[hp] Rescue Mr Diggory

Kreacher gasped, his shriveled chest heaving violently, and then he opened his eyes and let out a terrifying scream.

"Kreacher made a mistake, Kreacher failed to carry out the master's order!"

When Kreacher was about to sprint towards the hard table legs again, Sirius reacted instinctively, throwing himself on top of the elf, pinning it down.Camelia's screams mingled with Kreacher's cries, but Sirius' roar was louder than both: "Kreacher, I order you to stay still!"

He felt the elf froze, so he let go.Kreacher lay straight on the cold wooden floor, tears streaming from his sunken eye sockets.

"You said that locket belonged to Regulus," snapped Sirius. "Why? Where did Regulus get it? Kreacher, tell me everything you know about that locket." , and Regulus' relationship with it!"

Camelia clutched her chest in shock and said, "Sirius, you will frighten him like this."

Perhaps it was because of the sudden thought that Camelia had a bad heart and couldn't be stimulated, Sirius' tone to Kreacher actually slowed down a lot.

"Kreacher, tell me now."

The elf sat up, curled up, put its wet face between his knees, and then trembled, and when it spoke it was very low.

"Master Sirius ran away then, and it was good that he went, for he was a bad boy, and my mistress was heartbroken by his unruly conduct."

Sirius glared at the elf, "I didn't ask you to say that!"

Lupine said quickly, "Don't worry about Sirius, just listen to it patiently."

But Kreacher didn't thank Lupine very much, but pretended to be stupid and cursed him as a werewolf, which made Sirius even more annoyed, and threatened Kreacher that if he did this again, he would give him clothes.

"Master Regulus is very self-conscious. He knows what the name Black and his pure blood mean. For many years, he often talked about the Dark Lord at home. He said that the Dark Lord encouraged wizards not to hide, but To rule Muggles and their descendants. Master Regulus joined the Dark Lord's organization when he was 16 years old. He was so proud and happy that he could serve the venerable Dark Lord .”

Hearing this, Sirius' face was full of contempt and disdain, and even Lupine's face showed a little displeasure.

"After that year, one day, Master Regulus came to visit Kreacher in the kitchen. Master Regulus has always liked Kreacher. Master Regulus found Kreacher, and then he said... he explain……"

The old elf's body trembled more violently.

"The master said the Dark Lord needed an elf."

"Voldemort wants an elf?" Sirius was a little surprised, and looked back at Camelia and Lupine, who were as confused as he was.

"Yes." Kreacher said, looking extremely distressed, "Master Regulus dedicated Kreacher to the Dark Lord. Kreacher thought it was an honor for Master Regulus, but Regulus The Master corrected Kreacher and said that it was his own and Kreacher's shared honor. He told Kreacher that Kreacher must do everything the Dark Lord wants it to do, and then go home."

Kreacher began to sob.

"So Kreacher went to the Dark Lord, but the Dark Lord didn't tell Kreacher what to do, but took Kreacher to a cave by the sea. It was a big rock cave, and there was a big black lake in the cave..."

For some reason, Camelia's heart was pounding, and Kreacher's hoarse voice seemed to come from the black water it said, which made her see the scene at that time, as if she had experienced it herself. Same.

"There was a small boat, and the Dark Lord took Kreacher into it. The boat was small—very small...the boat sailed to a small island in the middle of the Black Lake. There was nothing on the island except a stone basin full of potions. Black—the Dark Lord made Kreacher drink it..."

The elf was trembling violently, and his speech became more and more broken and unintelligible, and then it couldn't continue, it sobbed badly, and it couldn't control itself from crying, which made Sirius impatient again, and he kept urging Kreacher continued, and Lupine and Camelia softly advised him not to push the elf so hard, because Kreacher looked so miserable, as if he would faint at any moment.

"Because Master Regulus said that Kreacher wanted to listen to the Dark Lord, Kreacher drank it, and after drinking it, he saw many horrible scenes... Kreacher felt his internal organs were on fire... Kreacher rolled all over the floor and shouted thunder Master Gulus and Mistress came to save it, but the Dark Lord was laughing... He forced Kreacher to drink up all the potions, Kreacher saw him throw a locket into the empty basin, Then he filled the basin with the potion that made Kreacher miserable... The Dark Lord got on the boat and left Kreacher on that small island..."

