Ravenclaw's Sapphire

"Before the story begins, let me ask a question, Zoe Siegel - do you really remember it all?"

Zoe shook her head: "No. My head repeatedly played the bloodiest part, I saw me immobilize her with a binding spell, explode her chest, comment, and finally inserted the dagger into her heart with a smile—— Vomit!" Zooey covered her mouth and clenched her fists.

"Stop your memories, Zoe." Dumbledore stopped her, "What impression do you have of the centaur himself?"

"I should be familiar with her, but I always feel that looking at this memory through memory, I can't find the reality, like looking at other people's things." Zoe murmured, "I still remember her playing the harp, and I was sitting Beside, I'm still laughing..."

"Six years ago, you rushed to my office excitedly and said that you had made new friends." Dumbledore recalled that day, the girl swept away the haze, she knocked over the documents on the table, and the papers on the sheepskin piled up all over the sky. Paper hugged him excitedly, saying that he had made a new friend.

Because of her status, everyone avoided her, whether they sympathized with her or hated her, they all had to keep a distance from her.Dumbledore was too busy to be around her all the time, and the Malfoys were too busy securing their place in the new order at the time, sending letters every week at most.Fortunately, Zooey has always been very obedient and never caused trouble.She usually likes to hide in Dumbledore's office, rarely goes out, and never gets close to the Hogwarts teaching building.The professors actually knew that their principal had brought back the Siegel child, but no one had seen her with their own eyes.

"Because the weather is fine, I suggest you take a walk around. You didn't heed my warning that day, you went to the Forbidden Forest, and when you came back, you told me that you found a new friend."

"Although I reprimanded you, I am also very happy." Dumbledore said, "I support you to continue your relationship, but it only lasted for half a year. I placed a warning spell on you, and always pay attention to your safety, The Forbidden Forest is not a playground, I always only allow you to stay in the safe area. One day, my warning spell was triggered."

"I hurried there, and what do you think I saw? Your friend was lying in a pool of blood, with a bow in his hand, and you stood there bloody."

******

"Zoe!"

Dumbledore stepped forward and pulled the girl. The girl was like a puppet without a soul, allowing him to drag her.

She still had her wand in her hand—Orlando's.It must have been taken away by Zoe when they visited Siegel's house for the last time when they left, and he didn't notice that she took other people's staffs away.

The smell of blood was so strong that Dumbledore frowned.He noticed that the poor pony had died with her eyes open, her chest had been opened in a cruel way, her internal organs had even been moved, and besides that there were some marks of spells on her body, which looked like A common method used by dark wizards to torture others.

There is no doubt about it from the scene.Even ordinary dark wizards can't do this.

Dumbledore closed the pony's eyelids when he felt a violent tremor in his hand.He saw Zoe sweating profusely, breathing heavily, her pupils dilated, staring at the death scene in front of her.

She did something that shocked him—Zoe jumped on the centaur corpse and drew out the dagger, and stabbed herself without thinking, but her hand was shaking non-stop, and the first stab only hit her stomach, and she Roaring like a wild animal, her face was contorted with pain, and the dagger was stained with two kinds of blood, new and old, she gave the dagger a strange look, and poked it at her throat.

"The dagger is flying!" Dumbledore said hastily.The dagger escaped from Zooey's palm and fell into his hand.

He tried to calm her down, but found that the other party had caught another arrow. She didn't even have Dumbledore in her eyes, she just wanted to seek death for herself, and her goal was about to be achieved. Inwardly express the joy of liberation.

"Passed out!"

Dumbledore took her back to the castle and asked Madam Pomfrey to take care of her.Little did he know that this was just the beginning.

After waking up, Zoe's mood was very unstable, and she stubbornly tried to find death in various ways.She smashed a glass trying to cut her throat with shards, smashed her head against the edge of a table and tried to kill herself by biting her tongue.Madam Pomfrey had no choice but to end this struggle by letting her fall asleep every time, and she soon lost weight due to exhaustion.

At that time, Zoe didn't listen to anyone, not even Dumbledore.She fell into a crazy cycle, only thinking of ending it all with her own death.Dumbledore must have an explanation to the angry centaur group, they have never encountered such a thing, if not because of Dumbledore's dissuasion, they would rush directly to the school to find the murderer and kill her.

