Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

Overhead was a dark blue sky, the stars already shimmering.Some houses stood on both sides of the narrow alley, and only a few windows were still lit. Not far ahead, bright golden street lamps showed that there was the center of the village.

"Here we are, this is Godric's Hollow." A middle-aged man with a beard and a pot belly said, "This place is a lot different from before, but it's also natural. I haven't been back for many years."

Chapter 1733

"Where is my parents' house, Sirius." The man who spoke was also a middle-aged man with a square face and a little bald head.

"Outside the village, Harry, this is a Muggle block, we don't come here very often, James and Lily are buried in the graveyard behind the chapel. I'll show you there, they must be looking forward to this day."

"You have to be careful, you'd better put on an invisibility cloak." A dark-skinned middle-aged woman reminded, she was the wife of the bald middle-aged Muggle, thin and small, a bit like a mouse, "And you, how much Bi, you're human now, behave a little more normally."

"Dobby knows, Miss Granger, Dobby is just excited, it's unbelievable that Dobby has turned into a human, if other people see it, what will they say." A round-faced young man whispered, he His demeanor looked exactly like that of a house-elf.

The clothes on his body were also messed up, looking indescribably weird.

The trousers were turned over, and the shoes on the feet did not know when they were lost.

"Dobby really wants Master Aiwen to see what Dobby looks like now, but Dobby will never see him again. It's all Dobby's fault. In the manor of the former owner, Dobby shouldn't have left Ai Wen. Master Wen." The round-faced young man burst into tears.

He was crying so hard that he tried to bang his head against the wall.

"Stop, Dobby, this matter has nothing to do with you, it's because I was too impulsive, if I hadn't asked you to take me to Malfoy Manor alone to save Ron, nothing would happen later."

"No, it has nothing to do with Harry Potter, it's all Dobby's fault, it's Dobby..."

"Quiet, Ivan is not dead, he will come back." Hermione said impatiently.

Needless to say, the four people in the alley were Harry, Hermione, Sirius, and Dobby the house elf. Including Dobby, they all took Polyjuice Potion and turned into Muggles. Hair that Sirius had gotten from Muggles who had been shopping in the street before.

In order not to be discovered by Voldemort and his minions, taking polyjuice to change the body shape is a necessary measure.

Surprisingly, Polyjuice Potion works on house-elves.This was no surprise, although few people used it, but house-elves could use wizard's potions, and Dobby had used healing potions before.

That being the case, it was only natural that the compound decoction would take effect.

I have to admit that becoming a human really scared Dobby a lot.After getting used to it, he became very excited again, but Dobby was not at all human except in appearance.

The time went back to more than 20 minutes ago. After rescuing Ron, Sirius, Harry, and Hermione immediately decided to carry out the original plan and came to Godric's Hollow overnight.Without further ado, Hermione insisted on taking Dobby.She thought that since they were going to find a house-elf home, it would be necessary to take a house-elf with them, and maybe it would come in handy.

Choosing between Kreacher and Dobby, Dobby is obviously more suitable.

But truth be told, neither house-elf was quite normal.

Kreacher didn't need to say much, everyone knew about his situation.As for Dobby, since the Malfoy Manor incident, he has fallen into deep self-blame for killing Ivan, and often uses various tragic methods to punish himself.

If it wasn't for other people to stop him, he even planned to commit suicide to apologize.

This incident has little to do with him, but Dobby insists that he killed Ivan.

"That's enough, let's not stand here stupidly. If there are Death Eaters or dark wizards around, isn't this obvious waiting for them to find out?" Hermione said, not wanting to entangle Dobby about whether Ivan died, "Hurry up Let’s go, put on the cloak of invisibility, remember not to step on the soft soil, it will leave footprints.”

"No need for an invisibility cloak!" Harry shook his head and said, he didn't want to wear something on his body, and used magic to cover his footprints as he walked into the village. "It's okay, we have changed shape, and there is no one around."

"I don't think it matters. If anyone approaches, we will leave immediately." Sirius said, leaving the alley first and walking into the street, and several people followed.

They walked the deserted streets, passing more houses along the way.

According to Sirius, most of these houses are inhabited by Muggles.

Unlike Hogsmeade, a village of pure wizards, Godric's Hollow is a gathering place for half-wizards. There are many ancient wizard families here, such as the Wright family, the Peverell family, the Linfred family, and the Abbott family. family, the Longbottom family, and so on.

"Neville and his family also live in Godric's Hollow?" Harry asked in surprise.

"Yes, the Longbottom family has always lived in Godric's Hollow."

"I've never heard him say it," whispered Harry, remembering the prophecy again.

His and Neville's homes were once so close.They were both born in July, and their parents had similar experiences, which fit the requirements of the prophecy.

