[HP] Aunt of the Savior

The battle of the Ministry of Magic finally came to an end because of Voldemort's escape the moment Neville chopped off the snake's head with the sword specially designed to kill snakes.

Voldemort probably only took away less than one-third of his most loyal and brutal servants, leaving about two-thirds of the Death Eaters, mostly subdued by Aurors and members of the Order of the Phoenix, and a few Death Eaters Outlaws were killed in battle, such as Bellatrix.

The losses of the Aurors and the Order of the Phoenix are already quite insignificant compared to their victories.Many people were injured, but most of them were not too serious.There are also some wizards who unfortunately fell forever in this battle, such as Barty Crouch.

"Poor Mr. Crouch." Fudge looked at Barty Crouch's body and couldn't help but sigh.He saw with his own eyes that the Death Eater who killed Crouch was his son.At the critical moment, the father showed mercy, but the son did not.Barty Crouch Jr. escaped with Voldemort and was one of the Death Eaters who escaped capture.

And the strength that "Harry" showed in the battle tonight undoubtedly surprised and frightened Fudge.He is really starting to regret that he allowed and even pushed the "Daily Prophet" to deliberately slander Harry. In Fudge's opinion, if "Harry" wants to, he can always be called the next Dark Lord—oh, Merlin bless the boy Such dangerous thoughts will arise because of the events of the past six months.

Poor Fudge wiped his sweat from being so frightened that he didn't stop thinking, the look that "Harry" looked at him just now is really not like a child.

"The stupidity of Voldemort's gang is really beyond my imagination." Grindelwald, dressed as Harry, had no idea that he had frightened the timid and fragile British Minister of Magic.He took out the glass ball from his pocket and laughed - this is not the prophecy ball Voldemort wanted at all, but an ordinary glass ball.In the case of a wrong name, even a powerful dark wizard like Voldemort would not be able to summon it into his own hands.He glanced again at the shelf where Harry Potter and Voldemort's prophecy balls had been.The Prophecy Ball there, which he had broken with a spell before the battle began, to keep it from falling into Voldemort's hands. "This not so clever strategy works well."

Grindelwald was humble once in a while. Facts have proved that the casualties of those Ministry of Magic Aurors who hid outside because of fear of Voldemort were actually much more serious than the members of the Order of the Phoenix who directly faced Voldemort. Fighting spirit is undoubtedly a decisive factor. factor.

Dumbledore twirled his long white beard and smiled, but he was thinking about the reason why Voldemort suddenly escaped from the Ministry of Magic and his next plan.

At this moment, a golden feather descended out of thin air.Dumbledore's relaxed expression became tense and serious again.

"What happened?" Grindelwald turned his head and glanced at Dumbledore.

"Alert from Fawkes." The golden feather disappeared at Dumbledore's fingertips. "We have to hurry back to Hogwarts."

Jody and Dumbledore, who was far away in the Ministry of Magic at the moment, said the same thing at the same time.She exchanged a look with Snape, and said to Narcissa. "Come with us, Narcissa. I think it's too dangerous for you to stay here. We can go to Hogwarts together first."

Because of the sudden change, Narcissa seems to have no need to think and choose now.Voldemort's snake died at Malfoy Manor, and when he came back, it would be over for her and Draco.She was sure that to the Dark Lord, their whole family was no match for the snake - although she didn't understand why the Dark Lord valued the snake so much.

As the mistress of Malfoy Manor, Narcissa never thought that one day she would have to flee her home in embarrassment. She wrung her hands awkwardly, wondering if she should stay and take on her responsibilities, waiting for her husband.However, Draco's restless eyes made the witch finally give up her insistence on the pride and dignity of the noble pureblood. She should leave, she must leave, because her child needs her.

"Mr. Ollivander, you should go to Hogwarts for now, it's safer there now." Jody said to Ollivander again.

Ollivander nodded gratefully, with unnatural guilt on his face.Under Voldemort's torment, he revealed the secret of the twin cores. From the moment he saw Harry tonight, his conscience was tortured, lest he would harm Harry Potter because of his leaked information. special.

After hesitating for a while, Ollivander finally couldn't help sighing, "Miss Potter, I'm sorry."

"It doesn't matter." Jody knew what Ollivander was referring to, but what Ollivander revealed to Voldemort was nothing compared to what she was going to tell Harry, or what Harry was going to face. .Ever since Harry came in, she hadn't dared to look Harry in the eye.

Fawkes flicked his golden tail and took everyone - except Jody and Snape.

