Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Hermione's boldness made Draco break out in a few drops of sweat.

He quickly pulled Hermione to his side and advised, "Calm down, setting off fireworks will attract too much attention, not only from me, but also from other wizards.

Although the time converter has special abilities and can go back to the past, there is no guarantee that it will not be discovered by other wizards.

You set off the fireworks an hour in advance. If a wizard really discovered the anomaly in time and space, wouldn't he be able to catch you based on the fireworks? Hermione, you should think of another way!"

Hermione asked back: "Then do you have a better way? You are so vigilant, except using this method to attract you, will you take the initiative to leave this place?"

Draco was speechless by her question. He just couldn't think of it, so he let Hermione think about it.

Harry thought for a while and asked, "Since we know where you are hiding, how about we throw something at you to lure you out?"

Draco shook his head, "No, don't you see the house elf not far away?"

He suddenly thought of something and said, "Oh, they are invisible, so you can't see them.

But I saw them hiding in that position with my own eyes. These house-elves are very perceptive and they will closely observe the movements around them.

If you throw something at me, they will definitely notice it and expose my hiding place."

Draco's expression suddenly became serious when he thought of the scene of doing this.

"By then, my past self might be in danger. I have no confidence that I can escape from those house-elves."

Hermione and Harry couldn't help but look at Draco. It was rare to hear him admit that he was inferior to others, and the object was a house-elf.

In their impression, Draco treated house-elves arrogantly and treated them as slaves.

It seems that when he was tracking the house-elves this time, he saw some shocking scenes and finally began to take this group seriously.

Hermione thought for a while and said, "So let's set off fireworks. This is the most effective method. We have an invisibility cloak. As long as we avoid it, we shouldn't be discovered by other wizards."

She even thought of a way to escape.

"Once the fireworks are lit, we will use Apparition to leave that rooftop. Even if wizards really come after us, they won't be able to find us."

Hermione looked at Harry: "Harry, how are you doing with your Apparition skills? Can you transfer?"

Harry hesitated and said, "I can Apparate, but the times I practiced were all in a safe and relaxing environment. I'm not sure I can move to the destination I want to go. I've never prepared to Apparate in such a hasty and tense situation."

Hermione immediately said, "Keep the Invisibility Cloak in your hands. If you fail to Apparate, use the Invisibility Cloak to hide. Those wizards should not be able to find the Invisibility Cloak."

Draco was speechless when he saw that they were really going to the rooftop to set off fireworks. This plan was too dangerous for him.

Even though Hermione had quickly planned a follow-up plan, it was still unsafe in Draco's eyes. He wanted a better solution.

But he tried hard to think about the rare objects he brought with him this time, and found that none of them could do things for him.

Finally, when Hermione and Harry were about to Apparate to the rooftop, Draco suddenly had an idea and asked a key question.

"Wait, according to my thinking, if I saw the fireworks on the rooftop, then I would most likely go to the Shrieking Shack first, so what should I do then?
How would you direct my past self to Honeydukes, or your past self to the Shrieking Shack after leaving Honeydukes?"

Hermione frowned. This was indeed a problem.

Harry quickly figured out a solution. "I think we should go to the Shrieking Shack before heading to the rooftop and place a token in the Shrieking Shack that will allow Draco to go to Honeydukes."

Harry spoke more and more smoothly. "For example, a candy. And Draco must recognize that the candy was put there by us at first glance. He is so smart. When he sees this candy, he will definitely think of Honeydukes!"

The pressure was on Draco.

Draco kept thinking about the kinds of candies he had seen. What kind of candies would he have to see to think of Harry and the others?

Under the gaze of Hermione and Harry, Draco felt under tremendous pressure.

I don't know how long it took, but it seemed like only a moment had passed. Draco finally clapped his hands vigorously and said excitedly:

"I know, the Golden Snitch! The Golden Snitch candy! As soon as I saw this candy, I knew it must have been Ron who put it there!"

