Castle

The world is grey and dead.

People come and go on the street, but there is no sound, like a wandering soul after another.

Ginny ran across the entire street. She didn't know how long she had been running, or where she was going. Only one thought drove her-Run! She stared straight ahead, trying not to look at the people around her. It was a group of bodies without faces, wandering aimlessly on the streets in search of their lost faces.

Suddenly, there was a little light in front of her, a warm milky white.

Ginny desperately ran in the direction of the light. Soon, the street full of walking dead disappeared behind her, and a dilapidated little house appeared in front of her.

The Burrow! I'm home!

She rushed into the house happily, and inside, it's the same dead silence, there was no one. A large pile of damaged toys was scattered everywhere, almost covering the floor. She called for everyone, and the only replies were empty echoes. She stayed in place for a long, long time, until a voice of nothingness came from upstairs:

They all went to play…

Ghogho! Is it you?

Everyone will play with me…

Who are you?

Ginny, come and play with me…

Footsteps were coming from upstairs. She didn't want to see the truth, but her body turned around involuntarily. A pair of child's feet appeared on the stairs hidden in the darkness.

Coming for you soon!

"No!"

Ginny sat up abruptly, her eyes were seeing gold stars as she slammed into something with a loud "bang", her nose twitched, and her tears almost fell.

"She's awake!"

After the pain eased, she opened her eyes and found herself lying outside the bus, with Ernie and Stan with concerned faces. Beside them, Harry was squatting on the ground and covering his face with his hands.

"What's up with him?"

"He was going to wake you up and get hit in the face "

"I'm sorry, Harry."

"It'z alrigh'... " Harry found some tissue to stop his bleeding nose.

Ginny stood up, returned the jacket underneath to Ernie, counted the number of people, and asked:

"Where is Remus? What happened?"

"Dementors… " Eli put on his jacket. "I walked forward with Remus. Before we could find anyone, we were surrounded by those dementors. Fortunately, Remus cast a Patronus and dispelled them. We ran back quickly, but when we came back here, we found that the bus was full of those things… "

"Remus saved us?"

"Technically, Stephen saved us… and you too, don't you remember?" Ernie looked at Ginny in confusion.

"Me? I passed out from the beginning… " Ginny blushed slightly.

"We were standing far away when we saw the car being attacked. Just as Remus was about to cast the Patronus, he saw you at the window. You walk forward, and the dementors are all scattered… That's not you?"

"No, you must have been mistaken… " Ginny shook her head, she just remembered stepping back.

"Perhaps, it was dark." Ernie doesn't want to entangle these inexplicable things. "Remus and I took advantage of the gap between them as they all backed up to get back into the car, and wanted to take you to a safe place. At this time, Stephen started going crazy!"

Ernie seemed to recall the great nightmare, and his hands began to tremble.

At that time, a huge force came from behind them, the whole Knight was shaking, the air was surging, pots, pans, quilts, and pillows all flew towards the bathroom, and the beds on the floor rose one after another and slid towards Stephen's direction. Not to be outdone, the dementors ran back to add chaos and gathered at the door again.

Remus smashed a piece of glass in the precarious situation, threw three unconscious people out of the window, tugged Ernie's arm, and jumped out. They lied on the ground, allowing the inside of the bus to turn upside down. Ernie narrowed his eyes, and he saw floating dementors, one after another being sucked into the car, like small paper boats in the toilet bowl, beyond the reach!

The whole process took less than a minute, but Ernie felt that it was longer than the time he had been working on the Knight. They didn't dare to return to the bus until they heard a burp from Stephen, and they stood up cautiously and observed outside for a few minutes. Nothing unusual, until then they returned to the bus to find out. As soon as the bus door opened, the scene in front of them was really…

"It's a disaster!" Stan cried.

Ginny walked into the bus door, witnessed the empty first floor herself. There was nothing on the floor except the turned-up sawdust. She rushed down and shouted:

"Where's Remus? He didn't… "

"He's fine, he looked at the sky just now and yelled that it's too late, warning us not to follow him and ran over there." Stan pointed to a forked path.

Everyone returned to the car exhausted and sat on the empty ground in a daze.

"Umm… where did the dementors come from?" Harry asked uneasily.

"In all likelihood, it is arranged by the Ministry of Magic. This road leads to Hogwarts. The recently wanted Black may come here."

