Chapter 1,207

"It's all my fault," Professor McGonagall said suddenly in pain, rubbing the wet handkerchief in her hand, "It's all my fault. I brought Snape here tonight, and I asked Willy Bring him here... I actually brought him here to help us! If I noticed what he was going to do, he wouldn't have joined the Death Eaters. I didn't consider that he knew before I told him. I didn't know. Snape knew they were coming."

"Oh, yes, if Professor McGonagall knew that Snape even took the time to greet them in the Room of Requirement..."

Fanlin couldn't bear to imagine Professor McGonagall's expression on the verge of collapse, although even without Professor McGonagall, Snape was just wasting some time, and he might even be doing it more secretly.

"It's not your fault, McGonagall." Lupine said firmly. "We all hope for more help, and we are happy that Snape went in his way..."

"So when we were preparing to fight, he sided with the Death Eaters?" Harry said. He planned to show every detail of Snape's cunning and ugly behavior, and excitedly summed up more reasons to hate him for revenge. Snape.

"I still don't know exactly how this happened," Professor McGonagall said distractedly. "I've been very confused... Dumbledore has told us that he will be leaving the school for a few hours, letting us patrol the corridors, and that's it... Lupin, Bill, Nimorashi? Tonks have all joined in... That's why we went out on patrol. Everything seemed peaceful. Every visible secret hole was blocked, and we knew no one could get in or out freely. Every entrance into the castle was under strong enchantment. I still don’t understand how the Death Eaters got in..."

"I know," Harry said, briefly explaining the pair of disappearing cupboards and the formation of that incredible passage, which Malfoy himself said had placed the vanishing cupboard in the Room of Requirement.

"I don't understand Harry," Ron said coldly. "We checked the Marauder's Map as you asked, but we didn't find Malfoy, so we went to Myrtle's bathroom. I, Ginny, and Neville will be there. That was always guarded...and you told me they were in the Room of Requirement?"

"Yes," Harry said quickly.

"That was Malfoy's cover-up. Remember, Professor Trauni, he was attacked in the Room of Requirement. In fact, Fan Lin should also know..."

"Yes, but the Room of Requirement spaces are independent of each other. I set up some magic in the laboratory to prevent noise." Fan Lin said, "Also, I went out later to check the location of the Forbidden Forest outside the school. ”

"I was a little worried afterwards, and then Ginny and I went up to look for you, and then something happened somewhere." Hermione said, "The whole corridor was filled with black fog."

"We tried everything, fluorescent lights, blazing flames," Ginny said. "Nothing penetrated the darkness, and all we could do was grope our way out of the corridor again, during which time we heard someone running past us. Apparently Malfoy could see us because he had something in his hand that could guide them. We were afraid of harm. He didn't dare to use any magic when he saw his own people. After they left, everything became bright again. "

"That should be Fred and George's invisible black mist." Fan Lin said, "I added some shading powder in it, so..."

"Fortunately," Lupine said hoarsely, "Ron and Neville immediately ran to tell us what happened. Later we found that the Death Eaters were in the direction of the Astrology Tower. Apparently there were not so many people guarding Malfoy anymore, he He seemed very tired."

"He didn't dare to kill Dumbledore, which made him lose his courage." Harry recalled that Malfoy's expression was painful. Obviously, just like in the bathroom at that time, Malfoy was forced.

"Later, when the battle started, they dispersed, and we chased them. One of them escaped, and one of them, Greyback, took the lead and ran upwards."

"To send a signal?" Harry asked. "That's what he did."

"Yes, they must have planned it before leaving the Room of Requirement," Lupine said. "But I don't think Greyback liked the idea of ​​stopping alone to wait for Dumbledore, because he ran back downstairs to join the fight, evaded me again and was wounded by a fatal spell."

"Later, I started to gather the members of the Order of the Phoenix." Lupine said, "Sirius needs some time, and then I asked the girls to leave here first."

