Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

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"A flock of birds!" A flock of birds with sharp beaks flew out from the tip of Zoe's wand, flapping their wings towards the face of the approaching ghoul."Do you think I'll be tricked?" A sticky-looking spider web spurted out of the ghoul's wand. The web was very tough. The birds didn't have time to change their course and ran into the web one by one. Struggling to live.Zoe couldn't avoid it, and was grabbed deeply near the shoulder.

Pain blanked my mind, but the next second I had to think hard under pressure.Zoe stepped on the ground and slid more than ten yards straight ahead.Levitating spells cannot maintain the mass of the human body to float for a long time, and it will put a heavy burden on the spirit.But if you just maintain a small amount of strength and make your body lighter, the consumption will be too small.

With a fierce pain in his back, Zoe allowed a small piece of ice to condense around him, reflecting the grim face of the ghoul, and the dead white inside that was looming with the large-scale movement. Zoe even saw the still on the skin. Sewn with fine thread.She looked up at the wall, turned around and ran towards the path diagonally to the right. The ghoul followed without hesitation.

Hogsmeade's plan is not complicated, and the area is clearly divided.As tourist attractions, most of the districts are exposed to the sun, neatly arranged houses, open and bright; but a small number of residential areas and locations close to the old district, the route is much more complicated, low houses staggered , Overgrown like weeds.Fortunately, the route has been roughly confirmed during the survey, and the dead ends of this section have been marked in detail, so that the plan can be continued without any risk.

Although the body and spirit are getting tired, Zoe is not good at physical exercise, as Margaret said, she can be regarded as a complete indoor school.If it weren't for the power of magic, she would have been caught directly if she couldn't even run a third of the way.The more he ran, the more he repeated evasion and chasing, Zoe gradually began to adapt to this rhythm, even if her arm hurts fiercely at the expense.She used obstacle spells to weaken the offensive of the ghouls, and used the transformation of shadows (although the method is similar, but this is a kind of moving spell on objects) to throw the objects prepared in advance at the ghouls, although they did not What harm does the law cause.

At least the opponent's thin sanity was further reduced. Seeing Zoe flashed into a small wooden house, it roared happily, expressing joy at this self-defeating method.

The small house is probably used as a warehouse or something, and there is a big bag of potatoes in the bag next to the door.But now there was only a vast expanse of white, and I couldn't see the surroundings at all, and breathe in countless white powder.The ghoul does not need to breathe, but it needs to use its nose to distinguish smells.

"The time is just right, huh, go!" Crocker got the last bag of flour everywhere when Zoe walked in. He had been working here for a long time.It opened the back door to let Zoe go out first, and then raised his brand new wand before leaving.

The moment it came to the door, flames spurted from the wand.Zoe hadn't ran far forward, there was a deafening explosion behind him, and the ground was trembling slightly. When he looked back, there was a large shadow in the sky, and then he dropped pieces of wood and stones. Zoe hurried to hide in a safe place, hiding in a sheltered place.

Crocker appeared beside her with a pop."This is amazing, miss." Zoe murmured."Yeah, I think so too."

"That's over. Seriously, if this powerful attack can't kill a ghoul, we should run away." Zoe said, "Or we should think about leaving here right away. It's so loud. It's too big, and there will be crowds coming soon."

"I'm still looking for something. The value of that thing is more important than killing my former master again." Kroc waited until the unusual showers abated before going around the charred wood and inspecting it carefully.Zoe also walked near it."What are you looking for?"

"A book. If I remember correctly, it is a black cover, and there are raised lines on the cover. You will think they are like pulsating blood vessels." As soon as the voice fell, Kroc found it in the middle of the ruins of the warehouse. Its goal, the book is placed on the gravel pile intact, without any dust.

"Now it's finally time to completely destroy you, you are the culprit who destroyed an entire family..."

The cause was a wish of compassion. His son’s illness was a rare natural disease, and he was destined to not live to be sixteen years old.The St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Injuries was not sure enough to cure him, and could only use medicine to ease the injury.

One day the male host who rushed home happily said that he had found a cure, which was recorded in this book.Although the family members have doubts, they are all very happy. The son's condition has been achieved good results because of his father's actions. The male owner is also more engaged in research and is obsessed that one day his son can have a healthy body.

