[TSNxHP] Fall in love with Whomping Willow

Chapter 5 5: The Prefect's Bathroom

"Legilimency*!"

When Eduardo saw Mark lying on the hospital bed in the school infirmary, he was furious, and threw a Legilimency at the first moment.

His eyes clearly gave Mark such a signal-if you dare to resist, it will be over for you.

So Mark accepted Eduardo's brain invasion seemingly obediently.

However, Mark's abnormal cooperation mode added a little weakness in Eduardo's eyes, which not only made him more anxious and angry, but also made him more determined to know the truth. Mark's brain defense* then increased, locking a certain part of the memory firmly behind the wall of the heart.

Eduardo saw the memory that Mark showed Dumbledore.

Eduardo can hardly keep watching as Bellatrix frantically casts Cruciatus on Mark over and over again.

No matter how determined he is in front of the Wizengamot, even though he believes that he knows the essence of Mark in his heart, Eduardo has been shaken by the break before graduation.

Who can blame him?Mr. Zuckerberg, who was ambitious at the time, ignored Eduardo's warning and was determined to leave a name in the wizarding world. Any room for maneuver.

However, Eduardo has to admit that if Malfoy hadn't mentioned himself, if it hadn't been for Voldemort's apparent inability to control his anger, Mark, who had almost entered the inner circle in that memory, might indeed be able to achieve Mark's greedy plan that was so well thought out—both Borrowing strength, it won't really be dyed black.

However, fate will eventually have to pay the price for Mark. It puts success on one side of the scale and Eduardo's life on the other.

What Eduardo didn't expect was that Mark didn't even make a perfunctory promise to wait for an opportunity to escape, but directly refused.

Maybe, if what Voldemort asked was for Mark to teach Eduardo a lesson, cast a curse or something, maybe Mark would say yes without hesitation.

But Mark refuses after all, and suffers so much pain that makes Eduardo's eyes sore.

So much so that when they finally looked at each other, neither of them knew what to say.

Apologize?too late.

Confession?too late.

It seemed too late to even explain.

"Asshole."

Mark laughs sullenly at the sound of Eduardo's hoarse curses.

Eduardo conjures an armchair next to the bed, sits down and watches Mark, lost in thought.

He didn't dare to ask Mark how badly injured he was, and he didn't want to question Mark and Mark to settle the old score. His mind was chaotic and noisy, and he was thinking about many things, but he couldn't really think seriously because he didn't want to be weak in front of Mark. .

Mark drank the potion and was very sleepy, not wanting to be seen by Eduardo as mentally ill, so he didn't speak.

After a long silence, Eduardo suddenly asked, "What did you see in the Mirror of Erised?"

"I thought smart people wouldn't waste their time asking questions that they knew the answer to." Mark purposely acted lively, raised his eyebrows and raised his eyebrows.

"I just don't know, so I ask." Eduardo became serious, his voice became hoarse again, and he asked sharply, "Wasting time? Why, are you running out of time?"

Mark would always make excuses to Eduardo before breaking up, I didn't notice your owl, I forgot we met at nine o'clock or something, but I won't lie, because it wasn't necessary, Eduardo would always accommodate him.

Until he tricks Eduardo into weakening his Facebook spell, actually trying to fix the universality of the spell.Although the two ultimately lead to the same goal, a lie is still a lie.

Didn't expect to tell more lies to Eduardo one day.

Mark said shamelessly: "I thought that in this situation, we should hurry up and have a compound kiss, eh—!"

Eduardo smears a pillow over his face with the Flying Curse.

What kind of gossip they talked about, Mark can't remember clearly, he fell asleep without knowing it, didn't know how panicked Eduardo was when he found him asleep, and didn't know that Madam Pomfrey, who rushed over, acquiesced to Mark It was the sequelae of the Cruciatus Curse, and he immediately poured a few bottles of potions into Mark's mouth, and then pulled the nightgown from his chest to check the situation.

Hawthorn, thirteen-inch, unicorn hair-lined wand dropped to the floor.

Pale skin, sinister protruding outline of a heart, where it beats in a disturbing way, weak, sluggish, light and heavy.

"What's up with him?"

Eduardo's ghostly question startled Madam Pomfrey.

She looked up at this polite and friendly young man, and suddenly realized something, and realized in time that this was a question asked without knowing it.

"He took a long time to recover," Madam Pomfrey asserted the patient's pride. "He just fell asleep."

It was almost dawn when Mark woke up again, and the familiar dull pain in his heart made him clenched his fists to punch in frustration, but someone caught him straight.

"what are you doing!"

Mark suspected that he had finally hallucinated from the pain, opened his eyes impatiently, and was surprised to find that Eduardo was still there, and he didn't know how long he had been sitting by the hospital bed, holding his hand tightly.

