days at Hogwarts

Chapter 81 The transition between old and new

No one can comment on what Dumbledore did.

Albusford runs the Hog's Head Bar, and the two brothers are strangers.Grindelwald was imprisoned in Nurmengard, and the two may never see each other again in this life.

Fate has never favored Dumbledore, whether it is family or love.

Even if life is in the boundless darkness, he also emits the light of fire from it.

Dumbledore was silent on the sofa, he looked at Loren, and seemed to look somewhere through Loren.

Loren didn't say anything, he went back to the bedroom lightly, closed the door, leaving Dumbledore alone in his memory.

The next day, Dumbledore ate and talked with Loren as usual.Unlike usual, Dumbledore no longer blinked mischievously, he acted simply and spelled neatly.Not at all like an old headmaster.

Loren didn't like such a mature and stable Dumbledore.

The two lived in Albania for a few days. During the day, Dumbledore took Loren to search for clues related to the prophecy.At night, they watched the enchanted light flickering in the forest from the window.

Loren already knew that this small country was bordered by Serbia and Yugoslavia in the north, adjacent to Greece, and Italy on the other side of the strait.Compared with these two countries, Albania is more like a backward village, without any trace of modernization.

12 month 31 day.

The wind blowing down from Albania's highest peak, Mount Jezertsa, is still cold, and wizards with various purposes still linger here in the approaching days of the New Year.

Dumbledore took Loren to the shore of Lake Ohrid to wait early in the morning. In a few days, they printed their footprints in every corner of the forest and found nothing.

As the prophecy said, it is necessary to wait for an opportunity, when the old and the new alternate.

Looking at the calm lake, Loren cast his eyes on Dumbledore from time to time.

He still trusted Dumbledore, and he knew that this centuries-old, ill-fated wizard would always be Hogwarts' backing.

Loren could feel that Dumbledore still cared about him.

The conversation that day seemed like it never happened, but there was a pathetic barrier between them.

The sun rises from the bottom of the lake and sets again.

The moment the sun sank to the bottom of the lake, Loren turned his head and looked behind him.

In Loren's vision, in the forest, the mighty blue light beams are like a flowing galaxy, connecting the starry sky and the earth.

He'd seen that blue light from Ravenclaw's diadem the first time he entered the Room of Requirement.

"What did you see?" Dumbledore noticed Loren's movements.

Loren pointed to the source of the blue light, "There."

Dumbledore took Loren and disappeared in place. After a few moves, the two landed in front of a tree.

The thick old tree also has luxuriant branches and leaves in winter, and the ice and snow can hardly cover its body, and a dark hole in the trunk is exposed outside.

After approaching, the blue river of light was even brighter in Loren's eyes, but it was not dazzling at all. "There is something shining in the cave."

Dumbledore tapped the trunk lightly, and there was a hollow echo from within.

This is a hollow tree, the inside has become hollow for some unknown reason, but it is still tenaciously alive.

With a wave of his hand, the Transfiguration effected on the tree, and the hole expanded downward, revealing the scene inside.

Inside was a boa constrictor hibernating, twelve feet long, red and yellow, with webbed lines on its back and a blue gem resting on its head.

The moment Loren's eyes touched the sapphire, the river of light connecting the starry sky and the earth gradually converged.

"Principal Dumbledore." Loren's legs were a little weak. Anyone who got so close to the python for the first time would have weak legs. This is written in the genes.

"You are Gryffindor."

Dumbledore's voice was soothing, and he didn't mean to be nervous at all. His hand was on Loren's shoulder, which made Loren feel relieved.

"There is a scarlet light on this snake." Loren guessed that it might also be an Animagus.

Dumbledore obviously understood what Loren was thinking, and waved the elder wand.

"【Revealed in original form】"

The curse was shot at the sleeping boa constrictor, and was bounced off by the thick scales.

Animagus-morphed animals don't have any magical abilities, let alone deflect spells.

Besides, it was Dumbledore's spell, and it was the elder wand's spell.

Dumbledore looked at this scene, his expression darkened, his voice was a little hoarse, "It cannot be restored, this is not an Animagus, it is a blood-cursed orc."

He told Loren about the blood-cursed orcs, who are cursed people who can control themselves to transform between humans and animals at first, but over time, they will lose control and be trapped in animal bodies forever. Guilty, forget all memories of being human, and become a real animal.

