Chapter 654 Sirius Is Attacked (Two in One)

The principal's office is also on the eighth floor, not far from where they were before.

Kyle followed Professor McGonagall through the moonlit corridors.

Kyle really wanted to ask what happened, but when he saw Professor McGonagall's tightly pursed mouth and serious expression, he gave up the idea.

A few minutes later, they arrived in front of the gargoyle at the entrance to the principal's office.

"Fluffy Tooth Mints."

Professor McGonagall said before leading Kyle through the passage behind the stone beast.

Although it was already midnight, Dumbledore did not seem to be sleeping. Kyle could clearly hear the voices coming from the room. It was noisy, as if many people were discussing something.

In fact, the principal's office was indeed very lively.

When Kyle walked in, he saw Dumbledore wearing white pajamas with strawberry print, squatting in front of the fireplace.

Behind him stood Harry...and Snape.

This combination is rare.

Kyle looked at them curiously... Could it be that Harry did something against school rules and was caught by Snape?

Kyle looked at Dumbledore again.

At this time, he discovered that a human face made of flames suddenly appeared in the fireplace. It was Mr. Weasley.

"That's right, Professor Dumbledore." Mr. Weasley opened and closed his mouth as if he were really standing here and said, "Sirius was indeed attacked by Death Eaters. When Moody and I rushed over, he Being tortured by the Cruciatus Curse."

"How is Sirius..." Harry quickly walked to the fireplace and asked anxiously: "Is he okay?"

"Oh... Harry." Mr. Weasley hesitated for a moment and said, "Calm down, Sirius has been sent to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries. The therapist said that he was not seriously injured and just needs to rest. It’ll take a while.”

"Thank you for your hard work, Arthur." Dumbledore said.

"This is what I should do." Mr. Weasley said, "But Professor Dumbledore, I don't know if Moody has mentioned to you that the situation at Stooges may be a bit grim."

"I already knew that," Dumbledore said.

Then Mr. Weasley's face disappeared.

At the same time, a witch with silver curly hair appeared in a picture frame on the wall.

"How's it going, Dalys?" Dumbledore asked.

"One good and one bad," said the witch, "and they were all sent to St. Mungo's, right under my portrait... One of them was just unconscious, but the other was in a bit of trouble.

Sasia said that the black magic he suffered was very difficult, and it would take at least six hours to prepare the antidote, but he certainly wouldn't be able to hold on for that long, so you have to think of a way. "

"Thank you." Dumbledore said, turning to look at Kyle.

"You should take that magical box with you."

"Of course." Kyle nodded.

"Well, I'm afraid we have to go out." Dumbledore strode over, his pajamas turning into a purple robe in the blink of an eye.

"Are you going to St. Mungo's?" Harry said quickly: "I'm going too, Professor, take me with you. I want to see Sirius."

"A very reasonable request." Dumbledore said, looking at Snape, "Then Severus, let's wait until we get back to talk about that matter."

Snape's expression became even more gloomy.

"You should know very well." He glanced at Harry, "Since Potter can see what the Dark Lord is doing through that stupid scar, then the Dark Lord can also see him in the same way.

I think what Potter needs to do most now is to find a way to protect his empty brain, otherwise he may be in danger at any time. "

"Of course I know, Severus." Dumbledore said, "But please believe me, this cannot be done overnight. It doesn't matter if it's a little later, I promise you."

Snape snorted coldly and said no more.

"Let me think about it, if there are three of us." Dumbledore said, "I'll take Harry there first...Kyle, how about asking Fawkes to take you there."

Kyle couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, he wanted to change with Harry even more...

There was no other reason than that Harry had never been taken on a journey by a phoenix. The opportunity was rare and it would be a pity to miss it.

But before he could say anything, Dumbledore grabbed Harry's arm and disappeared into the room.

Then Fox on the perch also flew onto Kyle's shoulder.

"Okay..." Kyle sighed and said a little helplessly: "Then I'll leave it to you, Fox."

The phoenix spread its wings and screamed.

Kyle saw Snape's gloating expression and a dazzling golden-red fire.

The ground disappeared from under his feet, and the whole world was spinning. Kyle felt as if he had turned into a bludger that was shot away... and it was also a spinning ball.

And then...the Bludger hit the ground.

Kyle tried to land in a normal position, but bumped into a table.

With a dull thunk, the table was knocked over and the parchment on it was scattered on the floor.

