[HP]Tom Potter

"Gellert," Tom, lying in Gellert's arms, was awakened by the movement outside the door, rubbed his eyes, and asked sleepily, "Is it dawn?"

Gellert stood up, patted Tom on the back softly, and adjusted him into a comfortable position.He glanced at the warden indifferently, and the warden let out a soft hum from his throat, then, as if he didn't see Tom's existence, he turned around and said to the short man holding a bunch of keys behind him: "Paul, just half hours."

After speaking, he nodded reservedly to the dark place further away, then turned around and walked away without looking back.

"K, Professor Karkaroff, please." The short man stammered after the warden disappeared into the corner of the corridor.

Two tall, thin figures came out of the darkness under Paul's flattering gaze, followed by Karkaroff with a goatee, who seemed to have just gotten a fortune from someone, his previously indifferent eyes gleaming with pleasure of light.The other was wearing a large black hooded cloak, his whole person seemed to be integrated with the surrounding darkness. Paul looked at it for a long time, but he could only see a section of dark blue robe embroidered with water plants and bubbles exposed under the cloak.

What a suspicious visitor.I don't know how the warden agreed to let them in. Paul cursed to himself.

Once inside the room, Karkaroff stopped, lagging behind and closing the door, warding off the curious eyes of the keykeeper.The cunning ex-Death Eater then quietly guards the door, pretending he doesn't exist.

Gellert stared at the figure hidden in the cloak approaching step by step, and his heartbeat also accelerated a little bit. His old and numb heart seemed to be full of vitality that had not been seen for a long time.Tom, who was clinging to him, felt his strangeness, and woke up again from his sweet sleep.

"Albus!" Tom turned his head, saw the familiar figure, immediately pushed away Gellert's embrace without hesitation, and opened his hands towards the old man from a distance.

"Tom, naughty boy." The big wrinkled hands raised the hood, revealing Albus' gentle face.He reached out and took Tom from the slightly stiff Gellert, holding the sneaky kid in his arms.

"I'm not naughty, it's the crown who is not good, he brought me out." Tom is like every child who waits for a long time before returning to the arms of his parents, complaining coquettishly, while still not forgetting to show himself to the parents How cute. "Albus, why are you here now, Tom has already had dinner with Gellert, and Tom has slept for a while."

"Well, Tom is a good boy, it's Guan Guan who is not good." And the parents also praised the boy as Tom expected.The old man glanced around with sharp eyes, but intentionally or unintentionally skipped Gellert opposite.

This was Dumbledore's first visit to Nurmengard.Compared with Azkaban, guarded by dementors, Nurmengard's cell feels tolerable.Although the room was narrow and dark, it was still tidy, and there were even a few worn-out pieces of furniture inside, which was the best treatment in a prison.

"Albus..." Gellert thought he was ready, but when he opened his mouth, his voice trembled.

Albus stroked Tom's hand and paused briefly.He turned his head, and his gaze finally settled on the person opposite him. This was the first time Albus had met Gellert's gaze since entering the room.The Grindelwald in front of him is no longer the vigorous young man when he was in love, and he has lost his strong body and handsome face 50 years ago.He was old, his face was covered with traces of time just like himself, his pale complexion looked unhealthy, only those eyes, those blue eyes shining brightly at him, were still the same as before.

"Gellert..." The old man known as the greatest wizard of our time couldn't help but feel a little flustered at this moment.

"Albus, 50 years, I waited 50 years..." Gellert fell silent again in the middle of speaking.

The two old people looked at each other like this, and the past of 50 years or more emerged and echoed in their gaze, making them wonder where they were for a while.

As the two old people fell silent, some heavy things seemed to be rising and falling in the room, like boundless waves hitting the fragile embankment.The originally dim yellow light in the magic lamp seemed to be swallowed by the darkness, and it went dark, leaving only a little spark struggling to breathe.

Seeing this, Karkaroff hung his head and held his breath, even the movement of his eyes stopped.The pride in taking advantage of him has completely disappeared now, instead there is a kind of uneasiness of accidentally prying into a terrible secret.

Tom looked up suspiciously too.He was hugged by Albus, but he didn't feel the huge pressure Karkaroff was under.He glanced at Albus, then at Gellert, and keenly sensed the weird atmosphere between them. The child who was spoiled by Albus couldn't help feeling a strong sense of crisis in his heart at this moment.

Tom waited so long for Albus, but Albus just patted Tom twice and ignored him, staring at that Gellert all the time. As Lavender said, if one day the person who likes you suddenly ignores you and starts to care about others, it means that there is a rival in love. At this time, we must strengthen our vigilance to prevent the person we like from changing his mind.

If Albus changed his mind, Tom wouldn't be Albus's favorite baby.Did he stop eating with Tom, sleeping with Tom, and telling good stories to Tom?Thinking of this, Tom felt so wronged.

Tom glanced at Gellert.Although Gellert is also very good to Tom and has beautiful blue eyes, if he is Tom's rival in love, Tom will not like him.

Feeling that the throne of "Albus' favorite" was threatened, the little boy quickly made up his mind, and stretched out two chubby hands to cover Albus' eyes with great action.

