Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

"I think maybe Professor Dumbledore is not expecting me to teach you anything through my experience, he just wants to use my thoughts at the time to tell you - as long as you firmly know who you are, then, even if No matter how many Dementors there are, they can't take 'you' away."

After hearing this, Moon was silent for a long time, and then suddenly said with a wry smile: "You suddenly said such philosophical words, I was a little uncomfortable for a while."

Sirius laughed and winked at Moon, as if to say, 'See, I knew Professor Dumbledore made a wrong decision in asking you to come to me. '

After that, the two walked around the forest twice more, until it was almost lunch time, and then they returned to the castle together.However, Moon did not go to the auditorium to eat. Instead, he returned directly to the dormitory. Then, while Cedric and the others were not around, he quietly took out a stone basin engraved with runes and various similar symbols from under the bed.

It was a pensieve that was temporarily lent to him by Professor Dumbledore to try to retrieve his own memory.

Moon used his wand to lead the pensieve and slowly floated it to his bedside table. At the same time, he stood in front of the pensieve.

The floating silver substances in the basin are spinning spontaneously and seem to attract people deep into it.Moon just stared at the center of the silver vortex, unable to tell whether he was hesitating or in a daze.It was not until 5 minutes later that he took out his wand in silence, pulled out a memory, and made it fall into the basin.

That was his memory in the third grade. Two heroic pumpkin knights were fighting each other in front of the castle gate. They were having a great time going back and forth.

Moon looked at the figures of himself and Violet in that memory, shook his head slowly, and then pulled out another memory and put it into the pensieve.

In the first grade, he and Cedric encountered Peeves for the first time. They were chased by Peeves armed with dung bombs and fled everywhere. Finally, they were saved by Professor Kump.At that time, they didn't know that Professor Kang Pu was also a "person with secrets."

The third memory was the scene when he hugged Uncle Golov when he came to Hogwarts in his first year;

The fourth memory is when he was a child and tried to get close to his two uncles for the first time;

The fifth memory is of him guarding the stroller and coaxing his many younger brothers and sisters;

The sixth memory was the first time he saw his mother An secretly drinking in her room and crying...

Finally, he pulled out a chaotic memory - it was the scene when he first came to this world. Their family was attacked. After An Qi's husband died in the battle, he took him to escape from the small home.

Moon's movements suddenly stopped. He tried to raise his wand several times, but he put his arm down again.

He has been trying to extract his earliest memories as much as possible, because he can almost conclude that the memories he has forgotten are not from after he came to this world, but before that.That is, the memory of his "past life".

So he was hesitant because he didn't know whether he could really extract the memory of that time.

For the first time in a long time, Moon was so confused.

Just like that, after hesitating in front of the Pensieve for more than a minute, he sighed and put the tip of the wand against his temple.

A wisp of silvery, mist-like stuff slowly escaped with the movement of the tip of the wand, and then was sent to the sky above the pensieve by the beautiful silver basswood wand, where it slowly floated down.

The rotation speed inside the pensieve suddenly seemed to speed up a bit. The next moment, countless fragmented scenes began to appear in it, making it impossible for Moon to see even one fragment of it clearly.It wasn't until the end of the entire memory that a scene that people could understand finally appeared - a thin young man with black hair and black eyes hovering in mid-air.

That was Hu Yueming, or in other words, the former Moon.

In that world without witchcraft or magic, it was naturally impossible for Hu Yueming to try to fly. He was sick, but it was not a brain disease.

It was a fall, a fall that took place in the silent night and would eventually lead that figure into the arms of death.

At this moment, Moon's face immediately became much pale again.

This is not a complete memory, or at least judging from the memory's performance in the pensieve, it is not a complete memory.On the contrary, it is more like... a memory that has been tampered with, and it is a very poor tampering - fragmented, twisted and empty, with a large amount of content losing its true details, leaving only a little bit that is completely broken. fragments.

But how is this possible?Who would tamper with his memory?