"Ron?" Hermione and Harry asked in confusion.

They reminisced and soon remembered how excited Ron was when he saw the Golden Snitch and won the prize and brought the candy back to Harry.

Draco continued, "I saw the Golden Snitch in the Shrieking Shack, but I found you guys and confirmed that it was Ron who put it there, so I should go to Honeydukes.

I don't need to think too long and I can act quickly, so you have to calculate the time difference between when you set off the fireworks and when I go to the Shrieking Shack and then make a detour to find Honeydukes.

Not to mention that I could just happen to see you helping Ron out, but at least I should be able to notice your movements on the street."

Harry thought for a moment, "So should we go to Honeydukes first and see how far along our fight is and calculate the time."

Hermione added, "Not only that, but we have to get a Golden Snitch from the shop. I don't have any of that candy on me. Do you have any?"

Draco shook his head decisively. He had no interest in fake Golden Snitch candies. If it was a real Golden Snitch, perhaps he would have collected it.

Harry sighed, "I did, but I've already eaten half of it. Only half of the Golden Snitch is left. Draco, do you think you can recognize it?"

Draco imagined what that would look like and shook his head, "Let's just get the whole candy."

Hermione didn't hesitate any longer, "We'll Apparate to Honeydukes now!"
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On the other hand, with the instigation of some wizards with ulterior motives, there was great turmoil at the back door of Hogsmeade village.

Some wizards began to resist and refused to cooperate with the Auror inspection.

Not only that, they pointed their wands at the Aurors, thinking that they were all lackeys of the Death Eaters and wanted to trap them here so that they could be sacrificed to the Death Eaters!
"Let us out quickly, or you must be deliberately keeping us here!"

"You are the Death Eaters. This is your conspiracy. You didn't want us to leave from the beginning!"

"Hurry up and open the level. I've had enough of this place and this horrible anxiety!"

The wizards screamed, roared, and collapsed!

The feeling of despair completely spread in their hearts, making them feel like going crazy.

In fact, they knew that this group of Aurors could not be Death Eaters, because looking back now, the screening for entering Hogsmeade was very strict at the beginning.

The Ministry of Magic has unprecedentedly adopted the appointment system, which shows that the Ministry of Magic has premeditated plans to use Hogsmeade to make some kind of deployment.

The Ministry of Magic had given them many instructions before that, asking them not to go to Hogsmeade unless necessary. They decided to come in because they wanted to spend the holiday here and buy supplies.

It can be said that this group of wizards had no idea of ​​the seriousness of the matter and were courting death.

But it is difficult for people to admit that they have done something wrong.

They will more likely put the blame on the Ministry of Magic -

Since the Ministry of Magic already knew that the Death Eaters would attack Hogsmeade, they still let them in, obviously wanting to use this group of wizards to confuse the public.

In secret, the elite Aurors in the Ministry of Magic might be carrying out some mission.

In short, these ordinary wizards were all fooled. It was a smokescreen and sleight of hand deliberately released by the Ministry of Magic!

"Resist!"

"We must resist!"

"Overthrow the Death Eaters! Overthrow the Aurors! Overthrow the Ministry of Magic!"

In the increasingly tense atmosphere, a wizard accidentally used his wand to fire a spell, which turned out to be a large-scale attack spell -

Thousands of arrows fired!

Countless arrows fell from the sky and hit the wizards. Some wizards hurriedly used "armor protection" or other simpler defensive magic.

The battle is imminent!
Other wizards lost their minds and fired many attack spells, all of which were directed at the Aurors.

But among the many attack magics, there were also a few magics with ulterior motives, which were directed at the wizards in the crowd.

The Aurors finally understood that there were Death Eaters mingling in the crowd and stirring up trouble, taking advantage of the chaos to kill the wizards.

Suddenly, in the chaos, a cold, eerie and gloomy voice sounded: "Shenfeng Wuying!"

Snape waved his wand so quickly that countless afterimages surrounded him.

