[HP] The Elegance of the Night

In the dark depths of the Forbidden Forest, which is covered by tall trees all year round, a group of birds chirped and sang on the tall branches, ignoring the trail under the trees. A large group of people from Hogwarts Castle had already gathered. witches and wizards.Suddenly, after the frozen silence of the air, a huge roar startled them from the perched branches, forming a black mass in the air.

"Snake—the basilisk!" Ron Weasley yelled, pointing at Igil's face full of fear, "You...you are really evil..." He couldn't continue, because the platinum-blonde haired man next to him The boy kicked him hard. "Do you want to duel?" Draco pulled out his wand, and Harry and Hermione quickly grabbed him.

"Draco, Ron!" The old man with a golden bow on his flowing white beard called out the names of the two little wizards in a kind and plain tone. They glared at each other and focused their attention like everyone else. Put it back on Igil.

"When did you guys come here?" A gust of wind blew through the shiny black hair of the boy from the Snake Yard. He stiffly stuffed the basilisk back into his pocket and blinked innocently.

"When you called out Basilisk, boy." Dumbledore said solemnly, staring at the bulge in his pocket.Igil shot Draco a questioning look, and his roommate gave him a slight nod, telling him that was indeed the case.After confirming this fact, Igil's flustered heart calmed down instead.

"It was when Voldemort used the Killing Curse on me, sir," Igil corrected Dumbledore, "you all saw it?" His haughty gaze swept over everyone's faces with different expressions. Circle, "If I didn't protect myself, I'd be dead now! An evil-Slytherin who died fighting Voldemort? Just because he kept a rare magical creature as a pet?"

Ron lowered his head guiltily under Igil's cold and proud gaze, Madam Pomfrey clutched her chest, suppressing the violent ups and downs of panting, Sirius looked at the boy of the Black family hesitantly, at this moment, The platinum-haired boy broke free from Harry and Hermione's restraints and rushed to his roommate.

"Igil!" The platinum-haired boy hugged his roommate tremblingly, Harry pursed his lips, and wanted to follow, but Hermione grabbed his clothes.

"Harry, that's a basilisk!" Gryffindor's know-it-all always tilted her head. She had tried the feeling of being petrified last year, and it wasn't pleasant at all.

"Basilisk will not hurt people casually, unless someone wants to harm me." Igil glanced at the wizards who were holding their wands tightly on the opposite side. Draco stood beside him and covered his cold hands, letting Igil There is a little warmth in my heart.

"Bobby, go see how Ellie is doing." Dumbledore sighed, this is not the place to talk, he decided to let go of the basilisk issue for now, and have a good talk with Igil when there are fewer people. Talk, "I am very relieved to see that you have a strong self-protection ability, Igil, in fact, the magic power I hastily gathered just now, I am not sure that it can save you," the old man's earnest emotion made everyone gasp. My heart trembled, "I was terrified just now, only a little bit - as the headmaster of Hogwarts, I failed to protect the safety of the students, I feel... very ashamed."

"Dumbledore (Professor)." Everyone was full of respect for him, and his words seemed to have a magical power that could infect people. Even Ron's restless heart calmed down, and his gaze at Igil became soft.

"Dumbledore, this girl is just under the Stunning Spell." Madam Pomfrey checked Ellie's physical condition and came to this conclusion. She removed the Stunning Spell, and the girl immediately woke up.

"Well..." Ellie, who had just woken up, was still a little confused. When she looked at the striking ghost professor among the crowd around her, she burst into tears, "I'm saved, that's great—— Ah! Black, Black...Is he still alive?" Ellie's tragic cry made Igil raise his eyebrows.

"I'm here, Miss Windsor." Igil walked towards her with some heavy steps, and the crowd around Ellie automatically gave way to him. There is fear.

"Blake, that's great, you're still alive, woo... Riddle is going to kill you! I thought it was too late..." Ellie sobbed happily. The moment she lost consciousness in the hospital wing, she thought everything was over, "You have to believe me, it was Riddle who controlled me... Huh, he even used Cruciatus on me."

"It's all over." Dumbledore comforted kindly, "I saw the sentence you wrote, you did a good job."

"I've written it before, Riddle burned them all," Ellie choked up, as she wrote the last line of her History of Magic paper: "Help, I'm possessed by Voldemort's 16-year-old memories, and he hasn't disappeared. "Even if Professor Binns couldn't read the initials that she tried so hard to hide in the answer, he should understand.

Thanks to the strict discipline in the examination room, all the quills were cast with anti-cheating charms, and the distraction spell and the rule that no entrainment was allowed in the examination room helped her a lot. Even so, she only dared to use her initials at first. The cryptic distress signal didn't take the courage until the end.

