Harry Potter and the Secret Treasures Chapter 386

Bellatrix’s laughter echoed in the grim and terrible Azkaban .

“Of all the Death Eaters ever put on trial, Bellatrix is the only one who refused to plead guilty; she kept swearing that her master will come back . ” Dumbledore said . He frowned and looked at Bellatrix for a moment, nobody knowing what he was thinking .

“As I knew her, Bellatrix is a creature of ruthlessness and cruelty, and had no love to anything . ” Sirius said, “She’s just a replica of my mother, always rambling about family glory and pure blood . ”

Sirius did not look at Bellatrix anymore, and seemed determined to ignore her .

“Of course, that was in her school days,” he continued . “She became a Death Eater shortly after graduation, and it’s really surprising that she could still defend Voldemort so heartily, even in the High Court of Wizengamot . ”

There were signs that Bellatrix had ambiguous feelings for Voldemort .

Evan thought maliciously that there might be some kind of secret relationship between them .

Voldemort and his favorite female Death Eater… . the idea was as awkward as it was intriguing…

As they moved on, Sirius introduced to him some notorious Death Eaters and other Dark wizards . That weird voice never appeared again .  

Dumbledore did not find any anomalies, so it seemed to be just his own imagination .  

Evan breathed a sigh of relief and walked on for about twenty minutes . He couldn’t help asking, “Where is Peter Pettigrew?”

“In a special place, it is called the Throat of the Abyss, the core of Azkaban . ” Dumbledore explained, “Not all prisoners are eligible to be detained there . The Ministry of Magic probably thinks that Peter Pettigrew is the most vicious prisoner, so he’s put in a special custody . ”

Hearing his words, Sirius made a disdainful laugh . “He doesn’t deserve it!” he exclaimed .  

“He certainly doesn’t deserve it . He’s not that strong . He’s not as strong as Bellatrix . ” Dumbledore said calmly, “But there’s nothing wrong with keeping him in special custody, at least to prevent him from turning into a rat and running away . ”

They crossed the cell at the highest floor and began to descend down the narrow staircase on the other side .  

The revolving stone staircase stretched downward, seemingly to the deepest part of the earth, straight down to hell .

The floor was now made out of primitive rocks instead of bricks, and the temperature was getting lower and lower .

Evan could hear the sound of the sea, and the cave seemed to extend deep into it .

He could not remember how long he had been walking, and the fog was beginning to fill the surroundings again .

This fog was brought about by countless Dementors, hidden in checkpoints and narrow rock crevices along the way .

Dementors floated there quietly, and he didn’t know what they were waiting for .  

“The throat of the abyss, I’ve never been there before!” Sirius said, he looked as surprised as Evan . “I only know that Dementors are all from this place, and that’s where they came from . ”

Evan looked around and his unspoken sense of uneasiness grew stronger and stronger .  

His consciousness began to blur, and the scene in front of him was undergoing earth-shattering changes .  

But when he looked again, he found that nothing had happened, and that everything was his illusion .  

In the haze, Evan followed Dumbledore and Sirius to a deep hole in the earth with a glowing green light . The number on it was 7 .

This was the cell 7, where Peter Pettigrew was being held .  

He seemed to have lost a lot of weight, like a balloon that suddenly deflated, pale and trembling, curled up on an iron bed .

Peter’s small black eyes were dull, and there was no evidence that he was alive .

He lay there, unaware of anything around him .

As the light of Dumbledore’s Patronus shone on Peter Pettigrew giving him back consciousness from the influence of the Dementors, his first reaction was to cry .  

He cried like an ugly big child, and then realized what was going on .

He tried his best to stand for Dumbledore, Sirius and Evan . He knelt on the ground, and words of remorse were uttered by his mouth . Just like before, he was asking everyone for forgiveness, and hoping they could take him away from here .  

Evan knew that he was not really sincere . He was just afraid of the Dementors and Azkaban . Pettigrew feared that he would continue to be left alone and become a soulless monster .

Evan saw Sirius kick Peter Pettigrew away roughly . He rolled aside like a ball, and then he began to climb over back to him, kissing his robe and pleading bitterly .  

If he could hear what he was saying, Evan might have pity on him .

But the scene he was seeing now was completely different from reality . As Pettigrew begged, the green cave in front of him was collapsing .  

Evan found that something on him was shining, and he reached out and took the thing out . It was the red nameplate Dumbledore had just returned to him!

It seemed to be awakened somehow; the monster on the nameplate seemed to have suddenly come to life .  

He just heard strange words ringing in his mind and the changes happening in front of him were all the reasons for this nameplate . Evan felt his soul was coming out of his body .

It was as if the nameplate was a Portkey, opening the path before his soul to drift fast forward, and be taken to unknown realms .  

It was as if he was in a dream, were light was spinning, to be swallowed up by the sea .  With the light, the entire world seemed to be spinning .

Many Dementors and other hideous demons emerged from the depths of the earth . They all looked at Evan . The twisted, noisy old demons laughed, along with the little green-haired devils with bat wings .

Even the Dementors had all became excited .  

“Dementors are particularly sensitive to changes in the soul, and they become very excited whenever someone dies . ”

Evan remembered what Sirius had told him before . They were so excited . Was he going to die?!

He pulled out his wand to use the Patronus Charm .  

But before he could read the spell, he found that everything around him had disappeared . The surroundings were calm, and he stood in place gasping violently .  

Drawn by the nameplate, his soul has reached its destination .

It was still Peter Pettigrew’s cell, but there was nobody else but Evan .

Dumbledore, Sirius, Peter Pettigrew and the Dementors seemed to have never existed before .  

At the location where the original iron bed was, a deep pit suddenly appeared .  

It was a path going down . Although no one told Evan where it was heading, he suddenly understood that from now on it was the real Throat of the Abyss!

Chapter end