Ravenclaw's Sapphire

"Dumbledore, no matter how much you try to protect this girl, I can't pretend to ignore the news. This is not what you promised me. It is because you said that she will have no problems, so I will try my best to avoid it." Everyone agrees to save her, even though I heard that she caused a big disturbance at school two years ago, using her Parseltongue to drive monsters to hurt people... But I also believe you."

"Send her to Azkaban just for this reason?" Hermione snapped, and Fudge ignored her, looking at Dumbledore instead. "The Ministry of Magic gave her the right to defend herself, and a trial will be held later. You can find someone to state her innocence, and finally decide whether to keep her in prison based on the number of votes for and against..."

"Since this matter is unstoppable, at least let her live out the last days of this semester. Tolerance is always the best quality for a person, Connelly." Dumbledore said softly. "Impossible, it must be taken away here. What if she took the opportunity to escape?" Fudge refused to accept this opinion.

"Then," said Dumbledore, "if she escapes, you can imprison me in Azkaban instead. This is not a very difficult authority for you, whether it is a child or an old man, You will always be treated with sternness and selflessness."

Fudge was frightened, and his face became terrified: "How is this possible! Do you think you are really an ordinary old man? Why can't we always reach a consensus?"

"It's not that we can't reach a consensus, Connelly. We used to be able to." Dumbledore said, "Apart from all superficial packaging, we are just one person. Zoe is just a minor child, And I am an old man who is dying. Just like you always place too much value on bloodlines, you always lack the vision and courage to face the truth..."

"I'm the Minister of Magic, Dumbledore! I'm no longer a newcomer, and I don't need to send you several letters every day to ask you for advice!" Fudge shouted angrily, "I really don't know what's going on in your head What, pay too much attention to the children's hallucinations, but turn a blind eye to the real murderer standing in front of you? You still want me to join the giants! Don't you know what kind of scary guys they are?"

"You see, that's why we have a disagreement. Connelly, I can't let you take Zoe away now. She still needs to recuperate, and there are still many things to deal with. Her future does not belong to Azka. Ben, so I won't let her leave school-related things rashly... I use myself to guarantee her, and I also need you to guarantee some conditions. Since Zoe is only detained as a suspect rather than a prisoner, according to the regulations you Nor the use of veritaserum or torture to extract confessions. You value your career, Connelly, and you can't let someone else do it." Dumbledore hid his emotions behind his glasses again.

"...I will come again in half a month." Fudge finally gave in.Zooey found that he looked at her very coldly this time. Fudge was always kind to her before, even though she knew that this kindness was based on Dumbledore's face.

"I'm fine." She looked at the few people who were much more depressed than her, and these words were not just to comfort them, "Actually, I am surprisingly calm now, really. I have thought countless times that I would Going to Azkaban, I also thought about what kind of scene it would be, I thought it would be a very painful memory..."

"But in fact, my mood is so stable that even I find it incredible. Things that should be sad, but now I don't feel at all." Zooey patted Hermione on the shoulder, "Please don't blame yourself, Mr. Digory , Mrs Diggory, it was not your fault that I was taken away."

What she didn't say was that not only did she not feel sad and lost, but she was even happy.If you say these words at this time, you will probably be regarded as a lunatic, after all, other people are still angry for her. "You got zero marks in all subjects. If you don't seize the opportunity, you will repeat the grade." Snape said coldly as if he couldn't understand the atmosphere.

"Ah, so you're in the same grade as me, maybe it's not bad?" Although I don't want to imagine such embarrassing scenes at all, this can also be said to be Luna's unique way of comforting?

"I will help Professor Dumbledore prepare relevant materials for his defense. I will never accept taking you away in such an unreasonable and rude way." Hermione hugged her and promised her.

"Draco?" The boy came back from thinking like a dream, "What's wrong with you?"

"I... nothing..." Draco replied a little confused, "I'm going to talk to my dad, he must know what to do..." He clenched his fists in a corner where no one else could see.

After everyone else was chased away by Madam Pomfrey, only a little moonlight shone through the window in the infirmary after the lights were turned off, casting on the bedside cabinet.She glanced at Cedric's back. He must have fallen asleep.In fact, she was also very sleepy, with a strong sense of exhaustion in her heart, but her energy was inexplicably high. She felt that there might be something wrong with her.

