Wild child

In the next few months, Fanny and Sirius became frequent visitors to the Ministry of Magic. They often stood in line with a group of people to receive various medals, and then tore them off and stuffed them in their pockets to the courtroom as soon as they went out. testified.The pair had seen and collected so many cases that the screener, on the 12th check of their wands, had the phrase "You're where there's trouble, huh?"

"Maybe I'm just curious about the treatment I didn't have the chance to enjoy." Sirius took the inspected wand with a smile, seemingly completely oblivious to the other's embarrassment.

For Sirius's 12-year imprisonment in Azkaban without trial, the Daily Prophet spared a small page on page three to publish the Ministry's public apology, next to "Granger— —Hermes, both beautiful and cunning" headline.The statement also stated that Sirius would not be held accountable for his illegal learning of Animagus, and that Sirius would be given a legal status as an exception.

On the day the newspaper was printed, Sirius and Fanny rushed to the Ministry of Magic early in order to testify for another day. During the intermission between the two trials, Rita broke into the lounge and stuffed the third page of the Daily Prophet. .After taking it, Sirius only glanced at it, and then burst out laughing.

Seeing this, Fanny snatched the newspaper, and was overwhelmed with joy after seeing it: "Congratulations...it seems that you...you have become a regular, Sirius!"

The faces of the Ministry of Magic employees who knew about it were so pretty, they looked at Rita with trepidation, and you could almost read in their eyes a prayer that her next article wouldn't do too much damage to the Ministry's shaky reputation.

"Excuse me..."

As soon as Rita opened her mouth with a smirk, the representative shorthand quill, together with the notebook and the camera next to it, caught fire at the same time.She dropped what she was holding with a squeal, and drew out her wand to extinguish the flames in her magenta robes.

"My God, my God." Fanny jumped forward and stomped her feet vigorously, while giving the camera next to her a fountain of clear water, "Fortunately, there is no carpet here, otherwise it would be too bad to cause a fire!"

The flame was quickly extinguished, and the luxurious quill was turned into powder.The drowned photographer hurriedly opened the back cover of the camera, a burnt smell permeated the air, and the parts inside had melted into a ball without looking.

"I am deeply sorry for your misfortune just now, and I will charge these losses to my account." Sirius straightened up while wiping away tears, and said solemnly.

"So, do you want to continue with the question just now?" Fanny met Rita's knife-like gaze and handed over a brand new delicate quill.

Rita stared at Fanny with a calm face for a while, then took half a step closer and grabbed the quill.

"Did anyone ever tell you what a nasty little bitch you were, Miss Sanchez?" she said savagely in a voice only they could hear.

"Are you sure you want to write this sentence into the interview record?" Fanny raised her eyebrows.

Rita snatched the quill, stuffed it into her bag, and stepped back.

"Gong, congratulations, it's you two." She said coldly, dragging the photographer away without looking back.

"Remember to send the bill." Sirius shouted to her back, and added in Fanny's ear, "Now I think she's a bit cute."

"I dare say that these officials have all had business cards forced by her. You can ask anyone for one."

"Bet 10 Sickles that 'The Untold Side of Fanny Sanchez' will be in the papers tomorrow morning."

"I bet it's '16 Years of Suffering, A Secret History of Heroes and Fugitives'."

Dorian coughed lightly to attract their attention.

"The next trial is about to begin, may I ask...?"

"Okay, okay."

Sirius waved his hand, and the two returned to the witness lounge.

If there was a banker in this bet, both of them must have lost, because the headline of the second day was this: War, Blood and Romance - Fanny Sanchez and Sirius Black, intimate, about to be engaged?

Rumors immediately flew all over the sky.

Fanny had one more reason to complain about Sirius moving out to find a place for herself, unilateral clarifications would always be interpreted as a cover-up, and the atmosphere in the room was already too embarrassing to live at the moment.The outside world's malicious speculation about the ex-convict's special quirks is fine, but Fanny can't understand why the members of the society think that making her Harry's "godmother" is a particularly charming idea.Fortunately, there was no message from Harry himself, and she suspected that Hermione had blocked the mouths of the two friends with both soft and hard tactics.But of course, there was very little else Hermione could do to help.

"No such thing!" Fanny didn't know how many times she had emphasized this point with Mrs. Conwell. She hoped that her adoptive mother's attitude would soften, but it was definitely not for this.

"After all, why do you mind so much?" Astoria asked, taking a sip of his coffee.

