[TSNxHP] Fall in love with Whomping Willow

In the principal's room, Principal Dumbledore and Mark were silent.

Headmaster Dumbledore remembered every student he had taught, not to mention those young men with unique qualities among them.

In fact, Mark and Eduardo, certain situations that happened between them, sometimes reminded Dumbledore of himself in the distant past, and a long-lost old man.

How wonderful.

Love, it always makes a wise man stupid.

It led a wise man astray once, and this time it brought a wise man back.

The half-moon glasses covered Principal Dumbledore's slightly red eye sockets. He may have guessed some facts long ago, but he witnessed the memory of his students being repeatedly tortured by the Cruciatus Curse. Even a calm and wise person could not completely suppress it. emotion.

As if it was unbearable to bear this tender silence, Mark still had a cold face, and straightforwardly defended: "I don't have any noble sentiments, and I didn't plan everything that happened. I completely followed the trend. If Voldemort hadn't mentioned... him, I wouldn't have rejected my proposal directly. As long as I wasn't marked as a slave. I even planned to pretend to join and wait for an opportunity to escape."

Principal Dumbledore reminded the young man who deliberately defended himself: "But you did refuse, in order to protect him. Moreover, you are here now."

Mark raised his eyebrows deliberately provocatively, but there was a kind of disheartened tiredness in his eyes: "No, principal, it's not like you guessed. I'm not repentant, and then I'm dedicated to him like some heroic knight At the risk of my life, I assure you that this is absolutely not the case."

He pulled open the collar of the standard wizard robe vigorously as if to vent his anger, revealing the protruding heart with entangled meridians, and declared to the wide-eyed Headmaster Dumbledore: "I'm dying (I'm dying)."

Mark's heart, a large piece of skin near the heart is gray and dead, like the white ash left after the paper is burned.And you can clearly see the heart veins under the skin.

It seems that Mark's entire heart is being pressed hard on the skin from the inside out, and the veins of the heart are highlighted under the skin.

Similar to covering a piece of Gold Galleon with white paper, pressing it tightly, and then smearing it with a silver-gray charcoal pencil, you can draw a silver-gray Gold Galleon pattern on the white paper.

Mark clenched his fists tightly, the anger in his eyes seemed to be burning, and he spoke at a frighteningly fast speed: "I died between the intensive Cruciatus Curse, and I have reached that place, and I immediately understand that there is every wizard If you step back cowardly, you will return to the human world as a ghost, and become a ridiculous ghost wandering in the place of death. If you move forward, you will embrace death."

"I'm not a coward, I didn't back down, I don't want to be a ghost floating in Voldemort's lair! I walk forward, and when I open my eyes again, I still see that grinning bitch of Bellatrix in front of me! Another Cruciatus Bones! I'm alive again!"

"I was locked in the cellar and no one knew I was an unregistered Animagus except Eduardo, I turned into a cat in the middle of the night and escaped from there."

"I managed to escape from there."

"However, on the second day of my successful escape, I discovered that I was slowly approaching my second death."

Mark laughed at himself: "I didn't plan to find Eduardo, never, when I first escaped, I planned to go to the United States, mix among Muggles, continue to study my spells, and wait patiently for the wizarding society to usher again Peace. I never planned to see him again. Even when Cruciatus was cast, it never occurred to me for a second to go back to him."

"Once it became clear that I didn't have enough time, my original plan was to make my spell fully public, get a [-]st Class Merlin, and forever mark Mark Zuckerberg in wizarding history. Then, just die I don't care who it's in."

"If I hadn't been dying, if I hadn't seen the news that he was a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts for a year, I would never have taken the initiative to see him again, just as he would never have taken the initiative to see me again."

Mark asserted firmly.

Headmaster Dumbledore was shocked.

Not because of Mark's self-deprecating harshness, but because Principal Dumbledore, after listening to these words, combined with the memory in the Pensieve, immediately understood what Mark said before recalling, he said, "After you read , should also be able to learn some truths about Lucky Voldemort."

