Chapter Ninety-Four: Memories
Cynthia fell into a Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom on the second floor of the castle. She looked up and saw Severus sitting in the first row listening attentively.
Severus was still very immature at the time, and Cynthia looked away from Severus and began to look for Barty.
Looking around, Cynthia saw little Barty, sitting in the last row of windows, looking out the window.
Cynthia walked over softly, wanting to see what Barty was looking at, so fascinated.
When Cynthia looked up, she was stunned because she saw her childhood self flying wildly in the sunlight, smiling all over her face.
Cynthia remembers that it was her first flying lesson in her first grade. But she didn't know that it was at this time that she quietly walked into little Barty's heart, and she lived there for so many years.
The scene shifts, and Cynthia arrives at the library. She saw her doing her homework in the library, and little Barty who was not far away and peeking at her from time to time.
The library disappears, and the next scene is seen in the Slytherin break room, where she agrees to Barty Jr.'s invitation to the Halloween ball.
That night, little Barty didn't sleep all night, and he kept giggling in bed until dawn.
Cynthia watched as little Barty had prepared a number of dresses for the ball that day, and it wasn't until Elsa quietly told him that Cynthia would wear a black dress that he decided to wear the black gown.
On Halloween, Cynthia followed Barty Jr. to the common room, and she saw Barty Jr. pacing nervously in the lounge, rubbing his hands together.
Cynthia had never seen little Barty like this, but her eyes turned red again at the thought that little Barty was gone.
It wasn't until Cynthia, who had previously come out of the girls' dormitory, that little Barty regained her composure.
She followed the two of them all the way down the hall, and this time she noticed the gaze that little Barty had been looking at her.
The ball disappeared from her eyes, and the next second Cynthia was seated in the audience at the Quidditch pitch.
It was her first Quidditch match, and she realized that the exaggerated hand had been made by Barty Jr.
Cynthia helplessly looked at little Barty who jumped up and down excitedly, and thought to herself, this guy really didn't have the slightest Slytherin appearance, and now he looked like a Gryffindor.
As soon as the game began, Barty Jr. began to shout at the top of his voice. "Cynthia! Cynthia! Cynthia! ”
When Barty Jr. sees Cynthia fall off the broomstick, he rushes down from the audience and tries to pick her up, but is pushed aside by Cialis who arrives.
After that, there is the quarrel that breaks out between Barty Jr. and Severus in the dormitory. It turned out that except for the one Cynthia knew, the two of them had fought many times.
A month before Christmas, little Barty began preparing Christmas gifts for Cynthia. He flipped through one mail-order booklet after another, but could not find a gift that satisfied him.
It wasn't until he finally went to ask Elsa that he bought a set of Quidditch maintenance gear, and then made a silver headband of his own.
Little Barty woke up early at Christmas, unpacking the bedside presents until he found the one Cynthia had given him, and he didn't have a smile on his face.
He opened the box, took out the delicate pair of cashmere gloves inside, and eagerly stuffed his hand inside. "Thea gave me warmth!"
Then he took it off, put the gloves in the box, repacked them, and took out a sticky note and pasted it.
I saw a sentence written on it: 1972.12.25, Thea's first gift to me!
Seeing this, Cynthia's tears flowed out instantly. It was just a small gift from her, and little Barty was so careful that he didn't want to wear it, but carefully put it away.
Before Cynthia could finish crying, the scene changed again, and she saw the familiar dance hall of Black Manor, as well as herself and Severus dancing hand in hand on the field.
She saw that Barty Jr.'s eyes were full of jealousy, and Barty Jr. walked up to old Mr. Crouch and mentioned Cynthia to him.
She heard Barty Jr. say that she wanted to marry, and she saw Barty Jr., who was blushing but still looking at old Mr. Crouch with a serious face.
In Barty's memory, Cynthia saw a lot of things she didn't know before.
She saw little Barty, who was clumsy but insisted on making gifts for herself; saw little Barty who was fighting because he was quarreling with others; saw little Barty, who was worried about himself; I saw little Barty, who had been looking at himself and smiling softly.
She saw herself playing seriously; I saw myself with a sad face because of my homework; I saw my smiling self; saw himself who was triumphant because he grabbed the last pineapple pie; I saw myself who was sad because of Severus......
In the end, what she saw was little Barty lying in her arms, stroking her face, wiping away tears for herself, and finally saying "I love you......"
Cynthia slowly rose from the meditation tub and sat down on the carpet, her face covered with tears, as if she had just been in the final scene.
Dumbledore looked at Cynthia, who was sitting on the ground crying frantically, and felt very uncomfortable in his heart.
He spoke slowly, "Thea...... Barty loves you, so he doesn't want you to be in tears all the time after he's gone. What he wants most is that you can be happy, and Grew and Jamie can grow up healthy and happy. ”
"Besides, you have his child...... So I want you to cheer up, none of us want you to go on like this anymore. ”
"You suddenly fainted in the classroom that day, do you know how worried Siris were? What you should do now is take care of yourself and take care of your children. ”
“…… Albus...... I really, miss him......" Cynthia looked up at Dumbledore, the sadness in her eyes as if it was about to overflow from her eyes.
“…… I, I understand...... I'll pull myself together...... I'm going to live with Barty's hobby...... This memory...... Can you give it to me? ”
"Absolutely." Dumbledore nodded slightly, "Kid...... Everything will be fine. ”
Cynthia stood up, wiped away her tears, carefully clutched the glass bottle full of Barty's memories in her hand, and slowly walked out of Dumbledore's office.
She went back to her office, put the glass bottle in a small box, and locked it in a drawer.
She then used Floo Net back to Grimmauld Place, and pulled out the gifts that Barty Jr. had given her from her bedroom.
Some of them were already yellowed, and Cynthia looked at the various pieces of jewelry that little Barty had made with her own hands, and a look of an ugly smile appeared on her face.
"Thank you Barty...... Thank you for doing so much for me. In the rest of my life, I will not only live for myself, but I will also live for you......"