Wild child

"What's your favorite flavor of ice cream?"

"Ms. Cornwell's work is always fantastic."

"That new Michael Jackson song is really motivating."

"Oh, I've already had lunch."

Food—Hobbies—Music—Food, in that order.After a dialogue as if from some absurd play, Smith opened the door.Sirius let go of his secretly gripped wand and picked up the coffee cup again, his eyes still looking at the door.

Regarding how to meet Fanny, he had spent a lot of time thinking about it when he was idle and bored.It was embarrassing indeed, she had helped Harry and Hermione save him, but she was also responsible for putting him in a coma for a year.A moment ago, he was immersed in the ecstasy of finally being able to fight side by side with his companions, but when he opened his eyes, he found that the world had turned upside down: Dumbledore was dead, and Voldemort controlled most of the wizarding world.

Of course, this is not the worst case.Harry is still alive, the main force of the Order of the Phoenix is ​​still there, and they still have a chance to fight.But he must - again - adapt to a world from the ground up: talking, recovering his rigid body, getting information from the outside world - hardly any good news.Sirius Black had to get used to that again as he lay in the safety of doing nothing while his companions died in battle.

"It was an accident" never solves anything.But rationality told him that this girl went to the Ministry of Magic just like Harry to save him, and did not shrink back under the threat of death, and now she is a member of the Order of the Phoenix with him.He must get rid of those distracting thoughts, trust her, and concentrate on the current battle.

Moreover, the code words designed by this little girl are quite suitable to his taste, which are much more interesting and effective than those stereotyped "what is your patron saint".Judging from what he knew about her not much but enough to impress him, he felt that he would like her, and maybe that bit of embarrassment was not a big problem.

The original plan was to say hello as normal and polite as a person who has met a few times, but Sirius swallowed his words when he saw a strange blonde girl wearing professional makeup.The blonde completely ignored him, sat down on the arm of the sofa with her back to him, and kicked off her black leather shoes - which looked like the product of sawing off the heels of high-heeled shoes.

"The password is correct, but can you find me something to eat? I'm starving to death." The blond woman complained, seeing that she seemed to be about to fall on her back, Sirius moved to the other end of the sofa.

Mrs. Conwell had already come out of the kitchen with a plate of sandwiches, and the scene in front of her stopped her in her tracks. Smith, who came back from the entrance, looked like he would laugh out loud at any moment.Fanny finally noticed the abnormality in the atmosphere, and looked back following the gazes of the two.

Sirius looked amusedly at Fanny bouncing off the handrail and returning to the entrance as if rewinding, staring at him as if she had seen a ghost—this description might not be accurate, after all, she was already the most ghostly ghost in the world. Lived in dense places for several years.

Anyway, her tongue-twisting made Sirius quickly become a calm elder.

"Morning." He raised his coffee cup as a signal.

Fanny stared at him.

"Sirris Black?"

"I still remember my name, thanks to Merlin."

"you're awake."

"You noticed." Sirius thought for a moment, "You...uh, not a little change. But it looks good."

When she took off her heavy make-up and took off her wig and walked into the living room again, Fanny seemed to have digested the fact that Sirius had woken up.It could be seen that she hadn't figured out how to face a person who had been stunned by her for a year, but she still acted calmly, nodded to him and sat beside him.She took off her contact lenses just now, and there was a little blue halo in her dark brown eyes. When she looked at him, those eyes had a sense of depth that did not match her age.

After all, Fanny did look different, but given that she was 13 when they last met and had just emerged from a pile of bushes and grass, it wasn't surprising.However, some highly recognizable things on her body have not changed much, and she can vaguely recognize the guy who was speeding in a car in the Forbidden Forest.

Fanny is outstanding in appearance, and obviously has her own experience in clothing, but she is by no means a very feminine type.Her chiseled features are easy to impress.This is a tall girl with a slender figure, slightly broad shoulders, and sharp lines. She doesn't look very sturdy, but she is obviously strong and determined.

Sirius looked at her without much concealment, his gaze changed from habitual criticism to a little approval.

The delicate atmosphere ended at the moment Fanny reached for the food, and a minute or two passed before the plate was empty.After the summer vacation started, it took Fanny about three days to regain the state of only retaining the stirring function of her tongue. No matter how Mrs. Conwell knocked the back of her head to make her eat normally, the first few meals did not work.

Rather than "excessive tension", Fanny herself prefers to call this a revived "battle instinct": what you eat is your own, and you can eat as soon as you can, God knows when the next meal will be .The consequences of pouring out this theory can be imagined, and she wisely didn't try to justify anything under the knock.It was Smith's nostalgic expression that made her want to laugh at his habit of eating slowly. The scene where she swallowed the food and got up to fight with someone while he choked and rolled his eyes behind was very common. .

Tilting her head back and pouring down the whole glass of milk, Fanny pushed the plate away and briefly talked about the situation of being away from home for more than two months.

Compound soup was too troublesome to prepare, and it was not a long-term solution, and Transfiguration was not her specialty, so she used Muggle-style disguise methods: wigs, contact lenses, cosmetics, and a few immobilization spells.To put it simply, the technical problems in the first half month brought her a lot of trouble in her work. After all, it is not so easy to gain trust when you have a sufficiently demonized face.

