[SSHP] End of life

Summoning Phineas was obviously more work than expected.They sat side by side on Harry's bed and yelled for five minutes.Ron has been sitting on his own bed opposite, his face is ugly.But Harry's mood was very urgent, and Ron had always been quite irritable when he was wearing the locket, so he planned to put the matter on the back burner for the time being.Anyway, as long as you take off the locket, Ron will return to normal.

"Excuse me, Professor Black. Could you please talk to us? Just a moment." After five minutes of calling to no avail, Hermione said again.

"'Please' is always useful." After a while, the same sarcastic voice as Snape finally sounded.Harry, who gradually became irritable while waiting, heard this tone, and immediately planned to open his mouth to fight back.Hermione gave him a tug.

"Ah yo. It turned out to be this classmate Potter who has been missing." Phineas said, he walked into the portrait and looked around, "Where are you?"

"As you can see, we're in the tent," Harry countered coldly.

Phineas' eyes rolled around.It wasn't until he couldn't find anything more that he turned his gaze to Hermione, pretending to have just noticed her.

"Ouch. A little Mudblood. What are you doing with her? Are you planning to elope? Like your father did?"

"Don't say that word in front of me!" Harry snapped.

Phineas sneered.

"If that's the attitude you're going to talk to me about, then I'm going back. I've got an appointment with another portrait—"

"Professor Black," said Hermione quickly, "I apologize for our attitude. We have a few questions for you, about the sword of Gryffindor."

Phineas glanced at Hermione and smiled sarcastically: "Sword? Ah, I know what you want to ask. Gryffindor is always unwise. That silly girl, she is crazy." You want to steal from the headmaster! Potter, if you have anything to do with this kind of person again..."

"That sword doesn't belong to the Headmaster, it belongs to Hogwarts," said Hermione, frowning.

"Hogwarts is taught by Professor Snape. Simple girl, don't forget that."

Harry forced himself to suppress his anger.How dare he call Hermione simple-minded.

"So, how did Snape punish them?" he asked, clenching his fists in anger.

"Professor Snape, Potter. I have to admit that this little girl is much better than you in terms of manners."

"That's right." Harry said angrily, he could hardly stand Phineas' attitude any longer, "Professor Snape, the current Headmaster of Hogwarts. But we don't recognize him! To us, the Headmaster Still Dumbledore!"

"Hasn't anyone taught you not to try to provoke others when you want something? Tsk, Gryffindor." Phineas curled his lips in disdain, "I can never expect you Gryffindors ...Professor Snape sent the guy who stole the sword to work for that big idiot in the Forbidden Forest."

Harry breathed a sigh of relief.Working in the Forbidden Forest, Snape thought it was punishment?He is probably the only one who thinks so.Hagrid was their friend, and Ginny had been sent to the Forbidden Forest, and he felt she was protected instead.He had thought of the punishment horribly just now, at least confinement or the Cruciatus Curse.

But how could Snape not know that they and Hagrid had always been on good terms?He even knew that Ginny was a member of the DA, how could he think that helping Hagrid with this level of work was punishment?Is he showing off to the Carlo brothers and sisters?Or had he meant to do something else, had the professors spoken for Ginny?

Seeing Harry's long silence, Hermione spoke.

"Professor Black, could you please tell us when was the last time you saw the Gryffindor sword before Ginny took it out? Well, we actually wanted to know who—who was Did Professor Dumbledore take the sword out after he left, like a wipe or something, or did Professor Dumbledore go out with it for a long time?"

"Muggle-born," said Phineas, with a snort. "Goblin-made silver doesn't need to be wiped. It repels dust and only absorbs what strengthens it. It's been a long time since I saw it." Time ago, Dumbledore used it to split a ring. After that, I guess the curse on his hand is almost killing him. Even if he is not killed by others, he will only live for a short time For a while. Huh, the sword of Gryffindor. Who would want to take it out of Hogwarts but you Gryffindor thieves? You think Professor Snape's things are so easy to steal?"

"Curse?" Hermione asked sharply.

"This is not something you should know!" Phineas said angrily.

