Harry Potter and the Secret Treasures

Dumbledore stood up and walked past Evan and Harry to a black cabinet next to the phoenix tree.

He bent down and pulled the latch out of it to take out a shallow-bottomed stone basin, a meditation basin.

“In the end, this prophecy is vital, and it determines that you are the opponent of Voldemort, not me, not Evan, not anyone else, but you, Harry!” Dumbledore said to go back to his desk and put the meditation basin on the table, "on a cold, wet night sixteen years ago, at Hogmord's Porkhead Bar. I went there to meet an applicant who wanted to be a divination teacher, although it was simply not in keeping with my intention to keep divination going. But the applicant was a very famous and talented granddaughter of a prophet, so I wanted to see her as a regular courtesy. But I'm disappointed. In my opinion, she did not inherit that gift at all. I wish I had been polite enough to tell her that she was not suitable for the position. Then I turned around and walked away, but I was surprised that she might have been inspired by this, and she made a real prophecy, and it was the beginning of it all. ”

Dumbledore lifted his wand to the temple, pulled out a few silver, thin fibers of thought like a spider's web and glued them onto the wand, and put them in the rock basin. He watched his mind spin and float in the meditation basin.

After a while, he sighed and raised the wand, picking these silver-like substances on the tip of the wand.

A figure emerged from inside, surrounded by a cape, and her eyes looked extraordinarily large behind the glasses.

She spins slowly, her feet in the meditation basin, and Sybil Trelawnett speaks with that stinging, hissing voice.

“The man with the power to conquer the Dark Head approached. Born in a family that had defeated the Dark Head three times, he was born in the seventh month. The Dark Head marked him as his enemy, but he possessed energy that the Dark Head did not understand. One must die on the other, because both cannot live, only one survives, and the one with the power to conquer the Dark Head will be born at the end of the seventh month...”

Professor Trelawny, slowly spinning, disappeared again in the silver club below, quietly in the office.

Nobody made a sound, even the phoenix calmed down.

“Is that what the prophecy is about? A real prophecy? ”

“Yes, a true prophecy.” Dumbledore said.

He was still staring at the meditation basin and seemed to be lost in thought.

“But what does she mean?” Harry asked, "Why...”

“She means. Dumbledore said," The man who had only one chance to conquer the demons forever was born almost sixteen years ago at the end of July, when the boy's parents defeated Voldemort three times. ”

Harry felt like something was tied tightly to him, and his breathing seemed to be getting harder again.

Dumbledore looked him in the eye for a while.

“In fact,” he said softly, "Sybil's prophecy can be applied to two wizard boys, both born at the end of July of that year, whose parents were at the Phoenix Society, and who had all escaped from Voldemort's death three times. One, of course, is you, Harry, and the other is Neville Lombardon. ”

“But why is my name in the prophecy, not Neville's? ”

“Official records were re-labeled after Voldemort attacked you when you were a child. Dumbledore said, picking up the Prophecy Ball again," From the custodian of the Prophecy Hall, it is clear that Voldemort is the only one who wants to kill you, because he knows that you are the one Sybil is referring to. ”

“But maybe it wasn't me?” Harry said, "I don't understand. Why me? ”

“I'm afraid that man is definitely you.” Dumbledore said slowly.

“You just said that Neville was also born at the end of July, and his parents...”

“The key is the second half of the prophecy, the final identifying characteristic of the boy who was able to conquer Voldemort, himself marking him as his enemy. He did it, Harry. He chose you over Neville, and he left a scar on your forehead that had been proven to be both a blessing and a curse. ”

“But he could have made the wrong choice!” Harry said immediately, "or the wrong person! ”

“The boy he chose was the one he considered most likely to pose a threat to him.” Dumbledore said, "And beware, what he chose was not purebred, but hybrid, just like himself. Before he met you, he saw himself in you, and when he left you that scar as a mark, he failed to kill you as he wished, but gave you strength and opportunity to grow. These are the very things that allowed you to escape from him, not only once, but even alone, and neither your parents, nor Neville's parents, have done so. ”

“Ivan did it, too, and he escaped from Voldemort many times. ”

“Oh, I think that's because Ivan was involved in another prophecy and Hogwarts' plans left behind by the four founders. Dumbledore said seriously," But his opponent is not Voldemort, and the only one who can defeat Voldemort is you, and Voldemort himself chose you. ”

“I don't understand. Why would he do that?” Harry asked, "He felt cold and unconscious," why did he try to kill me when I was a baby? He should wait for me and Neville to grow up, see who's more threatening to him, and then try to kill that person... ”

“This may indeed be a more effective way! Dumbledore said," It is not ruled out that Voldemort is not fully aware of the prophecy, and Sybil chose Porkhead Bar because of its inexpensive price. And Porkhead has long attracted more customers than three broomsticks, if we could say so. This bar is by no means a safe place to expect that your conversation will not be eavesdropped on, and of course, when I set out to see Sybil Trelawney, I never dreamed I would hear something very valuable. It should be said that our luck lies in the fact that the eavesdropper heard only a fraction of the prophecy and was discovered and then thrown out of the bar. ”

Ivan sucked his nose and Snape eavesdropped on the prophecy, which was incomplete.

Dumbledore should never have told the story, and he promised, that's why he didn't let them into the meditation basin.

And eavesdropping on that prophecy was probably the most painful thing in Snape's life, and that was a mistake in itself.