Wild child

Based on what Fanny and Sirius had seen over the past few months, it was barely a story, just a street fight involving four wizards.If there is anything thought-provoking, except for Fanny Po's glass of beer, which led the incident from the bar to the street, it is that they really should develop the habit of carefully interrogating their enemies.In hindsight, the appearance of those two guys was probably due to the fact that Fanny and Sirius uttered a certain taboo word in the chat. Knowing this matter two months earlier would undoubtedly reduce several attacks, but they both hated it in unison. Things like Legilimency, put the unconscious Death Eater in the trash can and leave.

But when it comes to that glass of beer, the slap that Sirius received afterwards was so wonderful that Fanny felt her palm go numb just by hearing the sound.

"That's right, she just poured wine on Sinn's face and asked 'Are you a jerk', and then I was slapped." Sirius said angrily, "Don't ask me why I was the one who was beaten, when Vatican When Ni Sanchez proposes that she design the camouflage, you have to be careful."

"That weak chicken look is your own design, I just shaved my eyebrows and beard." Fanny waved her hand, "Anyway, it was a success, old Avery and his little follower followed us and left full of people I even convinced 5 of Sinn's 'brothers' to pay the bill before going 'in private'."

"That's impressive, not to mention the fact that your wonderful knee gave two men hernias afterwards."

"I don't brag about my history of bullying men. By the way, don't tell me that you haven't been slapped in the history of picking up girls that you like to talk about." The reaction on Tolia's face.

"You scolded their sister, and beat them so that they couldn't stand up—" Astoria's graceful eyebrows frowned in an incomparably righteous way, which made Fanny admire her and roll with laughter He hesitated between the two reactions under the sofa, "—to distract the enemy's attention?"

"In general, yes. But I wouldn't say they shouldn't have been beaten." Sirius laughed, "Even if any woman can give birth to brothers and sisters of African, Jewish and Middle Eastern descent, their appearance Not in the slightest. I bet they've long since ceased to be a casual duo when it comes to teasing outsiders for locals' amusement."

"And what better reason than to protect a molested sister?" Fanny added, "The whole bar can testify that the hapless man posted it to buy an innocent pretty girl a drink, not the other way around. That’s what that notice is all about, especially for people like you—no offense, but outsiders with good family backgrounds are always more favored by local snakes, and you can almost smell it on both of you.”

After a brief silence, Astoria was obviously not very happy with this evaluation, and Fanny felt that she could teach a seven-year course at Hogwarts, entitled "How to express an expression with different movements of the eyebrows." Thousands of attitudes".Sirius casually leaned back on the back of the sofa, as if he was not going to speak until Fanny said what she planned to do next.

"Hey," Fanny gestured to attract the two people's attention, "since we are going to chat, we have to say something. That's it, let's play a game of truth, talk about the happiest, most embarrassing moments and How about your first kiss?"

"What if the three moments overlap?" It was never Astoria who was most skeptical.

"The first kiss was your happiest moment? Or the most embarrassing moment? It's amazing." Fanny squinted at him contemptuously.

"Of course not, how is it possible." Sirius didn't care about this level of teasing, and added another question, "Speaking of which, won't any of you still have your first kiss?"

This question was obviously not aimed at Fanny, who was known to have two ex-boyfriends, and Astoria immediately became the focus of attention.She admirably maintained a calm face, and said concisely: "There have been."

"Then it's fine."

No one answered, Fanny and Sirius looked at each other, expecting the other to start first; Astoria moved, as if calculating the success rate of Apparating back to the room.

"Needless to say, one for each person, decided by lottery." Fanny further revised the rules, "Embarrassment, happy moments, and kisses, just choose one from those who meet the requirements, even if you come home from vacation and your dog runs out to greet you Whatever. Take it easy, just chat."

Astoria appraised Fanny, then turned her head subconsciously, and glanced at Sirius, who was smiling encouragingly at her. "Have you heard? There is nothing to lose. Maybe there will be some surprises."

After that, he glanced at Fanny maliciously, and the latter restrained the urge to hit him with a cup, and threw a blanket on Astoria as a reminder.

It should be said that although Astoria is withdrawn and stubborn, she may be terribly precocious, but she still has many characteristics that a 15-year-old girl must have, such as strong curiosity.She spread the blanket evenly on the seemingly thinner body wrapped in thin pajamas, and slowly adjusted to a dignified and casual sitting posture, and finally looked at Fanny: "Aren't you going to draw lots?"

Fanny rolled her eyes unabashedly.

