[HP] Can you be gentle with me

"Potter!"

Lily's voice came out suddenly, and the two of them looked in the direction of the voice, and suddenly felt half-cold in their hearts.

Behind her was McGonagall.

"Can you guys explain what's going on?" McGonagall yelled angrily.He looked at the two slumped in front of him and Snape who was unconscious.

"We—" James began, but he didn't know how to explain it.

In the end, although James hesitated, he still told what happened.

"How dare you!" McGonagll was obviously outraged, and his whole body was trembling with anger. "How did you know about Mr. Lupine? He told you?"

"We found it ourselves, Professor." James said with his head down. "We know he's here every month for a safe transformation..."

"Then you clearly don't understand the definition of security, Mr. Potter," McGonagall said coldly. "We sent him outside the castle just to keep you -- safe," she said. "You go to your own peril though, don't you? Especially you, Mr. Black." She turned to Sirius. "Your behavior is very serious, you even put your classmates' lives in danger!"

Sirius lowered his head, but all he could think about was the fact that Tahlia was still inside, and his eyes wandered there frequently.

"Mr. Black, are you very absent-minded, or do you think this matter is not that serious and Mr. Snape's life is not worth anything to you?" McGonagall said sternly.

"Professor!" Sirius looked up, looking straight into McGonagall's eyes. "Professor! Tahlia's still in there!" He wanted McGonagall to get Tahlia out first, and it didn't matter how she punished him afterwards.

McGonagall froze for a moment, Merlin, is there a student in there?

Without hesitation at the moment, he drew out his wand and approached the Whomping Willow──

But it doesn't look like McGonagall needs to do anything.

Because at that moment, Tahlia fell out of the entrance with disheveled hair, bloody face, and several cuts in the robe.

"Miss Watson," McGonagall approached, his voice trembling. "How did you get out—"

She didn't answer, but ran to Snape's position, and after careful inspection, she breathed a sigh of relief, as if she hadn't noticed McGonagall's presence at all.

"Tahlia?" Sirius approached cautiously. It was the first time he saw her in such a state of embarrassment, and regret rose in his heart again. He shouldn't have left her alone in there, in case even Tahlia turned into a werewolf, or It was... so what should I do?

Tahlia stood up abruptly, glaring at Sirius.

"I'm so disappointed in you, Sirius," she began.The voice also reveals the same emotion.

Sirius froze in place as if being directly drenched by a bucket of ice water. "I..." He opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything to explain it.

He was indeed stupid for causing this incident, and even Tahlia was almost given by Remus—

"Miss Watson." McGanagall could no longer stand aside as if nothing had happened, and spoke. "I think you should go to the medical wing first, and also have to take Mr. Snape, Miss Evans, can you help me?" He looked at Lily questioningly.

"I think so, Professor."

"As for you two." She turned to James and Sirius. "You'll have to come with me, I think I'll have to inform the Headmaster."

Tahlia just glanced at the two of them indifferently, without saying anything, she just waved her wand to let Snape float up, and then left. Lily glanced at the two of them worriedly at first, but followed quickly, obviously thinking that Getting Snape to the medical wing was more important.

"Tahlia." Lily followed up, her worried tone clearly showing.

Tahlia didn't speak, but directed Snape forward as before.

"Is Severus alright?" Lily asked cautiously.

Although Snape didn't see any trauma on his body, unlike Tahlia's embarrassment, but he was unconscious, and he had no idea what happened to them in the Whomping Willow, if Snape was injured anywhere...

"He's just overly frightened." Tahlia replied flatly.

To say it was overwhelmed would be an understatement.

When he arrived, Snape was only a little short, a little short!

If she had been slower, Snape would have been bitten—

So she was not surprised at all that he fainted from fright and didn't know anything after that.It should be said that I was the one who was overly frightened.

She felt her heartbeat stop at that moment.

