[HP] Magic didn't give up on you

"The consequences of deceiving Lord Voldemort are dire."

Voldemort said grimly. He looked at the slightly trembling figure kneeling at his feet, as if he was looking at a bedbug living in the sewer.He just waved his wand in disgust, and the little man kneeling at his feet howled like a pig again - fear, pain, and a great degree of shock.The man's limbs and torso were in violent convulsions, his fingers were digging into the ground tightly, the blood from the fingertips gradually gushed out from the grinding of the sand and penetrated into the black ground, but he still struggled to get close to him, his forehead pressed against his on the ground in front of the toes.

"Master, master... I'm sorry, I didn't... I didn't know about Lily Potter's pregnancy earlier... I'm a marginal character in the Order of the Phoenix, they don't trust me that much, not everything will be with me Say, you know... I'm a piece of shit everywhere..."

"For a worthless person, disappearing is the best thing he can do for this world." Voldemort said coldly, he glanced contemptuously at Peter who was curled up at his feet, and flipped through his memory casually, His eyes turned slightly, away from the top of his head, and turned to look at the house in front of him.

"Your mother is in there, isn't she?" he said softly. "I tried my best to buy a house in London and live with my mother. It's so touching, Wormtail, what a mother-child bond, I can't help but sigh."

"No, it's not..." Peter hastily denied, his voice suddenly changed.His body still had convulsions from being tortured by the Cruciatus Curse, his face was bloodless, he shook his head humbly, and kissed Voldemort's robe humbly, "Master, master... this is my only mother, the only... the only relatives... Keeping her is useful to you, I can assure you, I can be sure... You can use my mother to restrain me, restrict me, monitor me... to ensure my absolute loyalty..."

Voldemort sneered mockingly and sharply, mocking in his grim voice.

"Do you need a second person to ensure your loyalty?" he said playfully, with deliberate politeness in his tone. "With all due respect, Peter, do you think you have such worth? You have no respect for your own Cognition may be a bit too vague, and you should find someone to help you recognize what you are."

His eyes narrowed silently, and he scanned the surroundings slowly.In the next second, more than a dozen black figures in cloaks appeared indistinctly in the night. They lowered their heads respectfully, without showing any surprise or doubt about their sudden call-up, and only skillfully stood where they should be. Standing in the middle of the queue, quietly waiting for the order from the Dark Lord.

"It's a small thing." Voldemort said casually, raising his wand, "Let you also take a look at what happens to the trash, and remind everyone to find their place in time. Death Eaters don't need useless encumbrances. "

Peter's pupils shrank suddenly, and his body began to convulse slightly due to extreme fear. At the very moment, before the tip of Voldemort's wand flashed green light, he tremblingly grabbed a small piece of Voldemort's robe, and the voice Hoarse to totally inflected.

"I'm useful, master, I'm useful, and I will prove my usefulness... The Loyalty Curse! Both the Potters and the Longbottoms have already planned to hide in their own safe houses to avoid your arrest. They need a secret agent I will go for it, I will go for it, and I will try to be the secret keeper of the Potters, and I will inform you of their whereabouts and hiding place in time... Only a secret keeper can do it, you need me, I am still useful, I will definitely be able to do it well this matter……"

There was a brief silence, Peter's head knocked on the ground, trembling uncontrollably, holding his breath as if waiting for the death sentence.I don't know how long it took, every second seemed like years to him, until he finally heard the voice of Voldemort, the person who always made him tremble with fear, but the words he spoke at this time were like fairy voices.

He heard Voldemort say coldly, "This is the last chance of your life, Wormtail."

When Voldemort and the Death Eaters disappeared outside his lawn, Peter collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath from the exhaustion of his narrow escape.He lay on the ground for a long time before he slowly got up and walked home unsteadily.

He raised his hand and knocked on the door a few times, and there were soft footsteps from inside the house.Soon, the door was opened, and the face of his mother Enid Pediru appeared from the door. She stood at the door and smiled at her son. As the door was opened, the warm lights and the smell of stewing food The warm aroma rushed towards him together.

It was as if it was from this moment that I really felt alive again.Peter couldn't help but took a deep breath, and tried to smile at his mother: "I'm back, Mom. Do you want to eat lamb stewed with peas today? It smells delicious."

His face must still have been pale from the torture he had just suffered, for Enid frowned worriedly when she saw her son for the first time.

"You look very pale, Peter." She asked with concern. "What happened?"

"No, no, Mom." Peter stiffened subtly, and said quickly, "Everything is fine, no, I mean, everything is as usual. The situation is dangerous, and the Order of the Phoenix is ​​not doing well. Do... I am also very tired today, Mom, you know, my work is also very important."

