Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

The same nose bridge and the same lip line, the only difference is that Andromeda's hair color is lighter, and the outline of her face also looks kinder due to her personality and behavior.Narcissa Malfoy, on the other hand, has a plumper body and fairer complexion due to her long-term wealthy life.In contrast, Bellatrix, who had been trapped in Azkaban for more than ten years, looked much more haggard, with messy hair, thin face, and bloodless face, with a faint sickly paleness.

Of course, this does not prevent others from seeing that Bellatrix was once a very beautiful woman, just like her two sisters.

Professor Dumbledore took Moon and waited for a moment in front of the cell door, not knowing whether he was planning the next question or wanting to give Moon some time to prepare.In short, it was not until a short while later that Professor Dumbledore finally raised his hand and knocked on the iron bars on the stone door of the cell.

There was a dull knocking sound, and Bellatrix suddenly opened her eyes, her brows full of viciousness and resentment.

There is no doubt that in the past ten years, Bellatrix, like all the other prisoners here, has suffered from dementors.However, her condition seemed to be much better than other prisoners, and even compared to other Death Eaters.

"Albus Dumbledore." Bellatrix looked at Professor Dumbledore and even ignored Moon next to her. She opened her mouth slightly and said in a vicious voice, "What are you doing here? I can't There’s no tea for you, and there’s no seat! Ha!”

The woman's laughter was short, sharp and exaggerated, but her voice was full of hoarseness, and it sounded like she hadn't laughed like this for a long time.

"Thank you for the reminder, Bellatrix, but if I wanted to drink tea, I would find a teahouse instead of coming to Azkaban to meet you." Professor Dumbledore crossed his fingers and spoke calmly. He said: "I came here, of course, I want to ask you something."

Bellatrix's eyebrows suddenly rose. She stared into Professor Dumbledore's eyes and screamed, "Don't even think about it! Dumbledore! You will never get it from me." Any news from the Dark Lord! Any! Ha! Haha! Just wait and see! The Dark Lord is coming back soon! He will get me out soon!"

Professor Dumbledore's eyes suddenly showed a bit of compassion. He sighed and shook his head slightly, "Bellatrix, ten years have passed, and Tom has appeared here, even if Just send a Death Eater to deliver a message to you?"

"You are not allowed to call him that! Albus Dumbledore! His name is not Tom! His name is Voldemort!" Bellatrix grinned like a poisonous snake and hissed, but then But suddenly he covered his face nervously and shouted hysterically, "It's just not the time yet! It's not yet the time for us to go out! We still have to accept the punishment! Don't even think about confusing me with your vicious words! Don't even think about it!" !”

Moon, who had been listening on the sidelines, frowned deeply. Although he knew that Bellatrix had always been deeply obsessed with Voldemort and was the most loyal to Voldemort among all the people in the world - but he never expected that, This woman's fascination with Voldemort has reached this... exaggerated neurotic level, as if her entire state becomes extremely weird whenever Voldemort is mentioned.

"Really? Bellatrix?" Professor Dumbledore still maintained his unhurried speaking speed and his tone was always consistent. "Accepting Voldemort's punishment? Is this what you thought you were trapped in Azka?" The reason for the class?”

Bellatrix made a disdainful sneer, but did not continue to reply, but the expression on her face became more and more fierce.

"Alas..." Professor Dumbledore suddenly sighed softly, and the compassion in his eyes turned into calmness again. "You don't know yet, Bellatrix, Voldemort has returned, and it was many months ago. , even the Daily Prophet published it, and I even met him with my own eyes.”

After a few words of probing, the old man chose to drop this bombshell.

Among the many prisoners in Azkaban, only a few would choose to seek the latest newspapers from the Aurors who occasionally arrived here, and Bellatrix had never been one of them.But to be on the safe side, someone might have told Bella the truth during the conversation, so the old man did not choose to say this right away.

But now, the bomb exploded. In just a moment, Bellatrix was immediately panicked, and her face full of morbid beauty was full of astonishment.

Upon seeing this, Moon immediately understood that his opportunity had come.

He raised his head slightly, taking advantage of the moment when Bellatrix fell into confusion, and looked directly into her eyes, and tried his best to fully activate his Legilimency, and began to think about Bellatrix's thoughts. Started touring——

"How is it possible...Master is back? Why didn't he come to save us? This is impossible...absolutely impossible..."

