Everyone thought that Launi Gon wasted her youth on Dumbledore. When her name appears in the social pages of the Daily Prophet, she is always labeled as a footnote as "Albus Dumbledore's close friend" or "former Grindelwald's fiancée", as if the entire meaning of her existence is just the intersection of the life paths of two great wizards. Only Launi knew that the beating heart in her chest was covered with fine down - a protective shell formed by the ashes of the burning phoenix tail feathers. It not only recorded the hot summer she spent with Grindelwald in Godric's Hollow, but also sealed the tears that Dumbledore wiped away for her in front of the Mirror of Erised.
In 1899, the Gordike Valley was filled with heather. Seventeen-year-old Launi wore a velvet dance dress left by her grandmother and stood under the oak tree of Dumbledore's house to practice the spell. Her voice is like a cello soaked in honey, and she reads "Luoshu" as a gentle lullaby. Albus, who was pruning roses, suddenly straightened up, his red hair gilded by the sun hanging on his forehead: "Miss, your wand is crying." That was their first encounter. At that time, she was wearing a snake-shaped silver ring given by Gellert on her left ring finger. The snake's eyes were inlaid with two gems of different colors - one obsidian and one citrine, just like her famous pair of eyes.
Grindelwald always said that her eyes were "the compass of fate." Black eyes see the past, golden eyes foresee the future. When she looked at Dumbledore with her golden eyes, she could always see countless intersecting lights and shadows: the green light in the duel field, the pensieve in the principal's office, and the fall from the top of the astronomy tower. And when she turned to Grindelwald, what always appeared in her dark eyes was that afternoon in Godric's Hollow - he enclosed her in the shadow of the hawthorn tree, whispered "for the greater good" in her ear, and brushed his fingers over the phoenix feather necklace around her neck. At that time, she thought it was love, but later she realized that it was a cage gilded by ambition.
When Dumbledore met her, she was Grindelwald's fiancée. This identity is like a heavy shackle, but it has also become a subtle protective color between them. In the compartment of the Hogwarts Express, Albus once borrowed her "History of Magic" and left a tiny line of writing on the title page: "When the phoenix is reborn, the fluff will turn into flames." She looked at that line of writing with her golden eyes and suddenly laughed out loud. The cat-like eyes were curved into crescents, and the black eyes and golden eyes were flowing in the light coming from the car window. The little wizard sitting next to him was so shocked that he almost spilled pumpkin juice on his robe.
On the eve of the decisive battle in 1945, Launie stood on the edge of the cliff of Nurmengard. The night breeze lifted her silver hair - the magical accident that broke up with Grindelwald took away her black hair, but made her strange eyes even brighter. Dumbledore's Firebolt stopped in front of her, and his eyes were more honest than the Mirror of Erised: "Follow me, Launi." She took off the faded phoenix feather necklace around her neck and stuffed it into his palm: "Tell Gellert that this is the youth he owes me." Then she turned and walked towards the depths of the castle. Where the skirt swept, white heather bloomed in the cracks of the stone.
Today, people can still find a yellowed photo in the Hogwarts school history archives. The photo shows a woman standing atop an astronomical tower, wearing a frayed velvet cloak, one hand resting on the stone railing. If you look carefully, you will find that half of the silver chain is exposed from her cuffs. The pendant is two entangled hearts - one carved with obsidian, the other polished with citrine, both covered with fine fuzz. On the back of the photo, there is a line of writing written with a phoenix quill pen. The ink has long faded to golden brown:
"They say I wasted my youth, but they don't know that Mao Xin knows how to preserve temperature better than diamonds."
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