Wild child

Hermione's home is not spacious but warm, neither rich nor poor.Maybe it's because the Grangers are both dentists. The room has a doctor's spotless feeling everywhere, and the photo frames on the wall are also arranged neatly. It is said that there was also a tooth model on the dining table, but it was removed under Hermione's firm protest of "affecting appetite".

Although Mrs. Granger is not as cheerful and enthusiastic as Mrs. Field, she is also considerate and considerate, making people feel at home.Everyone in the living room except Hermione laughed when the subject of dentures at the dinner table came up.Hermione twisted her hands together, her head down, her expression stiff.Fanny sat next to her, talking and laughing happily while putting her hand on Hermione's shoulder to try to comfort her.

"Are you all right, dear?" Mrs. Granger asked with concern, placing a plate of cookies on the table.

"I... I'm fine, Mom," whispered Hermione.

For at least three of them, it was a pretty pleasant afternoon.When the tea had bottomed out and there were only crumbs left on the dessert plate, Hermione glanced at Fanny with determination, took a deep breath and stood up.

"Dad, Mom," said Hermione, "I have something very important to tell you."

The Grangers exchanged a glance that was not at all unexpected, their expressions calmed down, silently expressing their support and love.As she quietly stepped aside, Fanny had a funny thought: Even if Hermione told them "I'm pregnant" at this time, there would be no consequences.

"Go ahead, baby."

"I love you all, and always will." Hermione drew out her wand, "Forget it all!"

The Grangers' eyes immediately became dazed and glazed, and Hermione's images disappeared from the picture frames on the wall one by one.

The difficulty of the memory spell is directly proportional to the amount and importance of the memory, and this level of memory modification obviously cannot be done with a single spell.Hermione looked on the verge of collapse, but her wand hand did not tremble as she finished the last few spells in a calm voice and sank into an armchair, covering her face.

Fanny prepared her wand while she was chanting the spell. She continued: "You are Wendell and Monica Wilkins. You have no children in your life, and you rarely interact with your neighbors. Your greatest wish is to emigrate to Australia. Now Everything is ready, let's go."

After that, she half-delayed and half-helped Hermione up from the chair, and rushed out the door before the Grangers regained consciousness.At the same time, she didn't forget to remove two cups and plates from the table, making the scene look like an ordinary couple's afternoon tea.

After Hermione stumbled and followed Fanny out, she immediately sat down on the edge of the flowerbed in front of the door, buried her face between her knees and sobbed softly.Faced with this situation, Fanny had nothing to do. She sat down beside her friend, took out a handkerchief and handed it over.

Disturbing spells had already been cast around to prevent the neighbors from coming to visit and show their flaws. At this time, the Granger's house was like air in the eyes of everyone around, and it did not attract any attention.In addition, Hermione also used a few confusion spells and memory spells to complete all the passport visas and other procedures required for her parents to immigrate to Australia. The Muggle laws that she has violated in the past half month, which has always been a well-behaved top student, are fearful. I can write a book.

These extremely difficult spells were all completed by Hermione alone during the past half month. In terms of ability, the completion of her plan did not require any assistance at all.

Fanny arrived just after lunch time, Hermione said she would pick her up at the train station, and while the two were walking, Hermione told Fanny of her plan.Dumbledore left Harry with an unspeakable important task, and Hermione and Ron naturally volunteered to accompany him.For the safety and happiness of her parents, the best way Hermione came up with was to let them forget about themselves and emigrate.

Typical Hermione-style planning, meticulous, highly skilled, and full of determination.

Erasing the memory of her loved ones to keep them away from danger was not a plan that Fanny hadn't thought about, and she knew very well what a difficult decision it would take.When she really wanted to comfort someone, she couldn't speak. The only thing she could do was to be by Hermione's side.

The original plan was to go directly back to the Burrow, but she was always reluctant to leave before leaving, so Fanny proposed to stay nearby first, and sent the Grangers—or the Wilkinses—on the plane tomorrow before leaving.

When looking for a place to live, both of them tried to talk about some light topics, but after a few words, they returned to the next step plan.

Hermione and the two boys will also drop out of Hogwarts next year, and what they are going to do is top secret, so when it comes to specifics, Fanny always talks about it.

