the Gambler

"I don't think that's necessary." Dumbledore's firm voice cut off Voldemort's sneer.All members of the Order of the Phoenix were obviously relieved, their fighting spirit was rekindled because of the old man's appearance.

Voldemort turned around quickly, the black robe spun in a beautiful arc, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his wand lightly tapped on the dark red lips.

"Dumbledore, I still wonder when you will show up." Voldemort spread his hands and nodded gracefully. He greedily stared at the elder wand in Dumbledore's hand.Sirius let out a cry, and slowly opened his eyelids, seeing the dazzling purple robe in front of him, a heavy sense of security welled up in his heart, he exhaled a breath of relief, and was lifted up by Remus through his arms.Hell, he could bear to look at such a blind color forever!

"I didn't allow you to touch him." Voldemort raised the corner of his mouth, and he didn't even turn his head. Sirius and Remus were wrapped in layers of spider web-like silk threads, hanging from the shaking crystal lamp.Bellatrix let out an exaggerated screech, and the other Death Eaters giggled too.Voldemort took a few steps forward under Dumbledore's unusually cold gaze. He stretched out his outstretched fingers and slowly clenched them into fists. The silk thread tightened more and more tightly as the process progressed. Sirius and Remus Unable to hold back the wailing of pain, blood leaked out from behind the tightened silk thread, dripping to the ground.

"Let them go, Voldemort!" Dumbledore raised his wand high above his head, and the two magical daggers rushed towards the direction of the chandelier. Voldemort swung his wand, and his invisible hand grabbed the daggers and threw them to the ground.Dumbledore narrowed his eyes, three rings of fire wrapped around Voldemort's body, they continued to rotate into a spherical shape, Voldemort summoned a water ball the size of his body, the two collided with each other and made a sizzling sound, he shook his wrist holding the wand, Thousands of black poisonous snakes emerged from the white mist.Dumbledore conjured up a pair of black armor, blocking everyone behind, poisonous snakes rained down on the metal, and the ground was covered with twisted and bloody snake corpses, and the hissing sound was creepy.

Voldemort clicked his tongue.He looked up at the two people outside the battle, the wind blade cut the thread, Sirius and Remus fell vertically, and they were about to fall into the snake's nest, Dumbledore distractedly pulled the two towards him.Taking advantage of the opportunity, Voldemort quickly disappeared in place, and when he reappeared, his wand was pressed into the old man's neck.

"You can't stop me," said Voldemort coldly.

"It's too early to talk." Dumbledore tugged on the arms of Sirius and Remus, and disappeared without a trace in front of Voldemort.

"You can't hide it from me." Voldemort let out a high-pitched laugh. He looked towards a corner of the hall, his wand was waving quickly, and the shadow suddenly popped out of the wall as if alive, wrapping the invisible three people into one Like a cocoon, the elder wand fell out of Dumbledore's hand, Voldemort opened his mouth triumphantly, before the Flying Curse had time to roll off the tip of his tongue, the wand disappeared inconceivably in front of him.

"What?" Voldemort yelled angrily.

"I'm not its master." Dumbledore broke free and gently placed the unconscious bodies of Sirius and Remus before the members of the Order of the Phoenix.He straightened his joystick, his eyes fixed on Voldemort, "So you can't take the Elder Wand from my hand."

"how is this possible!"

"It's such a pity, isn't it?" Dumbledore's penetrating gaze showed rare complacency, and the magic wand in his hand trembled excitedly because of this, "This must be very important to you." I'm sorry, the wand I'm going to use is not the one you've dreamed of. It's my oldest companion, and Garrick always said we'd work together."

"Tell me who the Elder Wand belongs to, Dumbledore!"

"It's not that difficult to guess, is it?" As soon as the words fell, the sound of the air bursting everywhere, and the Aurors in red robes rushed into the battlefield behind the members of the Order of the Phoenix. The obvious superiority in numbers made Voldemort spat viciously Take a sip.The desperate Death Eaters pounced on their opponents like mad dogs. Voldemort summoned a huge storm out of thin air, and bounced off the Aurors surrounding him.

"Who is the owner of the wand!" He slowly approached Dumbledore. Since the other party was not using the Elder Wand, he could guarantee that he would easily kill the enemy, but now, he needed to know who the owner of the Elder Wand was.If you don't get an answer--

"I will kill everyone present, Dumbledore. There will always be one who will be the owner of the Elder Wand." As soon as the words fell, the shadow changed into the shape of a hand, choking the throats of most people.Voldemort lowered his voice and made his posture threatening: "Their lives are in my hands, make your choice! Whether you want to protect the owner of the wand or all the wizards who are dying."

"Even if he kills us, he won't tell you!" Professor McGonagall screamed, "Since I joined the Order of the Phoenix, I have long planned to sacrifice! Everything is for the greater good!"

"Minerva." Voldemort weighed the witch and said with a little regret, "the real Gryffindor. In the past, I wondered why the Sorting Hat didn't throw you into Ravenclaw. As far as I know, it did." There are no more than five ambiguous students in history. Very interesting, it seems that your Gryffindor traits far exceed Ravenclaw. I have always respected you, and if you belong to me, you will be Death Eaters of the highest order."

