Chapter 229: Hogwarts without Della - A night of chaos caused by Miss White (1)
A waning moon hung in the sky. Under the clear moonlight, two dark shadows, one large and one small, moved through the heavily guarded Hogwarts Castle.
Crookshanks, who Ron just thought had eaten Scabbers, was jumping in front, and Sirius, who had turned into a big black dog, was following behind with the motionless Miss White on his back. They were going to the infirmary to see Harry, who was injured and left the Quidditch field today.
"This is too risky," Miss White, who had turned into 13-year-old Della because of her size, lay on the black dog and whispered in its ear, "You are too impulsive, Sirius."
"Woo—" The black dog whined in a low voice, without stopping at all. He had to go and see Harry.
Today, February 22nd, is the day of the match between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. It should also be the day when his godson Harry Potter will ride on a rocket crossbow to shine. Sirius has been looking forward to this for a long time, so this time he still broke through the encirclement of Dementors and did everything he could to get to the Quidditch field.
But Harry only rode an ordinary Comet onto the court, with a very numb expression on his face. Although the weather was so mild today, the passion on his face was not even as much as in the match against Slytherin on that rainy day. At halftime, he was hit by a Bludger, which was not difficult to dodge, and was hurriedly sent to the infirmary.
It was when people hurriedly sent Harry to the infirmary that Sirius pieced together Harry's recent situation from a few words: "depressed", "crying without warning", "can only fall asleep with the help of sleeping potions in the past half month", "calling for mom and dad in his dreams"...
Sirius' heart was broken when he heard the news. He realized that his brave Savior's son was just an orphan. He also remembered James' parents who made him feel at home.
Little Harry could have had such a friendly family, if not - if not!
He would tear Peter Pettigrew to pieces!
But now, he wants to see little Harry...
"All they can do now is wish us good luck," said Miss White, leaning against Della's face, speaking Della's voice, but with a prayerful expression on her face that Della never showed.
Crookshanks in front suddenly sped up. His bent legs did not affect his flexibility at all. The black dog only had time to "woop" in response to Miss White, and then followed the yellow cat attentively again.
They carefully avoided every sleeping painting and were alert to every corner where a ghost might jump out. They arrived at the infirmary safely. Crookshanks first rushed into the infirmary, and after confirming that there was no one inside, he came out and motioned Sirius to go in.
Sirius rushed in like the wind, carrying Miss White on his back, and saw Harry, who was sleeping soundly on the bed with a frown on his face.
"Harry..." Sirius turned back into his ragged human form, with Miss White in his arms. He took a few big strides to Harry's bed, but at this moment when he could reach out and touch his beloved godson, he felt infinite panic in his heart.
Most of the time, he was a willful person who only cared about his own ideas. Sirius knew this clearly and never worried about it, but could his godson, who was in great pain because of the departure of his parents, accept the touch of someone he considered an enemy?
"Hoo--" Sirius breathed out, resisting the urge to stroke Harry's face. He gently placed Miss White on the side of Harry's bed, "Please take care of the rest, Miss White."
As soon as he finished speaking, Miss White's black hair turned a fiery red, and her figure instantly grew larger, completely turning into Lily's appearance in Godric's Hollow.
Because the spell that Della had cast on her had not yet been broken, Miss White could only move her green eyes. She glanced at Sirius, who had a sad face, and sang the Schubert lullaby that Sirius had taught her in Lily's voice.
"Go to sleep, go to sleep, my dear baby."
"Mom is in my dream. Rocking you gently."
"The cradle rocks you, and you will be at ease soon."
"..."
Miss White sang this lullaby that Lily had sung to little Harry countless times in the past. Her voice was gentle and soothing, and the expression on her face became even gentler because of the soft lyrics. As she sang, she actually added a bit of maternal love to her voice.
"Go to sleep, go to sleep, my dear baby."
"Daddy's arms will always protect you."
"All the happiness and warmth in the world belong to you."
"..."
Listening to Miss White's lullaby, Harry's frown slowly relaxed. "Mom..." he muttered. Tears slid from the corners of his eyes into his messy black hair, but a happy arc appeared at the corners of his mouth.
"..." Although it was his idea, Sirius could not stand such false comfort. His throat rolled and he roughly wiped his eyes that were about to shed tears. He looked away, no longer looking at the sad happiness on Harry's face, and caught a glimpse of Harry's wand that he had casually placed on the bedside in the moonlight.
"Lumos, Lumos." Sirius took the wand and chanted the simplest lighting spell. The wand in his hand lit up with intermittent faint light. In the past ten years, the Dementors had almost sucked away his magic power, and now he couldn't even chant the simplest spell.
"Stop the curse, stop the curse..." Sirius was not sad about the loss of his magic power. He just held the wand and tried his best to recite the universal counteracting spell to Miss White, "Stop the curse, stop the curse..."
