Chapter 1131

"Tell me, how did Sirius get hurt?" Ron asked idly, and they stepped into the snow again.

In fact, traveling on a day when the weather changes like a joke is obviously not a pleasant thing, and what's worse, the longer they stay, the worse the weather becomes.

They tightened their cloaks tighter, retied their scarves, and put on their gloves; then they followed Katie Bell and a friend out of the pub and back onto the road. As they trudged back through the frozen snow, Harry's thoughts drifted to Ginny.

They didn't meet her, Harry thought, no doubt because she and Dean were cozying up in Paddy's Teahouse, a haunt of happy couples.

He frowned, lowered his head in the swirling sleet, and continued walking forward.

"I don't know, but Tonks said it was an attack. Apparently, the news about the Order of the Phoenix's operation has been leaked." Fan Lin frowned and held Hermione by one hand.

In fact, if there are no surprises, the information leaked during the operation should be related to Professor Snape's mission.

They always have to pay some corresponding price in order to achieve success.

However, Fanlin does not rule out that Mundungus betrayed the Order of the Phoenix, but the chance is really low. Mundungus probably doesn't have the courage...

Fan Lin frowned, thinking about the possibilities between the two. As for other possible factors, Fan Lin could not doubt Lu Ping and the others. After a while, Fan Lin suddenly heard the voices of Katie Bell and her friends. Their voices became shriller and louder, and spread to Fan Lin's ears along the wind.

Fan Lin narrowed his eyes and looked at the two blurry figures. The two girls were arguing about something, which seemed to have something to do with what Katie was holding.

"This has nothing to do with you, Lynn!" Fanlin heard Katie say. They turned into an alley.

"What happened to them?" Harry asked, trying to see what was going on, but the sleet was getting heavier, blurring Harry's glasses. Just as he raised a gloved hand to wipe the lenses of his spectacles, Lynn snatched Katie's package; Katie pulled back and the package fell to the floor.

At that moment, Katie rose into the air, not comically upside down like Ron, but very gracefully and slowly, her hands outstretched as if she were about to fly. However, there seemed to be something wrong, something strange... Her hair was blown by the strong wind, but her eyes were closed, and there was no expression on her face.

For a moment, everyone froze there, staring at her. Then Katie screamed in terror six feet above the ground. She opened her eyes, but it was clear that everything she saw and felt was extremely painful. She kept screaming; Lynn started screaming too, pulling on Katie's ankles and trying to drag her back to the ground.

Harry, Ron, Fanlin and Hermione also rushed to help, but as soon as they touched Katie's legs, she floated above their heads. Harry and Ron tried to hug her, but she squirmed so hard. It’s so powerful that it’s impossible to control it. They instead lowered her to the ground, where she lay screaming and fussing as if she no longer recognized any of them.

"What happened?" Fan Lin shouted, holding Katie's shoulders firmly with both hands, "Harry, find someone to help!"

"Stay here!" Harry shouted to the others in the howling wind. "I'm going to find someone to help!"

He ran towards the school; he had never seen anyone with Katie's symptoms and couldn't figure out what caused it; he turned down the alley quickly, but it felt like he had hit a giant bear. on the hind legs.

"Hagrid!" Harry gasped, climbing up from the nearby hedgerow.

"Harry!" Hagrid's eyebrows and beard were covered with snow, and he was wearing a rough beaver fur coat. "I just went to see Graup. He's doing really well. You wouldn't even—"

"Hagrid, someone's hurt over there, or under a spell, or something—"

"What?" said Hagrid, bending down to try to hear Harry over the strong wind. "Someone's been hit by a spell!" Harry yelled. "Being attacked by a spell? Who is being attacked by a spell - isn't it Ron? Fanlin? Hermione?"

"No, it's not them, it's Katie Bell - this way..." They ran back along the alley together. It wasn't long before the four of them were found surrounding Katie, who was still writhing and screaming on the ground; Ron, Hermione and Lynne were trying to calm her down.

"Stay back!" Hagrid shouted. "Let me see her!"

