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0786 Karkaroff's Fate

As Voldemort's voice continued to tell his tale of resurrection and revenge, the fear that had taken root in Lucius's heart began to spread like a tumor, growing deeper with each passing moment.

The Dark Lord's path to return had been tortuo...

0785 Explanation

The evening air was suddenly disrupted by the rustling of countless heavy cloaks. Every minute that crawled by, every agonizing second that stretched into eternity, brought with it the sharp crack of Apparition as more wizards appeared, their shad...

0784 Choices

The Malfoy Manor

The servants were tending to the lush green lawns, white peacocks strolled and pecked for food around the fountain plaza, and gentle breezes rippled across the lake's surface—this was another peaceful, tranquil da...

0783 Voldemort

Voldemort slowly turned his red gaze away from Harry's began to examine this physical body—the flesh and bone body he had desperately yearned for and dreamed of possessing throughout those fifteen torturous years of unimaginable darkness and eth...

0782 The Ritual

Bang!

The sound resounded through Harry's bones like the final tone of a funeral dirge, marking the end of everything he had ever held dear.

As if his spine had been violently yanked away from his body by some invisibl...

0781 Death

"You filthy, despicable wretch!" The words came from Ron's throat like shards of broken glass.

The shock of Karkaroff's betrayal hadn't yet begun to fade from Ron's wide, disbelieving eyes, and the pure fury that coursed through his veins ma...

0780 Fighting

Hermione suddenly felt the air around her become incredibly thick and oppressive, as if in the span of a single heartbeat, she had been transported back to the suffocating depths of the Black Lake.

The atmosphere pressed against her body cru...

0779 Terror

"Don't talk nonsense, Ron!" Hermione scolded in a sharp whisper. But even as the words left her lips, her face drained of all color, becoming as white as the marble tombstones surrounding them.

The sound that had captured Ron's attention mad...

0778 The Graveyard

Without any warning or mental preparation, Hermione felt as if she had been violently stuffed into the churning drum of a massive washing machine. The world in front of her eyes spun in nauseating colors into one another like watercolors in the ra...

0777 Reaching

Hermione took one final, lingering look at Krum, who appeared increasingly frazzled and desperate under the harassment of the persistent Kappa. His shark-like transformation made his expressions difficult to read, but his body language spoke about...

0776 Black Lake

The sharp, piercing blast of the whistle cut through the cold morning air, and the stands erupted in cheers and applause.

Hermione's heart was filled with overwhelming concern for Harry and Ron's safety. She paid absolutely no attention to w...

0775 Ready to Begin

"NO"

Hermione's sudden piercing scream nearly shattered the silence in the common room. The friends surrounding her all had expressions of shock, and for a moment, they almost thought Hermione had encountered something again, perhaps suffere...

0774 Shock

The small, isolated room behind the Great Hall was one of those mysterious places within Hogwarts Castle that remained continuously locked and forgotten by most students and staff. The very last time Harry had seen this room being opened was on th...

0773 Notification

More than an hour had passed since the meeting in Dumbledore's office had concluded, and the castle of Hogwarts had settled into that peculiar stillness that comes in the hours before dawn.

When Harry and Ron from Gryffindor Tower, Cho Chang...

0772 Meeting Concluded

The longest weirdest silence since the meeting had begun fell upon the room. Every single person present was staring at Bryan Watson with expressions ranging from stunned amazement to fascination, their eyes wide and unblinking as they processed w...

0771 Reason

Completely ignoring the increasingly rowdy shouting and indignant protestations emanating from the chattering portraits on the walls, Karkaroff maintained that nauseating, artificially sweet smile of his.

His yellowed teeth gleamed in the fl...

0770 Surprise

Bryan's decision to throw the question to Professor McGonagall caught everyone in the room slightly off-guard. The unexpected deflection was particularly noteworthy because Watson had never been known as someone who lacked initiative, had no perso...

0769 The Treasures

Karkaroff and Madame Maxime exchanged meaningful glances across the table. However, in the presence of British Ministry of Magic officials both foreign headmasters maintained a cautious silence. Their lips remained sealed, and they gave absolutely...

0768 Surprise

"Demanding that Bryan surrender his wand?" The question erupted from Sirius' lips.

Before Bryan could even voice a response of his own, Sirius was already the first to react with visible displeasure.

"What conceivable right do they hav...

0767 Inside The Lake

The black silt at the bottom of the ancient lake was extraordinarily rich in nutrients, accumulated over countless centuries from decomposed organic matter, fallen leaves, and the natural cycle of aquatic life. This fertile underwater soil allowed...

0766 At Black Lake

The two boys maintained an eerie silence, but their occasionally twitching lips, suppressed grins and nervous laughter were more than enough to show that regarding Hermione's bold and somewhat audacious intention to transform herself into a "merma...

0765 Plans

Compared to the days of running around everywhere recently, these past few days back at Hogwarts, though there was no time to truly rest, had been much more peaceful.

However, Bryan's return to Hogwarts had brought with it an additional task...

0764 Different Ideas

The Gryffindor Tower had witnessed countless evenings of partying and festivities but tonight, it had a particularly special atmosphere. The return of both Professor Watson and their own house champion, Hermione Granger, had filled the entire towe...

0763 Return to Hogwarts

Bryan and Hermione were delayed for a while before setting off, mainly because of Hermione.

She said she couldn't find her toothbrush cup and needed to go to the Muggle shops near St. Mungo's to buy one.

Watching Hermione's rapidly lea...

0762 The Ministry Situation

A wave of dizziness came over Neville, leaving him momentarily disoriented as he struggled to grasp the implications of what Professor Watson was trying to express. However, as his gaze fell upon the blade in his trembling hands, he couldn't deny ...

0761 Private Talks

Bryan had never been one to pursue gratitude from others for his actions, and the Longbottom family's overwhelming expressions of thanks, while touching and heartfelt, were not something he actively desired. His choice to attempt saving Frank and ...

0760 Happy Endings

Although the senior healers at St. Mungo's Hospital had anticipated the possibility of success to some extent, the awakening of the Longbottom couple from their seemingly permanent bedridden stupor after more than a decade of unconscious existence...

0759 The Family

Dawn broke in the eastern horizon, and the gentle spring breeze gradually awakened the sleeping metropolis that was London.

The exact founding date of St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries had been lost to the passage of tim...

0758 Success

"Death is not the end, but rather beginning of another journey. This concept has a more specific and detailed explanation throughout countless mythological texts and religious ancient books where it is believed that after mortal life reaches its e...

0757 The Soul Corridor

The moment the familiar sight of the hospital ward appeared in front of his eyes, Bryan's entire body suddenly began to sway unsteadily. The weariness that emanated from the very depths of his soul made him desperately want to collapse onto the fl...