"Tom?" The old man woke up from those surging thoughts after being blocked by the boy's strange behavior.He gently took off the boy's chubby little paw, and looked down at the boy: "What's wrong?"

"Albus, Tom wants to go back to the castle, it's dark and ugly here, Tom doesn't like it here." The boy's hands obediently rubbed against the old man's big warm and dry hands, pleading softly.Lavender Brown, the Gryffindor love master, personally taught the first move, cut off the relationship with the rival in love, and let Gellert disappear from Albus's eyes first.

"Really?" The wise old wizard raised his brows, and glanced at Tom's greasy little mouth, his ruddy sleeping face, and his innocent face in this "dark and ugly" place. Wipe clean half-saliva marks.

Gellert on the other side also raised his eyebrows tacitly at the same time, and then gave his old friend a look of "this is the little white-eyed wolf you raised".

So Tom's action to cut off the connection with Albus & Gellert not only failed completely, but also had the opposite effect.The atmosphere between the two old people softened, and the complicated past finally settled down in this playful eyes.

The lights in the room suddenly shone brightly, and bright yellow light filled the entire room.Something heavy in the air disappeared with the arrival of the light. Karkaroff breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to pretend to be transparent quietly.

Under Albus' questioning eyes with a smile, Tom felt a little ashamed.But he quickly resorted to Master Lavender's second trick, showing his status in front of his rival, making his rival feel ashamed and retreat without a fight. "Albus, do you think I'm your favorite baby. You like Tom's best, don't you?"

This kind of strange question and tone... Is it a school girl competing for favor? Albus laughed a little inwardly. Tom is very popular with girls at school, and he is often pulled into a small group of girls to play together, and these adolescent girls sometimes discuss some private topics carelessly in front of boys, ignorant Tom also learned some strange knowledge.Last time, Tom put on a reliable face to Hermine who had a stomach ache: "Hermy, you should drink hot sweet water." This made Hemine blush, while Ron, who is her boyfriend, still looked blank.

This is fighting for favor.Gellert, who had served as the leader of the dark wizard army and had seen his subordinates fight for favor many times, was very sure of his judgment.But such a small rival...

He glanced at Tom's chubby arms and legs, but didn't speak.

"Albus?" Tom waited for a long time without waiting for the reply from the elders, and the sense of crisis in his heart was even stronger.Could it be that Albus has changed his mind now?

Before Tom could figure out how to use the third move, Albus smiled and rubbed the little boy's shiny black hair, comforting him, "That's right, Tom is Albus' favorite person."

After receiving Albus's answer, Tom, who was trying to recall Lavender's words, was immediately relieved. He happily rubbed himself in the old man's arms, and then hid in the old principal's arms and peeked at Gellert with some embarrassment, showing some sympathy for him. .

Gellert was momentarily speechless.Are all the little wizards these days so strange?It seems that after 50 years of isolation from the outside world, I have fallen behind.He turned to Albus, the relaxed expression that had been on his face a moment earlier gone.Perhaps it was Tom's actions that reminded him that the Dark Lord who had disturbed the world at this moment abandoned all dignity and pretense, and sincerely begged his friends and lovers.

"Albus, I have committed a crime, too many terrible crimes, unforgivable, and should not be forgiven. I am willing to accept the punishment. But..." The old man's tone was almost pleading, "Fifty years, Albus, I have left The next day is numbered."

"Can I be forgiven?" Gellert said dryly, and in the back of his mind, another sentence kept echoing, but he couldn't say it. 'Albus, can you forgive me? .

Dumbledore's eyes were gentle and complicated, he looked at Gellert, and was so quiet that he didn't speak slowly until the other party almost lost all courage and strength. "I don't know the answer, Gellert. I can't say forgiveness for Ariana, and I can't say forgiveness for anyone else you've hurt." Seeing Gellert's blue eyes begin to fill with pain, the white wizard continued, "But I Think, since the sun always rises after the night, sincere repentance and atonement from the heart should also be rewarded, no matter whether the reward comes from the forgiveness of the victim or the peace of mind of the perpetrator.”

"Albus..." Gellert's eyes lit up suddenly, like brilliant fireworks flashing in the air.

Albus didn't say anything more, and took another deep look at the old prisoner. He put on the hood, turned and left with Tom in his arms, who was bewildered. Seeing this, Karkaroff cleverly opened the door, and then quietly followed the old wizard to leave.From appearing to disappearing, the principal of the German Academy of Magic has never said a word, but the initial complacency has turned into prudence in the end.

The key manager outside the door glanced inside the door curiously, and found that there was nothing unusual, so he closed the door with pouting lips, and then took out the key to lock the door. "What are you doing? They came here at night and then left. These high-ranking adults really don't know what to do."

With a bang, the metal door closed heavily, and the old man inside the door returned to loneliness again.In the dim light, the old man showed a mischievous smile that was common when he was a teenager.

Albus, wait for me.

The author has something to say:

It is said that JJ has been having convulsions for the past few days, and many authors are unable to post normally.Then if I say that this chapter has been coded a long time ago, and the update is delayed until today because of JJ, will any lovely relatives believe me?

Please let me see sincere dead fish eyes.