Through the superficial things that Bellatrix was thinking about at this moment, and continuing downward, the deeper he went, the more Moon felt his scalp tingling.

Voldemort, Voldemort, Voldemort...still Voldemort.

Encounter, admiration, admiration, desire... this woman actually thought only of Voldemort. Her somewhat chaotic memory and thinking had actually shown signs of fragmentation under the repeated intrusion of Dementors over the years.However, those important memories related to Voldemort were all preserved completely and were not damaged at all.Apart from that, the remaining complete memories are filled with disgusting contents such as killing, destruction, torture... and so on.

It's simply... unimaginably pure and crazy.

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

Three seconds later, Moon began to notice that Bellatrix's spirit suddenly became solid - which meant that if he did not release his Legilimency, Bellatrix was likely to Discover him.

Although he hadn't discovered anything yet, after all, he had no need to take risks, so after discovering this, he immediately pulled away from Bellatrix's thoughts.

Then, the next moment, he suddenly felt a pain in his head and fell to his knees on the ground unable to hold on.

For some reason, all the negative emotions he had just felt in Bellatrix's spirit suddenly came flooding back.

Killings, torture, injustice, cries of pain, sharp screams, and Bellatrix’s extremely crazy and exaggerated laughter...

Moreover, unlike in the past, these negative emotions became extremely acute at this moment, and even began to exceed Bellatrix's original limits.

"Hiss..." The headache became more and more obvious, and Moon couldn't help but raise his hands to cover his head, and thin beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead.

This sudden turn of events shocked both Professor Dumbledore and Bellatrix, and then Professor Dumbledore hurriedly stepped forward and leaned over to check on Moon's condition.

"Ha! Hogwarts students..." Bellatrix seemed to have found an outlet for her emotions, and she mocked unbridledly, "Just taking a few steps in Azkaban, oh, my God. , What a pitiful little baby. Hahaha! Hahahaha! Go back to school to nurse! Boy! This is not the place you should be!"

After discovering that Moon's condition seemed a little bad, Professor Dumbledore had no choice but to stretch out a hand to support Moon. At the same time, he finally turned back and glanced at Bellatrix, "Since you don't Ken said, Bellatrix, just wait here slowly until the day he comes to save you - if that day really exists."

Bellatrix looked at the two people who turned to leave, and suddenly panicked, "Dumbledore! Please speak clearly! When did the Dark Lord resurrect! How is he now?! Dumbledore?" !”

"Dumbledore!!! Answer me!!!"

Bellatrix's resentful and heart-rending roar began to echo throughout the corridor. However, Professor Dumbledore completely ignored his meaning and just supported Moon all the way to the stairs. Then he slowed down for a moment.

"How are you, Moon?"

Moon, who had recovered a little, shook his head slightly and whispered: "I'm fine, Professor, it's just... Bellatrix has too many negative emotions, more than I expected. , it should be fine if you slow down a little bit."

"That's good." The old man put more strength on his arm to make Munn walk as easy as possible, and then led Munn all the way down the steps.

He knew very well that with Munn's current condition, staying in Azkaban would only worsen it further. Even if he wanted to rest, it was best to go outside the tower to get a moment of respite.

The dementors were still patrolling inside and outside Azkaban. The screams and groans in the corridors never stopped. Bellatrix's shrill screams behind them seemed to still be echoing - for a long time...

Chapter 14 Introduction to Horcruxes

"Bellatrix is ​​a crazy woman... all she can think about is Voldemort."

Sitting by the lake at Professor Dumbledore's resort, Moon drank a large glass of water in one gulp, and then finally felt more comfortable. He leaned back on the chair and said helplessly: "I traveled through her thoughts. For such a long time, apart from the disgusting murder and torture content, the rest was almost all related to Voldemort."

Professor Dumbledore drank black tea and listened quietly to Moon's words, while showing a hint of smile in approval.

"However, fortunately, I did find some clues." Moon pointed at his head.

In fact, Moon did not see anything useful or valuable in Bellatrix's thoughts.But fortunately, he already knew that Hufflepuff's golden cup was in Bellatrix's hands, and it was estimated that it was lying in Gringotts, waiting to be seen again.

Therefore, even though he didn't actually see anything just now, he could still tell Professor Dumbledore about the Golden Cup so that he could prepare in advance.

