Chapter 249 The Second Night of Chaos with Miss White (2)
That Lupin went in!
Miss White hid behind the tree and kept looking at the Whomping Willow. In addition to the black robe she wore at the beginning, she also put on a rough-made hood with good light-blocking properties. This was made for her by Sirius, who turned into a big black dog and picked up the discarded cloth from the centaurs during his time in the Forbidden Forest.
She was so nervous that she exerted force on her hands, and a few small pieces of crushed bark fell from her palms, but she was completely unaware. Her face under the hood, with no facial features but only a rough outline, revealed a bit of sadness.
Sirius was too impulsive. He pounced on the student without any planning and went to confront three little wizards regardless of his current worrying level of magic power. Now another adult wizard had gone in. No matter how you look at it, he is in danger now.
Should she go there too? But what can she do if she goes there? Will Sirius get a chance to explain? Will he explain to her? Will she be killed as soon as she shows up...
While Miss White was hesitating, her body unconsciously took two steps forward. She was a little dazed when she realized what she had done. She paused for a second and then continued to run towards the Whomping Willow. Before the willow's branches hit the ground, she pressed her scar and ran into the secret passage.
"Huh-" Miss White became really nervous and at a loss when she walked into the secret passage with only one way. After all, she had no idea whether it would be any use for her to go there. She just ran over here in a fit of anger just thinking about Sirius.
"I've been with him for so long that even I'm so impulsive," Miss White muttered as she walked forward. "Forget it, maybe I'll have a chance to get the wand, or even..."
When you encounter the blood you need.
Since that chaotic night, Miss White has never turned into anyone else. Sirius didn't ask her to turn into anyone, and Miss White didn't want to turn into anyone, except that it was a bit troublesome to hide from the light. She didn't hate such days, but such days came to an obvious end today.
"Oh..." Miss White sighed. She felt confused about the future. She was looking forward to living in the light, but she was reluctant to let go of "Miss White", an existence that did not need to be remembered. While she was lamenting, she suddenly felt a chill on her back and had a hunch that she was being stared at.
Step-Step-Step
She did not stop, and her footsteps were the only ones in the secret passage, but Miss White still felt that some invisible pressure was getting closer and closer to her. Especially after she felt her face began to move for no reason, Miss White chose to run forward.
Step--Step--Step
Miss White started running. Her footsteps were the only sound in the secret passage. However, no matter how fast she ran, she could still feel the huge hand reaching out to her, as if she would be caught if she was a step slower.
That invisibility cloak!
Miss White suddenly remembered the Invisibility Cloak that Harry and the others had left under the Whomping Willow, and was certain that the person chasing her was wearing that cloak. As she figured out this key point, she also noticed some subtle sounds of falling rock chips.
The person behind was probably a tall man. Although the invisibility cloak could block his breathing and footsteps, it could not prevent him from colliding with other things.
Who could it be...
Miss White caught a glimpse of her hair, which had turned red at some point, from under the hood, and roughly estimated her height while running, and realized that she had become Lily Evans.
Then the person chasing after her is most likely Severus Snape.
How unlucky! Such a dangerous person to both her and Sirius!
There were unknown dangers ahead and known crises behind. Miss White had no choice but to run forward desperately while praying that Snape, who was chasing her, would not cruelly use a very destructive spell. The uneven secret passage under her feet almost tripped her several times, but Miss White, driven by the desire to survive, took the risk and rushed forward with the help of inertia, trying her best to increase the distance between her and the man behind her.
She staggered all the way through the secret passage, propped up her arms and squeezed into the small entrance leading to the Shrieking Shack. The sticky feeling on her body eased for a moment, and then it came back like an overwhelming force. Miss White was startled and almost crawled forward again. She staggered onto the creaking wooden stairs and ran up desperately.
It was just four or five seconds before Miss White saw the half-open door on the second floor. She reached out her hand, and her fingertips touched the dusty door panel. The feeling of oppression behind her also touched her, and her hood was pulled away. Miss White finally threw herself forward, her fiery red hair flying upwards, and fell into the room that had just barely reached peace, and her scream rekindled the ripples.
"Lily!" Lupin, who had just mentioned Animagus, opened his eyes wide.
"Mom!" Harry wanted to rush over excitedly, but Hermione held him tightly and looked at the overly young "Lily Evans" with great suspicion.
"Miss White, what's wrong with you..." Sirius, who was standing next to Lupin, walked over and wanted to help Miss White up, but as soon as he took a step, he was slammed into the corner of the wall, and his thin body was smashed into ruins.
"Kill him away quickly." Snape threw aside the hood he had just pulled off, took off his invisibility cloak, and after a sneak attack on Sirius, he carefully pointed his wand at Lupin and looked at Lily at his feet, wanting to help her up.
