harry potter book of crimes

Facts have proved that, as a brother and partner who has been Dumbledore's secret informant for many years, Aberforth's keen observation skills are indeed unique.

Yes, Tia was scared, so scared that her whole heart was hanging in the air with nowhere to rest.

Because in the middle of the night before yesterday, she woke up thirsty from her dream and was about to get up to drink water. She saw that the wand she had habitually placed beside her pillow before going to bed, which had been with her for more than ten years, rolled on its own and pointed at someone.

direction!

This is certainly not a supernatural event - although such events in the magical world often appear more real than those in the Muggle world. After all, wizards know that many ghost-like entities in this world do exist.

But Tia, who was still a little dazed from sleep at the time, knew very well that the scene that happened in front of her was definitely not a poltergeist phenomenon caused by a poltergeist, let alone an invisible beast that suddenly entered the house by mistake.

farce.

Because this situation is actually not the first time it has happened around Tia.

"The first time I learned about my parents... it must have been at that time, right?"

Tia, who had just returned to her room from Aberforth, sat on the edge of the bed and looked out the window at the somewhat gloomy sky, but her thoughts had already flown to more than ten years ago.

Her life changed for the first time when she picked up the magic wand in her pocket at the drying yard behind the orphanage.

…

About twelve years ago, Tia was a little Muggle orphan living in a church orphanage in Massachusetts, USA. She was just eleven years old.

It has to be said that church orphanages, which sound like wonderful charities, were often not a good place in those days. Because they are affiliated with the local church, this kind of orphanage has more complicated rules than other similar institutions.

, and the most obvious one is the cultivation of faith for the children in the hospital.

Children taken in by church orphanages must be taught a lot of daily rules and church etiquette every day. All kinds of rules that are not in line with children's nature make the children live in an inexplicably repressive environment every day.

If it is suppressed for a long time, of course there will always be some catharsis. It is impossible for children to resist those church personnel and administrators, so a series of bullying phenomena targeting vulnerable peers will naturally breed in secret and become a group of orphans.

The norm of "passing on from generation to generation".

The strong ones bully the weak ones, and the weak ones, unable to resist the bullying, turn around and take it out on the weaker ones, until the most vulnerable children in the hospital endure it silently, unable to even hug each other for warmth.

Back then, Tia was one of the children at the bottom of the orphanage.

That day was actually not a very special day for Tia at the time - most of the children in the orphanage didn't know when their birthdays were, so they basically based their birthdays on the date they were admitted to the orphanage.

, and at that time, Tia’s “birthday” was actually only half a year away.

Because if you stay in the dormitory or the front yard activity field during the break, you will usually be blocked by people, so at this time, Tia will usually try her best to find an uninhabited corner to huddle up and hide. Even if most of them end up

She would be found by some idlers - after all, the entire orphanage was only so big, but she still had to do this if she wanted to suffer less.

It's just that this day is a little different.

In the corner of the drying area for clothes and quilts at the back of the yard, Tia, who was thin and small, found a flower bed where she could hide as usual and squatted in the back.

In fact, not far away, there were several discarded cabinets that looked more suitable and were placed against the courtyard wall, but she did not choose to hide them there. Because even though she was not very smart, she also knew that many children knew it.

In that place, after escaping twice and being quickly caught, without being able to escape, she remembered that this was an extremely bad option.

"... If you come from the left, run to the right. There is an old warehouse on the right that you can go around... If you come from the right, run to the left. There is a small forest on the left... But you can't hide in the forest. They are more familiar with it than me. You should

Behind a certain tree, turn toward the empty pond..."

Little Tia squatted behind the sparse flowers, mumbling, repeating such a simple escape plan over and over again, hoping that she could still remember it when she was most nervous when being chased.

Be clear so as not to be confused and blocked by others.

And it was at this moment that a "twig" that looked a little special caught her attention——

It was a very strange little wooden stick, with two spiral-shaped strips of paper twisted together neatly, as if it was born this way. But the shiny and clean appearance of the stick was even visible to Tia, who was still a child.

It can be concluded that this small wooden stick must have been specially made by someone.

And, for some reason, she always felt that the wooden stick she accidentally saw at her feet seemed to be attracting her attention. From the moment she caught a glimpse of it, she could no longer take her eyes away.

Open a centimeter.

"No... I should keep an eye on the outside, otherwise it would be too bad if someone comes over and I don't notice it yet..."

Tia kept thinking this in her heart, but her eyes did not leave the stick for a second, but her right hand reached out unexpectedly.

"Prince! You are here...come here! Hahahaha, God bless, the poor Headhugger is hiding right here in the flower bed!"

"ah!"

Little Tia, who had just touched the strange branch, was immediately frightened by the voice coming from across the flower bed. However, she had been talking about the "plan" before, but now she was almost there.

A flash flashed through her already blank mind. In an instant, Tia saw the boy one year older than herself approaching from the right, stood up, and ran out to the left.

To be honest, Tia is actually not good at running, so running away in front of others has always been a very difficult thing for her. In Tia's past escape experiences, she was unable to escape nine times out of ten.

, and the only remaining time was probably because the rest time was over and the nuns rang the bell to assemble and barely escaped death.

But there was no way. If she didn't run away, she would definitely have to endure the bullying for a longer period of time. Considering the two factors, even if she knew she couldn't run away, she could only try to escape again and again.

"Hey, I caught you!"

Tia was running forward with her head down. This time, before she even had time to reach the planned grove, she felt a strong force coming from her waist.

With a "bang", Tia was kicked down.