This was the real reason why he insisted on agreeing to Professor Dumbledore's idea and decided to go up and use Legilimency on Bellatrix - he knew about the Golden Cup very well, but there had to be a suitable person. Give reasons.

Bellatrix's Legilimency happened to be a perfect reason.

"There was a time in my memory when I saw Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange kneeling on one knee in front of Voldemort. Then Voldemort took out two things, respectively. It was handed into the hands of both of them. What was given to Lucius Malfoy was the diary I destroyed before. And what Bellatrix got was a shining golden cup - if I hadn't If you’re wrong, it’s probably Helga Hufflepuff’s golden cup that has been missing for many years.”

"Golden Cup...?" Professor Dumbledore nodded thoughtfully, and then whispered: "If you say so, then this thing is a coincidence..."

"After all, according to the real memories I got from Slughorn, Voldemort is probably not satisfied with just splitting a Horcrux since he graduated. And he is very likely to directly split it. His soul was divided into seven parts. If the golden cup was also made into a Horcrux by him, then I estimate that the tokens of several other colleges, except Gryffindor's sword, might have been stolen by Voldemort. Made into a Horcrux."

"You are right." Moon rubbed his hair. "But how can we confirm it? Bellatrix and her husband's properties have been confiscated, and the golden cup will most likely be placed in Gringotts. Is it possible? Are we going to go straight to Gringotts and talk to the goblins about our feelings and reasons? Anyway, I guess if we really do this, it will be a trivial matter if we are rejected by the goblins. I'm afraid they won't even have a chance to communicate. , just close the door and refuse to visit."

Moon crossed his arms in front of his chest. There was no abnormality in his current condition at all. The blue complexion caused by Bellatrix's Legilimency had completely returned to normal.

"You're right, Moon, but...I'm afraid I have to think about how to implement these two things." Professor Dumbledore said as he knocked lightly. The armrest of the chair beneath him: "Forget it, let's not talk about this for now. Let's have a good rest. I will take you home later."

Moon smiled indifferently, and then seemed to suddenly remember something, and asked quickly: "By the way, Professor, I have a question to ask you."

"Say." The old man looked at Munn with interest, waiting for Munn's next words.

"I'm a little curious, why do some Death Eaters seem to be completely unaffected even though they are staying in Azkaban and having wonderful and pleasant memories sucked away by dementors from time to time? Like? Like Bellatrix, except that her thoughts are confused, she doesn't seem to feel like she's about to collapse?"

"It's actually very simple, Moon, because of faith."

"Faith?" Moon became more and more confused.

The professor pondered for a moment, then said: "Yes, Moon, belief. Although it is a bad belief, those Death Eaters, including Bellatrix, all believe in Voldemort's authority and insist that Voldemort They can still make a comeback. Although the dementors can suck all the happiness out of their hearts, they can't completely erase their beliefs. That's why they behave better than other prisoners, as if they haven't been affected too much. It seems to have an impact.”

Moon suddenly understood, and then fell into deep thought.

After that, the two of them sat by the small lake for a long time, not chatting much, just resting.It wasn't until it was getting late and it was almost time for dinner that Professor Dumbledore stood up, greeted Moon, and raised his arm at the same time.

"Let's go, Moon, I'll take you back first."

Moon agreed, put away all his things, and then stood up, putting his hand on Professor Dumbledore's forearm.

The follower appeared again - the world was spinning, and the surrounding scene was once again stretched wildly into a grotesque appearance, which made Munn extremely uncomfortable.

Fortunately, after a second or two, Moon was already standing down-to-earth outside the gate of Shafiq Manor.

"Let me put that Horcrux ring with you first, Munn, lest I accidentally resist the temptation and actually put that ring on my hand." The old man patted Munn's shoulder lightly, "But , don’t be in a hurry to destroy that ring. It’s best to wait until school starts, and we will study the things related to that ring, and then make the final decision to see when and how we should put this thing away. Completely destroyed."

"Okay, I understand, Professor." Moon nodded and agreed to Professor Dumbledore's instructions, then turned to look at the lights at home, "Why don't you really have dinner here before leaving?"