"Shut up! I will never join your team!"

"That's such a pity, it seems that it can only destroy you." Voldemort raised his wand, "Avada—"

"Voldemort!" Harry's voice attracted the attention of the fiercely fighting Dark Lord, and he shook his head suddenly, facing a familiar scene.Harry and Tom appeared not far in front of them. They cooperated tacitly and avoided the attacks of Death Eaters with ease.The wizards surrounding them fell to the ground one by one.Harry straightened up and untied everyone under Tom's protection.

It made him feel sick from the bottom of his heart.The flames of jealousy seemed to burst open his chest, and Voldemort couldn't stop trembling with anger. He suppressed his throat and laughed, gradually, the voice became louder and more creepy, and finally the cold laughter echoed throughout the empty space inside the hall.Voldemort walked quickly towards the two of them, his wand fluttering in his hand and deflecting all the curses that were shot at him, passing the dying bodies of Aurors.

Moody quickly stood in front of the two boys, his Shattering Charm hitting the invisible barrier with a loud crash.Dumbledore followed closely behind the old Auror, and their combined attack stopped Voldemort's advance.Tom quickly wrapped the four of them in a protective spell, Harry raised his wand, and the white light of the disarming spell easily smashed through the barrier and pointed directly at Voldemort's chest.

Voldemort dodged the attack sideways.Where the white light hit, the wall exploded instantly, not gravel but dust.He squinted his eyes, with such a powerful force, he couldn't be wrong.

"Harry Potter, you are its new owner."

"I like the time alone, Harry." Voldemort put on his calm mask again and smiled charmingly. Harry looked at him suspiciously. The next second, the man took out the locket from his arms and Harry was shocked. Surrounded by despair for a moment, Harry turned to look at Tom.Before the two held hands, Voldemort appeared between them, grabbed Harry's arm forcefully, and disappeared together.

"Give me the wand, so I can consider defeating you instead of killing you." Voldemort lowered his head, ignoring the fact that his and Harry's wands were pressed against each other's chests, and pulled the boy into his arms.He took a deep breath of the other person's scent, and said in a soft tone, "Do you really want to hurt both sides? Although the Elder Wand is powerful, it is not difficult for me to hit you with the Killing Curse."

"I thought you knew it already, and I don't mind dying with you." Harry sneered, "Or are you afraid, Tommy?"

"I prefer you to say the name while you're panting." Voldemort let out a chuckle, and soon he was serious again.Tom had the same scars as himself, and Voldemort had to face up to the fact that he hadn't figured out the official identity of the other party. If they could hurt each other, did that mean that the prophecy would be fulfilled between him and Tom?He couldn't take the risk of killing Tom, so there was only one option left—Voldemort looked at Harry silently: "But it seems unlikely. It pains me to end your life myself, dear Harry, You are the first time in many years that I truly love someone, and I am so eager to create a future with you."

This feels weird.

Harry kicked himself mentally a few times, and to show his determination, he pressed the Elder Wand into Voldemort's chest so hard that the stick transmitted his breathing rate into his sweaty palm.Harry coughed hard, "I'll kill you."

"It's a pity." Voldemort said, stepping back a few steps, hissing into Harry's heart at lightning speed - the Stasis Curse, which is the most peaceful thing the Dark Lord can bestow on the boy Death is also his last tenderness.

Two beams of red and white light shot/go out at the same time, only a few millimeters apart, the two spells were not directly connected together, Voldemort's wand came off, but the beam still shot directly at Harry's chest.

Harry knew there was no way he could dodge it, the reptilian spell had a different power than normal spells, and spell stop wouldn't work.He cast another Disarming Charm at the last chance - then closed his eyes tightly until the warmth wrapped around him, and looked up in surprise, where Dumbledore was smiling benevolently.

Before the astonished others could react, Voldemort flicked his robe and quickly disappeared into the night.

The body shook a few times, blood overflowed from the corner of Dumbledore's mouth and dripped on Harry's face, and the latter quickly embraced the old man, his palms were covered with viscous liquid.He slowly lowered Dumbledore's shattered body to the ground.

"Mr. Dumbledore!" Harry felt unspeakable despair for the first time.

"Harry, my dearest child, I am delighted to see you grow. Seventeen years is a long time, and when you first came into this world, I swore to magic that I would give everything to keep you alive." Safe - I'm glad I made it in the end." Dumbledore jerked his head and coughed up blood.While grabbing the other's intact hand, Harry frantically wiped away the gushing blood, with tears and snot all over his face.

"Don't grieve my passing, death is just the beginning of another adventure. I noticed you and Tom got along so well, you changed him. Whenever you're together, Tom brings out his softer side , he really loves you as much as you love him." Dumbledore said, "but he is Tom, Slytherin's instincts will not change easily, and he has great goals Others stop. He always puts himself first, maybe you are equally important to him now, but power is still above him. I don’t know what he will do to succeed—”

"Stop talking, sir," Harry said tremblingly, "Madam Pomfrey will fix you."

Dumbledore shook his head.

"I know he will only consider or even accept your opinion, so I hope you can be his lock. Try to trust him, Harry, trust in love, and he will become someone worthy of trust."