Sirius flicked his wand to conjure three pieces of parchment, and wrote E (Embarrassing), K (Kiss) and P (Pleasant) on them with the tip of his wand.Then the parchment came into little rolls, and he twirled them in the air for a moment in a dizzying fashion, before pushing them in front of Fanny and Astoria: "Ladies first."

Astoria and Fanny took one in turn, Sirius opened the remaining one and raised his eyebrows.He turned it over, and the letter on it was E.

Fanny shrugged and turned it over after reading her note. She was P.

Astoria was undoubtedly the one to share a kiss, as she unfolded the note and rolled it up again, using her wand to make it disappear without even moving her delicate eyebrows.

Fanny made a "please" gesture to Sirius.

"Okay, let's think about it..." He stretched out his hands to brush the black hair hanging on his forehead in some trouble, "Uh, that happened when James and I were in fourth grade."

One night with a full moon, Lupine was sent to transform under the Whomping Willow, and Peter practiced Animagi and went to the school hospital by mistake.After finally telling Madam Pomfrey the story of his mouse tail and beard, Sirius and James decided to go on a night tour of the castle with only two of them after leaving the hospital hospital.

For many years to come, he dismissed what happened that night as a stroke of bad luck.It wasn't until the exchange with another troublemaker about the secrets of the castle that the person concerned realized that they had offended the wrong "people" that day.

When they were in the fourth grade, they found almost all the secret passage mechanisms that could be found in the castle. While wandering and bored, James noticed a strange portrait: the girl on it was elegantly dressed and handsome, but her eyes were brown and black , half ocher curly hair and half black straight hair.

(Here Fanny let out an "oops".)

With a sense of justice that mistakes must be corrected, the two boys painted one eye of the portrait black and half of the hair black.The portrait blinked and said nothing.They were bored, so they put on the cloak of invisibility and continued to wander aimlessly.It was just a small whim for two teenagers who had done all the tricks the human mind could think of, and within minutes they both forgot about it.

Then James made his second bad decision of the night: look for the most unpredictable staircase and see if he could grasp the pattern of its appearance.

They accidentally discovered that the staircase that often disappeared for several days appeared on the floor they were on. Even if they felt something was wrong, there was nothing in the castle to be afraid of except for Mag and the warden Apollyon Primlo .So logically, James and Sirius walked up.It seemed to be extraordinarily long that night, but it is not surprising that it goes from the first floor to the eighth floor in terms of its degree of change. It is disturbing to walk for a long time on the dark stairs with no wall lights and no decorative paintings. Two 14-year-old boys Of course, no one is willing to show weakness first, just climb up side by side without making a sound.

About half an hour later, Sirius, who was out of breath, couldn't take it any longer. He saw that James seemed too tired to take care of himself, so he quietly glanced forward, and then looked back in a daze. , immediately settled in place.

"What's the matter, Padfoot?" James took two steps forward inertially, the invisibility cloak was ripped off, and he hurried back to put it back on.

Sirius didn't answer, he quickly took out a pyrotechnic stick and lit it and threw it down the steps.

"What are you doing?" James exclaimed, lowering his voice. "Prinlow will find out! He'll put us..."

Sirius snapped his head away, and James sensed something was wrong, so he fell silent after seeing it.

It was the brightest of Filibar's new pyrotechnic sticks, and it lasted a long time, and James was planning to use it to write his and Lily Evans' names in the sky as a confession.They had already tested it, and even if it was dropped from the top of Gryffindor Tower, it could be clearly seen shining on the grass below.

But the pyrotechnic stick rolled away quickly on the steps, and the white light that dazzled the eyes of the two gradually moved away and turned into star-like light spots, and finally disappeared.That is to say, even if they were on the eighth floor, the steps could at least reach dozens of feet below the castle.

Sirius lit another pyrotechnic stick to let it go up, and the result was the same: the white light flew away and disappeared without a trace.

Even though the Predator had seen—and created—many incredible sights, the two of them turned pale at the same time.James stuffed the invisibility cloak, which was in the way, into his arms, and ran up with all his might.The darkness behind them was narrow, long and boundless, as if a giant beast was eating away at the road behind them, trying to swallow them all together.

Unable to lift his foot an inch any more, Sirius stumbled over the steps, followed by James.They were horrified to find that, no matter in front of them or behind them, the steps were still endless.Regardless of their college scores or face, the two began to cry out for help. Even if they saw Plinlo at this time, they would be very grateful.

But there was nothing, not even an echo.