"Sleep, sleep, my dear baby,"
"Mom loves you, Mom likes you."
"A bouquet of lilies, a bouquet of roses," Miss White noticed Sirius's movements. She looked at him and moved her neck. In the moment of surprise at this long-lost movement, Miss White sang a wrong word, "When you wake up, everything will be given to you. Go to sleep."
"Stop the spell, stop the spell..." Sirius gave Miss White a reassuring look and continued to work hard to break the powerful immobilization spell left by Della Riddle. Miss White sang a lullaby again.
"Go to sleep, go to sleep, my dear baby."
"Mom is rocking you gently in my dream."
"The cradle rocks you, and you will be at ease soon."
"..."
When there was no more sadness on Harry's face and Crookshanks kept meowing beside him, Miss White, who was singing a lullaby, also stood up with the help of Sirius, of course, with Lily's face.
This greatly shocked Remus Lupin, who came to check on Harry in the middle of the night.
"Lily!" Remus pushed open the door of the infirmary and came in with his eyes wide open. He couldn't help but shout, and then looked at Sirius, whose clothes were tattered and his hair was messy. "What's going on, Sirius!" He took a step forward and asked in a low voice.
"Remus, listen to me," Sirius pushed back with his hands and protected Miss White, who was wearing a school robe, behind him, "I just came to see Harry today. I heard that he was not doing well-"
"Leave Lily first!" Remus interrupted Sirius and pointed his wand at him. "What on earth did you do ten years ago, Sirius!"
"It was Peter Pettigrew who told the secret! That stinky rat, he's next to Harry now!" Sirius became emotional when he mentioned ten years ago. He shouted desperately with a ferocious face that was so thin that it was unrecognizable.
"Keep your voice down, Sirius." Miss White grabbed the muscular arm of the man beside her. Her emerald eyes flashed with worry, fearing that her journey to adulthood would come to an abrupt end tonight.
"Um—" The already chaotic situation was getting worse. Harry was awakened. He rubbed his eyes drowsily, and his emerald green eyes suddenly widened when he saw his mother in the moonlight. "Mom!" he shouted, his voice was very loud, but his tone revealed extreme caution.
"Harry-" Sirius had just called his godson when he was interrupted by Remus again, but this time, his good friend used a spell directly on him.
"Knock it away!" Remus's spell knocked Sirius away, and he ran towards Harry, shouting, "Come here, Harry! Stay away from him!"
Harry ignored the order of his favorite professor and just reached out his hand to his mother who was within reach. "Mom," he said with a grin, and couldn't help crying, "Don't leave me."
Remus's cries, Harry's prayers and Sirius' cries of pain all came into her ears. Miss White quickly glanced at the wand that Sirius had placed beside Harry's bed after use. A gentle smile appeared on her face, and she walked towards Harry while singing the lullaby she had just sung.
"Go to sleep, go to sleep, my dear baby."
"Mom is rocking you gently in my dream."
As his mother came closer, Harry's tears flowed more violently, but when he was finally held in his mother's warm arms, all the tears stopped. He hoped that everything could be paused at this moment. He just wanted his mother to be by his side forever.
"The cradle will rock you, and you will be comfortable soon." Miss White imitated the way she read about Lily Potter from Sirius, and gently stroked Harry's face and hair again and again. When Remus ran to them panting, she had already touched the wand and was still singing a gentle lullaby, "Sleep in the cradle, warm and comfortable."
"Lily..." Remus felt that the Lily who appeared in front of him was not normal, but looking at Harry nestled in his mother's arms, he couldn't separate the two. In the end, he only asked in a low voice, "Why are you here?"
"Fainted!" What responded to him was Miss White's merciless spell. Today, Sirius expected her to be Lily Potter, and Lily Potter was an excellent student. As Lily Potter, Miss White could cast spells.
Remus fell down. Harry raised his head and looked at Miss White with wide eyes, but the strength of hugging his mother did not relax at all. He did not question Miss White, but just shed tears again, "Don't leave me, Mom."
"I won't leave, Harry." Miss White stroked Harry's forehead twice, her voice incredibly gentle, and just as the boy's eyes burst into great joy, the sleeping spell also fell on him.
"Go to sleep, Harry." Miss White wiped the tears from the corners of Harry's eyes. Sirius finally calmed down. He limped to Miss White and covered Harry with a blanket.
"Meow—" Crookshanks poked his head out from under the bed in the infirmary. He both complained to Sirius that he had just ignored his warning and reminded Sirius that he had to leave.
"Let's go." Sirius took another look at Harry on the bed, then took Miss White, who was still able to move, and followed Crookshanks out of the infirmary without looking back.
And tonight's chaos is far from over.