier slowly forming on the sky outside. The setting sun illuminated this transparent barrier.
Above, everything below, including the castle, is reflected in a golden color.
"The magical defense of Hogwarts Castle." Ryan said while looking out the window. At this time, almost everyone in the library saw the unusual scene outside. They all walked outside the window to face the sudden appearance of the sky.
The vision points and points.
"When Hogwarts was built, it was also the time when the wizarding world was in the most chaos, so in order to protect those vulnerable little wizards. It was not only a school, but also a fighting fortress. And today this
This situation means that all the ancient defensive magic in Hogwarts has been opened." Ryan whispered to Hermione who was looking outside. Compared with just now, the magic barrier outside has been completely formed. It's like a
A half-transparent egg shell covers the sky above the castle.
"Loud noises are not allowed in the library." Seeing the changes outside, the students' voices became louder and louder. Mrs. Pince walked out of her office holding her wand and shouted loudly. "If you can't promise to be quiet,
,please--"
At this point, she saw the scene outside the window. After that, Mrs. Pingsi took two steps back in shock, sat on a chair and shook her head feebly. "This is impossible, how could things be so bad?"
While everyone in the library was arguing about the situation outside, Professor McGonagall's voice, amplified many times by magic, resounded throughout the castle. "All students immediately returned to their dormitories in their respective colleges. All teachers
Return to the staff room. Please act immediately."
"What happened?" After returning to the common room according to Professor McGonagall's order, Ryan kept asking others about what happened. But everyone seemed confused, and no one knew what happened.
Fortunately, seven or eight minutes later, Professor McGonagall climbed in from the entrance of the Room of Requirement. She looked serious and pursed her lips tightly.
"Professor McGonagall, what happened?" "What happened outside?" "Is someone injured?" When you saw Professor McGonagall coming in, the students immediately surrounded him as if they had found a backbone.
He asked eloquently.
"Now, students, please keep quiet." Professor McGonagall stretched out her hands and pressed them down slightly. Everyone in the common room immediately shut their mouths. After a complete silence, Professor McGonagall announced to everyone, "A quarter of an hour ago.
, the mysterious man led the Death Eaters to launch an attack on the Ministry of Magic. At the request of the Minister of Magic, Scrimgeour, Dumbledore went to the Ministry of Magic to provide support. For security reasons, Hogwarts is now under curfew."
"During the curfew, every entrance into the castle is covered with powerful magic. All students should stay in the common room and are strictly prohibited from going out. School professors and some volunteers will patrol the school to ensure everyone's safety.
I hope that each of you can abide by the rules, especially at this time, uncontrolled and blind adventures are absolutely not allowed." At this point, Professor McGonagall glanced at Harry.
"Okay, that's all I have to say." Professor McGonagall looked around the common room. "Now, the prefects of the sixth and seventh years will come out with me. I have something I need to talk to you about."
Ryan followed Professor McGonagall to the corridor outside the common room. Professor McGonagall said seriously after seeing all four people arriving. "Because there are not enough professors and volunteers, I hope you will join the patrol."
Of course, this is not a mandatory requirement, you can also choose to help us maintain order in the common room."
"I am willing to patrol the school." Ryan was the first to speak out as soon as Professor McGonagall finished speaking. He himself planned to find an opportunity to monitor the door of the Room of Requirement when Professor Dumbledore was not around. Now he has this convenience.
Naturally, he would not miss the opportunity to take action. After he agreed, Hermione and the other two seventh-grade prefects also stated that they were going to patrol the castle.
This situation is not unexpected, because for Gryffindors, it is everyone's character to choose to take risks. Professor McGonagall looked with some satisfaction at the four prefects standing here who did not flinch in the face of danger. "Don't worry, we will too.
It is impossible to give you a task that is too dangerous. You only need to patrol upstairs for a while. The entrances and halls of the school must be the places where our professors patrol. And today’s school curfew is just what Dumbledore ordered before going to London.
As a precaution against the current tense situation, I think there won’t be any great danger.”
After saying that, Professor McGonagall took everyone downstairs to the teachers' lounge. When they entered, they found that most of the people in the room were already there: almost all the professors had arrived, and the prefects from Hufflepuff and Slytherin had also arrived.
Because the dormitory was closer to here, he had already arrived before. As soon as Ryan entered the door, he focused his attention on Malfoy, and found that he had swept away his previous decadence and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, as if there was something very worthy of joy in his heart.
The same thing is going to happen.
It seemed that today was Malfoy's scheduled attack day. Ryan couldn't help but be more vigilant. Then he turned his eyes away from Malfoy and looked around the entire lounge. As a result, he found that the so-called volunteers were actually acquaintances of the Order of the Phoenix. There was Tang.
X, Bill and Arthur Weasley.
After sitting on the empty chair next to Arthur Weasley, Ryan asked. "Mr. Arthur, are you three the only ones here from the Order of the Phoenix?"
"There are only three of us." Arthur said softly. "Moody, Sirius and Kingsley are currently fighting alongside Dumbledore near the Ministry of Magic in London. Because Mysterious Man and a large group of Death Eaters are there.
This has caused a lot of pressure, especially since this year the mysterious man has recruited so many dark wizards from other places, so the London side needs more capable manpower."
"Where did Professor Lupin go?" Hermione asked curiously after hearing Arthur tell everyone in the Order of the Phoenix what they were doing.
"He said he was coming over before, but we stopped him. Because most of the werewolves on his side were old and weak women and children who were not suitable for fighting. I told Lupine that we already had enough manpower, and he needed to protect the weak ones.
People." Arthur tilted his head and whispered to Ryan and Hermione. "Okay, let's keep quiet, everyone is here."
After hearing this, Ryan looked towards the entrance of the room. Sure enough, the four Ravenclaw prefects who were farthest from the common room and the president of the male student union followed the little Professor Flitwick in. After seeing everyone here,
Professor McGonagall and the other three deans gathered together to discuss it, and then she stood in front of the lounge and told her plans for tonight.