"...start-up funding was provided by George and Fred, and the contributors and liaison staff are currently mainly members of the Order of the Phoenix. The technical work of typesetting is left to Smith, and Mrs. Conwell is responsible for the design of the cover, illustrations and typeface-he I feel more at ease when you two stay at home. After the first issue comes out, I will further expand the scope of soliciting papers and marketing."

"What about the raw materials? The amount of paper and ink needed to create a magazine is very large. If you keep using the copy spell, the quality of the paper and ink will get worse and worse. Have you found a stable supply?" Hermione asked.

"I found it, thanks to my Uncle Sam." Fanny said with a little shame, "He helped me contact several reliable suppliers, and he also provided some key materials. He also planned to help me put the 'EYE ' Promoted within the Ministry of Magic - provided, of course, the quality makes him look past it."

"and also……"

"..."

After confirming that all conceivable difficulties had been reasonably and effectively resolved, Hermione finally breathed a sigh of relief and took the time to express her appreciation for the plan.

"This is awesome, honestly," said Hermione sincerely. "I wish I could help you more."

"But you're busy saving the world." Fanny smiled, "I'll do the miscellaneous work of spreading the truth."

There is nothing mysterious about Fanny's plan, to run an underground publication that tells the truth.She still remembered the impact Harry and herself had had after they published an article in The Quibbler in fifth year. There is a Muggle saying that the pen is stronger than the muzzle of a gun.

She had also considered to contribute to "The Quibbler" to avoid all the troubles of running a magazine by herself, but firstly, Mr. Lovegood usually regards the horned snorkel as more important than fighting, and the article may not be published; secondly, this The identity of the editor-in-chief of this tabloid is completely disclosed, and Fanny does not want to cause too much trouble for Mr. Lovegood.

The name "Eye" was finalized by Fanny after two days of debate. It is simple and can reflect the purpose. What's more, a neutral name is not so easy to attract attention.If it was really called "Voldemort is a fool" or "The Ministry of Magic is going to eat shit", it is estimated that the magazine will be killed in the cradle as soon as the first issue comes out.

Mr. Field was instrumental in the preparatory stage, and when Fanny went to ask for help, she got a much more response than she expected.Mr. Field has quite a wide network of contacts due to his work position. He immediately solved several key problems for Fanny, so straightforward that even she didn't realize it.

Then there are Smith and Mrs. Conwell. Fanny boasted that these two people can choose to do their own thing or help her, no matter how many people she will do, she will continue to do it.Now it turns out that "Eye" would not have been possible without them.

Fanny doesn't know how wizards usually type and print. Anyway, she gets a headache when she sees Smith's computer.With the help of Mr. Field, the progress is far faster than expected. In order to publish a journal in August, Smith has not practiced the lyre these days. He is stuck in the pile of books designed by the typesetting column, and has to shout three times before coming out. .

Mrs. Conwell also had no previous experience in designing illustrations and covers, and she took great pains for this.Now she is unwilling to go to the studio because of some reasons that she doesn’t want to mention—Fanny thinks it should be related to Mr. Armstrong. She moved the bed in the room to one side and added a curtain in the middle to make a small studio. I saw waste paper all over the floor.

In contrast, Fanny, who came up with ideas, has become a relaxed shopkeeper, doing what she likes most all day-running around.She selected some people according to the list recommended by the Order of the Phoenix and Mr. Field, and traveled back and forth between east, west, north and south to collect papers.Of course, the recipients of the call for papers also include herself, and now she is being tormented by this matter with a splitting headache.

For the history column, Fanny estimated that if Bathilda Bassak saw the childish and rough stuff she wrote, she would laugh so hard that all her teeth would fall out.

Hermione, however, was very interested in what Fanny was writing. She sat on the bed and read all the rolls of parchment that Fanny had scribbled on in one go, intending to have an in-depth exchange.Fanny quickly blocked her mouth with the excuse of "need to concentrate", copied the original manuscript into two copies and asked Hermione to help revise it, and took a new roll of paper and leaned on a pile of books to pretend to be serious about creating.

So Hermione really started to concentrate on academic problems, and the room was so quiet that only the rustle of writing was left.

Fanny shook her head: What is a real good scholar?She is a bloodline who is about to be hunted down and suppressed. She is about to drop out of school and the star of savior embarks on the sinister road to save the world. She just let her parents forget about herself a few hours ago, but now she is focusing on an irrelevant history. on the paper.

