[Comprehensive HP colleagues] That year

Lily and Sirius fought the three Death Eaters again, but for Lynn, time stopped and she slumped on the ground, feeling as if she was in a dream.

A week ago, the family was sitting on the couch, sharing photos taken in France, and the mother put her arms around her and said, "Look at how beautiful my daughter is."

Three days ago, my father told everyone excitedly that he had been admitted to Cambridge University and would soon be a professor of medicine there.

An hour ago, her mother had patted her on the head and told her to take her friends to have a good time, and when they came back, they could have a big meal.

She mechanically turned her head and looked towards the dining room, where the white plates were broken and the prepared food was scattered all over the floor. She recognized that there were her favorite fish floss and Yorkshire pudding.

Impossible, such a living person, those two people who have been living under the same roof and breathing the same air with her, it is impossible to just leave...

It's so unreal.How could this kind of thing happen to me?

At this moment, Lucius' spell roared towards the dazed Lynn. Sirius was still waving his wand and casting a spell at another Death Eater. Before he could turn his wand to protect Lynn, he subconsciously stepped forward to block it. , The chest was suddenly blood red.The cold rushed to Lucius's body and bit his wrist hard.

"Sirius!" The hot blood finally woke Lynn up.She looked at Lucius, the hatred in her eyes was like a flame.While Lucius was entangled in a cold, Lynn hurriedly cast a hemostatic spell on Sirius, and then joined the battle.

"Damn it, you bastard! Get off!" Lucius yelled, trying to shake off his cold.But the cold seems to understand who killed his master, and he bites Lucius tightly. Lynn has never seen the cold so fierce.She and Lily quickly took this opportunity to fight with two other Death Eaters.

But although the two Death Eaters were not as good as Lucius, they were also experienced in many battles.Lily was fine, but Lynn quickly ran out of magic power, and the Death Eaters who were fighting her easily avoided one of her stun spells, and then petrified her.The Death Eater had his hand free, and a green light shot at Cold, who let out a yelp and fell off Lucius to the floor, blood gurgling from its head.

In less than three seconds, there was no light in its eyes anymore, and Lucius kicked the cold body aside vigorously as if venting his anger.

Lynn lay on the ground, watching everything happen, but could do nothing.The unfocused eyes of her parents and the cold, as well as the blood of Sirius, were all shaking in front of her eyes... It was because of her, everything was because of her.The unparalleled strength burst out at those critical moments in the story are all deceptive, she killed her parents, she is so weak that she will only hurt her friends.

At this moment, Lily was the only one standing beside them.Lynn really wanted Lily to run away.Sirius is a member of the Black family, presumably they will not put him to death, but Lily is Muggle-born, she has already killed her parents, and she cannot pay Lily any more.

Lily held her wand high at this moment, looking warily at the three Death Eaters in front of her.She knew she couldn't beat the three of them alone, but she couldn't leave Sirius and Lynn alone.Just now, when she saw the Dark Mark, the first thing she did was to ask James to use the Portkey to go back to rescue soldiers. Now, she has to fight. I hope she can last until James arrives.

Although she has made up her mind, Lily is still a student who has not yet entered the sixth grade, and she has never seen such a life-and-death struggle.Her heart was beating so fast that she felt like her heart was about to jump out.The three Death Eaters looked at her as if they were an antelope surrounded by lions.

Just when the atmosphere was about to freeze, Lily suddenly heard the sound of explosions.Immediately afterwards, the familiar voice from Kuang Potter came: "The Ministry of Magic is mobilizing manpower, and I'll be here first. Evans, let's fight side by side. Let them see, too, that our two swords are perfect together." sharp."

At this moment, this person's tone is still so indecent, but this is the first time, Lily is very happy to hear Potter's indecent voice.

Ignoring the sneers from the three Death Eaters opposite, she raised her head and said, "Okay, let's have a big fight today."

The fierce battle started again, and the rays of magic spell interlaced and collided in the air.Both Lily and James have almost reached their potential.Lily was surprised to find that she and Potter had a perfect understanding at this time.Potter plugged her every hole, and she always successfully predicted Potter's next spell and its direction.It's really a feeling I've never experienced before.

