Ravenclaw's Sapphire

Chapter 10 More Mysteries

You can hardly recall who was the best Hermione Granger or Zoe Siegel in the final exam of the year in 1991, even though Zoe Siegel lost in the final grade .Hermione Granger's examination papers were written very carefully, as if they had perfectly transcribed the contents of the entire textbook, and there was every reason to believe that she had indeed memorized the textbook completely.

As for Zoe Siegel, the mood of the professors is very complicated.Her answers are equally excellent, but she has taken another familiar path. Her unconstrained, eclectic imagination and creativity really belong to the Siegel family. Many people have seen the shadow of her mother in her, Siegel They can never be satisfied with existing knowledge, they believe they can create better.This made Potions professor Snape very resentful, because Zoe always tried to change the refining steps during the exam, and almost ruined the exam because her cauldron kept emitting poisonous gas, which was the only thing she could do. A class that only got an A, even though she ended up concocting the Forgetting Potion perfectly.

Flitwick admired the protégé because not only did she fill up an entire test paper, but also because Zoe played him a harmless joke by making her pineapple think she was a tap-dancing cowboy, Not only does he want to find his own horse, but he also wants to put a rope around Oliver's neck.

*****

"You want to find Dumbledore?" Zooey shook her head, "It's too late, he was called away by an owl 10 minutes ago."

"It's you, what's the matter with him? You're sweating profusely from running, it's impossible to invite him for afternoon tea."

The three of them looked at each other, wondering if they should tell her the truth - but in the end Hermione nodded.

"About the Sorcerer's Stone..."

"The Sorcerer's Stone? The Nicole Flamel one?"

"Yes, it is now in Dumbledore's custody."

Zooey raised her eyebrows: "Could it be that you want him to lend you the stone? This is impossible, even if you are Harry Potter..."

"Okay! Why are you still acting weird to us at this point, Harry hasn't messed with you!" Ron shouted angrily, "It's not that we need it, someone wants to steal it! And he It's time to act!"

Zooey was taken aback by Ron, and couldn't help showing a look of panic, but she immediately realized that she had lost face just now, and she glared at Ron, but became much more honest.

"But how do you know, how do you know that someone is going to steal it? Dumbledore must have put it in a safe place, no one can get it..."

"Siegel, what you must know is that the one who wants to get it is an evil and powerful dark wizard. His minions have found a way to break through the defense. We must ensure that we will protect the Sorcerer's Stone when Dumbledore is away." ’” Harry said sincerely.

"Oh, fine. I'll contact him and ask him to come back as soon as possible." She looked at Harry with an awkward tone, "But you shouldn't take the risk, you can't win an experienced wizard."

"But we can't just sit around like this, we can at least procrastinate." Harry said firmly, "I must stop Voldemort!"

The atmosphere suddenly became menacing. After Harry said the name, Zooey's eyes were dull. She looked straight at Harry, as if confirming what Harry said.

"Who?"

Hermione covered Harry's mouth, "It's nothing."

"Say it, Voldemort." Zoe stood up with anger in his eyes.

"I'm going too." Her voice was cold.

*****

"I feel like she's trying to catch someone and beat her up right now," Harry whispered to Hermione.

"Shut up." Hermione gritted her teeth.

They made it through the first few levels, during which Zoe went on a rampage like a locomotive stuffed with coal, without saying a word.Harry figured that if it wasn't a covert operation, the girl would have blown up a few times to vent her anger.

He felt uneasy that Ron had been left on that giant chessboard, leaving only himself, Hermione, and a Zoe who would go berserk at some point.

They walked quickly into a room, and as soon as they entered, the retreat was blocked. A purple flame lay across the place where the door used to be. When they looked again, there was also a black flame in front of them. There was a table in the middle of the room. There are seven bottles of various shapes and a piece of parchment on it: this must be Snape's level.

Zooey picked it up first, finished reading with a frown, and then looked at the bottles on the table.Hermione didn't dare to let her go to fight in this state, "We have to find the bottle first," she said to Harry.