*****

"Zoe, I have no choice. Either hand you over to the centaurs, or erase your memory," said Dumbledore, "and I will not let you die."

"Why are you so persistent? You should hand me over! The sins I committed should be borne by me!" Zoe shouted, and as Dumbledore told her her memories gradually connected together, as if breaking through a barrier, The picture suddenly became clear.

The horseman's name is Lisa.She is very restless and full of vigor, and she likes to take risks in the forbidden forest and run fast.She is very quiet when playing the piano, and she wants to go around the world one day, instead of simply spending her life as a "ignorant" magical creature.

When Zooey was reading under the tree, she took the initiative to talk to her.

She would play the harp to her when she was in a bad mood until she smiled.

She took her to walk around in the Forbidden Forest, telling her the history and astrology that her elders told her meant to the centaur.

They even happily discussed whether Hogwarts would allow a centaur...

"I gave you a false memory to make you forget about it. I thank the Malfoys, they will fill the void in your heart. Madam Pomfrey has a tight mouth, she won't talk about what she observed .”

"Now I know all about it."

"Yes, you have the right to blame me. I played with your brain in an improper way, which is no different from what Voldemort did to you." Dumbledore seemed to be waiting for Zoe's trial.

"Why... did you do this? Grandpa? Mother? Or that damn sympathy? The Ministry of Magic was not wrong. I am a monster. I am bloodthirsty by nature. Nothing can change a person's nature!"

"If that's really your nature, Zoe. Not everything the human eye sees is real. We can only believe in the power of the heart. It will tell you what kind of person you are, not for others to decide."

Dumbledore stood up, "It's getting late, Zoe. You should go back to your bedroom and sleep."

*****

"You're finally back." Luna was still asleep, her face cast a large shadow under the light of the candle.

"Sorry, I'm not in the mood to talk today..."

Luna held her back, her expression was unprecedentedly serious.

"You need to pay attention to your words and deeds, Zoe. Especially during this time, something happened, I heard them talking about it in the lounge, and they were suspicious of you."

"what?"

"Someone noticed that you weren't at the Halloween dinner today, or anywhere else in the castle—they suspect you're making an attack in the Chamber of Secrets."

"Assault... what secret room?" Zoe's face was very bad. "What happened? I was in Professor Dumbledore's office before, and I heard those portraits discussing this."

"Filch's cat was attacked, and on the wall next to it was written 'The Chamber of Secrets is opened, and those who are enemies of the heir, beware', every student started discussing this, doubting everyone around them, they first suspected Ha Leigh Potter, because they found the scene. But the wind of the conversation slowly changed."

"So they finally decided on me? It's really my honor, thank them for thinking so highly of me." She looked at Luna, "Why are you the exception?"

"The spirit of the wind told me the truth." Luna said, "You smell of dirt, and in fact your robes have grass clippings on them. I think you have been outdoors for a long time. At least there is no grass in the castle. Is it right?"

Zoe had to use a cleansing spell on herself, "A piece of advice, huh?"

"A word of advice. Some people should be very concerned about you. I heard my dad say that you are being targeted by the Ministry of Magic because you have a button hidden in your body that makes Cornelius Fudge's wig fly in place. He must kill yours." Mouth." Luna said it as if it was real, "We have to find the horned snorkel together, and I will help you."

"It's none of your business, let them think whatever they want, I don't care, even if I was stabbed to the Ministry of Magic, I wish they would throw me in Azkaban sooner."

Zoe opened her palm, as if she could still smell the stench of blood from her fingers. She smiled ironically. She pretended to be innocent all this time. In fact, what the Ministry of Magic did was not wrong. She is an unstable and dangerous element. Dirty blood is flowing in her body, what qualifications does she have to survive?

If the people she cared about knew who she really was, what would they say?If she is not just a bad family, but a bad nature, how many people will leave her and attack her?

Forget it, it doesn't matter, just take one step at a time.

She was aware that Luna had blown out the flame of the candle, and darkness had enveloped everything.Her chaotic brain was in a daze, and she fell into a deep sleep amidst countless chaotic thoughts.