Friday, July 28, 2006

第四章

第四章
保存的日記
海水在哈利四周用一種使人頭暈的高速旋轉,他完全無法看見裡面的任何東西,甚一條魚都不能,他唯一能看見的是高速旋轉水和喀浪的掃帚後端。哈利嘗試著不要碰到水,他想知道妙麗是否也能做到。他緊跟在喀浪後方,但是他身上的每一吋皮膚都希望能離開這個奇怪的隧道。喀浪越飛越快,好像知道哈利在想什麼似的。
「快一點﹗」喀浪高聲叫道。「沃們必須在快一點﹗並且小心那些水﹗」
「為什麼?」榮恩在哈利背後問。
「那麼快很危險耶!喀浪。」妙麗說。
「請試試,否則我們將陷入更大的危險。」喀浪說,一邊說一邊加速。哈利試著加速並維持在喀浪後方,他想知道下一刻將會發生什麼事。
「告訴我們為什麼﹗」榮恩用一副不滿的表情叫道,但是喀浪不回答他。在那之後榮恩馬上得到了答案。隧道的入口瞬間關閉,沃特斯直接沖進隧道裡。
「阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿阿! 」榮恩和妙麗叫道,他們加速到幾乎跌下來的高速,哈利也跟著立即加速。他們更迅速的往終點飛去,看見一扇刻有小字的銅門,但是沒有人有機會看清楚。哈利揮動他的魔杖打開門,他們全部被水推了進去
「噴噴障!」榮恩大叫,他的魔杖指著門口。透過榮恩的咒語,門被推回了原來的位置
「鎖鎖牢!」妙麗繼續施咒,在門關上之後,她的咒語立刻鎖住門。哈利給她讚美的微笑,並且從小池塘中站起來,他的長袍全濕了,他揮了揮他的魔杖,然後發出熱空氣弄乾他們的衣服。
「謝謝,哈利。」妙麗說。「我認為該出發了。」
「沒錯。」喀浪說,一邊騎上他的掃帚。
「你去哪兒?」榮恩問。
「那裡。」喀浪回答,用手指著屋頂,哈利和榮恩舉起頭看著屋頂,發現一扇刻有一些圖案的小木門。喀浪取出那個又舊又小的銀色鑰匙交給哈利,哈利拿著它飛到門邊。他把這把鑰匙推進鎖眼內,門緩慢地打開,好像有東西推它一樣。 哈利飛進去,感覺到房中的熱氣,其他人也跟著他走進來。
他們進去之後,門也正好自己關上。哈利和妙麗看著彼此,他們在對方眼中都看見了恐懼。他們到處看看房間,房間的中間一個巨大鮮紅的球,一片綠色像油一樣的液體圍繞著那顆球。除了那個他們進來的門外,這個房間並沒有出口。 除了球之外,也沒有什麼東西在房間裡。他們站在角落的一塊鋪路石板上,哈利正思索球是怎樣樣進來的。
「這十分簡單,不是嗎?」榮恩愉快的說,一邊輕拍他的掃帚。喀浪對著他微笑,那笑使榮恩感到困窘。
「我意思是-好吧!那總值得一試,不是嗎?」榮恩問,他看著所有的人,期望聽到一些贊同的聲音,但是得不到任何人的答覆。哈利來到榮恩前面,在懸崖上指著他的魔杖。
「紛紛綻! 」一聲巨響,岩石從懸崖上倒下。妙麗和喀浪嘉許地看著他。
「完美的施咒,哈利。」妙麗說。
「力量大到可以撞倒一些人。」喀浪接著說。哈利拿起一粒石頭,他把石頭丟向喀浪,又把另一個石頭扔進綠色的液體。石頭在一瞬間爆炸,爆炸的力量把哈利直直的撞倒門上。
「你還好吧,哈利?」妙麗擔心地問。
「我還好。」哈利說,他輕拍他長袍上的灰塵。「那些是什麼?」
「爆角怪的爆炸液,它非常非常稀有。我想知道卡卡夫是怎麼得到它的。」妙麗回答。「你在做什麼,喀浪? 」
「測試。」喀浪的回答很簡單,他把哈利丟來的石塊投向那顆球,球被燒成灰燼並掉在爆炸液中,然後再度爆炸,。
「如果我們乘坐掃帚,爆炸會發生在我們身上。」哈利對榮恩解釋。
「我們能做什麼清潔爆炸的液體,妙麗? 」
「書上沒有說,其實我並不知道。噢﹗我希望那海格在這裡,他一定會知道,」