"Kyle, are you okay?" Harry, who came over early, asked cautiously.

Although he was a little uncomfortable with the dizziness caused by apparating, Kyle was exaggerating. Without this table, he would probably hit the wall directly.

In addition, Harry remembered that Kyle could Apparate, so he should have gotten used to it long ago.

Kyle waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.

After he tried to suppress the churning feeling in his stomach, he looked up and looked around.

This seemed to be an office, not very big, with various crucibles and jars of different sizes on the shelves around.

In addition to him and Harry, Dumbledore was also here, as well as a witch he was very familiar with... Dean Sassia of St. Mungo's.

At this time, the famous pharmacist was looking at Kyle and the phoenix on his shoulder with a surprised look.

"This is the first time I see Fawkes getting close to someone other than you, Albus." She said.

"Fawkes really trusts Kyle. Dumbledore waved his wand, and the table that was knocked over just now immediately returned to its original state.

"Time is tight, Sassia." He said, "The people from the Ministry of Magic will be here soon, and some things must be done before they come."

"I know. "Sassia paused for a moment, frowned and said, "But are you sure he can temporarily stop the dark magic in Sturgis?"

"Only he can." Dumbledore said.

"Well, follow me." Sassia didn't ask any more questions, put down the silver tray in her hand, and walked out.

"Follow me, Kyle." Dumbledore said, "Harry, you stay here first."

"But Sirius..."

"You will see him, but not now."

After Dumbledore finished speaking, he took Kyle out of the room.

Outside was a dim corridor, and the oil lamp on the ceiling seemed to be a product of the last century, flickering and barely illuminating the road under their feet.

Soon, several people came to the end of the corridor.

Sassia pushed open a heavy black door, and it was even darker inside, without even a light, like a deep cave.

"Some wounds caused by dark magic cannot be exposed to too much light, otherwise it will be more serious. "Sassia said, "Fortunately, the black magic used on him does not have this characteristic, otherwise it would be even more troublesome...fluorescent flickering."

Sassia lit the wand.

There was only one bed in the room, on which lay a wizard covered with dark purple lines, and those lines were like alive, spreading continuously.

"So, what are you going to do?" Sassia asked, "It will take at least six hours to prepare the corresponding antidote."

Kyle also looked at Dumbledore.

"We need to keep him in this state, both physically and spiritually." Dumbledore said calmly, "and most of the known black magic cannot spread on the stone.

"I asked Fawkes to go to Dorset before, but when he came back, he told me that the things that could do this were no longer there."

Stone, Dorset?

Kyle suddenly realized, no wonder Dumbledore asked him if he had brought a box before.

"Okay, I know." Kyle said, he took out his box and put it on the ground, opened it and jumped directly in.

Dean Sassia looked at Kyle's actions with some confusion.

Dumbledore's words were easy to understand. Turning Sturgis into stone was indeed a good way, but she couldn't understand the rest of the words.

Ordinary petrification spells can only work on the body. She had tried it a long time ago and it didn't work. In addition, she had never heard of any spell that could petrify the soul.

And Kyle's answer was also very strange.

From what he said, it seemed that he could really complete this kind of magic that even Dumbledore couldn't do. And what about the box, the traceless extension spell?

The more Sassia thought about it, the more strange it felt. She looked at Dumbledore, but the other party just stared at the box on the ground and didn't mean to explain.

She could only temporarily suppress her doubts.

A few minutes later, the box that was originally calm suddenly jumped twice and was bulging, as if something was stuck inside.

Then, Sassia saw... a giant snake that was fifty feet long crawled out of the small box, and the huge snake body almost filled the entire room.

"Dang..."

Sacia's wand fell to the ground, and the bright light ball was instantly extinguished.

"This is a basilisk." She shouted in a trembling voice: "Don't look into its eyes."

Dumbledore took out something like a silver lighter and pressed it as if he had expected it.

A new ball of light floated out from it, and at the same time, the wand that fell to the ground returned to Sacia's hand.

"Don't be nervous, it has its eyes closed."

Dumbledore's voice also made Sacia calm down a little.

She recalled the scene of the basilisk crawling out of the box just now, and it seemed that it was indeed closed... If not, she probably wouldn't be able to continue standing here.

...

After thinking about this, Sacia also opened her eyes, looked at Dumbledore with a strange look and asked: "So, the legend is true... Is there really a basilisk in Hogwarts?"

