[Ding~, underground ninth floor, Department of Mysteries!]
A pleasant female voice sounded from the old-fashioned elevator.
The dark passage outside the elevator was daunting.
Both the ground and the walls were decorated with black marble, bringing a strong sense of oppression.
"As long as we go through the door in front, we will be able to reach the main hall."
As someone who has been here once, Harry led the way with his wand raised.
But when he opened the door at the end, what appeared in front of him was not the hall, but a circular room.
There was nothing in the room, just like the corridor outside, it was pitch black and nothing could be seen.
Harry came to the middle of the room in surprise, trying to find the desk and office cabinet that were supposed to be there.
"How?"
Ron patted his friend on the shoulder and said: "This is normal, buddy. This is the Department of Mysteries, so no matter what happens, it's not surprising. Let's hurry up and find Sirius."
Harry nodded, looking around with the glow on his wand.
It wasn't until this time that everyone realized that there were actually twelve doors around this circular room.
"Harry, do you know which room Sirius is in?"
Harry shook his head, there was a little difference between what he saw here and what he saw in the dream.
"Time is running out, everyone, spread out to search."
Harry took the lead in walking towards the gate closest to him.
The others didn't delay any longer and chose their targets one after another.
Ron was the first to open his door and what appeared in his sight was a not so big room.
There were several tables in the middle of the room and a big aquarium on top of the tables.
As the only light source in the room, the aquarium looked quite beautiful under the light.
"What are those white things in the water?" Ron planned to go in after he finished speaking.
Fortunately, Lavender Brown behind him caught him in time.
"Those are brains!"
Ron frowned, and when he looked at the aquarium again, his eyes were full of disgust.
At the same time, Parvati also pulled Harry back from the brink of doing something stupid.
"You are really crazy, that is the time chamber, without a pass from the Ministry of Magic, those who enter will be disturbed by the disordered time inside."
Waking up, Harry took a deep breath.
He didn't expect the Ministry of Magic to have such a mysterious place.
"Harry, I found it."
Hearing Dean's shout, everyone hurried to his side.
"Dean, good job, here it is, let's go in!"
Seeing the big iron shelves and the prophecy balls in the room, Harry praised Dean with a smile on his face.
"Lumos!"
The light on the tip of the wand brings everyone a sense of security.
Harry stepped in first.
It was the same here as the last time he came, the only change was probably that the lights were not turned on.
"Shelf Number 97...."
He kept chanting the number plate he saw in the dream.
His gaze followed the shelves one by one to the depths. But because he was too eager to save Sirius, he didn't pay attention to the surrounding situation.
In this dark prophecy hall, many Death Eaters were ready to ambush them.
"Number 97!" Harry stopped in front of shelf No. 97.
"He's just around the corner ahead."
Everyone drew their wands and followed Harry to the back of shelf 97.
"How could this be?" Harry said in disbelief.
He looked at the empty passage in front of him, then raised his head and glanced at the end of the passage.
"He was here, why would he disappear?"
Probably because he was worried that his companions would not believe him, he also gestured to the location where Sirius fell in his dream.
Ron thought for a while and said, "Harry, could it be that we made a mistake? Maybe it was just your hallucination?"
"Impossible!"
"Harry, look!" Neville pointed to the shelf behind him and said, "Your name is here."
Harry was taken aback.
He walked quickly to Neville's side, and sure enough, he saw his own prophecy ball.
Then he looked carefully at the surrounding environment and realized.
Isn't this the place where he hid the prophecy ball before?!
Now that the orb of prophecy has been exposed, he picked it up, ready to hide it in another place.
"You guys wait here for a while, I'll go and hide the prophecy ball."
"Harry, over there..." Ronald gripped his friend's wrist tightly, motioning him to look at the passage ahead.
Suddenly, there was the sound of leather shoes colliding with the marble floor.
Harry stopped all movements and turned to look where the sound came from.
He saw a Death Eater wearing a black robe and a mask walking slowly towards his side.
"Lucius Malfoy? Why are you here?"
Seeing the familiar snake-headed cane, Harry immediately recognized the other party's identity.
"How rude, Harry Potter!"
Malfoy drew out his wand from the cane. With just a slight wave, the mask on his face turned into black mist and dissipated.
"As for why I'm here? Potter, sometimes you need to distinguish reality from dreams."
"What you saw was naturally what the Dark Lord wanted you to see. We have been waiting here for a long time."
Hearing Malfoy's words, Harry was visibly taken aback, then he showed an annoyed expression.
Although he already guessed what was going on when he saw the Death Eaters appear.
But now hearing Malfoy tell the truth with his own ears, he still couldn't accept it for a moment.
More importantly, he didn't know how to face his companions behind him.
If it wasn't because of his recklessness and running to the Ministry of Magic regardless, everyone wouldn't be in danger.
Ron noticed his friend's strangeness, and stepped forward to pat him on the shoulder: "Harry, don't blame yourself, we came with you voluntarily."
The others nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and Harry heaved a sigh of relief.
Only then did he realize that Malfoy's words just now seemed to be a bit wrong.
"We?" Harry asked back.
The next moment, sharp laughter sounded from behind Malfoy.
"Hello, Potter, we meet again!"
Bellatrix's crazy appearance showed up in front of everyone, but what greeted her was Neville's wand.