Moreover, tampered memories are often accompanied by a lot of noise and noise, but this memory is completely silent, without any sound.

Is the tampering really too clumsy, or is there another hidden reason?

Chapter 46 Making things worse

Moon didn't know and couldn't give him the answer. He could only try again with his memory.

But the next time the memory was pulled out, it was still like this. Almost 99%.99 of the content was in pieces, with only the last frame intact.The Hu Yueming in the picture has become younger. He may not look as old as Moon today. His complexion is still sickly fair, but his handsome face has a cheerful smile, as if he has encountered something interesting. things.

At this moment, the two teenagers looked at each other for a long time, as if they were looking at their other selves in the mirror, and it seemed that it was just a funny and ridiculous reminiscence and remembrance.

The tip of the silver basswood wand touched the pensieve again, taking back the memories that had been thrown into it one by one.Moon wordlessly put the Pensieve back under the bed, preparing to send it back to Professor Dumbledore in two days.

He sat slumped on the bed, and the hand holding the wand began to tremble slightly.As soon as he closed his eyes, he couldn't help but picture Hu Yueming's happy smile in his mind. However, the next moment, the picture that followed was of him falling, falling, and falling from the sky. Falling.

Then, there was no whole body left.

Those nightmares that could still be remembered seemed to have found a rare breakthrough, and began to blow the charge horn of attack into Moon's mind.

Moon reluctantly clenched his right hand, and with a slight wave, he closed all the curtains in the dormitory and his own bed curtains, then lay down weakly on the bed, gave up resistance, and slowly closed his eyes.

…………

Professor Slughorn's second gathering came as scheduled, just as he promised last time, with the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet, Barnabas Guffey, and Gervais of the Holyhead Harpies. Nog Jones showed up at the party one by one and chatted with everyone for a long time.Not to mention how happy Ron and Ginny were. Although the other little wizards were not as happy and excited as they were, most of them were very happy. Only Cedric was in the lowest mood.

It was already early October, but Moon showed no signs of improvement, and instead became increasingly taciturn.Moreover, Cedric finally discovered that Moon's mood was wrong this time, which was very different from the one in the third grade.

The last time Munn was silent, he showed more impatience and impatience.And this time...

Cedric even felt that Moon was becoming more and more indifferent, especially in the past few days, when he no longer even had the polite smile on his face.It felt a bit like Munn had built a high wall and sealed himself in it, ignoring no one and not communicating with anyone.When a professor asked him to ask a question in class, he just gave the answer to the question straightforwardly. The professors praised him, but he didn't say anything except nodding.

Even when they called Moon's name in the dormitory, Moon would not respond.

The only thing that seemed to Cedric to be good news was that he never noticed the sound of waking up from Moon's bed in the middle of the night.

Cedric could only hope that it was because Moon gradually stopped having nightmares after becoming like this.

At the end of the party, Cedric grabbed Violet and deliberately let the others leave first, leaving only the two of them at the end.

"Moon..."

"I know." Before Cedric could finish speaking, Violet had already answered softly.

Cedric swallowed and whispered: "Then you..."

"I'm also thinking of a way." Violet once again took the lead and said, "But you can also see that Moon hasn't...waited for us for a long time."

The two looked at each other, and both saw a bit of uneasiness in each other's eyes.

That's right, starting this week, Moon has completely entered a solitary state.For three consecutive days, when Cedric and Gal woke up, Moon had already left the room.When get out of class was over, he always left the classroom in a hurry, no matter how they shouted, he would not stop.

"I want to go to the professors for help." Cedric said in a deep voice, "We can't let Moon go on like this."

Violet walked forward slowly, while gently shaking her head, "Don't think about it, Moon must have already gone to find the professors."

Cedric became a little anxious in a rare moment. He clenched his fists and even raised his voice unconsciously, "What should we do? We can't just watch Munn go on like this, right? I think it will take another week or two. In time, he could have been sent to St. Mungo’s!”