「你可不可以讓我們想一下,妙麗?」榮恩說,他們開始提出一些瘋狂的想法,但他們知道這些想法不可能實現。咒語和魔藥一個接著一個的飛過哈利的腦海。妙麗取出她的怪獸書並打開它,開始尋找資料。喀浪坐在一塊大岩石上並陷入沈思。榮恩建議奇怪和瘋狂的想法,雖然他知道沒有一個有用。
突然,一個點子閃過哈利的腦海。他從口袋中取出一個橙色的袋子,取出爆炸卡和術士餅乾。然後,哈利又從袋中取出一面鏡子。
「弗雷! 喬治﹗你們在那裡嗎?」哈利對著鏡子高聲叫著,他的聲音吵醒了喀浪。
「哈利! 你太大聲了﹗」喬治回答他。「弗雷正在照顧那些客戶,到底發生了什麼事?」
「沒什麼事。你們需要爆角怪的爆炸液嗎?我們這裡有很多。」
「我不相信,它真的非常稀有,超過一公升就要三百金加隆。」喬治說。「不要對我說謊。」
「我沒有對你說謊,你能從鏡子看見它。」哈利說,他把鏡子放在爆炸液體的池塘附近。「看到了嗎?你怎樣能得到它?你不能透過現影到達這裡。」
「把鏡子丟進去。」喬治說。
「你發瘋了嗎?」問妙麗。「它會爆炸﹗」
「它不會爆炸。」喬治說。哈利努力相信他,他把鏡子扔進爆炸液體的池塘,並且向後走避。妙麗蓋住她的耳朵,榮恩也一樣。喀浪沒有移動,他只是抬頭看著。
爆炸液的池塘變得越來越小,哈利聽到弗雷在喬治的響亮歡呼聲變得越來越大聲。妙麗的嘴是完全打開的。喀浪站起來給哈利一個大的微笑,哈利也對他微笑,一邊看著池塘的爆炸液體完全消失。
「謝謝,哈利。價值超過兩千金加隆﹗」弗雷說。
「你也已經幫助我們。」哈利說。
「我早就告訴你,這個問題十分簡單。」榮恩說。

他們四個在那紅球附近踱步。哈利認為紅球適用火製造的,因為它實在很熱。 他們不能和它距離少於十米以內,這是他們能忍受最近的距離。
「極極冰! 」妙麗叫著,她用一層霜蓋住紅球,但是霜不久就被融化。妙麗試著一個個的咒語。哈利根本不要想看她,他知道這些咒語都沒有用,沒有一個有用。
「我們將要被融化﹗」榮恩大叫,看著妙麗的魔杖。「我們甚至不知道情況﹗」妙麗停止她的行動,並且再次取出她的書。哈利注視她,想知道她能查到什麼,但是他什麼都沒有說。
「它是什麼?」榮恩再次問。
「握覺得是食火者之石。」這次不是妙麗回答他,是喀浪說。「是在最深的岩漿裡的形成的一種石頭,拖的熱度能讓碰到拖的任何東西在一秒之內燃燒。」
「我找到它了﹗」妙麗驚奇的叫道,指著原始自然魔法材料中的一頁。「中國人利用它的熱度來提高龍噴火的熱度,它的熱不能穿過龍皮。就是它,哈利。它的熱不能穿過龍皮﹗」
「但是我們要怎麼樣才能找到四件龍皮製的長袍?」榮恩問。「我們又不那麼富有﹗」
「沃有一件。」 喀浪說,他從他的袋子裡拿出一件紅色弄皺的長袍。「卡卡夫把拖給我,他說沃有一天將需要拖。」
「它沒有任何幫助。」妙麗說「我們只有一件。」
「它會有。」
「現在不是辯論時間。我們只有一個機會,我們怎麼能放棄它?」榮恩說。大家驚訝的看了看他,都同意他的說法。哈利拿起喀浪的的長袍,並把它向上扔進空中。
長袍蓋住了那紅球,氣溫不久就降了下來。他們不再汗流滿面,哈利感到空氣在一瞬間冷卻。他的身體開始顫抖,他拉出他的魔杖並且揮了揮它,但是什麼都沒有發生。
「我們必須出去﹗」榮恩大叫,他的聲音顫抖並且難以理解。喀浪點頭,並走向紅球旁邊,他把手放在球上,不久就消失在一陣煙霧中。榮恩和妙麗跟隨他,留下哈利單獨在房間裡。哈利想知道喀浪怎樣知道那個方法,他相信這可能是正確的方法。哈利也跟著球前進,他抓住長袍並且在煙內消失。