Fortunately, Fanny has done a good job in self-taught. After hiding in the hotel room and consuming some lipstick, foundation and mascara, her skills have made great progress.Feeling the skin tingling caused by too many cleanings, Fanny strengthened the suspicion that was repeatedly denied by the person concerned——Hermione used her mother's cosmetics secretly before the ball, and it was definitely more than one or two. Second-rate.She didn't believe that Gump's basic transfiguration laws would play any positive role in this.

False identity is the most basic precautionary measure, which is one of the preparations for recruiting people into the group.The blockade of media speech is becoming more and more thorough. According to Sarah, a new reporter, several journalists and editors who dared to tell the truth have disappeared from the Daily Prophet. Those who are slow to move are now unable to even resign. . "EYE" has not attracted much attention, but it will be added to the blacklist sooner or later.

Fanny's initial plan is to divide the wizards on the list provided by the Order of the Phoenix and Mr. Field according to their location, so that those who are willing to cooperate will pay attention to the events in a certain area and report the situation to her.The way of messaging is still owl delivery, of course, this is not a long-term solution.Referring to certain practices of the Order of the Phoenix and the Auror Office, she already had a rough idea, but it took a long time to complete with her ability.

However, if you only look at the "recruitment" step, things are actually very simple. Knock on the door and go in and give out a magazine first, explain what you are doing in a few words, express the hope that the other party will consider providing help, and leave after agreeing on a secret sign, regardless of the other party. Whether you are interested or not is not discussed in depth during the first visit.

The interval between entry and exit does not exceed 10 minutes, but the observation before and after takes at least several times the time.Confirm that the main members are at home, confirm that there are no obvious signs of surveillance around, confirm the camp of the parties, and confirm that no one is following when they leave... The whole process is quite troublesome, but a great man said, "Ten thousand times of caution is never too much."

Comparing the two lists and addresses, Fanny made the first batch of 50 locations, but only sent out 31 in the end.The rest were either being closely monitored, or people went to the empty house, or Fanny was directly kicked out after glancing at the contents of the magazine.Another family was attacked three days before Fanny's arrival. The dead and wounded fled. She caught up with the funerals held by community residents for four family members.

The Daily Prophet claimed that this vicious incident was an "unfortunate accident caused by an improper experiment", and also gave a decent warning to magic experiment lovers, and the explanation from the community was a "gas explosion".After receiving the news from Fanny, the twins immediately announced the truth on the radio, and Fanny interrupted the trip to interview several insiders and wrote a report on the detailed information. This is the first time that "EYE" and Porter Watch cooperate.

In addition, Fanny did not disclose any "unnecessary information" to Mrs. Conwell and Smith, such as the two encounters with the Ministry of Magic.

After confirming that the Finnigan family was under surveillance, although she chose to leave as soon as possible, she accidentally triggered a spell.Fortunately, Fanny's acting skills have been tested for a long time. She tremblingly claimed that she was a salesman for Witch Weekly. When the Auror, who was partially repelled, planned to take her back to the Ministry for a record, she secretly got rid of the decoy bomb in her pocket. out.After growing spider legs, the thing went straight to the Auror robes, and Fanny took advantage of it to cast a stun spell.

To further ensure safety, Fanny should also modify his memory, but she was not sure that she had full control over the spell's effects.Given that the dude with "Frost" on his chest tag seemed nice and conscientious, she didn't think it was necessary to take the risk of letting the guy Forget about your own gender.

The second was after Fanny visited Bathilda Barshak in Godric's Hollow towards the end of the trip, which wasn't strictly an "contact."

Fanny felt that she might have imagined the old wizard who had lived for more than a century as the image of Dumbledore. In order to show respect, she made this visit with her real face after confirming that there was no suspicious sign in Godric's Hollow. Given the circumstances of the meeting, it was probable that Bathilda, the Hippogriff, would have no objections to the visitor.During the whole process, she just stared straight at Fanny with a pair of cloudy eyes from the darkness, nodding from time to time between words.

The air in the room was suffocating, and Bathilda had probably never opened the doors and windows in her life, and she had no intention of turning on the lights.The sense of magic in her body was weak, but it gave Fanny, who was sitting in the armchair opposite, a chill down her spine, and Fanny happened to believe in this intuition more than thorough planning and safety checks.

She left Bathilda's house as soon as possible without appearing abnormal, and the plan to let the other party read her manuscript and recommend historians was naturally not carried out.Half an hour after the patron saint sent the news, a team of three Aurors came. They seemed to have just finished a difficult task. About 10 minutes later, Fanny saw them weary from the door leading to the house. The intersection came out again.

It was the most attention one could give to an old woman who had been obsessed with history for years, even with Kingsley's intervention, but if the professional Aurors spent 10 minutes and found nothing, at least the situation wasn't an emergency.