Considering the saddest ending of a free life, there are only about half a month left.She has never been to Azkaban, but as the book says, it is a cage of despair that is described as the root of all evil. The dead will be buried in the dirt around the prison, surrounded by some Just the dementors and the helpless prisoners who spread terror.

It's too abnormal to want to laugh at such an ending.Thinking wildly, but still unable to fight drowsiness, Zooey finally fell into a deep sleep.

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When things are set on a deadline, for some reason they go by so fast.The days after Zoe's return were as if nothing had happened. Snape's strictness towards her would never change for any reason. She also made an exception to take the make-up exam. The professors were very tolerant to her.

There have also been many changes. For example, Qiu will greet her kindly when she meets her now. She is a very popular girl, and Zoe's evaluation among Ravenclaw students has also improved a lot. .Even the Hufflepuff students, some who used to walk around her, were willing to stop and say hello to her stiffly. Zooey knew that it must be Cedric who spoke for her, so she Even after the news that she would be imprisoned as a suspect was reported to Hogwarts, this momentum did not stop completely, which made Zoe couldn't help feeling that Cedric had a high reputation in Hufflepuff.

Dumbledore was never one to sit still, he was when Zoe sat in the Great Hall listening to him shout out to everyone about Voldemort's return, or before that.The Ministry of Magic will not let go of this "disruption of order" behavior that is obviously against them. They seem to have determined that Zoe is the culprit for this incident, because she is trying to follow her father's old path and wants to Drag the magic world into the flames of war again.

If Barty Crouch is the Minister of Magic, he will neither let her go nor relax his vigilance. After Voldemort returns, the chances he can find will definitely be far less than those of a conservative official like Fudge. .But there's nothing he can do now but spend the day at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries, with his elf Winky taking care of him day-to-day.

But Zoe knew that no matter how much the Ministry of Magic tried to cover up the traces of Voldemort's return, the seeds of vigilance had been sown long ago. Perhaps the number of people was not large, but families or individuals with a heart would always pay attention to these situations, Digo She had another conversation with the Lees before they left, and she knew that the two men believed what their son saw, and not, as Fudge summed it up lightly, as "a hazy aftermath of the Cruciatus Curse" or "Must be the credit of a Confusion Charm."

"In order to prevent the flames of war from engulfing peace, and to prevent grief from visiting broken families, each of us should unite for the future and keep our eyes open to protect important things." Finally, Dumbledore raised his cup and said loudly.

"You really ate enough today." Luna looked helplessly at the many plates piled up in front of Zoe. Fortunately, the sweets at Hogwarts were all in small portions. "Did you cast the No Trace Stretch Charm on your stomach?" she asked.

"If it weren't for not being allowed to bring anything before going in, the wand would have been confiscated. I would have filled my pockets with good things long ago." Zoe put the last bite of meringue into her mouth nonchalantly.

"Don't fight against the Ministry of Magic, Luna." Zoe said after a moment of silence.

"No matter how nasty things they say in the newspaper, no matter how they slander me, don't give them an excuse to block your father's magazine, don't let them find a chance to arrest you." Luna turned her head away.

"You want to ask me how I know?" Zooey shrugged, "Sorry, I saw the letter on your desk. You have to seal it up quickly after writing it, but I will apologize to you for this matter .”

"Goodbye." After the last meal at Hogwarts, Zoe hugged Luna.She didn't have to follow the students to the main entrance, that was the way the students gathered to take the Thestral carriage to the station.She didn't have to bring anything but her wand, which was required in order for the Ministry to turn in her wand.

"Aren't you going to meet Hermione again?" Zooey didn't speak, and Luna asked her again. "No, I don't really want to see her now." Zooey said with a wry smile.She watched Luna disappear on the other side of the gate.

She walked towards the small hall of the auditorium, which happened to be the small room where the warriors and referees gathered when the Triwizard Tournament decided the warrior candidates. "Ready, Miss Siegel?" Fudge and the two Aurors were there waiting for her.

"Let's go, gentlemen." Zooey chuckled, "I have nothing to do."