Mark was speaking very fast on purpose, but he still paused between words. He didn't say "Voldemort" but "voldemort (fleeing death)".

——Not the "truth about lucky Voldemort", but Eduardo's "truth about being lucky to escape death" after the ring was damaged.

The memory in the Pensieve began when Voldemort received the respectful rejection letter from the old Savarin.

Voldemort is very dissatisfied with the smooth old Savarin, but the Savarin family is used to cunning rabbits and three caves, with many protective magic and magic tools, no wizard can easily find them, Lucius Malfoy was well informed, and immediately offered Mark and Eduardo The news of a close friend, he has always been a person who is good at pleasing Voldemort, his words are quite connotative, and he specifically described Eduardo's appearance.

Voldemort needed a chance to test Mark's strength and loyalty, so he took this opportunity and arrogantly ordered Mark to bring his former friends here as a test for Mark to join the Death Eaters.

Unexpectedly, Mark refused bluntly, and he said, "No."

Bellatrix*, the fiercely loyal and insane Death Eater, was immediately enraged by Mark's disrespectful attitude towards Voldemort. She rushed out and knelt at Voldemort's feet, begging Voldemort to let her go out to find Eduardo, and she loudly swore to kill Eduardo. Bring it back and kill him in front of Mark with your own hands.

Facing her threat, Mark raised his eyebrows even more, and taunted: "Mrs. Voldemort*, oh no, Miss Black*, oh no, Mrs. Lestrange*, Mr. Savarin and I have broken up. I don't know where that person is, and even if I knew, I have no reason to bring that person. I have nothing to do with that person, and I don't intend to have anything more to do with that person. Instead of threatening to kill him, you might as well directly Kill me. Frankly, joining the Death Eaters and leaving an unbearable stain on my life is worse than dying now, at least my reputation won't be lowered by a bunch of insanity-worshipping fools."

Voldemort remained silent.

But Bellatrix, who was poked at the center by Mark and still openly ridiculed, was already out of anger. She saw that Voldemort was trying his best to hide his fury, and she became even more furious. Before she could stand up completely, she couldn't wait to hit Mark. Cruciatus.

Since Mark was the wizard Voldemort wanted to recruit, she didn't want to kill Mark directly, but tortured him with the Cruciatus Curse.

But no wizard can stand Cruciatus for too long, Mark won't let go of his pleas, Voldemort won't speak, Bellatrix is ​​a sadist who never knows how to stop, so Mark actually dies at one point.

Fortunately, Merlin was on top, and Mark miraculously survived, and even escaped from Voldemort's lair smoothly.

In other words, in order to protect Eduardo, Mark died at the hands of Bellatrix with the will to die actively when Bellatrix did not intend to kill him.

Most importantly, even if Mark doesn't admit it, he really loves Eduardo, and he did offer Bellatrix a life-for-life in order to protect Eduardo.

This satisfies all conditions.

A legendary ancient magic about love and life.

In order to protect his lover, he voluntarily died, and died at the hands of the assailant. Such selfless love is enough to leave a very powerful guardian magic in the wizard's body.

Even if Mark didn't arrange it deliberately but just followed the trend in an emergency, even if he came back to life a few seconds later, it wouldn't affect the establishment of this guardian magic.

This is what Eduardo has always wondered, the reason why the effectiveness of his mithril ring has diminished, and the various accidents encountered this semester are not as deadly as the first year.

"He and I are not blood relatives like father, son, mother and daughter. The effect of guardian magic will be discounted. Now it can resist Voldemort's curse because I survived unexpectedly. As long as I am still alive, guardian magic is still strong enough", Mark slumped in the chair, the hand propping his forehead, his thumb firmly pressed against his temple.

He raised his head and faced Dumbledore, the only person who knew him, as if he wanted to vent all his emotions for the past six months. He raised the corners of his mouth almost nervously, and said with a mocking tone: "The good news is that as long as I'm still alive, Your Defense Against the Dark Arts professor won't die; the bad news is, I won't live long, the ring is failing, if you continue to indulge his loyalty, then, after killing him, I wish you success in finding a new one Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts."

