Wild child

It took more than a month before Fanny was allowed to give Sirius a lift to visit Hermione at Shell Cottage.Lupine wanted to come together, but Tonks was about to give birth, and he and Andromeda were somewhat in a hurry.

No one was particularly surprised that Harry and the others were caught for directly speaking Voldemort's name, but it may also be because the members did not know that this could have been avoided.Hermione only mentioned to Fanny that they knew that the word "Voldemort" had been cursed shortly after the attack on Kingsley, probably because Fanny didn't like to whisper in other people's ears. Couldn't beat Harry either.

Speaking of that experience, Hermione still has lingering fears.Out of the possible casualties, she was the one hurt the most by Harry's reckless word.As always, she didn't say a few words of reproach to Harry, just like a sister who tolerated her younger brother.In fact, she was like this to everyone. She might have constant conflicts and quarrels at ordinary times, but even when she and Ron had the worst quarrel in the sixth grade, she never said a bad word about him to anyone who had nothing to do with him.

What made Fanny admire her quick wit was that she immediately blew up Harry's face into an unrecognizable bread-like thing after Harry triggered the spell, and at the same time put away all the items that could prove their identity The beaded packet tucked into the sock.Afterwards in the interrogation, Hermione insisted that Harry left without saying goodbye in order not to drag her and Ron. When they were wandering looking for Harry, they happened to meet Vernon Daly who also played truant—that is, the pseudonym of Harry with a swollen face.

"It's a pity that you can still make up lies at that time." Fanny sighed.

"Didn't you?" Hermione looked a little reluctant as she raised the corners of her mouth.

"I didn't last long."

The two girls were sitting on a small lawn within the range of the Shell Cottage's protective spell, enjoying the not-so-warm sunshine, and the boys—and the men—were tactful enough not to disturb them.It was rare and quiet, and Hermione seemed to relax a lot from the sound of the waves crashing on the beach not far away. Obviously, Fanny was not the only one who was treated as a fragile object these days-although it was certainly not without reason.

As the salty and humid sea breeze blew, Fanny trembled uncontrollably, and subconsciously stretched out her hand to cover her side, and couldn't help cursing her current fragile physique in her heart.Bellatrix's heart-piercing blow took her half a month to get up from the bed, so far the black hole on her side was still clearly visible, and had to be tightly protected with gauze and bandages— —The healing speed made Fanny almost doubt that she would spend the rest of her life with this thing.Fortunately, no important parts were punched through, otherwise Fanny would have to find a way to learn photosynthesis to survive.

"Are you okay?" Hermione asked concerned.

"To be honest, it's not very good, but it's definitely better than most people imagined." Fanny controlled her tone not to complain. Since Hermione was definitely a "fusser", she was glad that the other party hadn't seen her yet. The look of the wound.If it were Mrs. Conwell or Smith, she would have hurried her back indoors.

This was one of the reasons why she insisted on coming to Shell Cottage, where Mrs. Conwell would keep her in bed, and even pouring herself a glass of water would cause a lot of yelling.And as her body recovers, she no longer needs to sleep 20 hours a day. Lying in bed all day and forcing herself to close her eyes and rest will only bring irritability and more nightmares. who screams.Mrs. Conwell and Smith always deliberately avoided that experience in front of her, but kept reminding her of what happened with pity and lamentation, which really drove her crazy.

The reason why the Cruciatus Curse is one of the three unforgivable curses is not only because it can bring extreme pain to the sufferer, but more importantly, the pain it brings is almost never eliminated.Those pains can come back when you're unsuspecting—such as in a half-waking dream—reminding you of despair you thought you had forgotten.

On the third day after fully waking up, Fanny screamed again in her dream, alarming the whole family, and Mrs. Conwell almost decided to sleep with her from now on.

Compared to this proposal that almost made her hysterical before finally rejecting it, Sirius's was much better: "Say a silent spell to yourself before going to bed, and move fragile objects away. I doubt Isa will Going to see you, you can lock the door, but this will definitely make her more worried. A better choice is medicine, which is not difficult to configure, and the raw materials are easy to get, so I can do it without any problem."