The girl who deliberately leaned against the wall and walked in the dark lowered her head, bit her lip gently, and did not answer Cedric's words or say anything else.Cedric just became quiet, but the depression in his eyes became more and more.

On Saturday of this week, when it was just getting dark, Cedric, Gar, Arlin, Violet, Demi, Qiu and Nash appeared in the school newspaper office together - everyone took out a few hours to participate in today's meeting, except for Moon.Since the beginning of this semester, Moon has not visited the school newspaper office once in more than a month.

Of course, he only went to the Duel Club once.

When Hesper and Quaid also ran over panting, Cedric immediately stood up and said: "The situation is just like what I said before... What do you think-"

Cedric had just finished speaking when Quaid came forward with a gloomy expression and placed a copy of the Daily Prophet on the table.

"Don't worry, Cedric, you'd better take a look at this first."

None of these people here have just met Hesper and Quaid, but they have never seen the brother and sister as angry and dissatisfied as they are today.

Therefore, everyone immediately went over to check the newspaper, but after reading two pages in a row, they still found nothing.It wasn't until Violet pointed her finger at an advertisement sewn in the newspaper in astonishment that they understood why Hesper and Quaid had such emotions.

"The latest biography of Rita Skeeter: "Moon Fox: The Hero Born of a Lie"

Tomorrow at ten o'clock in the morning, Flourish and Blott Books will officially go on sale!

Exclusive news, shocking insider information, want to know the huge lies hidden under the reputation?It's all in this book! "

The entire school newspaper office suddenly fell into a deathly silence. It was not until a while later that Qiu asked with difficulty: "Is this Rita Skeeter the one..."

Several people answered yes at the same time. Seeing that Gal still seemed a little confused, Demi added: "Yes, it is the notorious biographer who likes to fabricate lies and scandals in biographies to attract people. Bastard of other people’s eyeballs.”

Yaerlin stared at the advertisement in the newspaper with confusion in his eyes, "Moon didn't offend her, why did she arrange for Munn?"

"Of course it's because Moon is famous." Nash grabbed his hair. "And I have to say... Moon is in big trouble this time. Although Rita Skeeter is notoriously annoying, She does have a large number of readers. It is definitely not comparable to Gilderoy Lockhart, yes, but she is also first-class, even top-notch in popularity. And each of her biographies can attract a large number of eyeballs, including Many people believe her lies."

"Brother Moon had an exclusive interview with her at home during the summer vacation!" Hesper finally couldn't bear it anymore. She grabbed the newspaper and tore it into pieces, not even wanting to use the magic wand. "She also wrote at that time There is a page full of good things! And Barnabas Guffey! Thank God Quaid and I were so polite to him before! I must write to Dad and ask him to trouble this idiot!"

Violet walked up to Hesper, patted Hesper's back gently, and then whispered to the others: "I think this may have been arranged by Moon."

This sentence undoubtedly became the second bombshell of the day. Everyone looked at Violet, as if it was hard to imagine how she could say such a thing.

Seeing this, Violet simply explained, "Although Moon's recent condition is not very good, he was not as serious as he is now during the summer vacation. As Hesper said, Rita Si Kit also conducted an exclusive interview with Moon, and went to Shafiq Manor in person. She is famous, and it is impossible for Moon to be wary of her. If Kit has any evil intentions towards Moon, he wants to By arranging his words, Moon would surely have discovered it by then.”

"It would be weird, wouldn't it, to suggest that Skeeter didn't want to feature Moon until after that? Even ignoring the inconsistencies between her interview and her biography, Mr. Guffey would have agreed to give her the ad. It is also a very suspicious thing, after all, the Shafiq family has a close relationship with the Ministry of Magic, and the Daily Prophet has always been controlled by the Ministry of Magic."