"Kreacher wanted to drink water very much. It crawled to the edge of the small island, wanting to drink the water in the black lake... But there were many hands, dead hands, sticking out from the water and trying to drag Kreacher down... "

"How did you escape?" Lupine asked.

Kreacher lifted its ugly head and looked at Lupin with its large, tear-filled eyes.

"Master Regulus said he wanted Kreacher to go home after doing what the Dark Lord ordered," it said.

"I know, but how did you get rid of those infernal corpses? Because if Voldemort doesn't want people to find this locket, with his character, he will definitely design a trap that people will never return."

Lupine lowered his head and took another look at the old locket. He had just confirmed that there was extremely powerful and evil black magic on it, and he was basically sure that it should be one of Voldemort's seven Horcruxes.

Kreacher didn't seem to understand.

"Master Regulus said he wanted Kreacher to come home," it chanted as if singing.

"I know, but—"

"Haven't you figured it out, Remus?" said Sirius. "It Apparated!"

"The supreme law of house-elves is the command of the master," Kreacher sings. "The master tells Kreacher to come home, and Kreacher comes home..."

"So you did what Regulus ordered you to do, didn't you?" Camelia asked mildly, "You didn't violate orders at all."

Kreacher nodded, showing a little satisfaction.

"Then what happened after you came back?" Camelia continued to ask, "When you told your master what happened, what did he say?"

"Master Regulus was very worried about Kreacher, very worried." Kreacher hissed, "Regulus told Kreacher to hide and not leave the house. Then... after a while... one night, Master Regulus suddenly came to the cupboard and found Kreacher. Master Regulus looked very strange, unlike usual, and Kreacher could see that he was in a state of confusion... The master asked Kreacher to take him to the cave Go, the cave where Kreacher and the Dark Lord went..."

"He made you drink the potion?" Sirius' voice was trembling, and he seemed to have a premonition that something was wrong.

Kreacher shook his head and began to sob again.Camelia covered her mouth, she and Sirius thought of being together.

"Regu—Master Regulus took out a locket from his pocket, exactly the same as the Dark Lord's." Kreacher said, tears streaming down its fleshy nose, like a faucet turned on There was a clatter, "He told Kreacher to hold it, and when the potion in the stone basin was gone, he would exchange the two lockets..."

Kreacher's sobbing became rough and piercing, and he was on the verge of crying, and now everyone had to pay attention to understand what he was saying.

"He also ordered ... Kreacher to leave ... him. He told Kreacher ... to go home ... not to tell the mistress and anyone ... what he had done ... and to destroy ... the first box. Then he drank... all the poison... Kreacher obediently changed the box... and watched... Master Regulus... being dragged under the surface... Kreacher went home..."

Sirius couldn't take it anymore, he yelled at Kreacher at the top of his voice, although he often lost his temper during this period, but he had never exploded like this before, his whole person was like a burning flame .

"You're lying! I know Regulus too well, my brother is a weak man, how could it be - impossible, I don't believe it! I don't believe it, how dare you... how dare you... Oh—Rael..."

He knelt on the ground, holding his head in his hands. His long hair, which hadn't been well-trimmed, was messily stuck to his cheeks, and the madness on his face was no less than that of when he just escaped from Azkaban.He kept calling out his younger brother Regulus' nickname in a low voice, over and over again, as if he couldn't believe what Kreacher said was true. After roaring and muttering, he cried like crazy in despair .

Camelia was already in tears. She knelt down and hugged the trembling Kreacher. Perhaps because she was a pure-blooded wizard, Kreacher didn't have a great dislike for this, but was flattered. The ground broke free, shrank into a ball, and kept showing Camelia in a humble gesture that it was not qualified to touch its master, and it almost started to punish itself again.

Now Lupine was the only one left in the room who could barely maintain his composure. He continued to ask hard, wanting to know the whole story, "So you took the locket home and tried to destroy it according to Regulus's order. ?"

"Kreacher couldn't leave a trace on it," said the elf sadly, "Kreacher tried everything, everything, but none, none of them worked...the magic on the box is very powerful, Kreacher It couldn't be destroyed... So Kreacher punished himself, tried again and didn't succeed, Kreacher punished himself again, and tried again. Kreacher failed to fulfill Master Regulus' order, Kreacher couldn't destroy the hang Locket! Kreacher is a useless elf! The mistress is mad with grief because Master Regulus is missing and Kreacher can't tell her what happened, can't! Because Master Regulus banned... forbid it My family... my family told me what happened in the cave..."