"Please, Fox." Jody said to Phoenix gently.Fox was still holding the tattered sorting hat in his paws, and the sword pulled out by Neville was temporarily kept in Snape's hand just like last time.

"Aunt Jody, what about you?" Harry looked at Jody with concern, and at the same time wondered if Professor Snape was planning to take this opportunity to tell his aunt that he could connect to Voldemort's consciousness.

"Don't worry, we'll be back at Hogwarts soon." Harry's eyes mixed with trust, admiration and concern finally made Jody couldn't help reaching out and touching Harry's head. "Wait for me in my office, I have something to say to you alone."

Phoenix let out a clear and clear cry, as if comforting and encouraging everyone present.Then it took Harry and they disappeared.

Snape and Jody didn't leave with them, and indeed wanted to have a private chat, as Harry imagined.

"Harry could see the thoughts and actions of the Dark Lord, and that of the snake..." Snape looked at the sword in his hand, which was stained with snake blood. "Dumbledore's guess is right. The Dark Lord probably did make that snake into a Horcrux. According to Harry's description, the Dark Lord wanted the snake because of his anger when he fell into a trap at the Ministry of Magic. Killed the Longbottoms' daughter, and he felt the snake had been killed."

"Harry snooped into Voldemort's brain?" Jody couldn't continue speaking in surprise. She really didn't know whether to admire Harry's boldness or blame him for taking too much risk.Snape apparently felt the same way as Jody, who taught Harry Occlumency to prevent the piece of soul from establishing a connection between Harry and Voldemort, only to have Harry himself connect to Voldemort on his own initiative.

But in terms of results, it is good for them. "Harry also knows that the Dark Lord is very angry at our betrayal and deceit, and at the snake's death."

"I'm not surprised by Voldemort's feelings. But his snake is dead, and he should not waste time going back to Malfoy Manor now. With Voldemort's character, he will continue to act according to his original plan-or more importantly Yes, settle accounts with us. After all, he doesn’t know that we have already understood the secret of his so-called longevity, right?” Jody tried not to think about the most difficult level of actually destroying Voldemort, pretending to be easy to analyze, and even The corner of his mouth curled up.

The frightened Narcissa didn't know that Voldemort's next plan after conquering the Ministry of Magic was to attack Hogwarts, otherwise she would never agree to go to Hogwarts now.But Jody, or the upcoming battle, wanted members of the Malfoy family to be present, otherwise she was not sure whether the Malfoy family would continue to hold on to their so-called pure-blood pride after this battle was over.Only when faced with threats can the Malfoys understand what kind of path is better.

"However, we'd better get back to Hogwarts as soon as possible." Snape nodded, called out Dobby who had been invisible all this time, and asked the elf to take them back to Hogwarts.

Dobby's excitement at being able to take on important tasks one after another even offset his unease at returning to Malfoy Manor.In fact, Dobby was Harry's reliance on daring to sneak into Malfoy Manor. These days, Dobby's care let Harry know that Dobby was always following him, and he originally planned to let Dobby help them get out at that time.Jody and Snape were somewhat relieved that Harry had taken this into account when taking the risk.

This time was different from the last time, Jody and the others apparated to the top of the Hogwarts Astronomy Tower.

"Things are worse than we expected." Standing on the astronomy tower, Jody looked out from the jagged castle wall. "Voldemort surrounded Hogwarts with his men, and it seems his loss at the Ministry only took away what was useless for his men."

The Astronomy Tower is the tallest place in Hogwarts. After a whole night of tossing around, the sky is already a little dark.From here, Jody could clearly see all the arrangements Voldemort planned to surround Hogwarts.Voldemort's claim is to emphasize the nobility and excellence of wizards, and other magical creatures and Muggles, and even wizards of Muggle descent, are humble existences.But Voldemort's minions weren't just wizards.Now Jody could see the huge, terrifying giants approaching, and there was commotion at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.There is also a gray cloud that is sweeping towards Hogwarts like a dark cloud. There is no doubt that there are a lot of dementors that have multiplied. After leaving Azkaban, their "food" is much better. Also stronger than before.

Under the cover of the lush tree cover and branches of the Forbidden Forest, it is not known how many dangerous creatures are approaching Hogwarts.

"They don't know about Voldemort's failure at the Ministry," Snape said, curling his lips sarcastically. "If they knew, those guys would absolutely regret that they came to Hogwarts."