"Let's forget it." The old man chuckled and said: "This time we went out, I took you to Azkaban. If Golov and the others find out, how can I still have the nerve to eat this dinner? "

"Okay." Moon was a little dumb for a moment, and simply stopped trying to persuade him. He just bowed to Professor Dumbledore, then turned around and walked into the manor.

Not long after, Professor Dumbledore's expression moved slightly as he looked at Moon chatting and laughing with his family members in the manor, as if he remembered something, but soon, this memory turned into a long sigh again.

The centenarian with a silver beard and silver hair smiled mockingly to himself, then turned around and disappeared.

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"Oen! Have you changed your clothes?! Hurry up! If you keep dragging your feet, you won't be able to go out to play today."

At ten o'clock in the morning, Moon's voice suddenly sounded outside Ern's room door, startling Ern who was struggling with which clothes to wear.

If someone else were at the door, such as Hesper or Quaid, then Ern would definitely add two sentences to save himself from appearing too "faceless".But the person standing at the door now was Munn. He couldn't keep his mouth shut, and he didn't dare to disobey Munn and continue to struggle.

So, the little guy simply closed his eyes, muttered a lot of words, blindly selected one of the clothes with his fingers, then unfolded the hem and put it on his head - the result is as you can imagine. Unexpectedly, because he was too hasty in putting on his clothes, Oen put on his clothes inside out, and almost performed a live performance of "being choked by the collar of fate".

"Come out, come out~" After finally getting dressed, Ou En quickly opened the door and shouted loudly, "I'm ready, Brother Moon, we can leave at any time."

Hearing this, Moon glanced at the time on his pocket watch. After thinking about it for a while, he finally gave up the idea of ​​traveling on the Knight Bus. Originally, he actually wanted to take his three younger siblings on the Knight Bus, but After thinking about it carefully, I decided to forget it.Not to mention whether we can guarantee not to be late in terms of time, if we think about it carefully, the crazy bumpy feeling alone is enough to bear.

What's more, today is the first time I've been to Cedric's house as a guest. It would be a little too hellish to bring a total of three younger brothers and sisters. As soon as they arrived at Cedric's house, all three of them started vomiting.

"Okay, now that everything is ready, let's set off. Let's go to the yard." Moon said something, and then walked out first.After all three younger brothers and sisters had followed him out, he took out the photos of Cedric's family, looked at them several times, and established a rough image in his mind.

The soft light of the teleportation technique suddenly lit up from Munn's feet, and soon enveloped Munn and the three of them, Hesper, who was full of novelty. Then - only a "whoosh" sound was heard, These little guys had disappeared into Shafiq Manor.

It has to be said that compared to the appearance of the follower, the teleportation technique feels much smoother. At least he no longer has to experience the feeling of being directly stuffed into a rubber pipe, and the speed is not inferior at all.

Of course, Munn's experience was also the experience of Hesper and the three of them. As the three people who experienced the beauty of teleportation for the first time, as soon as they arrived at the station, the three little guys started asking Munn questions. stand up.

Just when Munn was wondering what his inspiration for inventing this teleportation technique should be, Cedric's figure suddenly emerged from somewhere nearby and waved vigorously at Munn and his three younger siblings.

"This way! Hurry! Yaerlin is already here!"

Chapter 15 A party where three are missing temporarily

"Ah, you are here with your younger brothers and sisters. You must be Moon, right."

Just as Cedric walked into the house, a tall woman with a slightly ordinary appearance but full of gentleness and kindness came up to her with a friendly and decent smile on her face, which made people endure. I can't help but feel like a spring breeze.

"He is indeed a handsome boy. Seid tells us about you and your friendship every day. You are very welcome to our home. Come in and sit wherever you want. You don't have to be too polite."

"Excuse me, Mrs. Diggory, you are younger than Cedric told us. When I first saw you, I almost thought that Cedric had a sister that I haven't introduced yet." Moon said as he led As Hesper and the others walked into the house with Mrs. Digory, they flattered each other neatly. Cedric, who was walking at the end, suddenly turned red at Moon's words - in fact, he He has never told his friends that his mother looks very young.

Cedric felt embarrassed, but Mrs. Diggory smiled even more happily. Even though she knew that she didn't look that young, who doesn't like to hear beautiful words?She covered her mouth with a smile and led a few people to the sofa in the living room. Then she pointed to the kitchen, "Okay, you young people have a good time, so I won't disturb you anymore. There are snacks baking in the kitchen. I'll go over and watch." Click. Cedric, greet your friends."

