From Azkaban To Hogwarts

"Notice…"

William picked up his wand and waved it. The ice in the area pointed by his wand began to slowly melt. The released Inferi were ready to swarm forward with the ice that had not yet dissipated, but they were blocked by the fire controlled by Lupine and Moody. Forced to retreat to the back.

The Inferi in the lake are afraid of fire and light, and even if they don't handle the poison as well as him, they can still find creatures to drink it. All these traps may seem difficult, but when you think about it carefully, they become so ridiculous...

'So, why is he so determined to die...'

William couldn't figure it out, but his hands were still casting spells steadily, refreezing those inferi that were no longer there after being identified.

"Attention, Sirius..."

He raised his wand again and released a batch of inferi.

The flames controlled by Lupine and Moody held them firmly in place, awaiting recognition by Sirius.

When his eyes turned to a face, Sirius, who was originally silent and determined, suddenly became panicked, "Don't hurt him, don't hurt him, Professor Moody..."

William shook his head and waved his wand again, and the ice slowly resurfaced, covering all the Inferi, and freezing the remains of the young man whom Sirius identified as Regulus.

Sirius ran over excitedly and hugged the extremely cold Inferi tightly. Fragments of ice slowly extended from where they embraced, but Sirius seemed unaware...

"Let's go and break the curse..."

William said with a bit of hoarseness in his voice - without the aid of props, it was not so easy for him to refreeze the Inferi. Coupled with the huge number, he was feeling a little dizzy at the moment...

Lupine and Moody walked in front of him, and they cast spells together and began to deinferify Regulus's remains - this was not a simple spell, but fortunately it didn't stump them.

After William dispelled his freezing magic to the maximum extent, Lupine and Moody finally got rid of the dark magic that caused Regulus to turn into a corpse after nearly ten minutes of casting. However, ice shards had begun to spread on Sirius's body. It was also handled cleanly by William.

However, Sirius no longer had the energy to pay attention to his own problems. He took off his robe, wrapped it tightly around his brother, and cast a spell to remove the last trace of water on his body, and then tried to He picked it up.

Lupine hurriedly helped him hold it up, and even tried to cast a spell on himself, and then helped Sirius hold up Regulus's remains.

The two of them walked tremblingly to the other side of the lake, one on their backs and the other on their backs. William and Moody looked at each other, re-strengthened the frozen lake surface, and hurriedly chased after them.

They passed the destroyed rock wall all the way, and did not stop until they reached the pavilion with steps.

"Convert him into a sarcophagus. He will definitely not want to be immersed in the cold water again."

William suggested in a low voice. Sirius said nothing, nodded silently, and then began to use his wand to try to deform the damaged stone wall.

"Let's... go take care of that damn place down there, Professor Lupin - you go down with me and let Professor Moody guard Sirius."

Lupine was pulled down by William involuntarily, and then walked all the way towards the lake below.

"I should stay with him, Professor William."

"No, what he needs is quiet. Besides, I don't feel at ease with you two up there... Professor Moody pays more attention to vigilance. This is not the grassland of Hogwarts..."

William said as he walked quickly ahead, "Although it seems that the Dark Lord should not be able to find it now, it is better to be cautious."

"Okay... I thought too little..."

Lupine couldn't help but nodded. In this case, leaving him and Sirius up there was almost defenseless. He knew Regulus, Sirius's biological brother, a die-hard Slytherin, and one of the few who didn't have much. Aggressive Slytherin…

"Why did he..."

"Because he doesn't plan to live anymore..." Lupine didn't finish. William already knew what he was going to say. "From the information I know, he is a Death Eater, and many of his relatives are also Death Eaters—— If he intends to betray the Dark Lord, then the punishment for his relatives will be..."

"But Sirius..."

"They are different. Sirius had drawn boundaries when he was studying. His opposition would not make the Dark Lord angry, but Regulus is different. His betrayal would involve his cherished family... which is why he even After the betrayal, he planned to die to shoulder all the responsibilities..."

William shook his head, "Professor Luping, let me tell you, even if you don't recognize the potion, as long as you analyze that it can be drunk, you can definitely find someone or something to drink it on your behalf." ——The only reason why he willingly drank the potion was that he was already prepared for death..."

He looked at the lake that had appeared in front of him with disgust, "Inferi are creatures that sound scary and look scary. In fact, a ball of flame can make them never dare to approach again... As long as a trained person If you are a good wizard, you won’t be stumped by them…”

As William spoke, he observed around the lake. After turning about half a circle, he found the best position to set fire. He gently moved the wand to the ice surface, and then, the fierce fire began to greedily devour everything around it. Come.

Everything instantly became its fuel, and it didn't take long for the flames to rise into the sky, but William forcibly suppressed them. With a little encouragement of the wind, the flames spread in the direction he expected.

The flames burning on the other side were easily extinguished by William. He and Lupine walked along the road where the flames were burning, waving their wands constantly to restrict the greedy flames within the scope of the lake.

The ice he froze melted under the fierce fire and did not even last a few seconds, becoming a new fuel for the flames to burn. The lake water was evaporated, and together with the frozen inferi, they disappeared silently. Caught in the flames without leaving any trace.

The ice floe re-condensed under his feet, and he and Lupine extinguished some of the fierce fires that sank more than one meter into the lake. The rest were driven forward by wind and magic, and the flames surged into the sky.

When the last breath of black magic was swallowed up and became the nourishment of the fierce fire, William and Lu Ping began to put out the fierce fire with all their strength. After the land on the shore was burned down by one meter, the flames were finally stopped by them.