The two of them sat on the steps and rested for a while, and felt that a catastrophe would be imminent if they stopped, so they continued to move forward within a few minutes.Counting so many times, they tried all the methods they could think of, and even boldly took turns using "digging three feet" to try to punch a hole in the wall, but they still found nothing.

Finally James and Sirius stopped again exhaustedly, listening to themselves and each other's breathing, and neither spoke for a while.

"You know, I always thought there was no worse way to die than being stuck in the house I had to go back to every summer vacation." Sirius leaned against the wall and spoke first.

"Don't say such nonsense, Sirius!" James immediately turned his head and shouted, "There will be no mechanism that can truly kill people in the castle! Someone will come to us by tomorrow morning at the most."

"From where? There's not even a crack in the wall." Sirius smiled. "Sorry buddy, I know you'd rather be with Evans."

"Don't give up easily!" James' anger was mixed with embarrassment, "Besides, how could I want Lily to be trapped in this kind of place."

"It's touching." Sirius moved forward and lay down on the steps, "I'd say it's not bad, at least there's no endless yelling from that old hag."

It's too early to say, and one day he'll surely sleep peacefully, but obviously it's not that day.Just as he and James lay dazed on the steps, the steps beneath them disappeared.

The two of them had time to look back at each other's terrified faces before the fall began, because their robes were hanging from something on the edge of the steps.But the good times didn't last long, the steps began to move away from both sides, and there was a hissing sound of fabric tearing. James immediately pointed his wand at Sirius, but before the levitation spell was finished, the two fell down screaming at the same time.

The passage for them to fall gradually narrowed down, and the feeling of weightlessness lasted for a few seconds, and then their heads collided, feeling entangled with each other's limbs and stuffed headfirst into the cold and narrow water pipe.The pipes seemed endless, too, and just when Sirius thought his fate would be drowning, they flickered into the air and crashed into a heap on the tiled floor.

Breathing greedily, the two boys suddenly realized that the air quality and water quality here seemed to be—not so good.

Somewhere nearby there was the clacking sound of a toilet being flushed, and a milky white figure appeared in front of them.

Myrtle's signature scream came from her bathroom.

In the early morning of that day, all the students who attended the first morning class on the east side of the castle saw this scene: James and Sirius walked out of the girls' bathroom hand in hand, soaked through, wearing only their underwear.

The living room fell into an odd silence.Astoria was clearly trying to keep the corners of her mouth straight. Fanny filled up the cup that Sirius had just poured on her, brought it to her mouth but didn't drink, paused for a while, and wiped her cup Throwing on the coffee table, half a glass of water was suddenly poured out.

"You two... dare... dare to touch Mary Minnie...you and James... are naked..." She covered her wounds and let out a burst of laughter. She almost couldn't straighten up and insisted on expressing her opinion . "Two boys got into the toilet because of that staircase. It has become part of the castle legend. Not many people dare to walk up that staircase. You must talk to Harry about this."

Astoria obviously knew this legend too. Infected by her laughter, she finally couldn't hold on anymore, probably because the other two were arranged one on the left and one on the right. She lowered her head and hid her face under the cover of her long hair. Shaking.

Sirius was happy with the effect his story was having at first, but as Fanny kept looking at him weirdly and couldn't stop laughing until she coughed into her side, he wasn't so happy .

"Should we proceed to the next link?"

"Cough, ouch... well, it's your turn, Greengrass." Fanny adjusted her breathing, and she felt that the hole was about to burst again.The one she named glared at her.

"My first kiss was the summer before I went to Hogwarts at the age of 11." Astoria said in her usual calm tone.

Sirius whistled.

“I have a cousin, Helly Eberstead, who is five years older than me. Our two families have always been very close, so I have had many opportunities to meet him. I have liked him for as long as I can remember, not only It's because he's handsome and funny, but also because I think he's different from everyone else around me, just like me.

"I didn't start out as a blood traitor, I was just puzzled by my parents asking me and my sister to hate people we didn't even know. My father would yell at me whenever I asked a question. I always believed I was born I had problems, and those questions still came up, but it seemed like everyone thought it was all right, so I acted like it was. From a young age I knew I wasn't like them and was ashamed of it.

"It seems to me that Helier is the same. His parents and sister are very... strong people, and the conversation is obviously different from him. He treats me very well and likes me very much. We often stay away when the sun is good. The adults and our sisters hid in the corner of the garden to chat. My initial understanding of Hogwarts and the world outside the manor came from him. Laugh heartily.