It was the mother who was killed.Facing his son's day-to-day doubts, knowing that he could not find the truth in his father's shirk and perfunctory, he found the elf who was obliged to keep silent, and finally knew that his health was built on the bones of others.Originally, I was very interested because I was able to go to school, but I couldn't show a smile anymore. I would feel dirty just looking at myself in the mirror.

"That's it..." I don't know if the emotions that are stirring in my chest are relief or sadness.Just as Crocker wanted to end all this, a scorched hand bone suddenly stretched out from under the ruins, grabbed it and threw it out and rolled away.Under the sound of the crashing rubble falling, the skeleton stood up tremblingly, holding the black book in his hand.

The skeleton released his hand, and the book slowly floated around it, with a shallow light on the cover."...Kill...Kill..." Half of the bone's skull had fallen, and the teeth of the surviving lower half opened and closed, producing monotonous syllables.

"Quickly..." Zoe just wanted to call out the confinement curse, the bones rushed towards her violently, ending the short distance, and the remaining charred hand was like a pliers, strangling it. Zoe's throat.

Chapter 71 Penalties

"Strength... loose..." The trachea was pinched, and Zoe couldn't even make a voice, let alone chanting a spell.Her face flushed red, and soon turned into a purple color. The thing seemed to be trying to strangle her directly. The constant pressure of the throat gradually took Zoe away from consciousness and lost her strength. As a result, the hands she was pulling became numb, and she couldn't work hard.

"Let's relax!" The hoarse roar sounded from nowhere, and the pressure disappeared. Zoe slumped on the ground and coughed, clutching his throat and gasping for breath.She saw that the bones were knocked apart by one after another, and the body that had been cracked had dropped a lot of broken bones."Torn apart!" The fragmented earth made the bones lose their foothold. At this moment, the magic book floating in the air just changed, and a large black shadow was immediately covered.Kroc took off the dirty long scarf covered with gravel and threw on him, pressing the book under him through it.

"Leave it to me." Da, Da, Da footsteps sounded lightly and heavily, Moody pushed Kroc away, his wand pointed at the magic book, and the surface of the book looked like someone was cutting it with a knife. Come and go, it becomes tattered in a few seconds."Not enough..." Kroc thought he was over, and hurriedly tried to snatch the book.

Moody was in a bad mood. He pushed the elf away again, staring at the motionless book with both true and false eyes. He dropped the book on the ground, and a hot flame came out from between his sticks. When he touched the page, he swallowed the whole book as if stuck on it. Moody glared at that fake eye and controlled the little flame with his full attention, but the expression on his face was extremely serious.

Crazy, dying screams sounded one after another from the flames, and finally disappeared completely into the pile of ashes.Zoe felt he was being held in his arms from behind by someone, and the trembling angry voice seemed to be close to her ear."Look at so many injuries on your body, are you really consciously stupid, you almost died just now! I swear I will smoke you, you didn't keep the promise..." If it wasn't for the person who encircled her. Light, for fear that if you touch her wound, the credibility of this threat will be greater.

"I agree with Hermione's opinion, you are really a hopeless idiot." Luna was able to wipe the dirt off her face, regardless of whether she used too much energy, "You next time If you want to leave us alone and face the danger like this, I will break your friendship."

"This kind of intimidation is too much..." Zoe squeezed out a flattering smile, hoping that the two of them would calm down, "I just don't want you to be in danger..." Luna interrupted her."This is called arrogance, Zoe. If you really think of us like you, don’t have that kind of thought. Or do you think that seeing you who don’t want to see us hurt is hurt? Will it become very sunny?"

Although she doesn’t feel that she’s doing something wrong, after all, she is thinking about the problem based on the direction of keeping herself alive, but Zoe knows that she can’t refute anything now. She pretended to be annoyed, and actually started thinking about what might happen next. The punishment was facing-when she saw Moody appear in front of her, she had already expected that she would be scolded next.

Moody stood up and carefully pulled the pile of ashes away with the wooden prosthetic leg, looking for any missing parts.From the beginning to the end, the blue magical fake eye kept staring at Kroc, especially the magic wand held in his hand, his lips pressed into a line.