Headmaster Dumbledore wasn't angry at all.

"Fawkes, call Madam Pomfrey, hurry up."

With a low cry, the Phoenix turned into flames and disappeared.

Mark eased his emotions, and said with a straight face: "You probably forgot that I am a professor of Potions. My life is drying up. I don't think the school hospital can treat unprecedented cases of Unforgivable Curses."

"There are many types of courage, Mark", Dumbledore looked at him with loving eyes, "Sacrificing for the one you love is, not giving up any hope, too."

The headmaster, who was already full of silver hair but always guarded Hogwarts like an insurmountable mountain, added: "You are not the only one who cares about Eduardo's safety. You chose to return to Hogwarts. At least believe in your own choose."

Mark stared closely at Headmaster Dumbledore.

None of them looked away.

After the silence, it was Mark who turned his head first.

"One more thing." Mark narrowed his eyes slightly, then opened them suddenly, as if dozing off, and his voice became softer, "I think you already knew that Voldemort was a half-blood wizard. He sent the acceptance letter. But I think you must also be curious, why Voldemort allowed Bellatrix to repeatedly cast the Cruciatus Curse on me without saying a word, knowing that I was still useful."

"Because he has noticed that he can't control his emotions from time to time. He is afraid that if he can't control himself, he will Avada me first, and he is also afraid that he will expose his tyranny and irritability prematurely in front of the Death Eaters. As I said, he is a Snakeface lost his mind."

"Principal, when I was in school, I secretly read a book in the restricted area, "Deciphering the Advanced Dark Arts"*."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mark's eyes suddenly closed, like a kite that suddenly broke its string, and fell into the chair.

He cast the "'Faciem Librum" spell twice today, one of which was a silent spell on the magical Crouch under the noses of the entire Wizengamot.

He is too tired.

"Overwork, this is only on the surface", Madam Pomfrey gave the diagnosis directly, she never asked more, "He is going to die. He must sleep in the school hospital tonight, I will prepare some medicine to barely relieve his pain ...symptoms. But Albus, no healer can reverse the damage of the Unforgivable Curse, not even St. Mungo's. You'll have to try your luck with a potions master."

After thinking hard for a moment, Dumbledore patted Madam Pomfrey on the shoulder and promised, "Leave it to me."

With red eyes, Madam Pomfrey levitated the dying Zuckerberg and took him to the school hospital.

If Eduardo could see the future, he would be more involved in this lovely wedding.

But he was just full of blessings at the time, looking at the people present in the Order of the Phoenix, as well as the students he had taught, happily celebrating the wedding of Lily and James, Lupine smiled and said one ghost idea after another, and Sirius was responsible for implementing it Among them, the cheerful Headmaster Dumbledore actually gave pointers from time to time, and Wormtail was poured a glass of wine, and foolishly followed the crowd around the middle of the dance floor, causing everyone to laugh in good faith.

Lily is as beautiful as a lily, but James is full of foolishness. Apart from staring at Lily, he is having fun with his buddies, not at all like the thorny student of Gryffindor College in Eduardo's memory.

Mark, who came with Principal Dumbledore, sat quietly in the corner, maybe because of the light, he looked paler than usual, since the Potions classroom, office and the single room Mark lived in were all in the basement, this was probably not the case. Love the consequences of going out.

Frank Longbottom was the Auror who was leading the way for Mark that day. He was obviously very interested in Mark and took his wife, Alice Longbottom, who was also an Auror, to talk to him.They are all characters that are widely loved by the wizarding world. They are full of vitality, smart and humorous, and have outstanding magic and ability to handle affairs.In other words, it is the antonym of Mark.

Sirius, who had gone to talk to Mark just now, had a bad nose, and almost wanted to roll up his sleeves and fight Mark.

Therefore, Eduardo thought that he walked over to prevent James and Lily's wedding from being unhappy.

