[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-chaos-and-order-a-multiverse-fanfic":3,"chapter-chaos-and-order-a-multiverse-fanfic-chaos-and-order-a-multiverse-fanfic-chapter-734":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1384263,1833,"Chapter 734: The Disastrous Journey to Hogwarts!","chaos-and-order-a-multiverse-fanfic-chapter-734",734,"\u003Cp>Crash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three trolleys hit the barrier leading to the Platform Nine and Three-Quarters at King’s Cross Station, London.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron’s trunk fell, taking Hedwig’s cage with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The owl screeched, catching all eyes and ears of the passing passengers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry vainly tried to take control of the bouncing trolleys but got squashed by them, his glasses slipping off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What in blazes d’you think you’re doing?!\" the guard asked, looking at the only boy who was still standing —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Arlen Black, 12-year-old, Hogwarts’ 2nd year Gryffindor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, sorry,\" Black apologized, giving hands to both Ron and Harry. \"We lost control of the trolleys.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black had been staying with Ron and Harry at the Burrow since they had met at the Diagon Alley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blacks weren’t rich, per wizards’ standards, as they were muggles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the Blacks were much richer by muggles’ standards, owning swaths of lands, mines, and businesses in Cunestune and surrounding villages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, when Black arrived at the Burrow, he brought with him months’ worth of supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mrs. Weasley, who had gained an unfavorable impression of Black because of his exchanging words with Gilderoy Lockhart, forgot everything instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the older witch, Mr. Weasley, Fred, George, Percy, and Ginny were all on the other side of the barrier, boarding Hogwarts Express.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boys looked at each other, stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry shooed Hedwig’s hooting, slipped on his glasses, and looked at Ron and Black. \"Why can’t we get through?!\" he hissed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron’s mouth opened slightly. \"I dunno — We’re going to miss the train. Why the gateway’s sealed itself —\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black walked forward and touched the barrier, pushing it in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a solid wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not normal, right?\" he commented, turning back. \"Someone wants us out of Hogwarts — \"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No way...\" Ron gasped. \"Why — \"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because I am famous.\" Black smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boys cursed, punching Black all over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oi, you three!\" someone called. \"Where are your parents?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and Ron pulled Black away from the curious people surrounding them before he could say something witty again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stopping far from the crowd, they looked at the giant clock with a pit in their stomachs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten seconds... nine seconds...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three seconds... two seconds ... one second ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Hogwarts Express was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if mom and dad can’t come back, either?\" Ron asked. \"Have you got any Muggle money?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black looked at Ron as if he had gone nuts. \"What’s that gonna do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron looked back at Black, thinking the same. \"I dunno why I asked that...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, Harry pulled out notes of Muggle money, too. \"Yes...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black and Ron’s mouth hung open. \"Where did you get money from?!\" they asked together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uh, oh!Harry hadn’t thought it through, already regretting the urge to take out money from his pockets for the first time to help someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, he had to tell them how did he get the money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You took money fromher?!\" Black asked, looking disgusted. \"When I was giving a bundle of cash to you, you made some bullshit reason.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bullshit?\" Harry threw back. \"I wanted to exchange with wizard money at a higher rate than Gringotts. You told me we weren’t smart enough to calculate rates...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black laughed. \"Yeah, that was funny...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And I didn’t take money from her...\" Harry explained, trying to salvage the situation. \"It was a birthday gift.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does that make any sense, Ron?\" Black asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron dutifully shook his head, playing along as if the boys hadn’t missed their train to School just a moment ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What you did do for her, Harry?\" Black asked, nudging him with the elbow. \"Come on. You can tell us. Did you... become her pet House-elf for a day?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron and Black hunched over, laughing their asses off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, when they were done with fun, the sinking feeling returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go wait by the car —\" Harry suggested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Car!\" Ron gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sinking feeling turned into excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few minutes, the three Gryffindors were already staring at the old Ford Anglia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After another few minutes, they were already in the air, London lying, smoky and glittering, below them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and Ron were in the front seats, with Ron driving the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind, Black was holding onto the trunks and Hedwig’s cage, sensing the car’s invisibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with apop, the car reappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What was that?!