He took a big sip from his teacup."
There's definitely something going on in the school, and I informed Dumbledore and Professors McGonagall......
Minerva had just gotten rid of Umbridge, and the deputy minister had lost his temper and choked on it. ”"I need to go to the Ministry of Magic."
I lit the stove and poured the green Floo powder from the cassette above the fireplace and threw it in."
What can happen to the Ministry of Magic in broad daylight......"
Bellini couldn't keep up with the rhythm: "Professor, how did you come to be like a great enemy?"
”"I'm afraid something will happen.It's better to be cautious. ”Professor Flitwick nodded at me and said, "I've informed the Order of the Phoenix at headquarters, Vincent, it's not a big problem for you to go first."
I'll stay at the school - it's unclear exactly where the target is, at least someone has to guard Hogwarts. ”We suddenly became nervous."
Who are you in the headquarters?""
It's just Tonks."
Flitwick said, "Tonks said she would be able to connect with others soon. ”I bent down and stepped into the fireplace and shouted, "Ministry of Magic." ”#一瞬间我就在眩晕中走出壁炉, stepping on the sturdy, shiny tiled floor of the Ministry of Magic.Unexpectedly, the fire behind him lit up again.Bellini stepped out of the flames, and while he was tidying up his hair, he walked out, smearing all the soot on his face - will this guy never grow up?
I moved my mouth to try to convince him to go back, after all, the Death Eaters lurking in the Ministry of Magic weren't kind ice-cream uncles.Unexpectedly, Bellini said as a matter of course: "We are a team." ”It seems to be a tacit acquiescence that we need to act together, in and out of places where the danger is higher than we can handle."
Well, it can be dangerous down there, you really don't need to ......"
"If something does happen that puts D.A. in danger, it means that there are a bunch of people waiting for you to save them......
Bellini said.My heart skipped a beat, remembering my terrible rescue operation at Easter last year, and I was ready to be accused of failing to act.Unexpectedly, Bellini continued: "Then you must need an extra man to help you clean up the situation." ”Last Easter, I forgot about Bellini himself and Lydia's corpse in a moment of confusion, and returned to school with Harry alone, and it was about half an hour before I remembered them.On the premise of such an untrustworthy black history, this guy still insists on being with me.As I was being overwhelmed by the treatment, Bellini sensed what I was thinking, and said, "After that incident—for months I blamed you for the Muggle burning of Lydia's body, but my mother reminded me that you had always done things properly, and that if you had made such a big mistake, it must have been too much for you to take care of yourself."
Not only did I fail to do much in the crisis, but I blamed ......"
"I mean, it's taken so long to talk about it — I'm sorry.I was also a failed partner at the time and didn't help you, so I didn't have any position to ask you for anything. ”I didn't know what to do with him for a while.Bellini shrugged, "Let's go, we still have something to do when we come to the Ministry of Magic." ”I ran swiftly across the hall with him, and the Ministry of Magic was emptied, which was unsettling, but my head was thinking of something else.I—did I get one of these companions, too?
I know what kind of trouble I might encounter, just like the disaster of Easter, but I still don't hesitate to follow my companions.It feels really amazing.It can probably be recalled that nearly twenty years ago, Sirius, Jaime, and Luping, who had just graduated, were not afraid of troubled times and war, and they were inseparable from the support of their classmates.The elevator clattered to the ground, and Bellini lowered her breathing and clutched her wand tightly.If you are afraid, why should you follow?
The elevator fence opened, and the dark corridor appeared in front of us, and the torches on the walls at both ends of the corridor flickered and dimmed, making it difficult to see the road in front of us, which made people even more nervous.Barely discernible screams rang from the depths of the hallway."
That looks like Luna."
Bellini said, and then noticed that his voice trembled amazingly, and quickly cleared his throat.We followed vigilantly with our wands in hand, and found a large pool of blood at the doorway at the end of the hallway, which had not yet coagulated, and the blood had extended into the fork in the road on the left.There were no torches, silence in the darkness."
Who's ......?"
Bellini asked quietly.A few paces away there was a whimpering sound in the darkness, and we took half a step back and lit our wands."
Ginny!"
Bellini shouted, "Mr.
Weasley!
What's wrong with him, okay?
”Ginny cried in the faint light as she held her father's lifeless body."
Hermione's medicine didn't work, he ......
His blood never stopped......