"Good idea. It's much more convenient if no one shares a room with me, isn't it?" Fanny couldn't help but expose the reason why Sirius was so well-trained: Azkaban never stopped torturing him, and when he went out Having lived in the same room together for so long, even if the two of them always staggered their bedtimes and took turns to watch, Fanny would not fail to notice that Sirius chanted a spell for herself before going to bed every now and then.

"The first time I did this was when I escaped from home. James and I lived in the same room. He was not a careful person, but Mrs. Potter discovered this first." Sirius said.

"Well, I'm going to write this down as well, so that I can make a lot of money out of "The Memoirs of Sirius Blake" the day peace comes." Fanny said seriously.

"Sometimes I feel that I have entered old age early." Sirius smiled self-deprecatingly.

"You can do this in 40 years."

The way Sirius raised his eyebrows reminded Fanny that she had never been an optimist, and she secretly suspected that placing hope in the future was a precursor to her mental breakdown.But Sirius insisted it was a good thing, and then he started asking endlessly, so she knocked him on the head with the cup and kicked him out.

Fanny hadn't shared Sirius's advice about keeping her nightmares from being detected with Hermione, and she felt that under the care of Ron and Harry—or the two boys, so to speak—Hermione was recovering well.Bracing wasn't an option for everyone - if she'd been more frank she'd admit it wasn't an option at all, and in Hermione's head she certainly didn't need Fanny's prompting if she was going to do it.

"How's your mission going?" she asked.

"There is some progress, after a few months of wasting." Hermione shook her head, "The price paid by the Order of the Phoenix made Harry sober and no longer obsessed with... In short, this is the whole mess. The only comforting thing. How about you? We have no fixed place to order before, and we can only read your magazines in the past few days, they are really great."

"Thanks. Anyway, it developed, was targeted, and was taken away." Fanny sat up and looked at the vast sea, "Death Eaters cut off our news sources and delivery channels. If it was before me and Sirius can at least contact Rita, she can always leave clues and dig up first-hand information in the most unexpected places, but now there are Death Eaters circling around my door, it is impossible for me to go out like this, The Order of the Phoenix also forbids Sirius to venture out again, so..." Fanny gave Hermione a pale and helpless expression.

Hermione got up and thought for a long time, and the rigid statement she gave made Fanny laugh: "There will always be a way. As long as we don't give up, we will win one day."

"Someday, seriously?"

"At least... we'll all fight till the end," Hermione said softly.

The sunlight fell from one side, making the facial features on Hermione's pale and thin face more three-dimensional.The girl's features obviously receded from her face, and Fanny was also familiar with this change.

"You know anything new about the Order of the Phoenix? Bill keeps trying to avoid talking about it in front of us, and neither do Harry and Ron. It's like keeping our reasons for staying here will turn into a vacation if we keep it from me." Herr Min broke the silence, snorting at the last sentence, clearly displeased with the boys.

Fanny lay back on the grass again, using the tone Percy used when she wanted to keep the so-called Ministry of Magic secret: "I'm not sure if I should tell you this..."

"Fanny!"

"Okay, okay. There's no good news." Fanny suddenly felt very awkward. She almost never shared bad news with anyone other than Dumbledore, Sirius, and Mark. She hated dealing with people hearing bad news. reaction. "I didn't go out much during this period, Sirius told me. The previous raid angered the mysterious man, and now there are dead people everywhere. The Order of the Phoenix is ​​almost broken up. The situation is not much better than EYE. We also lost contact with the castle, but luckily we managed to get Ginny out on the Easter holiday train before the Death Eaters, who took so long to think of using her as a threat to Harry, I'd be surprised. The last thing I knew about Hogwarts was that the Society wanted to remove McGonagall, and she wouldn't."

"Of course she doesn't, she's Head of Gryffindor," said Hermione.

"Yeah. So now she is fighting alone as the only member of the Order of the Phoenix in the castle. Although the other professors are helping her to some extent, no one knows how long the mysterious man will endure her. You know, despite keeping silent for the sake of the students , when she has the opportunity to speak, she will never waste it with lies."

Hermione's reaction was exactly what Fanny had feared: the cloud that had finally dissipated gathered again on her face.Fanny wondered if Ron would be so angry that he would punch her without taking out his wand if he knew how easily she had erased the slight semblance of relief he had given Hermione.