Harry and Hermione glanced at each other.Phineas' answer was very confusing, but they ruled out the possibility that the sword had been dropped by someone else.Dumbledore must have made a fake and hid the real sword somewhere.Whatever the hell the curse was - he knew he wouldn't live long, and if he left the sword where everyone could see it, the Ministry would intervene.Then they will never get the sword.

But where would Dumbledore put it?If he didn't expect his own death at the time, and wanted to use it to continue destroying the Horcruxes, and didn't plan to give it to them for the time being, maybe only he could find this place.Or is there a map in the Snitch that shows the location of the sword?

"Professor Black," said Harry, "could you bring Professor Dumbledore here? Into this portrait?"

"I'm fed up with ignorant Muggle-borns and uneducated people." Phineas said impatiently, "The portraits of Hogwarts can only walk back and forth in the castle, and if they want to leave, they can only go back and forth." Visit his own portrait elsewhere. Take Dumbledore away from the castle? Have I been dead for 100 years, and Hogwarts students have become such fools without common sense? If I were the headmaster , I'm going to fire you! Enough! I don't want to stay here anymore, I can't communicate with you!"

"Wait!" Harry shouted before Phineas left the frame, he had to avoid all possible danger, "Did you tell Snape about this?"

"Professor Snape, don't make me say it again, Potter! He has taught you six years with all his heart!" Phineas said angrily, "He has more things to worry about, tsk, a bunch of stupid people like you , unscrupulous, uneducated student...he won't have time to think about Dumbledore's strange behavior. I promise never to come again, Potter! Disrespectful, reckless, ungrateful..."

He muttered like he was memorizing derogatory words in a dictionary, and quickly left the frame, leaving only a muddy background.Harry stared at the empty picture frame, joy filled him.

"That sword has absorbed snake venom, or something - it only absorbs what strengthens itself, and it destroys Horcruxes! The locket, and more!" said Harry, waving uncontrollably own hand, "Think where Dumbledore would have put it! Hermione, Ron, all we have to do is find it!"

When he raised his head, he felt something was wrong with Ron thoroughly.Ron didn't have a happy expression, but a gloomy expression.Harry had never seen Ron look so gloomy before even participating in the Triwizard Tournament.

"So we have one more thing to look for?" Ron said, "Why don't you just add it to the things you don't know what it is or where it is. Then the two of you can discuss it. I'm just a dumbass. Phineas is right, maybe you should elope and go far away—"

"We're talking about the whereabouts of the sword, Ron! Can't you stop talking so slyly?" said Hermione, a little annoyed, as she buckled the beaded bag. "Harry told us Dumbledore from the beginning. All of Lido's last words, we decided to follow him!"

"You're already talking to him?" Ron said with a sneer, "Look at it, it's time for me to leave. I'm only in the way here, maybe you all want me out of this tent a long time ago , so that you can more conveniently—"

"Ron, none of us would ever think like that! Hermione is your girlfriend! You should trust her more!" Harry roared.He looked at Ron's face in disbelief, and all the ecstasy he felt just now disappeared.

Thinking that the two of them stuck together every day regardless of his feelings, and Ron was accusing him instead, Harry was so angry that he wanted to punch Ron in the face.He stood up, pacing back and forth to calm down the anger in his heart: "I admit, I don't have any definite plan, but at least we are looking for clues bit by bit, everything is going on! We just need to find the Gryffindor Sword, this Horcrux can be destroyed! Then there are only three Horcruxes left, as long as we continue to search, one day—"

"But when will you find the sword?" Ron sneered. "My sister almost died. Do you want Snape to show kindness? My father has become a target of surveillance, and you are still looking for him." Swords, and those horcruxes waiting to be destroyed, you don't even know what they are! I don't know if I'll find them in my lifetime, or I'll be dead before that, or Ginny! You don't Hear what they say? The Weasleys can't take the loss of a child anymore! My dad and my mom can't take it, and I! I can't take my parents and my brother like hell!"

