He got straight to work.
Douglas paid no attention to Tom Riddle's frantic questioning in the Diary.
In his current state, Riddle had no way of escaping from the Diary anyway.
He sealed him inside the stone box again.
Then he put it into a specially made little bag...
He waited until the early hours, when rain suddenly began falling outside. Douglas felt that even the heavens were helping him.
He checked the Marauder's Map and saw that no one was moving around the Castle.
Then, avoiding the areas where the ghosts were active, Douglas found an open-air corridor facing the Forbidden Forest.
He used his Animagus transformation and flew straight toward the depths of the Forbidden Forest.
Carefully skirting the territories of several magical creatures, he reached a relatively open area.
After returning to human form, Douglas quickly cast a Water-and-Fire-Proof Charm on himself. (The Water-and-Fire-Proof Charm made its target waterproof, including protection against mist, and fireproof. It could be used on both people and objects.)
Then he took out the stone box.
The moment he opened it,
he heard an angry voice roar:
"You damned Mudblood, what exactly are you trying to do?!"
Douglas snapped his fingers, and a Lumos spell (Light of the Righteous Path) appeared out of thin air.
A tall, black-haired boy appeared, so indistinct that only his outline was barely visible. His lower body extended faintly from the Diary like the genie in Aladdin's lamp, as though he had exhausted all his magic just to create a phantom.
But before Douglas could get a proper look, the figure flickered twice beneath the Righteous Light Charm, then suddenly vanished.
An angry howl came from the Diary.
Douglas shrugged helplessly. I gave you a chance to make an appearance. Who knew you were this useless?
But