"Let me see..." she said in surprise, "it's not a magic problem, but I think it's useful enough—many wizards don't pay much attention to the ability of logical reasoning, and Snape can think of this!"

"Now is not the time to praise him. We must be quick!"

"Well, give me some time." She hurried to Zooey, who didn't even look at her, obviously immersed in his own world.

She lived up to Harry's expectations and quickly ruled out the two bottles for the answer.But the other hand grasped the smallest one faster than her: the bottle that could pass through the black flame.

"Stop her, Harry!" Hermione pounced on herself.

Zooey drew out her wand without thinking, "All petrified!" Hermione's body froze, and she fell to the ground.

Harry was a step slower, and Zooey drank the liquid in the bottle at once, and rushed in towards the black flame.

*****

Zoe held the wand, trying to crush it with strength.But what she saw was not Voldemort, but Quirrell standing in front of a mirror.

Quirrell also showed surprise when he saw her, and disappeared in a flash.

"I thought it was Potter I was meeting."

He was answered by a flash of light.

"Except your weapons!"

"Armor protection!"

Quirrell's chattering feeling in class had completely disappeared, and his reflexes were quick. He really had the ability to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts, if that was his real strength.

"Disarm you!" The wand in Zooey's hand flew out and fell in the distance.

"Stop." At this moment, the back of his head suddenly spoke. It was a cold, slippery sound like a snake crawling, and Quirrell's attitude became panicked.

"Master! She attacked first!"

"Shut up! Get the Philosopher's Stone first!"

"Yes, it is."

He rudely drew Zoe to the mirror, where Zoe saw Dumbledore (who was winking at her), Hermione Granger and the Malfoys, but they were all standing at the entrance of a forest, facing She waved her hand, and there was clearly a woman who was [-]% similar to her standing in the distance, and the outline of Hogwarts castle could be seen in the distance.She was going to be fascinated... Then the voice spoke again.

"This feeling... let me see her."

"But master, you..."

"shut up!"

Quirrell could only take off the turban tremblingly, and a pale face that could not even be called a human was attached to it. The face was bloodless, and his nostrils were as slender as snakes. He slowly Opening his eyelids, he observed the girl in front of him with blood red eyes.

"You are Voldemort." Zoe said with certainty.

"Hehe, of course I am." That face said with a good temper, "I know who you are, another Siegel, but not the one I want to see."

"You mean Max Siegel? He's already dead!" Zoe roared, "The next thing is you, Dumbledore will find you, no matter what plan you have, you will not succeed!"

"You obviously think Dumbledore is your hero?" The face suddenly became evil. "But as far as I have observed, he didn't tell you anything. If you could know everything..."

"You will come to me, Zoe, you belong here. And all I need is a little waiting..." The hoarse voice became full of temptation, "Think about it, a person who can make all the hypocrisy A chance for a person to be punished..."

"Absolutely! Absolutely—no—!" Zooey's body trembled, "A guy like you is actually my father..."

"'Father', another novel word, not wrong... Or do you think I will let you fall into my arms?" Voldemort curled his lips, "Love is the most boring thing in the world. Don't be bound by them , I think I can open your brain for you, and you will be reborn..."

Facing Voldemort's eyes, Zoe seemed to be hit hard, and her mind suddenly fell into chaos, as if all the fragments of memory ran out from the depths of her head.Driven by her last self, she struggled to escape.

Quirrell rushed forward, trying to grab Zoe's shoulder, but was knocked away by an invisible barrier.

"Dumbledore!" screamed Voldemort.

The old man passing through the black flames held a wand in his hand, and Harry followed behind him, looking at everything in front of him in surprise: "Q, Professor Quirrell! Why! I thought it was Snape!"

"Harry, it's Professor Snape." Dumbledore walked up to Zoe, blocking the trembling girl behind him, "Harry, take her to the infirmary, I think Madam Pomfrey will give you some help."

