Chapter IV

The best way to get to know a place is to blend in with the ascension there. The Weasleys are undoubtedly a typical magical family, where Sally has learned a lot of knowledge quickly, and has become more and more surprised by some magical and incredible pictures, and she also performed a feather standing stunt for the Weasley brothers, which was praised and admired very unhappily.

On the third day, they traveled together to the legendary Diagon Alley through Floo Powder, Sally used Floo Powder for the first time, and felt particularly novel, so she simply arrived without incident, they bought everything they needed here, and Sally also got her first wand, willow wood, thirteen inches long, with a phoenix's tail hair in the core. She wanted to buy a pet, but she didn't find anything she liked, so she had to give up. Mr. Weasley returned the unspent gold coins to Sally, believing that she should keep them for herself, and Sally thought about it and did not put the two gold coins that the Dean had given her with the gold coins.

Soon, it was the day of school, and Mr. Weasley had to work overtime, so he found a car to take the family to the station, although Mr. Weasley had told them in advance about the traffic congestion in London, but by the time they arrived at the station, there were only ten minutes left to board the train.

"Come and the children, don't worry, come one by one, Fred, you go first, and then Sally over there, Sally, don't worry, you just have to be like Fred, don't be nervous, relax. Mrs. Weasley said, Sally had already listened to Mrs. Weasley's introduction in the car, and she had spent so many days in a magical atmosphere, she was not so nervous, and when Fred passed, she pushed her box and trotted over.

"It's easy, isn't it?" As soon as she passed the three-quarters of the ninth platform, she heard Fred's voice, and when she opened her eyes that had been subconsciously closed, she saw a crimson steam engine parked next to the crowded platform. The sign on the train reads: Hogwarts Express, eleven o'clock.

Next, George and Ron came through the wall, and Ron just came over and said loudly, "Fred, George, you see, this is Harry Potter, Harry, that's what I told you, Sally Potter, she's your sister." ”

The atmosphere was undoubtedly awkward, and the long whistle of the train broke the atmosphere, and after Fred and George helped Sally carry her luggage onto the pedals and Harry to carry it, the two of them took Ron out of the empty compartment with a playful understanding, leaving the Potter siblings alone.

"I know you. Harry spoke. "Aunt told me about you, I wanted to go to you, but they didn't allow it, don't blame me. ”

"In fact, I only learned in the last few days that I have an older brother. Sally said honestly. "I didn't know how to face you until I met you, and I thought it was a good feeling. ”

"You'll find that it's a good thing to have an older brother, I mean, I'm going to try to be a good older brother. Harry was visibly nervous, he had thought about many scenes with his sister, and even secretly wrote a script of what he had said during the meeting, but now he couldn't remember anything. I had to ask, "Did you get that bag of gold?" I think it should be enough. ”

"There's a lot left, do you want to go back?" said Sally, who was about to take out the bag of money. Harry hurriedly said, "No, you can keep it, I have it here, and I have some money with me, it's always right." After saying that, there was another wave of embarrassment.

"Why do you live with your aunt, and what about our parents?" Sally asked the question she wanted most, but was not answered immediately, and Harry hesitated for a moment, but finally decided.

"They're gone, Sally. Brutally murdered by a man. Harry told Sally everything he knew about his parents, and to his surprise, Sally was surprisingly calm, in fact, after so many years in the orphanage, she could probably guess that her parents had either abandoned her, then they were no longer alive. She looked at the scar on Harry's head again. His brother saw the death of his parents, but she couldn't even remember what they looked like.

"I'm sorry to interrupt you, but it's full everywhere else. Ron opened the door and poked his head in. "You don't exist for me, and I promise not to interrupt you. ”

"We're done. You can sit here, I'm just going to the bathroom. With that, Sally got up and left.

"Did I interrupt you talking?" Ron was a little apprehensive. He also knew that it was a very shameless thing for him to do.

"No, we're done. I'm just a little worried ... Before Harry could finish speaking, the door opened again, and the Weasley brothers entered.

"Huh, what about Sally?" Fred asked.

"She said she went to the toilet. Ron replied.