With this unexpected tacit understanding, they finally lasted until the Auror's arrival.The three Death Eaters fled in mist.James and Lily ran to Sirius and Lynn respectively.Sirius fell into a coma the moment he was hit by the spell before, and as soon as the petrification spell on Lynn's body was released, he rushed to Sirius.

"Resuscitate quickly! Resuscitate quickly!" Lynn suppressed his trembling body and cast a spell on Sirius, loudly and loudly, but Sirius didn't respond at all.Fear was like a female ghost's nails, poking Lynn's heart irregularly, and she felt that she was about to suffocate.

The death of her parents was too sudden, and before she had time to fear, all that was left was grief and indignation.But Sirius... Sirius... If Sirius had any troubles, she thought she would really collapse.

An Auror on the side saw Lynn's terrified expression. He stepped forward, cast a few advanced detection spells on Sirius, and then said with a sigh of relief: "His life is not in danger. But we still have to do it as soon as possible." Send him to St Mungo's."

Looking at the mess in Lynn's house, James said to Lily, "You can accompany Lynn here to clean up the aftermath. I will accompany Sirius to St. Mungo's."

"No, I'm going to St. Mungo's too." Lynn held Sirius' hand tightly.She looked back at the corpses of her parents and the cold, glanced at her head and closed her eyes tightly, then choked up and said, "The living are more important." Then she looked at Lily and said, "I'm counting on you here."

Lily nodded solemnly to Lynn, and said softly, "Don't worry, I will take good care of my uncle and aunt. Don't worry, go to the hospital."

Lynn also nodded gratefully to Lily, floated Sirius with James, and walked out the door.

More than half an hour later, St. Mungo's Hospital.

"He's fine, but he might be unconscious for two or three days. Speaking of which, who stopped the bleeding?" St. Mungo's therapist asked James and Lynn who had been guarding the bed.

"It's me." Lynn replied nervously, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the spell?"

"No, no problem. I'm just curious about how you know this spell. Mr. Black's black magic is very deep, and ordinary hemostatic spells are difficult to work. You have saved his life. If this kind of injury can't If the bleeding is stopped in time, it will cause death within 5 minutes."

These words made James and Lynn afraid for a while, and Lynn was stunned for a long time before replying with a wry smile: "I encountered a similar wound not long ago, and I was helpless at that time, and I wanted to study it later. Advanced hemostatic spell, just in case. I didn't expect... I didn't expect it to come in handy so soon."

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In the early morning two days later, following the report on the front page of the Daily Prophet that four Hogwarts students were fighting Death Eaters outside the campus, Sirius finally opened his eyes.However, just three hours after he woke up, a Howler letter exploded on the roof of his ward.His mother, the Honorable Mrs. Black, screamed how self-serving and unfilial he had been in openly opposing the Death Eaters and the Mudbloods, and finally announced that he was officially excommunicated from the family.

When the letter was sent, James, Lynn, and Lily were all present. Lily was stunned. James and Lynn, who knew a little about Sirius' family situation, looked at Sirius worriedly. Lynn's His face was as white as snow.

Sirius half-lyed on the hospital bed, staring blankly at the roaring letter that had been burned into pieces for a full 5 minutes, and then suddenly laughed, but that smile was seen in the eyes of James, Lily and Lynn, It was uglier than crying, he laughed so hard that they panicked!

Lin En stepped forward to hold his hand, he finally stopped the tormenting laughter, and then murmured: "I didn't expect that, after all, we have come to this point. Don't worry about me, anyway, I'm in that family." I can't stay any longer, and I don't have to worry about being expelled. They have set me free."

Lynn looked at Sirius' face, and the sourness in his heart surged up again.Sirius' face was so calm, but the cold temperature on his hands could not deceive anyone.Lynn wants to use his own temperature to give Sirius some warmth, just like they warmed her with their arms on the top of the North Tower.But she couldn't do it, because her hands were also cold at the moment.

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A few days later, Lily, Sirius, and James accompanied Lynn to the funeral of Lynn's parents and the cold.

Lynn held the ashes of her parents and put them into the cold coffin.