Kreacher was sobbing, and Camelia looked at Kreacher, crying too, but she didn't dare to touch it again.Under Lupine's comfort, Sirius gradually regained some sanity, but he looked as if he had lost his soul, still kneeling on the ground, and refused to get up no matter how much he persuaded him.

Lupine shook his head, trying to clear his mind, and after a long sigh, he said slowly: "Kreacher, can we take this thing away? I swear we will help you destroy it, Do as Regulus gave you orders."

Eventually the old locket was sent to Dumbledore, who almost immediately recognized it as belonging to Salazar Slytherin, of whom Voldemort was a descendant.

After listening to the whole story, Dumbledore stroked his beard and started walking around the desk in the office.

"It seems that Regulus' thinking has changed...but he didn't seem to explain it clearly to Kreacher. I think I understand why, so that while maintaining the concept of pure blood, the ideas of Kreacher and Regulus The family will be safer too, Regulus wanted to protect them, so he chose to sacrifice himself." He muttered as he walked.

Camelia said: "Kreacher also hid part of Regulus' diary, probably because Regulus ordered it to do so, in order not to let the family know..."

Regulus roughly recorded the whole process of his thought transformation in the second half of his diary.It turned out that from the matter of Kreacher, Regulus realized that Voldemort was not as friendly and friendly as they imagined, he was cruel and violent in nature, maybe he didn't care about these pure-blood wizards under him at all, he just took advantage of their Faith, so as to achieve the purpose of allowing oneself to master the supreme power.

So after discovering Voldemort's secret, Regulus forged an identical Slytherin locket and swapped it with the real one. Because he didn't want to involve his family, he chose to die in obscurity, even if no one knew his bravery. .Another major reason why Regulus was willing to die was that he wanted to destroy the myth of Voldemort's immortality, and that one day in the future this demon would be killed when he met his opponent.

"Regulus is very brave, like his brother, maybe he can also be a Gryffindor." Camelia said.

Hearing this, Dumbledore put his eyes on the tattered sorting hat on the table. Every Hogwarts student must wear it when he enters school, and then he is sorted into different colleges according to the judgment of the sorting hat. .

After a while, Dumbledore said thoughtfully: "Sometimes I really think our division is too sloppy."

Then Dumbledore walked slowly towards the wall with a series of portraits of previous principals, as if looking for one of his predecessors.

At last Camelia saw him stop before a portrait of a wise-looking old wizard with a goatee, who was wiping tears from the corners of his eyes with a veil, his nose and Eyes are red.

"Phineas, your great-great-grandchildren are brave."

It wasn't until Dumbledore spoke that Camelia remembered that this was Sirius and Regulus' great-great-grandfather - Phineas Nigellus Black, whom she had seen at 12 Grimmauld Place Another portrait of him.

In the following time, Camelia went to No. 12, Grimmauld Place twice.

What happened to Regulus made Sirius heartbroken. After being told that even if he went to that cave, he would not be able to find Regulus's remains, he was depressed for a long time. Harry and Lupine couldn't help it. He kept an eye on him from time to time to prevent him from doing anything stupid, but it was precisely during this period of time that his relationship with the mother in the portrait eased a lot.

Because of Regulus, Sirius and his mother have reached a certain degree of reconciliation, when a grieving person and a portrait commemorate the departed relatives together, the hatred accumulated over the years magically disappears in the face of blood thicker than water.

The portrait of Mrs. Black has regained her dignity. She no longer screams at everyone who visits, waving her claw-like hands, only when a wizard of Muggle blood like Hermione enters the house When she came, she would frown unhappily, say mean things, and act extremely arrogant, but her attitude was much better than before, and now she was no longer always hidden behind the curtain by Sirius.

Camelia had a falling out with Percy Weasley during her second visit to 12 Grimmauld Place, which had something to do with Penello.

Penello decided to go to France to study psychology. The admission letter had already been received. After the summer vacation, she would go to the new school to report, but this also meant that the relationship between her and Percy had come to an end. They broke up not long after the summer vacation started, when Percy had just joined the Ministry of Magic.

If Penello chooses to stay in the UK to go to university, it is still possible between them, maybe they will not come to the point of breaking up, but it is not easy to say.

According to Penello’s letter to Camelia, she repeatedly mentioned that Percy was extremely busy after entering the Ministry of Magic. If Mr. Weasley hadn’t forced Percy to come back every day, he would have refused to go home at all, and He admires his boss, Barty Crouch, and mentions him to others from time to time, which makes Penello extremely jealous of Mr. Crouch.