The scariest thing is that people who are smarter than you work harder than you. Hermione obviously belongs to the category that can't find any flaws in both aspects.Looking past the parchment in front of her and seeing Hermione's concentrated expression as she wiped her hair behind her ears, Fanny couldn't help feeling that if it wasn't for this hellish war, Hermione should have continued her life as a top student who was favored by her teachers and envied by her classmates of.

Textual research is indispensable for such things as history. In order not to be confirmed by Hermione's endless memory, Fanny simply took out all the reference books. "History of Magic", "Hogwarts, A School History", "Global History", "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" and so on filled the whole bed. Hermione's eyes lit up when she saw Fanny's magical black satin bag, Almost changed the subject of the study.

Having something to focus on is very helpful to adjust your mood. Fanny yawned and stayed up all night with Hermione.By the time the Grangers were about to set off at 9 a.m. the next day, the two of them had already had a fruitful labor.The part of the content that had been initially completed has been reviewed so meticulously that even spelling and grammatical errors have been corrected, and the content of a new scroll of parchment has been completed.

From this, Fanny also got a profound lesson: never do academic work with Hermione.

Hermione insisted on copying the finished manuscript again, and then had to make new deliberations and revisions during the copying process. After the completion of the "finished manuscript", it was completely different again, so she copied it again.Going back and forth countless times, Fanny closed her eyes when she was packing her things, and even if she blinked, she felt that there were terms flying around in front of her eyes.

Yes, be responsible to the readers.Fanny rolled her eyes.

At 10:[-] in the morning, the plane on which the Wilkins couple took off officially took off.Fanny and Hermione apparated into the airport wrapped in the invisibility cloak borrowed from Bill, and watched the two laughing and walking into the boarding gate.

Hermione watched with dismay as their plane took off from a distance and disappeared into the clouds.She fell on Fanny's shoulder and wept again, then walked into the bathroom, and when she came out, there was no trace of crying on her face: "Let's go."

"Well, a certain red-haired skinny guy is probably getting impatient." Fanny patted her on the shoulder.

"Oh, come on." Hermione's tone was a bit too disdainful, and it didn't achieve the effect of expressing indifference, "You have a rich and bloody... Fanny? You...?"

"You know, that's it." Fanny turned her eyes away, "Seriously, seize the opportunity. You have known each other for 6 years, what else do you not understand?"

"Now is not the time to talk about that." Hermione frowned.

"Wrong, now is the time to talk about that." Fanny smiled, "Danger is the best...well, to put it mildly, love potion. You two will soon feel that Harry is in the way."

"What do you think we're going to do when Harry breaks up with Ginny to save the world?" said Hermione exasperated, and then looked a little frustrated. "I've learned not to expect that. How long does it take to kiss someone?" ? 1 minute? It took him at least two years to understand my cue, and I'm still not sure if he really did!"

Hermione took two more steps, but when she realized that Fanny hadn't followed, she turned her head suspiciously.Then she saw Fanny staring at her with eyes wide open, her shoulders hunched over her mouth, and she was staring at her with an expression that couldn't be more terrified.

"What?" Hermione looked around, puzzled.

"You just admitted that you've been looking forward to Ron kissing you!" Fanny said in an exaggerated tone, "Merlin, I need to find a place to engrave it! Hermione Granger just admitted..."

The second half of the words were swallowed back by Hermione pinching her neck. Hermione's face was slightly red, and she obviously forgot a lot of the depression caused by her parents.After the quarrel, the two also calmed down, walking side by side with their own concerns.

Fanny sometimes couldn't help wondering how Draco would feel if he knew the decent use of his gift, and she put everything she had in the little black satin bag except for her wand, Benjamin's watch and the nuggets.Compared with "carrying", this is something she prefers to keep close to her body. Sometimes she still habitually touches the edge of Jin Gallon, and the row of small words "I love you" is always there.

"I really envy you and Ron." After manifesting in the orchard on the mountain behind the Burrow, Hermione said suddenly.

Considering what had just happened, it wasn't hard to guess why Hermione said that. "It's really good to have family around to share with us. But on the other hand, at least your family is safe. Isn't that why you did it?"