"Because this is as absurd as assigning me to Xiao Shi." Fanny said seriously.

Astoria is noncommittal about this, she has made a lot of progress in these days, and has become more in tune with the surrounding atmosphere.Although she had no intention of going back to Greengrass' mansion, she proposed to move out after Sirius moved out, and Fanny dragged her to the Burrow for a quick meal after repeated attempts to persuade her to no avail.She "accidentally" revealed the news at the dinner table, and as a result, the little girl almost immediately chose to stay where she is now when she heard that Mrs. Weasley invited her to live in the Burrow. Fanny was very happy to see—— Whatever the situation, Mrs Weasley's enthusiasm was irresistible.

Despite the candid attitude of both parties, the damn article has been discussed for a long time, and it has appeared in at least seven or eight different media.For giving up the reward and reputation of "exclusive reporting", it seems that Skeeter really hates her.

Fanny would probably retaliate when she was free, but she didn't have that much time to spare now.After a frantic rush, the last issue of EYE was published in mid-August. Compared with the first issue a year ago, the standard and thickness were completely different, and the style of not publishing any boasting or praising was consistent.The Order of the Phoenix, Death Eaters, werewolves, elves, centaurs... the war and the interplay of different parts of the wizarding world are published equally, left to ponder and discuss, and many of the photos she took this year are finally Can see light.The textualized casualty records and the long list of acknowledgments were placed at the end of the publication, so much overlap that Fanny and Sirius agreed that Skeeter should not be among them.

In addition, the research method of combining the history of wizards and Muggles has also attracted the attention of historians. Luke wrote to Fanny that he had set up a group and planned to publish the first book "Two Worlds, One World" within five years. history".

There was a high demand for continued publication, orders and letters of criticism or praise flew in piles, but Fanny still insisted on auctioning all the equipment related to EYE's publication and distribution, leaving only a whole box of materials and materials as a souvenir .

"It's time for this story to end," she said.

Speaking of endings and beginnings, one more thing should also be mentioned.

Shortly after Wormtail's trial, Harry and Sirius met at 12 Grimmauld Place, where Harry and Kreacher, the elf of House Black, told Sirius the story of Regulus Black.

Between testifying at the trial, and while Fanny was busy with the publication of the last issue of EYE, Sirius joined the Ministry of Magic's Cursebreakers.He stayed in that cave all night during that time, and his body was never short of scars from the rebounding spells.It took nearly another month, and most of the spells in the cave were broken, and the dead were too old to be identified. A large number of infernal corpses were buried in unnamed victims of Voldemort's actions after the spell was removed. In the cemetery set up, Sirius took one of them.

After refusing anyone to accompany him and bury his brother alone, Sirius sealed the cemetery.Regulus Agutulus Black was escorted by his elder brother and became the last Black to be buried in the family cemetery.

His family motto is engraved on his tombstone: always noble, always pure.

Fanny did not go back to Hogwarts to repeat her seventh year with most of her classmates, and she received a letter from Hermione shortly after the start of school, which described two things.

The first happened when the students got off the train and were about to board the carriage. The senior students all looked at the front of the carriage in unison, exchanged glances, and discussed softly.

"This is……"

"I think so..."

A junior student asked his companions in a low voice, "What are they looking at?"

"I don't know, I can't see anything," replied her companion.

"Because you're lucky," Ginny said.

The second incident happened on the first weekend after school started. During the Quidditch selection, Gryffindor collided with Slytherin again without any surprise.

"Get out of here." Dennis Creevey led a few students and said to a few Slytherins who were sitting in the seats with the best view in the auditorium.

The Slytherins turned their heads and looked at Dennis unkindly.A burly senior stood up. "Speak carefully, Creevey."

"I should have said that to you," Dennis said without flinching. "This is not the place for you."

A female Slytherin prefect made a calm gesture to the big man, then stood up and turned to Creevey: "You know, the seats in the auditorium are first-served, and we have no reason to leave."

"But you are all a group of despicable murderers, Hogwarts has no place for you."

As soon as Dennis finished speaking, the scene got out of control.When the two sides opened up, all the other students in the stands who had heard what had happened also pulled out their wands. Regardless of which house, the tip of the wand was aimed at the Slytherins.

"Every breath of air you breathe here is at our mercy, stinky little Mudblood," said the big man savagely.