I don't know how many times Percy pushed Penello's date on the grounds of work. They had a big fight. After the quarrel, Penello broke up because she couldn't stand her being in the heart of her boyfriend anymore. His status is actually not as high as that report on the thickness of the crucible.

And Percy, who was broken up, still can't figure it out. He has let go of Penello to chase her dream, and has no complaints about it. He is even ready to face the upcoming long-distance relationship, but why does she You can't put yourself in another place and think that he is also a person who has a dream to chase. Isn't his dream important?At present, he has to work hard to climb up smoothly when he just joined the job. Why can't she understand that everything he is doing now is fighting for a common future for them.

Percy couldn't figure this out, and even thought that Camelia had encouraged Penello in some way, letting her boldly do what she wanted, without worrying about anyone's obstruction, including family members and lovers.

In fact, from Percy's point of view, there is no need for Penello, who has received a complete wizarding education, to go back to be a Muggle again, so it is meaningless to go to a Muggle university for further study, because Hogwarts alone provides An academic degree is enough to gain a foothold in the wizarding world, and Penello's grades are excellent, so it is not a problem to apply for a position in the Ministry of Magic.

But in fact, it was Penelope's own idea to go to university. She was born in a Muggle family. In addition to her friends in Hogwarts, she also had a large group of Muggle friends. Most of them were very ordinary, almost all They go to school step by step and work after finishing their studies. There are also a small number of people who drop out of school and start working early.But the things taught in Muggle schools are completely different from Hogwarts. Penelope often loses touch with these Muggle friends when chatting with them. Her life has become too wizard-oriented. She will feel unaccustomed, and every time she thinks about whether it was the right decision to choose to study in the wizarding world, and her parents have become more and more inclined to let her put down the things about magic and live like an ordinary Muggle. She has been tossing and living in two worlds for many years, which gradually made her feel tired. After all, life is not as simple as deciding to go to Hogwarts when she thought learning magic was very interesting.

Originally, Penello thought that Percy was her balance point in the two worlds. At first, she believed that she could maintain her studies in the Muggle world while taking care of her relationship in the wizarding world, but she soon found that she was powerless.

Penelope and Percy chatted about their family's favorite football game, but Percy couldn't understand the comparability of this sport with Quidditch.When Percy said "The Fountain of Luck" was his favorite story in "The Tales of Beedle the Bard", Penello was saying that her favorite was "Jack and the Beanstalk"...

When it seems difficult to resonate between pure wizards and pure Muggles, Percy and Penello are always not on the same track.At the same time, Percy is too obsessed with work, and he often acts strong and likes to use an unquestionable tone. These are the straws that crush this relationship.

Regarding the breakup with Penello, Percy did not tell his younger siblings at home immediately, and he may still be waiting for Penello to change his mind.

It was about the end of the meal that day. Camelia was asked by Tonks and others when she was going to France. When she was about to answer the question, Percy, who brought the work back to do it, was willing to accept his share. In the report on the standard of the thickness of the crucible, she raised her head and thoughtlessly mentioned whether she had planned it in advance, and made an appointment with Penello to leave her boyfriend and go to France to have a good time together.

Percy's words hit two minefields at once.

At that time, the family was in a mess, and Camelia was upset. Everyone knew the situation in her family, and they were afraid that she would be upset, and they never mentioned Cedric in front of her, as if they didn't know him at all.They were all afraid that Camelia would lose control of her emotions, because they could see that she was tired recently.

It was not Camelia's voluntary choice to go to France, but her parents were fighting for custody. It was hard to tell the outcome, and neither side would give in, so a law enforcement officer at the Ministry of Magic suggested that it would be best for the child to go with both parties. Live for a period of time, experience the experience, and then make your own choices.

In fact, Camelia has already had the answer in her heart. She has always been willing to follow her father, but she did not hate her mother or live in Paris. On the contrary, she loves her mother very much and wants to spend more time with her in her dreams. After a while, she also likes life in Paris, where there are good food, beautiful clothes and better sunshine than London, although she grew up in England, but sometimes she has to admit that in some ways she is more beautiful. Like a native French girl instead of an English girl.