I can't imagine what would happen if Snape was really bitten. If he was lucky, he would be controlled by the full moon every month like Remus. If he was unlucky, he would die tragically under the mouth of the werewolf, or become its food──she would not Deciding which one would end the worse, she didn't want to think about it at all.

She only knows one thing now.

This kind of thing must not happen again, otherwise I am afraid that I will not be able to talk to others calmly like now.

In the hospital wing, they were faced with Madam Pomfrey's snarl.

"Werewolves!" she growled. "It's a miracle for Merlin that you're still alive!" he roared, but his movements when applying the medicine for Tahlia were still exceptionally gentle. "Are you sure these injuries were not scratched and bitten by werewolves?"

Tahlia shook her head.

Although the wounds on her body looked hideous, they were all scratches from her not paying attention to her feet getting caught when she was concentrating on casting the spell—well, the opening in the robe was cut by Remus, but it was only cut open, She should be grateful that those claws never touched her skin—it should be said that she was grateful that she used the vine wall to block it in real time.

Not long after, the medical wing door was opened again.

Pomfrey rolled his eyes angrily, and walked forward while muttering and telling the patient not to rest.

The curtain around the bed was pulled back, and in came Dumbledore, Slughorn, and McGonagall.

After that, there were two people with disturbed faces, James and Sirius.

In fact, now that Tahlia thinks about it, what she just said to Sirius was too harsh, she must have hit him hard...

But she didn't have any intention of taking it back, after all, he really put his classmates in danger.

Besides, she was really disappointed, she never thought that Sirius would be so reckless, just to play a prank on Snape.

All in all, she was still angry.

"Merlin, Tahlia...are you alright?" Slughorn saw Tahlia covered in blood at a glance, this is the most outstanding student in his college, even if there were rumors—but he believed what she said, it was just a rumor , is not true.

So he was really worried.

Tahlia shook her head.

"If you think it's okay to call it that, then I'm not needed here, Horace." Pomfrey said coldly.

Slughorn looked back awkwardly. "Come on, Poppy," he said. "The school absolutely needs you—"

"Really?" Pomfrey snorted. "But look what wounded you guys are sending me here? I was against it back then, Albus—" She glared at Dumbledore. "At the beginning, I objected to letting that werewolf enter the school──"

"The werewolf was a student first and foremost, Poppy," Dumbledore interrupted. "He has the same right to education as everyone else." After a pause, he spoke harshly. "I thought you'd cleared up some of your prejudices over the years—"

Pomfrey pursed his lips.

Of course she knew Remus was a good kid, the one she'd taken him to the Shrieking Shack all these years, the one she'd picked up as a frail, sweet kid who would still smile and thank her after his transformation.

How could she not know how kind Remus was.

Merlin was really unfair, why was such a well-behaved and gentle child bitten?

Sighed.

After all, it's definitely not Remus' fault today. If the kid found out after his transformation, he must be blaming himself...

"Sorry, Albus," she said. "I'm so excited—Remus is a good boy." Forced a smile. "He was always a good boy."

Dumbledore didn't continue the topic either, but cleared his throat and turned to Tahlia. "First of all, I have to thank you for Mr. Snape, Tahlia."

Tahlia shook her head and spoke lightly. "unnecessary."

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

"I don't think he wants me to save him at all, Principal." Tahlia said, looking at the wounds on her body that had grown light-colored new skin, she deeply admired the magic potion technology in the magic world, Looked up. "I'd better not stay here, I don't want to see him wake up at all." While talking, regardless of Pomfrey sternly yelling at her to stay here and rest, she insisted on leaving the hospital wing.

Yes, she didn't want to see the way Snape woke up, the way he woke up hating her, she couldn't stand it.

However, Pomfrey's attitude was also very firm, and he would not let Tahlia leave the medical wing right now, and the two sides were in a stalemate for a while, which made Dumbledore stand aside, feeling that nothing could be said.

"Principal," Tahlia finally sighed, seeing Pomfrey's determined gaze on her, and decided to give in. "If you want me to stay here, can you guarantee that I won't see him?"

