The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

Scott immediately understood.

He asked Eddie, "Did you see who it was?"

“It’s too dark,” Eddie shook his head. “But I’m sure they’re all wearing black robes, so they must be Death Eaters. Oh, right…”

He raised his binoculars again and looked. "One of them seemed to be holding a baby in his arms. It's true, I saw the baby move!"

Not only Scott, but also Fred and George were drawn to his words and put down their panoramic binoculars.

“A baby? Who would take a baby to a place like that?” Fred asked, his face filled with disbelief. “To breastfeed?”

“Maybe Malfoy’s father had a younger brother for him,” George said with a laugh.

Scott held out his hand to Eddie. "Let me see."

Eddie placed the No. 7 telescope in his hand.

Scott raised his binoculars and looked into the lens; the image inside the lens was still.

Through the dilapidated windows of Riddell House, one could indeed see two blurry dark figures inside, one of whom was holding something in a posture that resembled holding a baby.

Scott reached out and flicked the circular dial on the lens, speeding up the rewind until the two dark figures first appeared in the frame.

The two figures, dressed in black hooded cloaks, appeared suddenly through apparition, and when they appeared, the edges of the screen were flashing with a blood-red light.

That was the red light that Medea had specially set up in the old house of Gaunt.

Scott concluded from this that these two men had arrived earlier than the rest of the Death Eaters.

Scott continued reading.

After the two dark figures teleported into the courtyard of Riddle Mansion, they immediately entered the house at top speed.

One of them was always holding something in his hands, like a swaddled baby, but Scott was certain that the so-called "baby" was Voldemort.

From this perspective, Voldemort did indeed keep his appointment.

He went, but... perhaps out of fear of Medea, or perhaps out of wariness of Dumbledore who appeared later, he remained hidden in the shadows and did not show himself.

But he commanded the Death Eaters in the subsequent battles.

Scott fast-forwarded, watching the two dark figures disappear at about four times the speed.

Because the light was so dark, he couldn't see any details, but he was certain of his guess.

In the latter half of the battle, the Death Eaters were able to Apparate and reappear one by one after escaping, and even seize the Golden Cup in a coordinated relay, all because of the command of Voldemort himself, who was lurking not far away.

Scott paused the image and put down his No. 7 telescope.

Fred, who couldn't wait any longer, quickly reached out and picked it up to read.

“You guys keep looking for details and clues and write them down,” Scott told the three. “I need to do some preparation for the ‘editing’ of the footage later.”

After saying that, he took out a rectangular mirror from the deformed lizard skin pouch at his waist.

"Luckily, I have enough materials stored up."

He muttered something, then took out a quill pen and three small glass bottles, two of which contained bright red liquid and one contained gray powder.

"What are these?" George, who had just put down his No. 5 binoculars, looked curiously at the three small glass bottles.

Scott then took out a larger empty glass bottle and replied, “The blood of the raccoon and the wicked bird, and the powder left behind when Boggart died.”

George's eyes lit up. "You need to inscribe special magic circuits?"

Scott nodded. "Part of this set of rune circuits came from inside the panoramic telescope. Of course, with the professor's help, I made some changes to this set of rune circuits and added some new things."

He didn't say which professor it was, and most people would assume it was Professor Barbling, but in fact, the person who helped him was the Ravenclaw tutor in the portrait.

He carefully poured some of the cat's blood into an empty glass bottle, then added some boggart powder, and then quickly stirred the bottle with his wand.

“I can roughly guess their function.” George seemed very interested in what Scott had concocted. “The blood of the cat-like creature can enhance the sensitivity of rune circuits, and the Boggart powder… is it related to change?”

Scott nodded slightly. "Boggart's powder can enhance the expressiveness of some of the runes in this composite rune circuit. This is a rune circuit that can display images."

As he quickened his movements and evenly channeled magic, the mixture of red blood and gray powder eventually turned black.

He picked up a quill, dipped it in the glass bottle, and began writing magic runes on the mirror.

Having practiced several times, he wrote very fluently and quickly finished a set.

Then, he turned the mirror 90 degrees and continued writing.

He could sense that the other three were watching his hand movements intently.

It wasn't until he put down the quill that the three of them began to breathe more heavily.

"This... seems incomplete?"

Fred looked at the mirror, which still had many blank spaces left unwritten.

"It's not finished yet."

Scott took out a new quill pen, dipped it in some of the evil bird's blood, and began to write in the blank space of the mirror.