"It's the venom of the basilisk."
Bellini was helpless and turned to look at me.But this kind of thing can cause headaches even for St.
Mungo's doctors, and I'm good at attacking magic, and I don't know much about healing spells."
Put some more bandages."
All I could say was a whole bunch of bandages coming out of the wand segment at the same time, all piled on the ground.Was this the bait that Harry had come to the Ministry of Magic?
Sirius was on his mission and would send us letters every two days, and Voldemort didn't know where he was, so he found the father of Harry's best friend?
No, this matter had to be launched at the same time as the raid in Hogwarts, and Voldemort couldn't have arranged for the Order of the Phoenix to be on duty at the door of the Department of Mysteries, so Mr.
Weasley was just unlucky enough to run into their actions.There was no need to actually capture any hostages, as long as he created the illusion of some important person being injured in Harry's vision, Harry would definitely come over.Mr.
Weasley could have been lured away, like Flitwick at the critical moment and McGonagall entangled by Umbridge, but they still hurt him badly.This is a fateful injury.Speaking of what was destined to happen in the dimly lit premises of the Ministry of Magic, Mr.
Weasley's dying vision shifted to Sirius' appearance in his imagination.The Ministry of Magic was the most dangerous place for him, and I walked past Bellini, who somehow comforted Ginny, and asked directly, "Is there anyone else in there besides the Death Eaters and the students?"
Has anyone from the Order of the Phoenix arrived?
”Ginny shook her head.She suddenly became resolute: "Let's go, it's useless for you to stay here."
Help Harry protect the Prophecy Orb!
Be careful!
”I nodded and turned the doorknob away.Bellini hurriedly followed: "What is she talking about, prophecy ball?"
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”"I know."
I say."
The Death Eaters probably came for this."
The Department of Mysteries is a mess.The broken walls were dusty in the air, and there were even more large and small broken bricks and tiles under his feet, hindering walking.As soon as I saw Luna on the ground, I was distracted by an attack that broke out.Hermione flew out of one of the many doors, completely unaware of us, her gaze swept over the wall on the other side, without pausing for a moment, as she rushed straight into a marked door and quickly slammed shut.That's when someone behind her rushed out, no doubt a hulking Death Eater, who had lost Hermione's tracks, and then rushed at us waving his wand.Bellini was the first to pronounce the stun spell, but missed.This made the Death Eater even more excited, and he quickly approached across the atrium in a few steps, growing in size as the distance shortened, his face bruised, and he chanted a curse with a tyrannical air.Helen had already engraved a sense of battle in the bones of her son, who had been trained since childhood.I instinctively tilted my head sideways, and the spell brushed against my ears with a scorching heat, striking the door behind me with an exaggerated, corrosive sound.This kind of wizard who only recklessly fires spells and has no strategy is too easy to see through.I cast a spell in the gap between his breath after he finished chanting a spell.He was already very close, and the muscle lines on his face with a sinister smile made people feel sick to see it.The timing of my spell surprised him, but his eyes showed even greater naked/naked/naked murderous intent, excitement, and pride, and he flicked the tip of his staff and stopped casting another spell.I thought Death Eaters were so stupid that they wouldn't do magic.However, even if it could, it wouldn't change anything.The Iron Armor Spell he unleashed only hindered my magic for a second, and then the spell fell on me, and the smiling big man suddenly stopped moving, relying only on the momentum he had just used to fall here.I caught up, shifted my wand to my left hand, and punched him in the throat.He kicked him again, lest he fall in the way."
Solved."
I beckoned Bellini to step forward.After a brief moment of shock, he said, "You will be a good Auror in the future!"
”To be honest, I didn't envision what I was going to do after I graduated.After that, there was no one else in the hall, and once we were sure that Luna, who was lying on the floor, was not in danger of her life, we searched every room while marking the door.Ron was next to a large fishbowl-like thing, with a slippery and sticky squirming head that looked like a brain thing, and the thing behaved like an octopus that would not let go, wrapping his entire head tightly.However, judging from the movement of his limbs, he is not in danger of life.In another room, we find Neville, who is lame, dodging between smoke-strewn stands with a Death Eater, the Death Eater firing spells like crazy, and Bellini coldly shoots a stun spell from his back, hitting the unsuspecting Death Eater.The guy staggered and fell."
Well done."
I said."
Really?"
