[HP] Sickness and Medicine

Concealed, Dolores came under the principal's office, hid among the dense dead branches of the bushes, looked towards the round room protruding from the roof, and kept calling Phoenix Fox's name in her heart.

After the war, Harry Potter once recalled Dumbledore in an interview, mentioning that those who are truly loyal to Dumbledore can summon his phoenix to his side.She wasn't sure that a determination to save Dumbledore would match Harry Potter's devotion to him, but at least she was going to try.

On the evening of the seventh day, when she thought she had failed again, a pair of claws fell on her shoulders.Fox folded his wings and flicked his brilliant golden tail feathers, staring at her for a while with a pair of black glass bead-like eyes, as if judging the truth of her good and evil face to face.After a while, it tilted its head and rubbed against her head, showing trust and intimacy.

"Thank you for answering my call, Fox." She stroked its warm and fluffy red feathers with the other hand: "You are so smart, you must have foreseen your master's doom long ago, right?"

Fox let out a low cry, revealing humanized sadness.

"Don't worry." Dolores leaned her head and rubbed it like it did: "My action, even if it is the worst outcome, can save your master and let him live for at least another year. Longevity. This year is very critical, and once he gets through it, he will be able to witness the victory of his painstaking efforts. This must be a great comfort to him."

This time Fox didn't respond, but stared at her, as if asking her what to do.

"Well, even if I die in June this year, I should have no regrets." Dolores didn't talk much, she didn't intend to let Dumbledore see through his phoenix in the future her biggest secret.Right now, she just continued to tell Fox: "There is still half a year to go, you have to take care of yourself and recharge your batteries carefully. Your mission is quite critical! The safety of your master and me is tied to you. "

Fox cried again, as if agreeing, but also as if telling her back.She smiled but stopped talking. She held it and sat in the bushes for a while before sending it to fly high into the window of the principal's office.

When people have a clear plan for a certain day in the future, time sometimes passes slowly and sometimes passes quickly.When secretly brewing the thick gold potion, Dolores felt that the time was too slow, and she could not feel at ease without enough finished products in hand; The Wizarding Exams are getting closer.As for the other undercurrents in the castle, or the changing situation, she has no time to take care of it.

No matter how slow or fast the time is, the life-or-death June is here.Because half of her mind is taken up by private affairs, Dolores is not as nervous as other students before the exam, and she is not as happy and relaxed as they are after the exam.During the days of waiting for the grades, at dusk, she would take a walk in the courtyard and wander around the Astronomy Tower, waiting for the Dark Mark that would rise like a constellation in the night sky.

On the last day of June, which was also the last day of this school year, Dumbledore attended dinner as usual, and Dolores still rolled the lawn under the Astronomy Tower in the afterglow of the setting sun after dinner.When she turned in the direction of the gate, she unexpectedly saw Dumbledore walking out wearing a traveling cloak.There seemed to be no one behind him, but the sound of footsteps was vaguely double.Dolores couldn't help but realize that Harry Potter must be following him in his famous cloak of invisibility.

She didn't know the destination of their trip, but based on the broomsticks that were present later, she guessed that they would probably fly back from Hogsmeade, pass through the place where the high-altitude protection magic is weakest, land on the top of the astronomy tower, and then replenish the spell In fact, this is the only quick way for Dumbledore as the principal to enter and exit without going through the gate and without compromising the safety of the castle.

The time is up to the deadline, the place is right, and that is the here and now.So Dolores didn't delay anymore, turned around and ran back to the dormitory quickly, picked up a backpack that had been prepared for a long time, and rushed to the bushes under the principal's office to meet Fox.Fox was very depressed, and she tried to reassure him for a while before talking about his final assignment.

"Fox, promise me—"

"When I stun your master, you have to take him and my personal letter to see my father, and then return quietly immediately; when I am shot down from the tower, you have to come to pick me up in time, otherwise I will fall naturally It will kill me; when I am buried as Dumbledore, you will build a tomb that only you can enter and leave, and don't let others open the coffin to verify my identity."

"Then, if I die unfortunately, let me continue to be buried, you go to your master and tell him what I have done; if I survive by chance, please send me home, my father Myron I will release my deep sleep, and I will give your master an explanation."

"Fox, this is all I have planned. Now, enter my invisibility cloak, climb the tower with me, and wait for that moment to come!"