In fact, Fanny's message to Hermione has already summed it up in general terms. Among the five people lost to rescue them, Matt Dearborn and Susannah Adams have been confirmed dead, and the remaining three were thrown into prison after interrogation. Azkaban.She also didn't mention that one of the Death Eaters who had been subdued by members of the Order of the Phoenix had mentioned that the Death Eaters were discussing whether to proceed with the execution process because Azkaban was almost overwhelmed.

According to Sirius, the current situation is simply a repeat of the end of the last war.Even if the Death Eaters' mopping up is temporarily suspended, the Order of the Phoenix is ​​full of crises: Some people, like Barty Crouch, advocated extreme measures against Death Eaters, and have even begun to practice them; From the point of view of the Dark Mark, it is not a passive departure; some people think that resistance is meaningless, but they have no way to be arranged to go abroad, so they keep spreading negative remarks; even those who still insist can't help showing Pessimistic and disappointed.

She wouldn't take out that parchment and share it with Hermione.Since the dementor attack in McKenzie Town, Fanny has been documenting the victims of the war.From "Bertha Jorkins, tortured and killed" to "Emeline Vance, murdered at home" to "Ted Tonks, found and killed while fleeing" to the recent accidents, adding The brief summary of the Venerable Master's name, which does not exceed ten words, has almost filled the entire roll of parchment.

Each line is the life lost and the irreparable harm, wizard or Muggle, famous or unknown, kind or bitter, equally chronologically arranged on the page.The ink doesn't know what's going on, and neither does the parchment, nor the characters, nibs, or inkwells.

Those involved have no way of knowing the length of the war, justice must prevail is empty talk, and no one can predict the outcome.Moreover, after such a long period of confrontation between swords and soldiers, it is impossible to simply say whether it is justice or not.

But Hermione is the kind of person who always insists on asking questions, analyzing and considering the information she gets, until she gets the worst result—Fanny suspects that the way Ron and Harry treated Hermione was right. of.

Her own approach to handling the situation was simple—one thing at a time.Fanny will not think about what to do after the war, how to continue her future with Draco, and it is absolutely impossible to say that she misses him all the time.In the reunion not long ago, she acted like she was crazy about lovesickness, which was indeed how she felt at the time, but the fact is that she almost completely forgot about him in the past half a year.Occasionally there's a thrilling second or two when recalling - oh Draco, and then nothing changes, and she's still sleeping in strange places, dealing with all kinds of jerks, and rushing through manuscripts .

Never think about it too much, if you know it, you know it, and just do what you need to do.

"I still can't believe that you chose Skeeter's mother-woman." Hermione opened her mouth and said suddenly, "The world is full of reporters! I would rather find a Muggle to ask for a draft than Rita Skeeter has something to do with it."

Fanny knew that Hermione had been bitter about Rita's exposure of Hagrid and her portrayal of a slut, and she agreed it was perfectly reasonable. "That's pretty much what I thought before, but unfortunately she convinced me. She asked me out again after I refused to use her manuscript twice, and nearly stabbed me to death with a quill, but I managed to She understood that she was working for me and had to do it my way. She honestly did a good job after that, look at the articles."

"I never doubted that she could easily ruin a lot of people's lives," Hermione said angrily. "Look at that crap, she even insulted Dumbledore!"

"I'm sure Dumbledore doesn't mind that much, he might even find it interesting, especially the part about dragon's blood uses," Fanny said quietly, "I have no doubt she'll write a series after this shit is over Reports pointed out how paranoid I was about an immature little girl being the critical boss of her famous journalist for so long - honestly, I enjoyed imagining it all. Worrying all day about Rita picking it up with the tip of her pen My skin, it's like a vacation."

"Your optimism really astounds me."

After laughing for a while, Hermione showed a hesitant expression again. After hesitating for a while, she told Fanny that Harry saw in her mind that the Malfoy family was fine, and that they had obviously been severely punished, but they were all still alive .

Fanny couldn't be more grateful for this fact.

"When the Death Eaters asked him to identify us, he said 'don't know,'" said Hermione. "Neither Ron nor I were pretending."

"It's not surprising. If you are recognized, you will die. He didn't have the guts to kill you, nor did he have the guts to resist. The answer is of course 'I don't know.'"

But he saved you.

