[HP] Astringent

"You're my Half-Blood Prince, aren't you?"

It was this sentence that caused Vanessa to be taken to bed inexplicably.It took her a long time to explain that she really lost her memory, and that she only knew the nickname Half-Blood Prince because she found that cardboard box at home.

"In that case, why do you have any reason to believe that I'm not a Death Eater who could kill you at any moment?" Snape looked at her gravely, as if she were a preschooler who couldn't cross the road.

Vanessa felt that her IQ was being despised, and argued unconvinced: "I have eyes to see, you have been secretly helping those students!"

"How many times have you been here?"

Vanessa counted with her fingers: "Just...less than ten times?"

"Vanessa Weasley, I think your IQ and memory have been emptied together, and under such a dangerous situation, you used an unskilled Animagus form to sneak into a school controlled by Death Eaters?" His The eyes made Vanessa want to find a crack in the ground, "Where's your wand?"

"It's hidden under the pagoda tree at the entrance of the village." She didn't dare to speak out.

Snape raised his eyebrows in anger: "Do you know how dangerous it is, if I'm really a Death Eater, you don't have to think about going back alive now."

"I, I..." Vanessa stomped her feet, "Didn't I guess right!" She plunged into Snape's arms, ripped off his coat, and hid her ears.

Seeing her ostrich appearance, Snape felt helpless, and dragged her out by the collar: "Let's solve your memory first." It took a lot of effort for him to maintain this sanctimonious and unsmiling appearance.

Vanessa sat on the bed in a daze, big and big tears rolled down, and Snape embraced her.She sobbed for a while, wiped the red eye sockets, and said in a mosquito-like voice: "I'm really at a loss, I should let you chase me again."

"Hmm," Snape said.

"You don't even know, it's dark at the end of the arch, there's nothing..."

"Ah."

"It's just me..."

Snape hugged him tighter.

The joy of reuniting after a long absence did not last long, the sky turned dark, and Vanessa had to go back to the headquarters, otherwise Molly would be worried.Snape also explained the current situation to Vanessa.Dumbledore had the willing goblins make only a fake resurrection stone and a fake Gryffindor sword.The fake one was handed over to Bellatrix together with the Horcrux made from Hufflepuff's trophy. She put the two things together in the vault of Gringotts, and was just discovered by Harry a few days ago. Leigh, Ron and Hermione stole.The real Snape had managed to deliver it to Harry and helped them destroy the Horcrux smoothly.The fake Resurrection Stone was given to Voldemort by him, and the real one was hidden in Dumbledore's tomb.

Based on the information Dumbledore received from Slughorn, he speculates that Voldemort only made seven Horcruxes, the last of which would be Nagini if ​​all is correct.They also left Nagini alone.

When Snape was talking, Vanessa could feel him trembling slightly, and she could imagine the pain Snape was going through.Others didn't know, but she knew very well that Snape really regarded Dumbledore as the most respected wizard, and the relationship might be closer than this.For wizards who have been abandoned since childhood, Hogwarts is their eternal home, and the headmaster is the elders of the family. They seem to be towering trees forever, and they will never leave one day.

How painful it must be for him to end such a person's life with his own hands.Vanessa couldn't imagine it.

Snape hadn't been in grief for too long, he had already exposed too much cowardice in front of Vanessa.And he knew that Vanessa would feel better only if he behaved calmly.

Everything is going according to Dumbledore's design, and Snape is the key to ensuring the smooth progress of the plan.Just one last step away, Dumbledore left a clue for Harry to go back to Hogwarts to find the Resurrection Stone after everything was done.At that time he will inform Voldemort, and that will be the final battle.

"Why does Harry need the resurrection stone?" Vanessa asked puzzled.

Snape hesitated for a moment: "This is Albus's arrangement." Vanessa didn't ask any more, she never doubted Snape's words.

Snape personally sent Vanessa, who had turned into a butterfly, out of school. He was always afraid of encountering some trouble along the way.Vanessa said reluctantly, "I'm going back."

"Ah."

"I really have to go."

"Go back directly with the Portkey. Remember not to come to Hogwarts again, unless I summon you."

"Do I want to hear you say this?"

Vanessa pursed her lips and turned the ring. Just as her fingertips touched the brown diamond, the world spun around for a while. She teleported to the living room of her home, almost colliding with Molly who came out of the kitchen with the dishes.Molly's exclamation was still on her lips, and she spun again, and she returned to Snape's arms.

Vanessa was so dizzy that she fell limply in his arms, she could only look at him angrily, and said angrily, "Why did you call me back again?"

"I miss you, Nissa."

When she returned home, Vanessa was inevitably scolded. She concealed everything related to Snape, and said that she remembered the task that Dumbledore gave her—this is not a lie, two years At the first meeting of the reorganization of the former Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore made her Snape's contact person.Maybe at that time Dumbledore was planning a death in exchange for greater benefits, and he left the only paper that could prove Snape's innocence after his death and the work of handing over the information to the only person who believed in Snape besides him .

When Molly heard Dumbledore's name, she choked up and said, "You can't name this mission either, can you? Just like Harry, Ron and Hermione..."

"I'm sorry, Molly." Vanessa put her arm around her shoulders, "Everything is going well, nothing will happen."