"What are you guys talking about?" Eduardo cuts in politely.

They're actually having a "conversation," which is enough to surprise Eduardo.What surprised Eduardo even more was Alice Longbottom's answer: "Oh, Eduardo, we were talking about Super Bubble Gum with Mark, and I didn't expect Mark to taste a flavor that our couple didn't collect."

"Mark"!Blow the Super Bubble Gum!

Mark said helplessly: "Headmaster Dumbledore gave it to me. I don't like food."

Alice Longbottom looked at Eduardo with a snickering smile, winked at Mark, showed a conspicuous matching expression, pulled her husband and ran away after finishing speaking: "Frank, let's go dance and return Mark to Eduardo. Mark! Next time we will taste Whomping Willow-flavored Chuibao Super Bubblegum, remember to leave the wrappers for us!"

Whomping Willow flavor!

Eduardo couldn't help laughing, ignoring Alice's call.

Mark raised the corner of his mouth, but suddenly frowned.

"What's wrong with you?" Eduardo subconsciously approached Mark and asked.

Mark shook his head, picked up two glasses of champagne from the long table piled high with food, and held one of them between Eduardo's fingers, beckoning him to take it.

Why is he willing to cooperate with Mark? Eduardo blamed the great atmosphere of the wedding. As soon as he held the goblet, he was lightly touched by Mark's glass, making a "ding" sound.

Eduardo: "For what?"

Mark: "For a great Anonymous*."

Facing Mark's hypocrisy, Eduardo was skeptical, but Mark immediately drank the pink champagne in his glass, Eduardo glanced at him, and drank his own glass too.

In the following time, unlike Eduardo who was always surrounded by friends and students enjoying the wedding, Mark stayed quietly in that corner, like a complete outsider.

After the Christmas break, students return to school.

Eduardo was desperate to find that almost everyone had a copy of the "Daily Prophet". Facing the gossip eyes from the audience, Eduardo for the first time had the slightest urge to resign.

However, even though Mark has recovered his "innocence", the students still keep a respectful distance from Mark, because on the day the students returned to school, a girl wearing huge round glasses suddenly screamed at Mark ten meters away , fainted.

No one knows what's going on, it's like Mark standing there usually scares her.

What's even weirder is that no matter how friends and classmates ask, the girl with round glasses stubbornly keeps her secret about the reason for her screaming, so rumors spread everywhere.

Mark didn't seem to mind either, and was still alone in Hogwarts.

Winter is gradually passing, the snow melts, and spring comes, and everything is revived, even the Whomping Willow has returned to its former vitality, chasing and beating the birds practicing flying, looking very hateful.

The cruel comments of the Potions professor were also updated daily among the students of the four colleges.

One day, Eduardo woke up from a nightmare and for some reason wanted to go to the kitchen and ask for a cup of hot cocoa.He went down the tower, and when he got to the second floor, he was caught by Myrtle. This ghost who is famous for loving handsome guys has always liked to play tricks on Eduardo. Eduardo was really afraid of her, but he didn't want to hide too clearly for Myrtle Mother was sad, so she could only run wildly frightened by Myrtle's fierce pursuit again, and hid in an empty classroom.

Oddly enough, Mark is looking in the mirror, a magnificent gold-rimmed upright mirror that reaches the ceiling, and he's so engrossed in it that he doesn't even notice Eduardo in the first place.

What's even more strange is that he was wearing the pajamas of the school hospital.

Eduardo gripped his wand tightly and stepped forward, paying attention to managing his vision, not looking at the mirror, but at the strange line of characters on the top of the mirror.

He whispered: "Erisedstraehruoytubecafruoytonwohsi"

Not like a sentence.

But such a simple trick didn't bother Eduardo, and he immediately read the line backwards.

"I show not your face but your heart's desire (I show not your face but your heart's desire)."

This is the Mirror of Erised!