Bellini was eager to fight again."
I hit 50 percent.""
Yes, based on two battles, this probability is indeed very convincing."
I say it sincerely.Neville limped over to see the danger lifted."
What about the others?"
I asked.Neville didn't know anything, and it was said that after Harry got the prophecy ball, they scattered in a frenzy."
What the hell is going on, what are you doing here at the Ministry of Magic?
And what about the officials here?
”Bellini asked."
I don't know......"
Neville looked more dazed than we were, "We were having a celebration party, and Harry suddenly jumped up and said that he had just seen Mr.
Weasley, and also, said that something had happened to Mr.
Weasley.Most people thought he was a nightmare, but Harry insisted on contacting the Order of the Phoenix.A small number of us came out."
Unexpectedly, Umbridge's special investigation team has set up sentry posts everywhere today, and we were discovered in a panic, and they also discovered the Room of Requirement......
Hey, I don't know what happened to the people who stayed.Anyway, we ran out before we were surrounded, followed Harry to an office, and came through the fireplace. ”It's pretty much what I envisioned.We told Neville to hide and get ready to leave."
Hey," he hesitated and stopped us, "what is this?"
Malfoy seemed angry when they had broken the shelf just now. ”He pulled out a small hourglass.The fine sand inside tumbles with a mesmerizing soft light."
If you hadn't knocked that Death Eater down, I'd have crushed this thing."
Neville scratched his head: "Vincent, if you know it, that's for you."
You might be able to use it when you go to Harry. ”I took that little hourglass.He searched the room again with his magic, and finally determined that it was the only one left in the mess.The time turner that survived.I don't think that now under the watchful eye of the rules of the world, I can have room for me to switch times except for disrupting the plot here.However, this kind of thing in the hands of someone else can lead to bad results, so I thanked him and took it.We've finally found Harry in the confrontation with Lucius Malfoy.The moment I opened the door of the room, I could perceive the ominous aura emanating from inside, which was very disgusting, and my intuition told me that it was wise to close the door and leave, but now was not the time to rely on intuition.Bellini and I stepped into the door, a circular room, with stairs leading down to an arch on the final platform, from which the sound of evil and ill-intentioned whispers still sounded in our ears from such a distance.By this time, Harry was about to smash the prophecy ball, and Malfoy was racking his brains to end the stalemate.The battle on the other side of the arch was in full swing, with Bellatrix Lestrange waving her wand and a barrage of vicious provocations from her mouth, her opponents Cedric and Cho.Cedric deserves to be the winner of the Triwizard Tournament – and while the rest of the players have fallen early for various reasons, that doesn't mean he's lost the title.Hufflepuff's attitude changed from his usual calm attitude, and his eyes sharpened, staring closely at Lestrange jumping up and down.Cho is occasionally disturbed by Bellatrix's shrill laughter, but she works well with Cedric and does some unexpected tricks, and for a while, the two students are evenly matched with the outlaws from Azkaban.The two of them can have such a tacit understanding, and it is obvious that there is no hope for Yves Flolet, who has been pursuing Senior Yves Flolet for nearly ten years.Bellatrix was too far away from us, with a huge/large arch in between, and I had to carefully look for an angle to attack her along the top circle, and I had to keep it on the easy target because of the tallest and most conspicuous position."
Little girl, come over a little more."
After another spell that missed her head because of the distance, Bellatrix had more words in her mouth, and she grinned at Cho, "Hahaha, I'll treat you well - in front of your little boyfriend."
Seriously, I've been a fan of this approach since I've dealt with Longbottom one by one......
Torment you, and your little lover will be worse than you beg. ”Cedric could no longer pretend not to hear, his face was horribly gloomy, but before he could do anything, a man rushed out from behind us and went straight at Bellatrix.It's Neville Longbottom.He lunged at Lestrange, waving his wand and chanting incantations, all of which were greatly disfigured out by the jolt of the rush down.Bellat Links didn't even look at him squarely, and used a spell to freeze him.Then she said some kind of incantation to Neville.Neville's hands and feet seemed to be bound by magic, and his whole body twisted and rolled awkwardly on the ground, eventually curled up in a ball of pain, trembling violently."
It's the Drill Heart Curse!"
Bellini was taken aback and angrily rushed down to help."
Do you want to get a result with him?"