Loren suddenly understood the meaning of a desperate soul, which transcended the distance between life and death.

Death row inmates will gradually go mad as their sentence approaches, and the blood curse is another vicious death penalty.They gradually dissipated as part of the human being, and every remaining human part was full of despair, reason, memory, and emotion before completely dissipating.

The sleeping boa constrictor was awakened by the curse and the sound of talking. The eyelids on the thick and ferocious snake's head blinked, revealing pure black eyes instead of the vertical pupils of a boa constrictor.

Such a scene was a bit weird, and Loren felt that it was a bit like a girl awakening from a deep sleep.

Nagini opened his eyes and saw the appearance of young Dumbledore, and the boa constrictor burst into tears.

She had been wandering in the forest for an unknown amount of time, and she dared not face anyone with this appearance. She turned her back on all her friends and came here to find an undisturbed cemetery for herself.

Few people come to this forest, it is deserted, it is very suitable for hiding, and no one she knows will come.

A woman named Nagini will die here alone, losing her human existence and becoming a snake named Nagini forever.

No memory, no emotion, no reason.Some will only be bloodthirsty instincts.

Until touching the blue gemstone in the tree hole, she wakes up from the darkness, but after waking up, there is endless pain, and she will be a snake forever, living in pain like this.

A boa constrictor in the forest does not know the age, but only knows that the sun rises and sets, and there are countless suns.The snow melted after it fell, and she had already slept dozens of times.

She had been to Hogwarts and watched Dumbledore from a distance.

Dumbledore also noticed this tear, and he had a strange feeling in his heart, and the man and the snake looked at each other like this.

"do we know each other?"

The boa constrictor couldn't speak, and another teardrop fell off its scales.

"It seems to be sane, can we save her?"

Loren's words were not out of desire for refining the Philosopher's Stone, but out of pity.He thought of the python next to Voldemort, Nagini.

Loren, who had only watched the series of movies, didn't know there was such a story about a boa constrictor. At this time, the boa constrictor didn't have black energy on her body, and she hadn't been made into a Horcrux yet.

What kind of villain could a tearful boa constrictor be? If it knew that it would become a bloodthirsty beast that loved to eat human corpses, and was finally beheaded by Neville with a sword, what would it think now.

Dumbledore recalled Nicolas May's words, Trelawney's prophecy in his mind.

Nicolas Flamel: "Redemption of a Desperate Soul."

Trelawney: "...the man in blue and black...the wave..."

"It's you, Loren, who can save her." He stared at the little wizard's blue eyes, which were so immature and full of life.

He has been looking down on the magic world for more than 100 years, how could he not know the evil of wizards, and the conflicts come from this deformed social form.The ambition of pure blood, the greed of goblins, the humbleness of elves, the different ways of other races, the rise of muggles.

He and Gellert used to have the same thoughts, so they couldn't see the problem.

It's just that he's old, and the shackles can be put on him, but they shouldn't be put on them, whether it's Loren or Harry.

How could Dumbledore have said those words to such a child, Dumbledore asked himself?

I will drink less butter beer in the future, as I get older and cannot be the same as before.He answered in his heart.

Loren was still thinking about what he said just now, he stared at Dumbledore, do you want to listen to what you are saying, you can't help but let me, a first-year little wizard, come?

You really think highly of me.

He didn't mention too much about the prophecy, nor did he pay attention to Loren's rich expression.Dumbledore looked at the sapphire on Nagini's pillow, "Do you know what that is?"

Loren came back to his senses and said that he had seen Ravenclaw's diadem in the Room of Requirement, "There was a layer of black air on it, and it didn't look normal. I didn't touch the diadem."

"The light on this jewel is as bright as that of the diadem, and brighter than that of the diadem."

Dumbledore remembered the day Voldemort had returned to Hogwarts to seek a job, and he thought he finally understood why Tom had come back—to hide the Horcruxes made from Ravenclaw's diadem.

With the answer to the riddle, Dumbledore smiled, "Do you know the most famous sentence of Ms. Ravenclaw?"

"Extraordinary wisdom is the most precious wealth of human beings."

"I think Voldemort found the Ravenclaw diadem here, but left his wisdom here."

