Harry Potter: Badger's Flathead

And Professor McGonagall! What's going on?

"Professor McGonagall." Harry called softly.

Hearing the familiar voice, Professor McGonagall paused, raised her head with surprise, looked in the direction of the voice, and saw the three children who seemed to have not returned for a long time.

"Oh! Children, I'm so glad that you're all right." Professor McGonagall saw that the three were safe and sound, tears flashed in her eyes, and she quickly walked up to them and gave them a big hug.

It’s good to be back, it’s good to be back!

"You must have suffered a lot. You have all lost weight!" Professor McGonagall held Hermione's face and looked the children up and down with a loving face.

"Professor McGonagall, um..." Ron pointed in the direction where the students had just left.

"It's okay. It's just an ordinary fight of justice. Don't take it seriously." Professor McGonagall looked as calm as Draco and the others.

Harry and the other two all showed complicated expressions.

(??_?)……

Is this... really the serious and meticulous Professor McGonagall?

And... where is this? Is this still the Hogwarts they remember? Are they really in the right place?

"Special treatment for special cases? Once everything is fine, everything will return to normal! Come in and sit down. Tell me about your situation. Curfew is about to start. I'll ask the elves to clean up your rooms. Have you eaten yet? Ask the elves to cook something for you. What do you want to eat?"

Professor McGonagall saw the doubts on the three people's faces. After explaining that she had no choice but to do so, she pulled Harry and the others into her office and asked about their well-being with a kind face.

"Thank you, Professor, but we don't have time to rest! Voldemort is coming soon, and we have been exposed in Hogsmeade. It won't be long before Voldemort brings people here! We have to move everyone to a safe place!"

As soon as Harry sat down, he stood up again with an anxious look on his face. There was no time to rest now!

Then, Harry told Professor McGonagall about the disturbing scenes he had seen. He wanted everyone to be prepared for the crisis!

If necessary, he would fight Voldemort to the death! He couldn't think of any way to kill Voldemort now, the only way was to destroy the Horcruxes at the same time and make him weak! Although he didn't know if it would work, he had no other choice at the moment.

Since he is the one who is prophesied to kill Voldemort, then... God will bless him, right!

Chapter 542 The Last Night of Peace

After listening to Harry's story, Professor McGonagall's expression gradually became serious, but she was still not panicked.

Professor McGonagall glanced at Draco, who shook his head to indicate that he had no news, and then looked at Harry.

"It's okay Harry, go and rest for a while. You need to have enough strength even if you have to face a war."

Professor McGonagall did not panic and still asked Harry to rest first.

"But……"

Before Harry could finish, Professor McGonagall reached out her hand to stop him.

"I know what you are going to say, kid. Don't worry! The news here will not reach Voldemort's hands tonight, and he still has his minions in the castle. They are not making any moves!

Be obedient and go back to rest first, give us some time to prepare, don't worry! Everything is still in time."

Seeing the determination in Professor McGonagall's eyes, Harry swallowed back what he wanted to say. He believed that Professor McGonagall knew the seriousness of the matter.

"Neville, if anyone can't sleep, they can go find Professor Slughorn and ask him for some sleeping potion so that everyone can get enough rest before the battle."

Professor McGonagall seemed to have thought that someone would not be able to sleep tonight, so she told Neville to go to Slughorn to get sleeping pills! This was something they had already discussed.

Neville nodded, even though he was a little confused, he still did as he was told.

Even though Harry was somewhat reluctant, Neville still dragged him to the Gryffindor dormitory.

"Harry!"

As soon as they entered the common room, Ginny ran towards Harry and gave him a big hug!

"Oh~"

"Hmm~"

In the lounge, the little lions made booing noises.

"Didn't she see me? I'm her brother!" Ron muttered in dissatisfaction.

"She has many brothers, but Harry only has one." Neville raised his eyebrows at Ron.

However, Ron received the same treatment as Harry. Lavender, the little sticky girl, came out from the crowd and stuck to Ron with tears of excitement.

Hermione took a step aside in disgust and went to find her old friend Parvati next to her.

This place was only a corridor away from the headmaster's office where Snape was, so Harry rested in the dormitory blatantly.

Neville kept an eye on Harry and the other two, while Daphne and Draco passed the message on.

There were no naughty kids wandering around at night in the four colleges tonight. Within an hour before going to bed, everyone packed up their things neatly, leaving only the clothes they needed at the moment.

"Neville, what are you doing..." Ron pointed at the busy people with a confused look on his face.

It was as if they had known this for a long time. Even Lavender, who particularly loved to stick to him, only came over to say hello after not seeing him for such a long time, then suppressed the longing on her face and went back to work.

"Shortly after the start of the school term, Ivan ordered us to be ready to pack up and run away at any time. He said from the beginning that Hogwarts would not always be safe, so he asked us to make plans early."

