[HP] Don't talk to me

I was in the back kitchen, helping Aberforth with cooking.Aberforth said he planned to spend Christmas alone this year, so he didn't prepare anything, not even a turkey.There is only wine, which is still piled up in the corners of the bar, and there is enough to drink.

It's a pity that I can't drink alcohol now. If I drink too much, I will get sick with pain.But I glanced at the kitchen and told Aberforth that although it was a rush, I could have three or four dishes for lunch.As for the turkey, I can go out later to see if there is any sale.

"You are here, it feels more organized here. Tata, I really miss the days when you stayed in the Pig's Head Bar. At that time, I could eat your dishes every day, those delicious dishes..." Ah Bu Forth let out an exclamation.

"If you hadn't taken me in, I wouldn't have known where I would have gone, Aberforth, I want to thank you."

Remember when Snape expelled me from Hogwarts for contradicting Amycus Carrow, calling him an "ugly piece of shit who only gets around".The Death Eater who taught Defense Against the Dark Arts had a disgusting face with a ridiculous expression of disdain.

To this day, I can understand that the reason Snape fired me was to protect me, although he didn't explain it, but I knew it.He stood in front of the fireplace without even looking at me, and the words in his mouth were cold, as if the flame in the furnace cavity had no warmth at all.I didn't say a word, just turned around and left.It was still the beginning of December, but it was already snowing.I set off from Hogwarts alone, with a few pieces of luggage, and no one said goodbye, because in Hogwarts shrouded in black, any extra words would just add to the annoyance.I walked to Hogsmeade to wait for the train, then bought a ticket and left anywhere.But at the door of the Pig's Head Bar, I met Aberforth.

When the food was served, I came out of the back kitchen, and sat at the table, I realized that maybe it was wrong to leave Bryce and Snape sitting opposite each other.Bryce paled.

I took the seat next to him and made Aberforth sit next to Snape.I raised my hand and touched Bryce's cheek lightly, then asked with concern, "What's wrong with you?"

Bryce shook his head and said nothing.

I glared at Snape questioningly again, and he lowered his eyes and looked away.

"Come on, have something to eat. We have been busy inside for so long just now, don't waste so much delicious food!" Aberforth raised his glass and said loudly.

The four probably had their own concerns. I raised the glass and found that it was full of flame whiskey, so I touched my lips with the rim of the glass symbolically and didn't drink.

"Tata, your cooking skills are so good? It's so delicious." Bryce ate a few mouthfuls with surprise on his face.

I didn't answer, but I was relieved a lot.I lived in the hospital for more than half a year, and after I came out, I ate the dishes cooked by the Hogwarts elves every day. For this reason, I haven't cooked by myself for a year.If there is still some culinary skills left, it is probably the memories of the past years, which have been deeply rooted in the bone marrow.

In those years, every holiday in Spider’s End, I almost changed the way of cooking every day, just because I enjoyed the process and the final result. Seeing the person opposite me eating happily, I seemed to be happier than him Same……

Out of the corner of my eye I glanced at Snape, who was silent as he buried himself in his meal.

After dinner, I discussed with Aberforth and decided to go to the vegetable market in the village to see if there was still a chance to buy turkey in the afternoon.Bryce insisted on following, and so did Snape.

So the mighty four of us went out together and went straight to the vegetable market, where we actually grabbed the last turkey. Aberforth was so excited that he picked me up and walked around a few times.

Back at the bar, another meal of cleaning and marinating.The back kitchen of the Pig's Head Bar is not big, it can only accommodate me and Aberforth.Bryce poked his head in from the front hall several times, but couldn't get down to help.

Probably because I was tired for most of the day, I felt weaker and weaker, and the pain became more and more intense, and my head began to sweat. Fortunately, the kitchen was already steaming and the lights were dim, so Aberforth didn’t notice. My exception.

The turkey was sent into the oven, and I stopped leaning against a wall and took a few deep breaths.I still underestimated the impact of my physical condition!According to my current state, it is impossible to spend the night here, or even stay up until midnight.

Maybe it's just Aberforth, or maybe Bryce is there, and I can take off my mask and show my vulnerability.However, if he is the only one here, it won't work!

I thought about it, and suddenly remembered something.

"Aberforth," I tried my best to restrain my pain, and said softly, "Aberforth, where is the portrait of Arianna?"

"I have moved her to her room on the second floor."

"Is it still possible to go to Hogwarts?"

"I don't know if it's okay, but no one came to check after the war, maybe it can, as long as the Room of Requirement is not closed."

"Aberforth..." I held my stomach and looked at him steadily, "I'm sorry, I need your help, let me use the portrait again, I want to go back to Hogwarts immediately..."

We went straight upstairs through the secret passage in the back kitchen, and entered Aberforth's room.Although Aberforth didn't understand why I did this, after listening to my request, he cast a few spells in the back kitchen, so that the conversation between me and him could be heard repeatedly in the kitchen, so as not to be caught by Sneaker. Pu or Bryce found out.