"Of course I know." Enid smiled, and when he came in, she turned to the living room and waved her magic wand, making the pillows on the sofa more fluffy and soft, and piled them bulging on the sofa. Go up in comfort.

"Take a break, and then we'll have dinner." She looked at her child lovingly, and said with great pride in a proud tone, "Of course, the work will be hard, and a well-paid job will definitely come with Hard work, isn't it? That's normal. We're not one of those born wealthy families, but it's honorable to work for a paycheck, and we can build a better life with our own hands, our souls and anything A righteous person is as pure and noble. We don’t have to envy other people’s life of getting something for nothing, so we are also very good——I am really happy to see you grow into an upright and kind child, Peter.”

Sitting on the sofa, Peter froze for a moment. He lowered his head and was silent for a while, then whispered, "I have embarked on a very dangerous path, Mom."

"Yes, I am often afraid of this." Enid admitted, but then she shook her head again, "but when the burden falls on the shoulders, it is not right to shirk or escape. Just like your Good friend James, fate has given him many enviable things, and at the same time made a malicious joke with him with a prophecy, he can only accept it, life is always like this, the important thing is to learn to face it calmly Yes. By the way, how's he doing lately? And your other friends? Except for Lupine, the others seem to have not been here for a while."

"It's okay for now." Peter muttered softly, "...the last calm before the storm."

"Such peaceful days won't be too long." Dumbledore said solemnly, "It's the beginning of July, Alice and Lily may give birth at any time, don't take the prophecy of the end of July too seriously, No one knows whether it will be one or two in the end...you must go to the safe house immediately, Alice, Lily, Frank and James are with you."

"You two have to hide separately." Eli added, "The risk of hiding together is too great. Once the mysterious man finds out, he can easily kill the two children together. We can't take such a risk." .”

"The problem now is this." Dumbledore said, looking at them solemnly through the half-moon-shaped lenses with his blue eyes, "There can only be one secret of the Fidelity Curse hidden in the soul of every living person... I can only Be the secret keeper of a safe house."

"We can do it ourselves, Dumbledore," said Frank immediately.James nodded in agreement, thought for a while, and added: "We can also choose a secret keeper, a friend we can absolutely trust... You can hide a more important secret in your soul, such as our Order of the Phoenix The secret headquarters in the dark, the one that was built after being attacked once on the bright side, so that at least when we are attacked again, there is a place that can turn from light to dark, so that we won’t be blocked in Diagon Alley.”

"Moody is the secret keeper of that safe house. He gave up the protection of his own residence and chose to take on this burden for all of us. The reason is that his own home is generally unoccupied, and he doesn't go back very often. Aurors don't have any personal information. He has no time." Dumbledore looked at them and said gently and calmly, "For us now, protecting you is the most important thing, maybe this will change the fate of all of us—if that prophecy If it can come true."

The four members of the two families looked at each other, and they were all silent for a moment, then James raised his hand and scratched his hair, then turned to look at Lily.The young couple looked at each other, understood each other's meaning, and agreed with each other, so James smiled at Frank and Alice, grinning frankly, and made a gesture of invitation to them.

"You need the safest protection." He said seriously, "Auror's work is more dangerous, and the news of your pregnancy was reported earlier, and the eyes of the mysterious people and Death Eaters are undoubtedly more focused on you On... Obviously, Dumbledore is more suitable to be your secret keeper. Don't worry about me and Lily, we have some very good friends, and we can trust each of them! And they can hide together, you guys Colleagues at the Ministry of Magic don't feel comfortable disappearing suddenly, do they?"

What he said was well-founded and sincere, and he could see that he really hoped that they would choose Dumbledore as the secret keeper instead of being polite in a devious way.Frank and Alice looked at each other, and when they turned their heads to look at James and Lily again, they were full of gratitude. Frank reached out and touched James' fists lightly.

"In terms of making friends, we are really ashamed of ourselves." He said frankly, smiling at James, "A good friend who was inseparable at school, and has been working together after graduation. The friendship is so deep that there is no way to get rid of it." I envy you... Thank you for your generosity, when this matter is settled, our children will grow up together, and the future will be long, we will slowly repay this kindness."

I don't pay back anything, to put it so politely.James smiled and patted him, shrugging lightly.Seeing that they had made a decision, Dumbledore nodded without interfering. He made an appointment with Frank Alice to cast the Loyalty Curse, watched them rush out, went back to buy things and arrange matters, and then turned to stay in the room James and Lily.

Eli was asking them, "Who did you pick as the Secret Keeper I thought? Maybe I don't need to ask that question."

"There's really no need to ask." James looked at Lily, and smiled easily after getting the answer in her eyes, "Isn't it obvious—whom can I trust the lives of me, Lily and our children with the greatest confidence?" When this question came up, I didn't hesitate for a second, and the name automatically appeared in my mind—isn't it what it should be, he is already my child's quasi-godfather!"