"Alright, we're going to the middle compartment, Harry, nice to meet you. Fred said, and then they closed the door after introducing themselves.

"Do you all know Sally?" asked Harry.

"Oh, of course, she spent the days before school started with us. Ron said, and the conversation began, and the two struck up.

Sally calmly washed her hands in the toilet, looking at herself in the mirror, even she felt incredibly calm. It's just that the conjecture she had been thinking about has come true, haven't you been mentally prepared for a long time? But even so, she still feels empty in her heart, and she has an indescribable feeling.

Out of the bathroom, she realized that she had come out of the cubicle sleepwalking, and now she couldn't find her way back. She didn't even remember which carriages, did she have to find them one by one?

"Hey, silly girl, what are you doing. A familiar voice, she turned her head to see Fred opening the door to a cubicle and waving to him. She walked over.

"I can't find the same compartment anymore. Walking into Fred's cubicle, Sally confessed.

"What a coincidence, George and I found the cubicle, but we couldn't find Lee, George went to find him, and I was here to watch the cubicle not be occupied by others. Fred said, "You sit next to me, opposite Lee's position, he got a big spider, I don't know where to hide, you better stay away from that place, there can't be no one in the carriage, and when they come back, I'll send you back." ”

Sally sat down quietly, didn't speak, just stared at the empty chair across from her in a daze, Fred keenly sensed that something was wrong with her, so he asked. "How's the conversation with my brother?

"Fred. Sally turned her head and looked at Fred. The tone was steady, so steady that it made Fred a little creepy. "Harry said, my parents are dead. ”

Many years later, Fred did not remember what he said or did when he first met Sally, but he clearly remembered the way Sally said this to her, like a drowning man who could not swim, floating quietly on the water, not struggling or shouting, just floating quietly, or waiting to sink to the bottom, or waiting to float to the shore.

Almost subconsciously, perhaps not wanting to see the expression in those green eyes dissipate little by little, Fred hugged Sally, used all the tenderness he had accumulated before the age of fourteen, and said softly. "Cry, cry if you feel uncomfortable, cry out and you'll be fine. ”

Sally's eyes had been wide open since she stepped out of Harry's cubicle, and she didn't dare to blink, lest tears would flow from her dry eyes in the blink of an eye. When she was in the orphanage, as long as one child cried, the other children would cry one after another, so she accepted the idea that she couldn't cry since she was a child. She can't cry when she falls, she can't cry when she is sick, she can't cry when she is wronged, she can't cry when she is separated, and in her memory, she hasn't shed tears since she was six years old.

But now, there was a person who told her, cry, you can cry, but she didn't know what to do, she only felt that her eyes were even drier, and finally couldn't help blinking her eyes, and the moment the tears flowed out, she seemed to have regained a child's crying instinct. So gradually from sobbing to crying.

She cried for a long time, so long that she couldn't shed tears but was still sobbing, so long that she vented all her grievances in the past few years, and it was so long... She just lay on Fred's shoulder and fell asleep quietly.

"Sally?" Fred whispered, his arms no longer intuitive, but he didn't dare move them at will.

"I think she's asleep. George opened the door, followed by Lee Jordan. George helped Fred move the sleeping Sally to the window inside, and sat across from Lee.

Fred rubbed his arm and looked at his brother and friend opposite, he didn't know these two people, he didn't need them to speak, he explained, "It's nothing to do with me, but I didn't make her cry, and you don't use this to laugh at me Thank you." ”

"Of course we know you didn't make you cry. Li blinked and said, "How can a girl cry for so long in the arms of a boy who provokes her to cry." That being said, the meaning of watching a good show in his tone is clear at a glance.

"You should be glad you have such an understanding brother who not only casts a soundproof spell on your cubicle, but also spends so much time quietly outside. "George asks for credit.

"Alright, I'll treat you to something to eat when the cart arrives in a moment. Fred said. Feeling that his shoulders had returned to normal, he got up.

"Where are you going?" asked George.

"Go to the cart at the end and buy some food, you don't really plan to eat the sandwich your mother has prepared. With that, Fred left the compartment.