Wild child

When she returned to the castle, Fanny heard the commotion in the Gryffindor tower, and she thought that they dared to hold a party even after McGonagall told them to stop, these people really did not fear death.But it was very beneficial to her. After hastily cleaning herself up, Fanny avoided several teachers who were searching for something and smoothly blended into the crowd in the corridor.Just when she was wondering the reason for the undecided shock written all over the faces of teachers and students, Hermione saw her at a glance and pushed several people away to run towards her.

"Where have you been? I'm going to tell Professor McGonagall!" Even though she tried to keep the volume down, Hermione's voice sounded shrill.

"It's a long story, but still alive. What am I missing?"

"Siris Black broke in again! He attacked Ron..." Fanny followed Hermione's gaze, and saw a few conspicuous Weasley red hair gathered together, surrounded by tall and short A circle of people.

"Ron? Isn't it official that Black is chasing Harry?"

"I don't know, maybe he made a mistake...Ron almost..."

Recently, Hermione has been acting irritable and fragile. Seeing that Hermione was about to cry, Fanny was in a hurry, so she had to pat her on the shoulder.

"It's okay, it's okay, Ron is fine..."

After calculating subconsciously, everyone in Gryffindor got up, and more than half of the carpet search was carried out. It seems that this happened for more than an hour at least.It took her about half an hour to fix herself, so counting... this is too coincidental.

"Hermione, how many Animagus are there in this century?"

Hermione was taken aback, but she reacted quite quickly when it came to learning, "Seven. Professor McGonagall turned into a cat, and Andrew McBride turned into a bear..."

Black is not on the list, which is not surprising, nor does the wanted list indicate that Black has this skill.Is she thinking too much?Someone who could kill an entire street of Muggles would rush into a swarm of dementors to save her?

The search all night was fruitless, and the security of the entire castle was tightened several times the next day.The entire Gryffindor family was sleepy-eyed and swaying on Sunday morning, and Fanny, exhausted, was not so conspicuous among them.

In the next period of time, Fanny felt that she was possessed by a soul that had long since disappeared, and those dull and desperate eyes seemed to follow her all the time.Even though she has a solid foundation in closed-brain, it took nearly two weeks to get rid of the horror, and they still occasionally appear in her dreams in the gaps between nervous preparations and mental gaps.

The tension that permeated the castle—whether it was the Quidditch final or Black—did not help Fanny's mental state at all.The Easter holiday passed quickly, and the finals were approaching day by day. The hostile atmosphere between the two colleges reached its peak. There were several incidents where students were sent to the school hospital because of leeks or slugs in their mouths, noses and ears.

Slytherin captain Marcus Flint casts a Hairy Curse on Gryffindor Chaser Arya Spinnet in the library, inspired by Snape's apparent inability to do justice The team member Montague continued to use evil spells to send Angelina Johnson to the school hospital.This was a bit too much, fighting fire with fire, and three days later Flint was found in the broom closet, apparently beaten up; another day later, there was chaos in the hallway due to Peeves throwing fireworks and firecrackers during class. There was a small stampede, and Montague had the most footprints on his body.

Now Snape was furious and vowed to investigate the matter thoroughly, but the most suspected people in Gryffindor—of course the Weasley brothers, Jordan and Fanny—all had perfect inconsistencies when the incident happened. Proof of presence.Before the investigation was further developed, McGonagall appeared and threatened to thoroughly investigate the attack on Alia and Angelina.

When she left Snape's office, Fanny's mind was still full of the scene of McGonagall and Snape's eyes colliding with each other, it was really... so touching!What a job!

McGonagall symbolically warned the four to "be careful" and let them go.

Of course, Snape didn't wrong anyone. In fact, the four of them cooperated tacitly, worked hard with their strength, and used their brains with their brains. They all did a lot of work.

"How on earth did you do it?" Back in the common room, Ron approached on behalf of a bunch of curious ears.

The group of four looked at each other and smiled knowingly.George cleared his throat: "What are you talking about, little brother. We haven't done anything bad. Everyone knows that we are law-abiding model students, right?"

