Chapter 75 - 76
Evan ran back into his room at full speed, he made sure to remember to be careful with his Animagus form from now on, he must not let Hermione find out it was him or the only thing waiting for him would be death.
There was a noise coming from the room next door, Percy was looking for his head boy badge. He suspected that Ron had hidden it, When Evan went upstairs earlier, he saw that Fred and George took Percy's badge and changed it from head boy to bighead boy.
He rolled over and gazed at the dimly lit ceiling, his thoughts soon drifted further and further away.
The next morning, Evan awoke and went downstairs to eat breakfast, everyone else was already up. Mr. Weasley was there reading the Daily Prophet while frowning and Mrs. Weasley and Ginny were talking.
Evan walked up to his seat and heard Hermione talking to old Tom about the cat, he turned his head and acted like he knew nothing.
On his left was Ron angrily talking about Percy with Harry.
"The sooner we get on the train, the better! At least at Hogwarts, I don't have to be around Percy all the time," said Ron, "He was accusing me of dropping tea on a picture of his girlfriend, Penelope."
Harry tried to persuade Ron to calm down while Fred and George who sat opposite of them were delighted, they giggled and congratulated Ron for successfully making Percy angry.
The laughter of the two made Percy even more furious, he looked at them angrily, he then quickly ate his breakfast and took his belongings out of the bar.
Then there was chaos, everyone was rushing to the ministry's car. Evan saw Mr. Weasley call Harry to the corner and after a minute Harry came out with an ashen face.
Hermione was still looking for the black cat from last night, Evan hurried to help her with her luggage, Crookshanks was in a little wicker basket noisily meowing.
After hearing Crookshanks cry, Ron unconsciously held Scabbers tightly.
The journey to king's cross was safe, they arrived at the station twenty minutes early. The Ministry driver helped them find a trolley to push their luggage.
Everyone went through the wall of platform nine and three quarters, this is Evan's first time here, he was curious to see what it looked like. The platform was full of children, on the rack was an old-fashioned scarlet steam locomotive bowling smoke.
They went to the train, Mr. Weasley helped them load their luggage.
They said goodbye to the Weasley couple and Mrs. Weasley kissed every child goodbye, Mr. Weasley was still whispering to Harry.
Harry face looked confused and uneasy when the train started Harry whispered to Ron and Hermione, "I need to talk to you in private!"
"Go away, Ginny!" Said, Ron, while waving her away.
"Fine," said Ginny proudly while walking away, Evan froze for a moment and followed.
"Evan, you don't have to."
"You guys talk first, I have a few things to do, I'll be back soon."
Evan didn't pause for a second, he knows what Harry was going to say but he had his own plans. If he was going to be easy to solve this year's series of events, Peter Pettigrew is much easier to deal with than Tom.
He followed Ginny to a compartment near the end. Colin and Neville were sitting in it, the two of them went in and greeted them.
Colin excitedly told them about his summer vacation in the countryside, the Hogwarts Express steadily went forward, the scenery outside the window became more and more rustic but it also became darker.
Knowing that Evan was sitting here, people constantly came by and greeted him.
Most of them were readers of the Hogwarts' Magic newspaper. It didn't take long before Luna came over and stuffed a quibbler into Evan's hand, she told him it was the latest article about Snorlax.
Although Evan has repeatedly told Luna he isn't interested in Snorlax or anything like that, Luna still gives him each issue of the Quibbler.
The sky outside was getting darker, it was starting to rain, the windows were fogging.
The door was soon opened, in came three unwelcomed guests, Malfoy came in followed by his two minions Goyle and Crabbe.
As if they had just visited Harry's compartment, Malfoy said in a long slow tone, "Mudblood why aren't you sitting with Potter?"
"None of your business!" said Evan softly, Neville, Colin, and Ginny nervously raised their heads.
"Potter has abandoned you; he must have become fed up with you and your stupid newspaper." after Malfoy finished Crabbe and Goyle laughed.
"Go away, you are not welcome here!" shouted Ginny.
"Did you hear Ginny?" Evan pulled out his wand and narrowed his eyes and said, "Or do you want me to experiment with a few new spells."
"Pay attention to your tone mudblood or you...."
He was interrupted when Harry, Ron, and Hermione came.
"Fuck off, Malfoy!" shouted Ron when he came in, "We do not have time to listen to your nonsense."
Malfoy hesitated, he was now outnumbered, he involuntarily stepped back.
Just then the train abruptly stopped.
All the lights went out, they were thrown into utter darkness.
"Damn it, what happened?"
Evan heard Malfoy scream, there was constant movement of people outside.
"Lumos!" whispered Evan, a light appeared on the tip of his wand.
The compartment temperature dropped more and more, it dropped until it felt like the artic.
There was a strange noise outside, something was approaching. Malfoy, Goyle, and Crabbe hurried back into to the compartment.
The door slowly opened, Evan felt Hermione who was standing beside himself, hold his arm tightly, her body slightly trembled.
He patted Hermione on the shoulder, which gave the girl a little reassurance.
The door was completely opened, standing in the doorway, illuminated by the lighting charm of Evan was a creature cloaked in black and as tall as the ceiling.
His face was completely hidden under the hood, a hand stretched out from the cloak, the hand was grey, thin and filled with scabs, it was like something dead had rotted in water.
The creature under the cloak seemed to fell the gazes of the several people. The thing under the hood took a long slow breath, it was as if it was trying to suck something out of the air.
