Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

"I will stay with Sirius for a period of time, and then slowly find a new job. Thank goodness we finally got a good ending, even if there is only one—you probably don’t know. We used to be close friends, he It couldn't be better to be able to redeem his reputation." Lupin was worried that Zoe didn't understand what he was saying, and quickly explained.

As Lu Ping said, the "Daily Prophet" published this explosive article on the front page of the newspaper the next day.The fact that Sirius Black is not the real murderer caused a violent shock in the wizarding world.At the same time, the wanted order for Peter Pettigrew is also shocking. The "hero" and "criminal" that everyone has been unanimously identified in the past actually dropped a bit, although the clarification article did not clearly explain the matter. , But it is also enough to support many people's discussion topics for a long time.

"Professor Lupin, can I ask you a question?" Zoe thought for a while, but hesitated to ask.She cared very much about Snape's moods during this period of time. Since her injury completely recovered, Snape called her over. His attitude was a little strange, watching Zoe hesitate to say something. The tight lips almost became a line.Snape's eyes flickered, and he sighed after a long time: "You...you are recovering well, go back."

If that was the case, then she didn't need to ask Lupin, but since learning that Lupin was about to be expelled from the academy, Snape couldn't hide the joy between his eyebrows and even his attitude towards Zoe was a little milder.And when the news of Black's redress reached Hogwarts, his mood quickly deteriorated, and it was worse than ever before.

"Have you had any conflicts with Professor Snape?" Lupin listened to Zoe's careful question, and smiled bitterly: "Yes, it's all old things from the past. We were still young, young and frivolous. , Like to make some excessive jokes, we didn't think so at that time, but the hatred was inherited." He did not continue, but sighed softly.

If Professor Lu Ping's resignation would make students hesitate and hesitate, Margaret's farewell ceremony was exaggerated like a celebrity meeting.Zoe sat blankly in the corner, and Luna beside him looked very excited.The screams, screams, and retention of the students kept pouring into her ears—even sobbing. She felt that her brain was about to explode in this noisy torrent, so she had to cover her ears and stare at the stage coldly. Margaret on the table smiled and waved to each student-but she couldn't leave. This is the last banquet of the school year, and in principle everyone should attend.

Her gaze floated unconsciously towards Barbara who was also sitting in the corner, and found that she didn't even look at the lively scene in front of her, just immersed herself in cutting the meat on her plate.There must be very few people in this school who know the real relationship between the two. Everyone just keeps their eyes on Margaret who is the most eye-catching, but Zoe has a kind of surreptitious joy, she is more willing Observe Barbara's reaction.

Especially when a senior girl student couldn’t help kissing Margaret’s side face and bid her farewell with tears, even though Margaret walked back quietly to keep a safe distance, But Zoe still saw Barbara's face stretched, staring at the steak on the plate, and the knives and forks under her hand were clenching tightly, cutting the meat cruelly, and even scratching the plate without stopping, he felt Maggot Lit will definitely be given a severe lesson, and she can't help but gloat.

Maybe it's because of a sense of crisis, or is Margaret just a fool?In the end, she actually blew a kiss in the direction of the teacher's dining seat, making all the professors confused, and had to regard it as Margaret's unique way of saying goodbye, and nodded to her.Zoe didn't dare to look there anymore, because Barbara calmed down instantly after Margaret made that action, even smiling.Just seeing that smile, a chill came up from Zoe's spine.

"Look forward to it, Zoe. I'll send you a letter then." Margaret approached her and said to her later, rubbing her head, and then hurriedly chasing in the direction Barbara had left.

The incomplete ending was drawn by Zoe and Hermione on the train aisle. When the two people saw each other, their faces suddenly became very bad. They didn't even say hello, they just looked away. , And went into their respective boxes.

Ignoring the sourness in their hearts, both of them kept telling themselves "I'm right", and then they barely smiled in the conversation with their friends, looking at the outside scenes of the express train that shuttled through the mountains and the plains, and returned to each other. Where to go.

Extraordinary: Zoe and Luna

"Good morning, Zoe. Do you want apple jam or strawberry jam on your bread?" Luna moved lightly around the wooden table, and she noticed Zoe's face pressing her forehead from the spiral staircase with a gloomy face. Walk down slowly and ask happily.