Looking down, the nightgown was open, and the heart was moist, as if someone had shed tears on it.

Mark sighed, took Eduardo's hand behind his back, and asked him solemnly, "Are you a Phoenix?"

Eduardo asked half-seriously and half-sarcastically: "Mr. Zuckerberg, are you finally mad?"

Mark took his hand to cover his ugly heart, and half raised the corners of his mouth: "Then why don't I feel pain anymore?"

Phoenix tears can heal wounds.

"You're an asshole, you know that?" Eduardo asks angrily, staring at him with rabbit eyes.

"I didn't think so at the time," Mark admitted softly and honestly, "I figured it out later."

As soon as he confessed, Eduardo had nothing to do with him. He lowered his eyes and remained silent for a while, then changed the subject and asked, "What did he find about the kid we ran into at the Christmas ball?"

Regulus' oath is almost invulnerable, but strangely it doesn't restrain Mark from revealing anything to Eduardo, Eduardo didn't ask because he didn't want to be a safety hazard for Regulus, and now, he can't stop asking.

Mark didn't want to hide any more, waved his wand twice, and answered simply and clearly: "Horcrux."

Eduardo recalled the memory he saw last night, and was shocked, "Voldemort has succeeded...?"

Mark nods.

"But we can't notify Headmaster Dumbledore," Eduardo frowned tightly.

"I reminded him", Mark was rarely astute to notice that Eduardo's face was wrong, and urgently remedied it, "It's a vague reminder that the unbreakable oath didn't forbid me to do this."

"But there are still risks, you don't know how accurate the judgment of the spell is! You may kill yourself! Be bold! Crucible head! Stubborn Whomping Willow!"

In order not to kill the curly bastard himself, Eduardo rushed out of the hospital hospital like a gust of wind, narrowly missing Madam Pomfrey.

Smiling to stop Professor Savarin from repeatedly apologizing, Madam Pomfrey walked into the ward, and saw Zuckerberg lying expressionless on the hospital bed.

"Thank you."

Madam Pomfrey didn't have time to be sentimental, she was puzzled by Mark's sudden thank you: "Thank you for what?"

Mark gestures to the extra empty potion bottles on the bedside table with his eyes. They mean that Eduardo must have called Madam Pomfrey after he passed out: "Thank you for not telling him."

Madam Pomfrey nodded sullenly, left the tray of potions in her hand, and left in a hurry.

The false curtain of peace was finally torn to pieces by successive horrific deaths.

Every day brings new bad news, the breakfast atmosphere at the long table of the college is getting worse day by day, and students who receive owl letters often break down and cry.The antagonism between the other three academies and the Snake Academy suddenly intensified. If it weren't for the presence of Headmaster Dumbledore, there might be more and more vicious conflicts.

Eduardo is getting "accidents" more often, and the only good thing is that they're still not as serious as last school year.

In such tense and ominous days, Mark received the notice of his punishment from the Wizengamot: a one-year detention in school.

It doesn't take much to know that Headmaster Dumbledore played a major role in it.

So when the end-of-semester holidays came, Mark stayed at Hogwarts to make potions for the Order of the Phoenix without complaint—he had nowhere else to go, nor did he plan to.

Eduardo made up his mind to go home to see the old Savarin, Mark didn't say a word, the relationship between them was in an undefinable delicate state, Mark was never good at "relationships", he himself was running out of time, and it would be harmful to take a step forward , he is not so selfless, just let it be.

Just before Eduardo left, Mark asked Dumbledore to take Eduardo's ring and take it to Gringotts to restore it again.That way it might keep it out of Eduardo.Dumbledore strongly disagreed, but couldn't bear to argue.

On this day, Mark quarreled with Sirius who came to get the potion again. They seemed to be born at odds, so he didn't notice the cautious girl at first.

Until she ran towards him.

There were quite a few students staying at Hogwarts this holiday, but they usually shrugged their shoulders and ran away in fear when they met Mark. The abnormal behavior of the girl made Mark feel vigilant, and he clenched his wand and was ready to fight back.

The girl in the huge round glasses rushed up to Mark, and he didn't even recognize it as the student who had screamed at him and passed out.

"I'm sorry, Professor," Mark looked at the girl crying and bowed to himself inexplicably, "I saw your exhausted vitality that day, I've never seen such a bleak life star... oh Merlin... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to trouble you...I'm just, I'm just so surprised...you're so young"

She sobbed and explained that Mark had always sneered at divination, a subject that didn't deserve to be called a discipline. Even if her prediction was not wrong, Mark still thought it was a street trick where a blind cat met a dead mouse.