哈利在一條奇怪的隧道裡,他的身體自動在隧道中飛行。紅色的圖案飛過他的眼睛,哈利被那種速度弄的頭暈。他閉上他的眼睛,努力使他自己相信它只是呼嚕粉。他緊緊抓住那件長袍,希望它不要飛走。他聽到一聲巨響,哈利掉進一個小房間,榮恩、喀浪和妙麗正站在他們的前面。
「我們在那裡?」哈利問,一邊到處看看房間,發現到處都是過期的報紙和舊羊皮紙。環形的天花板比他們都高,小火花圖案刻在上面,天花板下是四扇窗子,魚正在外面游來游去。壯麗的四根花崗岩支柱在窗子下,房間的中間是一個白色的大圓圈。在大圓圈的中間,一本書站在最高的地方。
「沃不知道。」喀浪回答。
「或許在卡卡夫的屋裡,也許吧。」妙麗說。「我們先到處看看,看看我們是否能發現任何有趣的東西。」榮恩與她走向那堆報紙,喀浪在隨便翻閱羊皮紙文稿,哈利在房間到處走走,搜尋是否有異常的任何事物。榮恩好像找到某些事情,他推一份報紙近妙麗並示意她看。妙麗看它並且被它嚇到了,哈利和喀浪也走向前看報紙的內容:
依果‧卡卡夫,一個食死人舊部的屍體在英國北部被一個麻瓜發現,屋頂上有一個巨大的黑魔標記。還好並有被其他人看到。一位魔法部的工作人員表示:「我很高興他死了,他-」
其餘的它被魔法燃燒掉了。
「我已經忘記路平在斜角巷和我們講他已經死了。」榮恩說,對喀浪怒目相視「你騙了我們。」但是喀浪在一瞬間哭出來並且打斷了他,妙麗輕拍他的肩,看了看哈利,尋求他的幫助。
「喀浪,他死的時候一點都不痛苦。當他死時,他沒有感到任何痛苦。」妙麗說,但是喀浪哭的更大聲。哈利知道他的感受,因此他從他的口袋中取出一個小小發亮的東西。
「看一下這個東西。」哈利說;,他把一面鏡子推向他,喀浪看著他。 「這是我的教父留給我的東西。」
「留給你?」喀浪問,臉上充滿著疑問。
「他死了。」哈利說,嘗試不要讓悲哀在他的臉上出現。
「抱歉。」喀浪說。
「不需要那麼說。」哈利說,仔細的看著鏡子「其實他並沒有離開我,不是嗎?」 喀浪最後微笑並且站起來。
「看起來像他也為我留下某些事情。」榮恩說,他走向高處去拿日記,但是他的臉上的微笑不久就消失,他無預警的摔倒。
「榮恩! 」哈利大叫,每個人都來到榮恩身邊。喀浪拾起日記,那時,榮恩張開他的眼睛。
「我死了嗎?」榮恩問「發生了什麼事?」
「阿哇坦喀坦拉! 」在他後面一個很大的聲音叫道。

Chapter four

CHAPTER FOUR
THE KEPT DIARY
Water began whirling around Harry in a high speed that almost made Harry thrown up. He couldn’t see anything out there, not even a fish. The only thing that he could see was the whirling water and the back of Krum’s broom. Harry tried not to touch the water. He wondered if Hermione could do that too. He kept of with Krum closely, as every inches of his skin hoped to leave this strange tunnel as quickly as possible. Krum went faster and faster, as though he knew what Harry was thinking about.