"You interrupted me! You hypocritical old fellow! You dare not tell her the whole story, do you!" Voldemort roared, Quirrell was obviously afraid of Dumbledore, and he stepped back step by step, "Lord, master? "

"Go, Harry." Not sure if it was his own illusion, Harry actually felt that Dumbledore's voice had become weaker, which made him look more like a fragile old man.Holding the fainted Zooey, Harry didn't dare to stop.

*****

where is thisSo cold, so cold...

Something fell out of the darkness. It was an old red harp. Its owner obviously loved it and kept it well. She wanted to hold it, but a voice in her heart cried out: Don't !don't touch it!

The harp finally fell into her hands, but it felt wet to the touch.She opened her palm, dazzling red!

Her heart trembled, and she knew what it was and who it belonged to!But she refused to know, and tears fell from her eyes drop by drop.

"Zoe...Zoe..."

Zooey shrank into a ball, just trying to hide herself. She stared blankly at the harp that fell on the ground, feeling infinitely desolate in her heart.

Zoe...

The voice became very gentle.

go to hell.

"Ouch!"

Hermione was helping Zoe wipe her sweat, but unexpectedly, the other person straightened up suddenly, and her forehead felt a dull pain from being hit. Hermione never thought that this person's forehead was so hard.Like a rock, she thought, staring.

She wanted to tease her a few words, but noticed Zooey's abnormality: she was afraid, buried her head in the quilt, tears rolled down uncontrollably, and Zooey was sobbing intermittently, which was not just for camouflage.

"What's the matter with you?" Hermione hurriedly sat down on the bed, wanted to call Madam Pomfrey, but forgot that she had gone to the herb garden.

Hermione held Zooey's face in her hands, and used a little force to prevent Zooey from escaping. Zooey's pupils even dilated, and broken syllables flowed out of her mouth. Hermione had never seen her so vulnerable.

She hugged her distressedly, and Zooey felt the warmth of her body, and began to sob.Hermione could feel her shoulders getting wet.

At this time the door was gently pushed open, and Dumbledore walked in.He put his finger to his mouth and shook his head at Hermione.

Zooey kept crying and crying, as if she wanted to shed all her tears for several years.It took a long time before he sniffled and fell asleep on Hermione's body tiredly.During this time Hermione just held her tenderly and said nothing.

"Thank you, Miss Granger," said Dumbledore.

The two of them stood in the corridor outside the infirmary. In order not to wake up Zoe who had just fallen asleep, they left the infirmary lightly.

"Professor Dumbledore, what happened?" Hermione frowned. "I don't think that emotion is normal."

"Voldemort went deep into Zoe's heart in order to achieve his evil purpose." Dumbledore said, but Hermione always felt that something was wrong, "You mean he changed her mind?!"

"You're very smart, Miss Granger. A powerful wizard like Voldemort can spy on other people's souls. He used Zoe's weakness as a breakthrough to hurt her."

Hermione said sadly, "It's all our fault if we didn't tell her about Voldemort..."

"She still needs to face it one day." Dumbledore said, "I just hope that when that day comes..." His voice suddenly became inaudible, "And I always think that a friend is the most important thing a person can do." One of the most precious treasures. Especially for this child Zoe."

*****

"Good morning, Siegel." Greeted kindly as they passed the common room.

"Want to come and sit here?" He waved enthusiastically as he passed the dining table during lunch.

And those sudden surges of undisguised curiosity—

To say that Zoe Siegel's biggest change after she was discharged from the hospital is probably the attitude of the people around her.No longer treating her existence as a disaster, and even trying to talk to her, this change made Zooey at a loss. She could only maintain a smirk, feeling that the muscles on her cheeks were going to be stiff.

"Can't they just keep ignoring me? People are going to notice me no matter where I am now, and I have to be damn polite!" she complained to Draco privately, not knowing how serious it was.

