Struggling to survive at Hogwarts

Many years later, when the three girls present had become elderly women with white hair, they still remembered this scene:

The black-haired girl, about to fall, remained suspended in mid-air, like a photograph captured on camera. However, the commotion nearby proved this wasn't a photo; their friend had been levitated by some mysterious force!

Everything caught the three girls off guard. Jennifer's scream was about to rang out when she was startled back down by the appearance of two strangely dressed men with a "bang".

“Oh, Lance, your levitation spell is excellent! Good afternoon, three runaway ladies!” A man in a black robe said to the three terrified girls.

Daisy clung to Ellis in terror, while Jennifer mustered her courage to ask, "What did you do to my friend? Why can't she move?"

"Oh, what a courageous Muggle! If you were a wizard, I bet you'd get into Grand Place!"

"Gordon!" the man in the black robes reprimanded the man beside him, explaining to Jennifer, "Miss, we are Aurors from the Ministry of Magic, responsible for handling all kinds of accidents. This young lady has experienced a magical outburst, so I need to take her to St. Mungo's Hospital."

"So, where are her parents?"

"She is an orphan."

The two men realized that the girls' relationship was unusual, but after thinking about it, they decided not to let them forget everything.

After Jennifer finished answering, she wanted to ask what an Auror was, what the Ministry of Magic was, and what a magical upheaval was.

But then the two strange men vanished with a "bang," leaving three bewildered girls standing there.

At this time, Hogwarts

"So, perhaps I can understand you to mean... that your Potions Professor should put aside his teaching duties and brew a month's worth of high-quality magic stabilizers for young wizards for the great Headmaster?" Snape's face appeared in the fireplace of the Headmaster's office, repeating the content of the conversation without expression.

“Yes, Severus, that’s exactly what I meant.” Dumbledore smiled and looked into Snape’s eyes.

“It would be my pleasure to serve you, Headmaster,” Snape replied curtly.

“Dallis, Severus has gone to brew the potion, so you don’t need to worry too much,” Dumbledore said, turning to the portrait to comfort her.

"Oh, that's wonderful! Apart from Snape, I can't think of anyone else who can make better potions. That poor child is finally saved."

The person in the portrait is Dalys de Winter, the former headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Before becoming the headmistress of Hogwarts, she was a healer at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Sicknesses. After her death, her portrait not only hangs in the headmistress's office but also on the wall of the waiting room at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Sicknesses.

This is also why Dumbledore was able to learn so quickly that a magically unruly young wizard had arrived at St. Mungo's Hospital.

"Dalris, do you know anything about that young wizard?" Dumbledore asked.

Although Delis was curious as to why Dumbledore asked that question, she still told the truth: "I don't know the specifics either. Last night, the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic suddenly sent over a young wizard with a magical outburst. To be honest, I've never seen such a strange magical outburst before."

Generally, emotional excitement is a common cause of magical outbursts in young wizards, but that child, she looked like she was asleep, yet the magic within her body was constantly boiling, like water being boiled.

Dumbledore listened patiently, then crossed his hands on the table and continued, "Is there anything else unusual about that young wizard? You seemed to have mentioned... Tom?"

Delis instantly remembered: "Yes, Albus, I've seen Tom before, and I remember what he looks like. That's why when I saw that little wizard with the magical outburst, I noticed that she looked so much like Tom..."

Dumbledore remained calmly seated behind his desk. Even upon hearing such shocking news, he merely murmured, "A girl who looks just like Tom..."

In a ward at St. Mungo's Hospital, Thea had woken up, but her muscles seemed to be unresponsive, and even moving them was extremely difficult. She seemed even more tired than before she fell into a coma.

Thea licked her lips, noticing a strange taste lingering in her mouth, and frowned. She tried to sit up, but her tense muscles throbbed with a sharp, needle-like pain.

"Child, don't move!" Thea turned her head to look at the voice, but saw no one. The voice was actually from a... portrait?

Seemingly noticing the surprise and confusion in Thea's eyes, the figure in the portrait began to explain: "This is St. Mungo's Hospital. You were brought here because of a magical disturbance."

After hearing the explanation of the portrait, Thea silently raised her guard to the highest level, then closed her eyes again, pretending that she was still very uncomfortable.

The portrait assumed that Thea had fallen asleep again due to discomfort, and wisely kept quiet. In any case, Thea had drunk the magic stabilizer, and apart from feeling unwell, she was actually fine.

Thea lay on the hospital bed with her eyes closed, beginning to analyze her current situation: she was in St. Mungo's Hospital, and the reason she had just fainted was the legendary little wizard's: magical outburst.

I fell into a coma around 2 a.m., and it's morning now, which means I've been lying down for at least seven or eight hours.

Dumbledore likely knows of my existence, but he probably isn't certain of my identity yet, which is one of my advantages.

The role I'm playing is that of a well-behaved little wizard who has lived in the Muggle world since childhood and had no idea she was a wizard until today. Due to emotional fluctuations, she triggers a magical upheaval...

Ah, emotional fluctuations...

After analyzing everything, Thea highlighted some key points and then fell asleep without worry. After all, from now on, there might not be many more days when she could sleep soundly.

I wonder how things are going with Jennifer. That was Thea's last thought before she fell asleep.

Rewind to 2 a.m. in London, where the three witness Thea being taken away by two strangely dressed men, who claim that Thea has experienced a "magical outburst" and is going to take her to some "St. Mungo's Hospital"?

But who knows if what they said is true or false? The three of them originally planned to think carefully about how to find Thea, but then they remembered the things Thea had told them before she fell into a coma. They could only do what Thea had told them first, and then think of a way to find Thea.

They counted the money and, following Thea's method, distributed it to the children who had escaped with them. Then they mailed the evidence to various media outlets and the police station.

Unsurprisingly, the villa was seized, and Mrs. Green, the orphanage's manager, and Connie, the accountant, were arrested. Mrs. Windsor became the person in charge.

Darcy remained at the orphanage permanently. Her patron in Birmingham, upon hearing of Mrs. Green's downfall, hastily severed all contact with Darcy, which suited Darcy's wishes perfectly—from the moment she left, she had no intention of returning.

Since many of the children who escaped from the villa lacked the ability to make a living, perhaps due to a lack of money, the police station arranged for them to go to the orphanage where Thea used to be.