"Something hit her!" Lynn whimpered. "I do not know what it is--"

"Be careful, Hagrid, Katie is cursed." Fan Lin said, releasing magic through the contact of objects. Apart from curses, Fan Lin could not think of any other magic that could be done.

Hagrid stared at Katie for a second, then picked her up and ran towards the castle without saying a word. Within seconds, Katie's piercing scream was lost in the roaring wind.

Hermione hurried over to Katie's friend, who was still sobbing, and put an arm around her.

"Your name is Lynn, right?" The girl nodded. "Did what just happened suddenly, or -?"

"That's when the package was torn open," Lynn sobbed, pointing to the soaked brown package that had torn open and revealed a green light inside. Ron bent down and stretched out his hand, but Fanlin pulled his hand back.

"Don't touch it." Fan Lin squatted down. A delicate opal necklace peeked out from the wrapping paper.

"I've seen this before," Fan Lin stared at the thing. "Borgin's and Burkes had it on display a few years ago. The label on it said the necklace was cursed. Katie must have touched it."

He looked up at Lynne, who began to shake uncontrollably.

"How did Katie get this?"

"Well, that's what we were arguing about. She came out of the Three Broomsticks bathroom with this and said it was a surprise for someone at Hogwarts and that she was going to deliver it herself. That's what she said It looked weird... No, oh, no, I bet she must have been controlled by the Imperius Curse, I didn't realize it just now!"

Lynn sobbed again. Hermione patted her shoulder gently.

"Didn't she tell you who gave her the package, Lynn?"

"No...she refused to tell me...I told her she was too stupid and asked her not to bring this to school, but she just didn't listen...then I wanted to snatch it away...and then - then -" Lin Eun burst into tears in despair.

"We'd better go back to school quickly," Hermione said, still hugging Lynn, "so we can find out how she is doing. Come on..."

"Wait a minute!" Fan Lin pulled out his wand, and the surrounding ice and snow melted quickly. Then, the transparent water wrapped the necklace. "We have to show this to Madam Pomfrey. This kind of curse is very troublesome. We It’s important to know what happened to Katie.”

They followed Hermione and Lynn towards school. Harry's mind was racing. As they walked to the school grounds, he finally spoke his mind.

"Malfoy must know about this necklace. It was placed in a small box in Borgin's and Burke's four years ago. I saw him looking at the necklace carefully when I was hiding. This is what he did on the day we followed him. Something he bought! He still remembered it and bought it when he came back.”

"I - I don't know, Harry," Ron hesitated. "A lot of people have been to Borgin-Bock...and didn't that girl say Katie was found in the bathroom?"

"She said she had it when she came back from the bathroom, and she didn't necessarily get it in the bathroom—"

"Professor McGonagall!" Ron warned him. Harry looked up. Sure enough, Professor McGonagall quickly walked down the stone steps and walked towards them in the swirling snow.

"Hagrid said that the four of you saw what happened to Katie Bell - please come to my office immediately! What are you holding, Fanlin?"

"That necklace, Katie was cursed because she touched it. I think Madam Pomfrey might need it."

Professor McGonagall looked at Fan Lin nervously, and without hesitation, he grabbed the ice cube into his hand.

"Very well, let's go." Professor McGonagall said quickly, "No, no, Filch, they are going to follow me!" I saw Filch holding his secret detector high from the hall. Rushing over eagerly, Professor McGonagall said quickly. "Send this necklace to Professor Snape immediately. Don't touch it. The ice won't melt, will it?"

"Oh, yes, generally speaking, so it's no problem, Professor."

Fanlin and others watched Filch go to Snape, and then they followed Professor McGonagall upstairs to her office. The windows that were splashed with rain and snow kept creaking, and although there was a fire in the house, it was still very cold. Professor McGonagall closed the door and walked to her desk, facing Harry, Ron, Vernon, Hermione, and Lynn, who was still twitching.

"So?" she said sharply. "what happened?"

Trying to hold back her sobs, Lynne told Professor McGonagall in fits and starts how Katie came out of the Three Broomsticks bathroom with an unmarked package in her hand, how strange she looked, and How they argued about the wisdom of delivering an unknown item turned into a fight over the package, which ended up being torn open. At this point, Lynn couldn't control herself anymore, she couldn't say a word.

