Chapter 216 The Death of Dementors (3rd update)
"Humph, who told him to have a problem with my Crookshanks."
Hermione said indignantly:
"He also called Crookshanks a little monster, but my Crookshanks is so pretty."
"Yeah, pretty."
George looked at Crookshanks, who had a persimmon-shaped face, and nodded without comment.
Anyway, he felt that normal people would not think Crookshanks was pretty, and perhaps a very small number of people would think it was ugly and cute.
Everyone has their own aesthetics, just like bull terriers, Shar Pei dogs, bully dogs, and Cornish Rex cats. Although they are ugly, many people like them.
However, although Crookshanks is ugly, he is not an ordinary cat. He has catkin blood in his body and can distinguish malice.
That's why he kept chasing after the mouse Scabbers that Pettigrew turned into.
"Hey, George, long time no see, is this your girlfriend?"
Two cars of the Ministry of Magic stopped at the door of the Leaky Cauldron, and Tonks, wearing a red jacket and jeans and with colorful hair, got out of the car.
Seeing George and Hermione standing together and talking, he started to tease.
"Long time no see, Tonks, I heard that you have been successfully converted to a full-time position, congratulations!"
George didn't care and smiled and greeted.
He didn't expect that Tonks would be among the Aurors protecting Harry to the train station this time.
"Hermione, what's wrong with your face? It's not hot today?"
At this time, Harry and Ron also came to the door, and saw Hermione, who was a little red, couldn't help asking.
Hermione hurriedly carried her luggage and got on the car.
"I just wore more clothes this morning."
"Oh, the car has arrived, let's go quickly."
The Weasleys came to the door and saw that the car of the Ministry of Magic had arrived, and immediately urged everyone to get on the car quickly.
The journey was calm and there were no accidents when they arrived at the station.
After crossing the nine and three quarters platform and boarding the Hogwarts Express, George carried his luggage to the carriage where the second grade was.
Because they stayed at the Leaky Cauldron last night and there was a magic car to send them, they were also the first group of young wizards to arrive at the station, and there was no one else in the carriage.
Ginny naturally sat in a room with George.
Not long after they sat down, Colin and Luna also got on the car.
"Here! Here!"
Ginny waved to the two and explained to George:
"I wrote to Colin and Luna in advance, asking them to arrive early today, so that we can go to school together like last year."
"So that's how it is."
George nodded, and he was surprised how it could be so coincidental.
It turned out that all the coincidences were designed by someone in advance.
But he didn't care. It didn't make any difference to him who he sat with to go to school.
Before, he was more concerned about improving his reputation, so that he could have a better development after graduation in the future.
But because his strength improved too quickly, he found that he didn't seem to care about those anymore.
In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are not as efficient as pushing forward.
The main reason is that he didn't expect that his strength would change so drastically in just one year.
In fact, it is said to be one year, but if the time experienced by his original body and several other clones is counted, it is far more than one year.
The Hogwarts Express traveled northward, and the scenery outside the window became more and more desolate. As the clouds in the sky thickened, the sky gradually darkened.
At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, it began to rain, and the rolling mountains outside the window became blurred.
The rain was getting heavier, and the window turned into a watery gray and gradually darkened.
Finally, the lights in the aisle and on the luggage rack all lit up at once, the train clanged, the raindrops clattered, and the wind whistled outside the window.
George was flipping through the "Detailed Explanation of Alchemy" in his hand, and Ginny, Luna and Colin had fallen asleep on the table.
At this time, the train gradually slowed down, the sound of the wheels gradually disappeared, and the sound of wind and rain hit the window louder than before.
"What's wrong, have we arrived?"
Ginny opened her eyes dazedly, and Luna and Colin also woke up.
George put away the magic book in his hand and replied:
"No, maybe there was an accident on the train."
He knew that this was a surprise inspection by the Ministry of Magic to prevent Sirius from entering the school through the Hogwarts Express.
"Accident?"
Colin and Ginny stood up and opened the door of the carriage to look out. The little wizards in other compartments also looked out curiously. No one knew what happened.
At this time, the train stopped completely with a "click", and all the lights went out for no reason.
"Ah!"
Screams suddenly rang out, and George felt two figures jumped into his arms.
It was Colin and Ginny who were frightened.
"Flashing!"
Luna calmly used her wand to cast a lighting spell to illuminate the room.
George carried Colin and Ginny, put them on the seats and comforted them:
"It's okay, it's just a small accident, it should be fine soon."
"What happened?"
Colin pointed at the window of the train with a trembling voice. For some reason, frost was slowly forming there. It couldn't be so cold in early July.
Ginny threw herself into George's arms again when she saw this. George patted her back helplessly to comfort her.
He felt that Ginny was usually very brave, but he didn't expect that she was so afraid of the dark. She was still too young.
This was not as good as Luna. Luna gave him the feeling that she was really calm and not afraid at all. It can only be said that she was worthy of being a little girl who could see the Thestrals.
Just as George was comforting Ginny, a tall figure with a shawl suddenly appeared at the door of the room.
He stretched out a grayish-white hand that seemed to be covered with mucus and spots, like a withered hand that had been rotting in the water for a long time after death, and slowly pushed the door open.
Then he reached into a strange, cold and corrupt head, as if looking for something.
"Ah!!!"
Colin and Ginny screamed when they saw this.
Luna showed a rare look of fear and squeezed to George's side.
"This is a Dementor, the most terrible dark creature, which is said to be able to suck away people's souls."
"Ah!!!"
Hearing Luna's explanation, Colin and Ginny were even more scared.
At this time, George slowly stretched out one of his hands and lit up a small magic circle.
"Rain of Light!"
Dementors are dark creatures that can only be driven away by the Patronus Charm in this world. He wanted to try whether his light magic of the Holy Light system had a targeted effect.
It didn't matter if it didn't work, he knew the Patronus Charm anyway.
And logically, they were not Harry, with Voldemort's soul fragments, and would not be attacked by Dementors.
The light arrow condensed by the Holy Light shot directly at the Dementors. After sensing the light arrow, the Dementors' body trembled instantly and screamed in fear.
But before it could dodge, it was hit by all the light arrows and turned into a pool of ashes.