Several children in the compartment screamed, their voices seemed very depressing.
Evan tightened his grip on his wand, "Dementors!"
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They felt a chill, it was like all the happiness was sucked away.
Harry's face was pale, his expression was terrified, it was like he experienced the most horrific tragedy that has ever befell man.
Everyone froze, Harry fainted to the ground.
Ron hurried to his side.
Malfoy looked terrified; he didn't have a chance to laugh at Harry.
"Go away, we don't have what you seek!" said Evan while trembling.
Hearing his words made the dementors pause. A rotten smell filled the air as the dementors turned to leave. Evan breathed a sigh of relief.
In the next second a clicking sound filled the compartment, Colin had pulled out his camera and taken a picture.
The act seemed to have annoyed the dementors, it jerked forward.
"Expecto Patronum" shouted Evan, he had studied the spell during his summer vacation for this unavoidable incident, Evan tried to think of the happiest thing he could think of, A thin wisp of silver shot out from his wand and hovered like mist before him.
His spell soon attracted another dementor, Evan could feel his spell failing, he can't hold on much longer, behind him where nine people that looked like they were about to faint.
The barrier was becoming smaller and smaller, Evan stepped back.
He was panting violently; his wand hand was shaking.
As the two dementors came closer, he could feel all the happiness fade.
Evan felt that his courage and hope were also fading, leaving only despair.
Evan tightly gripped his wand, Evan had reached his limit, the silver barrier was full of cracks, it was constantly breaking and reforming. The light was becoming dimmer, just when he thought it was all over, a hand suddenly helped him hold onto his wand.
It was Hermione, her hand was cold to the touch.
In the dark, Hermione courageously stood beside Evan, the two people supported the light in the dark.
Hermione might be cold but she sparked a fire within Evan, his despair was burned away, only courage remained.
The light from his wand grew stronger and stronger, the shield became wider. His Patronus was beginning to take form, the animal looked familiar, the animal seemed familiar, Evan's eyes widened, "this...."
In the next second, he saw a silver wolf knock the dementors down, it then disappeared without a trace.
The lights were soon restored, and then a strange middle-aged man came in wearing an extremely shabby robe with patches in several places. He looked very sickly and tired; his light brown hair was mingled with white.
"He is Professor Lupin, he was sleeping in the compartment we were in." whispered Hermione, "What were those creatures and what was the spell that you used? Why did I see….."
"It was the Patronus Charm!"
Before Evan could answer he heard Lupin, Lupin took out a large chunk of chocolate from his bosom and divided it into small pieces.
Evan ate a little, he felt a warm sensation feel his body. He saw the other people scramble to wake Harry; Harry slowly opened his eyes.
"Harry, are you okay?" asked Ron nervously.
"I'm okay!" Harry looked at the door and saw the dementors had gone, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Where did those creatures go? And who was screaming just now?"
"Those creatures were warded off by Evan and no one was screaming."
"But I heard screams and saw a green light…" said Harry as he shook his head stubbornly.
"Harry, I think you should rest!"
Lupin looked worried, he handed a particularly large piece of chocolate to Harry, "Here you go, eat it, It's good for you."
"Professor, what were those things?" Harry didn't eat his chocolate, he just looked at Lupin.
"They are Dementors from Azkaban!" Lupin crumpled the empty chocolate wrapper and put it in his pocket, "The fact is this little guy has done an excellent job before I got here. You need to eat the chocolate now; I need to go talk to the driver!"
Evan saw Lupin exit the compartment and disappear down the hallway.
By the time he turned his head back, everyone was staring at him, even Malfoy, Goyle, and Crabbe.
"Don't look at me like that, professor Lupin already told you they are Dementors, they are the guards of Azkaban."
"Dementors, Azkaban!" said Harry, Harry raised his head awkwardly, "Did anyone faint besides me?"
"No!" Ron looked at Harry anxiously.
Although everyone was afraid, no one fainted which made Harry face a little pale. He didn't understand why he felt so weak.
Harry began to feel a little embarrassed.
"Evan, what did you do to ward off the dementors, how come I saw…" whispered Hermione.
"Well, well, it was the..."
"Wait a minute Evan!" Ron hurried and stopped Evan, he turned his head and looked at Malfoy and the others, "I don't think it is appropriate for Slytherin students to hear about such a good spell."
"That is ridiculous, Weasley, do you think I would listen to a mud blood's nonsense." Malfoy gaze slowly crossed a few faces before it finally fell on Harry, when it did it glowed with malice, "Be careful, Potter and stop acting like a dazed child."
"You weren't any better when the dementors came in, you started trembling." Said Ron.
"Hum but at least I didn't faint!" muttered Malfoy, they left the compartment with their chocolate.
"Well go on Evan!"
After Malfoy's departure, the atmosphere was much lighter.
"There isn't really a reason to keep this magic a secret, I just used the Patronus Charm. It is very unpopular but it is also very advanced magic, it can be used to resist the dementors. This was the first time I used is so it wasn't very powerful and I couldn't fully form the guardian. If you want to learn it, I can teach it to you, in fact, I'm going to put the instruction on how to use it in the newspaper so no one has to be afraid of the dementors."
Evan had just finished when he suddenly thought of what kind of Guardian was forming, it seemed to...….
He shook his head, it must have been an illusion, "How can it be something like that."
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