"Strawberry." Zoe murmured painfully. Because of lack of sleep for several days, her head was like a small person living in her head. Every day she held a small hammer on the steel plate and knocked her. She had to keep her nerves tight at all times, but no matter how hard she tried, the noise would still penetrate into her mind through the crack in the door that was not sealed at all.

"Luna, it's not that I want to point fingers at your family." She took the slice of bread Luna handed her, and it was even more painful-because the noise of the machine's rumbling operation still didn't stop. It's better to say because the distance is closer. For this reason, he spoke even louder, "I know I am a guest here, and you all seem to be unaffected-but can't you really ask Mr. Lovegood to take his old printing office? I want it every day Sleeping in this sound, and then awakened by this sound, my head will be blown up!"

Zoe folded her bread in half and watched gloomily as the thickly spread strawberry jam oozes slightly from the edge of the slice of bread because of being squeezed. He sighed and opened his mouth as if to vent his anger. Like to bite off half of the bread.

"Sorry." Luna was also very embarrassed, but her eyes lit up with excitement. "But you don't know, this is the fastest selling time of "The Devil" in these years. Dad said they had to choose to add Printing, let every printing press work day and night, he is very happy during this time!" She smiled contentedly, "Most people don’t see the value of this magazine like we do. Dad, they There is no chance to arrange a good interview, even if they have a team that is no worse than any magazine-but you helped us, Zoe, thank you so much!"

She walked to the printing press that was continuously operating, and picked up a copy of "The Devil" which had just been spit out by the printing press with a little bit of heat on the paper. On the cover was Marguerite's high spirits. Close-up of, marked "Exclusive Interview" in bright, large font.

"I just asked for you." Zoe squeezed her earlobe and found that she had already brought some heat. Although she was happy and proud of Luna's gratitude in her heart, she still behaved very naturally, "If not Because Margaret also appreciates you, she would not agree to be interviewed; not to mention that Mr. Lovegood seized the opportunity very well. This is not my credit."

"But you got in touch with Professor Margaret-I had no idea that the relationship between the two of you was so good. I bet that there are at least hundreds of students who want to know Professor Margaret's private address, but she Only one year’s worth of classes, eh..." Luna sighed, "I don’t even know who Professor Margaret’s fiancé is..."

Zoe looked away subtly, and even forgot to refute Luna's "good relationship with Margaret".She knew who Margaret’s unmarried "husband" was, but Margaret had also told her before that she would not take the initiative to disclose the identity of her lover to the public until Barbara agreed. Lite's expression was very helpless.

Even though Barbara herself has been prepared for exposure, when she thinks of the many things she will face after being publicized, it is the easiest thing to be pointed at. In serious cases, weird duels may even appear. Asked, she was not interested at all, she didn't want to be bathed in the sight of others at all times.

But Luna just mentioned it casually. This topic was quickly left behind by her, and she enthusiastically began to talk to Zoe about the raspberries in their yard, the pale watercolor fish in the mountain creek, and the house. The high cliff in the small forest behind and the magic device her father is studying recently on how to make thinking ability faster.

"We can stay by the creek until dusk today. Have you ever had the soup made of colored ball fish, Zoe? Dad will use some special methods to cook them. That is a dish that my mother also likes very much. ...In a few days, we can go to the woods and I have something I want you to see."

Zoe has been in Luna’s house for a short period of time, and it’s hard not to compare the time spent at Luna’s house with the time spent at Hermione’s house, but the final conclusion is no different. Even though Luna and Hermione’s personalities can be said to be very different, the family situation is completely different, but the atmosphere they can bring to Zoe is very similar, it is a kind of warmth that Zoe also felt in Malfoy’s house. It was the kind of warmth that she would be sucked away as long as she returned to Siegel's house alone.

While eating breakfast, she looked around Luna's house.Luna is a weird girl, this is something everyone knows, but as a family that gave birth to this girl with a unique thinking mode, it is completely different from ordinary families.At least the home of ordinary people will not look like a long black cylinder, and the interior is also full of arcs, even the walls are curved, the room layout is also up and down, the iron spiral staircase is its only Transfer channel.

