The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 482 On Prophecy
The past principals in the portrait snored loudly and seemed to be sleeping deeply, but they all strained their ears to hear the conversation between the two more clearly.It seems that gossip is a common nature of human beings no matter where they are.

Phoenix Fawkes stood on the shelf, combing his feathers gracefully, occasionally raising his head to look at Dumbledore.

"I think you've guessed the man's name," said Dumbledore, "though that's hard to believe."

"Severus Snape." Ada slowly said the name of the Potions Professor.

The names of many Death Eaters flashed through Ada's mind in an instant, and she even thought of Pettigrew Peter, because the Animagus was difficult to distinguish, especially Peter's Animagus was still the image of a mouse.

After much deliberation, Ada still thought of Snape.

The Potions Professor used to be a Death Eater, and later became Dumbledore's spy, coupled with his unclear relationship with James Potter, Sirius and others, as well as his contradictory attitude towards Harry, this Let Ada have deep doubts.

When the impossible is ruled out, the rest, no matter how unbelievable, is the truth.

"Yes, Severus," said Dumbledore, "he overheard my conversation with Sybil, and overheard the prophecy, but he only heard half of it. He was roughly thrown away by Aberforth." go out."

"Then he told Voldemort half of the prophecy he had overheard," Ada said, "so Voldemort was going to find Harry, who was still a baby?"

Ada ruffled her long hair in distress. Although she knew that Snape was a Death Eater before, she still felt extremely speechless when she knew the truth.

"It was Voldemort's own choice," said Dumbledore. "Severus just relayed to him what he had heard. He chose Harry."

A hint of confusion appeared in Ada's green eyes, what is Voldemort's own choice?

Judging from the content of the prophecy, isn't this about Harry? Are there other candidates?

[Born in a family that resisted him three times], James and Lily are both members of the Order of the Phoenix, they must have resisted Voldemort, there is no problem with that; [Born at the end of July], Harry was born in At the end of July, there was still no problem.

This is Harry, the prophet Trelawney has already tested it, so what else can be wrong.

"You're ignoring someone else, Ada, someone you know and always ignore. Neville Longbottom, you may not know, was also born at the end of July."

After listening to Dumbledore's words, Ada was stunned for a moment, her brain crashed at this second.

Then, Neville Longbottom's small round face floated before Ada's eyes, and Neville's little crying bag had a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead... Neville was the child in the prophecy, which Ada never imagined possible.

The Longbottoms were Aurors and members of the Order of the Phoenix. They met the first condition of the prophecy; their son Neville was born at the end of July, which met the second condition of the prophecy.

Therefore, in the prophecy [the one who has the ability to defeat the Dark Lord] not only refers to Harry, but also refers to Neville, it depends on how Voldemort chooses.Because 【The Dark Lord will mark him as his strong enemy】, the lightning-shaped scar left by the Killing Curse!
This prophecy is a typical trick of two ends, a common trick of square hexagram stalls.If she didn't know what happened next, Ada felt that Voldemort was fooled by Dumbledore and Trelawney.

"Voldemort made his choice, and he chose Harry, who was half-blood like himself," Dumbledore went on, "rather than Neville, who was pure-blood."

There are no ifs in the world, but Ada was thinking about what if, if Voldemort had chosen Neville Longbottom, what would have happened?

Will Voldemort still lose his body and become something worse than a ghost?
Can Harry Potter live with his parents?

Will James and Lily suffer the same misfortune as Frank and Alice?If that was the case, did Sirius adopt Harry, or did he still send him to the Dursleys?
During the years in school, will the same thing happen again?
Ada knew that none of this would happen because Voldemort chose Harry, but Ada couldn't help but think wildly.

"What's the matter with you?" Dumbledore asked, "Did you think of something if?"

The headmaster's voice was very soft, as if he was afraid that he would scare Ada.Ada shook her head like a puppy, as if that would empty the water out of her head.

"Professor, what if Voldemort didn't do anything back then?" Ada asked softly, "Don't choose Harry, and don't choose Neville, just pretend he never heard that prophecy."

The question silenced Dumbledore.

After a long while, the headmaster said: "There is no if, Ada. This is determined by his character. He does not allow anyone who can threaten his life to exist. Remember this sentence, approach your friends, and even more Get close to your enemy."

Having said that, Dumbledore's silence just now showed that he had thought about something similar.