\" Harry asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron jabbed at the Invisible Booster. \"It’s gone...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To not let the muggles see the car, Ron took it above the clouds, before bringing it down after a while to see the train.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can see it!\" Harry yelled. \"Right ahead — there!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron caught a quick look at the Hogwarts Express slithering due north and pulled the car up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>London was soon far behind them, replaced by neat green fields that gave way in turn to wide, purplish moors, a great city alive with cars like multicolored ants, villages with tiny toy churches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several hours later, the boys came down one last time to check up on the train.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fun of traveling in a flying car had gone by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just too hot in here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had pulled off their sweaters, but their backs were still stuck to the shirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beads of sweat were dripping from their noses and their mouths were going dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sun had all but set, drenching the horizon in a pink hue. The Clouds had gained a grayer touch under the growing darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they caught sight of the train, their eyes also landed on a silhouette on the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, high on the cliff over the lake, stood the many turrets and towers of Hogwarts Castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boys looked at each other and let out sighs of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It happened then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car’s engine whined, and the whining grew louder and louder as the sky darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the car shook as if something had crashed into it from the sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact was so great, in fact, that the windows on the other side threw open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting right on their seats’ edges already, the impact also threw Harry and Black out of the car, their breaths leaving their lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"NO!!!\" Ron yelled, but he was already having a hard time keeping the car in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were on the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The castle was right ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two boys fell from hundreds of meters height, screaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overhead, with a loud clunk and wobble, the car’s engine went out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nooooooooooooo!\" Ron shouted again. He threw open the window, trying to get any sight of his friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car had begun nose-diving, though, slamming the window shut on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a graveness jolting his stomach, Ron suddenly remembered his Spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mecha Eye!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything became numbers and lines in Ron’s left eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow, magically, he knew what to do to make the car fly again... for enough time to land it on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he didn’t have the time to even attempt such a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stupid Mecha Eye!\" Ron cursed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He again remembered Harry and Black, his stomach tightening in knots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron took out his wand and slammed it on the dashboard and windshield to no effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"RON! TREE!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh? Who was that?!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron didn’t get even an instant to turn his head, though.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A great mass of darkness was standing in front of the crashing car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron swung the steering wheel, but the vehicle failed to budge and slammed right into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRUNCH!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now enchanted to protect the Castle from foreign wizards, the tree’s branches ripped the car into shreds, caring not for metal and flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>... but there was no flesh in the car. Not anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron felt a sunken feeling in his stomach and parted his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was hanging right above the tree along with Harry, both grabbed tightly by their shirts by Black who...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron couldn’t believe it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black was kicking repeatedly, keeping himself in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was wearing a new type of shoes, with different magical runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time he kicked, magical runes sparked around them, lighting the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as the monstrous tree devoured the entire car, loud cracks overwhelmed their ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom’s gonna kill me...\" Ron mumbled out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Aurors guarding the castle had arrived!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*****************\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>AN:60 more Chapters are available in advance [Use the link available on my Webnovel Profile].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With each Tier, you will get ALL Monthly Uploads of all my works, Side Stories, Backlog Chapters, along with unique Images, enriching your reading experience while simultaneously supporting the work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>100 Power Stones\u002Fday: +1 Bonus Chapter\u003C\u002Fp>",1419,"2026-06-05T22:33:11.061Z",1,"novelbin.me","992f08ba1cf1a3117dde5c565fb9246c328a6fbf2144888820b38d30595eebc9","chaos-and-order-a-multiverse-fanfic-chapter-690","chaos-and-order-a-multiverse-fanfic-chapter-689",1051,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fchaos-and-order-a-multiverse-fanfic-cover.jpg"]