On the first day at Luna's house, Zoe was attracted by this arrangement.You must know that compared to those square and unconventional houses, this kind of whimsical and interesting house with a strong personality can stimulate the sparks of inspiration in people's thoughts. It is no wonder that Luna will grow into such an unfettered character……

She remembered that she couldn't bear it because of insomnia, and wanted to rush down to stop the printing press that was always crunching and making noise.But when she went down the stairs to the lower floor, she found that there was already a person sitting here, that was Luna's father Xenophylius Lovegood.

Mr. Lovegood’s work has been extremely busy lately, but this is a delightful thing.He always left home early in the morning and came back late at night, but at this time he was bending over to sort out the magazines that kept spitting out of the printing press, stacking them and putting them aside. These magazines are in his Under the wand, it was as if they had their own consciousness, and they piled together obediently in three or two.

"Mr. Lovegood," Fortunately, Zoe's face was in the shadow of the oil lamp at the time, so she wouldn't have to let Mr. Lovegood see the embarrassment on her face, "good evening."

She wanted to come forward to help, but was stopped by Mr. Lovegood. The man looked a little unhealthy even in the light. He could see that he was very tired, and his white hair was lying on his head. top.He still wears the formal clothes he wears at work, which makes him look a little bit more energetic.

"Can't sleep, Miss Siegel?" His attitude is not very enthusiastic, because he has no energy, but his tone is still very gentle, just like when Zoe first arrived at his home.

"Some tea? It's a pity that there is no snack. Eating that in the middle of the night is not good for your health." Zoe saw that he seemed to have something to say to her, so he nodded, accepting the cup that she never intended to drink. Gordigan tea, Lovegood’s specialty tea, tastes very bitter even with three spoons of sugar.

"Have you seen a picture of her and her mother in Luna's room?" Zoe nodded. The picture was beside the bed. It was big and conspicuous. Luna in the photo was still very small, but she shrank. In her mother's arms, she looks very cute after being well-dressed, and with that big smile, people can't look away.

"That was the last photo of her mother with her before she was alive. Pandora is always driven by intuition. She is better than me and very practical... Luna, she mentioned Pandora to you-that is her Mother?"

Zoe nodded and repeated to Mr. Lovegood what Luna had said to her in the past. Mr. Lovegood was silent for a while, looking at the empty cup in his hand, as if his thoughts had returned to the past: "Yeah, she is right. Pandora has never been far away from us... After Pandora's death, Luna is the only and the last thing I have in the world. I love her more than myself. I hope she can live it Happy and happy, and willing to meet all the requirements she wants...but she is a very caring and good child, and has never been wayward to me..."Even though the cup was empty, Mr. Lovegood still subconsciously pressed his lips. At the mouth of the cup, "But even if I am willing to pick stars for her, there are some things I can't give her, such as friendship."

Zoe's heart beats suddenly. He noticed that Mr. Lovegood was looking at her, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous: "When she told me about the things between you, I could see that she was very happy, that was with me. A completely different happiness together. Luna’s personality always makes many people feel weird—you’re surprised that I actually understand this?" He laughed softly, "Of course I know our family-me, Pandora and Lu Na, many things are incompatible with others, because our thinking mode is like an alien... Or do you think I have not been treated coldly, scolded or driven away for so many years?"

"I haven't given up on my madness until now. It is something that will accompany me for the rest of my life. But when I found out that Luna believed and accepted the world we portrayed to her, and persistently sought it out , I feel the supreme happiness of being a father, but I am also more afraid than anyone...Miss Siegel, thank you for making friends with Luna."

The man lowered his head deeply, and Zoe became directly stiff in a panic, only to feel that a ball of flame ran directly into her skin, and the whole person was about to burn.She looked down at Mr. Lovegood sincerely showing her good, but she suddenly felt a strong desire to cry.

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"Zoe, Zoe?" Luna's anxious shout made Zoe wake up from her thinking. She blinked in a daze, letting Luna wave her hand in front of her, "You almost stepped into the pit. Go inside."

"It's okay." She looked down and Luna was right. Even if there were many fallen leaves on the ground, the traces of the pothole were still obvious. It was not a deep hole, but it was easy for the person who stepped in it to get rid of the foot.Zoe smiled unnaturally, even though several days had passed, the late-night conversation with Mr. Lovegood made her unforgettable, so that she would fall into contemplation from time to time.