"I shouldn't have written that notebook, I didn't expect him to be attached to it... woohoo." Ellie shed tears of regret, "I didn't know that things would turn out like this, I just want to live, and s Nep...we're going to live together."

Although Dumbledore didn't know what life had to do with Snape, he caught the key word: "Notes?"

"It's that notebook!" Ellie was confused by the sudden question, "Could it be..." She touched the hardness of the notebook on her body, and her expression changed suddenly. "How did you get rid of him!"

"Black raised a basilisk!" Ron's expression seemed to be eating a dead fly. "Maybe it was the one from last year. The mysterious man's memory was wiped out by it with his eyes, right there!" He pointed at Tom Lee. Del's position, Ellie followed his pointing and saw a blackened, smoky human figure. Ellie was stunned for a while before realizing that it was Riddle who had tortured her for a whole year.

Regarding Igil's feat of raising a basilisk, Ellie cast him the same surprised gaze as everyone else at the beginning, but after the surprise, Ellie's expression became clear.In her opinion, a traverser can always gain some advantages that others do not have through the plot. This change is so obvious that not only Igil, but also Dumbledore have noticed.

"It's only temporary, he hasn't been wiped out." Dumbledore stood next to Ellie and said softly to her, "I don't know why this memory didn't disappear, but it is attached to your notes, it stands to reason That's not going to happen, maybe there's something special about your note—or maybe it's not just a memory."

Dumbledore's gaze drifted over Igil intentionally or unintentionally. The black-haired boy in the Snake Yard did not meet his gaze, but looked into the distance, wondering what he was thinking.Dumbledore turned his attention back to Ellie, and the girl was trembling, looking undecided.

"If you want to completely wipe out Voldemort's 16-year-old memory, you must first destroy the objects he is attached to." Dumbledore told the girl cautiously, although his tone was relaxed but unquestionable, "Give me that notebook, Ellie."

"..." Ellie put her hand on the place where the black leather note was hidden on the robe, and hesitated.It was already a mistake to let Riddle attach to the notebook. If Dumbledore were to know the plot of the original book, what would the future be like?

After experiencing this incident, Ellie no longer has too much attachment to the future. If it is said that she once wanted to save a person who was destined to die, now she is more concerned about whether she will save more people because of her recklessness. Those who could have survived were drawn into future wars.

"Give me the notes, Ellie." Dumbledore repeated to the girl, bean-big sweat poured down from Ellie's forehead, and the girl's hand grabbing her robe unconsciously writhed, rubbing out a large of wrinkles.

"I——here you are." Almost exhausting all her strength, Ellie squeezed out these words with difficulty, when she took the black leather note out of her robe and handed it to Dumbledore When there is a lot of profit, the whole person seems to be hollowed out.

After getting the notes, Dumbledore didn't give Ellie a chance to breathe. Although she looked extremely weak, he was not an unreasonable person, but it was a matter of great importance. As the headmaster of Hogwarts and the leader of the Order of the Phoenix, There are many things that must be done even if they don't want to, because those standing behind him are those who trust him and are willing to give their lives to him.

"Ellie, why did Voldemort kill Igil?" Dumbledore continued to ask, this question was very important to him, and he hoped to get a real answer, not a reasonable lie that was fabricated afterwards.

"..." Ellie was silent, her robe was wet with sweat and clinging to her body, her whole body was so fragile that it would almost shatter if pinched.

"Dumbledore! I'm going to take Ellie back to the medical wing for an examination." Madam Pomfrey couldn't stand it any longer. "This child has been tortured for a long time and has been subjected to the Cruciatus Curse. If you have anything to say, you can wait." I'll ask after I've checked."

She was obviously defending the girl. Dumbledore's gaze slid past Madam Pomfrey's resolute face and landed on Ellie again. The girl looked like she was about to collapse.

"Okay." His voice was helpless, "Bobby, you take her to the medical wing first. If there is no problem, I hope she will show up in my office as soon as possible. I like iced lemon juice."

"I will make her recover as soon as possible, Headmaster Dumbledore." Madam Pomfrey assured Dumbledore.Ellie stumbled to keep up with her, and she carefully held her hand and walked slowly towards the castle together.

"Then let's deal with another matter first," Dumbledore's bright blue eyes watched the pair of witches disappear down the narrow path, and then turned to face the boy in the Snake Court, "Igil, since Ellie can't Come with me to the principal's office, and you can come with me. I want to talk to you about keeping pets and how to deal with Horcruxes."

This state should only be temporary, and only by finding out the real Horcrux can it be completely eliminated - he could clearly hear Igil's words.

The word "Horcrux" has not been mentioned for many years.