Wild child

Fanny didn't know if she dozed off or something, but when she raised her face and her eyesight returned to normal, the sunlight shining through the floor-to-ceiling windows had turned a warm orange, which surprised her somewhat.

The after-effects caught up perfectly, top-heavy, and all limbs and bones were intact.Stretching her arms and twisting her neck, Fanny admired the principal who was still sitting extremely dignified.

Although I don't know if Dumbledore got up to do aerobics in her nap or something, but I think it is still necessary to have the face of the greatest wizard in front of a student who will look up at any time and a former headmaster who is full of walls, and until now His office was still in good shape - Fanny was really scratching her head seeing the damage she had done.

So Fanny resolutely decided to return to the main topic, she couldn't afford to pay even a cent for any item here.

"What should I do?" she asked.

"Sleep well and relax," Dumbledore replied.

"and then?"

"The end-of-year exams are about to begin."

"..." Fanny raised her hands, "I swear I've run out of brains, so can you please tell me how to break into the enemy's interior to receive missions and deliver information? Or tell me when the specific notification will be issued or Who will give the order after you go to see Merlin?"

"Oh, I think I've run out of brains too." Dumbledore blinked. "I can't understand a word you said except that I'm going to see Merlin soon."

Correction, why does Dumbledore always like to pretend he is stupid?

"I can leave if you have nothing else to do." Fanny tried hard not to roll her eyes.

"Goodbye, Fanny. Discuss today's game with other people. I think you will feel sorry for missing it."

Fanny glared at Dumbledore, who also looked back without reservation, and she realized that he was playing for real.

Of course it was nice that she didn't have to have that job that she really hated.Fanny got up, stood for a while, and sat down again.

"Would it change your mind if I told you that I knew you intended to keep Draco safe from the start, without any conditions at all?"

"Every decision I make is based on known facts, and of course it will not be changed by known facts." Dumbledore said.

"...I don't understand you, Albus," said Fanny.

Albus.Dumbledore smiled: "Actually, I also think this is a very difficult proposition."

"What made you change your mind? Death?" Fanny couldn't hide her confusion.

"Don't know. Maybe life," said Dumbledore.

Oh fuck you.Fanny held back a curse. "Well, I'd be really happy to get the hell out of this quest, but why not before I make up my mind? It feels like... umm..."

"Hamlet sneaked back to England with the determination to die, only to learn that his uncle had died of a sudden illness?" Dumbledore continued.

"……what?"

"Oh, I forgot. You've only read Macbeth, haven't you?" Dumbledore tapped his head, "I have to recommend it. Even Nicole praised Shakespeare's creation, although he commented on the author himself. Not high, but..."

Nicolas May, the only known creator of the Philosopher's Stone and a close friend of Dumbledore, died a few years ago at the age of 668.In normal times, Fanny would cover her ears and walk away if she couldn't hear three sentences of this kind of long talk, but now she sat obediently at the table and tried to memorize every word, and for the first time, she wished she had Hermione's brain.

"The great dying headmaster of Hogwarts was talking to me about Shakespeare." After Dumbledore's praise came to an end, Fanny held her head up, "You know? For the first time in a long time, I feel that the world is finally normal .”

Dumbledore didn't answer, and Fanny saw the same in his smile.

"I don't want to say this... hell. This decision has nothing to do with Draco, I want to live in the world you've pushed to create, and... I really want to be on your side. Fanny struggled to finish the sentence.

He is a sophisticated and scheming high-ranking wizard in the wizarding world.

But no matter how much hypocrisy and deceit he has had, the tenderness he held her hand for treatment in that dim room was not fake, and his joy when he opened his arms to the entire auditorium at the opening ceremony every year was not fake. The year-long unrequited protection of his own Death Eater students was not fake.

He deserves the love of the students, the praise of the public opinion, and the expectation of the entire wizarding community.

He's also the one who bought her her first birthday present, took her to burger joints, and drank milkshakes with her.

Time was running out, and she wanted the old man to know before separation, temporary or permanent, came.

Albus Dumbledore, her family, friend and guide.Fanny Sanchez is the most respected and trusted person.

"I know." Dumbledore closed his eyes, and the first syllable he uttered was a little shaky.

"Have you arranged everything?" Fanny's throat was a little disorganized.

"I think so."

"Okay, then... goodbye, professor." Fanny calmed her breathing and stood up again.

When they walked to the door of the office, Dumbledore's voice came from afar.

"I've wanted to ask this question since a long time ago. After I die, if it were you, what words would you leave on my tombstone?"

