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Chapter 56 - The Culprit

In Transfiguration exam, it's just some theory questions and calculations. Though in practical exam, McGonagall asked them to convert a button into a beetle. It doesn't matter if you make it move or not. Just turning the button into a bettle and it needs to stay like that for a couple of minutes. Damian did it and also made the beetle move like it's a live one.

Charms exam is about spell casting and theory, and it's practical test is about making a pear dance around on the table. Damian did it effortlessly. As for Herbology, it's basically about some herbs and gardening, astrology is the easiest one, just need to remember the names few constellations and identify them. History of Magic is also easy. Flying class, is also easy.

DADA is a bit of lagging. Damian has a headache about this smelly professor and his garlic obsession. Potions exams itself, proved to be a little bit of trouble. Especially when Damian brought many headaches to Snape. Snape asked him many questions trying to find a fault and then checked his brew, he grudgingly nodded at Damian.

As the potions exams is over, Damian also received a letter that Aberforth returned. Damian's mouth twitched, he left during Christmas and coming back now. It's been like 6 months since the old man left. Just as he is sending the reply, the trio arrived.

" Damian we need your help ", Harry said while taking breaths from all the running.

" The philosopher's stone is in danger ", Hermione said.

" We need to stop Snape from getting it ", Ron said.

" But we need you, you can duel someone. We need you to stop Snape ", Harry said.

" Oh! Wait, What? ", Damian felt his ears are not working properly, did they say he needs to duel snape.

Harry said," there isn't much time. Snape is going to snatch the stone today. We need to prevent that, or the dark Lord will use it's power to come back ".

Damian : [....]

Damian spoke after few seconds," so let me get this straight, the philosopher's stone is in Hogwarts, and it's guarded by the dog we saw that day, and Snape is trying to snatch it, and you need me to come with you to defend the stone? ".

The trio nodded. Damian thought,' bro, are you dumb or what? I may have beaten students, but professors are different things. Moreover, Snape is the culprit? ', Damian felt several doubts, the figure he saw in the forest disappeared before he can use Eye of truth. The fear made him forget he can use it at that time.

And Snape can't be that guy? He endured Snape's pressure several times, it's not that exaggerated as the one in forbidden forest. Damian agreed nonetheless. Because he can't just leave these guys to their deaths. Sure he can refuse but if it's that guy from the forest then their deaths are surely noted as today.

Damian arrived at the Griffyndor common room entrance at the time they promised to meet. Damian few minutes before he saw the entrance open and no one walked out, or seem like that. The trio took off their invisbility cloak. Damian used the eye of truth on the cloak.

[ Item : Cloak of Invisibility ]

[ Condition : Excellent ]

[ Grade : Legendary ]

[ Enchantments : Invisibility, ????, ????, ???? ]

[ Description : The legendary invisiblity cloak from the deathly hallows. ?????????? ]

Damian looked very surprised. His eye of truth upgraded but it can't view the information on this item. Deathly hallows, Damian's expression changed as soon as he heard that. Aberforth told him about the obsession Grindelwald and Albus Dumbledore got during their youth.

And this is one of the three deathly hallows. But how did Harry had this cloak. Damian asked," that's wicked. How did you get something like that? ", Harry said," this belongs to my father, some sent it back as Christmas with a note saying he is returning that. But I don't know who ".

Damian sighed, who else can it be other than Albus Dumbledore himself. With the headmaster's obsession with deathly hallows, he may have borrowed it for research from Harry's father, and he returned it to Harry? Hmm, something else doesn't add up here.

Damian felt something important is missing in his assumption. As he is thinking, Harry said," we don't have time. Let's go, or snape will snatch the stone ", Damian nodded. Then Harry said," it might be a little bit cramped in the cloak. But we have to squeeze in somehow. We don't want to be discovered by the professors again ".

Damian said," no need. I have my own spell for that", he then cast a spell and turned invisible, making the trio dumbfounded then and there. Then he spoke while being invisible," shall we go? ", the trio nodded and they all arrived at the third floor corridor after avoiding Filch's cat.

As they entered the room the three headed dog was in, they saw the harp, Harry said," we're late. Snape's already here ", they slowly moved the paw while discussing the plan," I'm gonna go first and give a signal, then Damian you'll jump too. If something happens, find yourselves a way out ".

Damian said," okay then, time to jump, the dog is going to awaken ", the three headed dog awakened just then, Damian cast a Knockback jinx and sent to sliding across the wall before pushing the trio and then he also jumped. He cast levitation charm on them of course despite knowing there is a devil's snare there.

As they floated the trio realised there is something above the ground. A devil's snare, Damian cast fire spell making the devil snare give them a way. Then he took off the levitation charm on them. Harry said while exhaling," let's go. We need to stop Snape ".

Damian who knew the next levels. Harry grabbed the key, Damian fend off the trolls and finally the chess. Damian wanted to smash them all away but Ron told him not to and played the game before getting injured. Damian applied some healing spells and his healing skill before telling Hermione,' look after him Granger. If possible inform the professors. We'll be on our way to face the thief and prevent the stone from falling into dakr lord's hands ".

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