"Yes, but... wouldn't you think I was selfish if I said I now regret what I did?" Hermione asked.

"If you're selfish, then what am I?" Fanny shook her head, "I didn't even try to keep them out of danger."

"It's different. You let them stay, not because you're afraid, but because you can afford to do so," said Hermione. "You put their lives at risk."

"You mean to say that I'm a bastard who can be insensitive even to the death of my family?" Fanny was somewhat annoyed.

"No! I mean, you love them like everyone loves their own family members, and you will feel the same sadness as everyone else when they encounter misfortune. The difference is that you can bear it, but I can't." Hermione's face became more and more serious. The increasingly ugly Fanny tried to clarify what she wanted to express, "I mean, you are strong and will not be crushed. So you can always respect the true wishes of others."

Fanny remembered that Mrs. Conwell had strongly opposed Smith when he decided not to go abroad but to fight in a war that had nothing to do with him.Her final concession had something to do with Fanny's laissez-faire attitude. Just by looking at her face, Fanny knew what was irreversible, so she didn't waste any effort in persuading her.

Later, the two had a cold war for a long time, and they couldn't stand the stagnant atmosphere at home. Once after dinner, Fanny came into the study and turned Smith's head away.

"Go and apologize," she said.

"...Why?" Smith's face darkened, "I haven't asked her to apologize for the concealment before! By the way, thank you for your candor!"

"Don't be weird with me." Fanny said bluntly, "You stole her things, of course you have to apologize."

"...what did I steal from her?" Smith asked suspiciously.

"You took her Muggle son to wizard's war, you stole her son," said Fanny.

Smith's expression obviously fluctuated. As a typical good person, it took him a while to remember his previous anger: "What about you? Where are my mother and sisters?"

"We're already in it, you added it halfway, it's not the same." Fanny folded her arms without reason, "You know, I could have changed your memory and sent you abroad of."

"If you do this, don't expect me to forgive you." Smith gritted his teeth.

"Oh, this really has too much deterrent effect. Think about it, compared to your understanding, your little life is worthless!" Fanny said sarcastically, "Besides, if we die, Do you think we can still control your thoughts?"

"Have you ever considered my feelings?!" Smith yelled. Honest people always look terrible when they get angry. "You think you can do whatever you want when you are a witch? You think when my memory is changed back How am I going to feel when I find out that my mom or sister died while I was living a blissfully unknowing life?!"

Fanny tilted her head slightly to look at him for a while, then sighed. "There are always reasons to fight, for justice or to save the innocent, these reasons are very good, but they are too... noble. We are always supported by more realistic ideas, for wealth, life, family, etc. If you can live safely in the Muggle world without knowing it, when you need support, we can think that we are creating a safe world for you and protecting you. You were a good thing to me and Mrs. Conwell Reason, now it's gone."

Smith's anger subsided immediately, and he didn't speak.

"You let her lose her son who lived safely outside the war zone, isn't it too much to apologize?" Fanny leaned on the table, "If you can be excluded and we don't die after this is over, we will all apologize You apologize."

Smith was silent for a while, then turned and walked towards the door of the study.Fanny knew what he was going to do, and she stopped him halfway: "You know it's not my style to shout to keep people away from danger. But I still want to say, think about Amy."

Judging from the movement of Smith's shoulders and back, he probably took a few deep breaths.Then he said, "Shut up."

A sentence had been running through Fanny's mind ever since, and now she told Hermione about it.

"If something happens to any of them, I'll regret it until I die."

Sending Hermione to the Burrow, Fanny Apparated away without eating lunch.Before parting, Hermione brought up the previous topic again.

"Anyway, at least you have those memories," Hermione said. "You and he both know what you mean to each other, and it's better to stay together all night for such a long time... It's better than trying to test each other all the time, wasting For so long."

"That's right." Fanny smiled.

She thought of those nights, when they sat opposite each other for so long, so eager for each other, but couldn't do anything more than proper because of her fine clothes.Later, the fancy clothes were no longer put on her body, but they were worn in each other's hearts.

Free country.People often say that, and Fanny sometimes brings up the word.But when I think about it sometimes, the love between her and Draco seems more like a deformed product of an ascetic era. They wanted to indulge themselves, but they still couldn't embrace each other without scruples.