Fortunately, Mark still remembered that he was a professor. He didn't taunt the girl like he taunted Professor Erica, but just left without saying a word.

He doesn't believe in prophecy, never did.

I don't believe it even if I die.

Eduardo returned to school with Headmaster Dumbledore in the afternoon, and the repaired mithril ring had returned to his hand. Mark didn't know about his plan to return to school early, and this surprise put Mark in a good mood, not to mention that after many years, Mark finally received the paper crane from Eduardo again.

[Ravenclaw prefect bathroom]

"Fresh pineapple."

After reading the password, Mark entered the door familiarly.

Each candle on the luxurious chandelier exudes soft light, which warmly illuminates the white marble main bathroom. The huge rectangular bath has been filled with hot water and bubbles, and the mermaid on the wall is sleeping in the painting , Eduardo soaked in the pool thinking about something, everything was the same as before.

Mark's mouth was dry, and he became nervous after realizing it. He had nothing to say: "'Fresh Pineapple', I can't believe the password has not been changed here. After all, you have to change your answers when you enter your Ravenclaw dormitory."

Hearing Mark's words, Eduardo seemed to shrink back into the water before saying, "My former prefect told me this secret."

After a pause, Eduardo added: "I think a comfortable hot bath is good for your body."

"Yes", Mark immediately agreed without thinking, and said dryly, "Thank you."

This made Eduardo laugh: "Mr. Zuckerberg's thanks? How rare."

So Mark laughed too, and he tried his best to appear to have completed the process of taking off the wizard robe and entering the water naturally, Eduardo turned his head away from him trying to hide it, they weren't like this before.

"Myrtle won't be hiding in the faucet to peek at you again," Mark raised his eyebrows to ease the atmosphere.

Eduardo splashes bubbles all over his face.

While Mark was washing his face, Eduardo announced quickly and softly, "I'm resigning after teaching this semester. I'm joining the Order of the Phoenix."

Emotional ups and downs, Mark froze.

But not for long.

Mark scooped up a handful of water and splashed it on his face, and then another handful, slowly washing off the bubbles on his face before looking at Eduardo and saying, "Okay."

Then he lowered his gaze and repeated again: "Okay."

Mark's reaction made Eduardo unsure, and had to explain: "I know you will think this is dangerous, but, I can't just do nothing!"

Eduardo doesn't say it too bluntly, but both Mark and he know that he's saying: I can't see Voldemort doing what he did to you and just do nothing.

Mark thought he was very calm in his analysis. Originally, Eduardo was a righteous and kind wizard with extraordinary combat power. It was only a matter of time before he joined the Order of the Phoenix.

What's more, he has no reason to obstruct it, nor does he seem to have enough ground to obstruct it.

"That's good." Mark curled his lips as if remembering some joke, "The principal has to worry about the candidates for Defense Against the Dark Arts again."

Eduardo became alarmed: "You are not allowed to take over! You just keep teaching your potions."

Originally, the purpose of Mark returning to Hogwarts was to snatch the Defense Against the Dark Arts from Eduardo, but since Eduardo was going to resign and go to the battlefield, why should he spend his life in this cursed position.

His life will at least help Eduardo block an Unforgivable Curse.

Mark raised his eyebrows lazily: "You overestimate my moral standards, Professor Savarin."

Eduardo never liked hearing him talk like that, and he paddled into the water and kicked him, being pulled to him by Mark's arms around the waist.

The bastard said shamelessly: "Did you know? Professor Savarin, I heard from Muggles that eating pineapples can make semen taste sweet and delicious."

The scratch marks on Professor Zuckerberg's neck one day caused the students to talk a lot. What accident happened to Professor Savarin is also a good topic for students to divert their attention from the war. To live, what could be more relaxing than gossip.

This semester has flown by in a mix of sadness and gossip that seems to be the new normal.

At the beginning of the summer vacation, Principal Dumbledore was very worried. Both the divination professor and the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor left after the end of the semester (many students believed that Professor Erika left because of Mark's sarcasm), and it was very difficult to find a successor. , There are very few wizards who come to interview, and they are often people who want to take refuge in the school under the banner of applying for a job. Their qualifications are mediocre, and they are not enough to teach students.

Eduardo felt guilty, but he couldn't help, he had already started fighting with Sirius and the others, and he didn't have time to go back to school to see Mark.

Fortunately, Mark was really impatient with Sirius' childish quarrel, so he decided to deliver the goods to the door himself. Every few days, he would send a new batch of cooked potions to the base of the Order of the Phoenix, so they could take the opportunity to meet each other—in March On Eduardo's birthday, Mark gave a pair of double-sided mirrors, and they met and said a few words through the double-sided mirrors almost every day, but after all, it was not as good as face-to-face.