If Voldemort didn't believe in the prophecy and didn't mark his rival with his own hands, I'm afraid that the darkness over England would last for a long time.

Until Dumbledore finds out how to defeat Voldemort completely, or there is another prophecy that Voldemort can believe...

So, in the final analysis, Voldemort was still fooled by Dumbledore and Trelawney, but this time the fool was a trick of fate, an arrangement of fate, or God's will.

Feudal superstition is really bad, and it is a wise choice not to take Divination as an elective.Ada comforted herself from the bottom of her heart.

"Then what happened next?" Ada asked after she had calmed down.

"Severus found me later, and then I knew that the prophecy was leaked because of my negligence." Dumbledore said, "Severus told me that he overheard part of the prophecy and relayed it to Voldemort, and Voldemort chose the Potters and Harry."

Ada's eyes sparkled with curiosity, and she asked, "Professor Snape and Potter..."

"It's inconvenient for me to reveal the past between them. You'd better ask Severus, if he will tell you." Dumbledore strangled Ada's curiosity.

Ada pouted helplessly, and then said: "Using the leaked prophecy, you recruited Professor Snape and strengthened the protection of the Potters. But you didn't expect a traitor to appear in our team."

"Yes, I used Severus and asked him to help me find information about the Death Eaters and Voldemort's movements." Dumbledore admitted bluntly, and there was nothing to hide.

Ada already knew what happened after that.Peter Pettigrew betrayed the Potters, and Voldemort came to kill the Potters, but was beaten by a one-year-old baby when he ended his old enemy.

Voldemort lost his body and mana, and the war was over; Peter Pettigrew escaped, Sirius was wrongly imprisoned; the Longbottoms who were tortured by Lestrange's Cruciatus Curse went crazy...

Then there was Harry Potter in 1991.

"Professor, is the experience of the Longbottoms also related to this prophecy?" Ada asked.

There are so many Aurors in the Ministry of Magic and many members of the Order of the Phoenix. Why did Lestrange choose the Longbottoms?
Dumbledore shook his head. He said, "It's impossible to confirm. Voldemort trusts the Lestranges a lot, but we don't know how much."

"It's getting late, is there anything else to ask?" Dumbledore said, he was a little tired.

"Yes." Ada said, she had an idea to ask for proof, and she didn't think Dumbledore was a centenarian at all.

Ada said: "You said that you want to reduce contact with Harry, is it because you are worried that Voldemort has established some kind of connection with Harry, and you are worried that Voldemort will use this to cause damage, right?"

It was the result of Ada's brainstorming over a holiday, through Harry's dreams about Voldemort.

"Basically correct," said Dumbledore.The principal was not surprised that Ada could figure this out, it was a routine operation.

"Any more questions?" Dumbledore asked again, he felt that Ada could understand the meaning hidden in his words.

Ada understood the principal's eviction order, but she really wanted to ask one more question.This question also plagued her for half the holiday, and she forgot to ask Dumbledore the last time she met.

Seeing Ada's slow pace as she left the office, Dumbledore stopped her, "Is there really no problem?"

With just a simple sentence, Ada immediately became lively and came back to Dumbledore from the door of the office, startling Dumbledore.

She asked: "Professor, you asked me to come back as soon as possible during the summer vacation, so I came back. But, apart from going to Privet Drive to protect Harry and help him appear in court, why didn't you arrange anything for me?"

After hearing this, Dumbledore looked at Ada with a strange look, as if he didn't understand what she said.

"Me? Tell you to go back to London as soon as possible?" Dumbledore asked, his blue eyes filled with wonder, "No! I don't remember writing you such a letter."

"Then you found me as soon as I returned to London?" Ada asked, Dumbledore's reaction had made her realize the situation, and now she was just preparing the nails in the coffin.

"You came back suddenly, I was worried that you wanted to trouble the Fuli family, so I went to see you!"

Ada silently lucked out, she understood it all now.It was Fred and George who spread the false news, and she believed too much in the twins, so she ran back in a hurry without checking with Dumbledore.

As for why Fred and George spread false news, they probably wanted to trick Ida into cleaning up... After all, No. 12 Grimmauld Place has a large usable area.

"You should have capsized twice in the same gutter," Dumbledore continued,

"That's right, Professor, you're right." Ada said through gritted teeth, "I'll fill up the gutter after I go back tonight. I promise they won't see the sun tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)