That's right, since you have assumed the status of this society, you will naturally have to pay the corresponding labor.Eli nodded, saying nothing about his choice.He hesitated to mention Peter's matter at this time, and turned to look at Dumbledore questioningly.

Dumbledore received his gaze and didn't respond immediately. He only looked at James and Lily, and said calmly: "Actually, I proposed to let you enter the safe house before the child was born. There are two main reasons. a reason."

James and Lily were taken aback, showing expressions of listening carefully.

"The first reason is that some of the magical intelligent life species are very good at prophecy and divination, such as the wizard and prophet Cassandra Trelawney that we have all heard of, and all the centaurs, they almost Everyone can read a mysterious fate from the complicated horoscope, and fortunately, some of them live in the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts."

Everyone's breathing became lighter immediately, and Lily asked a little nervously, "What did they say?"

Dumbledore said quietly: "They say that there will be two boys who will be born at the end of July."

...is the expected result.Eli sighed, and James and Lily looked at each other solemnly without speaking.

"What about the second reason?" James raised his hand and rubbed his face vigorously, and asked with vigor.

"I received a message from a Death Eater." Dumbledore said calmly, "He told me that Voldemort has also confirmed the news through different channels, and he will take action in the near future, although he doesn't know the specifics. pick, but there is no doubt that the couple would be more dangerous without Dumbledore as Secret-Keeper."

Both James and Lily froze for a moment, they had undoubtedly heard the words "message from a Death Eater".

"Have we arranged spies among the Death Eaters?" James asked subconsciously, and couldn't help whistling, "Cool."

"In fact, it just happened to break into the Death Eaters." Dumbledore said calmly, "He hopes that I can protect your safety, and he will not hesitate to pay any price for it, even if it means betraying his own hand-picked master."

The room suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at each other. After a while, someone finally spoke.

Lily looked at Dumbledore and asked calmly, "Did he ask you to be our secret keeper?"

"I think so," Dumbledore replied calmly.

Lily took a deep breath, James shook her hand worriedly, she gave her husband a reassuring smile, then turned to Dumbledore and smiled at him too.

"Thank you for giving us the right to choose, Dumbledore," she said sincerely.

"I think you have the right." Dumbledore smiled gently, then paused, and then said, "He also said something, I can't guarantee the authenticity of this sentence, but..."

He glanced sideways, looking at Eli who was beside him.Eli understood, looked at James and Lily, replaced Dumbledore, and simply finished what he hadn't said.

"Be careful Peter."

"Be careful, Peter," Sirius said, giving Peter a hand to prevent him from slamming his head against the closed door, and looked at him suspiciously. "Have you been tired lately, Wormtail? Perhaps you should give I took a vacation by myself, and to be honest, coming to work in a state like yours is of no practical significance, it will only add to the chaos."

"Sorry." Peter said in a low voice, "I got a little absorbed in your discussion."

"The Loyalty Curse?" Sirius raised an eyebrow, "Then you are quite discerning. Speaking of which, shouldn't we be ready? James needs a secret keeper, and we are his best friends."

"You're the perfect fit, Sirius," Peter whispered.

"I think so too." Sirius muttered, but he turned his head, looked Peter up and down, rubbed his chin again and fell into deep thought, "But maybe, perhaps the most important thing for the Secret Keeper is Can you hide yourself and not be caught? In that case, you seem to be quite suitable, after all, you are inconspicuous."

Beside them, Lupine's breath caught in a jerk.He turned his head slowly and looked at his two friends.

"...No." Contrary to his and Sirius' expectations, after a short silence, Peter shook his head and said, "I'm not suitable, Sirius, I'm too timid, I can't do anything well, and I don’t want to take risks and cannot be entrusted with such a heavy responsibility.”

Lupine looked at him as if he had seen a ghost, unable to hide the surprise in his heart, Sirius' mouth was half opened in surprise.

"What are you talking about, Wormtail?" he frowned. "It never occurred to us! You're our friend too—"

"It has nothing to do with what you think." Peter interrupted him, looked at him steadily, took a few deep breaths, and then showed him a smile that was uglier than crying.

He said, "There's no need to be so surprised. It's not the first day you know me, Sirius. That's just the kind of person I am."

The author has something to say:

Thanks to hexavalent sulfur, Yu Qiqi, Guoji Chuanbuki for the landmines, grapefruit for the grenade~

The number of serialized words is 50 punch cards!I really didn’t expect to write such a long article when I started it (and it’s so long that I haven’t written the second volume yet.

But it's coming soon, this month will definitely enter the second volume