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The last days were peculiar than the entire time that they spent so far on the island. They suspected that it had to do good to have something to do with the ever-approaching Halloween, but after a few days, it was soon clear that this could be far from everything. Again and again they had increased in recent days smaller animals from the magical forest seen, although they were shy, but it did not change the fact that they were running through the village and caused a considerable stir, until finally the larger animals the other side dared.
had treated Hermione Just yesterday an elderly man who was attacked by a fire-breathing demon. His injuries had let her breath away. Half of his skin was burned and there was hardly something they could do for him. Others spoke of ghosts. Most of them were sitting in the church and prayed, while , women and children dared not even to the door.
The dragon had probably not only guarded the portal, but also ensured that the beings who lived in the forest, did not get out and they had disrupted this balance, thought Hermione. Severus had stormed into her treatment room and searched the room with his eyes off her. "Pack water and food together," he pointed at her. "What's the matter?" She asked, worried and had come forth behind her desk. "I Albus had sent the precise positions of stars, with which it was possible for him to calculate an exact date, "he said as he grabbed dressings already in a big bag. "Today is the 31.10, tonight is Halloween," he added, as he still saw her questioning expression, "We must hurry up to the portal, it is almost a day's march and I remember not exactly how we are to convince these people like to come with us. Where is Potter? I will need him to convince them. "
" He's out there with Ginny and Neville, "said they, "give Mary a little teaching." He pushed the bag in his hand and ran outside where he saw four sitting behind the house. "It's so far," he said, had the attention of four inquiring glances. "Today, we go through the portal," he added. "You both help to pack," he said, pointing at Ginny and Neville. "You come with both," he pointed at Harry and Mary, who followed him immediately.
He walked without hesitation into the village to the house of the McCoys, where he impatiently on the door pounded. Conner opened it and looked at him in surprise. "You gotta help me," Severus said forcefully, "Today is the day, they have to help me convince the people here like to go with us."
had a moment took it up Conner realized what that meant exactly, then widened his eyes. He had to take visible, but nodded his head vigorously. "Come," he said. Conner picked up his hat, which hung beside the door and led the way to the church at the end of the wide street. "Wait here," Conner said, and went inside. They stood outside the door until the deafening people who had heard the bell above them. Conner is ringing the bell for several minutes. There are already people lost their homes to her and looked at her questioningly.
The street ware fully and as the ringing had finally stopped, he heard the excited whispers that went through the crowd.
"rest," shouted Severus. His voice had them all to silence and read them stare at him curiously. What should you say? He looked a little uncertain in the crowd, but decided first time to start with the most important. "We have found a way to leave this island," he said. Instantly roused the whispering and murmuring again. "How is that possible?" He heard a man ask. "A few miles from here there is a portal, but we have an entire day traveling there and be sure to go now," he said.
"A portal?" He heard a voice again, "What a portal? What is this evil for a spell with which they want to lure us? " "Damn it, we have no time. You can not stay here anymore, the island is no longer safe. Alls these phenomena, it is no accident. We need to get away and still today, "he went on. "They were not true? You have done something with the island. Because of them come those demons "drove him now to a woman in the front row.
It seemed pointless, nothing more he could say would sway them. Seeking his eyes wandered over the crowd until he got stuck on the old black woman. He pulled Harry over and pointed at him. "Your Prophecy has said it himself, "he said strives against the votes to come," Here it is, your savior and he will bring you from this island. "Harry stood rooted there. All pairs of eyes were on him. Finally, he nodded slightly awkward, but also had no effect. Still they murmured against him. "Do they really believe in the babble of the old box?" He heard a male voice, accompanied by murmurs of approval. "The boy has a scar, so what?" Continued the spokesman.
That was his last trump. What should he do now. Those people would be saved, he does not try everything possible? He could hardly force them to leave. "The old box does something that is not at all" sounded the voice continues, "The sign of the snake. Each odd line but can be interpreted as a snake. "
a snake they would, therefore, thought Severus and picked up his sleeve. He knocked him down with a jerk and exposed his forearm. The dark times but was turned pale, but it was still clearly be seen, a skull from the Mouth is a snake wall. Scared sounds permeated the crowd and let people kick back in the forefront of one step.
Nguvumali stepped forward and grabbed his arm on the wall to the snake. "A doubt is excluded," she whispered, "and it is true, the island has changed. It has become dangerous. I will go with him. "She turned to Severus and Conner on the page and saw also in the increasingly restless crowd. Several others had decided to go with them, many of them were undecided, and others tried their fellow human beings of the opposite to convince, but the events of recent days had left its mark. That the island has changed, could not deny.
Most were willing to go with and those who were not, it would hopefully still thinking differently. "You have 30 minutes to pack some things together, we meet again here," said Severus, and made himself on the way back to the house.
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30 minutes, how could he do this? As long as he would probably only need to find the hiding place. Eliot Brown ran to the forest close to the village. He had refrained from clothing, food or water pack. All he would soon no longer need. All he could buy, but only if he would find the gold again.
He wandered through the bushes until he finally stopped in front of a thin tree in which he had scratched an e as a small mark. Somewhere here there had to be. He took the shovel, the only thing he had with him and began to dig.
