[{"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-977":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},1384167,1833,"Chapter 977: Black’s Shock - A Brilliant Use of Time Turners!","chaos-and-order-a-multiverse-fanfic-chapter-977",977,"\u003Cp>50% Discount, offering 60 Chapters in advance, is still active\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>********************\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Led by Professor McGonagall, Black and Hermione entered the Great Hall with their pets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a sea of pointed black hats; each of the long House tables was lined with students, their faces glimmering in the light of thousands of candles floating over the tables in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Flitwick, who was a tiny little wizard with a shock of white hair, was carrying an ancient hat and a three-legged stool out of the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh...\" Hermione scowled. \"We missed the Sorting Ceremony.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And?\" Black retorted. \"You were hoping to hoodwink someone to join Slytherin, instead of Gryffindor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor McGonagall’s lips twitched, but she found it beneath her to indulge in children’s arguments and continued to march forward between the tables, joining her colleagues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far behind her, where the long tables began, Hermione stared at Black with the same disbelieving, judging eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How dense can you be?!\" she hissed. \"Astoria will be starting her first year. I needed to witness...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black raised his hand between them, making Hermione stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, slowly, he pointed a finger in Gryffindor’s direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione frowned, involuntarily following his finger, and saw... Astoria Greengrass in the red and gold of Gryffindor, with Ginny next to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No....\" Hermione gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black smirked and almost patted the shocked girl’s shoulder before Crookshanks hissed at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with a wide smile and a great scowl on their faces, they parted, each heading toward their House table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black reached for the seat Draco had saved for him and sat down between him and Harry, Ron seated on Harry’s other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Black, the big black dog, also quietly hunched on its legs next to the boys, many students casually patting its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What was all that about?\" Draco asked Black, as Harry and Ron leaned toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black briefly told them about McGonagall refusing to help Hermione with extra courses by not giving her a Time Turner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s a Time Turner?\" Ron asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry shared a puzzled look, having no idea what this item was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Draco’s eyes widened the moment he heard those two words. \"Wow...\" he gasped. \"I heard Darcie asked father to sign a form to have one, too. It’s a device that lets you go back in time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\" Harry, Ron, and Black gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Ministry had such a thing, then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"... It’s too dangerous, I heard,\" Draco added hurriedly. \"You need to follow lots of rules and such. I don’t know why they haven’t used it against the Dark Alliance, even after Dumbledore took over the Ministry. But... if he hasn’t, then there must be a good reason...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and Ron had their mouths open in astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt just too shocking to hear about a device that would let one go back in time. Still, after hearing Draco, and the more they thought about it, the shock faded, getting replaced by a phantom feeling of dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps, they don’t want something like that to fall into a dark wizard’s hands,\" Harry remarked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps...\" Draco shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speaking of Dumbledore,\" Black said. \"Listen to this...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he told them about how the Headmaster had directed McGonagall to free up a part of his schedule this semester.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ancient Magical Script?\" Harry guessed under his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"McGonagall didn’t say it outright,\" Black nodded. \"Maybe she didn’t know herself. But, yeah. That could be it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four Gryffindor boys were about to discuss more when, suddenly, the entire Great Hall quietened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No teacher cast any Spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, all whispers just died, like the receding of a tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hair on the back of Black’s neck stood up, his head snapping toward the raised platform where the teachers’ table was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wizard had appeared there, small black tongues of fire curling around him as they faded away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked middle-aged, but toward the younger side. He was wearing black robes with a touch of red and gray here and there. His long black beard not only lacked any gray, but it also looked much fuller.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in his hands, he wielded a Wand, merely looking at it drying all lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the actual fuck?!Black thought, disbelieving the sight.You’ve got to be fucking kidding me!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hadn’t even been weeks since Dumbledore had appeared in America, making an Unbreakable Vow with someone hethoughtwas Lord Yellow Warlock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai had been observing the developments through the Echoes implanted in Meg’s mind at that time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the moment Black saw Lord Black Phoenix coming to a stop behind the owl-lectern, he could instantly tell that this man wasmuchyounger than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that very observation felt outright impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dumbledore’s youthfulness was not only a mark of his growing strength, but also a mark of his resurrection after being killed by his worst enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai had already confirmed that when the Half-Deep One had manipulated him to kill Dumbledore once in America.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Now you know where and how the Time Turners are being put to use...] Timeline’s sigh brushed past Black’s ears, like wind. [... And who used them...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s...The Ad Infinitum and Lucky Intuitions confirmed.... going back in time to die under my hands by replacing himself before he had arrived to help Ilvermorny’s headmistress... again and again...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the observation itself wasn’t the crucial question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was—had Lord Black Phoenix planned all this even then?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was—was there any limit to how many times Dumbledore could do this?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was—if Dumbledore had been doing this for a while now, then why hadn’t the Timeline warned him?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Don’t worry...] Timeline added. [... It’s already over. He can’t do this anymore.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bitch!Black cursed, sensing the Timeline vanishing, his fingers curling into fists.He’s already almost as strong as a 12th Floor Contestant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Lord Black Phoenix smiled at the children, his black eyes hiding the Despair miles within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome!\" said Dumbledore, the candlelight shimmering on his beard. \"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts! I have a few things to share with you all, and as one of them is very serious, I think...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"... it’s best to get it out of the way before you become befuddled by our excellent feast.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>****************\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>AN:Up to 60 more Chapters are available in advance across three Tiers. 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