Violet's words made everyone think deeply, but Arlin, who had been arguing for a long time, saw the problem from these words at a glance.When it came to Moon, he did not hesitate and said directly: "No, the contradiction between the interview and the biography is more of a selling point of Rita Skeeter's book, and it is probably precisely because of the "Daily Prophet" "The relationship with the Ministry of Magic and the Moon family is why this advertisement appears in the middle of today's newspaper."

"You know, Rita Skeeter's previous biographies will be introduced in formal articles."

Violet was stunned for a moment. She looked at the newspaper scraps scattered on the ground, and suddenly she was not sure of her own thoughts.

Silence spread in the room again. After a moment, Cedric said in a hoarse voice: "Anyway, just like Nash said..."

"Now, Moon's situation is going to get worse."

Chapter 47 A Girl's Determination

Nash nodded in agreement, and then after hesitating for a moment, he said: "Cedric is right, Arlin's idea... is actually closer to that of the Daily Prophet than Violet imagined. The truth."

"Among us, apart from Moon, I probably know the Daily Prophet best." Seeing everyone looking over, Nash explained seriously, "In fact, the Daily Prophet is not That kind of media that is particularly obedient. On some more important matters, they must act as the mouthpiece of the Ministry of Magic to convey the Ministry's will to ordinary wizards. This is true. But other than that, at other times, " The Daily Prophet still has full autonomy."

"For example, if you carefully look through the past newspapers, or even think about it, you can probably remember that the Daily Prophet has published unfavorable remarks about the Ministry of Magic more than once, such as saying that 'the Ministry of Magic spends a lot of money to support its livelihood. "

"Furthermore, the more the reputation of the Ministry of Magic is damaged and its power is insufficient, the more likely it is that the Daily Prophet will do such a thing, and it is not impossible to even completely run counter to the Ministry of Magic - in short, the Ministry of Magic Although it has a close relationship with the "Daily Prophet", and it is even true to say that the "Daily Prophet" is the mouthpiece of the Ministry of Magic, this mouthpiece looks a bit like it was rented with money..."

Nash sighed heavily. "Among these contributors, Rita Skeeter is precisely the most famous one. In recent years, more than half of the articles that have satirized and criticized the Ministry of Magic in the Daily Prophet have come from Her writing. Therefore, just as Yaerlin guessed, at least just looking at the current content, I don’t think there is any sign of Moon’s arrangement.”

"After all, you have to know that Rita Skeeter never speaks well of others. She even dared to comment casually on the Ministry of Magic, let alone Moon? She would brag about it in that interview, probably just for To build momentum for her today. Maybe Barnabas Guffey had already planned all of this today by asking Skeeter to do an exclusive interview with Moon. Anyway, Moon is not really affiliated with the Ministry of Magic. Recently, there have been attacks by dark wizards from time to time, and the Ministry of Magic itself is also in a state of distress."

Little wizards, you look at me, I look at you, all of them were confused by these things for a while.

Moon's recent situation has been extremely bad, and now Rita Skeeter suddenly appears, along with a damn biography that has seen a ghost.Before one problem was solved, another one appeared.

Focusing on these messy things, the little wizards chatted in the office for nearly two hours.Everyone is thinking about other ways to help Munn, or what else they can do for Munn, but in their hearts, everyone here knows it, and they have to admit that——

Regarding Moon's emotional problems, they really couldn't find any way to help Moon.If we really want to talk about where we can make a difference, it can only be...

After Nash was the first to look intently at the school newspaper templates posted on the wall next to him, the other little wizards also followed suit.

Perhaps, at least they could do their best to protect Munn during this period.

…………

After making up their minds, everyone quickly dispersed.Eat breakfast when you need to, and go back to the common room to do your own business when you need to.Even if they want to protect Moon and launch a counterattack against Rita Skeeter, they must at least read the book "Moon Fox: A Hero Born of Lies" first.It would indeed be a bit ridiculous to start shooting randomly without even knowing the contents.

