Chapter 181: Will it be Snape?

Harry narrowed his eyes and looked at the two silver-white Patronuses that were glowing brightly, watching the stag and doe in the night sky.

"Harry, I can't believe it!", Hermione whispered, "You summoned a Patronus that scared away all those Dementors! That's very, very advanced magic."

Harry didn't answer her; he looked at the silver doe.

Intuition told him that there must be some unclear and close relationship between this doe and his Patronus. If his patronus is like his father's, it's a stag, then this doe, it had to be.....

"No!" Hermione seemed to be aware of what Harry was thinking. She reached out her hand and tugged him gently. She murmured, "You've done well, we can only stay here now, we can't intervene again..."

Harry didn't seem to hear what she was saying as he suddenly turned around, shaking Hermione off and running towards the castle entrance, his heart pounding madly, he had to know who had summoned that Patronus.

If he and his father's patronus are both stags, then this doe may have been summoned by his mother.

Otherwise, it's impossible to be that coincidental.

Yes, the other one who summoned the Patronus must be his mother herself, she's not dead yet!

As soon as he thought of his mother, Harry gasped some more.

In the dark, narrow hallway, he ran down the stairs as fast as he could. He had to know who he was, he had to see his mother....

Then Harry stopped behind the huge curtain on the second floor.

He heard a voice from the hallway below. A few seconds before he hurried downstairs, out came all the teachers and students who had been dining in the Great Dining Hall. They were shocked to see what was happening in front of them.

Harry gasped and ducked behind the curtain sniffing around the second floor corridor. He saw Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick and Hagrid....

There were more than a dozen people, but not his mother.

Had she come out of the castle to save him? Harry stepped forward again to see clearly.

"What are you doing?" Hermione gasped and caught up with him. She dragged Harry back to the curtain and said angrily, "We have to go back, Harry, you'll be discovered."

"We can't go back, I have to know who conjured the Patronus" Harry resisted speaking his mind, "I have to know..."

"There are so many people out there, everyone has that chance!" Hermione looked carefully outside the curtain, then shook Harry's arm "Look, it's Snape, he's taking us back to the castle."

Snape summoned four hanging stretchers, the motionless bodies Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Sirius Black lay silently on the stretchers, and Black was bound by black ropes.

People inside the castle came to his aid, and Hermione dragged him back.

They returned silently to Professor Lupin's office on the third floor, and no one spoke.

Harry felt like his head was a mess. If his mother called the Patronus, where could she be right now?

Just outside the castle, Snape saved him, Hermione, Ron and Sirius. If he was there at that moment, would he have seen her?

At that moment, Harry suddenly remembered the Marauder's Map that had always been in his arms. He hurried to pull it out. He hated himself for not having thought of it sooner.

"I solemnly swear that my intentions are not good." He pulled out his wand, lightly touched the parchment and hurriedly looked down.

He saw that four people, Hermione, Ron, Sirius and himself, were in the second floor room. In fact, almost everyone in the castle was there. Harry's gaze hurriedly scanned the castle, but he did not see the figure of his mother.

"Don't think about that Patronus, Harry! It can't be your mother. It must be a professor who conjured the Patronus. And it turned out to be a doe." Hermione came too. "Think about it carefully. It was Snape who brought the four of us back; maybe he summoned that Patronus..."

"Snape?" Harry was stunned.

"Exactly, at the time, it was just him there." said Hermione.

"That's impossible, Snape's Patronus can't be a doe!" Harry shrugged stubbornly. He preferred to believe that Professor McGonagall summoned the Patronus, not Snape.

"Instead of the Patronus, you should worry more about Ivan and Sirius!" Hermione looked at her watch, saying nervously, "It's almost time. Why isn't Ivan back yet? Dumbledore closed the door to the infirmary room a while ago. There are still forty-five minutes left. We need to get back there before someone finds out we're missing."

Hearing Hermione's words, Harry's thoughts turned to Ivan and Sirius, if Ivan didn't capture Peter Pettigrew, then he had to find a way to save Sirius. They shouldn't let the Dementors suck his soul....

The dark office was quiet, Harry and Hermione were waiting.

They saw from the Marauder's Map that Professor McGonagall sent the three of them to the school infirmary, and Professor Flitwick locked Sirius at the top of the tower. As for Snape, he came out of the castle again, as if looking for something, Hagrid was with him.

Harry immediately became nervous, what were they looking for, could it be his mother?

They approached the Forbidden Forest. A few minutes later, Harry saw Ivan's name appear on the edge of the map, and then Snape went and sent him back to the castle.

Snape didn't come back out. He went to the top of the tower where Sirius was. He didn't know what they were doing. Before long, Dumbledore appeared in his office. He didn't stop and went straight to the infirmary.

"There's still fifteen minutes left, why isn't Ivan back yet?" Hermione said uncomfortably, staring at her watch.

Harry shook his head. His mind was full of unclear speculation.

If Ivan didn't catch Peter Pettigrew, they had to find a way to save Sirius, but Snape remained at the top of the tower.

With him there, they wouldn't stand a chance.

As time passed, Harry clenched his fists. He knew he had to try. Just as he was ready to act, he saw Ivan's name appearing on the edge of the map with Peter Pettigrew and Firenze the centaur.

Harry still remembered that he had met this centaur in the Forbidden Forest in his first year, and the latter had saved him from Voldemort's hands.

He didn't know why Ivan was with Firenze, nor did he have time to think about such things.

They immediately hurried downstairs.

Harry thought excitedly that as long as he grabbed Peter Pettigrew, he could prove Sirius was innocent.

He could move out of the Dursleys next summer and live with his godfather. That would be the best Christmas present he could ever get in his life.

Then she thought of the Silver Hind Patronus.

If it wasn't his mother, who would have summoned it?

Could it be Snape as Hermione had said?