Whiskey Chocolate

When Albus woke up, he was in St. Mungo's hospital bed. The sun was shining through the window on his pale face, scorching hot, and he raised his hand with difficulty to block the annoying sunlight.

"Merlin bless you, you're finally awake." Bagshot was sitting in front of the bed with a worried expression on his face, his eyes were blue and he looked like he hadn't rested for a long time.

"Ah..." Albus realized that his voice sounded terribly hoarse.

Bagshot lightly held down his attempt to sit up, "I know what you want to ask, but let's get well first?" She hesitated whether to tell the poor child the truth, she was not sure Whether Si will collapse after hearing the news is not good for his injury.

"Ali..." Albus repeated stubbornly, and struggled, he had to know what happened to Arianna and Aberforth.

Bagshot sighed, intending to compromise, "Aberforth has been discharged from the hospital, and he is currently recuperating at Potter's house. He came to see you earlier." The reason for staying at Potter's house was not for self-cultivation but because he didn't want to go home. He only came to visit Albus once at the beginning to confirm his life and death, and then never came again.

"Where's Arianna?" Albus finally squeezed out a coherent sentence with all his might.Albus was terrified by Bagshot's long silence, and he struggled to sit up, he was going to Arianna.

Seeing Albus struggling in pain, Bagshot still couldn't bear it, "Albus, calm down. I'll tell you, stop moving. Arianna..." Bagshot couldn't help crying, "I I'm sorry... Aberforth plans to hold her funeral the day after tomorrow."

Contrary to Bagshot's expectations, Albus listened calmly, without any movement, he stared blankly at the pale roof of St. Upon hearing the news, all the pain and suffering was being borne by another person, while he himself was just watching.

Albus asked Bagshot to write to Dorje and asked him to make a powerful potion. He had to attend Arianna's funeral. The powerful potion would allow him to move freely in a short period of time. His therapist expressed He strongly objected that the side effects of the overly powerful thing would make his body worse, but under Albus's repeated pleadings, Bashasa and Dorji still compromised.

On the day of Arianna's funeral, Bagshot went with Albus to say goodbye to poor Arianna. As soon as Albus appeared, a furious Aberforth rushed up and broke the bridge of Albus's nose. Can't forgive someone who hurt his sister.

"You ruined everything!" Aberforth yelled at Albus as he was pulled away by the crowd.

Bagshot worriedly asked about Albus's nose, hesitating whether to find someone to fix it first, but these didn't matter to Albus, he looked at the coffin lying quietly on the ground not far away, his beloved Arianna, the younger sister, lay there, silent.

He knelt before the graves of Candela and Arianna and confessed to them that he killed Arianna because of his arrogance and stupidity.He deeply remembered how caring and caring Kendela was for Arianna. He was supposed to take care of her wholeheartedly instead of Kendela, but in the end, Arianna left with her mother after a few months. He was not even sure about the harm. Did the Avada that killed her come from his own magic wand?

"Why didn't Grindelwald come?" After Arianna fell asleep next to her mother, everyone was about to leave. Albus said such a sentence suddenly, and everyone stopped because of it. Aberforth wished He rushed up and punched Albus again, but was stopped by the people around him again.

"Albus, he's been convicted of murder." Bagshot reminded kindly beside Albus that Albus's behavior has been very abnormal these days. crazy.

Facing the crazy expression of the people around him, Albus realized his weirdness. Everyone knew that Grindelwald would not appear here, but he still thought that Grindelwald would appear, confessing in front of Arianna's grave, begging Aberforth and his forgiveness, and then give him a convincing reason to return to his side, after all, his talent is still valuable, isn't it?

Albus would say that, of course, not because of the obsession in Aberforth's roar, but because he knew Grindelwald better after seeing the truth, and he was finally able to clearly understand and speculate what he did.

After sending Arianna away, Albus lay in St. Mungold's for another three months because of the aftereffects of the powerful potion.Aberforth did not return to Hogwarts to complete his remaining studies. Albus heard from Aberforth's friend Potter that he had gone wandering. Albus originally wanted to write to persuade him, mentioning Pen also felt that his incompetent brother would have no face to ask him now.

Returning to the home he had been away for a long time, Albus felt a little strange. Dumbledore’s house was completely destroyed that night by the heavy rain. After the people from the Ministry of Magic investigated, Bagshot kindly restored him to its original state and cleaned it up before he came back. For a moment, it's a pity that Bagshot is not very familiar with the arrangement of their home, and many small things are not in their original positions. Albus tried to return them to the positions in his memory, but he always felt that they were not the same as before, and they were all awkward.

Albus sometimes unconsciously cooked a few more people's food, or set up a few extra sets of dishes, and it was often when he was sitting at the table eating by himself that he realized what he was doing again.

Hearing from Grindelwald again was a few months later, in a small corner of the Daily Prophet, which reported on the theft of the famous German wand shop, accompanied by a photo, a blurry Like a big bird, his golden back jumped out of the window and disappeared into the rain. Albus believed that he would never forget that back, and he knew it was Grindelwald.

No one knew that not only Gregorovich was stolen, but also Dumbledore's house was stolen. Albus woke up early in the morning and found that the phoenix quill that symbolized his life and death was missing. The quill was full of spirituality. There is only one person in this world who can take it away quietly except himself.

He didn't want to know or guess what Grindelwald wanted to do. Albus put down the newspaper. He was going to get up and buy some food now. It was the harvest season and he should buy more when the price was cheap. This was the case for Candela in previous years. made.

"Albus, don't you buy a little too much?" The potato seller put a whole basket of potatoes on Albus's trolley, and asked tactfully at the same time.It's not that she's crazy and doesn't want to make money, it's that Albus's behavior is worrying, he is alone now, and there is enough food on the cart for three or four people for a winter.

Albus took out the money and handed it to her, and said with a smile that there was no need to worry, and he pushed the cart to the next shop.

A little boy walked towards him leading a girl younger than him. Albus had some impression of them. They were the children of a Muggle couple in the village.The little girl was asking her brother in a childlike voice, "Mom is going to make a cake, shall we pick berries? The cake is more beautiful and delicious with berries on it."

Arianna had said similar things to her two brothers back in the day, and Albus remembered that he and Aberforth had picked a basket of berries, and Candela, complaining that they picked too many, ordered Percival to take the extra The berries are made into jam.

"What's wrong with you?" The little girl walked up to Albus and asked, "Why are you crying? Are you sick?"

Only then did Albus realize that his eyes were hot and humid, and for some reason tears flowed down without his will, he tried to stop it but it was useless.

Seeing that Albus didn't answer, the little girl still kept crying and stretched out her hand to pull the corner of Albus's clothes to signal him to squat down. Albus had no choice but to cooperate with her. expression.

The little girl hesitated for a moment and spread out her little hand as if making some important decision. It was a somewhat melted candy squeezed by her little hand, and no one seemed to want to eat it.

"Here's this for you. Mom will give me this every time I fall or get sick, and I won't cry every time I eat this."

Albus looked at the little girl who looked at him with wide eyes and the little boy who was ready to bravely protect his sister at any time, as if he saw Arianna and Aberforth, he accepted the little girl's kindness with a grateful smile .

The candy is still sweet and greasy in his mouth. Albus originally thought that he would still not like that feeling, but this time he was surprised. The overly rich and strong presence of sweetness dilutes all his emotions. The days have been lingering in his mouth for unknown reasons, and the bitterness was also covered up. He regained the initiative in his body and controlled his tears.

At that moment, he seemed to finally wake up from the chaotic dream, sober.

"Thank you," said Albus sincerely, and smiled from the bottom of his heart.