Fanny then went to a small restaurant in the town near the valley to have lunch. Just halfway through the pasta, a search party appeared-a large number of bounty hunters since going to Hogwarts became a mandatory requirement. The guy who came to help catch the truant appeared out of nowhere.But apparently Fanny noticed them before they noticed her, and the diner thankfully had bathrooms where she could hide and disapparate.

Fanny was deeply skeptical if it was a coincidence, but she didn't plan to get entangled in this matter.No matter how you look at it, Bathilda doesn't seem to be worth enough for Voldemort to go to great lengths to play with her.The search team's action was approved by the Ministry of Magic, and the Order of the Phoenix couldn't send any manpower. As one of the "undesirable elements", the most beneficial thing she could do for Bathilda was to stay away from that old man.

It had been a pleasant trip by her standards, but it would take some work to convince Smith and Mrs. Conwell to think so.Since receiving the last gift from Dumbledore, Fanny has been insisting on photographing what she saw and heard on the road.As evidenced by the pictures, what she said is somewhat convincing. Smith seems to have believed that what she is participating in is an ordinary adventure trip composed of green leaves, sunshine, beaches, and flowers, except for the occasional funeral. There is nothing unpleasant outside.Mrs. Conwell was not so easy to fool, but she seemed to prefer to believe it was so.

Risks always exist, and of course there are results.What made her gratified was that no matter whether she was willing to help or not, the people recommended by the Order of the Phoenix and Mr. Field were still reliable. During the return visit, she did not encounter the expected situation of being ambushed by Death Eaters.More than half of them are willing to order magazines, and some even order a few more copies on behalf of relatives and friends.At the same time, many of these people were originally from the media industry. On the way back, Fanny conducted brief interviews with several reporters and freelance writers introduced by them.

There was a brief break in the small talk when it came to the ruined family.After taking a few sips of milk, Fanny picked up the conversation again. During her long trip, the visit to humans was not the only thing worth mentioning.

"...Ronan said 'we warned you not to trespass on our land again' and I said 'am I on your land? Actually I haven't even touched a leaf' and Baine got mad, Said 'You don't think we're very eloquent centaurs, do you? You're not a pony anymore, and centaurs don't have bows and arrows for show', and I told them 'You don't get in the way of my eloquence. The Ministry of Magic just Passed a new law against intelligent beings other than humans'."

"Ouch." Sirius, who knew the creatures of the Forbidden Forest best, raised his eyebrows, "Now they must be very angry."

"Have you ever heard a group of horsemen stomp their hooves together? The birds on the trees flew away." Fanny waved her hand, "Then Baine yelled at me a long passionate speech, which probably means horses. The power of man is boundless, and man is not worth mentioning - he is much more eloquent than he claims to be. When they all stopped to catch their breath, I asked them if they would like to know the official movements of man. Some of them Quite a few were unhappy about listening to human intelligence, but Ronan thought about it and asked me to get out of the car and talk."

"So you just told the centaurs all the good things the Ministry of Magic has done for a while?"

"Almost, I believe this is enough to impress the Death Eaters in the minds of the centaurs."

The fact is that Fanny was almost torn apart by a group of furious anti-human centaurs after reporting the anti-half-human laws one by one. If Ronan hadn't rationally stopped the attack on her—if Bane was elected as the leader of the centaurs She dared not do it.

"What's next? Are they more inclined to help us?" Sirius asked.

"It's hard to say, centaur, Mars is really bright tonight." Fanny couldn't help rolling her eyes, "You know, don't interfere with fate. At least they won't help the Death Eaters, those guys are going to enter the forbidden area." Lin probably will be a little troublesome."

"It's not a big deal, Hogwarts is completely open to them now." When Sirius said this, his tone was flat and there was a bit of gritted teeth.

"In short," Fanny skipped over the topic that also irritated her in time, "the progress is quite smooth. The horse people are very reasonable, and they don't contradict the level of civilization they claim."

Are the horses reasonable?Sirius glanced at Mrs. Conwell who was full of worry and understood, and smiled, "Driving a car and flying over the centaur's territory to negotiate with them, why didn't I think of playing like this when I was young?"

"Not everyone gets the chance to befriend a flying car, I'm always lucky." The fact that Sunny actually responded to the yelling letter surprised her, too, from the Forbidden Forest away from Hogg Watts flies in at the other end of this kind of plan. Fanny doesn't often come up with such a plan, "And you just said that you are old? Are you serious? (the old stalk of the name seriouslySirius)"

"It's true." Sirius made a face, "I'm not as funny as a 17-year-old girl (Fanny is similar to the English word Funny)."

"React really fast."

"Thank you."

It's a pretty old joke, and they've been sick of it since their respective first grades.But what it does to ease the tension between the two is clear, and there's no better way to bridge the gap than to find a rapport.

In the afternoon of the same day, Fanny had a chat with Sirius alone for a while after having a good night's sleep.This conversation came earlier than Sirius expected, but the content was not far from what was expected.

When responding to Fanny's guilt lightly with a sentence of "don't take it to heart", he felt that he might really be a bit meaningless. He was already very good at finding weird pleasures from suffering, and comforted himself by saying that he spent another time with his friends in consciousness. Years—that's almost good.