"We went outside Snape's office," Hermione whispered, tears glistening in her eyes, "Luna and I hesitated outside, but nothing happened... We didn't know what was going on up there, Ron holds the map."

"Later, it was almost midnight when Professor Freevey was panicking in the basement, shouting that the Death Eaters had entered the castle. I don't know if he saw that Luna and I were there. He was just anxious. Rushing into Snape's office. We heard him telling Snape to come with him to help everyone and then we heard a loud noise and Snape rushed out of the office and he saw us. ...and then...then..."

"What" Harry urged.

"I'm so stupid, Harry," Hermione squeaked. "He said Professor Freevey had a breakdown and he asked us to look after him while he fought the Death Eaters..." She covered her face with her hands in shame as she continued. , the voice was suppressed.

"We went into his office to see if we could help Professor Freevey and found him lying unconscious on the floor...oh it's so obvious now that Snape must have paralyzed him, but we didn't Little did he realize that we let Snape go!"

"It's not your fault," Lupine said firmly. "Hermione, if you don't obey, Snape will probably kill you."

"So he came up there," Harry said. He saw Snape running up the marble stairs, and Snape's black robe body was still floating. He pulled it out from under the cloak as he climbed the stairs. magic wand.

"Then he discovered where you were fighting..."

"We're in trouble, we're failing," Tonks whispered. "Greyback was injured, but Bellatrix came, and the Death Eaters seemed to be fighting very hard. Neville was injured, and Bill was also brutally beaten by Greyback...It was dark all around...the spell Flying all over the sky... Malfoy suddenly disappeared. He must have escaped and got upstairs... Then more people followed him upstairs, but the door was locked by some spells and they couldn't go in... Neville He ran towards it, but was thrown into the air. Fortunately, someone caught Neville with magic and prevented Neville from flying outside the tower. "

"who is it?"

"I don't know, it was so chaotic at the time that no one noticed." Tonks said, looking at Harry with shame.

"Of course it's me, that unlucky Neville..." Fan Lin rolled his eyes, but then became more serious.

Bill and Neville were injured almost at the same time, but unfortunately, he didn't notice Bill at the time.

"Then the Death Eaters used magic to block the road, and none of us could pass!" Ron said, "Many Death Eaters were still burning everything around them. They tried the big rocks, but they couldn't. …”

"Then Snape got there and disappeared again."

"I saw him running towards us, but too many Death Eaters blocked me. I ducked but missed the opportunity to follow him," Ginny said.

"I saw him go straight through the barrier like it was nothing," said Lupine. "I tried to follow him, but I was thrown like Neville..."

"He must know a spell that we don't know," Professor McGonagall whispered. "After all, he is the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher...I daresay he is just pretending to chase the Death Eaters but actually sneaking to the Astrology Tower..."

"He was," Harry said cruelly, "but to help them, not to stop them... I bet you had to have a Dark Magic Mark to get past that barrier... So what happened after he left?"

"The powerful Death Eaters used magic to burn things, causing half of the ceiling to collapse and also destroying the magic staircase." Lupine said, "We ran away. Nothing can happen to any of us. Snape and Malfoy have been obviously exposed." We resisted their attempts, but none of us were attacked by them."

"We've just been ignored by them," Tonks said in a hollow voice. "I think the Death Eaters are following them... that's another thing, there's going to be some Death Eaters and werewolves coming back, and we're going to "Keep fighting... I think I heard Snape yell something but I don't know what it was."

"He shouted, it's over," Harry said. "He did what he set out to do."

At this they fell into silence, the phoenix's dirge still echoing across the dark clearing outside. As the song echoed in the air, an unexpected and annoying thought came into Harry's mind...

Dumbledore trusted Snape too much, and Harry couldn't help but feel resentful.

If it weren't for Snape, Dumbledore...

Or, they leave together and take Fanlin with them...

Suddenly, a soft female voice broke the silence.

"What's going on here, how's Bill doing!"

The school hospital door suddenly burst open, startling everyone. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley strode into the ward, followed by Fleur, a look of extreme fear on her beautiful face.