"The day I got my acceptance letter to Hogwarts, my father and mother had a small celebration. I was so excited and put on my favorite dress because Hellier was bound to come. He did. Well, personable as always, we slipped out of the living room together in the middle of afternoon tea. I remember looking up at him as we walked along the path lined with bright yellow roses on a sunny day face, I feel that there is no more perfect moment than this.

"He turned his head and smiled at me and asked me what I wanted as an entrance gift. Whenever he looked at me like that, I couldn't think. After being in a daze for centuries, I told him that I just wanted to be like him. Sorted into Slytherin. Helier froze for a moment, and then, without warning, he kissed me."

Sirius and Fanny clicked their tongues at the same time.

"Then he became your boyfriend?" Sirius asked with interest, and Fanny gave him a look of contempt, although she was also quite curious.

"No." A little cloud appeared on Astoria's face.

The two audience members looked at each other, and before they could figure out how to ask a question, Astoria continued the story by himself.

"After we parted, he apologized to me and I told him he didn't have to. I was just happy - obviously surprised, but happy. We were both a little embarrassed as we continued walking and then I offered to hold him He didn't refuse, and we didn't talk for a while. Then we came to a lawn full of small flowers in the garden, and he proposed to rest for a while. We sat down on the grass and didn't let go of each other's hands. I was giggling and felt like I was going to pass out.

"If we hadn't continued the conversation, maybe it would have been the best afternoon I can remember. But he told me about his wishes, and gradually the topic touched on the world outside of wizarding society. He used some very ... vicious words to describe Muggle-borns and Muggle-loving people, so vicious that I don't even want to think about it. I was completely confused. I stared at him and didn't understand the smile on the face How can the mouth spit out such vicious words.

"He didn't notice that I stopped agreeing, and continued with great interest. I felt that he was no longer the person who fascinated me so much. The light in his eyes looked wild and unbearable like a beast at this moment. Something Collapsed inside me, and before I knew it, I jumped up and yelled at him 'I'm a blood traitor!' and ran home without looking back. I locked myself in my room until They didn't come out the next morning."

"I never touched that dress again, and I never spoke to Herliere again. It was the first time I experienced heartbreak and realized pride in who I was. I'm a Greengra Si, I'm a blood betrayer, I'm a Slytherin, and I want the world to know."

The excitement caused Astoria's pale cheeks to flush, and her light blue eyes sparkled. She cut her blond hair behind her ears, raised her chin and looked at Fanny, as if waiting for her to give a mocking criticism, and at the same time Tell Fanny clearly that he doesn't care what she thinks at all.

Astoria's voice is actually very pleasant, like a mountain stream formed by newly melted snow. Fanny was surprised that she hadn't noticed it before.When she raised her voice, the spring was infused with exciting tunes, and there was no need to dance or roar, and she could naturally reveal a kind of breathtaking power.

After a while, Fanny shrugged habitually: "You are indeed quite successful in telling the world who you are, Astoria."

"Thank you." Astoria turned her head and looked straight ahead, her expressionless face had returned, but Fanny was sure she saw half a smile.

If it was Ron, Harry, or Smith sitting next to him, he would probably just look at the two girls blankly or echo a few words literally, but Sirius obviously does not belong to the ranks of dull men—at least when he doesn't want to when dull.He showed a heartfelt smile and didn't intend to hide it at all, so Fanny gave him another roll of the eyes.

"It's your turn, don't think we're going to freak out just because you're being polite," Sirius said teasingly, "I'm sure the experiences you share will be very 'interesting'."

"Thank you for your expectation." Fanny stretched her body, "Well, this matter has been going on for a long time..."

"Can you have anything older than me?"

"...probably happened when I was 7 years old..."

"Ouch, are you sure you don't want to talk about your first kiss?"

"...Just a few weeks before I discovered that I have magical abilities." Fanny finished her opening remarks completely without being disturbed by Sirius, took a sip of the half glass of water next to her, propped her head and sank into the distant memories.

Sirius and Astoria were both aroused by the way she devoted themselves, and they quietly watched Fanny and the rest.

Fanny propped herself up on the sofa and sank a little, her lips parted slightly as if she was about to speak.Then he turned around sharply, and the wand stabbed out like a sharp sword: "Silent and silent!"

Caught off guard, Sirius was dumb as soon as he touched the wand.

"Except your weapons!"

This spell was easily avoided by Sirius, but Fanny had expected it long ago. At the same time as the spell was shot, she jumped over and stepped on the armrest of the sofa next to Sirius to snatch his wand with a standard grabbing action.