‘Hurry up!’ yelled Krum in a high voice. ‘Ve have to be quick! And vatch out the vater!’
‘Why?’ asked Ron behind Harry.
‘It’s too dangerous to go that fast, Krum.’ said Hermione.
‘Just try or ve will get vin big danger’ said Krum, kept accelerating. Harry speeded up to stay behind, wondering what will happen next.
‘Tell us why!’ yelled Ron with a dissatisfied expression, but Krum didn’t need to answer him. He got the answer soon after he asked that. The entrance of the tunnel suddenly closed. Water rushed straight into the tunnel.
‘Aaaaaaaaaaaaa!’ yelled Ron and Hermione. They accelerate to a high speed that almost crashed. Harry speeded up immediately. They flew more quickly and quickly to the end of it. There was a small copper door with some words on it, but no one has the chance to look clearly at it. Harry waved his wand to open the door, and all them were pushed into it by water.
‘Impedimenta!’ shouted Ron, pointing his wand at the door. The door was pushed back by Ron’s spell.
‘Lovaronock!’ added Hermione. Her spell locked the door right after the door closed. Harry gave her an approvable smile, and stood up from the little sink. His robe was all wet. He gave his wand a little wave and hot air emitted out and dried their clothes.
‘Thanks, Harry.’ said Hermione. ‘I think it’s time to go.’
‘Right.’ said Krum, and mounted on his broom.
‘Where are you going to?’ asked Ron.
‘Vhere.’ answered Krum, pointing at the roof. Harry and Ron raised their head to look at it. There was a small, wooden door with some pattern on it. Krum took out an old, silver, tiny key and handed it to Harry. Harry took it and flew up to the door. He pushed the key in the keyhole. The door opened itself slowly as though something is pushing it. Harry flew inside, and felt the hot heat of the room. The rest of them followed him in.
Just after they went inside, the door closed itself. Harry and Hermione looked at each other, both saw fearfulness in others eyes. They look around the room. A huge, bright red ball was in the middle of the room. Green, oil-like liquid surrounded the ball. There were no doors in the room, except the one they came in; nothing seemed that it could be got in, except the ball. Harry wondered how they could get in. They were standing on a flagstone on the corner.
‘It’s quite simple, isn’t it?’ said Ron happily, patting his broomstick. Krum smiled at him. It made Ron felt embarrassed.
‘I meant that- well, it still worth a try, doesn’t it?’ asked Ron, looking at all of them, hoping for some agreements, but got no reply from anyone. Harry walked pass Ron and pointed his wand at the cliff.
‘Diffindo!’
Rocks fell down from the cliff with a loud bang. Hermione and Krum looked at him admirably.
‘Perfect spell casing, Harry.’ said Hermione.
‘Strong enough to knock someone down.’ added Krum. Harry picked one of the stone and threw it to Krum, and threw another one into the green liquid. The stone exploded in a sudden and its force pushed Harry backwards to the door.
‘Are you all right, Harry?’ asked Hermione worriedly.