"Molly, Arthur" Professor McGonagall called, quickly getting up and greeting them. "I am very sorry……"

"Bill" Mrs. Weasley whispered, looking past Professor McGonagall to see Bill's ruined face.

"Oh, Bill!"

Lupine and Tonks hurriedly got up and backed out so that Mr. and Mrs. Weasley could be closer to the bed. Mrs. Weasley moved closer to her son and kissed his bloody forehead.

"You said the werewolf attacked him?" Mrs. Weasley asked Professor McGonagall anxiously, "But he didn't transform? What does that mean? What will happen to Bill?"

"We don't know either," Professor McGonagall replied, looking at Lupin helplessly.

"Something ugly is going to happen, Arthur," Lupine said. "This is a temporary situation, or a special one... We don't know what the man will do when he is awakened..."

Mrs. Weasley smelled the disgusting smell of Madam Pomfrey's ointment and began to apply it to Bill.

"Dumbledore..." Mrs. Weasley said, "Everything Professor McGonagall said is true...is it true...?"

No one responded to her, only Professor McGonagall nodded. Harry felt Ginny move to his side. He looked at her. Ginny's small eyes looked at Fleur who was staring at Bill. The expression on Fleur's face seemed to be frozen. .

"Dumbledore is gone" Mrs. Weasley whispered, but she still only had eyes for his eldest son, who began to cry, tears falling on Bill's mangled face. "Of course it doesn't matter what he looked like... he was just a little boy... a boy... always very handsome... and he was going... to get married!"

"What do you mean?" Fleur suddenly said loudly, "He was going to get married!"

Mrs. Weasley raised her tear-stained face, looking shocked, "That's..."

"You think Bill will no longer want to marry me?" Fleur asked. "Do you think he will stop loving me because of this bite?"

"No, that's not what I meant..."

"Because he will continue to love me!" Fleur said, standing up straight and throwing her long silver hair back, "Bill will not give up his love for me just because he turned into a werewolf. !”

"Yes, I'm sure it is," said Mrs. Weasley. "But I thought maybe... how... how..."

"You think I will never marry him again? Or do you hope?" said Fleur. "What do I care about his looks? I think we are both beautiful enough. All these scars prove my husband's bravery! He was even more excited " said," she pushed Mrs. Weasley aside and snatched the medicine from her hand.

Mrs. Weasley stood back against her husband and watched Fleur apply the medicine to Bill with a curious expression.

"My Lord Merlin, she has a beautiful and noble soul, which makes me sure that I will convince her to agree to your wedding. She loves Bill so much, you know it looks as beautiful as your hair."

"Thank you" Fleur said blankly, "I believe he will become cute."

For a moment, the scene began to get a little out of control, perhaps because of Fleur's persistence. People are always emotional animals, even in such a sad atmosphere.

This made Fan Lin relieved. Although the topic was a bit off-topic, in fact, this also avoided the impact of Dumbledore's death on everyone.

All the ladies hugged each other and began to cry. It was so chaotic that Harry wondered if the world had gone crazy. He looked around: Ron was as confused as he was, and Fanlin lowered his head and didn't speak, just watching. Bill's face also had Fleur.

As for Ginny and Hermione exchanged shocked looks.

"Look!" said an undisguised voice, and Tonks looked at Lupin angrily. "She's still willing to marry him, even though he's disfigured! He doesn't mind!"

"But... this is different!" Lupine pursed his lips, but Fanlin was 100% sure that it was Lupine's voice. Even though his lips barely moved, his expression suddenly looked nervous, "Bill don't Would be a real werewolf apparently completely..."

"But I don't care either! I don't care at all!" cried Tonks, grabbing the front of Lupin's robe and shaking it, "I've told you a million times..."

"And I've told you a million times," Lupine said, refusing to meet her eyes and just staring at the ground, "I'm too old for you, too hard, and... too dangerous... ” (To be continued)