Spoiler: Zoe and Max

For some reason, the deeper a person goes into the darkness, the more he has the idea that he should not be illuminated by the light.Max hated the gloomy, dark corridors of the Death Eater headquarters, almost lit only by burning torches, and she couldn't help but think of her father, and those corridors she had walked through countless times.

To be honest, this so-called dark aesthetic (although the parties may not mean it) is really bad.In contrast, Max prefers the corridors of Hogwarts. Although torches are mainly used as the light source at night, most of the windows are large and can shine in very comfortable moonlight. Walking alone will only feel Tranquility, the shadow cast on the wall is not pitch black, but lighter in color.

Pulling out his wand, he swept across the flickering flames in front of him, as if they had been splashed with a spoonful of oil, they swelled with a bang.Then it was drawn to hand over two by two, the flame on the left was connected with the flame on the right, forming a state like an arch, even the flags hanging high on the wall were ignited because of these fire snakes, Max didn't intend to do anything about all of this. Even if these flags had a long history and condensed the pride of the family, they were just dead things that fell in the corner and collected dust. The person who created the honor had long since died, leaving behind Such a corpse doesn't make any sense.

Every few steps she took, the flames shot up into the sky, enveloping her ring by ring from above. From time to time, she would change the flames into other shapes on a whim. She used to play this game with Margaret occasionally. Little trick, the two sides use their own deformed objects to fight, because the shape of the deformed object can be changed at any time, so not only the ability of the deformed object needs to be considered, but also the opponent's strategy and ability to adapt to changes, if you are not careful, you will only be transformed Half things like a flamingo with a turtle shell.

She was on her way to the Dark Lord's resting place, which was strictly forbidden except for a few Death Eaters.Even those who are valued by Voldemort must get Voldemort's response before they can approach.This is also one of the means to establish absolute authority among this group of desperadoes, and those who disobey will be severely punished.

However, among those trembling people, Max was obviously not there.She was able to freely approach the Dark Lord's private area as if she was visiting with friends, just to say hello, and Voldemort, who never let anyone challenge his power, unexpectedly did not punish her for such behavior Order.

She didn't want to come this time, but little Barty told her that the Dark Lord was calling her.The reason can be roughly imagined. It is a miracle that Tom can last for half an hour.It was because she was bored that she found an excuse to go to the laboratory and dump all the mess on Tom.

"Nagini, your master even kicked you out?" The swimming snake slid past her legs, stopped in the corner, and raised its head to spit its core at her. "Okay, okay, I promise to help you calm Tom down, okay?"

She pushed open the heavy wooden door in front of her.People who had just entered the room looked at her annoyedly.Voldemort sat leaning against the high-back chair on one side, and pointed his dead white finger to the table on the other side: "Take care of that noise source."

Max looked over and saw the baby wrapped in a soft cloth lying on the hard table, which obviously made her feel very uncomfortable, crying with her mouth wide open, tears falling down in big drops, the whole body was struggling Non-stop, some parchment scrolls on the ground have been swept down where they should have been.

"I'm still wondering why you were able to endure for so long, and you actually used the Silencing Curse directly. If this goes on like this, even if the little guy is crying and suffocating, you won't be able to find out." Max was a little dissatisfied, but it was not because of the child's safety. "It was a lot of trouble building this guy, you know how many adjustments I made."

"Then you shouldn't have slipped away and dumped this brat to me when she was just starting to make a fuss. I didn't kill her to save face." Voldemort said coldly, "You think I'm here to bring you Is it the child's?"

"No way, a child can't use 'growth quickly' or growth boosters to make her grow up." Max canceled the Silencing Curse on the baby, and then it became weak and Intermittent crying sounded, and one could not help but suspect that she would faint in the next second.

"Let me try it," Max mused, pointing her wand at the baby, throwing her into the sky in one swoop, then letting her hover while she was in free fall, and repeated it once or twice.And the effect of doing so was immediate, the baby's energy seemed to recover in an instant, and the crying was louder than before.

"...what are you doing?" Shock was written all over Voldemort's face, which had always been expressionless. "Didn't I read in the book that this kind of playfulness is very attractive to children? It makes them feel that they can fly in the sky."