"Okay, Mr. Principal." Jody deliberately made his tone lighter. "Next, should we inform every professor in the school to prepare to join the battle to protect Hogwarts?"

She turned around, pulled the cloak on her body, and planned to go downstairs to inform the other professors and complete the task she had been putting off until now.Her lips trembled a little, as if this season would still make her feel cold.

"Joe." Snape suddenly grabbed her arm, pulled her in front of him, cupped her cheek, and kissed her lips hard. "Relax, don't be like this."

Snape's deep voice slipped into Jody's heart like a sigh, "I know you're worried about Harry and don't know how to tell him, but I can't do it for you, remember?"

"I remember, I understand." Jody leaned her face into his big palm, absorbing warmth and strength, tears poured out unknowingly and crazily.As she once said to Snape, she should be the one who told Harry everything, and only her.If the person who did this was changed to anyone, she was worried that if Harry really met with misfortune, that person would become the object of her anger and hatred.She couldn't even accept it, let alone forgive anyone who forced her only relative at the moment, a child who was just a teenager, to do something that even an adult could hardly do-to face death bravely and fearlessly.

This is what Harry has to tell, this is what Harry has to face, and everything she has done in these years is for victory and peace today, and forever in the future.Harry couldn't escape, and she couldn't either.She couldn't share the pain that Harry might go through, but at least she couldn't escape the responsibility she should have done.

The tears took away the last weakness deep in her heart, and the remaining vacillation disappeared from the corner of her eyes with the last tear, and her expression finally became truly resolute.

"Calm down?" Snape let Jody hold his hand, gently rubbed her cheek with his palm, and wiped away the tears on her face.

Jody took a deep breath, "Thanks, Severus."

Snape pulled Jody into his arms again, kissed her forehead softly, and finally said: "No matter what happens...for me, live on."

They walked down the Astronomy Tower together and saw that the students had all left their dormitories and were rushing towards the auditorium in a panic.Many people looked horrified, which made Snape frown uncontrollably.

As headmaster, Snape obviously couldn't reassure people the way Dumbledore did, especially since his position was so dubious.The appearance of Snape and Jody, as well as the black robes on them, brought a kind of mental pressure to everyone.

Jody and Snape parted in the hall, and Jody walked alone towards his office in the cellar.Snape, on the other hand, strode into the auditorium. He cut his way through the students still pouring into the auditorium like Moses divided the sea, walked up to the headmaster's seat, and cast an amplifying spell down his throat: "Quiet!".

The students who were making noise just now shut their mouths immediately and looked at Snape with terrified eyes.

"Severus," Professor McGonagall held a wand in his hand, keeping a certain distance from Snape. "Are you standing here as the headmaster of Hogwarts to protect everyone in this school, or are you standing here on behalf of someone to help him accomplish something?"

When Professor McGonagall asked this sentence, the air in the auditorium seemed to freeze.The last few students who entered the auditorium hurried to sit down at the long table of their college, and the timid students had already huddled together.

Snape's lips curled up, and he didn't even cancel the Amplifying Charm: "To be precise, I am indeed standing here on behalf of a certain person." He turned around, and his snake-like eyes seemed to scan maliciously. over everyone. "As the current headmaster of Hogwarts, I promise that as long as I stand in this position, I will not allow any student or professor to suffer from—" His eyes finally stayed on the Slytherin table At the meeting, I found that Narcissa's sudden appearance made the atmosphere on that long table obviously different from other long tables, and the arrogant attitude in the past when the news of Voldemort reappeared was all restrained now.

He paused for a few seconds, making sure that every human being in the room, even ghosts, looked at him before continuing, "Voldemort's threat and harm. Maybe you have doubts about my position, but it's more important now The most important thing is that I must ensure that each of you stays away from danger. Protecting the school and protecting our students is the responsibility and obligation of every Hogwarts headmaster."

The moment Voldemort's name was spoken aloud, his hands were clenched into fists under the cover of his robes.The shackles and chains that had accumulated in his heart for many years, with the sound of Voldemort, completely disappeared into nothingness.He gave Jody encouragement and support, and Jody gave him enough time to get over the mistakes he made when he worshiped power in the past.Jody had never forced Snape to call Voldemort by his first name, but now Snape thought he should.

Professor McGonagall looked at Snape in astonishment, and Snape looked at her calmly. His dark tunnel-like eyes looked unchanged from normal, but Professor McGonagall looked at her from this point of view. The eyes saw a Snape she had never known.