"You think so?" Hermione didn't miss the deliberateness in Fanny's cold tone.

"I know him, at least I think so." Fanny fiddled with a budding grass beside him, "In many ways he's just a spoiled child, it's a pity the world won't wait for him to decide for himself grow up."

But he saved you.

"Before the Dumbledore incident, he didn't even understand the meaning of death. He somehow got sucked into a mess he couldn't clean up, and couldn't do anything but go with the flow, that's all."

But he saved you, after all that he was forced to go through.

Forget it.

"What's wrong with you?" Hermione raised her body and looked at her from above, frowning. "Have you... seen him?"

"Probably." Fanny raised her hand and tugged at Lahermione's hair that fell in front of her eyes, "Speaking of which, what impression do you have of Narcissa Malfoy?"

She roughly recounted her strange exchange with Narcissa, and Hermione seemed quite shocked by Narcissa's confession that she was not loyal to Voldemort.

"Is that what she said?"

"A few wounds and a little too much Cruciatus didn't affect my memory that badly."

"It's not funny."

"Indeed not."

The silence lasted for quite a while, and Hermione spoke again until Fanny felt a little sleepy from the touch of the breeze.

"You should promise her."

"What?" Fanny glanced at her, "Take the life of someone you don't like in exchange for your own?"

"You know I don't mean that." Hermione leaned over to the lawn next to Fanny, resting her head on her elbows, "You must have some unimportant information that you can tell, and it won't endanger the other members of the club immediately. You just You need to let them let you go temporarily, wait until Sirius finds you, and bring others to rescue you."

"I don't know what the Death Eaters have. Any information given may cause casualties."

"But you were in that danger! And...and you know that the Order of the Phoenix immediately covered the transfer of others. I'm not saying they don't trust you, but..."

"I know." Fanny interrupted Hermione's hasty explanation.

While trying to locate Fanny, Sirius notified all contact points and cut off contact with most of them.It is undoubtedly a foolish move to rely on the willpower of the captives for their safety. This whole set of emergency measures, including the evacuation route, was agreed upon by Fanny, Sirius and several key members of the Order of the Phoenix, and she is clear about its operation.

Hermione was right, but Fanny wasn't going to wait for help, she was never saved.Fanny is on the saving side, against the whole world is only her and her will, wit or whatever, she uses every advantage she can get to save Smith and the other kids, any kind of compromise will cost her everything , it is impossible to stop once it starts.

"The reliability of the positioning spell has not been proven enough." Fanny said, this excuse is far from enough to convince Hermione, but she still has other weapons to use. "Speaking of which, how are you and Ron doing?"

Hermione was immediately caught off guard, and Fanny, not surprisingly, expressed shock that Hermione and Ron hadn't even kissed after such a long time ("This is not the time!").

In this way, Hermione let Fanny draw her attention away, leading the conversation to "Girls' Whispers".It was unusual for both of them. Fanny didn't pay much attention to the conversation among girls her age, and Hermione was not a typical girl.She spends most of her adolescence defending justice and saving her companions' lives, and spends the rest of her time being exhausted by two boys—one who may die at any time and the other who has been secretly in love with each other for several years but insists on not speaking.

When the discussion reached Draco's kissing skills, both of them heard Sirius' greeting at the door of Shell Cottage, and dinner was about to begin.Fanny lazily turned her head back to acknowledge acceptance, while Hermione rolled over and got up with her usual dexterity, and complained, grabbing her friend's hand and pulling her up when she was lying on the ground.

When Fanny entered the room, she found Harry awkwardly waiting for them at the door—or she, and Ron watched Hermione worriedly from a short distance away, as if she would evaporate at any moment.

"I think these are yours." Harry handed Fanny her wand and Benjamin's watch, explaining, "I snatched it from Malfoy. Luna told me this watch is important to you. "

"She's always been smart." Fanny replied, looking over and over unconsciously at the two obvious items.

"Um, I guess...you got Malfoy's...?" Harry waited for a while, then couldn't help but say again.

After realizing why Harry was still standing in front of her, Fanny carefully put away her wand and put on her watch again.She pulled Draco's wand from her bosom and asked, "Where's yours?"

"It's broken," said Harry stiffly.

