Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

"Then you tell me! What does Voldemort mean?!'Dumbledore didn't tell you anything', you moved my memory!" Zoe's lips trembled and choked, "What kind of monster am I? Those dead, desperate and bloody horsemen are going to drive me crazy! They keep rioting in my mind, I can only dream of this! Those memories are real, aren’t they? You? Know everything, then you should tell me the truth!"

"Now that you know it," Dumbledore said softly, "then you should sit down and drink a cup of hot milk."

"I'm not in this mood!"

"Let's calm down." Dumbledore waved his wand, and Zoe felt a cool air flow through his head. They took away her overheating anxiety and reason returned.

Dumbledore’s behavior has exacerbated Zoe’s anxiety. Think about it, a wizard who can manipulate the minds of others at will, what if Dumbledore decides to hide everything again and erase Zoe’s memory?She couldn't expect another Voldemort to pry her mind away.

"I need a guarantee." She said seriously, "You have to face me honestly. This is my own business!"

Dumbledore looked at her for a long time, then raised his big, well-knotted hand: "I promise."

Chapter nine

"Before the story begins, please let me ask a question, Zoe Siegel-do you really remember it all?"

Zoe shook his head: "No. My head repeats the bloodiest part. I saw that I held her with a restraint curse, exploded her chest, commented, and finally smiled and inserted the dagger into her heart—— Vomit!" Zoe covered his mouth and clenched his fists.

"Stop your memories, Zoe." Dumbledore stopped her. "What's your impression of the horseman himself?"

"I should be familiar with her, but I always feel that looking at this memory through the memory, I can't find the actual feeling, like watching other people's things." Zoe murmured, "I still remember her playing the harp and I was sitting Beside, I'm still laughing..."

"Six years ago, you rushed to my office excitedly and said that you had made new friends." Dumbledore recalled that day when the girl swept away the haze, she knocked over the papers on the table, in the sky full of sheepskins. The paper hugged him excitedly and said that he had made a new friend.

Because of her identity, everyone avoids her, whether they sympathize with her or dislike her, all must keep their distance from her.Dumbledore was very busy and couldn't stay with her all the time. The Malfoys were busy consolidating their position in the new order, sending letters at most every week.Fortunately, Zoe has always been good and never causes trouble.She usually likes to hide in Dumbledore's office, rarely goes out, and never closes to the teaching building at Hogwarts.The professors actually knew that their principal had brought back the Siegel’s child, but no one had seen her personally.

"Because the weather is very good, I suggest you walk around. You didn't listen to my warning that day. You went to the Forbidden Forest, and when you came back, you told me you found new friends."

"Although I reprimanded you, I am also very happy." Dumbledore said, "I support you to continue the relationship, but it only lasted for half a year. I put a warning spell on you, and always pay attention to your safety. The Forbidden Forest is not a playground. I always only allow you to stay in a safe area. One day, my warning spell was triggered."

"I got there in a hurry. Guess what I saw? Your friend fell in a pool of blood with a bow in his hand, while you stood where you were covered in blood."

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"Zoe!"

Dumbledore strode forward and pulled the girl, who was like a soulless puppet, let him drag it.

She also held a wand in her hand—the Orlando one.It must have been taken by Zoe when they left to visit Siegel's house for the last time. He hadn't noticed that she had taken other people's staff.

The smell of blood was so strong, Dumbledore frowned.He noticed that the poor pony man died with his eyes open. Her chest was opened in a cruel way, and her internal organs were even moved. Besides, there were some traces of spells on her body, they looked like A technique commonly used by dark wizards when torturing others.

There is no humanity, from the scene there is no doubt.Even the average dark wizard can't do this.

Dumbledore closed the pony eyelids, and he felt a violent tremor in his hand.He saw Zoe sweating a lot, breathing heavily, his pupils dilated, and staring at the scene of death before him.

She did something that shocked him-Zoe jumped on the horseman's body and pulled out a dagger, and pierced herself without thinking about it. Fortunately, she kept shaking her hands, and the first time she just stabbed her in the stomach. Roaring like a beast, her face twisted with pain, the dagger was stained with two kinds of blood, the new and the old, she took a strange look at the dagger, and then poked it in her throat.

"The dagger is flying!" Dumbledore said hastily.The dagger got out of Zoe's palm and fell into his hand.

He tried to calm her down, but found that the other party had grabbed another arrow. She didn't even see Dumbledore in her eyes. She just wanted to kill herself. The goal was about to be achieved. Zoe's mouth was grinning to the root of her ears. Express the joy of liberation inwardly.