"Oh, come on." Ron laughed. "Don't you still doubt that we will inform? Tell me, there is no one else but you."

The four looked at each other again.

"Oh, I still haven't read a few books." Fanny walked towards the dormitory.

"I think we've got to work on tactics, huh, Oliver?" The twins pulled Captain Wood over.

"I have to think about the commentary for the final." Jordan took out the parchment and pen and pretended.

Active snitching is unlikely, but you and your friends have big mouths.Fanny had reached a consensus with the other three long ago, and she must not leak a single word before the final, otherwise the other two would be able to say that Gryffindor would not be able to find a batsman like the twins.

Two consecutive players were attacked, and the Slytherin team restrained a bit and turned into a semi-defensive state.The two teams focused on protecting the ace Seekers in scoring. As a result, Harry and Malfoy were always surrounded by people from the hospital when they were out of class, so that they often couldn't make it to the next class.

Fanny cast a sensory spell on Harry's torch, which would sound an alarm if anyone approached.This made Fanny startled at the beginning of class, and instead of catching Slytherin who was trying to sabotage, Colin Creevey who was trying to secretly take a picture of the fire was caught.

Speaking of which, this spell was learned for the nightly battle.The two have figured out a set of measures to prevent being caught by the night shift teacher.It has been a long time since Fanny and Malfoy have fought each other. The strengthening of security measures is one of the main factors. More importantly, when the two meet each other now, their eyes seem to pass through the air, and no one sends or pays attention to any additional information. .

The busy days passed quickly, and the day of the finals arrived.Slytherin's style made himself very unpopular. In terms of the number of supporters, Gryffindor can be said to have won, and three-quarters of the audience wore gold and red Gryffindor emblems. .

Of course, the result of the game is still hard to say, because Gryffindor must win more than 200 points to get the Quidditch trophy.

The whistle sounded, the athletes vacated, and the audience was boiling.

Emotions are contagious, and Fanny, bouncing up and down from her seat in the midst of a roaring audience, has completely absorbed her surroundings.She cheered every goal, gasped at every sharp turn or roll, and swore at Slytherin fouls.

She couldn't think of a way of doing things, of doing justice, only that it was a Gryffindor match, Gryffindor's honor.

Harry's arm slammed Malfoy's away, fingers closed...

When the final whistle sounded, Gryffindor won by 210 points and won the Quidditch Gold Cup.The team members were instantly overwhelmed by the crowd, and Harry was carried back to the castle by the crowd holding the Quidditch Gold Cup.The golden-red ocean and the celebratory smile constituted an unforgettable scene in Fanny's memory.

The silver and green over there fell on the ground and gathered together, with a faint taste.

After the victory, the atmosphere in Gryffindor was very good, although this could not stop the upcoming exams and a lot of homework.In an atmosphere where even the twins are studying hard, what choice does Fanny have?

As expected, Buckbeak lost the case, and the appeal was scheduled for June [-], the day the exams ended.Apparently no one had much hope for it - Harry had shown Hagrid's note to Fanny, and the appeal with the executioner was just a passing scene.

Malfoy seemed overjoyed to have made it happen, especially in Harry's presence, and he might have gotten a punch on the bridge of the nose if he hadn't always turned the back of the head at Fanny while showing off.

Although the security discipline was not revoked, Fanny sneaked out to see Buckbeak with the help of Mary Minnie and a few secret passages, which she only did once after the game, because Hagrid had tied Buckbeak up after that. Ke's location was changed to the pumpkin patch in front of the cabin.Buckbeak looked very calm. He lowered his head and let Fanny pat his beak. Fanny felt comforted.

If Hagrid didn't change where Buckbeak was tied, maybe this would be the last time Fanny saw him.

The only benefit of the increase in powerless things is concentration. In the last few days, Fanny used the vigor to review that she had never used in her life.

Then came exam week.

Turning a teapot into a turtle, configuring confusing seasonings, taking care of geraniums, drawing a star map, and so on are all easy—that is to say, it’s no problem to get a passing grade.As for History of Magic, anyway, Binns gave an excellent when he saw the full test paper.