The old man's voice was a little uncertain, and Fanny took a deep breath.

"...Maybe it's 'he's in his shoes, trying to be a good guy'."

"Thank you. I think that's the highest evaluation I could have hoped for."

The door closed behind her, and Fanny maintained the posture she had when she went out, her eyes looking straight ahead.

There are exquisite murals in front of you, and the characters are natural and lifelike.

It's just a mural.she thinks.

But she stood there and watched for a long, long time until her vision became blurred.

"Clear water is like a spring!"

He absent-mindedly said the command and climbed into the portrait hole. As soon as he poked his head out, Fanny was sprayed by a jet of water, which made her fall headfirst to the ground—no, in the water.

Subconsciously thumped twice, Fanny's hands and face reached the air, and then lay there in an extremely ridiculous posture, stunned.The laughter around her was deafening, her eyes were full of gold and red, and Fanny looked around in a daze, feeling that she had not fallen into the common room of this academy but into another world.

"Okay." Pulled Fanny aside with both hands, "Move the place for the next person."

The owner of the hand is Dean. He, Ron, and Seamus are holding the wand that just attacked Fanny.The water below the portrait hole had already reached a depth of more than a foot, and was confined to a three-foot-square area from which it could flow.Most of the Gryffindors were booing behind them, scrambling for the right to attack next, or swearing at each other.

The carpet in the entire common room and everything near the center of the incident was already drenched. Several large bundles of indoor Weasley fireworks were whizzing and whizzing under the ceiling, and Fanny, dripping wet, moved to the A surviving armchair far away sweeps the trash off and sits down.

"Are you okay, Fanny?" Hermione came over and asked, and Fanny guessed that the invisible pool was her handwriting.

"We...we won?" Fanny answered out of question.

"Oh my god, of course!" Hermione looked completely stunned, "What have you been up to today?"

"I'm not sure either." Fanny frowned, "What's the score?"

"Four hundred and five to one hundred and four." Hermione drew out her wand to evaporate the water from Fanny's body, and looked at her suspiciously and worriedly, "Do you...do you remember what you did today?"

"remember."

"Tell me?"

"..."

He was already so exhausted that his eyes were staring straight, yet he still wanted to prove to Hermione that he didn't get the Imperius Curse and the Forgotten Curse, that he wasn't controlled by someone, that he blew up the toilet, bombed the basement, or poisoned someone.In the end, Fanny spoke the "truth" dizzily: she and Draco had officially settled their positions and broke up happily.

Hermione apologized and understood immediately, and Fanny wandered back to the dormitory before she could send her a hug.

For weeks afterward, Fanny waited to hear that Dumbledore had died, for reasons beyond her imagination.She didn't think Dumbledore would arrange for himself to be consumed by those spells and die on a hospital bed, although she wished Dumbledore's last scene would be on a hospital bed surrounded by all those who loved him.

It sucks to wait for something to happen, and there are a few moments when Fanny wishes this guy would just get it done and go.He has obviously gotten used to the feeling of death approaching gradually this year, and he behaves as kindly and a little bit funny as usual, the difference is that he comes to the faculty seat to eat much more frequently than since the beginning of the school year, The sadness and nostalgia on his face may only—to a certain extent—be seen by Fanny who knows everything.

To be honest, Fanny really wanted to be sentimental, but she was not a person who was so delicate that she would cry when thinking about something, and when the subject was within sight, there was always a steaming atmosphere of gossip around her.

After the final, Harry and Ginny became a couple. The savior and the charismatic Weasley girl who has a reputation in various colleges is undoubtedly the hottest topic at present.

Many girls were heartbroken by this result.

Given that Ginny's strength is very convincing, she didn't encounter too much trouble.Luna, who was Harry's girlfriend at Slughorn's Christmas party, didn't go so well at the time. Afterwards, she was regarded as an outlier in Ravenclaw and was besieged by Harry's suitors.Ginny cast the Bat Essence Curse on the faces of seven or eight leaders in one breath to get her out of the predicament-this is also an important source of Ginny's reputation.

But Luna herself doesn't mind these things at all. If she loses something, she will post a notice, and if ink is splashed, she will pick off the airship plum on her ear-Merlin knows what it is-wipe it, and being scolded in person is like a bystander. The person seemed completely unresponsive.

After the crowd was dispersed, she said sleepwalkingly that she would be the first to show Ginny when she caught the Snork. Ginny couldn't laugh or cry when she talked about it, and Fanny guessed it was a Luna-style thank you.