"How does it feel to be poked, Siegel?" He walked over in deep and shallow steps, his scarred face terribly cold, "Or is this your academic discussion? Wizard, then study it?"

"Yes, it's my fault, Professor Moody." Hermione lowered her head, "I asked her to ask, because...well, I want to catch the recent murderer, as long as I can catch this guy. Everyone thinks I’m cool. I just want to show off and make others admire me... But I don’t want to cause suspicion, so please ask Zoe to help me find you.” Hermione held down Zoe just thought Raising the hand holding her sleeve, her voice trembled slightly.

She took a deep breath: "They are all involved because of my waywardness. You can punish me anyway, but it's none of their business..." Moody looked at her quietly for a long time, then turned to look at her. Luna."Well, this—("Luna Lovegood." Luna, who found Moody watching her, waved to him) Lovegood, what do you want to say?"

"Didn't I read the main criminal and accessory in the book? I am the one who plays the role of a detective." Luna straightened her chest and sighed, "But my assistant didn't listen to me as a detective and acted without permission. It upsets me a lot."

"Three respectable ladies, please stop talking." Crocker limped over, his foot hitting the gravel before, "This gentleman has already seen what I'm holding. I shouldn't have to force the three. Now that everything is over, I am willing to go to Azkaban to accept the punishment I should have received..."

"Listen to me, you four." Moody said solemnly, "I look forward to today's vacation. I have been looking forward to it for a long time. As you know, the difference between the vacation earned after doing nothing at home all day and working is huge. I can walk around, sit in the bar, and find a few suspicious enough guests; I can also have some understanding of the terrain of Hogsmeade, so that I can figure out which direction the dark wizard can kill and where should I be Arrange defense..."

"I know what you all think of me, whether you are a madman or a madman, but to prepare for the upcoming decisive battle. This is how I use the vacation. The vacation is precious enough for everyone, for me That’s no exception."

"Then I was walking on the street, and suddenly there was a shocking explosion not far away. Those wooden blocks and rocks all flew as far away as rain. I ran and thought until I caught that one. Destructive bastard, I'm going to flatten his nose."

"It's a coincidence that I ran into two anxious Hogwarts students halfway, didn't it? It happened to be in the same direction as me? Then I waited until the destination, even more so, a fourth! Grade! Grade! Sheng! (He suddenly amplifies the volume, low like a thunderous roar) being pinched by a skeleton is almost shocked. And that person used the banner of academic exploration to ask me how to deal with the dark wizard!"

He took a small jar from his arms and threw it to Hermione."Apply a little bit to her and let Madam Pomfrey take care of the rest." Hermione dug out a dark, strange-smelling ointment from inside, frowning to help Zoe treat the biggest wound on her back first. .

"Didn't I tell you in class? Always be vigilant! Don't take the initiative to find troubles that you can't face now! You are lucky to survive, Siegel. As long as you come a few minutes later, we will see Maybe it will be two bodies instead of having a good conversation with us right now."

Moody had a big talk, and his voice was as biting as ice."Who can tell me now, what is going on?"

The three of them stammered and told the whole story, Kroc added.Moody looked at Crocker."It's a felony for the elf to illegally hold the wand, you know." Kroc was silent for a moment, nodded, and handed the wand to Moody."You can't! That was its last contact with the family!" Hermione exclaimed.

Moody looked at the wand and put it away."I want to remind you, Granger. No matter how unpleasant you think the rules are, it doesn't mean you can go against them, as long as they are reasonable." Moody said, "Although I was in the eyes of my colleagues when I was in office. It’s also out of place, but it doesn’t mean that I don’t agree with most laws. I will confiscate this wand and give it to Dumbledore. If you want to get it back, just go to him and negotiate."

"I advise you not to choose to steal this behavior, and do not expose the fact that you have a magic wand in front of other people. There is never a lack of villains in this world, unless you can seal their mouths with an unbreakable oath. Don't think about trusting."