I grabbed him: "It's hard to control the direction when you rush down suddenly, and you can't hide when the spell comes—I'll go over."
You watch from the sidelines, or go and help Harry keep an eye on Malfoy, and don't call him a trick. ”With a wave of my wand, I cast a Transfiguration Charm on a full circle of steps, some of which melted, paved, and turned into a slope, and I turned one side of the gravel into a skateboard, jumped on it, and rushed to the bottom, landing on the platform before the two Death Eaters could come to their senses, and dashed forward a few steps to lose momentum, standing right on the other side of Bellatrix.She knocked Cedric and Cho away with several spells in a row, and turned around to clean up Longbottom.Over there, Lucius Malfoy suddenly screamed, "No!
You idiot!
”We looked over and saw a look of exasperation in the smoke, Harry and Bellini looked stunned, and the pearl-colored figure in the shape of Professor Trelawney stood up, opening its mouth and closing it in the middle of its gaze.Lestrange immediately let out a squeaky sound that made me frown, screaming and cursing Harry, throwing Longbottom aside, and about to rush over, "I'm going to kill you!"
”To everyone's surprise, the door to the room was slammed open again, and spells poured into the house along with the flying cloaks of the Order of the Phoenix's wizards, and they were fired one after another, causing Ranstrange and Malfoy to retreat.Looking through the door of the room, the scene in the hall was even more chaotic, the Death Eaters we hadn't met just now were chased and scattered by the members of the Order of the Phoenix, and the fluorescence of the magic spell that flashed even overshadowed the dim light emitted by the room itself, illuminating the serious and angry expressions on the faces of those who came to support them strangely.Among them, Sirius was at the forefront of the eagerness - everything seemed to be back in the right direction.But I was in a trance.No, to be exact, from the time I arrived at the Ministry of Magic, I wasn't very in shape.Bellini has expressed his willingness to fight with me in a real way, and it is a gamble to be my teammate rather than to keep a low profile at a time when war is on the verge of breaking out.I thought that even if I secretly changed the world a lot according to my own mind, I was just an outsider who could get out at any time, but now?
Not only did I begin to worry about the safety of my friends, but I also eliminated several members of the Boyle faction in order to make sure that nothing went wrong; On the other hand, I've got someone like Jaime and Harry who can stick a knife in my ribs.Bellini wouldn't even be the first, because I knew Sirius cared about me as closely as Harry did.So there are two.Maybe we can add Danqi.
(Ask him afterwards to subtract if he doesn't want to) That's three.Before I knew it, I had developed such a close mutual bond with the world.I've probably long since moved away from the norms of life that I imagined myself to be here.The initial sense of unreality and alienation from the world has been swept away by the real relational bond.I let out a long exhale.Since the established trajectory of this world has been broken by the butterfly effect one by one, what am I still afraid of?
As long as I don't put the necessary information out of my mouth, I can nip all unwanted futures in the bud with my wand.I want to protect these people who are trying to protect me.Yes, that's what I'm going to do.In an instant, Bellatrix retreated to the other end of the room, barricading Harry inside, Sirius striding over the last few steps, the arch of death just a few paces away.Now that I know what is going to happen, how can I allow the tragedy here to play out as planned?