"If you really want to destroy this test product, you can continue what you did just now... Can't you hold her well? Like a real mother, you were born by yourself anyway." Even Voldemort felt helpless, especially after he saw that even though Max accepted his suggestion, he still used the Flying Curse to move the baby first.

He was relieved too early.Max didn't know how to calm down the crying baby, and the waves of crying came into his ears, making him very irritable. "Pay attention to this guy's head, move gently, yes, put your palm on the back, and the other hand on the bottom...Are you going to smother her to death!"

"I don't know what to do!" After fumbling around for a long time, with a lot of effort, the two finally stared at the sleeping baby in the crib (made out of time), and Voldemort felt that he hadn't seen him for a long time. The experience of getting angry because of something so stupid and superficial. "It's all because you have to do such a whim! If you want to experiment with that ritual, can't you use other methods?"

"I gave birth, and this is the most painful time in my life..." Even the consciousness was in a trance, so that I forgot who I was for a short time. "I'm also surprised that you know how to take care of a baby?" Voldemort said sadly. "I'm an orphan, raised in a Muggle orphanage. Max, do you know what that means? I have to help the orphanage, do the laundry, clean, tidy up... I've seen nuns take care of babies, and I took care of myself. But I hate my past, your waywardness makes me want to kill you." He raised his wand half-truthfully.

"It's okay, but at least wait until I finish the preparations for the ceremony first." Max said casually, "But I'm still thinking about the key points of this so-called 'soul transfer', why don't you try it out?"

"No, all I need is the Horcrux, which is the prerequisite for me to continue exploring on the path of eternal life. Let me just watch it. It doesn't matter whether you succeed or fail. But if you succeed, come back. Come back and watch me destroy those naive people who think that Muggles and us should be equals, and erect a new order for the entire wizarding world in the future."

And those bold words seemed to have happened a long time ago.Voldemort was dead, the Order of the Phoenix and the undefeated resisters fought back, and the Ministry of Magic quickly took into custody those officials who served Voldemort, whether they suffered from the Imperius Curse or chose this path of their own will.They put on new blood, sent Aurors, and the new Head of the Department of Magical Laws, Barty Crouch, is a ruthless man who has sworn no evil will spare him.

Will Tom Riddle die at Potter's hands?It's almost like a joke.Max knew he would return, more broken than ever, but still ambitious.The manufacture of a horcrux needs to split one's own soul. Once the horcrux is manufactured, it will not be complete. The broken soul will be more cruel, cold-blooded, and ruthless than Tom in the past. What will drive him in the future will only be his own. Huge obsession, maybe in the future, Tom who occasionally appears in front of her, showing the human side will never appear again, but Max doesn't think it's a pity, everyone has their own way.

The current stronghold could not stay any longer, the Death Eaters were arrested one by one, and the information about the stronghold was either actively or passively leaked from those people.Max was the last one to evacuate, and the others had already gone their separate ways.The big trees have fallen, and the birds have scattered.Since they couldn't profit from their masters, they had no choice but to take the opportunity to leave. This is what those people have been doing all the time, and it is the nature of most Death Eaters.

The trap set was triggered, Max raised his wand, and was about to move the little thing in the crib, but after thinking about it, he put it down.If I start crying here, there will be no end to it.She stepped forward and picked up the child skillfully. Compared with the initial rush, it took a long time. It is still useful to spend time taking care of her, at least it will not be too noisy.

The small face that will definitely look like her in the future slowly opened his eyes because of being moved, seeing those blue eyes that did not belong to anyone, he felt a little more relaxed. "You've gained weight again." Even this kind of words, which were novel when I uttered them for the first time, can be said naturally now.

"It would be fine if you are just a few volumes of documents, at least don't affect my spellcasting, make an appointment?" Regardless of whether he understood or not, Max continued, "Don't make noise, don't cry, take out your body For the sake of the dignity of the finished product, you should have inherited my calmness... What are you laughing at?" Max frowned, avoiding the small arms stretched towards her, "...Forget it, laughing is better than crying. "

There was a bang, and the closed door turned into large pieces of wood and bounced around.The Aurors rushed into the room warily, but the room was empty.