Draco wasn't in a good mood these days, as any Slytherin was: Harry, Ron, and Hermione earned a lot of prestige because of that adventure, and they cracked the professors' test , and also earned back 1 points for Gryffindor House.Just being tied with the No.[-] Slytherin is very uncomfortable, and the Gryffindor House has caught up from the last place!But in the end, the ten points that crushed the camel made the lion the final winner.

By the way, although it was Zoe who faced Voldemort, she was not rewarded, and Dumbledore said this: "We call prepared courage bravery, and that should be sensible; Commonly called recklessness, it’s not a quality to be commended.” The other professors agreed.

"Well, what are your plans for the holidays?" Draco said slowly.

"Finish homework, and then do some experiments..." Zoe unconsciously drew circles on the plate with a fork, "I think I need to go back to the old house."

"Really? I remember you didn't like it there."

"It's true that there is no life there at all, it's just a dead house with no one inhabited, but I have some questions that I need to find the answer to."

She remembered how clear she felt when she woke up, and all the fear and despair were gone, as if they had never been there.Zooey vaguely felt that someone had visited her when she was asleep and said something to herself.But when she asked Madam Pomfrey, she didn't get an answer.

"Dumbledore didn't tell you anything", this sentence is like a curse, surrounding Zoe's heart.There was indeed something wrong with her, the impenetrable fear brought by the dream, like being suffocated by covering her mouth to prevent her from breathing.But she was clearly protected by Dumbledore all the time, even when she was closely monitored by the Ministry of Magic, she never felt this way.

Nor could she deny that this was just Voldemort's countermeasure, a trap to alienate her from Dumbledore.But she couldn't ignore it, her instinct told her that Dumbledore was indeed hiding something.And it's up to her to find the answer herself.

Even if that's not destined to be a beautiful truth.

Spoiler: Malfoy and Siegel

Sometimes Lucius felt that he had never been close to Max, that they were childhood sweethearts, even distant relatives.When he was a child, he would run wildly with Max in the garden, and when he was a little older, he would sit and read under the hundreds of years old tree in Siegel’s house. At this time, Max would always concentrate on reading a thick book, And he sat beside her and watched her.Look at her baby-fat face under her pretty long curly hair.

Watch her pinch away the fallen green leaves with her slender fingertips, watch her gently tie her hair behind her ears.When he was young, he didn't know the taste of love, but he just wanted to engrave this second of time into his soul, hoping that time would stop here forever.

He wishfully thought that Max would feel the same way as himself.They are so well-matched, rich in tacit understanding, and they are all descendants of pure-blood families, and they are well matched.Even Max's eccentric father didn't stop him from visiting her. Lucius felt that the future might be as he expected. They would have children. He hoped to have a son, but the daughter was also very good. He hoped that she would like a mother.

He went to Hogwarts first and became a glorious Slytherin.The following year, as he expected, Max Siegel also became a Slytherin, and they were together again.Max's grades are always excellent. She is No.1, a prefect, and the president of the student union. She is always surrounded by a group of people, lively and lively. Even students from other colleges treat her well. evaluation of.

Lucius felt that he was starting to lose track of Max no matter how hard he tried, and eventually he gave up and started dating Narcissa Black.

Everyone says that Max is a cheerful girl, she dares to think and ask, and is bold and conceited. It seems that there is no intellectual problem in the world that she cannot solve. She is bold and reckless, ignoring all established rules. To take the initiative to understand the world of Muggles.When Lucius confronted her, she simply said: it's knowledge first, Muggle knowledge second.

Max is a bird that will not be restrained, and all doctrines cannot make her overturn her decision.Sometimes you find her simply unreasonable, even because of her forceful screaming, you will only have a nervous breakdown if you argue with her: she will interpret her ideas from every angle, and if your views conflict with hers, That's unfortunate, and it must be you who finally gives up your point of view.

It's just that when Lucius thought they were just strangers—after all, Max was surrounded by a lot of Mudbloods—she joined the Dark Lord's lineup earlier than anyone else.No one knew what Lucius felt when he saw Max's excited face in the Death Eater camp, and the shock still lingered in his heart.