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Bellatrix screeched, deliberately stumbling Harila, bound to anger the eager Sirius.The arch magnified infinitely in my eyes, and the surface texture of the dark gray particles was clear.I looked up and looked away from the arch.You won't be allowed to commit another human life.Don't let your smug sneer grow wilder.I stood much closer to Bellatrix and rushed towards her, intent on getting rid of the witch before the two men could spell each other.Yes, no longer passive, no longer pushing the boat, no longer calculating and evasive, for the first time in five years, I am so eager and impulsive to change a great fate.I think I figured it out.Bellatrix saw me rushing ahead, and she laughed, "Okay, another one." ”Her tousled hair fluttered in the air as she tilted her head.I watched her every move, not wanting to waste a second in a stalemate with her, hoping for a quick victory, or even a fatal blow.I teleported quickly and with great precision, as we were less than five meters apart from each other, and the first thing I did was put a strong armor charm between Harry and her, and my feet sped up, rushing to a distance where even a wand could hardly swing it.She seemed to think I was desperate to get my wand or something, and there was a sneer in her eyes.Bellatrix raised his wand high and cripped his wrist to me and chanted a spell, and in the afterglow Malfoy cast a spell at me, I ignored the two spells, didn't dodge, crashed into front of her, swung my hand around my wrist, took the wand back, and stabbed it into her eye socket.From an early age, Helen insisted that I choose the hardest and strongest wood instead of a wand that suited me.The wand is always part of my body, and I know every movement of it, and this is the only way to ensure that every spell is precise and powerful.Therefore, at this moment, I felt the tip of the rod break through the soft vitreous humor, the elastic tendons, and finally poke into the brain that feels very good.This is the time to stir it up and then □□ it.But I didn't have time, Bellatrix's spell had just blurted out, the tip of the staff was so close at hand, and I quickly remembered what spell she had just recited.At this time, Harry, who had been held hostage, finally broke the armor charm I had given him and pushed me with all his might.The green light narrowly brushed me past and smashed to the ground.It's a death curse.Before I could think of it, Malfoy's spell flew over me and landed on me, and I staggered down the momentum, planted among the broken stones.I got up.Looking at Sirius as he pounced, and the rest of the crowd was looking at me (except for Malfoy, who was tied up with a dirty face).I didn't know what to say, but when I scratched my cheek, I realized that there was blood all over my face.I looked down and saw that my robe was all over it.I was a little unsteady and staggered, and Sirius quickly raised his hand to hold me up.He didn't have to worry about it, the blood was supposed to be Bellatrix's.I said, "Not my blood." ”Then my heart ached, and I came back and spit out a mouthful of fishy blood.…… It's awkward.Kindness.I wiped my mouth: "This time it's my blood."
Malfoy's Spell......
But it's not a big deal. ”Everyone's eyes seemed a little scorching, and I suddenly broke away from Vincent's violent supremacy thinking, and realized that such a method would be dishonorable, ruthless, and unsparing, and it was not at all what a fifteen-year-old should do.I bowed my head."
I'm sorry for what I just did.I was too impulsive. ”Sirius said, "There's nothing to apologize for."
You don't have to feel sorry for who you really are. ”"You can do whatever you want, as long as you don't do anything that goes against your conscience.""
And I'm sure you won't," he said. ”###如果就到此为止的话, the events of the Ministry of Magic would have ended so peacefully.Because not even Voldemort himself appeared, or he did, but saw Harry surrounded by members of the Order of the Phoenix and didn't make a move.The large army withdrew in an orderly manner, and in the deepest part of London's subterranean world, only Bellatrix, my cousin of blood, lost her life today.Dumbledore treated the injuries of a few of the students, and then arranged for everyone to return to Hogwarts, while he held his hands, and prepared to stay in the halls of the Ministry of Magic to wait for Minister Fudge and all his unreliable men to give us an explanation.The people carried Hermione, Neville, Luna, and other students who couldn't move away, and Bellini and I chatted lightly, casually at the back of the line.Bellini was so excited that he couldn't stand still, he was relatively successful in his first battle, although he dropped the prophecy ball, but after summing himself up, he felt that in the last ten minutes, he was very powerful in helping Harry resist Lucius Malfoy's obscenity and oppression.And most notably, when people later searched for Death Eaters in various corners of the house, Bellini was sent to a seemingly safe room to find the D.A., and he actually confronted a Death Eater alone.In the end, he was unscathed, and the Death Eater was covered in all kinds of evil curses.This was a bit of a surprise to me, but it made sense, after all, Bellini was a descendant of the Aurors and MI6, a Ravenclaw, even if he didn't look eye-catching in normal times, but he was still an excellent student.It was at this time that Fudge walked out of the fireplace with a distraught face, followed by a group of equally bitter-faced members.As soon as Fudge entered the hall, he felt that something was wrong, and when he looked up, he saw a large number of Hogwarts students and Dumbledore's cronies, and for a moment, he probably jumped up and ran for his life.But in the end, it was the Minister who had gone through the vicissitudes of life, and he steadied himself and frowned at Dumbledore."
You'll have to give us an account of the Death Eaters' plans and attacks in the Ministry, Minister."
Dumbledore's tone was unpressing.Fudge looked surprised: "You guys got the news pretty quickly. ”We're right in the middle of the incident.Fudge was clearly not thinking the same thing as we were, but he didn't notice it, and he seemed to think that we were waiting here to force trouble with him for something less relevant.He was not to blame for the fact that even Britain's most imaginative wizard would not take the initiative to assume that the Ministry of Magic headquarters was being used as a center stage for fraud and kidnapping.Fudge waved his hands, "Well, well, I didn't expect that the Death Eaters' power was indeed out of control. ”Then he turned his head and saw Bellini stunned on the side."