After experiencing the Ministry of Magic adventure together, Fanny and Luna did not have much intersection, which did not hinder her affection for Luna.This girl has the innocence of being able to tell the essence of things in one word and the characteristics of not being influenced by the external environment. Fanny has always admired such people.

The teacher-student relationship between Parvati and Firenze has been full of turmoil, and it will happen sooner or later, after all, Parvati has no intention of hiding at all.A few third-grade students once saw a serious-looking McGonagall walk into Firenze's classroom on the first floor, and no one knew what they talked about.

It's a good thing no one has ever made it to the press, Parvati said her mother almost sent her a shout-out when she heard she was in a relationship with a centaur - Fanny privately thinks the mother didn't rush to school It is quite enlightened to take away the daughter, at least it is very self-restraining.The dean came forward in person, and it seemed that the two had progressed to a certain extent.

On the contrary, Ron and Hermione have been living together for six years, and they haven't improved much until now.It stands to reason that after Ron and Lavender broke up, Hermione should rush to take the seat like Harry did after Ginny and Dean broke up. However, Hermione didn't show anything except to start copying Ron's homework again. Fanny was a little anxious.

There are also Amelia and Smith who are not going well in the romance. On the girl side, she pouts and turns her face when she sees Fanny, playing the game of "I ignore you", and at the same time, she is obviously holding back her words and trying to get Fanny to take the initiative. Come and listen, Fanny doesn't touch this kind of bad luck.Where is the boy?The next day after Fanny said this, Mrs. Conwell received a letter, and a week later, Smith also received a letter. The content was roughly the same: Smith gave up the opportunity to study abroad.

Fanny's first feeling about this news was that it was bad, and her second feeling was that Mrs. Conwell was finally screwed.Smith giving up this opportunity has something to do with her, and this war is indeed not Smith's business. Fanny always feels that Amelia's attitude towards her may have something to do with it.

She can't control Amelia's attitude now, what to do when Smith stays at home is the big problem.In theory, it is possible for Smith to work as a "delivery boy" in the Order of the Phoenix. Recently, the delivery line must have been overloaded and there is a shortage of staff, but Fanny doesn't think it is adding a life-threatening person to this family. Good idea - she, the only wizard, is still doing nothing.

For a while, all she had been thinking about besides Dumbledore's life was her own path.

She was not sure whether to finish the seventh grade at Hogwarts. Although it was not necessary to rush to the war, the NEWTs certificate was very important, but she thought of living in Hogwarts where Dumbledore was dead and controlled by Death Eaters. There was a twist in her stomach.

But if she dropped out of school, what could she do?With Dumbledore's mission under pressure, even if she was not happy, subconsciously, she didn't think much about other futures, and now this has become a big problem.

Those who drop out during this period, let alone find a good job, obviously have a problematic political stance and have no guarantee of personal safety; joining the Order of the Phoenix is ​​good, but this is not considered a formal job, and her strength may not be of much help; The best option might be to work with Lucy on drug support, but Fanny doesn't think that's what she really wants to do, or the way she really wants to fight.

After Voldemort took power, what will the wizarding world lack the most?

Waiting for something bad to happen feels like having a precarious boulder dangling from your chest, and you look at it and think it's going to break your bones.Then one day when you've let your guard down, it will come crashing down without warning.

One day in June, at midnight, Fanny—because the Room of Requirement was being used by someone—tired out of a deserted, empty classroom.

A ray of thoughts came, and she froze in place.

The book in her hand slipped, and the dull impact on the floor seemed to hit her heart.

After a short period of blank thinking passed, Fanny calmly bent down to pick up the book.A drop of water fell on the yellow and moldy cover, Fanny paused, wiped it with the back of her hand, and found that tears were streaming down her face.

No matter how well prepared, no matter how warm the farewell is, the farewell is always the most painful in life.Fanny hated death because there was nothing to do with it but to endure it.

Fanny didn't hide when it wasn't necessary, just like the time a few years ago, even when Snape was looking at her, she didn't cover her red and swollen eyes much.But now she tried her best to stop her tears, insisted on picking up the books one by one and hugged them back to her arms, and calmly walked in the previous direction.

There is a time to cry, but not now.She knew Dumbledore wouldn't blame, but she still didn't want to be crying when he left this world.

After turning two corners in the corridor, there were faint explosions and shouts, and an ominous green light flashed across the sky in the distance.Fanny threw away the book in her hand again, pulled out her wand and ran towards the source of the sound.

Please, no more.

When Fanny arrived, the battle was coming to an end. Several familiar figures under the Astronomy Tower were surrounding a figure on the ground. She saw at a glance that the man had familiar red hair, redder than the blood splattered around him.