"Why? For the good old school days?"

"For Harry Potter, of course! Black is the remnant of the Dark Lord!"

When Harry heard this, he slammed his head against the wall, "Why! Why does everything have something to do with me… him! Every single bad thing can not be separated from him! Harry Potter! You jinx!"

"Ha… Neville, you're acting like Dobby!" Ginny hurriedly grabbed Harry who was taking his anger on himself so as not to lose the wall after losing the bed. "You have to be calm, you know? Everyone can't just freeze here anymore and see what we have lost… "

She suddenly remembered something, her throat got stuck, her pupils dilated, she couldn't speak anymore, and she froze there for a long time.

Several wolves howled in the distant night sky.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" Ginny finally broke out, "I'm gonna die young!"

She hit the bus with her head more violently than Harry and scared the other three people.

All three of them tried to calm her down and failed. They had to hold her down, and Ginny's tears surged.

"Hermione's notebook… I took it to the first floor to play… "

Hermione's notebook also entered Stephen's stomach... It was a fatal hit.

Harry had no idea how to comfort her, thought for a long time, and finally said, "Ginny, be strong, at least live until the day we see Hermione!"

"Hermione… I'll die!" She rushed to the wall again, bounced back, and lay on the floor crying.

"My integrity is gone… What do I do now… "

"Don't cry, don't cry, you didn't have integrity before anyway… " Harry's ability to comfort others is evident.

Ernie looked at the chaotic scene before him and asked Stan to find a chair on the second floor to replace the driver's seat that had been eaten, sat down, and started the car.

"What to do now, Ernie?." Stan asked tiredly.

"We'll send these two away first… " Ernie said with a gloomy face and said to Harry who was at a loss. "Where are you going?"

"Uh… Ottery St Catchpole."

"Okay!" Ernie glared at Ginny who was crying so hard, and shouted, "You! Carrot! Stop crying!"

"Who are you calling a carrot… " Ginny continued to cry, "I owe a lot of debt now, I am even more sorry to the creditor if I don't cry… "

"I owe way more debts than you! Still, I have to keep going on with life now don't I?!" The bus regained his life under Ernie's hands, and with a long whistle, the Knight went on the road "No crying anyway! Go upstairs and sleep!"

Ginny didn't dare to say anything, so she went to the second floor because she couldn't resist the powerful order.

The crazy Knight, speeding under the moonlight, crossing the mountains and going west.

The three people on the second floor were deep in their own thoughts.

Stan thought of his beloved Knight so lost in the wind, and his heart was heavy.

Ginny wondered what kind of torture Hermione would put on her, and her soul trembled.

Harry, the most realistic thing he considers: Should I go and chat with Stephen for a while? I really don't want to follow in the footsteps of the Dementors… but… but… can't hold it anymore…

The three people each clenched their quilts, and groaned in pain…

The difficult night gradually passed away. When dawn appeared on the horizon, a small town appeared at the end of the road.

"Hey! Those two leaving for Otterpole or something! Get off!" Ernie's roar awakened the three people who had finally fallen asleep. Ginny sat sleepily on the bed, and it took a while to remember who she was and where she is now. She turned to look out the window.

So this is the long-awaited Ottery something. Hopefully, we can find Luna… Oh, there it is.

On a small hill on the edge of the village, a black house that looks like the castle in chess pointed straight to the sky, with a mighty imposing manner, towering like a bunker against the enemy. A large flag was hung on the roof, with two rows of squiggly small prints. Harry held down his glasses and read:

"Earth Defense Neuron Headquarters, the final front of the end of the world… it must be Luna's home… "

They packed up their luggage and walked down to the Knight who had been with each other for more than seven days. When they said goodbye, Harry asked aloud:

"Stan, Ernie, what are you gonna do?"

"Butt out, it's not the business of a kid who doesn't even have a beard!"

Ah, the same old Ernie.

Despite their stiff tone, they waved goodbye like friends.

Seeing the dust raised by the Knight that was slowly driving away, the two people on the side of the road looked forward to their next encounter.

Goodbye, Knight! Goodbye, Hermione's computer! Goodbye, dementors! Goodbye, heroic Stephen!

Although you owe me a computer, thank you!

Ginny and Harry set off to the castle on the hill with their luggage. Antibody's first team is about to meet up for victory!