There seemed to be fire in Dennis' eyes, but he was knocked down by two Slytherins before he could finish his spell, and then Dennis' companion knocked out the boy.The players on the field also noticed the movement here, and they all flew over to stand on their team's side.If it weren't for Harry and Hermione, who were wearing the badges of the male and female student council presidents, to control the scene in time, no one knew how far this would have gone.

The injured were escorted to the school hospital by Ginny and the female prefect, and after Hermione said that they would report to their deans to deal with the troublemakers, the selection started again.Several Slytherins insisted on sitting in their original seats in the auditorium, turning a deaf ear to the whispers of "murderers", "scumbags" and "purebred dogs" around them.

Afterwards, Harry and Dennis had an in-depth conversation, and a sentence in this conversation spread out, and in a short period of time, it became the key to trying to restore the relationship between the four colleges—or the relationship between the three colleges and Slytherin. The catchphrase of the professors.

"We don't win wars at such a high price to allow one prejudice to replace another."

Sirius, who has taken over the position of professor of transfiguration and dean of Gryffindor, joked about this, saying that he must persuade the manufacturer to write this sentence on Harry's chocolate frog card.

He later told Fanny that, of all the things Harry had done, he admired this more than saving the world.

Ending a war can be quick; letting it go is hard.But those who survive will always continue, just like the wilderness that has been burned by the fire will always be full of flowers of various colors.

The first winter after the war, George and Angelina were married.After registering at the Ministry of Magic and notifying their families, they disappeared for two months without leaving any opportunity for a ceremony.

Fred and Angelina's affair was no secret, and more than half the people they knew had given Fred a hand over it.Everyone was a little hesitant when they heard the news, but nothing was done, and there was nothing but blessings.

After he came back, with the assistance of Ron and Angelina, George opened the magic trick shop again, started joking again, got used to finishing the sentence after a moment of pause, learned to use "I" instead of "we", and Over the long years, I have gradually been able to stand calmly in front of the mirror.

A few years later they had their first son, Fred.

The union of George and Angelina seemed to flip a switch, weddings hit one after another, and war heroes became postwar baby boomers.

First came Harry and Ginny, whose wedding took place shortly after graduation, with the guests nearly leveling the hill on which The Burrow stood.

Then there was Mrs. Conwell—Bella, I should say—and Mr. Armstrong, who was now Mrs. Armstrong.For her service in the war, she became the first Squib to be awarded the Order of Merlin, Third Class, and Smith the first Muggle to be awarded the Order of Magic.But when she was willing to marry a man she didn't love to pursue - a position in the wizarding world - was already at her fingertips, she chose to return to Muggle society and continue the life of an ordinary female painter. Fanny sincerely Be happy about it.

Over the next three years, Percy, Lee, Dean, Seamus and Neville found their own partners.

Four years after graduation, Ron and Hermione finally decided to end the long-distance love run in everyone's expectation.The Grangers probably felt that they had tossed the young man enough about forgiving their daughter, and they happily accepted Ron. The only requirement was that the wedding must be held in a Muggle church near their home.

Three months in advance, Hermione sent a letter to the missing bridesmaid candidate, but the reply didn't arrive until a week before the wedding, and the postmark on the envelope could tell how many times it went through.

The letter was very short, and the content was as follows: Finally, congratulations, Hermione.Since the seeding of Hypnos is at a critical stage, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to get back to England.Let Ginny be your maid of honor, she's prettier than me.

The bride-to-be, who was suffering from pre-wedding anxiety, slammed the letter paper out after glancing at it.

Ginny hugged little James and leaned over to take a look, then moved back to the worried family and reported the content, and the scene fell into silence for a moment.Hermione summoned her patron saint with a wave of her wand suddenly, and said to the otter, "It's okay, I can postpone the wedding date. I'll get married when you come back after growing the seeds. "

When Fanny received the news, her reaction was exactly the same as that of the groom-to-be: Are you kidding me!

Also, what does it mean that I have finished the seeds...

Of course, Hermione immediately received a reply from Silver Falcon, "I'll be back as soon as possible."There are many things that Fanny dared to do, but it is definitely not one of them to miss someone's wedding date.

Someone from an indescribable corner of the world disapparated more than 20 times and passed through more than ten fireplaces, and finally was thrown into the living room of the Burrow with his face and face down, and Mrs. Weasley, who was knitting a sweater, was thrown into the living room. Startled.Within hours she was congratulating herself that she had arrived only 3 days early, and Hermione's nervousness about the wedding was...how should I put it?Because a ribbon on the bridesmaid's dress was tied in the wrong place, Fanny listened for half an hour to her incomparable annoyance at choosing the Tuofan tailoring shop.

