Fawkes Makes a Dazzling Entrance, Dumbledore's Backup Plan?

The next day, Malfoy Manor.

Before dawn, a blaze suddenly flared up in the spacious, grand hall. Fawkes quietly flew out of the flames.

Without making a sound, he carefully gripped three wands from the floor in his claws, clasped the Sword of Gryffindor in his beak, and vanished in a burst of fire.

Fawkes felt aggrieved. In nearly a hundred years, this was the first time he had ever done something so sneaky and underhanded. It was beneath the dignity of a phoenix.

But Aaron had given him a dead order. Willing or not, he had to come.

When he reappeared, he was in the dungeon where Harry and the others were being held.

Seeing the phoenix beating his wings amid the bright flames, everyone was overcome with excitement. This was their hope of escape!

Ollivanders nearly burst into tears. He had been imprisoned for almost a year, and now his endless days of darkness were finally coming to an end.

Fawkes dropped the Sword of Gryffindor and the three wands, then landed steadily on the ground.

Harry and Ron hurriedly picked up the sword and their own wands. As for the white one, they silently agreed to give it to Luna.

"Protego, Salvio Hexia..." Ron cast protective spells on the cell door. "Activating a Portkey takes time. The wards can buy us as much of it as possible."

"That was exactly right," Luna praised. "Where is the Portkey?"

"Over there." Harry pointed at Fawkes. A silver-black key was tied to the phoenix's right leg with a thin string.

Harry immediately untied the silver-black key and let out a relieved breath.

The other five gathered around Harry without prompting, staring intently at the key in his hand.

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