That night, between him and Neville, Voldemort chose him and marked him with his own hands.Harry thought more than once, what would have happened if Voldemort had chosen Neville?

"Godric's Hollow is the birthplace of Godric Gryffindor. Many wizard families related to Gryffindor College have lived here for generations. From ancient times to the present, the Longbottom family has been a part of Gryffindor College. Naturally, there is no exception." Sirius continued to explain, "The same is true for the Potter family."

"The Potters are descended from the Peverells," said Harry, trying to distract himself from the prophecy.

His Invisibility Cloak is one of the Three Hallows, left by the third child of the Peverell family.

"The Potter family seems to have originated from the Peverell family and the Linfred family in the twelfth century. I don't know much about this area. I only know this little bit. I heard it by chance. After all, no one in your family is like my parents. That way, keep talking about the noble lineage." Sirius said, "I think we're getting there."

At the end of the street, a small square appeared before their eyes.In the center of the square, there is a war monument-shaped building, standing there alone under the dim streetlights.Around the square are several shops, a post office, a bar, and a chapel.

Under the street lamps, across the square of stained glass radiated a jewel-like radiance.

"They're right behind that church." Sirius murmured, he never thought that he would come back that day.

He hadn't been here since the accident between James and Lily, but in the endless nightmare of Azkaban night, he had come back to this place countless times.

In the cold wind of the night, Sirius tightened his clothes tightly.Without knowing why, he suddenly dreaded seeing Jaime's grave.

Chapter 1734 Dumbledore's Black History

At this moment, Harry also felt a shudder.It wasn't just excitement, it was more like fear.He had dreamed countless times that he came back here, and now that it was really so close to his parents' grave, he didn't know whether he wanted to see it or not.

In the plan, the first stop of this trip to Godric's Hollow was to pay homage to Harry's parents, but when they really got here, neither Sirius nor Harry hesitated.

Hermione looked at the two and could understand the feeling.Both look forward to and fear!If Aiwen's grave is ahead, she is the same.

No, he might not be as good as the two of them, and he might collapse.

Ron has been rescued, and Ivan will be fine.After all, there are more important things waiting for him to do. The four founders of Hogwarts chose him. Those ancient wizards are so powerful, and they will definitely help Ivan tide over the difficulties at the most critical moment.

Now, no news means hope and possibility, Hermione has always comforted herself.

She sighed softly, knowing what she was about to do, and took Sirius and Harry's hand, leading the way for the first time, pulling them forward.The two cooperated very well, allowing him to pull, like children.

At such a time, everyone especially needed to keep each other warm and find comfort to tide over the difficulties together, but when they got to the middle of the square, Hermione stopped suddenly.

"Look!" She pointed to the monument.

It changed as they walked by.

Instead of an obelisk full of names, it became a statue of three people: a man with disheveled hair and glasses, a woman with long hair and a beautiful, kind face, and a woman sitting in her mother's arms baby boy.

These three statues are Harry's parents and Harry himself.Harry stepped closer, gazing into his parents' faces.

He never imagined that there would be a sculpture...

How strange to see myself carved in stone, a happy baby with no scars on her head...

Sirius took a deep breath, stared at James blankly, and seemed to want to say something, but in the end he said nothing.A group of people looked up silently under the statue, full of thoughts.

Countless dust is flying under the dim street lights, and a touch of sadness is everywhere.Maybe only Dobby didn't feel sad.

"Let's go!" Harry said softly after a long time.

The group headed for the church, and when they left, the statue turned into a war memorial again.

The doors of the church are closed, and a path leads to the cemetery behind.Indistinctly, many tombstones can be seen there.

With a slight flick of his wand, Sirius opened the church door, and they entered.

"They're somewhere in here," whispered Sirius.

The tip of his wand shimmered slightly, dispelling the darkness in the graveyard.

The four of them stood there for a while, looking at the tombstones, and then Harry suggested, "Let's search separately, so we can go faster."

There are thousands of tombstones here. They spread out and walked to the depths of the cemetery, while bending over to read the inscriptions on the ancient tombstones, and sometimes looked around in the darkness to make sure that there was no one else.

Tombstones bear the names of many ancient wizarding families.Among them, many are the names of famous wizards who appeared in the history of magic.In addition, there are many ordinary Muggles.

Hermione read them one by one, until he saw a name that was all too familiar.

"Come and see."

"is not it……"

"No, but you'll definitely be interested in this," said Hermione.

She pointed to the dark stele, on the moss-stained granite, engraved with Candra Dumbledore, with birth and death dates and her daughter Ariana underneath.There is also an adage: Where the treasure is, there is the heart.