Ron blinked twice. He was still like this...

"By the way, where's Ivan!" Harry suddenly remembered that he had been back to the castle for a long time and hadn't seen Ivan yet!

He didn't answer the phone and I couldn't see him when I entered the castle. How could I be without him for such an important matter!

"Aiwen, he went to America! He said there was something important going on there, and we don't know when he will be back."

"Then how can we contact him? We need him in this situation! Only he can mobilize all the forces."

"Don't you have cell phones? Call him!" Neville was puzzled. Their cell phones were not confiscated, so why didn't they call?

"I called, but no one answered the whole afternoon! He must be very busy, and Voldemort has also gone to America! Could he be going to..."

Harry didn't finish his sentence, but his meaning was clear enough.

"No, Alvin is not that impulsive! It should be something else. Let's give him a call tomorrow morning and see."

Neville said comfortingly, and just then, Ginny brought over some hot milk mixed with sleeping potion and placed it in front of Harry and the other two.

"...Do I have to drink it?" Harry didn't want to drink it. He was very scared. While he was sleeping, Voldemort and his men attacked his house without him noticing anything.

"You have to drink! You look haggard, you need to rest well, otherwise you won't have the strength to fight that noseless guy."

Seeing that Harry was still hesitating, Ginny frowned and got a little angry!

He stood up and snatched the milk from Harry's hand, then pressed his whole body on Harry, pinched Harry's cheek with his other hand, forced him to open his mouth and drank the milk.

Harry: Gurgle gurgle gurgle~

Ron (|||?д?): "Hiss~"

Hermione (°?°?): "Oooooh!"

Neville: "I don't see anything."

"So much nonsense! I can't hurt you, really." After Ginny finished feeding Harry, she got up from him, took out a handkerchief, and while complaining about Harry, she gently wiped the milk that spilled on his face.

Harry had no chance to struggle.

After being glared at by Ginny, Harry obediently returned to his dormitory and prepared to go to bed.

Although he didn't want to sleep, Professor Slughorn's medicine was very effective. The moment Harry and the other two's heads touched the pillows, sleepiness hit them like a tsunami, and they all fell into a deep sleep uncontrollably.

Moreover, no one knew what Slughorn had added to it, but every student who drank the sleeping pills didn't have any dreams at all, including Harry, who suffered from severe nightmares.

I spent the last night before the crisis in peace.

……

In front of the Hogwarts courtyard, Professor McGonagall, Professor Sprout, Professor Slughorn, Professor Flitwick, the four head teachers gathered together.

And Hagrid and Filch are here too.

Hagrid was happy to hear that Harry was back, but Professor McGonagall's next words made him give up the idea.

Professor McGonagall told them the news Harry had brought back.

"It's time. Ivan's prophecy has come true. We should be ready! Hagrid, go to the Forbidden Forest to find Firenze, and bring your brother back. Mr. Newt and Ivan are not here. Can you let the dragons help guard Hogwarts?"

Professor McGonagall began to prepare for tomorrow.

"I'll try. I'll bring Tata with me. That little Night Fury should be able to persuade the dragons." Hagrid whispered.

He was afraid that his loud voice would alarm Snape.

As for the dragon group, he could only give it a try, because he was not sure whether those docile flying dragons could fight for them.

"Okay! Pomona, you can move your plants out too."

Professor Sprout nodded. She was ready and her little cuties couldn't wait for the new world to announce their existence.

"Filch, you take the secret passage to Hogsmeade, prepare the safe passage, and take the children home early tomorrow morning."

Filch made a promise and left in a hurry.

"Come on, old friends, let's get the protective magic array up and running."

After arranging everything, Professor McGonagall, Flitwick and Slughorn walked towards the central tower together.

There is a protective magic circle there that Ivan told them about, which can be opened to cover the entire Hogwarts and protect Hogwarts!

That magic circle was different from the one that protected Hogwarts, but it was just as huge! And it had a huge amount of magic power accumulated on it, ready to run.

Everything is ready, the umbrella is up! Just waiting for the rain to fall.

Chapter 543 Before the decisive battle

In the dark night, there was silence in the principal's office.

There was no candlelight, no boiling crucible, no rising steam, only an old bat standing quietly in front of the window, staring into the darkness in a daze.

In the night sky, a beam of light shot out from the top of the astronomical tower. When it reached a certain height, it turned into strands of light and scattered, forming a huge magic circle filled with complicated spells and disappeared into the void.

In the silent night sky, apart from the three professors who activated the formation, only Severus who was still standing in front of the window saw this instantaneous change.

There was a fluctuation from the dark mark on the wrist. It was Voldemort calling for his backbone!

However, the force in his hand was not that strong, which proved that Voldemort only asked him to wait for orders at any time, and did not want him to go to see Voldemort in person.