Cedric, who was taking the pumpkin juice from the shelf in the living room, responded quickly, then quickly came to the coffee table, first handed a bottle of pumpkin juice to Ern, and then put the other bottles on the coffee table. Then he didn't forget to push the small color plate containing candies in the direction of the Hesper trio.

After finishing all this, he sat down on another armchair and said with a smile: "Gaal sent me an impromptu letter last night and told me that he might not be able to come over until after lunch today, so he will wait for a while At lunch time, we are the only ones."

While playing with the cap of the pumpkin juice bottle, Arlin asked Cedric curiously: "Huh? Ced, where is your father? Why didn't you see him today? I was already ready to see him chatting with Moon. Non-stop.”

His words immediately reminded everyone of the way Mr. Diggory kept chattering and refused to stop for a second when he took Cedric as a guest at Shafiq Manor a few years ago.Moon glared at Arlin speechlessly, and Hesper, Quaid, and Ooun all laughed.

Indeed, if Mr. Diggory were here, there would be no Edgar to attract his attention today. There is no doubt that Moon would become Mr. Diggory's main "talking partner."

Cedric chuckled and shook his head, "Don't worry, I didn't intend for you to have to accept my father's questioning when you come to my house as a guest. He has not been at home for the past two days. I specially selected him to go out on business." I’ll make an appointment with you when the time comes.”

"That's a good idea." Yaerlin rubbed his chin thoughtfully, seeming to have thought of something. "I was thinking that we have been to the three of you's homes before, but it's not easy to deal with mine. What if If you use this method... Anyway, my parents want to leave me behind every day and go out to play by themselves, or wait until the next time they go out, I will invite you to my house. "

"It is indeed possible, but wouldn't it be bad?" Moon reminded: "I mean, you have to at least tell your parents in advance, if they are not at home."

Arlin shrugged with an indifferent expression, "What are you afraid of? None of you three will damage my house anyway - and even if it does happen, Moon, you will definitely have a way to fix it for me, right?"

"...?" Munn was once again rendered speechless by Yaerlin. No, is this a matter of whether or not your house will be touched?

Besides, I can’t be sure what you and Gal can do together!

Before Munn could speak, Ouen, who had always been extremely well-behaved next to him, suddenly spoke with bright eyes, "Brother Yaerlin, if it's convenient, can I go with my brother?"

If it were Cedric and Gal, Ooun would most likely not be able to ask such a question - but Yaerlin?The last time the three of them visited Shafiq Manor, he and Ooun had the best time.

"Of course, it's just that my house is a little smaller than Cedric's house, and there's nothing interesting there." Arlin hit his knee with a bottle and thought hard for three seconds before finally saying, "Ah, I can take you Go see the goats.”

Moon and Cedric looked at each other, thinking, could this really be considered entertainment?Only Ouen, who has no inhibitions, was the most enthusiastic: "Okay! Look at the goats. Are they a very big group of goats? I have never seen so many goats!"

"Yes, there are a very big group of goats. Well, I think there are at least dozens of them." Yaerlin nodded. "It's a bit smelly, but they are generally very well-behaved and not afraid of people. Even if You can look very close and you won’t scare them away.”

Just like that, the topic suddenly and strangely shifted to the goat, and even Hesper and Quaid unconsciously joined in.Cedric was happy to find a topic that everyone liked to talk about, and he listened carefully beside him.

Moon wasn't very interested in goats, so he just sat aside and took advantage of this time to look at Cedric's living room.

The style here is not as luxurious as Shafiq Manor, nor is it as close to nature and simple in decoration as Violet's house, and it is very different from the decoration style of Gal's house.If I had to find a closer reference, to be honest, this place looks a bit like a burrow.

Of course, compared to the look of almost everything in the Burrow, where seven out of ten pieces of fabric were patched, Cedric's house at least looked much better off:

There are clean plaid curtains and sofa covers of the same style, varnished wooden bookshelves and coffee tables. The round dining table is covered with a light-colored tablecloth, and a tea set with a rose pattern is placed on it.In the whole room, only the clock next to the bookshelf looked a little older, but it was probably just an antique.Looking behind me, I can still see several small bottles on the windowsill with colorful and beautiful flowers in them.