Hermione cringed next to Fanny, and this time Ron walked straight up and put his arm around her shoulders.The latter froze for a moment, looked around subconsciously, and leaned gently on Ron before his face showed embarrassment and he stopped, as if he had been doing this for many years.

"Then it should be yours, I mean since you've already taken the wand from Malfoy once, it should be willing to obey you," Fanny explained unnecessarily.

Harry took it with a nod, a look of resignation and no desire for it written on his face.

And Fanny wanted to take it back the moment it left her hand.She didn't want Harry to use Draco's wand, and she knew that she and Draco must have done the same thing in the gap between countless appointments-trying each other's wands to see if they were in hand, to perceive the unique magic fluctuations in them .It was like a secret exchange of vows that she didn't want to share with anyone.

Then she thought she was disqualified from keeping it.

After Harry put away his wand, several people entered the house and enjoyed the dinner carefully prepared by Fleur with others.Griphook's insistence on eating chunks of raw meat and fungus was a little off-putting, so despite being one-third the size of a normal man, he occupied the roomiest corner of the table.Fanny was the only oddity that came up to him, and she could eat anything, and she didn't mind Griphook's mouth full of blood when he answered a question about Voldemort's new policy from the goblin's perspective.

"If Fanny Sanchez wants to be a reporter, then even if she goes to hell, she will first make an interview with Satan." Sirius' words caused a lot of laughter at the dinner table, which somewhat offset the unhappiness caused by Griphook.

At the end of the question, the goblin finished her portion and wiped her mouth with the tablecloth (Furong gasped), "You are very good, not many people are willing to listen to us."

"Maybe it's because you stick out your fingers and curse at them every time they get close and don't bring enough gold!" Ron sneered loudly, not minding Griphook's sullen glance and Harry's warning look.

It wasn't just Ron who had had enough of Griphook, it seemed that everyone in Shell Cottage, except Bill, found Griphook intolerable.This was especially true for Furong. Whenever the goblin spoke, she would ping-pong the things in her hand.

After dinner, Fleur directed the cutlery into the kitchen, and after Bill followed, several people heard her bursting out.It is estimated that Bill and his wife will not be able to come out in a short time, so Fanny and Sirius said goodbye to the others and left.Fanny's wounds were not able to withstand apparition, she and Sirius came by motorbike, and the journey between Shell Cottage and Mrs Conwell's house would take a lot of time.

As soon as he got on the motorcycle, Sirius teased him after holding back for a long time: "It seems that after Skeeter, you have made a new friend."

"It's just a few questions, I don't know why you are making such a fuss." Fanny said as she straddled Sirius and straightened the invisibility cloak, which was wrinkled and exposed the bottom of her trousers. It's unbearable, let alone the fact that I've been sharing a room with the original you for months."

"Oh, yes. I know that the reason why you didn't bring back the interview record as a guest at her place for a long time is that you came uninvited." Sirius said sarcastically, "Make an appointment next time, you two They will hold each other and kiss each other in a short while."

"You don't even have to chat with her for a little while, she'll jump at you obsessively. The only catch is that she might get too excited and forget to put the knife back," Fanny shot back.

Sirius started the engine, and the motorcycle that had been cast with the Silencing Charm rushed forward for a short distance and then soared into the air, quickly approaching the low grayish-yellow clouds.They had to get back on the road a few blocks from home, because Mrs. Conwell might have a heart attack if she saw them flying through the sky.

It's not a reassuring idea to let a cripple lead a semi-cripple on a motorcycle, even if it's safe and sound on the main road.Originally Mrs. Conwell planned to drive her off, but Fanny refused without hesitation.So, as usual, Mrs. Conwell obeyed her advice. Smith tried to persuade a few words, but he was routinely defeated.

Before entering the house, the two walked around the house a few more times as usual, and found no less than five watchers as expected.The Loyalty Charm couldn't stop the Death Eaters from narrowing down their investigation, especially when Fanny made a rather high-profile appearance not too long ago.

Two guys, probably numb from the long and boring monitoring work, actually had a lively discussion behind a not-so-hidden bush with voices that were clear from 10 meters away. The topic seemed to be about different bloodlines How women behave in bed.They were quite courageous, Fanny and Sirius heard Bellatrix's name when they passed by, and it took a while for the two of them to suppress the urge to set fire to the bush.