These days, she has been dreaming every night, and her parents and colds are all in her dreams without exception.Once, when she was a child, she went on an outing with her parents. The food made by her mother was so exciting that the cold fluttered on her happily wagging its tail; Her parents scolded her and hid behind her in aggrieved manner; another time, she dreamed that her parents and her were about to go to the United States together for fun, and the cold grabbed her trouser legs and refused to let her go...

The scenes in the dream were so clear that when she woke up, she refused to believe that those dreams were not reality.

It wasn't until this moment that she clearly realized that her parents and her cold really left her forever and would never come back.No one will touch her head like a mother and call her Lynn baby, no one will hug her like a father to teach her medical knowledge, and no one will drag her to take it out to play with her cold Son.Her home was destroyed, not only because it had been bombed out of shape, but also because the people who could be called family members were gone forever.Their laughing and cursing at her will only exist in her memory forever.

During the funeral, Lynn's head fell on Sirius' shoulders, but she didn't shed a single tear.

Even the heavy rain could not extinguish the fire of hatred in her heart.

Lucius Malfoy, I swear by Lynn Bruce, absolutely, absolutely, you will pay for this! ! !

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After the funeral.

"James, Sirius and Lynn are both homeless now, why don't you let Sirius go to your house and Lynn to mine." Looking at Lynn who was still leaning on Sirius' shoulder beside the tombstone in the distance, Lily said to James beside her.After going through this joint adventure, plus the experience of taking care of Sirius and helping Lynn prepare for the funeral after running with James for more than ten days, Lily saw a different James, a mature , a completely different James from what he had shown in front of her before.She has changed a lot towards James, and has begun to call him by his Christian name.

"Alright, I already discussed with Sirius to let him come to my house. Originally, Sirius wanted Lynn to come to my house too, but thinking about it, Lynn is a girl and grew up in a Muggle family. It's more convenient to go to your house. But I think Sirius will visit her from time to time, just don't be afraid that he will disturb your normal life."

Lily smiled faintly: "Why? Actually, if you welcome me, I can also take Lynn to your house from time to time. In fact, I have always wanted to see what a real wizard family is like."

James was a little flattered in his heart, but he was too worried about those two people, so he didn't make some exaggerated expressions towards Lily as usual.

Next to the tombstone in the distance, Lynn was leaning on Sirius' shoulder, and Sirius was staring at another small tombstone next to Lynn's parents' grave in a daze.

The tombstone reads: Andy Bruce (1957.12.3-1970.8.31).

He never asked Andy's surname. It turned out that his surname was Bruce.It turns out that Lin En is actually the sister Andy mentioned, the younger sister who was often sick and hospitalized because of unstable magic power in her body when she was young!

Yes, as Andy said, his father is a doctor, his mother is a photographer, and his sister is the same age as him.

Why didn't he think of it earlier?

For a while, the scene of Andy's death appeared in front of him again. The terrified face that lost all blood was once the nightmare of Sirius every night when he was a boy.

Should he tell Lynn?Did Lynn know that her brother's death had something to do with him?By the way, she called him by his name the first time we met, is it because Andy mentioned his name to her?

"Lyn, do you know how your brother died?" Sirius asked with difficulty.

Lynn looked up at Sirius in a daze, not knowing why he would ask such a question.

"My parents told me that my brother was scared to death." Lin En said softly, "I was only ten years old at the time. My parents said so. I didn't believe it at first, but my brother's face was indeed terrified. There were no scars, so I couldn’t help but believe it. It’s just that after studying magic at Hogwarts for so many years, I suspected that my brother’s death was related to wizards, because my parents often forgot things during that time, very similar to It is the sequelae of the modified memory. Now, I have seen the power of the Death Curse with my own eyes, and I really doubt whether that is the real reason for my brother's death. It's just that at that time, the Death Eaters were not as strong as they are now. Rampant, who would want to kill an ordinary Muggle boy like my brother?"

"It is indeed... Avada Kedavra. I saw it with my own eyes." Sirius lowered his head and said word by word.

Lynn's eyes widened: "What?"

"Back then, Andy and I met on a small football field..." Sirius slowly told the story, how he and Andy didn't know each other, how he often sneaked out to play with Andy, Meri How did Fren end Andy's young life with the Death Curse, and then was imprisoned in Azkaban by old Crouch because of his testimony.