Fanny left feeling terrible, not only because of that heavy topic and her 24-hour sleepless nights and high mental work, but also because someone she'd been refusing to think about had just been brought up by Hermione.Her family and friends are by her side, and the people she misses most will never stand by her side.

Whether she admits it or not, Fanny tried to use her busy state to forget that pale and arrogant face.

Mad-Eye is dead.

On July 7th, when Fanny returned home for Bill's wedding, she received such news.

The Order of the Phoenix transferred Harry to the Burrow on July 7. This was a rather grandiose plan, and most of the official members participated in it.Seven people drank Felicia Felicia and flew to seven transfer locations with a screener. On the way, there were backup locations selected in case of emergency and substitutes waiting for the guards to die.

The original plan to apparate for the transfer on Harry's birthday was canceled due to suspected leaks, and an interim plan that was quickly drawn up within a week was finally adopted.Needless to say, during this period, Fanny has been in a state of no trace.Due to confidentiality requirements, Mad-Eye vetoed the proposal to inform Fanny and excluded her from the plan, although the Hermione twins and Lupine both agreed with Fanny's strength.

That night, the Death Eaters still knew about the plan of the Order of the Phoenix. Mundungus Fletcher escaped with Apparition midway, and his partner, Mad-Eye, was hit and killed by Voldemort's spell.

In order to prevent further leaks, even the people at the transfer location only knew that someone would come that night, and those who knew the specific plan were reduced to a very small number, and it is still unknown how the information was leaked.This plan was proposed by Mundungus, and a large part of the participation of him, who is recognized as unreliable, was also meant to make up for it.

If Fanny was there, Mundungus' place would most likely be hers.Would the ending of Mad-Eye have been different if the partner hadn't escaped?After asking this question, Fanny laughed at herself severely: what can she do to prevent Voldemort from killing people?Can she hold back and not escape?It wasn't every day that Voldemort was seen.

Regardless, one fact is undeniable: her evasive behavior resulted in her not being able to fight alongside her friends in a fight that cost the life of a man she respected.

Also, George lost an ear.

She is not there.

Escaping can't solve any problems. Some people are so hard-headed that they can understand such a common truth.So when the coin vibrated in her pocket after a long absence, Fanny immediately left the dinner table.It was two days before Bill's wedding, and a group of people were outside the Burrow—the space in the house seemed too small for this number of people—having a lively dinner, looking at the familiar small characters on Galleon by the fence, and Fanny heard The laughter behind him was unreal.

At one o'clock in the morning on July 7, at the back door of King's Cross Railway Station.

At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, just as the bell of a new day struck, a figure appeared out of thin air at a corner on the south side of Tower Bridge in London with a soft ringing.Compared with this nearly hundred-year-old bridge, that figure looks very small.

Fanny walked into the range that the light could reach, was stunned for a while on the bridge, and then sat down on the nearest bench.No one paid the slightest attention to this move, just like no one knew that a girl once sank a body into this endless river.

She took a deep breath of the Thames-smoky air, and she was thinking of someone.

A proud Squib, an abandoned daughter, and a murderer.

A man who never wasted his life, a hero.

At that moment decades ago, CC, who was two years younger than the current Fanny and almost looked exactly like her, was full of loneliness, bearing the sin of killing alone, and carrying the lives of hundreds of people on his shoulders.

Maybe it was from the moment she sent her family out of the UK with her own hands, she had been disappointed with the whole world, so she learned not to rely on, not to pursue, until the end of her life.

Fanny used to take her as an example, and wanted to be such a mysterious, powerful, and elegant woman.Later, CC's past was revealed little by little, and she found that she couldn't see the whole of her, just like she couldn't see the young Benjamin and Dumbledore, which were the parts that were forever missing in her world.If you can't understand, how can you talk about doing it?

Now that some time has passed, she understands that experiences, bloodlines, and choices cannot be copied, and she cannot do CC, and everyone will only live more and more like themselves.

But sometimes, even Fanny needs to draw strength from the images she imagines.

She closed her eyes and put her right hand over the worn watch on her left wrist.The tentacles are hard, even with the sleeves blocking them, the rough and angular texture is still clear.

"Help me, Benjamin." Fanny murmured, "Help me, Mom."