[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Hogwarts at night is always very quiet, except for the moonlight, there are only bits of light revealed in the castle, and the lights in the hut next to the Forbidden Forest.

A figure suddenly appeared on the grass, and as soon as it appeared, it lost its center of gravity and fell to its knees.

It really shouldn't be willful to use the Portkey...

This is the only thought in Tahlia Watson's head at this time──

She felt the discomfort she had managed to get over at Malfoy Manor resurfaced after the long portkey journey.

The wound on the waist was aching, and the bloodstains, large and small, were constantly stinging, not to mention the unrelenting coldness coming from the depths of the body...

She has to go back to the dormitory quickly... In the impression that she should have prepared some ointment before...

Gritting his teeth, he stood up with the little bit of strength left, and managed not to fall back to the ground due to the sudden dizziness.

Well, at least stood up... a self-deprecating smile.

The journey that is usually considered easy, in Tahlia's eyes at this moment, seems endless. She seems to have walked for a long time, but she has not even reached the gate of the castle.

She felt that every step she took had to use all her strength, and every step was squeezing her remaining willpower—— barely raising her head... Well, the door is in front of you, isn't it?

After what seemed like a century, she finally stood before the steps of the castle.

Left hand on the side armrest...

She frowned, staring at the hand in disgust...then she closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and exhaled heavily—

this is nothing.

When waiting for the eyes to open again, the eyes have returned to calm.

One step... another step...

There was a sudden softness under her feet. If she hadn't held on to the side rails tightly with both hands, she might have touched the floor again...

Damn.

She felt that every part of her body was protesting, yelling at her to stop moving... But this is obviously not a good place, she has to go back to the dormitory...

Luckily the cellar isn't far away, isn't it?

Stepping up the steps very slowly, Tahlia could hardly feel her feet... almost mechanically moving, she didn't know when she would fall down again...

It all depends on when the strength in her body will be taken away.

So when she fell to the ground after stepping on the last step, she was not surprised at all...

Maybe... it's time to take a break...

just a moment...

Eyelids become heavy, yes, just rest for a while...

The eyes fell into darkness.

Sirius rushed into the cellar. Since Tahlia had already appeared at the school, she would definitely return to the living room──he didn't believe that he would not be able to stop her by waiting here this time...

A sneer came from not far away.

Without looking back, Sirius knew who made the sound, but he was not in the mood to pay attention to that guy at all right now, he just glanced at the boy sitting not far away, and ignored him.

Snape was surprised at Sirius's rare lack of any violent reaction.

Sure enough, everyone is not normal today.

Not intending to provoke the person in front of him again, Snape turned his eyes back to the book in his hand, he was not like Black, who dangled around doing nothing all day long──

So weird.

It didn't take that long to walk back to the cellar from where Tahlia appeared—

Sirius took out the Marauder's Map again, James handed it directly to him just now, and said something so that he would not be thrown away by Tahlia again, and was shocked to find that the small dot marked with Tahlia's name was still in the castle At the gate, it stood still.

She is not talking to anyone, Sirius can be sure of that... because there is no one else around her name──

I feel like something really happened...

Sirius jumped up from his chair and rushed out of the saloon again.

Snape watched Black nervously rushing into the living room, then rushed out again in a hurry without doing anything, snorting coldly──

He never wanted to understand what exactly that Black was up to...

The same thing will never happen again──

Sirius never knew that he could run so fast. The portraits in the corridor quickly passed behind him. Not long after, he was already in the corridor by the gate of the castle, and he saw someone lying on the ground at the entrance from a distance... ...The uneasiness of the whole day was confirmed──

"Tahlia!"

He yelled and ran quickly to her side, but apparently Tahlia didn't respond to his yelling at all...

Sirius's mind went blank, and he stared blankly at the person who fell on the ground in front of him.

Tahlia was badly hurt...much worse than when she came out of the Shrieking Shack that night...even though the school robes were very dark, he could still clearly see a large smear of dried blood on them , plus her bloodless face──

Merlin...

"Tahlia!" unconsciously shouted again, although he wasn't sure if the person in front of him would respond to him──

"Damn it!" he swore.

Right now he doesn't care about anything... what Tahlia really thinks, what she is under that man...

All he knew was that there was absolutely no way he would leave Tahlia here alone...

If he was wrong, Tahlia was really the enemy...and he had saved her now--it didn't matter.

Those hypotheses, guesses... go to hell!

Bending down, he hugged Tahlia directly, and frowned unconsciously—so, has she eaten on time these days?The person holding her looks like a child. At this time, Tahlia looks very petite, probably because she usually feels too oppressive──

Sirius took a step forward, the first time he was so grateful that he didn't have the tragic height like Peter──

"Tahlia, wake up..." he kept repeating.