She really became the Dark Lord's confidant, not a servant like Lucius, but a more intimate relationship like a friend-of course the Dark Lord doesn't need friends, everyone knows this, but they still Even Bellatrix, who is obsessed with the Dark Lord, can't get so close to the Dark Lord.

"You have changed, you are no longer the person I remember." Lucius passed by Max one day, and her destination was obviously the Dark Lord's lounge.

He remembered that Max tilted his head and smiled: "Lucius, you clearly know that I have always been me, but you don't want to admit it."

Everything was broken that snowy night.The Dark Lord was actually defeated by a boy, by Harry Potter!The resistance forces quickly launched a counterattack. They united forces that could be united and defeated the stronghold of the Death Eaters. Finally, the Aurors had a place to use their skills. ground kill.Lucius looked down on the wind, evading that he was controlled by the Imperius Curse to become the Dark Lord's minion.

The Death Eaters were arrested one by one, but Max disappeared from everyone's sight. Lucius was both relieved and anxious: after all, Max was a top student who graduated as the chief, but she was already pregnant at that time, and she obviously It is impossible to get the blessing of her "husband" again. With Max's reputation in the wizarding world, what awaits her will only be permanent imprisonment in Azkaban. It is impossible for her to survive such a bad situation.

Lucius asked his contacts everywhere, and he was careful not to attract the attention of the Ministry of Magic. At that time, he was also being observed by the Ministry of Magic, and he was summoned every day to betray those former "colleagues". More energy to manage this matter.

When he heard the news from Max again, it was a bad news: Auror killed Max, Max didn't resist, just hoped that they could take her child away, for which she was willing to exchange her own death for the child's born.

The Auror had no choice, Max had already taken enough Muggle hostages by the time she said this, she had controlled the Muggles with the Imperius and Stunning Curses, and threatened to reveal all the secrets of the wizarding world.The executive officer of the operation at the time agreed to her after carefully considering her request and made an unbreakable oath.

Lucius would never know what the people from the Ministry of Magic had agreed with Max at that time. All he knew was the girl sitting under the tree reading, which was already a memory.

When he finally made up his mind to go to Siegel's house again, what he saw was a familiar figure: the blond girl was sitting under the giant tree that seemed to be standing tall forever, reading a book, she was very quiet, when the leaves fell on the On that book, she brushed off the leaves with her palm.

Lucius stepped forward as if charmed, "Hello," his voice was so soft that it seemed to come from the bottom of his heart.

The girl raised her head, it was a pair of sea blue eyes, Lucius seemed to have been splashed with cold water, which made him wake up: Max's pupils were brown.

"Hi." The boy who was following him looked at the girl in front of him curiously, and watched her run to hide behind the tree with a frightened expression, and was unwilling to come out from behind the tree no matter what.

The boy was a little discouraged, but he didn't want people to think he cared much. He scratched his head irritably, "I'm Draco Malfoy, and you're from the Siegel family, right? You don't have to be afraid, Malfoy and Siegel Geer is a family friend!"

"You're a pure-blood wizard! My dad said I should make friends with people like that, and I don't have friends...well, I mean, I mean..."

A little bit of gold seemed to be leaking from behind that tree.

"I have a poster of Puddlemere United, you must know about Quidditch, every wizard should know it - we can go to the game together, or my dad can get us two kid's broomsticks to fly in the garden ..."

But the girl was not attracted by the scene he described, and the boy looked at his father helplessly.

Lucius pursed his lips in a subtle arc: "Draco, I remember that there is an out-of-print copy of "Toadstools" at home? Since you are not interested in it, I think I need to hand it over to People who need it more..."

He clearly saw the girl behind the tree fidgeting, and continued: "Maybe a child who likes to read will appear in front of me and take the book away? Let's go, Draco, it's time for us to visit Mr. Orlando."

After walking two or three steps with the dissatisfied boy, a timid voice suddenly came.

"May I interrupt you, sir? About that book..."

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