When Vanessa comforted Molly, she must have never expected that the day of the decisive battle that Snape said would come so soon.At midnight the next day, the double-sided mirror in the headquarters was awakened, and the owner of the Pig's Head Bar, Dumbledore's brother Aberforth, told them that Harry was back.

Vanessa returned to Hogsmeade Village with the members of the Order of the Phoenix who lived in the headquarters, and the sirens rang through the village.They entered the Hog's Head, and the portrait of Dumbledore's sister Ariana led them down the long corridor to the Room of Requirement.Vanessa turned into a butterfly and flew to the headmaster's office without saying hello to anyone - she wanted to find Snape.

But he was nowhere to be seen, and Vanessa could only fly back to the auditorium on the first floor with the team of disheveled students.The enchanted ceiling was dark and starry.Almost all the students were gathered here, and every pair of eyes was fixed on Mag. She stood on a high podium and spoke to everyone: "The prefects are responsible for organizing the evacuation of students from their own colleges to the evacuation point."

A boy at the Hufflepuff table called out, "What if we want to stay and fight?" His shout was applauded, except for the Slytherins.

"If you are old enough, you can stay," McGonagall said.

"Where's Professor Snape?" a girl called from the Slytherin table.

"In common terms, he escaped." Cheers erupted from the other three colleges.

Not so, Vanessa flapped her wings angrily and flew towards Mag.

Suddenly, Voldemort's high-pitched, cold voice resounded through the auditorium: "I know you are ready to resist, hand over Harry Potter, I will keep the school safe, and you will be rewarded."

Pointing at Harry in the crowd, Parkinson screamed, "There he is! There's Potter! Get him!"

Before Harry could speak, the classmates had already taken action, and wands were drawn from all directions, forming a solid wall.

"Thank you, Miss Parkinson." McGonagall said clearly and simply, "You and Mr. Filch leave the auditorium first, and other students in your college can follow."

There was a sound of benches rubbing against the floor, and the Slytherins stood up, followed by the bloated Slughorn in his nightgown.

Vanessa couldn't bear it any longer, and landed in the middle of the auditorium, revealing her original shape.

The evacuating team stopped, everyone looked at him, and there was an uproar in the auditorium.I don't know who trembled and called out: "Professor Weasley?" Even McGonagall was startled, and Professor Flitwick standing next to her supported her.

Vanessa didn't have time to explain, nor did she bother to look at Harry who was walking towards her, and walked directly towards the Slytherin team.She saw the person she was looking for at a glance: "Draco Malfoy."

"you are still alive?"

"Yes, I'm still alive."

While speaking, she had already walked in front of Malfoy, and she solemnly looked directly into his eyes, "You know what to do, don't you? We believe in you."

Malfoy's face changed and changed as he noticed she used us instead of me.He held his left arm weakly, then let go with difficulty, and nodded.Vanessa hugged him and whispered, "Can you tell me where Severus is?"

He closed his eyes, and said firmly, "It's east of the Forbidden Forest."

"Thank you, Draco." With that, Vanessa rushed out of the hall.

Malfoy watched her go, then turned to the Slytherins, his voice weak at first, unable to drown out the others.He couldn't bear to take out his wand, pointed at his throat, and his voice was extraordinarily loud because of the amplifying spell: "I'll give you three seconds to decide whether you want to stay or not."

"Draco, why should we listen to that woman!" Parkinson questioned loudly.

Malfoy gave her a cold look: "Everything is under the arrangement of Professor Weasley. You, Pansy, if you don't stay, you can leave with anyone who wants to go."

Malfoy stood alone in the open space between the other three houses and Slytherin. There was a dead silence, and someone in the line slowly stood up and stood behind him.Although the team is not as strong as other colleges, it will not be lonely and pitiful.

Malfoy approached Harry with the people behind him, and the wall of people surrounded Harry again. He raised his chin and said to Harry sarcastically, "You'd better survive, don't make us stand in the wrong team." Then , they retreated to the Slytherin table.

Vanessa grabbed Snape just before Dumbledore's grave.

Snape looked at the person who suddenly appeared in front of him in astonishment: "Who told you to come? Didn't I say not to come back without my call?"

"I don't worry about you!"

Snape sighed deeply: "There's no time." He shoved a bottle of potion into Vanessa's hand, "Albus's tomb is just ahead, go open it and pour the potion into his mouth, Only half a bottle is needed. The stone slab under him can be opened, the password is wool socks, and there is a person inside, leave the remaining half bottle for him. Don’t forget to give Potter the resurrection stone in his hand."

"Why does Harry need the resurrection stone, isn't this Horcrux destroyed?"

Snape couldn't bear to tell Vanessa the truth, telling her that Harry was the eighth Horcrux accidentally created by the Dark Lord, and he had to die.In the end, he could only look at her calmly, and gently pushed her back.

Vanessa hurriedly grabbed his wrist: "What about you, where are you going?"

"I have to kill Nagini." He was afraid of adding to Vanessa's burden, so he could only pretend that he had the chance to win. "Do everything, and you go home immediately, and wait for me to find you."

"I don't agree! I can't stand you fighting here, I can only stay at home and wait for the news!"

"Nissa, be obedient." His voice could not be refused.

"You...you'll be fine, right?"

He didn't want Vanessa to shed any more tears, nodded: "I swear." Then he pulled back his cuffs and disappeared into the dark forest.