He did not just cast one spell, but several in succession, controlling each one with precision and leaving no trace, inflicting a few small wounds on the most arrogant wizards, using the pain to awaken their sanity.

With the intervention of high-level wizards, the chaotic battlefield was suddenly brought under control.

Even the wind blowing around seemed to stop the moment Snape appeared.

All the wizards looked at Snape who suddenly appeared, and were frightened by his gloomy eyes like a venomous snake, and their bodies trembled.

Seeing that they had finally calmed down, Snape said the most embarrassing words with a blank expression.

"You bunch of idiots, you don't even know you're being used! Didn't you notice just now? Someone has cast a spell of mind-loss around you, confusing your minds.

The air is filled with a sweet and fishy smell. Someone has poisoned you and let your emotions control your body!
You idiots, you couldn't even notice such a low-level trap. Why did you choose to enter Hogsmeade today?
I remember that the Ministry of Magic adopted an appointment system and conducted an investigation on every wizard who came in. Only wizards with very good abilities were allowed in. Is this the level you have?"

Snape was not insulting anyone, but was discriminating against everyone present equally.

After Snape's reminder, the others reacted vaguely and finally realized that something was wrong.

At a certain moment just now, they were indeed very angry, and wanted to kill all the wizards present, thinking that every one of them was a Death Eater.

Now that they have regained their senses, everyone can't help but lower their heads, feeling ashamed for their previous behavior.

The Auror of the Ministry of Magic took this opportunity to say: "The establishment of an identity checkpoint at the back door was ordered by the great Minister Dumbledore. He believed that there would be Death Eaters mixed in with the crowd and impersonated others, so strict checks were needed.

We don't register you in an ordinary way. During the registration, we will also use strange objects to check if there is anything wrong with your body so that you don't get infected without knowing it.

Early low-level infections can be controlled through drug treatment. If they can be discovered in advance, it will be a good thing for you.

If there are still people who want to incite the emotions of others, then that wizard is definitely problematic, regardless of whether they are sent by the Death Eaters, but they definitely want you dead!"

After being reminded by the Auror, the other wizards looked around at each other with alert expressions.

Just now it seemed like someone around was the one shouting the loudest. Could he be the one with ulterior motives?
Now these wizards think there is something wrong with everyone they see.

With mutual vigilance, registration was able to proceed quietly and orderly.

The scene had calmed down, and Snape couldn't help but feel relieved, but his face became even more stern.

These stupid pigs!

Do they all have the dominant troll gene in their heads?!
He is obviously an adult wizard, but his judgment is even worse than that of some young wizards!

If allowed, I really want to stuff them back into the womb and reshape them again!
On the other side, Hermione and others successfully arrived at Honeydukes through Apparition.

They quietly observed from the outside for a while, and only dared to go to the first floor after making sure that the two Death Eaters had gone up to the second floor.

Hermione took out the layout she had drawn earlier, which had a lot of purple markings on it.

She said: "These are the places where we applied the poison at Honeydukes and we try not to touch them in case we get poisoned too."

Draco looked at the map and was speechless.

He finally understood why Ron was accidentally poisoned.

With such a complicated arrangement, Ron might have missed something, or he might have thought that a place that had been wiped had not been wiped, so he wiped it again.

Draco shook his head. "No, according to the route you laid out, there is almost no place for us to step on. We can only move forward by stepping on some special bricks."

He took out three medicine bottles from the traceless retractable ring. The liquid contained in the medicines looked like clear water.

Hermione and Harry took it, and when they saw Draco drink it in one gulp, they prepared to open the bottle and drink it as well.

Draco finished drinking and said, "These three bottles are also poison."

puff!
Harry spat out the liquid before he could even finish it.

Draco: "But it is a poison that conflicts with Pitch Black. If we take this bottle, we will not be affected by the poison when we come into contact with Pitch Black again. So this bottle of poison is equivalent to the antidote for Pitch Black." (End of this chapter)