Ravenclaw's Sapphire

"Mr. Crouch, please look at me, look at me." She took the initiative to lean towards Crouch, "What else do you have to say about that plan? The Dark Lord planned all this, right? ! And what is his detailed plan, he must have left his own men around, who else but Max Siegel? Mr. Crouch!" Crouch completely treated her as if she didn't exist She was dead, and she just kept grabbing the tree trunk to talk about the past. Zooey grabbed Crouch's tattered robe. Her roughness frightened Crouch. He trembled violently, and then timidly Looking at Zooey.

"Sorry..." Seeing that he couldn't say anything, Zooey knew that her actions were too violent.She hid her wand under her robes so that Crouch would not feel further threatened. "Calm down." She tried the spell Madam Pomfrey had taught her, which was effective in calming restless patients.

Crouch's complexion became much more relaxed, he showed a shallow smile, his eyes narrowed, and his breathing calmed down. "Mr. Crouch, can you understand me?" Zooey asked, finally seeing Crouch nodding to her in relief.

"Next, let me drink this potion for you, okay? I won't harm you, so you just need to look into my eyes and look at me." Zooey stretched out her hand without looking away. She rummaged in her pocket, and luckily she hadn't taken out the potion that Snape made her boil in the last class, although it was necessary for Crouch to use the powerful sedative that Barbara needed. Sorry, but just a drop or two and nothing will happen.

Although Crouch briefly showed signs of struggle on his lips due to the touch of the bottle mouth, Zoe successfully achieved his goal.She clutched the back of her hand scratched by Crouch bitterly. "Mr. Crouch, are you able to speak smoothly now?"

Crouch looked around as if waking up from a dream: "I have come to Hogwarts... Are you, Siegel?" He was finally able to recognize the surrounding environment and people.

"What happened?" Zooey asked straight to the point. "You should be resting your body, at least that's what your leave note says, and you have sent an assistant to Hogwarts to serve as a referee, so that the fairness of the Triwizard Tournament will not be affected..."

"What time is it now? Has the third project started yet?" Crouch didn't answer her words, but gritted his teeth and asked. "Not yet, it will start in three days. They should already be setting up the venue. It looks like they want to make a maze." Zoe replied.She noticed that Crouch was relieved.

"Great... still in time, still in time... Where's Dumbledore?" He looked around uneasily, "It's not safe here! The pursuers may arrive at any time! Batty, Batty is here too..." Zooey Confused, I don't understand why Crouch suddenly said some incomprehensible words.

"My son! Barty Jr. is here too, right here at the school! I overheard the man talking to his servants, and they said 'everything is going well, Barty Jr. is doing a very good job'! But I don't understand... I was controlled at the time..." Crouch shouted irritablely, and Zooey's eyes widened. "You, your son? But I heard he's dead!"

"I made a mistake... I, I brought my wife into Azkaban, she drank Polyjuice Potion and became my son, I took him home, and my wife died in Azkaban instead of him Ben, she was dying at that time..." Crouch covered his head, sweating profusely, even though the sedative had begun to work, his brain, which had been controlled by the Imperius Curse, still needed a lot of effort to think quickly strength.

"Dumbledore will be here soon, someone has already called them." Zooey reassured him, "You can explain the situation to me first."

"I can't..." Crouch still wanted to refuse.

"I know a lot, Mr. Crouch. I noticed that this game is not right at all. Can you imagine Potter becoming the fourth warrior? Tell me what you know, and we can sort out the information together!" Crouch His face was extremely pale, and he stared at the ground, stammering. "The fourth, fourth warrior...damn... stop it! Stop the game! Immediately! I heard a little bit, just a little bit, when the Imperius Curse's control on me was loosened...then they realized that I might To be out of control, and to begin to watch me severely, not to let me go out, to lock me in an underground cell, to prevent my escape, and to give Wetherby regular instructions..."

“What did you hear?” Zooey asked eagerly.

"Go and investigate the outsiders! Alastor...Alastor Moody! That's my son, he turned into that old Auror!" Zoe's breath stagnates, is Professor Moody pretending to be Barty Jr.?He has no flaws... You know, even if she is not familiar with Moody, even Dumbledore can't see through little Barty's disguise.And he acted like a kind old man who was rude and neurotic, but kind and reasonable.

