[HP] Shh, it's a secret

As exams approached, the weather was getting hotter and hotter.On the first Hogsmeade Day in June, Draco went to the Three Broomsticks pub run by Madam Rosmerta, to strengthen a spell and keep a thing.

"Give it to Dumbledore and don't say my name or open it when you see him," he ordered, and then, satisfied to see the poor woman under the Imperius Curse hurriedly Should leave after leaving.

On the third night, Draco sat on the windowsill of the divination classroom and played with a magic gold coin in his hand.He looked up, and what was reflected in his eyes was the tallest tower in Hogwarts.

The gold coin in his hand started to feel hot.

Draco jumped off the ledge.

……

Under the same starry sky, Harry.Potter helped Dumbledore stand outside the door of the Three Broomsticks.

"Sir, Madam Rosmerta gave you... what is that?" Harry asked.He keenly noticed that Dumbledore had turned even paler after receiving the package.

Dumbledore didn't answer, but hid the things in his arms and looked at the woman who walked out of the bar again.

"Rosmerta, who told you to hand it over?"

"I don't know about Albus, it's just sitting there, leaving a note just to say yes to... oh oh - God!" She stopped suddenly, covering her mouth and staring.

"What? What happened?" Dumbledore asked.

"Black—Dark Mark, Albus."

She pointed to the sky in the direction of Hogwarts.Harry followed the direction of her finger—

A dazzling green skeleton is rising,

A snake-like tongue sticks out of that ugly mouth.

Harry suddenly felt his head buzzing.

Only when the Death Eaters broke into a building and killed someone would they release the mark... He couldn't help thinking about the man who fell under the mark...

"Harry, we have to go back at once. Put on your Invisibility Cloak." Dumbledore thrust a broomstick into his hand.

They flew all the way in the direction of the Dark Mark, and the wind whistled past their ears.Hogwarts was pitch-black under the night sky, and there were no fights and counterattacks, no cursing and screaming around.It was not long before they landed within the zigzag walls of the castle's tallest astronomy tower.

"Go to Severus and wake him up..."

Dumbledore stopped suddenly and pushed him vigorously into the corner.A figure emerged from the shadow of the door leading to the interior of the castle and raised his wand at Dumbledore.

"Expelliarmus (expelliarmus)."

At the same moment Harry felt an invisible force imprisoning him.He fell to the ground and stared wide-eyed, seeing Dumbledore's wand draw an arc in the air and fall straight into the man's hand——

Draco.Malfoy? !

"Good evening, Draco," said Dumbledore, calmly.

"Good evening, Dumbledore."

Harry heard Draco respond equally calmly as he approached Dumbledore without delay.

"I'm sorry I had to bring them in. The Dark Mark was just to bring you back, no one was killed," he said.

"Oh, yes, that's good." Dumbledore took a step back so that the wall behind him could support him, "Then your companions..."

At this moment, there was a series of ping-pong-pong sounds from under the tower. Harry tried to turn his head, but he was held tightly.Before his eyes, Draco raised an eyebrow.

"Them?" he said, "they're fighting your guards, and a few of the Order. It won't be long... we're running out of time. You know what I'm here for, sir. "

"Oh, yes," said Dumbledore, "then why don't you do it? My weapon is in your hands, and it would be easy to kill me, Draco."

Harry saw Draco lower his head, and Dumbledore laughed at the same time.The next second, when Dumbledore wanted to speak, he was preempted by Draco.

"I know what you want to say Dumbledore, am I not a murderer? You are wrong, it's just not yet time." Draco said calmly.His calmness gave Harry the creeps.

"What are you waiting for? Well, whatever it is, let's put it aside for now." Dumbledore said, his body slid down another inch, "How did you let the Death Eaters in? Before today I thought that was impossible."

Draco smiled weakly.Harry didn't know why the word "weak" was used, but that was how he understood it - Draco smiled weakly.

"The Vanishing Cabinet," he heard Draco say, "I fixed the one at Hogwarts, and the other one's in Borgin's. If you want to ask me how I knew you weren't in the castle— —Rosmerta, she's been under the Imperius Curse for a long time. She's the one who gave Katie the necklace. Bell, it's she who stuffed the bottle. At my direction, of course."

Harry finally saw that Dumbledore was startled, and so was he.Draco seemed to know exactly what Dumbledore was going to ask.He speaks in the same tone throughout his non-stop narration, without any swagger, swagger, or anything else.No, it's not like Draco.Malfoy.

"You surprised me, Draco. I think we all underestimated you. You are capable enough." Dumbledore said frankly.

"Yes, I can't help it." Draco looked as pale as Dumbledore, "I have to do this, he will kill my parents."

"I understand, I understand your situation." Dumbledore nodded, "But..."

"No but! Don't say 'get on the right track' either! You can't even keep yourself...!" Draco was suddenly excited, and his wand hand began to tremble.

If last time Dumbledore was just surprised, this time he was shocked.

"I began to suspect that it wasn't Harry who had been hacked into his brain, but..." the old headmaster shrugged with a wry smile, "Well then, kid, one last question. This..." He took out something from his pocket, Harry recognized it immediately. It was the thing Rosmerta had given him when they returned from the cave by the sea.

Draco's pupils constricted violently, then strode towards Dumbledore, his wand almost touching Dumbledore's chest.His lips were moving, but Harry couldn't hear what he was saying, the sound of heavy footsteps covering them up.

Someone broke through the door, only to hear Draco yelling at them—

"No need of you, the old madman is mine, mine!" he shouted, pushing Dumbledore hard.There seemed to be something in that hand, and it slipped into Dumbledore's clothes.

"Come on then, Draco! Or let's—" a woman shrieked.With a bang, the door to the castle was knocked open again, and Snape appeared there clutching his wand.

"Severus..." Dumbledore muttered softly, turning his body to one side.

Snape raised his wand and pointed it at Dumbledore.

"Go away, Draco!"

"No. I said no." Draco slowly straightened his arms, wand facing Dumbledore's chest. "It can only be me... me... me."

He stared at Dumbledore with a painful and hopeless expression.Finally, he moved his lips, and tongues of flame shot from his wand.

boom--

The black-red flame engulfed Dumbledore and flew high, like a ball of gorgeous fireworks, it was thrown to the highest point and then flew down.

died?

The Death Eaters looked at each other and remained silent for three seconds. One of them, Bellactrix, quickly rushed to the wall and poked his head out—

In the open space at the bottom of the tower, the legendary invincible old man lay there, wrapped in Fierce Fire miserably.The wind took away the stench of burnt flesh and also a very weak, very distant jjj of pain.

"Dead! Dumbledore is dead!" Bellatrix squealed happily.She patted Draco hard on the shoulder, who was still standing there, "Nice job, Draco! Nice job!"

Draco staggered, and then he saw Snape.Under the green light of the Dark Mark, the face was blue and black.Draco looked at him quietly, then laughed—

"It can only be me, by me, me."

That smile was surprisingly similar to that of Bellatrix beside him.