She laughed maniacally: "Neville Longbottom? What happened to your parents? Are they dead?"
These words completely angered Neville.
Luckily Harry was calm enough.
Knowing that they were not their opponents, he stopped Neville right in time.
Noticing that Harry wanted to escape, Lucius Malfoy clapped his hands lightly.
For a while, black mist rose everywhere and masked Death Eaters completely surrounded them.
"How is it possible, here it is clearly..."
"There's obviously an anti-Apparition spell?" Malfoy said proudly.
"Since we came here ahead of time to wait for you, of course the spell has already been broken, Potter, now give me what you have there."
Harry held the prophecy ball high up.
"If you dare to step forward again, I will smash it to pieces."
"You dare?!"
Malfoy stopped an angry Bellatrix.
"Potter, aren't you curious about your relationship with the Dark Lord? And the secret hidden by your scar, don't you really want to know at all?"
"As long as you give me the prophecy ball, I can tell you everything."
Harry looked at the two people in front of him with a sneer.
Noticing that his companions were getting ready, he yelled, "You're dreaming, Stupefy!"
The white light flew towards Lucius Malfoy.
Neville and the others also cast the stunning charm at the Death Eaters around them at the same time.
The D.A's months of training have yielded some results indeed.
The Death Eaters immediately used apparition to dodge, and the way out was opened.
Lucius Malfoy noticed Bellatrix raising her wand and immediately yelled, "Be careful!"
He didn't wait for her to react and forcibly took her with apparition to "dodge".
Seeing Potter running towards the gate with his friends, Malfoy heaved a sigh of relief.
It's not a good job for him.
Since he wanted to play the villain, he couldn't let the men he brought kill the savior.
This is an enormous test of his acting skills.
"Get out of the way!"
Malfoy was pushed and staggered.
Watching Bellatrix run after the fleeing Harry, he sighed, and immediately apparated after the fleeing Savior squad.
"Potter, hand over the Prophecy Ball!" Malfoy snapped.
His figure appeared in front of Harry, but the other party used the stunning charm without hesitation.
Malfoy feigned surprise, and flicked his wand to flick the spell away.
Coincidentally, the spell flew towards another Death Eater who was preparing to attack.
"Stupefy!"
"Petrificus Totalus!"
"Expelliarmus!"
Harry and the others still insisted on using spells without any lethality.
Compared with the Cruciatus Curse and Imperius Curse used by the surrounding Death Eaters, it pales in comparison.
If it weren't for Malfoy secretly helping, the savior and his friends might have fallen long ago.
Not only was Harry relieved to see that the gate was already close in front of him.
Lucius Malfoy, who was chasing after them, was also relieved.
Unfortunately, fate doesn't follow people's wishes.
Rampant, crazy laughter fell from the sky.
Seeing Bellatrix emerging from the black mist, Harry was startled.
He has seen her ruthlessness. It is clear that this crazy woman is not only strong, but also able to do anything.
"Crucio!"
The red spell hit Ron beside Harry.
In order to protect his companion, Harry had to stop. So the next moment, the Death Eaters surrounded them again.
Malfoy, who came a step behind, couldn't help but want to curse his bad luck. And several countermeasures quickly flashed through his mind.
While no one was paying attention, Malfoy's magic wand emitted a white light.
The spell flew to the depths of the prophecy hall in the blink of an eye.
After finishing all this, he walked towards Harry.
"Potter, hand over the prophecy ball!"
Lucius had a fierce expression on his face, as if he was irritated by Harry's behavior just now.
Putting the hand holding the prophecy ball behind his back, Harry looked at the Death Eaters in front of him fearlessly.
"Don't even think about it!"
As soon as the words fell, a series of explosions sounded behind everyone.
Lucius turned his head in surprise, only to see that the shelves in the prophecy hall began to collapse from the depths.
Countless prophecy balls fell from the sky, causing a loud sound as they kept breaking.
Faced with such a crisis, the Death Eaters who originally surrounded Harry fled first.
Harry and others took the opportunity to escape from the prophecy hall.
"No!" Bellatrix yelled, turning into black mist and chased them. Malfoy was naturally not far behind.
Seeing that the Death Eaters still did not give up, Harry, who escaped from the prophecy hall, opened the door next to him casually.
"Oh Merlin!" Harry exclaimed and fell.
He didn't expect that there would be a deep pit right behind the door.
Fortunately, when he was about to land, he was immobilized by the magic in the room.
"Harry, what is this place?" Ron asked with a frown.
He rubbed his sore shoulders with shaky hands and looked curiously at the black curtain in the middle of the room.
At the same time.
Members of the Order of the Phoenix in the Prewett House also received a message from Snape.
It had been a while since they had known that Harry had set off for the Ministry of Magic.
Following Dumbledore's orders, the crowd apparated.
…
Outside the Ministry of Magic.
Feeling a few familiar waves of magic power suddenly appearing in the Ministry of Magic, Lucas chuckled lightly: "You guys also prepare, remember to dye yourselves, don't let those idiots of the Order of the Phoenix accidentally hurt you."
The members of the Saints behind him let out a low laughter.
Then, imitating the members of the Order of the Phoenix, they turned into a white mist and entered the Ministry of Magic.
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