Fortunately, she is not wearing a nightgown today.

Fanny happily pointed at Sirius with two wands in one hand and one hand on the wound and slowly retreated to his original position. The latter gave her an annoyed stare and a throat-slitting gesture.Concerned about her injury, Sirius didn't use any strength at all when he resisted, but the appearance of winning is also winning.

Astoria clutches her wand the entire time, looking at this and that, her eyes widening slightly, stunned by her standards.It wasn't until Fanny returned to her original position that she slowly lowered her wand.

"It's basic courtesy not to interrupt when others are talking." Fanny twirled Sirius' wand twice between her fingers, and didn't throw it back until the other party was really anxious.

Sirius immediately undid the spell, did not speak, and made a rather impolite gesture to Fanny.

"First of all, I was raised in an orphanage in Torrance Town, where I stayed from the age of 4 until I went to Hogwarts." This statement was obviously not for Sirius who knew everything, but because he knew Ah Storia chose Muggle Studies, and Fanny didn't make any further explanations about the orphanage.

"The rule of the orphanage is that regardless of whether it is food, clothing or things, the strong ones are selected first. If you can't beat them, you can only pick up the rest of others. Since I was a child, I have not been very likable, so when I first arrived Not only did I always get no food or only a little left over for two years, but the older children liked to tease me for fun when they had nothing to do.

"One of them, Simon, was especially fond of teasing me. He was such a giant to me that I couldn't resist, and I've had him beat me up or have my clothes torn and my supper taken away more times than I can count. Sometimes when he was in a good mood or was annoyed by beating me, he would smile at me and chat with me for a few days, and I quickly laughed along, thinking that the future would be peaceful.”

"Fight as a result." Sirius moved to a position where it was easy to dodge and answered with a smile.

"It seems that you have fought with dogs a lot. You have so much experience." Fanny didn't bother to stare at him. "In order to avoid him, I stayed outside the orphanage as much as possible. Take a look to see if he's up ahead. But all the kids in town are his friends, and he can always find me when he wants to."

"One day he didn't know what happened to him. When he went back to the orphanage at night, he threw me into a room, asked his friends to guard the door, and then started beating me. His eyes were blood red at the time, and his hands were more violent than usual. Still, I thought he was going to kill me, and tried to escape, but every time I got to the door, I would be caught back. I screamed and cried and begged him, but it was obviously useless, and no one dared to come in to help me. Later he A friend of mine was probably afraid that Simon would really beat me to death, so he advised him to stop, and I took the opportunity to get up and rush to the door. When he opened the door, he pulled me but didn’t really stop me, so I ran out.”

"Why didn't the manager of the orphanage interfere with Simon doing this?" Even Astoria began to intervene.

"Uh," Fanny tried not to show pity. She thought of Draco asking why no one came to her after hearing her break Billy's nose. "Because... adults have more important things to do?"

Listening to the tone, Astoria still knew it, so she fell silent.

"This world is very complicated, Leah." Sirius said half-truthfully.

"It was raining heavily, and I kept slipping and falling, but I felt no pain at all. I felt that Simon's eyes were everywhere, and I just wanted to find a place to hide where no one could see. The east of Torrance and another town There was a bridge next door, and there was a nest under the bridge near the water, just big enough for me to curl up in. I did that, and despite being wet and dark, I couldn't be happier , I feel that no one in the world can find me anymore.”

Fanny picked up the glass to drink water, and Sirius looked disappointed, "What a tragic childhood memory, why not tell me about your first kiss."

Fanny flicked her wrist and splashed the rest of the water. This attack had a much wider range than the spell. Sirius dodged quickly but still splashed a few drops.

"Hey, I'm going to have to sleep here later!" he protested.

"Listening to the sound of rain, I fell asleep in the cave not long after." Fanny ignored Sirius' complaints about the water stains that he could dry in a second, "I woke up from the cold, open the When I opened my eyes, I found that the water level had risen to my calf. The rain had not stopped, and if I didn’t go out, I would be drowned in the hole, so I had to go out. But I immediately found that I couldn’t get out.”

At this point in the story, the story became interesting. Sirius and Astoria didn't interrupt, and listened attentively.

"There is a wharf near Torrance, and there are many boats coming and going. One of them probably wasn't fixed properly that day, drifted along the current and ran aground under the bridge hole, and it was in front of me. I pushed it hard a few times, and found that it was basically Frightened after not moving, just smashing it, kicking it, trying to dig a hole out of the cracks in the bricks and concrete around me. The water was still rising, and I cried and shouted all I could think of Every name, and maybe even Simon. Called for a long time, no response, no one came to my rescue, nothing."