"Sirius!" Under the gaze of everyone, Miss White almost crawled to Sirius. There was no doubt that she was worried about Sirius' safety, but she was also afraid of the situation she was facing. She subconsciously wanted to stay with the person who could give her the most sense of security.
"Is this the puppet you were talking about?" Lupin ignored Snape's wand pointing at his heart. He stared at Miss White, who looked exactly like Lily in his memory, and questioned Sirius again, "How could a puppet rush over to care about you? What happened to Lily?"
"Puppet?" Snape, who had just arrived here, didn't know how Sirius had explained Lily's existence to Lupin and the others before, but he subconsciously hated this answer, "What did you do to Lily!?" As he said that, he raised his wand and slowly moved to a position in a straight line with Lupin and Sirius, ready to try his best to control two people at once in extreme situations.
"Ahem." Being knocked away twice in a night made Sirius's already bad complexion even paler. He coughed twice, reached out and patted Miss White who was tightly holding his arm, and slowly stood up with Miss White's support. "It's Miss White who cares about me. I said, although her appearance may change uncontrollably sometimes, she has her own independent will as a puppet."
"Can you change back, Miss White?" Sirius asked softly. Miss White shook her head, her eyes moving between Snape and Harry. Sirius understood that these two people's desire to see Lily was too strong.
"Harry!" At this moment Hermione's short scream broke the eerie silence in the room. Harry forcibly broke free from her hand and stumbled towards Miss White. He didn't believe Sirius' words at all. He only saw his mother standing in front of him alive.
"Mom, you never left me, right?" Harry asked softly, looking straight at Miss White.
Miss White couldn't explain more. She looked at Sirius. Sirius subconsciously pushed her back and prepared to explain what happened that night to Harry first. "Listen to me, Harry..."
"Enough! You fugitive!" Snape was deeply hurt by Lily's alienation from everyone and her unique trust in Sirius. He shouted angrily, pointed his wand at Sirius, and looked ferocious as if he had prepared the most torturous curse. "Leave Lily! The Dementors have been waiting for you for a long time!"
The word "Dementor" made the muscles on Sirius' face tremble uncontrollably and his body tremble slightly. However, when he thought that the person talking to him was Snape, he instantly returned to his previous rebellious attitude, "Stop making a fool of yourself here, Severus, I have to tear that rat into pieces!"
"Are you making a fool of yourself?" Snape's eyes flashed with madness, hatred crawling all over his face, "You murderer! I will enjoy the moment when the Dementors suck away your soul!"
"Wait, Severus, listen to me." Even though he still had doubts about Miss White, Lupin was still eager to explain for Sirius. "The secret keeper has been changed! The one who leaked the secret is Peter Pettigrew. He is an Animagus, the mouse that Ron is holding now!"
"What a storyteller, Lupin," Snape said sarcastically, but he looked honestly at Ron, who had a broken leg on the four-poster bed, and found that the miserable-looking mouse, who was tightly controlled, was staring at Lily, with fear and guilt in its little eyes.
While the adults were confronting each other, Harry had already walked in front of Sirius. He looked into the pair of green eyes that were the same as his and tentatively reached out his hand to Miss White behind him, "Mom..."
Sirius looked at the stubborn expression of his beloved godson and was unable to make any move. Miss White looked at the eager hand that was getting closer and closer to her, but her eyes glanced at the wand in Harry's other hand. The situation was too unfavorable for her and Sirius. It would be better for them to have a wand in their hands.
"Harry," Miss White grabbed Harry's hand, tenderness in her lively green eyes, and she tried to pull Harry behind Sirius, "Don't turn your back on the wand." She was referring to Snape who was staring at her from behind.
"Harry!" Ron, who was lying on the bed, shouted and tried to sit up regardless of the pain from his broken leg and the rat bites. Hermione, who had been trembling, bit her bleeding lip again and ran over to pull Harry back.
"You little brats! Don't move!" Snape shouted, and took a few steps towards them with his wand raised. Lupin walked towards Snape, trying to calm his anger.
"Listen, Severus, we should first--" Before he could finish his words, Snape tied his entire body with vines, and Lupin fell to the wooden floor with a thud.
"Ah!" Harry, who was being pulled by the two, and Hermione, who was pulling him, were attracted by the sound. They turned their heads and saw Miss White seizing the opportunity to snatch Harry's wand, and without hesitation, she used an Expelliarmus at Snape, whose eyes were red. Snape was also knocked against the wall. He looked at Lily with wide eyes, the wand in his hand flew out, and he fell into a coma in disbelief and unwillingness. His body fell dully to the ground, and a little blood trickled down the back of his head.
"Well done, Miss White!" Amid the chaos, Sirius' praise stood out.