‘Fine.’ said Harry, patting the dust on his robe off. ‘What are those?’
‘Erupent’s exploding liquid. It is very, very rare. I wonder how Karkaroff got it.’ answered Hermione. ‘What are you doing, Krum?’
‘Testing.’ answered Krum simply, and threw the rock Harry gave to him to the red ball. The ball was brunt into ashes and fell into the exploding liquid, than it exploded.
‘That’s what would happen to us if we rode our broom.’ explained Harry to Ron. ‘What can we do to clean the exploding liquid, Hermione?’
‘I don’t really know, it isn’t said in some books. Oh! I wish that Higrid were here. He must have know-’
‘Can you let us think, Hermione?’ said Ron, and all of them started thinking of crazy ideas, and they knew perfectly well that none of them would work in his muttering. Spells and potions flew through Harry’s brain one after one. Hermione took out her copy of The Monster Book of Monsters and stroked in open, and started looking for information. Krum sat on a big rock and was in deeply thoughts. Ron was suggesting strange and crazy ideas, though he knew perfectly well that none of his idea would work.
Suddenly, something appeared in Harry’s mind. He took out an orange bag from his pocket, and took out things like exploding cards, wizard crackers. Finally, Harry took a mirror out of it.
‘Fred! George! Are you there?’ yelled Harry loudly at the mirror; his voice woke Krum up with a start.
‘Harry! Too loudly!’ yelled George back to him. ‘Fred is taking care of the customers. What’s going on?’
‘Nothing. Do you want some Erupent’s exploding liquid? I’ve got loads of them.’
‘I don’t believe you. It is too rare, over three hundred Galleons for a liter.’ said George. ‘Don’t lie to me.’
‘I’m not lying to you, you can see it from the mirror.’ said Harry, put the mirror near the pond of exploding liquid. ‘See it? How can you get it? You can’t get here by Appariting.’
‘Throw the mirror into it.’ said George.
‘Are you crazy?’ asked Hermione. ‘It will explode!’
‘It won’t.’ said George. Harry tried to believe him; he threw the mirror into the pond of exploding liquid, and step backwards. Hermione covered her ears and so did Ron. Krum didn’t move, he merely raised his head and looked at it.
The pond of exploding liquid were getting smaller and smaller as Harry heard Fred at George’s cheering got louder and louder. Hermione’s mouth was wide open. Krum stood up and gave Harry a big smile. Harry smiled back to him, and looked at the pond of exploding liquid until the finally disappeared.
‘Thanks, Harry. That is over two thousand Galleons!’ said Fred.
‘You’d helped us too.’ said Harry.
‘I’ve told you. It’s quite simple.’ said Ron.

Four of them walked near the red ball. Harry thought that the red ball was made by fire because of its heat. They couldn’t get closer then ten meters, it was the closest range they could stand.
‘Frenorious!’ yelled Hermione, and a layer of frost covered the ball, but it soon melted. Hermione tried one spell after one. Harry didn’t want to look at it. He knew well that they wouldn’t work, not even one.
‘We’re going to be melted!’ yelled Ron, looking at Hermione’s wand. ‘We don’t even know what it is!’ Hermione stopped her moves, and took out her books again. Harry stared at her, wondering what she could find out, but nothing came out her mouth.
‘What is it?’ asked Ron again.
‘Fironier’s stone. I doubt.’ but this wasn’t answered by Hermione. It’s Krum. ‘The stone which can only be formed in the deepest magma. Is can make almost anything that touched it burnt in a second by its heat.’
‘I found it!’ shouted Hermione in a surprise, point at a page in The Natural Source Material of Magic. ‘Eastern people let their dragon swallow it to enhance the heat of fire. Its heat can’t penetrate dragon’s skin. That’s it, Harry. Its heat can’t penetrate dragon’s skin!’
‘But how can we find four robes at hat made from dragon skin?’ asked Ron. ‘We are not that rich!’
