The Ancient Wizards of Hogwarts

Hogwarts, Headmaster's Office.

Severus Snape hurriedly walked into the room, quickly came to Dumbledore's headmaster's desk, and said in a low voice:

"That thing you asked me to keep is almost broken."

Dumbledore slowly raised his head, seeming to be thinking, and after a moment he said:

"Take me there first to take a look."

"good."

Snape did not hesitate, turned and walked out of the principal's office, found the nearest Floo fireplace, sprinkled a handful of Floo powder, and read clearly:

"Map Secret Room."

boom!

The green fire rose up, shrouded the figures of Snape and Dumbledore, and disappeared.

When they reappeared, the two of them were in a slightly dark corridor.

The corridor is full of traces of vicissitudes of life that are visible to the naked eye. Moss climbs on the walls, and the arcades are often damaged. The gravel piled on the ground also shows that this place is little known. People who come here occasionally have never thought of doing it. clean.

But at the end of this dilapidated corridor, there is a door with gorgeous decorations and made of unknown materials. It has remained intact even after hundreds or thousands of years. Time seems to have left no trace on that door.

This is the underground of Hogwarts, a place few people have been able to discover for hundreds of years. Even Snape only knew that there was such an area underneath Hogwarts after being informed by Dumbledore.

But Snape doesn't care who built this place, nor does he care what the purpose of building it is, because he came here just to carry out Dumbledore's orders!

Snape walked straight down the corridor to the door and repeated the behavior he had performed thousands of times.

Boom!

Amidst a slightly heavy rolling sound, the door was pushed open by Snape, and a magnificent hall appeared in their sight.

The black and gold color decoration makes this hall full of beauty while still being solemn and solemn. At the end of the hall are four huge mirrors shaped like porches. The ground in the center of the hall is also made of a 'mirror'-like material. Under the mirror, there is a stretching mountain range and a mountain located in the mountain range. The magnificent castle - that's Hogwarts!

Snape, who had been here thousands of times, was already familiar with the strangeness. He walked down the high platform where the main entrance was, followed the steps to the mirror with the stretching mountains, and then turned around and walked towards the hidden steps under the high platform.

The steps are connected to a corridor. There is a torch on both sides of the corridor, burning with blue flames, which is extremely dazzling.

And under the dazzling blue flames, there is another door.

It has the same shape as the entrance gate, but is slightly smaller.

Snape pushed open the door again, and behind it was a room the size of the student lounge at Hogwarts.

There are almost no extra decorations in the room, except for the crystal suspended in mid-air in the center of the room, which is emitting a brilliant purple light like the starry sky.

The surface of the purple crystal is uneven but very regular, composed of countless equilateral hexagons.

But for some reason, the crystal looked like a glass ball that had been thrown to the ground hard, with one-third of its surface covered with cracks.

Snape's expression suddenly condensed and he said in a deep voice:

"It wasn't so serious when I left. Five minutes ago there was only a crack on its surface!"

Under Dumbledore's orders, he came here almost three times a day, and each time he had to confirm that the crystal was intact. In the past ten years, this crystal has been safe and sound without any changes, until today.

"In other words, it suddenly became like this?"

Dumbledore was thoughtful, and just about to ask, he suddenly heard a 'click' sound in his ear.

Dumbledore and Snape looked at the crystal at the same time. The cracks on its surface were expanding, spreading to the whole body of the crystal almost in the blink of an eye!

Click!

A piece of crystal fragment broke out and bounced to the ground in the blink of an eye.

And this seems to be a signal, more and more crystal fragments are ejected in succession, like the steel balls ejected when the broadsword mine explodes!

Snape immediately took out his wand and cast the Iron Armor Charm to block Dumbledore. The invisible shield guard blocked all the incoming fragments.

Dang, Dang, Dang!

When Snape blocked all attacks and looked towards the center of the room again, his face was full of astonishment.

Because the purple crystal had disappeared, replaced by a boy wearing a large magician's robe.

He looked only eleven or twelve years old, but his hair was the same white, or silver, as Dumbledore's. This reminded Snape of Veela, most of whom had silver hair.

At this time, the boy's face had the same look of astonishment as Snape's, and he was obviously confused by what he saw in front of him.

Dumbledore's expression was also a little stunned. Apparently what was happening now was beyond his expectation. It was different from the information he knew...

Dumbledore looked at the astonished boy in the center of the room, with a kind smile on his face:

"I assume you must be Mr. Ash Black?"

The boy raised his head, looked at the two adults in front of him, and slowly said:

"I'm Ash Black, who are you?"

After receiving a positive reply, Dumbledore introduced himself with a smile:

"I am the current Headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore, and this is Severus Snape, the Potions Professor."

"Dumbledore? Snape?"

The boy muttered the name in a low voice, with a somewhat surprised expression on his face, and suddenly asked:

"What time is it now? I mean, what year is it?"

"year 1991."

"..."

Ash Black fell into silence, lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking about. After a long time, he spoke with difficulty:

"So, I've been 'sleeping' for a whole hundred years?"

"I think so." Dumbledore nodded gently, and under Snape's surprised eyes, said softly:

"One hundred years ago, in order to save Hogwarts, the hero Black and the goblin Lanlock who conspired to destroy Hogwarts died together. This was a major event recorded in the history of Hogwarts."

"After that incident, Professor Weasley and Professor Figo dug as much as possible into the completely destroyed underground ruins and found a purple crystal. The crystal at that time was not as thick as it is now, and the figure inside can be vaguely seen."

Dumbledore glanced at Snape, who was still in disbelief, and then smiled and said to Ash:

"They were convinced that it was You, and thought that you should have used some kind of magic at the last moment to survive Lanlock's powerful magic, and that sooner or later you would wake up again. Since then, they have moved the crystal to this room , and has been guarding it silently."

After a pause, Dumbledore said with some emotion:

"It's a pity that they never waited for you to wake up."

The two professors have been waiting for Ash to wake up, but it was not until today, a hundred years later, that Ash Black finally woke up from his 'slumber'.