Arianna is still in the painting, looking at us quietly, maybe the portrait is the happiest, and there will be no more worries.My thoughts surged, and I remembered that before the war, I started from here, and with a kind of complicated emotion, I participated in the war with the crowd that poured in.

"Tata, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? I'll call Snape and we'll take you to St. Mungo's together. I know you're injured, but I didn't expect you to be so badly injured. Is it a wound?" relapsed?"

I shook my head and nodded again. "Aberforth, do you trust me?"

Aberforth froze.

"If you believe me, then I'll tell you that I'm fine. It's true that the wound has recurred, and the pain will be severe in the short term. But I only need to take one medicine and it will be fine. I put the medicine in Hogwarts, Forgot to take it out, I have to go back and get some medicine and then come back."

"Then I will accompany you."

"No, Aberforth, you help me keep an eye on the turkey in the back kitchen, I'll be back to grease it later."

"Then I'll ask Snape to come up and accompany you."

"Aberforth," I begged, clutching his arm, "please, don't let him know, let him stay here. Don't let him find out that I'm gone until I return..."

"Where's Bryce?"

"Also, let him stay with you and have a good Christmas Eve!" I sighed. "Aberforth, I'm sure you'd be willing to do this for me, right?"

Aberforth looked me over carefully, and I could see the hesitation in his eyes.

Finally, he finally nodded. "Okay, I promise you."

I came out of the Room of Requirement, leaning on crutches, and stumbled towards the observatory, towards the terrace that only I knew.

Intuitively and knowing Aberforth, I know this secret won't be kept for long.Snape would definitely notice the anomaly immediately, and Aberforth's worried expression on my face also determined that he would eventually stand by Snape's side and come to look for me.I can only find my place of shelter as fast as possible and hide.

Pushing open the wooden door leading to the terrace, the wind and frost hit the face in an instant, a thick layer of snow accumulated on the terrace, and the complete snow traces showed that no one had been there.I closed the door, found a leeward corner, melted the surrounding snow with the Snow Melting Charm, and dried the ground with the Quick Drying Charm.My hand holding the wand is already trembling, and the magic power is also very unstable.After the two spells were completed, I had no strength to make other arrangements, but sat down.

I took out the last scorpionstone in my robe pocket. I meant to use it when I left Hogwarts, but now it seems that I must use it.

Taking a few deep breaths, I rolled up the sleeve of my left arm, and then recklessly stuck the scorpion stone into the skin of my arm.

My whole body was extremely cold, and I couldn't tell whether it was the effect of the scorpion stone or the heavy snow outdoors.The snow came very quickly and densely and non-stop on the terrace.I sat for less than 2 minutes, and the clean land created by the snow melting spell and the quick drying spell was gone.The snow surrounded me like a huge hug, wrapping me in the white air.There is snow in my hair, on my shoulders, on my curled feet, the most wonderful spirit of nature.

Suddenly I heard my mother's voice: "Tata? Tata? My child."

I turned my head and saw my mother standing on the wide balcony railing in the distance, wearing my favorite, her beautiful red dress, holding out her hands towards me.

"Tata, my boy. Come, come!"

The wind and snow hit her cheeks, making it difficult for me to see her expression clearly.But I can clearly hear her voice, that kind of gentle and magnetic calling: "Tata, come to find mom, mom misses you so much..."

I leaned forward and stretched out my fingertips through the air, intending to touch my mother's fingertips.But I can only feel the coldness of ice and snow, but there is no warmth from my mother.

"Mom, I'm really tired. Mom, I'm really tired. What should I do? I don't know what to do? What reason do I have to live, I don't know if I have any need to live - Mom , what do you say, mother..."

Mother's voice became more urgent, and she shouted loudly: "Then come to me! Tata, my good daughter, come to mother, we will always be together..."

I nodded desperately, tears poured out, and I couldn't stop it.The crutches had long been lost in the snow, so I simply used my hands as my feet, crawled forward, and crawled in the direction of my mother.

"I'm coming for you, Mom, I'll be right here..."

Everything in the world, I have not noticed.In my eyes, only my mother stood there, as if I was thinking about it day and night.She reached out to me, and for me, those hands are the shore of happiness.

I reached the edge of the railing and reached forward to touch my mother's dress, but found nothing.When I looked up, my mother was already in the distance again, still stretching out her hand towards me, and the ethereal voice was still echoing: "Son, come a little more, come here..."

I immediately gained strength, climbed up the railing with both hands, stretched my arms forward again, and made a half-crying voice towards my mother in the air: "Mom, mom, I'm here! Please, don't leave me!" ! Don't leave me like him again..."

The support of my body was unstable and I was on the verge of falling. My hand slipped and I couldn't hold on to the railing.The moment I lost my center of gravity, I suddenly realized that all this was just another huge illusion!However, the consequence of the weightlessness was that I could no longer control my body leaning forward, and slid towards the sloping brick roof below the castle——

I closed my eyes, as if the last bit of strength had been drained from my whole body, I just felt calm.

There is the sound of wind behind me, and there are some small sounds: there seems to be a crash, and shouting...

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