‘I have one.’ said Krum, taking a red, creased robe out of his bag. ‘Karkaroff gave it to me. He said that I’ll need it some day.’
‘It won’t help.’ said Hermione. ‘We only got one.’
‘It may.’
‘It isn’t the time to argue. We’ve only got a chance. How can we give it up?’ asked Ron. Rest of them marveled at Ron’s words and nodded. Harry picked Krum’s robe up, and threw it up into the air.
The robe covered the red ball. The heat was soon decreased. Beads of perspirations stopped felling off their forehead. Than, Harry felt the air-cooled down in a sudden. His body started quivering. He pulled out his wand and gave it a wave, but nothing happened.
‘We have to get out!’ shouted Ron, his voice quivering and was hard to understand. Krum nodded and walked near the red ball. He put his hand on it, and soon disappeared in a smoke. Ron and Hermione followed him, left Harry alone in the room. Harry wondered how Krum knew that, but he knew that it might be the right way. Harry stepped forward to the ball. He grabbed to robe and disappeared in a smoke.

Harry was in a strange tunnel. His body was flying through the tunnel itself. Red illustrations flew through his eyes. Harry was giddied by the speed. He closed his eyes, tried to make himself believe that it is only floo powder. He grabbed the rode hardly, hoped it won’t flew away. With a loud bang, Harry fell into a small room. Ron, Krum and Hermione was standing in front of them.
‘Where we are?’ asked Harry, looking around the room. Overdue newspapers, old parchments are around. The round ceiling was high above them, little sparks were on it. Four windows were under the ceiling, fishes were swimming out of it. Four grand, granite pillars were under the windows. A large, white circle was in the middle of the room. In the middle of the circle, a stand with a book on it stood on top of it.
‘I don’t know.’ answered krum.
‘Maybe in KarKaroff’s dwelling, perhaps.’ said Hermione. ‘Let’s look around. See if we can find anything interesting.’ Ron walked to the pile of newspapers with her. Krum leafed through the parchments in high speed, and Harry walked around the room, searching if there were anything unusual. Ron seemed that he found something, he pushed a newspaper near Hermione, signified her to look at it. Hermione looked at it and was startled by it. Harry and Krum stepped forward and looked at it.
ANOTHER OLD DEATH EATER WAS KILLED BY VOLDEMORT
Igor Karkaroff, who used to be a death eater,’s body was found by a muggle at the west of England. A large dark mark was on the roof. Gladly, it wasn’t seen by anyone else. ‘I’m glad that he is dead’ said one worker in the ministry. ‘He-’
The rest of it was burnt by magic.
‘I’ve forgotten that Lupin told us that he is dead in Diaogn Alley.’ said Ron, glaring at krum. ‘You’ve lied to-’ but Krum cried out loudly and interrupted him. Hermione patted his shoulder, looking at Harry and asked for his help.
‘Krum, he didn’t die painfully. He did not feel any pain when he died.’ said Hermione, but Krum cried more loudly. Harry knew how he felt, so he took a little shiny thing out of his pocket.
‘Take a look at this.’ said Harry; he pushed a mirror to him. Krum stared at him. ‘This is the thing that my godfather left.’
‘Left?’ asked Krum with misunderstand on his face.
‘He is dead.’ said Harry, trying not to let sorrow appear on his face.
‘Sorry.’ said Krum.
‘There’s no need to say that.’ said Harry, looking at the mirror carefully. ‘He didn’t really left, did he?’ Krum smiled finally and stood up.
‘Looks like that he left me something too.’ said Ron. He walked to the stand and picked up the diary, but the smile on his face soon disappeared. He fell down without warning.
‘Ron!’ shouted Harry, as everyone ran to Ron’s side. Krum picked the diary up. Then, Ron opened his eyes.
‘Am I dead?’ asked Ron. ‘What happened?’‘Avada kedavra!’ shouted a voice behind him.