Violet did not go to breakfast with Demi and Cedric, but returned to the common room alone with her backpack, and then got into the dormitory.Although they went out very early, after chatting in the school newspaper office for so long, it was already early morning, and Keira and her other roommate had already gone to the Quidditch pitch together.Therefore, Violet was the only one left in the dormitory right now.

She casually placed her backpack next to the bedside table, picked up the water glass on the cabinet and took a sip, then slowly sat on the bed and yawned sleepily.

The bright sunshine shines directly through the dormitory window, making people feel lazy and sleepy.The breeze blew across the earth, causing the green grass in front of the window to lie down one after another, as if they were also planning to enter a deep sleep collectively.

In fact, she didn't sleep well these days.

Although Violet remained silent and didn't show much, in fact, even Cedric and the others were so worried about Moon's matter, how could Violet not be affected at all?Recently, she had even started to have trouble falling asleep - whenever she thought about what happened to Moon, she couldn't help but tossing and turning on the bed, and finally reached for the pocket watch beside her pillow.

More importantly, Cedric and the others might not realize that Munn had another nightmare until they heard the sound of Munn being awakened by a nightmare.And what about Violet?Whenever she opened her pocket watch and pressed the button, she would see the words "Having a nightmare" reflected on the cover of the pocket watch.

Especially in the past few days, as long as it was after ten o'clock in the evening, almost every time she looked at her pocket watch, Moon was deeply entangled in nightmares.

Many times, she wanted to recite that incantation to call Munn through her pocket watch and tell Munn that she was still with him.But just when the spell was about to blurt out, she swallowed it again.

Because she knew very well that Munn's recent state had been very bad. Before she could provide any practical help, her call might only bring burden to Munn, not just warmth.

She didn't want to gamble on the possibility.

Violet gently rubbed the pocket watch in her pocket, and her thoughts began to wander endlessly - she suddenly remembered what she had said to Moon during the holiday, if that woman Rita Skeeter really dared to read that book If she made something up, even if it was just a word, she would definitely find a way to make that woman look good. Maybe sending a few yelling letters would be a good choice.Of course, the more important thing is to clarify every bit of her content.

Maybe she could write a book specifically to refute what Rita Skeeter said?Anyway, that vicious woman doesn’t know Munn better than she does, not to mention that she still has Munn’s family and friends who can help.

But she couldn't help but wonder, was this really not Moon's arrangement?After all, Violet remembers very clearly that Moon clearly told her at that time that Rita Skeeter would write a biography about him, and there would be a lot of bad content in it, which also involved Moon's plan or something.She couldn't tell others these words, but she knew them very well.

According to what Moon said at that time, Violet should actually be convinced that all this was arranged by Moon.But, but, Moon's current situation could not be part of his arrangement. Otherwise, why wouldn't Moon have told him in advance?

The more she thought about it, the more confused and annoyed she became. In the end, some exaggerated pictures even began to appear in her head - Moon with an indifferent face walking in Diagon Alley, and the streets were full of people who couldn't see anything. The wizards and witches who had cleared their faces were pointing and talking at Munn.Violet couldn't help but explain and clarify for Moon, telling them that everything was false and that Moon would never be what Rita Skeeter said, but no one listened to her.

But when she turned back to look at Moon, Moon had already walked very far away, so that she could only see a lonely back.

Violet clutched her pocket watch tightly, and then looked at the photo of her and Moon on the bedside table with a sense of grievance.

It was a new one she put on after school started. In the photo, Mu En was lying on the back of the sofa, smiling brightly. She was sitting in front, secretly pressing her hands against the back of the sofa, using her position to support Mu En. En's chin, and at the same time did not forget to reveal the bracelet on her wrist.

After staring at the photo for a while, Violet suddenly made up her mind.

Anyway, when she was at Moon's house, she said she would clarify it for Moon after the biography came out, and Moon had no objection.That proves that no matter whether Moon has arrangements for this matter or not, her actions will not have any impact.

So, she just did this - if something went wrong in the end, it would be because that bastard Moon didn't explain everything clearly.