Dumbledore was perplexed, and there was no way to give an answer. "This—" He glanced at Pomfrey aside as if asking for help.

Pomfrey frowned, but spoke after a while. "I think if the curtain is drawn, even if he wakes up, he won't know that it's you lying here." He paused. "I don't think he'll wake up for a while, and neither will you."

Tahlia nods. "Then I can stay, ma'am," he said, turning to Dumbledore. "I have another request, Headmaster—"

"What is it, child?" Dumbledore asked kindly. Although Tahlia came across as tough just now, it was true that she saved a student regardless of her own safety.

As long as this request is not excessive, he will try his best to achieve it.

"Don't tell him I went to the Shrieking Shack too."

"Why—" Sirius behind him couldn't help but startled, but was stopped by McGonagall's eyes.

"You should care about your punishment first, Mr. Black." She said flatly. "I'm not your dean, but I think Professor Slughorn will know what to do."

Sirius shut his mouth.

"Can I ask why?" Dumbledore asked the same question as Sirius. "Why didn't Mr. Snape know that you saved him?"

"Because I don't want him to know." Tahlia said flatly, raising her head. "Is this reason enough?"

Dumbledore didn't know what to say.

Maybe he shouldn't have agreed to let her learn Occlumency in the first place. She learned it too fast, and it's only been less than a month. At this moment, he can't see the true emotions behind the mask deliberately put on her face. .

Fortunately, however, he knew that Tahlia cared a lot about her friends, and he thought with relief that as long as that didn't change, then he could be sure that Tom would never gain Tahlia's loyalty.

In the end, he didn't think of any reason to refuse, so he nodded and spoke. "We can keep this one secret, Tahlia," he said. "I'll tell him Mr. Potter saved him—"

"But I didn't—" James started blankly, but was quickly interrupted by Dumbledore.

He blinks. "That's at least half the truth, isn't it?" he said. "Because Tahlia went to Mr. Snape after hearing what you said." Smiled. "I'll award Gryffindor twenty points for this, Minerva, I think you'll agree?"

McGonagall nodded, Potter did appear there to save Snape, and in their narration just now, it was Black who pulled the prank alone, so Potter really shouldn't be punished for it.

"As for Mr. Black—"

Sirius lowered his head even lower. It can be said that this incident was caused by him alone. Even if he was expelled from school, he would not be surprised──

"I suppose you got a whole term of detention, and the Slytherins got a hundred points for that."

"What?" Sirius raised his head in disbelief, eyes wide open, that's all?Even though it meant that they had lost this year's Academy Cup, but... this punishment is really light—he heard it wrong, right?

Slughorn stood aside, frowning slightly, but said nothing.

This punishment is indeed light.

Although Black's behavior was serious, he still hesitated for a while to personally punish the students of his own house. Fortunately, now that Dumbledroe spoke for him, it just saved him embarrassment.

He wasn't as selfless as Minerva could be.

"Albus!" Sure enough, McGonagall protested angrily.

"Listen to me, Minerva," Dumbledore began wearily. "Mr. Black was a first-time offender, and I'm sure he did his best to fix it after realizing the seriousness of the situation. Didn't you also see him there to save Mr. Snape?" he said, sounding like Is remembering something. "You can't ruin a person's later life because of a wrong decision when he is young. I think I have a deep understanding of this."

"──I have to apologize, Principal." Tahlia added slowly and without emotion.

"Yes, and of course an apology—" Dumbledore continued, looking seriously at Sirius. "Mr. Black, you have to make a serious apology to Mr. Snape—after he wakes up, of course." Blinking at Tahlia, but getting no response, she turned back a little disappointed.

Sirius lowered his head, feeling indescribably sad.

Sure enough, Tahlia was still mad at herself.

He knew Tahlia wasn't angry before, even though they had suddenly started ignoring her, he could feel it, but now he knew Tahlia was angry, very angry.

"I see, sir," he said.

For the first time in his life, he wasn't upset that he had to apologize to Snape.