It seems that I vaguely heard someone calling my name...

Tahlia opened her eyes, still feeling a little dazed... The scenery in front of her was moving... Wait, moving?

Feeling that the person in his arms seemed to move, Sirius lowered his head, just in time to see Tahlia opened his eyes, feeling indescribably excited. "Tahlia..."

Tahlia gradually recovered her ability to think. Although she didn't know why Sirius found her and carried her away, she was completely incapable of being friends with them now...

They have been completely on opposite sides.

"Let me go." She said, startled by her still weak voice.

"No." Sirius refused directly. "Could it be possible to let you fall there?"

"Are you not afraid that I will deal with you?"

Since Tahlia was unable to even struggle now, this sentence was not a threat at all, Sirius raised the corners of his mouth, not intending to put her down at all. "Obviously you can't deal with me now." As for whether she will do anything because of today's incident in the future, he doesn't care.

Sirius was right, and Tahlia had to agree with that—

So should she be thankful that she found out it was Sirius?

If someone else finds out... maybe they wish they could just hang out there for the rest of their lives──

It didn't take long for Sirius to come to the door of the medical wing, and without further ado, he just broke open the door and said loudly when Pomfrey rushed out angrily because of the loud noise. "Mrs. Pomfrey, I think you should take a look at her first..." He said, placing Tahlia gently on one of the hospital beds.

Pomfrey, who was about to yell at Sirius, saw Tahlia, forgot Sirius' impolite behavior for a moment, and screamed. "Merlin!"

Pulling out his wand immediately, he bent down to examine Tahlia carefully.

Sirius found that he was unusually calm at the moment, and he was able to calmly stand aside and watch Pomfrey treat Tahlia, although as she went deeper into the examination, her face became more and more ugly──

"Mr. Black," she whispered, and Sirius noticed that the voice sounded a little trembling. "I think you should ask the principal to come..."

Before he had time to think about why Pomfrey wanted to call the principal, his body moved first, and he rushed out of the medical wing quickly, without any delay──

Is it because I subconsciously think that this matter is serious?Or was it Pomfrey's rare worried look?Although every year students are sent to the hospital wing for all kinds of strange reasons-some of them are the objects of their pranks, Mrs. Pomfrey can always get them back to normal quickly, and they are back to normal the next day. It was a mess, and now this excellent medical witch would ask him to find the principal with such a dignified expression...

Obviously something is wrong.

Dumbledore looked extremely tired──this was Sirius' first thought when he rushed to the door of the headmaster's office familiarly, stepped on the stone steps behind the stone statue that automatically jumped out, and opened the door.

Dumbledore's eyes opened slightly. "Mr. Black?"

"Principal Dumbledore, Madam Pomfrey wants you to come over." Sirius was deeply surprised that his voice could be kept so steady. "Tahlia is hurt."

Dumbledore stood up immediately, so fast that Sirius didn't realize that he was a centenarian in front of him. "I think it's time for you to go back to the bedroom, Mr. Black—" He finished speaking, disappearing into the green flames from the fireplace.

"You'd better explain what's going on!" Pomfrey huffed, standing in front of a guilty-looking Dumbledore.

"Poppy, calm down—"

"How do you want me to calm down? She's still a child!" Pomfrey took a distressed look at Tahlia who was lying on the bed, and she had fallen asleep again, before turning his head and growling at Dumbledore again. "These wounds were obviously caused by people in battle! Not to mention there are..." She bit her lips tightly, as if hesitating whether to say it or not...

how come?Who would be so cruel to such a girl—

"what else?"

"Crucio!" Pomfrey yelled, seeing Dumbledore's stunned expression. "You'd better explain clearly why a student suffered from Cruciatus—not just once!"

"I..." Dumbledore couldn't say anything for a while, and looked at Tahlia with pity, never expecting Tom to do this kind of thing...doing this kind of behavior to a student──

"I can't tell you, Poppy—" He raised his hand and interrupted Pomfrey, who was about to retort when he heard that. "Listen to me, I can't tell you now, but when the time comes, you will all know..."

Pomfrey was still dissatisfied. "Really? It's another little secret you keep from everyone... This involves a student!" She said excitedly. "She's not even a teenager!"

"I know." Dumbledore said slowly. "But you have to trust me, please keep this matter a secret from others—"

"I still don't understand, Albus──" Pomfrey frowned and shook her head, but she didn't say any more words of protest. She cleaned up the bottles and jars beside her. All the potions in them had gone into Tahlia's at this moment. Stomach, turned and left, turned around and left a sentence. "But it's better not to have this kind of thing happen again..." While leaving, he muttered...