“The blood of the Wicked Bird…” George said softly, “is it a magical circuit related to sound? I was just lamenting that the panoramic telescope didn’t have the function of recording sound.”

"I tried adding the sound part."

Scott spoke as he wrote.

"Of course, because panoramic telescopes cannot record sound, we cannot add original sound to the footage."

He quickly finished writing the remaining magic runes.

Fred asked, "It didn't activate. Did it fail?"

"Just one last step."

Scott then took out a bottle of mercury and an unusually large quill pen.

He used the quill pen dipped in mercury to draw intricate arcs on the mirror surface.

As the last stroke was made, the previously scattered magical runes on the mirror surface were instantly linked together, emitting a soft light.

Scott quickly picked up his wand and tapped it on the edge of the mirror.

For a moment, all the runes and lines on the mirror surface began to emit a golden light, but this light quickly disappeared.

As the light faded, the magical runes on the mirror also disappeared, leaving only a smooth and clean mirror surface.

"Did it work?" Eddie asked. "How do I use it?"

Fred had already reached for the mirror and started fiddling with it.

“This can already be considered an alchemical work,” he said with a smile, “although no alchemical techniques were used.”

George stared at his hand movements. "Looks like you don't know how to use it."

Fred shrugged and placed the mirror back in front of Scott.

Scott first tidied up the other things, then straightened the mirror.

“Next…” he smiled and looked at the three of them, “is the moment to witness a miracle.”

He gripped his wand and pressed the tip against the first telescope he had ever examined.

As he withdrew his wand, a wisp of silver thread, attached to the tip of his wand, was pulled out of Telescope Number 1.

He then flicked his wand gently, sending the long, silver wisp flying onto the mirror.

The moment the silver threads touched the mirror, faint traces of the previously hidden magic runes on the mirror surface immediately appeared, and the silver threads instantly melted and sank.

Once the silver threads had completely melted away, the original silver mirror surface changed once again.

Just like pouring ink into clear water, the black color spreads continuously in the mirror, eventually filling the front of the mirror and revealing the image.

"Oh!"

Seeing this, Eddie and the twins exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

“It’s somewhat like using the Pensieve method.” Fred pressed his wand against his temple. “People usually extract memories like this and put them into the Pensieve to examine them closely.”

“It is indeed related to the way the Pensieve is used,” Scott said.

He tapped the center of the screen with his wand, and the still image began to play—

First, a man in a green robe appeared in the dilapidated courtyard of Gaunt's old house, and Medea's carriage and the other men in green robes descended from the sky.

Slide Scott's wand to the left and the scene starts to rewind; slide it to the right and the scene starts to fast forward.

"This thing feels clearer and easier to use than a TV!" Eddie said with a surprised tone.

"Of course, this is a magic mirror I made!"

Scott said with a hint of smugness.

"Although it can only play the images stored in it, its main function is to help me 'edit' and process these images."

After showing off a little, he said to the three of them, "Quickly check the images from the other telescopes to see if you've missed any details."

As he spoke, he put down his wand and began to examine the images in the other panoramic telescopes.

There were seven perspectives in total. Scott quickly went through them all and immediately had a good grasp of the situation.

The events that occurred in Little Hangleton can be described as a three-way conflict.

Medea planned to lure Voldemort by claiming she was going to destroy the Horcruxes, and she prepared a trap for him.

Voldemort, who had not yet regained his power, was extremely cautious. Although he arrived at Little Hangleton, he did not show himself but secretly manipulated the Death Eaters to seize any possible Horcruxes.

The third-party forces consist of some Aurors with a sense of justice, as well as Hogwarts Headmaster Dumbledore. Strictly speaking, they are not in the same group, but they share the same stance on this matter.

For Dumbledore and the Aurors, the best outcome would have been to capture Medea and Voldemort in one fell swoop, but of course, they failed to achieve that goal.

The outcome of this incident was—

Medea retreated, losing some of her Green Robe warriors.

Voldemort obtained a golden cup whose authenticity was unknown but was likely fake, and lost some Death Eaters who served him.

Dumbledore and the Aurors failed to capture Medea and Voldemort; the loss was that some Aurors were injured, but the gain was that they captured a number of Death Eaters and Green Robes.

Eddie laughed and said, "It seems that the resurrected witch, as the initiator of the incident, not only gained nothing, but also suffered a great loss."

“I think she was prepared for this,” Scott said. “At this stage, all she needs to do is make a show of fighting against the Dark Lord; winning or losing isn’t that important.”

“Oh, is she trying to tell the public that she shares their views and make them less wary of her?” Eddie said astutely.