Before he finished speaking, Lynn was already in tears.

"Lynn, I'm really sorry, I hurt Andy, it's my fault, if it wasn't...that woman wouldn't...but I really tried my best to stop...you believe me..."

Lynn looked at Sirius' incoherent self-reproach, and the tears flowed even more violently.

While Sirius was at a loss, Lynn suddenly looked up at the sky, as if trying to force back tears.After some time, she finally calmed down, tried her best to give Sirius a bitter smile, and said softly: "I believe in you, of course I believe in you. In this world, if even you can't believe it, I can still believe it." Who. In fact, Sirius, I should thank you, thank you for telling me the truth, so that Andy will not die inexplicably. I know now, my brother, he is not a coward, he was killed by others, And the murderer has already been imprisoned in Azkaban and received the punishment she deserved. Although this cannot bring Andy's life back, it is finally, finally, a consolation."

"Lynn..." Sirius murmured the name of the girl in front of him, and Lynn leaned his head back on his shoulder.She remembered that a few days ago, when she got into the nitty-gritty of killing her parents, Sirius told her that guilt was the most useless emotion in the world.If you really feel guilty, then turn guilt into strength and do your best to prevent similar tragedies from happening again.

Perhaps my brother was also one of the reasons why Sirius had this feeling.

Lynn closed her eyes for a long time, and when she opened them, the tears in her eyes had disappeared.She stood up, looked into Sirius' eyes and said, "Thank you, Sirius, thank you so much, not because you fought for me, got hurt for me, or even because I was expelled from the family, but thank you for finally letting me I understand what kind of path I will take in the future. Since it is useless to protect oneself, since it is useless to feel guilty, then, as you said, I will do my best to prevent similar tragedies from happening again. From now on, I won't run away any more."

The cold female voice echoed in the empty cemetery, showing Lynn's determination now.

After the funeral, Lynn followed Lily and lived in the Evans house, and thus met Petunia who was said to think Lily was a monster.And Lynn felt that the way Penny looked at her was like looking at a toad.

late at night.

"Lyn, are you asleep?" Lily asked lying on the bed.

"not yet."

"Changed the bed, can't sleep?"

"No, it's just that there are a lot of things in my mind, and I can't fall asleep after thinking about it."

"sorry."

"Why do you say sorry? Your family adopted me. I should say thank you. How could it be you who said sorry?"

"I'm speaking for Petunia."

"It doesn't matter. I understand that every family has its own difficult scriptures. Besides, your sister is actually quite polite to me today. It's only when she scolds James that it's ugly. James isn't angry, so how could I be angry?"

Hearing the name James, Lily sighed again.

"Lily, what are you thinking about James now? What were you talking about in my room that day?"

"...I told him that I had just broken up with Snape not long ago, and I was not in the mood to accept his pursuit. I hope that he will stop trying to pursue me for at least six months in the future, and stop being mischievous in school. .If he behaves well in this half year, maybe I can allow him to pursue me after half a year."

Lynn smiled softly: "No wonder, he had a silly smile after he came out that day."

But Lily couldn't laugh: "I know, both you and Sirius want to match James and me. During this period of time, I watched James go back and forth for you and Sirius, and I also understood that I used to treat James well. He does have some prejudices. But because of this, I can't easily accept him at this time. Because I know in my heart that although I broke up with Snape, the feelings I have given are not so easy to think about. I can take it back. Before I get rid of that shadow completely, I cannot accept James, because that would be irresponsible to myself, and also irresponsible to James."

After hearing this, Lynn couldn't laugh anymore, and she sighed softly.

"Then what about you? You and Sirius are like this. Is it a tacit understanding, or is the lover not satisfied?" Lily asked.

"We... Seriously, I don't know either. I've always been passive in my feelings, and I'm very dependent on Sirius, but I don't know if that's love." Lynn's tone was like a sigh.

The two girls talked to each other like this, sharing the thoughts of the girl's family until they couldn't help being sleepy and fell asleep.At the same moment, Sirius, who was in Potter's house, also experienced the warmth of home for the first time.

No matter how many tears you shed yesterday, as long as there are people by your side supporting you and giving you support, then you have no reason not to face tomorrow with a smile.