"You should have arrived on the day she tried on the wedding dress." Ginny was completely immune to Hermione's nagging, and fixed the lace on Fanny's skirt without turning her eyes. It's over, otherwise I really doubt if I will want to get married after this. These days I am with her, and until the wedding is you, Miss Bridesmaid."

Fanny shrank her neck.

Then, after being bombarded with the details of issues such as gift purchase, guest seating arrangement, on-site layout, etc., Fanny checked the list twice again with Hermione's motivation to revise the arithmetic and divination paper—God knows how Hermione could do it Write down all the wedding needs and divide them into categories.Fortunately, she probably still has the background of preparing for the exam with Hermione for 6 years. After adapting to Hermione's new high lip movement speed, she finds all this not so unbearable.

The night before the wedding, Hermione finally breathed a sigh of relief after making sure everything was in order, and kissed Ron goodbye at the Burrow door.Fanny caught sight of Mrs. Weasley pouted in disapproval from behind the two, amused to herself—it was at the insistence of this great mother that Hermione and Ron had to sleep in their respective parents' homes until the wedding.

Then Ron was dragged by the boys to a nearby town for a farewell bachelor party, and Ginny also said goodbye to her mother and flew back to her home, leaving only the Weasleys and Fanny in the Burrow.Fanny stuffed bread into her mouth with onion soup in the kitchen to make up for the dinner she missed because of the late arrival of the bouquet. Weaslev was very tired from the busy days, but he was as loving and enthusiastic as usual, and put Fanny I didn't give up until my stomach was about to burst.

"Thank you for your hospitality, Mrs Weasley." Fanny put the soup bowl back on the table.

"It's nothing, dear," said Mrs. Weasley, smiling, with more lines and gray hair and warm, reassuring brown eyes.She threw the dishes into the pool with a wave of her wand, and said to Fanny for the fifth time that day, "It's getting late. You can stay in Ginny's old room tonight, Arthur and I are welcome." .”

"It's very kind of you, Mrs. Weasley." Fanny refused for the fifth time, "I think I'd better go back and live, I guess I'm a little homesick."

Mrs. Weasley was not surprised by this answer, she looked at Fanny lovingly: "You are a good boy, Fanny."

"Well, thanks?" Fanny blinked. "It's not always nice, I suppose. Well... Anyway, it's nice now. I mean Ron and Hermione, they've been in love for so many years." .”

"You know, if you're feeling lonely, you're always welcome."

Thinking that there was nothing to hide from this mother, Fanny smiled: "I know. See you tomorrow, Mrs. Weasley."

Apparating to the center of the dark living room, Fanny fumbled to turn on the light.As expected, the room was empty. Smith was still studying in Vienna, and Mrs. Conwell was probably on vacation with Mr. Armstrong.After the end of the war, there were a series of twists and turns, but she still regained some kind of estranged relationship with them during the years of running around, more like old friends than family members.

Unlike the Burrow, where the house still seemed a bit messy and lively even after the children had left, it was more suitable for her when it was quiet and deserted when no one else was around.

After taking a long hot bath, Fanny wiped off the mist on the mirror, and looked at herself in the mirror: short hair that was tanned white, smooth honey-colored skin, delicate facial features, and calm eyes.There are no dark circles under the eyes, and the slight solar redness on the cheeks caused by the alpine sunlight has been wiped out by Hermione and Mrs. Weasley's barrels of skin care products. The scars on the forehead and jaw can be completely covered with hair and foundation, and they look good.

Putting on the watch she had worn for many years, Fanny looked at the time: there were still a little over 7 hours before the wedding.She didn't know if Hermione would be able to sleep tonight, she planned to sleep for 5 hours first, and then go to Granger's house to appease the bride - she always felt that with Hermione's anxiety level, maybe she would escape before the wedding.

There was a loud bang from the direction of the bedroom, and Fanny grabbed her wand and stepped over to the bathroom door and stood sideways, carefully staring at the crack of the door.

A figure appeared in front of the door, and a familiar voice sounded: "Fanny?"

Fanny relaxed a little: "What's the matter, Hermione?"

"Sorry, I didn't expect you to be here... I can't sleep."

"Okay, living room or bedroom?"

"The living room is fine."

"Wait while I clean up. I guess there's milk in the fridge, so you can pour some for both of us if you want."