Hogwarts Homecoming

boom!

The dust was flying, and in an instant, Amostar returned to the bedroom on the second floor of the old Potter house.

The remaining daylight in the sky was covered by several houses, and in the broken bedroom, it was rippling softly and darkly like water. The tip of Amostar's staff emitted bright light, dispelling the enveloping darkness, and his sharp eyes fell on Footprints from the cracked hole all the way to the picture frame.

The flowers were sent by Professor Snape, and the tear stains on the cracked mirror frame are most likely left by Professor Snape. There is no problem with this. The problem is this series of footprints.

The footprints left by Amosta on the floor covered with a thin layer of dust looked dignified.

Before leaving, he suddenly thought of a question, after all these years, will Snape only come to mourn his former love this year?

Impossible, if everything is as he guessed, Snape probably comes here several times a year, so why, there is only this series of footprints in the room and nothing else?

Washed off by the rain? Amosta looked up at the mostly intact ceiling and vetoed this guess.

Or maybe Professor Snape hadn't entered the room before, but just broke into the room because of the turmoil caused by the escape of Sirius Black, who killed the Potters and his wife?

Amostar couldn't veto the possibility, but his gut told him it wasn't the case.

And what supported his intuition was his understanding of Severus Snape. Because of those unbearable past events, this man has been used to hiding himself for so many years, whether it is his true inner thoughts or deeds, That's all.

According to his guess, Snape should have entered this bedroom many times, but every time he leaves, there will be magic to cover his whereabouts, so that no one will notice. It's not to guard against anyone, it's just that he doesn't want people to know.

If this is the case, then, the owner of the current set of footprints

Amosta raised his wand and tapped his temple --- super sense spell!

In an instant, the world suddenly magnified in front of my eyes, and the fine dust on the ground seemed to turn into grains of stones, and even the faint sound made by the air flow became extremely clear.

Amosta seemed to have suddenly turned into an experienced Muggle detective, using his vicious eyes and sharp brain to analyze everything in his field of vision, trying to find more traces.

In fact, if Amosta had come earlier and the traces of his personal magic power still remained in the air, then he still had some means to use it. Amosta had to use this 'stupid' way to find clues to the traces of magic power left in the unconscious state.

Starting from approaching the photo frame, Amosta's eyes approached the hole inch by inch, observing the footprints on the ground, trying to find the traces left by the owner of the footprints.

Suddenly, his concentrated eyes fell on the truncated wall below the cave entrance, and he quickly floated over. He leaned over and took a small strand of silk thread from a sharp wooden board. Some slight odor, Amosta pinched the silk thread and looked back and forth, and the corner of his mouth curved before he knew it.

This kind of fabric is quite familiar to Amosta. More than two months ago, Professor Gilderoy Lockhart, who was on the front page of the Prophet's Japanese edition for the last time in his life, was wearing clothes of this color, which was very eye-catching.

Now, the sun is completely submerged into the horizon, and every household in the uncontested village is lit with dim candles, only the singing of the breeze above the wilderness becomes louder and louder.

In order to avoid attracting attention, Amosta extinguished the fluorescent light on the tip of his staff, used the Disillusionment Charm to hide his figure, left Potter's old house, wandered around a few times, and walked into a remote place where no one came in and out. dark alley.

The two or three foot long silk thread did not fall to the ground after leaving Amosta's finger, but stayed steadily in mid-air. As the magic wand passed through the mysterious circle, the silk thread gradually pulverized, and a small ball of thin On the ground, a breath as transparent as pure water appeared in front of Amosta.

Amosta stared at the harvest of this trip, his eyes became solemn, and he whispered softly,

"Looking for the source--"

call---

The transparent aura gathered into an irregular mass showed waves in front of Amosta's eyes, and slowly moved towards a certain direction, but before Amosta followed, the aura turned back and moved towards Move in the other direction, and so on, like a headless chicken, bumping around.

Amosta narrowed his eyes, silently thinking about why this happened.

There are three possibilities. First, Black is probably very vigilant, just like when he was active as the Golden Viper, he was equipped with some magic to prevent tracking and positioning and hidden curses, which made it impossible to directly locate him. .

Second, Black is currently in a place protected by powerful magic, cutting off all tracking magic.

Third, the aura carried by the silk thread itself is very weak, and after another month, if Black is in an area with a strong or mixed magic magnetic field, then it is also difficult to locate.

So, which possibility would it be? Amosta folded his arms and leaned against the earthen wall, quietly staring at the mess of breath.

"Possibility #1. Black needs to get at least a wand. Well, for him, attacking a wizard with the Ministry of Magic and the Dementors all on the hunt, who could catch him at any moment. It is very dangerous to snatch the wand. After hiding for so long without being discovered, Black must be very cautious, and there is a high probability that he will not do this.”

After thinking for a while, Amosta ruled out the first possibility, and the second and third possibilities are actually not much different, if these two situations are really the case

Amosta snapped the knuckles of his index finger, which means that Black is very likely to have appeared in Hogsmeade, the Forbidden Forest, or ambushed in Hogwarts.

Thinking of this, the aura around Amosta became fierce.

Amosta wanted to catch Black, and the Ministry of Magic's sky-high bounty was only one of his goals. It was also his goal to avenge Potter, who was in love with him, and restore the stable order of the underground world as soon as possible, while Godric After the valley trip, there was another reason.

That is to avenge Professor Snape's former love. Although the reason overlaps with the above, the actual meaning is different.

"Well, the contract between me and Remus Lupine. After capturing Black, let Professor Snape know and let him kill Black. Maybe it will ease the depression in his heart."

Amosta stopped the group of breath that was almost dissipating. After thinking for a while, he sealed the breath on a strand of gray hair on his head. If Black appeared in a certain area near him, then this strand of hair would Silk will react in a certain way.

Thinking that Black might already be entrenched near Hogwarts, Amosta felt a sense of urgency in his heart. He raised his wand and prepared to Apparate back to Hogsmeade. In the next period of time, he might Like the dementors, they spend some time patrolling the village every day.

boom--

At this moment, the dim yellow light shining through the glass windows of a Muggle family a hundred feet away suddenly went out, and the whole house was plunged into darkness.

Amosta was stunned for a moment, and then smiled. Muggle technology is advancing with each passing day, but it has not yet reached the level of time travel in his previous life. In the memory of a long time ago, it was when he lived in the countryside as a child in his previous life, at night. , often encounter such embarrassing situations.

Some memories of the past made Amosta feel happier, and he withdrew his gaze and prepared to leave, but before his body was embedded in nothingness, a passage from Tonks suddenly jumped into his mind a few days ago.

"--Blake's ancestral house is protected by many ancient and powerful magics and cannot be entered."