"Believe me... Believe me... Grab him, grab Barty..." Crouch squinted his eyes, the effect of the sedative was much better than expected, he even wanted to close his eyes and rest for a while , but he still can't stop talking, "Siegel... Siegel...tell Dumbledore...stop the next game, it must stop! They will play tricks in it, don't know what to do, but we have to stop He... the Dark Lord is getting stronger, stronger and stronger, he is coming back, we have to stop... woo!"

He suddenly opened his mouth wide, his veins protruding, and his eyes were opened to the limit. His two hands desperately pressed on his throat, as if pulling an invisible bondage, trying to let the oxygen that was suddenly cut off come back again. circulate.Crouch slid on the ground against the tree trunk, and he watched in horror as the girl who had been acting so harmless before raised her wand, with a half-smile on her face, stood up and looked down at him.

"It's useless to talk more...and, misfortune comes out of your mouth, Mr. Barty Crouch." In fact, he didn't have much time to pay attention to what the girl said to him, and the harm of hypoxia was gradually exposed, and the saliva flowed down his mouth As it dripped down, he suddenly remembered one more thing that he hadn't had time to tell Zooey before.

It was one of those times when Pettigrew came to bring him food, and he got something out of the guy's whispers—besides his son, the Dark Lord had other helpers, unknown, only known Is a supporter of women.However, Pettigrew was obviously more afraid of this person than respectful, and he didn't reveal any more information except that time.

"If the plan is interrupted at such a critical moment, I will feel very uncomfortable. Can you understand this feeling, the feeling of falling short, and Mr. Crouch who is only one step away from getting the position of minister?" The girl stopped casting spells, He suddenly felt that the precious air brought him back to life again. Crouch could not stop coughing on the ground, but he hadn't eaten for several days in order to escape, so he could only keep vomiting stomach acid.

"You... huh... you..." monster.

When the girl's hand was pressed against his back and gently patted softly, probably to ease his breathing, Crouch seemed to be stared at by a wild animal, with goose bumps popping out uncontrollably, cold sweat dripping down on the muddy floor , oozing deep traces.You have to escape, you have to escape!Crouch gritted his teeth, lying on the ground like this, desperately trying to crawl out of the forest.

The girl stood up, looking at Crouch's determination to escape with interest.Obviously unable to escape, but still want to escape, even though the scythe of death has been placed on the neck, but still want to escape from the inevitable future.

She slowly raised her wand and pointed it at Crouch's back, but she looked forward slightly, a few big black spots were approaching quickly, compared to Crouch who was already in a trance, she was more Instantly understood the destination of these people.

"I have to say that you are very lucky, Mr. Director."

*******

Krum took Dumbledore and Snape back to the forest before. "Dumbledore!" Zoe hurried up to meet her, looking anxious, "Something happened! Mr. Crouch passed out suddenly, and kept foaming at the mouth!" Snape and Dumbledore looked at each other, He quickly ran towards Crouch who was paralyzed at the root of the tree.

They tried several methods, and the eyelids of Crouch, who had been in a coma, finally trembled slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes. "Barty, it happened..." Dumbledore watched in astonishment as Crouch laughed and tugged at his beard. "Beard!" Crouch played with Dumbledore's silver whiskers enthusiastically, looked at how they were wrapped around his fingertips, and smiled like an ignorant child, "It's fun!"

Dumbledore's face turned serious: "Do you still recognize me, Barty?" He asked softly, and at the same time motioned Snape to tell Madam Pomfrey that they might be going to the infirmary .

But Crouch ignored him at all, he was completely insane. "Was he like this before?" Dumbledore asked, and Zoe shook her head, "No, I was looking at him, and then he pressed his head and screamed, and passed out." She looked Looking at Krum, "Mr. Crouch was a bit incoherent when he first appeared, but he is not like this at all. He did tell us that he wanted to find you, because he has something to tell you..." Krum nodded. head.

"...Take him to the infirmary first." Dumbledore said, with a serious tone, "Let Bobby take a look for Barty, and we'll think about what to do next."