When he and Lupine returned to the shore, Sirius had sorted out his emotions, and Regulus was lying in an exquisite sarcophagus.

"Go through the upper passage, and then we fly to the top of the cliff...Professor Moody, please apparate back and inform Dumbledore what happened. Professor Lupin, myself, and Sirius are guarding here, waiting for your news. .”

"good."

"The three of us flew, used magic to lift the sarcophagus up, and then waited for Dumbledore to arrive, and then..."

"I want to take him home."

Sirius interrupted William abruptly.

"Okay, anywhere, we can help you."

——

When they left the rift, those anti-Apparition restrictions no longer appeared.

Moody quickly disapparated and returned to Hogsmeade, preparing to go to school to call Dumbledore - the trap set by the Dark Lord, the so-called Horcrux, the alarm that was not triggered... there is so much worth reporting. Information.

William and the others quickly used magic to lift the sarcophagus up the cliff, constructed concealment magic, and began to wait for Dumbledore's arrival while guarding the scene.

Sirius was in a bad mood at the moment and had no intention of communicating. It was not easy for William and Lupine to discuss, so the three of them could only remain silent in this area.

'Someone is coming...'

As the warning magic was triggered, William's wand was the first to point in the direction of the visitor, but he quickly restrained his aggression.

It was Dumbledore and Professor Moody - it seemed that Moody and they were lucky enough.

Dumbledore didn't speak. He walked quickly to Sirius and patted his shoulder. Black, who had been strong all the way, instantly lost the strength to stand, and his eyes became a little red.

"I'm fine...I'm fine, Dumbledore..."

"Regulus and I have never had a good relationship, you know..."

"I just feel a little uncomfortable... I knew he was dead a long time ago. The Death Eaters told these things in Azkaban. They said he was judged to have disappeared inexplicably..."

"In fact, I'm fine…"

His voice became more and more sobbing, and in the end he still couldn't stop crying...

"Let's take him back first and then talk..." Dumbledore patted Sirius' head, "Where do you want him to go?"

"But, here..."

"It doesn't matter. It's the same at any time. Let's send him away first."

"Well... I want to take him back... to 12 Grimmauld Place..."

"You come to Disapparate..." Dumbledore said softly, "I will follow..."

Sirius nodded and disappeared in an instant. Dumbledore, holding the sarcophagus in one hand and holding the wand in the other, disappeared almost at the same time as him.

——

"Let's take a rest..."

After Dumbledore left, William finally felt relieved. He transformed into a chair, sat down on it, and stuffed a whole chocolate frog into his mouth without any control.

Only now did he have the energy to be afraid, afraid of the beings he had just encountered...especially the lake full of Inferi.

The expressions of the other two people were not very good either. No one could get used to being surrounded by black magic like that, not even a battle-hardened veteran like Moody.

After waiting for a few minutes, Dumbledore and Sirius disappeared, and they knew that Sirius had no intention of letting the others participate in Regulus's funeral.

A funeral is an affirmation of a person's personal deeds and a condolence from friends and relatives - however, Regulus's friends were all purebloods of the time. If they knew about Regulus's betrayal, I am afraid not many of them would feel sad. of.

Not to mention those relatives - except for Sirius, there are probably few people who would consider Regulus, who betrayed the Dark Lord, to be his last relative...

'It's really...'

William shook the Dumbledore he had eaten in his hand, feeling very mocked - it was obvious that most of the reason why Regulus died so openly was to protect his loved ones, but few of the people he protected would think his sacrifice was worth it...

——

About an hour later, the two figures reappeared on the cliff, but Dumbledore just said hello to William and the others and left, leaving only Sirius with a somewhat calm face.

Moody also hugged Sirius, his former comrade, and left with Dumbledore, leaving William, Lupine and Sirius behind.

"Come have something to drink with me..."

Sirius forced out a bit of a smile and said to William and Lupin.

About ten minutes later, they were sitting together in Sirius's office and purchased a lot of wine from nearby stores.

"It's kind of... an end... I never thought he would do something like that."

After a few glasses of wine, Sirius finally spoke.

"I also have James and Remus. That child has been hiding and holding back. He can only express his worries to that old bastard Kreacher... The rest of the people are crazy, but he is still normal..."

Gudu poured another large glass of wine into it.

"Okay, I admit, I wrongly blamed Kreacher in some places... He is not such a bastard sometimes. He likes Regulus and even deceived my mother for him..."

Sirius opened the chatterbox and said something that amazed the other two.

That was an adventure from another perspective - information obtained from the house elf named Kreacher...

"Voldemort thought he had done everything perfectly...but he didn't even notice that Kreacher escaped and lived under the care of the child..."

Sirius drank another sip of wine.

"That bastard Kreacher said that because I betrayed him, that kid felt that he should bear that damn glory, so he doubled his trust in Voldemort and regarded everything as an honor..."

"He was completely fooled by those bad guys... It wasn't until Kreacher was asked to perform that dangerous mission that he realized something was wrong..."

"He actually stupidly drank the potion by himself and handed the locket and the Horcrux to that idiot Kreacher - that guy never completed the order to destroy it in his entire life!"

Another bottle of wine was poured down, "Well, it actually deceived my mother cleverly and hid the secret of the locket from everyone. If it hadn't said it in excitement..."

Another big glass.

"He just wanted to die. The kid felt that he was carrying all the messy glory, but he didn't know how to get rid of it... and he didn't want to implicate others..."

"However, with that guy Kreacher taking care of the cemetery, the child should also be happy..."

"It shouldn't be as dilapidated as that damn old house, right?"

"That child..."

Sirius took another gulp of wine, then lay down on the table and fell into a deep sleep.