"It's Dumbledore's mother and sister." Harry's heart shrank suddenly, and he remembered that not long ago, he was in Rita Skeeter's "The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore" book See things now.

At least part of it is true. For example, the Dumbledore family did live here, and some people died here, but seeing the grave with your own eyes is more sad than hearing it.

Harry couldn't help feeling ups and downs. Both he and Dumbledore had deep roots buried in this cemetery.Dumbledore should have told him this, but he never wanted to break the connection.

But this is of course, considering Rita Skeeter's description in that book, Dumbledore's family background, murderous father, and the squib sister who was kept at home by him until her humiliation Death, how could he have mentioned this to Harry.

If the thing about Dumbledore's mother and sister is true, what about the other things mentioned in the book?For example, Dumbledore wanted to rule Muggles by force.Rita calls it "dominion," which makes Harry uncomfortable.

In that book, there is a letter from Dumbledore to Grindelwald, which Rita got from Bathilda Bagshot. In the letter, Dumbledore once fantasized about overthrowing the "Secrecy Act" with Grindelwald. , establishing wizards' rule over Muggles.The more cruel fact is that Grindelwald later became a Dark Lord like Voldemort.

He specially built a prison called Nurmengard to detain those who opposed him.

On the door of that prison was engraved the words "For the Greater Good".It is said that this is the slogan proposed by Dumbledore.

If the story about Dumbledore's Squib sister was true, so was all of this, Harry thought exasperatedly, having done some research since seeing the man in Voldemort's mind.

Although Skeeter's narrative is exaggerated, the contents of the book seem to be true.

This was completely unacceptable to Harry, no wonder Dumbledore never told him about it.

See, their loved ones lie in the same cemetery, but to Dumbledore, it seemed like an unimportant coincidence, he never brought it up, as if it had nothing to do with what he wanted Harry and Irwin to do irrelevant.

Perhaps, Dumbledore never believed him?Or maybe Dumbledore was hiding that he wasn't who Harry thought he was at all.

Looking at the dark tombstone in front of him, Harry couldn't help thinking this way.

"Dumbledore loved his sister very much," said Sirius. "Where the treasure is, so is the heart. This is the inscription he chose, which means his heart is there."

It sounded more like a great sarcasm, and Harry thought he had something to say about it.

But in the end, he just said, "Let's keep looking."

He didn't want to discuss Dumbledore here, didn't want his thrills to be tainted with resentment.

Harry stopped after just a few steps, his body was so stiff that he couldn't control it.

Chapter 1735 James and Lily

Just two rows away from Candela and Ariana, like Dumbledore's tomb, a white marble tombstone appeared in front of Harry. He stared intently at the words on the tombstone, which seemed to be hidden in the darkness. shining.Harry didn't have to kneel down, or even come very close, to read the inscription.

詹姆·波特，生于1960年3月27日，卒于1981年10月31日。

莉莉·波特，生于1960年1月30日，卒于1981年10月31日。

The inscription below reads: The last enemy to destroy is death.

Harry read the words slowly, as if he had only one chance to grasp their meaning, and read the last line, "The last enemy to be destroyed is death... what does that mean?"

He didn't finish this sentence, because a terrible thought appeared in his mind.At that moment, he suddenly thought of Voldemort.

This seems to be his idea!

Why are you here?

"It's about your parents, Harry, who both died and lived."

"I don't know……"

"Death is an enemy that each of us must face and fight for life. To eliminate this enemy, the only way is to die, because after death, this enemy will no longer exist, but to truly face death, the last Few people are able to face the enemy calmly like James and Lily, and even take the initiative to accept it. They did this not only because of their extraordinary courage, but also because of you." Sirius said, "They would rather give up their lives to protect you , death could not defeat them. I never doubted that Jaime possessed such courage."

There was a bit of inaudible charm in Sirius' voice, it seemed to be approval, or appreciation, or some kind of regret.

Harry tried to think about the meaning of the words, of the words on the tombstone.

There is no doubt that this is also Dumbledore's handwriting... Compared with him, Harry's parents seem to be greater people.

Death is the last enemy.

James and Lily are alive because they lived beyond death.

They lost their lives, but they defeated Voldemort. No matter how you look at it, both of them are winners.Voldemort was afraid of death, he tried every means to escape from death, but because of this, he was a complete loser.

He wanted to escape death, but he lost to this enemy, even if he had such a strong power.

Harry knew that he should be proud and proud of his parents, but he couldn't help thinking that they were gone, empty words couldn't hide the reality, the rotting corpses of his parents lay under the dirt and stones, cold and untouched. perception.Tears welled up all at once, and Harry wept silently.

What's the point of wiping and covering up?

He let the tears flow freely, his lips were tightly closed, and he looked down at the soil under his feet.