The Defense Against the Dark Arts exam was more challenging. The obstacle race in the sun, like Fanny and Hermione, went well before meeting the Boggart.Neither of them had seen their own Boggart before, and Fanny's comeuppance came when the Boggart who had just laughed at Hermione turned into Professor McGonagall who said she had failed the exam.Her Boggart became the one who was lying on the grass staring at her with his soul sucked out, and Fanny thought about how to make this scene interesting for two seconds, and then ran out of the black box, refusing to die Go back again.

The last one is arithmetic and divination, in short, the emphasis is on participation.After finishing the exam on the morning of the [-]th, Fanny strolled around the castle, thinking about how to slip away to see Buckbeak.

Maybe I can go with Harry and the others, I don't know if the invisibility cloak will fit...

"I've come here on an unpleasant mission, Harry. The Dangerous Creatures Committee demanded that a witness be present at the execution of a mad hippogriff. Just in time I needed to visit Hogwarts on Black's behalf." Ci, they invited me to participate."

"That means the appeal has been heard"

"No, no, the appeal is due this afternoon."

"Then you may not be a witness to the execution! That hippogriff may be all right!"

At the end of the stairs, Harry's trio were talking to a short man in a pinstriped cloak, which made Fanny stop.A vague thought flashed through her mind, and just as Fanny was wondering what she was going to do, two wizards came out from the gate of the castle.One was very old and seemed to be withering away; the other was tall and well-proportioned, with a thin mustache.

Fanny guessed they were representatives of the Hazardous Creatures Committee, because the very old wizard squinted at Hagrid's cabin and said in a weak voice, "Ouch, ouch, I'm too old. I can't do such a thing." . . . two o'clock. Isn't it, Fudge?"

Perhaps stimulated by the pretended pity and self-satisfaction, Fanny stepped forward impulsively.

"Sir." At this time, Fanny looked well-behaved and sensible, earnest and full of curiosity.

The three students and the three adult wizards were taken aback at the same time, and when Fanny quickly conceived what to say next, Hermione stepped forward and said to Fanny through her teeth: "He is the Minister of Magic. "

Someone's back went numb, and he slapped himself hard in the heart.However, there was no turning back, so he had to bite the bullet and continue: "Mr. Minister, I'm sorry I overheard your conversation just now. May I ask some questions about the execution of the Hippogriff?"

"Son, I have other things to do when I come to Hogwarts this time, why don't you go..." The minister obviously has no experience in dealing with "simple little girls", and his tone softened under Fanny's pitiful gaze. , "Well, I hope it's not too time consuming."

First, I asked a few questions that could be answered briefly, and expressed my gratitude and admiration appropriately. As Fanny expected, this minister who was quite vain at first glance was immediately hooked, with a look of answering every question. Enthusiastic look.Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of the impatient expressions of the two wizards next to her, and Fanny got to the point: "There will be some rituals before the execution, right?"

"If the normal procedure is followed, the witnesses and the executioner must take an oath, and a specific person will pray. Then the executioner will read the death penalty notice for the holder of the dangerous creature. But since we have more important issues to worry about, And the evidence in this case is solid, there is no controversy..."

Behind Fanny, Hermione tugged at the two boys, poking them in the ribs to keep them from speaking justice.

"...There is no need to prolong poor Hagrid's sad time. We will simplify the procedure. We only need to read the notice and sign the people present to start the execution. I believe everything will end soon..."

When Fanny thanked her and left, Hermione had already dragged the two boys to the dining room.

Fanny sat down next to Hermione, and Hermione and Ron were arguing about what happened just now, and all three looked very depressed.Fanny didn't pay attention to the situation around her, she froze her food and struggled mentally.

The last exam was over soon, and during dinner, the three of them told Fanny Buckbeak the news of his execution at sunset.

"We're going to go with Hagrid, you know, before..." Hermione said to Fanny, "you come too, you did as much as we did in saving Buckbeak, Hagrid and Buckbeak would love to see you."

"I..." Fanny hesitated, "I still have something to do."

"The exams are over, what else do you have?" Ron looked surprised, "You are afraid of being caught by the teacher, right? We have..."