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The setting sun slowly fell across the horizon, taking away the light and warmth, and the long-awaited stars and waning moon gradually brightened against the background of the night sky.If there is no major event happening, this will be a wonderful night, suitable for a couple, three or five friends, or pointing to the constellations on the top of the Astronomy Tower to talk about myths, or watching the contrast between the water and the sky by the Black Lake.In any case, it shouldn't be a time to kill.

The sky is very cold at night, but fortunately the invisibility cloak can also block the wind, and the phoenix in his arms is a natural stove.However, noticing the fluttering hem, she changed to a hidden corner, so as not to be discovered or bumped into, forcing her to be exposed prematurely.

The long wait stabilized her pounding heart, until a ball of green light flew out from the main building of the castle, exploded above the astronomy tower where she was hiding, and then converged into a skull, spitting out a black snake.It was the Death Eaters who had invaded Hogwarts, and they must have their own internal response, such as the boy with the short pale blond hair she had foreseen, Draco Malfoy.

The conflict first broke out on the eighth floor, and then began to move down, with various lights constantly flashing through the windows.Dolores looked out while lying on the railing, judging the number of intruders, while waiting for Dumbledore to return.When the battle spread to the courtyard, she also saw the faces of several members of the Order of the Phoenix, but she didn't know whether Dumbledore had been prepared earlier, or McGonagall and others called for rescue in time.

The center of chaos was still a long way from the Astronomy Tower. At this moment, two broomsticks finally flew in over the wall. One was carrying the dying Dumbledore, while the handle of the other disappeared for no reason. Harry Potter huddled under the invisibility cloak.

Seeing this, Fox couldn't help being a little restless, and was carefully calmed down by Dolores.She watched them land on the top of the Astronomy Tower one after another. Harry Potter, who could only hear the voice, was inquiring about the Dark Mark, and was interrupted by Dumbledore: ""Go and wake up Severus and tell him What happened, tell him to come and see me immediately.Other than that, do nothing, don't talk to anyone, and don't take off your invisibility cloak.I am here waiting. ""

Under his repeated urging, Harry Potter's footsteps rushed towards the door gate of the spiral staircase, but bumped into another sound of running footsteps.Dumbledore only had time to cast a petrifying spell on him, and ignored the sudden disarming spell, and was accidentally and easily knocked his wand away.

The person who cast the spell was Draco Malfoy. He pretended to be vicious and raised his wand to face Dumbledore, but he was led by this gentle old man and unconsciously cooperated with him to delay time.

They talked a lot, from how Malfoy let the Death Eaters into Hogwarts, to his various attempts to murder Dumbledore over the course of a year, and how to get information and set traps to lure him in.But even so, even Dolores, an outsider, could understand that the boy had no intention of killing at all, and his wand could not kill anyone.

The sound of the fierce battle under the tower became clear, and they were all approaching the Astronomy Tower now. Dolores thought for a while, and determined that there was no better time, so she also threw a petrification spell at Malfoy, then lifted the invisibility cloak, walked to Among the confrontational people.

"You are Dolores Murray of Hufflepuff." Dumbledore looked surprised, not as comfortable as before, but he also recognized her identity: "Miss Murray, why are you here? Did tonight's accident disturb your appreciation of the beautiful and vast starry sky? Oh, you are with Fox, have you become friends?"

Dolores walked towards him: "I know you are waiting for Professor Snape, you don't have to use the tricks you used to deal with Malfoy against me. I am not your enemy."

"Then you are here to save me?" The smile returned to Dumbledore's face: "My child, I want to thank you for your kindness, but there is no need, it is more important for you to take care of yourself. Go hide under your invisibility cloak, Or let Fox take you away. Listen, those nasty Death Eaters are coming up soon."

"Of course I will finish what I have to do before they come up." Dolores glanced at the positions of Malfoy and Potter in turn: "I will also deal with the memories of the two of them."

"Miss Murray, what exactly do you want to do?" Dumbledore showed a little helplessness: "Forgive me, I really can't think of an answer, and I need you to explain it to me personally. I'm sure you have no malice towards me, otherwise Fox I won’t be willing to stay by your side. Why don’t you take the initiative to tell me so that I can actively cooperate with you?”

"Professor, you can only cooperate with me, you don't have a wand anymore." Dolores waved her wand as a signal: "First, please drink it!" She took out the thick gold potion