[HP] Astringent

Vanessa took Bill, Charlie and Percy back to the tent.Bill was the most injured, his arm was bleeding out continuously, he was injured by black magic, and the healing spell had no effect.Vanessa could only tear the bed sheet into strips to bandage him.Charlie's shirt had a big tear, but it was all right.Percy showed off his bleeding nose to the three of them.

After a while, Fred, George, Ginny and Lupine came back, all safe and sound.Then Arthur walked in with Ron, Harry and Hermione.Arthur checked Ginny's situation first, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where's Sirius?" Bill asked Arthur.

"He went and returned the child."

Harry rushed to explain: "We met Malfoy on the road."

"I bet his parents must be in that group." Ron interjected, and said under the eyes of everyone's dissatisfaction, "Okay, Harry, go on."

"He's not honest at all, and he's been saying disrespectful things to Hermione all the way. In the end, Sirius decided to take him, but he was gagged with a tongue and throat. Now take him back to his father Mom there."

Vanessa, who happened to be helping them with their wounds, stepped out of the tent.The Malfoys stood not far from their tent, and Narcissa put her arms around Malfoy nervously.She looked around, but there was no sign of Snape.They didn't stay long and Apparated with little Malfoy.

Black said a few dissatisfied words, then walked back.

Vanessa asked, "Are they... all right?"

"What can they do? Maybe they'd like to get a little injury to get rid of suspicion."

"Well, were only Malfoy's parents there when you took little Malfoy there?" Vanessa continued to ask.

"Yeah..." Sirius frowned, "It's strange, I didn't see Snape. Maybe he ran away, that coward! I saved my life because I went to Albus, and now I see him see Where does the mark of the old master dare to show up." He made a mocking expression as he spoke.

Vanessa didn't answer, she looked down at the blood on her wrist, and Blake followed her gaze: "Are you injured?"

"No..." She wiped it, and the blood peeled off.

With the help of Harry and the three of them, Arthur told everyone what happened in the woods.Someone stole Harry's wand and conjured the Dark Mark in the bushes behind them.But the Ministry of Magic found nothing but Winky, the Crouch's elf.

"Harry, you must protect your wand at all times! For wizards, it is the most important thing after our hands." Vanessa criticized severely.

Harry shrank his neck.Ron excused Harry in a low voice: "It just dropped by accident."

"There is nothing careless. From now on, you must be vigilant at all times!" She spoke seriously.

Lupine also came over and agreed: "Harry, Ron, Hermione, you must protect yourselves."

"Are you saying that because of the mark?" Hermione asked.

Harry and Ron looked at her in bewilderment: "Can anyone explain? What's wrong with that mark, and it doesn't hurt anyone...Why are you all making such a fuss?"

"Let me tell you! That's the Dark Mark, the mark of You-Know-Who!" Hermione replied before everyone else, "I saw it in "The Rise and Fall of Dark Magic"."

Vanessa gave her an appreciative look, and she lowered her head in joy.

Arthur said softly: "Haven't seen it in 13 years. People are naturally nervous...it's almost like seeing You-Know-Who again."

Ron still looked confused.Lupine went on to explain: "The mysterious man and his believers will display the Dark Mark in the air every time they kill someone. Imagine that when you go home, you find that there is a Dark Mark above the house. Do you know that you will see the Dark Mark after entering the door?" To what..."

Bill looked better, stood up, and said, "Whoever made it, it helped a lot today. Those Death Eaters ran away when they saw it. And the Roberts family was moved behind the bushes. Now they are being memory modified."

Vanessa felt a little bored and got out of the tent.She unbuttoned the first two buttons of the shirt, blowing the bleak evening wind, the originally gorgeous tent collapsed into a ball of rags, and the decorations were scattered on the ground, like a ruin.

After a while, the lights in the tent went out, and two footsteps sounded.Lupine and Black also came out.

"Is it this bad last time, I mean 13 years ago?" Vanessa asked softly.

Lupine seemed to sigh slightly.Blake came forward and poured him a glass of wine.He took a sip and continued, "It's worse than that."

Vanessa's body trembled uncontrollably, her throat seemed to be blocked by a ball of cotton.She was no longer in the wizarding world, and she almost got away with it.And now she didn't know whether it was luck or misfortune.

Vanessa said that she is not afraid of death.She had daily meetings with Death for a long time.At that time, she had nothing to fear, because there was nothing to worry about behind her.But now she was standing here without accidental injury, but the surrounding area was full of mess.There's always going to be people getting hurt, there's always going to be people who are going to die, and they're dealing with that when they're young adults.They are brave and fearless, they regard death as home, and fight against darkness without complaint or regret.

They are mountains, standing there can block the strong wind, but she is just a grain of sand carried forward by the wind.No matter what they have done in the past, the moment they raise their wand they are heroes, revered in life and immortalized in death.