The students seemed to be stunned by Snape's declaration, none of them thought that this annoying, partial, gloomy, mean Potions professor, a wizard suspected of being a Death Eater, could say such a thing at this moment.It's unknown who took the lead - most likely the Gryffindors - and there was a burst of applause in the auditorium.

All the professors showed expressions of surprise and relief. They took turns walking up and hugging Snape vigorously. That kind of excited and enthusiastic attitude was something Snape had never experienced in his thirty-odd years of life.The students who were only applauding happened to miss the moment when Headmaster Snape's ears were red.

"So, where is Professor Dumbledore!?" But when the applause subsided slightly, a Gryffindor student couldn't help asking. "If you hadn't hurt Professor Dumbledore, where is he now?"

This rumor had been circulating in the school for a while: many students suspected that Snape had killed Dumbledore in order to make him the headmaster. This question was very straightforward, but it could be considered polite.

Snape's voice suddenly became dry. "I think you'd better ask him that question yourself."

Everyone followed Snape's line of sight, just in time to see the smiling former headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, who hadn't shown himself in front of people for half a year, standing on the steps at the entrance of the auditorium.He looked almost the same as he did half a year ago: half-moon glasses, a purple robe, and a kind but mischievous smile on his face.

"Oh, I'd say you had a good speech just now, Severus." Dumbledore winked at Snape.Originally, he was very worried that Snape, who didn't like to make any explanations and explanations, would not be able to explain his position to McGonagall and other professors well and control the situation in the school.But now it seems that Snape has done better than he expected.

Everyone was stunned, and many rubbed their eyes desperately, almost in disbelief.But at the next moment, there was more enthusiastic applause in the auditorium than before, drowning out Professor McGonagall's angry accusations: "Albus, I can't believe you dare to do this. We have to strengthen our defenses. You know what to do ..."

At this time, a voice suddenly sounded, it overwhelmed the cheers and applause of Dumbledore's return, and resounded throughout the auditorium: "I know you are preparing to resist, but I hope you will not waste this effort, even if Dumbledore Blidore appears, and he can't protect each of you. Some people say, I'm afraid of Dumbledore, but if you want to watch, I can show you how I beat Dumbledore in a duel at Hogwarts profitable."

The auditorium was eerily quiet. No one spoke, shouted, or applauded. The people in the auditorium seemed to have stopped breathing.

"However, I don't want to use violence to hurt a respectable and powerful wizard, even if I have the ability to do so. I don't want to hurt you and waste the precious blood of wizards. I am willing to contribute all my strength to the wizarding world, to the wizard We get what we deserve. The future of the wizarding world will only get better because of what I have done. There is only one thing to do in exchange for that happy and beautiful future. I only want three people, and there will be nothing today occur."

Snape was not surprised to hear Voldemort say loudly, "I want Jody Potter, Severus Snape and... Harry Potter. I'll wait until the sun officially rises."

The voice disappeared, but the real fear still lingered in the hearts of the students.Some of the students looked in Snape's direction with awe in their eyes, as if it was a great honor for Snape to become You-Know-Who's most hated man alongside the Boy Who Lived.

And Draco couldn't help but look towards the Gryffindor table.Strangely, he found Harry Potter's friends sitting together (Longbottom still had the little girl in his arms, she was waving at Draco, but he ignored her) only Harry was not there, And Jody Potter—whom he already knew was the Miss Potter his father had mentioned—was not here either.As long as he thought that Miss Potter was the Professor Bubbaji he once looked down upon, he would feel a chill down his back.

Narcissa didn't know what Draco was thinking, she held her son's hand under the table, tensing her back tensely.She was worried about Lucius, but even more worried about her and Draco's situation.She understood now that she had been completely designed by Jody Porter.But that doesn't seem to blame her.

"So, Professor Bubbaji is indeed Jody?" Professor McGonagall sighed.Since it was also Dumbledore's arrangement for Snape to become the headmaster, what Jody did before was naturally to fight Voldemort.Thinking about what Jody has endured over the years, she really feels bad for this girl.

Hearing Jody's name, Snape took a lot of effort to restrain his emotions and nodded reluctantly - he was worried about Jody who was going to talk to Harry.

"It's been arranged." Dumbledore's blue eyes that see through everything looked at Snape reassuringly, "We have opened two secret passages to Hogsmeade, and now there are Aurors and Phoenixes. The members of the club are in charge of guarding, and all underage students must leave, and adult students can stay and participate in the battle to defend Hogwarts if they wish."