"Okay," Professor McGonagall said gently, "please go to the campus hospital, Lynn, and ask Madam Pomfrey to give you some medicine to treat shock."

After Lynn left the office, Professor McGonagall turned and looked at Harry, Ron, Fanlin and Hermione. "What happened when Katie came across that necklace?"

"She's up in the air," Harry said before anyone else. "Then he started screaming and collapsed. Professor, can I see Professor Dumbledore?"

"The Headmaster is away and won't be back until Monday, Potter," Professor McGonagall looked surprised.

"Not there?" Harry repeated angrily.

"Yes, Potter, not here!" said Professor McGonagall sharply. "But I'm sure you can tell me if you have any thoughts about this terrible thing!"

Harry hesitated for a moment. He was less confident in Professor McGonagall's presence; Dumbledore, although in many ways more fearsome, seemed less likely to laugh at other people's opinions, no matter how crazy. But this was a matter of life and death, and Harry didn't care about being laughed at.

"I think that necklace was given to Katie by Draco Malfoy, Professor." Ron, who was standing next to him, rubbed his nose, looking embarrassed; Hermione, who was standing on the other side, moved her feet to the side. He moved a little, as if to keep a certain distance from Harry.

In fact, Harry had found the true image, but he had no evidence.

Fan Lin looked at Harry with a headache. Harry had always been like this since he was a child, doing things based on his feelings...

"That is a very serious accusation, Potter," Professor McGonagall paused in shock. Is there any evidence? "

"No," said Harry, "but..."

He told Professor McGonagall that they had followed Malfoy to Borgin and Burke's, and about the conversation they had overheard between him and Borgin. After he said this, Professor McGonagall looked confused.

"Malfoy brought something to Borgin and Burke's to have it repaired?"

"No, professor, he just wanted Borgin to tell him how to fix that thing. He didn't bring it with him. But that's not the point. The problem is that he also bought something at the same time. I think it was the necklace-"

"Did you see Malfoy leaving that shop with a similar package in his hand?"

"No, Professor, he asked Borgin to keep it for him -" "But, Harry," Hermione interrupted, "when Borgin asked him if he had taken it with him, Malfoy said, ' No'--"

"Because he doesn't want to touch it, obviously!" said Harry angrily.

"What he actually said was, 'What would I look like walking down the street with this thing?'," Hermione said.

"Well, he looks a bit silly with a necklace," Ron interjected.

"Oh, Ron," Hermione said disappointedly, "it can be wrapped up so he doesn't have to touch it, and easily hidden under the cloak so no one can see it! I think he That thing at Borgin and Burkes was either noisy or very big; he knew it would draw attention to himself if he took it out on the street - but either way," she said before Harry could interrupt. "I asked Borgin about the necklace, don't you remember? I saw it there when I went in to try to find the thing Malfoy asked him to keep. And Borgin only quoted a price. He didn't say it was sold or anything—"

"But, you are too obvious like that. It only takes him five seconds to figure out what you want to do. Of course he won't tell you - anyway, Malfoy can ask him to send the things over -"

Hermione looked angry, and she was about to retort, but Professor McGonagall said, "That's enough! Potter, I appreciate you telling me about this, but we can't just because Malfoy visited the store that sold the necklace. Just accuse him. Many people also went there like him——"

"—That's what I meant—" Ron muttered.

"——And anyway, we have set up strict security measures in appropriate places this year. I don't believe that this necklace can enter the school without anyone noticing——"

"--but--"

"-Besides," Professor McGonagall said in a dignified tone as she was about to end the conversation, "Mr. Malfoy didn't go to Hogsmeade today either." Harry looked at her dumbfounded and deflated.

"How do you know, Professor?"

"Because he's in solitary confinement with me. He's failed to complete his Transfiguration homework twice in a row. So, thank you for telling me your suspicions, Potter," she strode past them, "but I have to go to the campus hospital to get checked out. Good day everyone."

She opened the office door. They had no choice but to walk out without saying a word. (To be continued)