It was that dull, oppressive pain again.Harry stopped, panting and glaring at Ron.The Weasleys treated him like the youngest son, and to him they were almost indistinguishable from his real family.How could Ron ignore their six summer vacations, how could he treat him as the kind of person who only cares about being a hero and doesn't care how much others sacrificed—

"Of course you don't care," said Ron, who also stood up and looked intently at Harry. "What do you care? Ginny is with Hagrid. It's going to be all right for now. My dad is just being watched, and if he doesn't Actions don't get caught.'What's so great about how much they've been through more than the Forbidden Forest!' Right? You'll never know what it's like to lose a brother, or worry about your own parents I feel like I'm going to die—"

The last sliver of sanity seemed to be broken, and there was a crisp sound.Harry hadn't expected Ron to say that, after he'd watched himself go through the harrowing year of losing Sirius.

Before this, Harry had never considered what words could effectively irritate him.But now Ron seems to have crossed the bottom line that has always been insignificant.

"What do you think of Sirius!?" Harry roared, and rushed over and grabbed Ron's collar, and the uncontrollable force in his rage made Ron stagger forward, "You put you and What do you think of Hermione? What do you think of Fred and your dead classmates!? Sirius is my godfather! I have been with you for six years, and I have already regarded you all as my brothers! Sirius How dare you say you don't know how I felt when Neville and Fred died? How could I not know! My feeling is no different from yours!"

"How can you understand!" Ron also grabbed Harry's collar with his backhand, his eyes were red, and he roared hoarsely, "How can you understand what kind of mood I listen to the radio every day! My My brother died in front of me, he was not even 20 years old! Now I have to worry about my other siblings, my parents are still alive! Every time I see the radio, I am afraid that they died somewhere I don't know , died where no one could find it, and I missed the news! We don't even get the wizard's channel! How do you know! How dare you say you understand! You never had a parent or brother connected by blood How can you understand the memory of life!"

Harry froze, and let go of his hand.He stepped aside and sat on his bed tiredly. "Let's go, Ron." He whispered, looking at Ron standing in front of him, who seemed very distant for some reason, "Stop getting involved with people like me and live well. If you want ...Say sorry to your loved ones for me."

Ron stood in the middle of the tent with a livid face.Then he slammed the locket at Harry, picked up his knapsack, and turned away without a word.Hermione let out a high-pitched cry, and she stumbled out of the tent door, and Harry heard her shouting to Ron outside, and the sound of two tugging.

Harry sighed, covering his face with his elbows on his knees.He felt so full of pain that it was almost impossible to go on.What has he gained these past few months?Damaged reputation, starvation, constant flight, friends turning against each other.Around him, besides frustration, there is only danger.It wouldn't surprise him at all if Hermione left with Ron.

It's all because he doesn't have a clear goal.But how could he have?There are too many things Dumbledore didn't tell him, and the unintelligible relics left behind are even more confusing.If he just had an accident before he could say it, why would the portrait refuse to see him?Dumbledore was not honest enough, but wanted him to follow the planned route.And now, whether it is intelligence, knowledge or actual combat experience, Voldemort has a clear advantage. Didn't Dumbledore ever think that Harry Potter would be the one who died in the prophecy?Why didn't he let Harry tell the adults about it?Why did he have to make things so complicated?

Taking a breath, Harry instinctively grasped the statuette that had been kept in his right trouser pocket.Every time he couldn't control his emotions, he would touch the statue.Even if everyone left, even if he harbored resentment, he would still fight Voldemort to the death, that's the only thing he would never give up.The war is only a matter of time.Since he didn't intend to chase Ron, he had to do something to distract him.

He kept the red book next to his pillow, and he stuck the paper on the first page of the book.Although the book had lost its appeal to him, it protected the paper, so he hadn't put it back in Hermione's beaded pouch.But he didn't have more time to study it. Until now, he still didn't recognize a large part of the ancient runes written all over the paper.

Perhaps it would be a good pastime to figure it out while waiting for Hermione and Ron's results.

The author has something to say: Cheers to Ron and Harry who are possessed by Zuo Ming =v=I'm sorry I did it on purpose=v=

Talking about Phineas, I think he is very attractive.It's the kind of Slytherin who talks badly and reminds him obliquely.After Arthur was bitten, Xiao Ha was very anxious. At that time, he said something to Xiao Ha, which was very accurate.Then I started to pay attention to him, this guy is really interesting.If possible, I would like to let him out for two more laps in the future.But to be honest, I don't think he would say elopement to the students, he is still very principal, but if he doesn't say it, it won't make Ron explode.Just let him lose his temper.