Lord Voldemort failed again. Harry Potter
escaped from his hand in just a millisecond. But it’s not that he gained
nothing. He picked up a photo from the ground in Godric’s Hallow, the very
photo he had seeked for for so long a time. He, Voldemort, was a step futhur
toward his final success!

  Virginia
was really tired. This tiredness stems from her spirit, not from her study. It
is because she finds that the final battle is very near now. The approaching
feeling is much clearer than before.

  The
parchment helped her a lot indeed, but the listed sure and unsure things
supress her in a way that make her feel rather intense, and she begins to doubt
herself.

  It’s
good that the winter holiday is approaching. Her mood was tamed a lot by the
fact that she is going to see her parents again very soon.

  She
didn’t tell her parents the exact time of her arrival, for she hoped that the
family meet at home instead of on the platform, but when she arrived in King’s
Cross Station in London she truly wished to see her parents standing there
welcoming her.

  It
isn’t a big deal though. She consoled herself that she will be seeing them
soon.

  When
she was standing behind the door of her house her heart thumped rather fast as
though wishing to jump out of her chest. Her eyes felt sour. She was even
afraid of pressing the doorbell. And then it was Mum’s shout and the noise of
them coming downstaires.

  The
door was dragged open instantaneously, and then a huge hug took her sight. She
was immersed in the aroma of her mum and was enjoying the unbreathable feeling.

  But
if she cannot draw breath…. Well, it’s not desirable then.

  “Mum,
I can’t breathe…..” She had to protest.

  “Oh
my dear, you’ve grown higher,” Mum’s voice trembled slightly but loosened her
grip nevertheless. She looked up and down at her and tear filled her eyes, “Mum
misses you so much, so much indeed.”

  “Oh
Mum, I really miss you and Daddy as well, but can we go inside first?” Virginia’s
intense mood before going home was “Obliviate-d” by Mum’s appearance, and now
only happiness leaves.

  Daddy
was summoned home quick enough, and as to the meeting between the father and
the daughter, we can just describe it as five times as intense as before when
mum meets her. Virginia avoids describing the meeting as hard as she could.

  And
then it was talking through the entire night. Virginia talked about her
experiences and couldn’t stop at all about the fantastic magic. Of course she
skipped or obscured several details and apologized to her parents for not being
able to show her magic, for the students are banned from using magic outside
school.

  The
parents feel pity for that, but they care more about Virginia herself. They
asked whether the intense environment in the wizarding world have influenced
the school, whether Virginia has made friends, how well she lived in the
dormitory, how tired she studies daily, and whether she has encountered any
problem during her life.

  Virginia
answered all these questions one by one and of course, the premise was not to
let her parents worry about her.

  The
family chatted excitedly till daylight penetrated the house. Mum hurried
Virginia to sleep, “The winter holiday is long, so we can’t expect you to tell
us all about your school life within the first day.” Daddy called to his
company and claimed that he needs to stay with his daughter these days and
would not go to the company recently, and then he went upstairs with Mum to
have a sleep, leaving Uncle James on the other side of the telephone to bitterly
laugh to himself – this is the busiest time of the company.

  Virginia
took a bath and changed into her favorite pajame. Though not big, the bed
provides her a warm harbor at home and fills her with an easiness not to be
found at Hogwarts. This kind of comfort can only be found at home, besides
those who love you deeply.

  At
this moment, she feels nothing is going to frighten her!

  She
pulled out her donkey-skin pouch and took out the parchment. She has to have an
exact plan, no matter what she does in the future, a plan can help her remain
composed and unflappable when problems strike.

  For
example, although she doesn’t remember the exact date and time when Harry
Potter broke into the Gringotts and took away the golden cup, she knows that
after this Voldemort will realize that his Horcruxes are no longer sade and he
will corden off Hogwarts to enforce its defense. He will arrange many Death
Eaters around to guard over the secret passageways of Hogwarts.

  Virginia
didn’t remember how Harry Potter came to Hogwarts, but she was sure about the
increased defensive level at Hogwarts after the Gringotts event, and she knows
she has to have countermeasures about that. She is a Mudblood and this is
enough for the Death Eaters to notice her, though they might not have the
energy to deal with her under Voldemort’s command. She has to make plans and
not to put her hope on possibilities. She can’t always drink Felix Felicis and
Obliviate people.

  Her
eyes now settle on the line that tells that Severus Snape will be bited to
death by that snake.

  She
has thought before that if possible, she would wish to change this. She really
doesn’t want that man die in such a miserable…. She can find no word to
describe his death, but she really cannot realize this dream.

  She
analyzed the problem reasonablly. Firstly, that death attack is in front of
Voldemort, and she can never stop it in the name of this point. She isn’t
conceited enough to believe that she herself can fight against the powerful
Dark Lord. Then, if it isn’t that Severus Snape will die, Harry Potter might
not have come and will not get the crucial memory to know that he himself is a
Horcrux, and then he will not face death so unperturbedly, and whether the Dark
Lord will die or not will remain a question. In addition, although she has only
seen Severus Snape occasionally and talked to him once, Virginia is quite sure
that the headmaster will never give Harry Potter the memory so freely unless he
is about to die.

  Apart
from all these, even if she succeeded, what will happen?

  For
example, if she stopped her headmaster from going to see Voldemort, then will
Voldemort give up killing Severus Snape to gain the ownership of the Elder
Wand? Impossible. Things will be far worse. She will lose the advantage of
knowing what will happen, and things will turn completely different from her
memory. Maybe the headmaster will still die but failed to see Harry Potter
before he dies, and the memory is not handed on, and then the world finds
itself in complete disturbance.

  Virginia
turned around and looked at the parchment again. Don’t think so much, she told
herself, and do everything she can and leave the others to fate. Maybe she
could try to warn her headmaster – “Professor, I think you should bring some
more Stanch Potions with you.”

  And
then, Virginia fell asleep with the parchment in hand.