Astoria shivered, Fanny's description brought back unpleasant memories.

"I kept shouting until the water level was too high for me to open my mouth. The cold water poured into my mouth, and I could only throw my head back and cough like hell. But the choking also woke me up and reminded me of a very important thing .”

"What?" Sirius couldn't help asking after a brief pause.

"I can swim." Fanny smiled slyly.

The two were taken aback.

"The rise of the water surface also made the boat float up a little bit, and when I kicked it again, I found that it could move a little bit. There was a gap between the hull and the bottom of the bridge hole. I took a few mouthfuls of the remaining air, and I shrank. Into the water, put my feet in the gap. The gap was very narrow, and halfway through the boat moved in and almost broke me in two. Fortunately, I finally squeezed out, although it was very difficult.

"I drank a lot of water on the way out, and I was almost dead after getting myself out of the bottom of the boat, and I could only float up with the current. Almost as soon as I took my first breath of air, I was thrown headfirst into another A boat at anchor, but what's the big deal? I coughed, vomited, gasped for breath, my head hurt like hell, but I survived."

Fanny hardly recalled that rainy night specifically, but she could still clearly remember the raindrops that fell on her head and the surrounding water. The sound of breathing and pulsating blood vessels sounded like an explosion in her ears, like the feeling of being alive.Exhausted, it took her a long time to swim ashore, and she spent hours huddled on the sidewalks of the town downstream, dazed.At dawn, the milkman found Fanny. He was frightened by the nails she dug out in the dark and the large bruises all over her body. She was not only sent to the hospital but also called the police.Of course, the police later sent her back to the orphanage, routinely warned Simon and Mrs. Evan and left.

"Does that work?" Astoria asked.

"I guess so." Fanny said, "The police really scared Simon a little bit, and he didn't really do anything to me after that. He was already quite old among the orphans, and he left the orphan not long after. Courtyard. Without the leader, the rest of the people don’t bother me very much. It’s easy to beat me up, but I’ve always been a problem. Not many people want to be teased and scratched for the next few days just because of the momentary boredom. How did the marks come about?"

The life at the bottom of the orphanage's food chain was gone forever, and fighting and scars were still commonplace, but she never cried out of pain or fear.

"Take this as a happy memory, you're such a mess," Sirius commented.

"Is there anything better than escaping death?"

After another round of verbal battles, Fanny finally couldn't ignore Astoria's gaze.To be honest, she has no problem with being silent, but the way of marking people really scares her a little.She raised her eyebrows and looked back.

"Do you remember Leon?" Astoria asked abruptly.

"……What?"

"Lion Burst, they say you killed him."

"...is it?" Fanny spit out, "Okay, that's right. What, you know him?"

"He's Helier's father, my cousin, who kept in touch with me after I had a falling out with Helier. He's the only one who doesn't think I'm a scum and always tells my parents not to get too involved , Said that when I grow up, I will naturally understand what is right."

"It doesn't look like things are going his way."

"After he died I really started to hate everything they believed in because it killed him," Astoria said deadpan. not bad."

Sirius looked at Astoria, Astoria was still staring at the coffee table, Fanny seemed to be very interested in the unturned TV.The dead man followed her, and she could see in every darkness that his hair was still as hard and tangled as wire, and the twisted and brutal expression on his rough face had receded.He had been at peace, and she had spent months making herself at peace with that phantom—or, rather, with herself who had created that phantom.They looked at each other in the middle of the night one night at the end of the holiday, and she said: If you're going to do something, do it; but until then, I gotta get on with my life.

"I should be sorry for your loss, but that's so hypocritical," she said. "I've never regretted for a second the choice I made, and I don't think I would be happier that he was alive."

"Of course you are."

"So, we made it clear?"

"It couldn't be more clear."

Fanny and Astoria stared at each other, and neither of them would look away until Sirius, who couldn't bear it anymore, almost bluffed and muttered, "Oh, it's almost dawn, let's sleep for a while" without any explanation. Storia caught up upstairs.Before dawn, Fanny slept for another two hours. This time it was very peaceful. She didn't dream of the Malfoy mansion and screams. She could vaguely hear the sound of rain falling like a waterfall.

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Everyone knows what it means to use the knee to make a man suffer from a hernia. [Wai Xiao] inexplicably wants to expand this plot into a side story.