Chapter 28
The fifth year passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was time for the OWLs exam. This time Ayala performed steadily and got ten O's, which made Slughorn very satisfied.
The next day after returning home, she immediately visited the Malfoy Mansion. Last time, it was Lucius who seemed a little strange, but this time, both Narcissa and Lucius seemed a little strange. The Malfoy Mansion also became a little lifeless. Ayala quickly understood that Narcissa had probably started working for Voldemort.
Unlike Narcissa who took the initiative to find topics in the past, this time Narcissa was still daydreaming from time to time, no longer as talkative as before. She also met Snape at the Malfoy house. When Severus came, he probably didn't know she would be there today, and was stunned when he saw Ayala.
He was wearing a short-sleeved shirt today. Ayala subconsciously looked at the inside of his left arm, and sure enough, there was an extra Dark Mark there. After Severus came, the topic here turned to some internal matters of the Death Eaters. She was not interested in listening, so she said something to Narcissa and prepared to leave.
But she didn't expect that Severus would chase her out the next second, and his eyes were a little panicked.
"Would you please not tell Lily?"
"What's up?"
Seeing her pretending to be stupid, Severus became a little anxious.
"The fact that I'm a Death Eater...if you promise me that, I can promise you one thing."
"I can promise you, but Lily is not stupid. She will find out sooner or later."
"I know, as long as you don't tell her, even if she knows, my promise will still count."
Ayala nodded in agreement.
"What do you want me to promise you?"
"I can't think of it now, I'll tell you when I think of it later."
Because Narcissa and Lucius now serve that man, she no longer likes to go to Malfoy Manor. Ayala stays in Turner Manor most of the time.
Now the wizarding world has also begun to become a little gloomy. When she returned to school in the sixth grade, she found that some Slytherins had become Death Eaters. For a while, the Slytherin common room became a gathering place for Death Eaters.
Thank God Professor Slughorn did not support Voldemort and would restrain the people in the college, otherwise she would not even want to go to the common room.
The Herbology class had just ended and she was walking into the castle when she was suddenly attracted by the noise next to her. It was the Marauder, Snape and Lily. Potter recited some spell, but Snape was hung upside down, and Lily asked Potter to stop.
At this moment, the Dark Mark on the inside of Snape's left arm was exposed. The crowd suddenly quieted down and dispersed. The four Marauders and Lily were all stunned. Snape listened to Lily and said:
"I don't need help from a filthy mudblood like you."
Ayala pulled out his wand.
"The curse stops immediately."
Snape stood up again. Lily looked at Snape and said:
"Very well, I would wash my underwear if I were you."
Potter grabbed Snape's collar and asked him to apologize. Ayala looked at the situation and was too lazy to care about it anymore, so he turned around and went back to the castle.
After that incident, Lily and Snape broke up completely, and Potter and his companions began to become even more aggressive towards Snape.
Professor Slughorn felt it was a pity that such a promising young man had gone down such a path.
Ayala now spends most of his time in the library, studying for finals and seventh-grade NEWTs.
"Lily? When did you get here?"
"Just now, I saw you were reading a book so I didn't disturb you."
"What happened to you?"
"You know this because Sev became a Death Eater."
"Many Slytherins became Death Eaters."
"I never understood why he insisted on becoming a Death Eater. His and my opinions have always been different."
In reality, Snape had been bullying people along with the other Slytherins since their second and third years, but it was only when he got older and came into contact with Death Eaters and such that his views had never been the same as Lily's.
"Forget about that. I've joined the Order of the Phoenix. Do you want to join?"
Ayala was not very interested in these things. After thinking for a while, he said:
"If Dumbledore is willing to invite me, I would be happy to do so."
"He'll definitely be happy to. I'll tell him next time I see him."
But a few days later, Lily regretfully told her that Dumbledore did not want to invite her to join the Order of the Phoenix for the time being, and Ayala also expressed his "deep regret."
The moment she knew that Albus' soul and memories had merged into Dumbledore's body, she knew that Dumbledore and she would have complicated feelings for each other. Dumbledore's memories now included her, and it was impossible for him to treat her as an ordinary junior. As for her, needless to say, she neither hated nor loved this person.
Now she just wanted to graduate early and stay away from Hogwarts, preferably to Germany, France, or the United States. Ayala knew that although she seemed to be slowly forgetting and letting go, in fact she had not forgotten at all. Every corner and every brick of Hogwarts reminded her that the man really existed and they really loved each other, although it was only for a short ten months.
Almost two years had passed, but she still couldn't cast the Patronus Charm. She knew she might never be able to forget or let it go.
After Albus left, her time always passed quickly, including her fifth and sixth grades. Nothing memorable happened and she didn't meet any new people. In the endless study, the final exams finally came.
She performed as steadily as before and scored ten Os.
She still sat with Lily on the train back home. She wondered if there would be more Death Eaters in the school when she returned from her seventh year.
Isabel sent a letter in advance saying that she had something to do and could not pick her up, and asked her to go home by herself. When she returned home, Isabel, who had just returned from outside, appeared in the fireplace.
"Don't go to Malfoy Manor this holiday."
"Why?"
"That person...has been appearing at Malfoy Manor every day lately. It's almost become a gathering place for Death Eaters."
"Narcissa... has become a Death Eater too?"
"Bellatrix and Regulus of the Black family are both Death Eaters now. Narcissa's husband is also a Death Eater, and she won't be far behind... Another thing is that that person has always been pursuing immortality. The magic in our family is somewhat related to immortality. I don't know if he knows it."
"Narcissa and the others won't harm me, will they?"
"Narcissa is fine, but it's hard to say about Malfoy. Their family's education has always been extreme. In short, you should try to reduce contact with them and don't go to their house."
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