"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter Thirty-Five: Beyond the Veil.
"A flash of red light. Sirius's taunting laughter at Bellatrix still echoed through the room, but no one had time to do anything. Harry rushed forward as fast as he could, and surprise was plain on Sirius's face, but still, he fell, straight through the Veil
"No, something fell out of the Veil.
"Or rather, someone. Wait, why was there a person?! This was supposed to be Sirius Black's death scene!
"...All right, all right. The person who fell out crashed into Sirius's limp body, and together they slammed into the corner of the stone pit. After a loud thud, the two overlapping shadows finally stirred.
"The shadow, or rather, 'she', scratched her head. She seemed completely unaware that she was in the middle of a battlefield.
"...I hope I didn't crush you to death... Oh, good, you're still breathing." She poked her head out again, as if this were merely an intersection without any street signs, and asked apologetically,
"Excuse me, where is this...? Do you know how to get to Hogwarts?"
", Who is that?!"
"...Oh, she's the protagonist of our story."
You hadn't expected the DLC's final battle to be so difficult. A spell caught you off guard, and you fell through the Veil, the thing that represented death. You couldn't help being shocked that the developers had actually created a whole world on the other side of it. But at least you hadn't "died."
Your body was fine, your mind was clear, and even your wand was in perfect condition. It was just the scene before you that had changed.
Strange wizards stood in little clusters all around you, staring at you, or rather, at the person beneath you, whom you'd crushed until he was barely breathing (heaven knows you shouldn't have hit that hard). Their expressions were peculiar.
You scratched your head, weighed the chances of bluffing your way through this, and finally spoke.
"Excuse me, where is this...? Do you know how to get to Hogwarts?"
No one answered, except for an angry old man in the distance who looked to be in a foul mood. He was glaring down at you, though for some reason, you felt his anger had subsided a little.
He called you by name. ...He actually recognized you!
And you didn't recognize him at all. How embarrassing. Forgetting an NPC's name was no big deal to you, but for some reason, with everyone watching, you couldn't help feeling guilty.
"Oh, of course I know you," Dumbledore said cheerfully. "The student council president who escorted me into the castle, the 'transfer student' who stopped the Goblin Rebellion, wasn't that you? And you introduced me to the merpeople, too. Phineas thought you'd transferred away again, and grumbled about it for years, "
It went without saying that he'd spent those years grumbling about you.
"Ah! Oh, " you stammered, finally deciding to be modest first. ", That's great! I remember you, the one with blue eyes. Your name is Dumbledore, right? You must know the way back to school. Are you busy right now? I can wait a bit
", Or maybe I can help you deal with the problem?" You looked around and finally realized that the situation seemed a little unusual.
A few people in black robes, with vicious faces and clearly up to no good, were waving their wands at a group of children who were obviously much younger than you, all injured or worse.
"That would be wonderful," Dumbledore replied with a smile.
This looked a lot more interesting than the DLC's linear storyline. With great interest, you raised your wand and sent a nasty curse at Bellatrix.
Well, you might as well enjoy the fight first.
1. The female lead is a good person and sides with the Order of the Phoenix.
2. Hogwarts Legacy protagonist x Harry Potter canon. The protagonist is a Gryffindor girl, generally based on my own game OC, but to make it easier for everyone to imagine themselves in her shoes, I won't give her too many personal details. Also, since I'm too lazy to write a modern setting, the premise is that a full-dive game player who knows nothing about the original story transmigrates. The writing will lean comedic, too.
3. Oh, right, the setting is that after the game came out, it got a DLC featuring Dumbledore. (So the female lead and Professor Dumbledore know each other, giving her a little golden finger.)
4. BG romance. The pairing isn't decided yet, so I'll just write for now. Phineas can be ruled out for now.
5. A bit fan-oriented, in other words, a "save everyone" story.
6. Writing this for love, updates whenever I feel like it. 202406
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