"Hey... I think..." Vanessa racked her brains for words, and finally reached out to Blake, "Save me a sip." She raised the bottle and drank it down.

When it was just dawn, the wizards had already surrounded Basil, the Portkey Keeper, clamoring to leave the camp as soon as possible.Because half of Vanessa and the others can apparate, they directly took the others back to Black's old house.

Molly had read the morning's Daily Prophet and was terribly worried.Seeing that they were all safe, she gave everyone a hug: "Arthur, go and bring our clock here. I really don't want to go through this again!" she said, sobbing softly .

Everyone didn't rest well, and they didn't have any appetite at all, so they all dragged their heavy steps upstairs to rest.Arthur hugged her and comforted her for a long time, and she stopped her tears: "A letter came from Albus, he will reconvene the Order of the Phoenix, just this afternoon." Then she pushed Arthur upstairs, "You go first Take a rest, I will prepare meals for you. I will wake you up later."

Vanessa went downstairs lightly.She was resting badly. There seemed to be a spider's nest in that room, and there was always the sound of small insects crawling in the corner.To hide her tiredness, she dabbed on a capful of anti-dark circle ointment.

"You came down too late, dear." Molly was very gentle today. She reheated a plate of beef gratin with potatoes and handed it to Vanessa. "It's specially served for you."

"Thank you." She carried the plate to the sofa, "Where are the others?"

"The kids are playing upstairs, and we need to occupy the living room for a while," Arthur said, "you can catch up on sleep after dinner."

Vanessa frowned suspiciously, and guessed the answer in a flash: "Is Principal Dumbledore coming this afternoon?"

"You know?" Blake asked.

"It's not hard to guess, after all, it just happened yesterday." She paused for a moment, "What time does it start... Do I want to eat quickly?" She swallowed the bread in big gulps.

The fireplace flickered, and Dumbledore stepped out of it.He waved his wand to clear the slag off him and greeted everyone.

"It seems that I came early." He blinked at Vanessa.

"No, I got up too late."

She finally ate the last bit and put the plate in the sink.

Everyone was already seated around the table, except for the seat to Albus' left.After Vanessa sat down, she hesitated again: "Do I need to change my seat?"

Dumbledore shook his head: "That's fine."

After Molly poured black tea for everyone for the second time, Blake asked suspiciously, "Shouldn't you start, Albus?"

Dumbledore looked at the wall clock: "We have to wait a little longer, it may be that the opening of the temporary Floo network has delayed some time."

The minute hand passed another tick, the fireplace rang again, and Snape came out.He didn't speak, but looked around with critical eyes.Blake almost jumped up in surprise: "What are you doing here?"

Everyone, except Vanessa, was taken aback, and Molly even forgot to serve him a cup of tea.

Snape said slowly, "As you can see, do what you can't do." He waved his wand, and a rag flew over to wipe the rest of the seat before sitting down.Vanessa noticed that his left hand was still hanging stiffly.

"What can you do? Teach us how to please our master!" He looked at Snape with disdain, his voice seemed to come out of his throat, somewhat similar to his mother's portrait.

The corners of Vanessa's mouth drooped, and she had to admit that every time she heard Black and Snape confront each other, she would only find him extremely noisy and wanted to shut him up.

However, Snape acted as if he didn't hear it, raised the corner of his mouth confidently, and looked at Dumbledore calmly: "Stop wasting each other's time, Albus."

Dumbledore cleared his throat, and said solemnly: "First of all, we have to thank Severus for bringing the information that the Death Eaters gathered again, and thanks to his secret help that the four poor Muggles were not hurt. More torture."

"You knew?" Blake exclaimed incredulously, "but you told us nothing! Didn't tell us anything!"

"Really?" Snape sneered, "Maybe it's just that your extremely low-capacity brain can't understand what I said."

Blake turned his gaze to the others. "Has any of you gotten a single message?"

Everyone was silent, only Vanessa hesitated and said: "Actually, I knew about this in advance..." Everyone's eyes instantly focused on her, which made her a little uncomfortable, "Don't look at me like that Me, guys! Severus said it's not a big deal, and I'm not sure if I can say it directly... First time on the Order of the Phoenix, give me some room for improvement, please?"

The unbelievable expressions on everyone's faces became more obvious.Charlie asked the question everyone wanted to ask: "Are you guys alone? Vanessa, haven't you been with us all this time?"

"Yes, you were all there. After Severus and the Malfoy family came out of the tent..."

Snape hooked his lips and said, "It's a good thing there are always people who remember to take their brains when they go out."

Vanessa is a little bit proud, isn't that considered a compliment?She held her face with one hand to cover the corner of her upturned mouth. She stared at the wood grain on the table with unconcealable joy in her eyes, and said in a muffled voice, "Thank you for your compliment."

"I want to say that you have cooperated very well." Dumbledore looked at her approvingly, "Vanessa, you have performed better than I expected."

"Thank you."