She had heard patients at St. Mungo's mention that there was a basilisk in Hogwarts, and everyone who saw it was cursed.

But Sassia didn't care at the time, because she knew very well that the basilisk's gaze was fatal, not a curse, but there was no news of any student being killed in Hogwarts at that time.

So Sassia just thought it was a rumor. After all, such things are not uncommon. Students exaggerate when describing it, parents believe it, and then tell others with exaggeration, which makes the originally normal things spread more and more outrageous. She has heard rumors more exaggerated than the basilisk.

For example, a few days ago, someone said that Dumbledore hid an army in the school and prepared to attack the Ministry of Magic.

So after hearing about the basilisk, she didn't care at all, just thinking that there were magical animals running from the Forbidden Forest to the castle.

But now that she saw the basilisk in front of her with her own eyes, she had to believe it.

"It's not Hogwarts." Dumbledore shook his head and pointed at Kyle who had just come out of the box. "The basilisk is his now..."

Sassia's expression changed slightly again, and she felt absurd.

Students raising basilisks... When did Hogwarts become so open? This kind of thing would not be allowed even in Durmstrang, which is the most tolerant of dark magic.

No wonder Dumbledore had to do this before the Ministry of Magic came.

If the Aurors saw the basilisk... I'm afraid the whole Hogwarts would be implicated, and it might even be closed directly.

Thinking of this, Sassia couldn't help but raise her head and look at the huge monster in the room.

This was her first time seeing the legendary magical animal, the basilisk.

The huge body, the glowing scales, and the sharp fangs that were accidentally exposed, more than ten inches long... The visual impact brought by this is far more shocking than those records in the books.

"Professor, what should we do next."

At this time, Kyle had also relocated the basilisk and raised his head to ask.

"It's very simple." Dumbledore waved his hand and conjured a huge mirror on the wall opposite the bed, and then looked at Kyle's shoulder.

Fox immediately flew to Sturgis' side, blinked his eyes, and a crystal tear fell on his lips.

"Phoenix tears, the most magical healing medicine in the magic world..." Sassia looked at Fox with burning eyes, more excited than when she saw the basilisk just now.

Phoenix is ​​the magical animal that all healers dream of. She dreams of tricking Fox away from Dumbledore.

Unfortunately, although she has invested a lot of precious herbs, Fox always ignores her.

Meanwhile, on the bed.

The effect of Phoenix Tears was immediate. Not long after it dripped into his mouth, Sturgis' eyelids moved, and then he sat up suddenly from the bed.

He seemed to have endured some unbearable pain, and after waking up, he let out a shrill scream.

"Right now..."

"Open your eyes!"

Dumbledore and Kyle's voices sounded almost at the same time.

Sturgis, who woke up, inevitably saw the mirror opposite him, and also saw the orange-yellow snake eyes in the mirror. In just a moment, he was petrified.

The screams stopped abruptly.

After the sound disappeared, Kyle, who lowered his head, immediately ordered the basilisk to close its eyes again and stuffed it back into the box.

...

When he came out again, Sassia was checking Sturgis's condition.

"It's incredible, the spread of black magic has really stopped..." She said in amazement: "This is the curse of the basilisk they talked about... I didn't expect that the basilisk's sight can have this effect besides killing the target."

"Magic is so magical, everything is full of unknowns..." Dumbledore said softly: "I'm afraid even the despicable Herpo didn't expect that the most evil dark creature he created, a pure killing weapon, could be used to save people one day."

"Yes, you are right." Sassia put away her wand, "In this way, I have enough time to prepare the antidote."

"By the way, you should know how to recover him from petrification." She thought for a moment, "Is it a resurrection potion made with mandrake?"

"Yes." Dumbledore nodded, "Do you need me to provide fresh mandrakes? I remember there is a batch in the school greenhouse."

"That's great." Sassia nodded.

Although St. Mungo's also has fresh mandrakes, Dumbledore wants to help, and she has no reason to refuse.

"I'll write a letter and have Pomona deliver it." Dumbledore said.

Perhaps because the crisis was resolved, the tone of the two people's conversation was much more relaxed.

But their eyes would always fall on Kyle intentionally or unintentionally.

Sassia's was fine, at most she was just curious, but Dumbledore's eyes made Kyle feel guilty.

"We should go back." At this time, Sassia suddenly said: "I need to hurry up to prepare the antidote, so as not to waste time when the people from the Ministry of Magic come and ask questions."