"What are you going to do, Fanny?" Hermione frowned at Fanny.

Fanny shook her head and ate hard.After that, no matter what the three of them said, Fanny ignored them, so the three of them had no choice but to give up.When they left, none of the three walked in the direction of Gryffindor Tower, nor did Fanny.

The sun was already very close to the western horizon, Fanny crouched in the bushes and looked at the back door of Hagrid's hut not far away.After a while, the door opened and Hagrid argued with the three before Harry pulled out the Invisibility Cloak and all three disappeared.

Here Fanny could not see the front of the house or what was going on inside, and she heard the front door open, the firing squad and witnesses arrive.

Cold sweat ran down Fanny's cheeks.Don't do it, it's stupid, you'll be sent to Azkaban...

But when the door slammed, Fanny jumped out and rushed to Buckbeak in the pumpkin patch.

She stared into those fierce orange eyes, bowed to Buckbeak, and went to untie the rope as soon as Buckbeak bent his knees.The necessary etiquette can't be saved, if you come up so close, you'll probably have to leave your head under Buckbeak's claws.

In this way, the danger is not too small, and Fanny has to keep explaining in her mouth when her hands are busy.What's worse is that the voice of Fudge reading the death penalty announcement is still going on, speaking at a fast speed, reminding Fanny how urgent time is.

"Pick, I'm helping you...be quiet, please..."

"The Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures has decided that Buckbeak the Hippogriff, hereinafter called the Convicted, shall be executed at sunset on June [-]th..."

"Don't worry, this won't cause any trouble for Hagrid, they have seen you just now..."

"...beheading, Walton McNeil, the commission-appointed executioner..."

Whether Buckbeak understood or not, he began to move, reluctantly, and flapping his wings angrily.Fanny pulled the rope with all her strength and body weight, feeling like she was in a tug-of-war with a zoo.

"Go, go..." Fanny was out of breath.

"No, I...I want to be with it...I don't want it to be alone..." Hagrid came with a choked voice.

The footsteps are kicking, and the execution is about to happen. The distance to the edge of the Forbidden Forest seems out of reach.In the midst of anxiety, another hand reached out and grabbed the rope.Fanny only had time to look at the owner of the hand, she was prioritizing, and she yelled softly so that the two of them could exert their strength at the same time.

"Wait a minute, McNeill, you want to sign too." Dumbledore's voice came, and he blocked the window intentionally or unintentionally, and the footsteps in the room stopped.

Here Buckbeak finally ran under the strength of the two, and Fanny pointed the direction so that it was covered by the bushes as soon as possible. The monster didn't like the entanglement of the vines very much, and struggled so that they almost fell out at the same time.Hermione's pale face emerged from behind a tree, and with six hands Buckbeak was finally tucked into a corner of Hagrid's hut where he couldn't see it at all.

Fanny quickly tied a rope as thick as an arm to a thick pine tree, watching Harry and Hermione nervously listening to the movement outside, after the executioner's curses, Dumbledore's teasing and Hagrid's cheers, everything After returning to silence, Fanny tugged at the two of them: "Follow me!"

The person who had been the head of the child had courage in his words, and although the two were thinking about other things, they were only stunned for a moment and then followed Fanny away.After three or two circles to a position where Buckbeak could not be seen, Fanny turned around suddenly, and her wand drew a black arc in the air: "All petrified!"

Fanny had pointed her wand at Hermione, who had just slipped her hand into her robes, as Harry collapsed back with a startled expression on his face.

Thanks to Malfoy, the three of them are not at the same level in terms of actual combat experience.

"Prove that you are Harry and Hermione, and then explain why you can emerge from another direction after leaving with the cloak on. I watched your footprints go far, and you didn't have enough time to go around behind that tree Hide."

"Fanny...I don't..."

"I swear I will," Fanny shook the tip of her staff slightly, "so calm down and explain."

"Okay, then..." Hermione took a deep breath to calm herself down, and pulled out a chronograph attached to a long, delicate gold chain from her collar, "Do you know what this is?"

"...don't tell me it's a time-turner."