"And the three of you and the respectable friendship between you. Since you want to shield each other and don't want to abandon any of them, then you will be punished together. You will have to participate in a whole week of off-campus labor, whether it is cleaning, caring for owls Picking herbs, and at the same time, I will inform Filch of your mistakes and let him supervise you. Don't think about being lazy, or I will postpone it as the case may be, so you don't want to participate in the upcoming Christmas ball. "

The faces of Zoe and Hermione suddenly became subtle, and Luna was not happy because she was only in the third grade, and only students in the fourth grade and above could participate in the Christmas ball, unless she was invited by a senior student.

Zoe breathed a sigh of relief. These punishments were all within her expectations, but there was also something that surprised her. Moody was actually punished very lightly. The man with a vicious face was unexpectedly reasonable and followed. At the same time, it will not become a slave to the rules.Zoe accepted the rumors he heard in the past about Moody a little bit. If it were Moody's, he would not be able to kill the suspects but bring them back.

Chapter 72—The Bad State

"Take these rags, buckets and brooms... catch them... keep cleaning up this floor for me, don't be lazy, every classroom and every aisle must be as clean as new... Remember, absolutely! Don’t use spells!” Filch was shaking with excitement, he stared at the three girls with malicious eyes, “Haha! You unruly stinky brats, are you finally in my hands? ...Every day I would just do damage, throw dung eggs everywhere, tease me and my cat, violate school rules and school rules... If the principal can approve me to use the whip, I will definitely get those bad guys back. Cracking!"

"I always feel that this resentment was not directed at us, but it happened to hit us?" Zoe whispered to the two of them. Filch fell into a neurotic state, and one person whispered into the air.

"It's not surprising. George and Fred and the gang are probably planning to turn the castle upside down, and use them to draw a successful end to the last few years of student life." Hermione suddenly remembered something, "If someone has recently Please eat snacks, cookies, candies, etc. Don’t be fooled. I saw the person eating that cookie turn into a big canary."

"Sounds really interesting. Where can I buy some and store it?" Luna said as she swept the two of them, Zoe quickly stood a few steps away from her."I can't eat it, don't even think about it." Luna said playfully."No, you can eat it. As long as I put a layer of cream and honey on it, I think you can even eat explosives."

"You say it like I'm just a gluttonous idiot." Luna said with her lips, "Aren't you?" Zoe gave her a push, but didn't force her.Hermione was suddenly a little embarrassed, always feeling that she was the extra one. This feeling was like a fishbone stuck in her throat. She couldn't swallow and vomit it, giving birth to a familiar irritability out of thin air.Especially when they talked about cheating Fleur Delacour with a knowing smile after eating canary biscuits, they felt a bitter taste in their mouths.

"Don't whisper! Are you still in the mood to laugh? Let's start! I hope you will have the strength to laugh at the end. No magic!" Deliberately emphasized the last sentence, as if to watch their jokes, Filch Carrying an oil lamp, he went downstairs, and the cat named Mrs. Loris who had been following him proudly glanced at the girls, but it did not go, but found a corner to lie down with two eyes Hitomi was shining in the night, and at first glance it was a bit scary.

"Did you say it is watching us?" Zoe put the bucket on the ground and drew out the wand. A large stream of clear water poured out from between the wands, and soon filled an entire tin bucket."I thought Filch just said that magic is not allowed?" Hermione said in surprise, she was already sweeping the floor with a broom."From here to the bathroom, there is such a long corridor. Smart people still have to learn to reduce unnecessary steps and make work easier."

Zoe looked at Hermione and Luna: "We have to have a division of labor, each responsible for a part." She drew twice with the palm of her hand in two places. The seven classrooms were divided into three, two and two, the bathroom and the stairs. Just wait for the end of their respective work before going to deal with it together."Then I'll take three classrooms. Professor Snape will soon train me to be an expert in cleaning." She used these words to comfort Hermione, because the latter always wanted to find a fairer way of distribution.

She carried the cleaning tools into the first classroom, and when she confirmed that no one could see her, she suddenly sighed.

To be honest, she didn't know how to face Hermione, although Hogsmeade had treated each other with a "normal heart" for the time being, that is, trying to get herself back to the state she hadn't realized before.But just seeing Hermione, there will be multiple emotions growing in my heart.