Although I don't know if Mark did it on purpose, but Eduardo really needs this, he needs to see Mark from time to time, every day, every day he spends in a fierce fight with high concentration, and every day may send away a side by side Fighting wizards and Death Eaters are extremely vicious, taking pleasure in killing and torturing, and the fresh life only needs to disappear in a moment under the evil light of the spell. Eduardo never regrets his choice, but sadness and worry are inevitable.

At one point, he was almost sure he had been hit by a jinx, but for Merlin, he was fine, nothing happened.

James and Lily said that it must be Merlin's compensation to Eduardo after encountering the curse, and Lupine and Sirius thought it was the function of the mithril ring.

But in any case, on July 7, the good news of the birth of Lily and James' eldest son still dilutes the haze of the bitter battle. They temporarily forgot the pain in their hearts and celebrated with great fanfare all night.

Eduardo looked at the baby in Lily's arms curiously: "He's so cute, his eyes look like yours, what's his name?"

"Harry", the over-excited silly dad learned to answer quickly, "Harry Potter! My son! Like me! Especially like me!...Like Lily too! Mainly like Lily! Everything is easy to say, don't use the tickle spell! Wife, I'm wrong Already!"

Lily and James became thorns in Voldemort's eyes because of their bravery on the battlefield. They made Sirius a secret keeper and protected their address with the Fidelity Charm, even if the eyes of the Death Eaters were stuck on their windows.

Mark is still so unsocial, but because he is now the provider of potions for the Order of the Phoenix, everyone basically maintains a friendly attitude towards him, not to mention the Longbottom couple who are very interested in Mark. His son Neville has been teasing Mark, asking him to develop the fertility potion as soon as possible.

Yet Sirius had a verbal confrontation with Mark.

The conflict was not serious, but it was enough to attract Eduardo's attention. You must know that Mark basically ignored others, and Mark didn't seem to really hate Sirius, but he repeatedly argued with him childishly.

On the way back to Hogwarts, Eduardo asked curiously, "What's the problem with you and Sirius?"

"I don't know him well, what's the problem?" Mark replied without blinking, "I don't have a good personality."

Eduardo laughed and taunted Mark: "You two quarrel worse than freshmen, both Sirius and his brother Regulus"

His smile froze on his face.

Regulus.

Just now, Sirius was lamenting with others about his "cowardly, uninitiated, only obeying mother and sister, who might want to quit, brother who was killed by Voldemort".

That day, at James and Lily's wedding, Mark clashed with Sirius for the first time.

Mark gets himself a glass of wine and says, for a great anonymous man.

Great, Anonymous.

Eduardo stared into Mark's eyes, "Last year, Regulus, did he already"

Mark couldn't help looking away, but finally nodded silently.

Regulus was only 18 years old.

"He hasn't graduated yet," Eduardo said almost desperately and numbly, "He didn't even, didn't graduate!"

Mark knows it's time to comfort his boyfriend, but isn't sure what to say: "I don't think Sirius is bad. I just. I mean, Regulus is far braver than most of us. But he May only be remembered forever as Sirius' 'cowardly brother'. Unbreakable."

Mark doesn't go on, Eduardo already understands.

Eduardo couldn't help sighing, he looked up at the night sky, and the star of fate tonight turned out to be extraordinarily bright, which was a good sign.

Do the eternal stars really care about the fate of wizards?

"We'll win," Eduardo said firmly, not knowing whether to tell himself or Mark, repeating, "We're going to win, and I'll live to see Voldemort lose."

Mark shook his hand lightly, "You're going to live a long, long time."

In August, Madam Pomfrey changed Mark's potion, which was very effective for his dwindling spirit. The wizard who can brew this potion must be an extraordinary potion master. Mark is rarely interested, and Pomfrey But the lady didn't know anything about it.

Principal Dumbledore finally found the next professor of divination. It is said that she is the great-granddaughter or granddaughter of a master divination master. She couldn't find a job and wandered around. Fortunately, she was taken in by Hogwarts and lived in before school started.

Mark wasn't interested in her, especially her big insect-like glasses, but this Professor Trelawney spoke amazingly the first time they met.

To be honest, her dazed, suddenly sleepwalking look is kind of bluffing.

"You'll live a long, long time."

Mark rolled his eyes.

Those who do divination are indeed liars.

Note:

*Insomnia: Those who have seen HP should know it. If you haven't seen it, it is similar to Professor X's mind reading.

*Occlumency: Resists Legilimency spells, which can protect critical memories, and advanced Occlumency masters can create false memories (I don't remember exactly).Professor Snape is a very good occlumency master, and he was able to successfully go undercover with Voldemort.