It was now the third hole he tried until he finally came against something hard. He put away the shovel and started the earth with his hands on the small box to delete, until he finally was able to open it. The bag was still there, he was relieved and took him out. He put it in his sporran ¹ and wanted to get up and rush back to the village when he saw something strange in the world. He brushed aside the earth and dug out a half-decayed hand, that rotten meat hung just lean to the bone. Startled, he fell back
, but the curiosity was bigger, so he fumbled again for the shovel and dug out a whole body. There was a man, he could immediately recognize. Carefully, he knelt down to him. The severe stench it brought tears in the eyes, but he considered the clothes of the man. That was Duncan Lennox, because he was sure. He would have recognized any of the village and here there was no doubt.
Lennox's body was not found, but of his death it had been thought long already. He wanted to turn away again, something glittering caught his attention. Disgusted, he lifted the body and pulled out a piece of jewelry including a silver chain on which hung a small gold ring. Too small for a man's hand, according to Brown, he probably had to include a woman. He had freed the ring from the ground and held it against the light, so that was a fine engraving seen. "Eileen Snape," he read aloud, and the jewelry fell thoughtful. What did it mean?
questions were formed in his head, to which his mind seems to automatically, the only possible answers formed. Brown stood up. He had lost track of time completely. Was it too late? Were they perhaps going on without him? He ran back to the village where he met the great force already on the way out. They were still there. He had just come in time, he thought to himself and joined them.
They walked along the river to the waterfall and through. What they saw seemed so incredible, but they had no time to wonder. Severus put forward such a tremendous pace that made it difficult to keep up with him. The first children have already started to whine. "Is it absolutely necessary for us to hurry so?" Asked Hermione. "Yes it is. We still have a long way to go, "he assured her.
They had torches in addition to their wands, but the further they penetrated into the forest, more gloomy and rough it was and they were automatically slow down. Only a few hours, they could not miss that date.
your feet and her back hurt, but Hermione did not dare to complain. More relieved she was when she saw how the trees slowly before them, and finally exposed to the large clearing where stood the stone gate, under a stunning starry skies, arrived.
They went straight out and Severus climbed the old steps. The symbols that were carved into the stone already lit. He waved to Hermione, lifted her arm again and looked at her clock. Not a second too soon. "In 15 minutes, open this gate and we can go through," said Severus. They had heard him but it was not their full attention. Something was going on in the back rows. "What's going on?" He asked in a firm voice, to which shared the lot of him.
"We can not take murderers into our new life," yelled a stocky older man, pointing to Grah, the man, accused of the murder of Duncan Lannox. A stinging shot through Severus' chest and made him inhale sharply. The crowd was again in turmoil. "Friends come, but please listen to reason. His guilt is not proven at all, "the minister tried to calm her down, but no one listened to him. They had long since gone over Grahe insult.
"We may allow in any case," whispered Hermione choked and grabbed Severus hand. "Rest," he shouted again, but nobody gave him attention, no one except Brown, who studied him closely and whose eyes it has been a while no longer allowed out of sight.
"rest," he yelled even louder, "Crawford is right! We leave no one, apart from the fact it is not important anyway. This portal can be of any cross, which bears such a heavy load such as murder on his shoulders. "
An excited murmur went through the crowd, but they seemed to agree. "Is that true?" Hermione asked him frightened. Severus smiled briefly. "Of course not," he finally said, "but the main thing is that they believe it."
the hands of the clock to midnight and slipped a bright glow filled the inside of the door. "It's so far," said Severus, hurry " you, we have only one minute to go around all round. "They were all taken root there, no one wanted to be the first to the left. Harry finally got up the stairs and disappeared through the portal. He was followed by even more. Whole grapes marched hastily round, she ran almost no one wanted to stay back until Hermione and Severus walked the last by the strange light. There was tickled at the touch on the skin, but the feeling lasted only a moment, then they were on the other side in a dark room.
you inflamed their wands and found themselves between a lot of stuff that most of simply stacked, was somewhere in the area.
"Do not move and let their wands slowly sink to the ground!" Called against them, some men who had stormed into the room. They had directed their wands at her and waited until the eighth magician slowly reduce their magic wands left.
"What's going on?" Demanded to know a well-dressed, elderly gentleman as he turned round among the other magicians, "Who are they and what do they do here?"
& bdquo , My Name is Severus Snape and who they are? "Said Severus. "I'm Hecktor Formingham, president of the Magic Society of America," announced the man, "How did they come here thing?"
"Through the portal," replied Severus, pointing to the stone Tor. Formingham looked at him incredulously, "That's not possible," he assured him, "The island is shut down for a long time."
"Yes she is," his best consideration Severus, "unfortunately We had the misfortune Suffer shipwreck and are stranded on this island. Our friends had, "he pointed to the many people around them," to even the pitch, thanks to the barrier to lose their memory of magic. "
" They are all magicians, "asked Formingham verblü ; fft and looked around the room. Severus nodded. "Now, Mr. Snape, I would like to express my deepest regret, what happened is inexcusable and I assure you that our government will do everything to repair the damage that is caused them to make amends . They should in all of our guests here Boston his and her friends, we will take care of us, "he assured him.
¹ Soprran, a small leather bag, which was traditionally worn in Scotland kilt or trousers.
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