Dumbledore looked at Nagini, "And you have kept the most precious treasure."

Miss Helena stole Ravenclaw's crown and hid it in a hollow tree in Albania. She was finally killed by the bloody Baron and returned to Hogwarts to become Ravenclaw's ghost Ms. Gray.

The eloquent Tom tricked Ms. Gray into the location of the diadem, made the diadem into a Horcrux, and hid the diadem in the Room of Requirement on the night of returning to Hogwarts to apply for a job.

In fact, long before Voldemort, Nagini got this gem, a sapphire symbolizing human wisdom. The sapphire preserved Nagini's remaining sanity, but could not turn her back into a human being.

Nagini has been wandering the forests of Albania for decades with a human consciousness and a snake body.

Perhaps it was the blessing of fate that Voldemort has not found Nagini and this sapphire so far.

Dumbledore took off his hat, turned it towards Nagini, and motioned her to come in.

Loren watched this scene suspiciously.

Nagini's tail rolled up into a sapphire, and the huge python's head gradually became smaller as it approached the hat, and finally retracted into the hat, turning the python into a pet snake.

Dumbledore put his hat back on and looked at Loren's eyes twitching.

"To be honest, I have a friend who can carry more animals than me." Dumbledore winked mischievously at Loren again as if thinking about something.

The two decided to take Nagini back to Hogwarts first, and discuss with Nicole whether there is a solution.

Walking in the forest under the moonlight, the moonlight and the snow are intertwined, and the silver-white brilliance entangles the shadows of trees and people.

"Harry's a Parseltongue, and we'll be able to talk to this big snake when he gets back."

Loren's voice was full of joy. His prophecy was not in any danger, and he found a desperate soul. Grandpa Bates' werewolf disease was cured.

Dumbledore froze when he heard this, "Harry is Parseltongue?"

Loren tilted his head to look at him, "Didn't I tell you?"

"should not."

"You remember wrong."

"Well, it's also possible. You have to understand that I am an old man over 100 years old."

"Then I'll say it a few more times next time."

……

Dumbledore's silver-gray fluffy trench coat gradually loosened and changed into a white robe, and his beard and hair also grew back.

Loren held his hand and jumped up and down in the snow.

People far away are celebrating the new year, and the fireworks are blooming. This is the time when the old and the new are changing.

[Written at the back: I was really hesitant about this episode and checked a lot of information.

Voldemort was not with Nagini when he made his first rebellion, which means that he did not meet Nagini during his journey to Albania to claim the crown.

Later, when he possessed Quirrell to seek the Sorcerer's Stone, if Voldemort, who was in a wandering state before 1991, met Nagini and subdued him, it is impossible not to bring such a powerful booster, Quirrell can even be a troll Put it in a castle, let alone an obedient snake.

In 1994, Voldemort killed Bertha Jorkins and made Nagini into a Horcrux, so it can be inferred that Nagini met Voldemort only after 1991.

The problem with the blood curse is that after 1927, for decades, I had to find a reason to preserve Nagini's sanity, and finally it was entrusted to Ravenclaw.

This fits really well. The crown has been in the Albanian forest for thousands of years. The crown represents human wisdom, which is exactly what Nagini lacks.

Ms. Gray's attitude towards the crown is also very strange. It stands to reason that she should be very angry after the crown was defiled, and she should seek Dumbledore's help, but it didn't.

When school started in 91, Ms. Gray appeared at the dinner table.In the corridor where Harry became the Seeker, Ms. Gray drifted by like gossip.When Audio-Technica found Professor McGonagall and said that Quirrell was going to steal the Philosopher's Stone, Ms. Gray was also taking notes leisurely in the Transfiguration classroom.These are all indications that Ms. Gray doesn't seem to care too much, or too much.

I just assumed that what Tom defiled was only the physical crown, and the sapphire that really represented wisdom was still inside the hollow tree, to prove Ms. Gray's attitude.

In the end, she was afraid of being backstabbed by Rowling. According to Rowling's usual style, she might ignore Nagini and save it for later.But when I checked the information, I also saw that Dumbledore separated Nagini's human body and snake body.

The later parts of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" haven't been released yet, maybe it's really possible, help, Rowling's knife is going to fall on me.

I don't care, I'm going to write it anyway.All glory goes to Rowling, OOC belongs to me! 】