She dragged her tired body behind Luna. Luna looked thin and not tall, but she was acting as vigorously as a deer in this forest. Zoe suspected that she could even close her eyes. Go to any corner she wants to go.

The dark blue night had swept across the entire sky when they reached the top of the cliff, and the brilliance of the evening was completely squeezed out.The clouds flow in the night sky, and the wind blows on the sweaty face, which is also very comfortable.Today's weather is very good, even with a good view of the sky, when the first ray of moonlight shone on the grove, Zoe finally took a breath of fatigue.

"It's late, Luna. What do you want me to see?" She was a little dissatisfied. Early this morning, she was pulled up by Luna and finished her breakfast amidst the roar of the printing press that she was already used to. I wanted to take a good rest, but today Luna is extraordinarily tough, completely disregarding Zoe's opinion, and dragged her out.

According to what Luna said some time ago, they stood on the top of the hill and looked at the Muggle village in the distance, picked the raspberries in Luna’s yard and ate them, and went down to the creek to catch colored ball fish. The guys tied up their two long legs one by one and threw them into the big bucket, smiling as they watched these swollen fish jumping around inside.Luna's flying curse practiced more proficiently, and later they also competed who caught more colorful ball fish, and those colorful ball fish that broke through the water and flew around in the air would become a strange scenery. Up.

When they walked back slowly along the stream, Luna took her to the grove after dinner. She had always said that she wanted to take her here, but she was chosen Nowadays.

Although Zoe was complaining, she was also curious about what Luna wanted to bring to her. Even if the two of them didn't say a word on this topic once today, Zoe still had expectations in her heart.

"Come!" Luna whispered in excitement. She pushed Zoe. Because of Luna's request, she turned her back to the sky.When she turned around, there was a gorgeous starry sky.The sky is cloudless, and the stars under the night are shining with their own brilliance, even if they are as brilliant as the moon, they can’t swallow those shining little spots.

"My parents used to take me here to count the stars. They all said that this is the closest observation point to the sky in the entire area. Whether it's the raspberry in the yard, the colored ball fish in the creek, or this piece just belongs to me The starry sky is my biggest treasure in this home in the past ten years. No matter what setbacks I encounter, as long as I think of these things, I can move on."

"You are my first friend, Zoe." She smiled and said, "I want to share all this with you. This is the best birthday present I can give."

"Happy birthday, Zoe. I hope you will be safe and well for the rest of your life."

Chapter One Wedding and Period (Part 1)

"Max Siegel?" Questions sounded from one side, and Zoe frowned unconsciously just hearing the name.She looked in the direction where the voice came from, and found a handsome man in a dark formal dress looking at her with a little surprise. The reason why he would show such an attitude doesn’t need to think about it. Zoe is also third today. Encountered this time.

"I'm Zoe, Zoe Siegel." She emphasized the pronunciation of her name very obviously, but she no longer got angry because of others' confession: "Oh, I'm so sorry, I'm so rude..." man Apologetically, "I blurted out when I looked at my face. You know she is famous, but I should have realized that you are also famous."

"This is not a good thing for me, sir." Zoe said helplessly, and began to repeat what she had repeated many times. "Are you here to attend Professor Margaret's wedding?" Was it Barbara’s guest, because she had learned about it before Barbara hadn’t notified herself.

The man showed a very complicated expression for a moment, but he nodded, and took out a delicate invitation from his arms, "Justin Hall, I am Meg's friend. I used to play Quidditch with her." Zoe After receiving the invitation to compare the names, he took out a form to ask him to sign, "Excuse me, Mr. Hall, after all, none of us want to have any surprises, even if this is just a wedding."

"I also know some things, Miss Siegel. I don't want to be disturbed by selfish people, such as reporters or crazy fans, on such important occasions, even if they just know that Meg is about to get married... "Justin shrugged, and wrote his name on the parchment according to what Zoe said. After he wrote it, the name was surrounded by light.

"Thank you for your cooperation, sir. Please enjoy it as you please. Professor Margaret said that there is no need for restraint. This is just a small wedding reception." But Justin didn't seem to mean to leave, but asked her: "Professor? Does the name really mean Meg? She used to say that professor is the most promising and boring job in the world, and the profession she most hopes to avoid."