"Faint!"

Dumbledore took her back to the castle and asked Madam Pomfrey to help take care of her.But he didn't know this was just the beginning.

Zoe woke up emotionally very unstable, and stubbornly tried to find death in various ways.She broke the cup and tried to cut her throat with shards, smashed the corner of the table with her head desperately, and tried to bite her tongue to commit suicide.Madam Pomfrey had no choice but to put her to sleep every time to end the struggle, and soon she lost weight because of work.

At that time Zoe couldn't listen to anyone, not even Dumbledore.She fell into a mad circle, just thinking about ending it all with her own death.Dumbledore must have an explanation to the angry horse race. They have never encountered such a thing. If it weren't for Dumbledore's dissuasion, they would rush to the school to look for the murderer and kill her.

*****

"Zoe, I have no choice. Either hand you over to the horseman or erase your memory." Dumbledore said, "and I won't let you die."

"Why are you so persistent? You should surrender me! The sins I committed should be borne by me!" Zoe shouted, as Dumbledore's recounting her memories gradually connected, as if breaking through a barrier. The picture suddenly became clear.

The horseman’s name is Lisa.She is restless, full of vigor, and likes to take risks in the forbidden forest, running fast.She was very quiet when she played the piano, and she wanted to go around the world one day, instead of spending her life as a "ignorant" magical creature.

When Zoe was studying under a tree, she took the initiative to speak up.

She would play the harp to her when she was in a bad mood until she smiled.

She took her to walk around in the forbidden forest and told her about the history and astrology that her elders told her about the horse people.

They even happily discussed whether Hogwarts would allow a horseman to enroll...

"I gave you a false memory to make you forget all this. I thank the Malfoys, they will fill the void in your heart. And Mrs. Pomfrey has a strict mouth, she will not talk about what she has observed everywhere. ."

"Now I know it all."

"Yes, you have the right to blame me. I played with your brain improperly. This is no different from what Voldemort did to you." Dumbledore seemed to be waiting for Zoe's trial.

"Why do you... do this? Grandpa? Mother? Or the damn sympathy? The Ministry of Magic didn't say it wrong. I am a monster, I am bloodthirsty by nature. Nothing can change a person's nature!"

"If it's really your nature, Zoe. Not everything the human eye sees is true. We can only believe in the power of the heart. It will tell you who you are, not by others."

Dumbledore stood up. "It's getting late, Zoe. You should go back to the dormitory to sleep."

*****

"You're finally back." Luna was not asleep yet, her face was drenched in the shadow of the candlelight.

"Sorry, I am not in the mood to talk today..."

Luna grabbed her with an unprecedented seriousness.

"You need to pay attention to your words and deeds, Zoe. Especially during this time, something happened. I heard them talking about it in the lounge. They were suspicious of you."

"what?"

"Someone noticed that you didn't show up at the Halloween dinner today or anywhere else in the castle-they suspected you were making an attack in the back room."

"Assault...what secret room?" Zoe's face was bad. "What happened? I was in Professor Dumbledore's office and I heard those portraits discussing this."

"Filch's cat was attacked, and the wall next to it said'The secret room was opened, and the heir is an enemy, be wary'. Every student started to discuss this. They doubted everyone around them who could doubt it first. Lee Potter, because they discovered the scene. But the wind of the topic slowly changed."

"So they decided that it was me in the end? That's really my honor, thank them for considering me so much." She looked at Luna, "Why are you the exception?"

"The elves of the wind told me the truth." Luna said, "You smell of dirt on your body. In fact, your robes are still stained with grass clippings. I think you have been outdoors for a long time, at least there is no grass in the castle. right?"

Zoe had to use a cleaning spell on himself, "A piece of advice, eh?"

"A word of advice. Some people should care about you. I heard my dad say that you were targeted by the Ministry of Magic, because you have hidden buttons on your body that will allow Cornelius Fudge's wig to take off. He must kill you. Mouth." Luna said the truth, "We are going to find the horned snorer together, I will help you."

"It's none of your business. Let them think what they want. I don't care. Even if I get stabbed to the Ministry of Magic, I wish they would throw me to Azkaban sooner."

Zoe opened her palm, as if she could still smell the stench of blood between her fingers. She laughed sarcastically, and she had always pretended to be innocent. In fact, the Ministry of Magic was not wrong. She was an unstable and dangerous person. Dirty blood is flowing in it, what right does she have to survive?