A figure ran away, it was Ginny.

Fanny felt her heart stop beating, and as she ran closer, she saw a young woman with taupe hair and a heart-shaped face lighting up her wand. Blood dripping down the face.

Ron knelt aside, staring blankly, clutching the wounded man's hand.

Luna, who was standing aside supporting Neville, was the first to notice Fanny's arrival. Fanny cast a questioning look in silence.

"This is Ron's brother, who was bitten by a werewolf." Her voice was rare when she spoke, "Ginny went to find Harry, and he ran away with Snape and Malfoy."

The name Luna uttered lightly, made Fanny feel as if she had been hit hard.

"—No, there is no way to heal a werewolf bite—"

"—Maybe we should send him directly to the school hospital and let Madam Pomfrey figure out—"

"—it's too dangerous to carry him in this state—"

"Let me try." Fanny knelt beside the red hair, interrupting the soft conversation between McGonagall and Lupine.

McGonagall responded with a skeptical look, and just as she was about to speak, Lupine took up the conversation: "I think it's okay. Hermione was seriously injured by black magic last year, and it was Fanny who saved her."

So Fanny stretched out her wand and left hand under everyone's uncertain or expectant eyes, and the bluish silver light covered the bloody face.The cold feeling brought by the ancient and dark spell penetrated from the palm of the hand to the lungs, just like the feeling when he treated Harry in the second year.

Too powerful to fight against.But that magic feels like a baby with immense power, just rushing wildly and without discipline, if channeled...

The bleeding speed of the pool of blood slowed down, but when it slowed down to a certain level, the situation stopped improving and continued to ooze out.Fanny is even more aware that as soon as she relaxes, the blood will rush out again immediately, and all previous efforts will be wasted.

Fanny's complexion became more and more ugly. Seeing this situation, Lupine and McGonagall immediately conjured up two stretchers, one was used to transport the wounded, and the other floated aside with Fanny so that she could continue to treat Bill.

The road to the school hospital was extremely long. After trying all known spells, Madam Pomfrey finally stopped Bill from bleeding.The wound was not closed, and it was even more shocking after cleaning.She sighed, and began to smear the pungent green ointment on it.

After putting down her hands, Fanny sat aside with her arms folded. Hermione also arrived later, and after figuring out the situation, she quickly found that disgustingly sweet potion for Fanny.

Then Harry and Ginny also appeared at the door of the ward.

"Dumbledore's dead," said Ginny.

The medicine bottle in Hermione's hand slipped, and the thick liquid splashed all over the floor.

Lupine slumped back in his chair, covering his face.

Fanny's whole body was cold, and it was unknown whether it was due to the influence of the spell or from her heart.

The elegy of Phoenix sounded outside the window, quiet and sad.Fanny felt that the dirge was in her head, not in reality, as if her own sorrow had become a dirge, echoing in the schoolyard and in the windows of the castle.

After an eternity of minutes, the magic of the singing was broken by the arrival of Meg.

How many people who have recovered tell the story of what they know and the whole thing.

Malfoy was the Death Eater lurking in the school. After he learned that Dumbledore and Harry had left tonight, he attracted his companions through the Room of Requirement.He released the Dark Mark on the Astronomy Tower to attract Dumbledore, and disarmed him.Then Snape arrived and gave Dumbledore a fatal blow.

Just when several people stopped talking, the singing ended.Every phoenix has experienced countless nirvana and rebirth, and Fanny didn't know what made the fox so sad about the loss of a short life.But an intuition told her that this would be the eternal farewell between Fox and Hogwarts.

The door of the school hospital was slammed open, and the Weasleys and Fleur arrived.The injured was Bill, the eldest son of the Weasley family. The last time Fanny saw him was when he was visiting Sirius.

Mrs. Weasley kissed Bill's forehead and said softly in a mother's voice that looks didn't matter at all.

Fleur snatched the ointment from Mrs. Weasley and said fiercely in a lover's tone that a werewolf would never stand in the way of their love and marriage.

Fanny listened and watched numbly, wrapped in a blanket that Lupine brought from a nearby bed.

Someone so loved was irreparably damaged, Ron, Ginny, Luna and Hermione all nearly died, and Neville lay unconscious in his hospital bed.

Dumbledore is dead.

From the moment Voldemort returned, the gap that had been leaped between Fanny and Draco became a bottomless chasm.Green vines spread on the cliffs, forming a precarious but tough bridge in the air, full of their emotions.

Tonight, the vine bridge suddenly broke.