But with such a strong mother, it is not a pleasant thing to be with her in life, especially after setting aside the natural beautification filter that the child has for the mother, Camelia's mother has her own set She believes that wizards should be like wizards, so she doesn't like Camelia's constant talking about Muggle things, but she doesn't She hates real Muggles and is very friendly towards Muggles, besides she is a perfectionist.

In short, Camelia's mother's life is full of rules, and no one is allowed to break the rules. In a sense, she may be the most perfect mother in Percy Weasley's eyes, but Camelia's mother More respect and fear.

In comparison, living with my father is a very happy thing.He remembers all of Camille's preferences and every word he said, and he is with her at almost every important moment in his life. He can give up everything for her at any time, and he can undoubtedly say that he loves her the most in this world. He is a competent and perfect father, which is one of the reasons why Camelia did not leave with her mother.

It's just a pity that following his father means living in England, staying in this place where most wizards have heard of and know about the Shafik family.

Camelia thought she shouldn't lose her temper outside, but Percy's meanness made her really unbearable, especially when Percy was also angry, and would say things like Camelia was the culprit for her parents' divorce terrible words like that.

Because of this, Camelia threw all Percy's reports into the stove and burned them clean, causing him to waste the hard work of the past few days, and then scolded him for breaking up with Penello. It's his fault, because he is so self-righteous, he always feels like the whole world revolves around him alone, and at the end he said that he is hypocritical, only flattering, and everything he does is just to climb up.

As a result, Mrs. Weasley's impression of Camelia was suddenly ruined, thinking that she was a stubborn and difficult lady, and her usual approachable behavior might be just a disguise, although Fred and others later She kept reminding her that it was her dearest and proudest son who provoked and bullied others first, but she had already dispelled the original idea of ​​trying to match Camelia with a certain son.

On the last visit, on the eve of her departure for France, Camelia thought it necessary to reward the loyal elf with something he deserved.Fortunately, she didn't meet Percy when she went this time.

Now the real locket is still in Dumbledore's, he and Snape have figured out a way to destroy it, and the fake locket that Regulus used to drop bags is still in that cave, because It is unrealistic to get it, and you have to risk your life, so Camelia decided to lie to Kreacher. She forged a locket and claimed with the elf that it was Regulus back then. The one that Stan used to switch bags.

Kreacher let out a howl of surprise and pain when the elf saw Camelia pull out a locket that was almost exactly the same as before, and heard her say that she would give it to it for safekeeping , and then it collapsed to the ground.

It took them nearly half an hour to calm down Kreacher, probably thinking that they could get a relic of the Black family, the elf was so excited that his knees were weak and he couldn't stand upright, and he asked for it worriedly. Its owner, Sirius, asked if it could have this relic. For the first time, Sirius patiently told it that this was for it.

When Kreacher was finally able to stand and toddle, they accompanied him to the cupboard and watched him carefully hide the locket in the dirty blanket with his collection of treasures.

"Then can I give you a hug?" Camelia said to Kreacher with a smile.

It wriggled and tugged at the towel on its body, with its big ears drooping, with a hesitant expression, "How dare Kreacher treat Miss Camelia... no... Kreacher is grateful for Miss Camelia's gift... Kreacher wants to give Miss kowtowed, not..."

"Okay, Kreacher, let's go." Sirius interrupted impatiently, but his expression was happy.

Kreacher did as he did, and after hugging Camelia, he retreated into his sleeping den, hugging his treasures.

Camelia said to Sirius before leaving: "Promise me, don't yell at it in the future, and be nice to it. Sirius, you have to know that Kreacher is not your servant, but your family."

Seeing that Sirius agreed, Camelia was also very happy, and when she was about to leave, Harry hurriedly stopped her, "Aren't you going to stay for a meal before leaving?"

"No, Harry, I'm rushing back to pack my luggage." Camelia paused. "If you see Percy, please tell him. He still owes me an apology."

After hearing this, Harry nodded and accepted the matter, and then asked a little embarrassedly: "Then... when will you come back from France? You won't come back."

Camelia smiled and said, "It's hard to say when I'll come back, but I have to go back to school. Mom can't hold me all the time."

Unexpectedly, Harry said with joy on his face: "Ah, this is really great!"

Sirius on the side said lazily: "Harry, you are not the way to chase girls. Don't say I taught you when you go out in the future."

Harry's face was flushed, and he lowered his head and complained in a low voice, "Sirius, what nonsense are you talking about."

Camelia ignored Sirius' words, and said to Harry openly, "I'll write to you when I get there."

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Salute to brave Regulus!