Why did you bring him too?"
Fudge frowned and said to Dumbledore, "Do you need to do this?"
I know it's a terrible thing, but you really shouldn't have called the family as well, and little Hornby should be with the rest of the family. ”At this point, we suddenly guessed who was involved in what caused Fudge's headache.My heart sank hard."
What do you mean?"
Bellini's eyes widened, and he asked, stunned.Fudge looked around for a moment, and then realized that something was wrong.In full view of everyone, he walked over very happily, took off his hat, and wiped the sweat from his head again and again with a handkerchief."
I never thought I'd tell you this......"
Fudge avoided Bellini's gaze, "since ......
Alas, child, what shall I say......
Well, a few hours ago, we got the news that Auror command posts across the country were being raided to varying degrees of surprise - "So, my mom ......"
Bellini said in despair.Fudge hissed, shifting his weight from his left foot to his right foot and back to his left."
It's not actually Mrs.
Hornby on duty today......"
Fudge's words gave a glimmer of hope to everyone's hearts, but he then added, "But unfortunately, the Death Eaters pressed her whereabouts and rushed over, right in the streets of Muggle City......
Mr. and Mrs.
Hornby were defenseless......
"Several hands were stretched out around them, ready to help Bellini under the blow, but he was surprisingly firm."
Anyway, the ministry will pay you enough compensation."
Fudge spoke much faster this time, and finished his words in one go: "We regret the matter of Ling Zun and Ling Tang, this operation was completely unanticipated by the Ministry of Magic, and it is our responsibility.Please mourn. ”He turned to leave, then replied, "Mr.
Hornby seems to be a Muggle, Kinchard......
Right?
”"It's an agent!"
Bellini shouted out loudly, I heard Mr.
Hornby nagging many times every day at his house, because the light of Ms.
Hornby's wizarding identity always overshadowed a small plot of the six agents: "A hero who protects state secrets!"
”"Hmm......"
Fudge was a little embarrassed, and accidentally revealed his natural disdain for Muggles: "In short, Mr.
Hornby's unusual death may cause a shock and uproar among Muggles, and the department is responsible for explaining and reporting to his unit throughout the whole process."
Try to get more treatment for him......
That's it. ”He put on his hat and hurried away, without looking back.The author has something to say: Chapter 103 Danqi suddenly wrote because he had something important to tell him.At the beginning, I would like to ask you emphatically: Are you still as comfortable with what you have learned at Hogwarts as you were before?
The reason for mentioning this is that we suspect that the conflict in the wizarding world can no longer be confined to the wizarding world.In your capacity, something big happens and you may be the first to bear the brunt.Yesterday there were two big things happening in the wizarding world.One was that Voldemort had set a big trap in order to hurt Harry - I had a certain responsibility, Dumbledore gave me the only task I had to observe the undercurrents among the students, and I had a great negligence in looking after Harry.The members of the D.A. met with the Death Eaters in the empty Ministry of Magic, but fortunately the Order of the Phoenix arrived just in time and caused no irreparable casualties.It is worth mentioning that Bellini performed really well in this fight, and he deserves to be the son of the Hornbys.
(I killed Sirius' cousin Bellatrix in this fight, which was a bit of a stretch, but the people I cared about were fully tolerant.)I was touched......
But that's not the point. ）Fudge, who arrived after the incident, brought the news that the Hornby couple had been killed in the streets of Muggles during a Death Eater raid.I've been living at Hornby House from first grade until last year, and they've become like family to me.I can't accept the news, let alone speculate on the inner pain of our best friend.I feel even more sad at the thought that this inevitably happened, but I couldn't help him in any way, and now I can only be stupidly by the side, unable to think of any good way to help him share his pain.Professor McGonagall said that Bellini would not be at school until Thanksgiving, and that I could stay with his grandfather.For the rest of the day after learning the news yesterday, Bellini looked like he hadn't come back to his senses.This morning he got out of bed in a daze, squinted his eyes and said, "Vincent, I was so scared to death from my dream last night......"
I sat on the edge of the makeshift bed, stiff as if I had been immobilized.