This mirror will show what people want most in their hearts, whether they are successful or famous, or they are as beautiful as a fairy. Therefore, according to legend, some people are in front of it all day long, indulging in illusory illusions, obsessed with what they see. Not knowing whether the image in the mirror will come true, let alone how to achieve it, was driven crazy.

Eduardo turned his back to the mirror, grabbed Mark by the collar, and was about to drag Mark away forcibly, when he heard a familiar voice that was beaten lazily: "I'm not crazy."

Eduardo kicked it backwards: "Go!"

Mark stood up and followed the angry Eduardo out. Eduardo seems to have made up his mind not to talk to Mark, but Mark is silent too.

The single room where Mark lived was in the basement, and the kitchen where Eduardo was going was also in the basement, and they walked together in silence.

"Stop", Eduardo couldn't help asking when they were about to part ways, "Why are you wearing the pajamas of the school hospital?"

Mark looked up, looked at him seemingly in total surprise, and then smiled playfully. "The house-elves tore my only nightgown."

……

How did Zuckerberg manage to say such things without any shame?

What normal adult only has one nightgown?

Eduardo rolls his eyes and continues on to the kitchen.

He walked on, past the Hufflepuff common room, and turned into a corridor.

He stopped in front of the portrait of the fruit bowl and held out his left hand.

He knew that if he scratched the pear in the picture, it would turn into a green handle, unscrew it, and go into the kitchen.

He suddenly turned around and hurried back the way he came.

He went to the first floor, to the second floor, and back to the empty classroom.

He walked to the Mirror of Erised and opened his eyes.

It was the Room of Requirement they had discovered together, half filled with cauldrons and potions books, half a spell laboratory full of strange objects. Mark was lying on the carpet, he was so tired that he fell asleep, a large stack of manuscript paper full of runes was scattered around his hand. Eduardo casts Silencing Charms around Mark, leaning on one of Mark's large cauldrons, trying to teach the Patronus Charm that he occasionally mentions in class.

Successfully casting the Patronus Charm requires the wizard to concentrate, think of the happiest thing in his heart, and say "Calling God to Protect".

"Call God Guard!"

Dad bought himself the latest broomstick he'd been coveting for a long time.

No.

"Call God Guard!"

I became a prefect myself.

No.

"Call God Guard!"

He was elected as the president of the Boys' Student Council.

No.

"...Call God to protect you!"

In the second grade, he met Mark on the Hogwarts Express train.

Silver gas gushes out from the end of the wand, forming a silver lion. It lazily raised its eyelids, as if looking at Eduardo, and suddenly lifted its two front paws swiftly, supporting the cauldron behind Eduardo, and put Eduardo's whole body embraced in a gentle ocean-like embrace, and then scattered into little silver lights, dissipating in the air.

He stood still.

Mark, who didn't know when he untied the Silencing Charm, opened his eyes lazily, hiding a subtle tone of unwillingness to lag behind: "Cool, you learned the Patronus Charm first?"

I show not your face but your heart's desire.

The Mirror of Erised only illuminates greed, but does not give truth.

Eduardo turned around slowly, walked out of the empty classroom with his back to the Mirror of Erised, and stood by the door for a long time.

He took back the steps he stepped out, changed direction, and walked into the long corridor where the school hospital was located.

Note:

*Bellatrix, one of the infamous Death Eaters, née Black, is the sister of Sirius and Regulus, she is married to Lestrange, but no wizard is unaware of her insane obsession Voldemort, so Mark's three names are mocking her.

*"Advanced Black Magic Decryption", which mentioned Horcruxes, because Mark suspected that Voldemort made Horcruxes for immortality before meeting Regulus. The oath between Regulus and Mark could not restrain Mark from exposing Ray. Reminding Dumbledore in the case of Gulus, Mark also blurred the information so that Dumbledore would not think of Regulus, so Mark's reminder does not violate the unbreakable oath

*Mark respects Regulus Black, and his spell makes him quickly realize that Regulus is dead.This plot was planned early in the morning. I don't want to destroy the bravery of Regulus' sacrifice alone, but I still hope that someone can pay homage to him at that time.