Deathly Hallows Begins

Everyone in the room fell silent.

But the film Ron broke the silence. "Although it's very inappropriate, I still have to say it's so cool! Two slender figures appearing on rocks on a gloomy, turbulent sea, so far away from the Scottish Highlands Apparition near London."

"This scene is amazing!"

("It's really great," Basil exclaimed.)

(He said it wasn't the Harry from the movie.)

(It is not a dreamlike ocean composed of colors beyond human imagination.)

(It wasn't pitch black; it was just Dotty twinkling stars.)

(Just as human eyes only have three color receptors, while birds have four, making the world appear more vibrant to them, Basil's eyes can also see more colors.)

(The galaxy in his azure eyes vanished like a waterfall. A blue planet appeared, followed by Hogwarts. Harry played and frolicked with Roan and the others by the Black Lake.)

(On a pearwood table, in a glass tank, a fish resembling a whale is swimming in silvery-white 'water'.)

("Who could imagine that such a tiny fish contains a boundless world, a dream as numerous as the stars?")

("The focus of the entire Wizarding World, Harry Potter, the Cosmic Knight who can truly roam the universe, is also among them, yet he is smaller than a speck of dust.")

(And this is his current power; the boundary between dreams and reality seems to be gradually blurring within him.)

(The influence of memories in the Pensieve across a world is merely a passive manifestation of his subconscious; the memories actively cater to him and are distorted into this form.)

(If he wished, he could even use the Dream Sea to envelop the Earth of the movie world and carry it within the belly of a fish—that is, within his summoned beast, Behemoth.)

("I can do anything now.")

(So, what should he do besides satisfying his bottomless, black hole-like desires?)

("Oh, Dumbledore dead.")

(Basil looks up; in the film Dumbledore falls to his death from the tower.)

( In that Setsuna, he seemed to understand something.)

(He hopes that the roles he is familiar with will always dance on the stage he is familiar with, in the palm of his hand.)

(This is a trace from his memories of his Previous Life; the young man from the Dragon Country named Li Lin never died in his soul.)

(The fish in the glass tank leaped out of the water and disappeared into the air, creating ripples.)

(In the world bubble of the Novel World, which is known as the "Magical Kingdom" by the people of the Wizarding World, Basil's figure appears out of thin air.)

(The Bronze Giant, bathing in the darkness, fully solidified and opened its azure eyes.)

The people in the other room were still grieving over the death of Dumbledore in the movie.

Although Dumbledore in the movie was not a qualified headmaster and was infuriatingly pedantic in some ways, always liked to let danger into the school to test Harry, and even had the idea of Harry sacrificing himself, he was also a hero who resisted two Dark Lords and was willing to sacrifice himself for the future of the British Wizarding World, and a trustworthy elder.

(Aberforth's memory remained stuck in the cave; it was the second time he had seen his brother so vulnerable, and he knew what his brother was remembering: the day Ariana died.)

(Grindelwald stared blankly at the tip of his shoe, as if he could see something extraordinary about it.)

(Sirius, however, was worried about one thing: whether Regulus Black was among the Inferi that Dumbledore burned.)

Neville's voice broke the silence, "Does Bellatrix enjoy setting fires so much? What a madman. He even destroyed the Great Hall."

Rupert said, "In the novels, Voldemort wouldn't allow anyone to destroy Hogwarts unless absolutely necessary. Like Harry, he considered Hogwarts his home. But that does portray Bellatrix's madness quite well."

"I can't help but laugh here," said Ron from the movie. "Snape is seriously saying he's the Half-Blood Prince."

(Snape added another line to his inner notebook, starting with Ron's name.)

In the movie, Draco glanced at Ron with the look of someone looking at an idiot.

They really thought they didn't have to go back.

When we get back, Weasley will get what's coming to him.

The funeral that follows in the film silences Draco.

(Dumbledore: "How lucky! I think I'm the first living person to see my own funeral.")

"RAB," Ron from the movie, "This must be what Sirius's brother Regulus Black left behind."

(Regulus Black: "It's me. It's a pity I didn't expect the Dark Lord to have seven Horcrux.")

(Sirius: "Is this why you didn't let Kreacher come back and take you away? Did you think you had already accomplished your 'great feat' and everything was fine? Don't you understand that with me away from home, you are the only pillar and hope for the family?")

(Regulus Black: "I never expected you to say something like that, brother, constantly bringing up the Black family.")

"Yes, that's him." Ron nodded. "We've met him before."

(Sirius: "Your world's Regulus Black isn't dead?")

(The sudden news made him temporarily put aside his argument with his younger brother.)

"What we saw was an elf formed from his body," Harry said. "Not the one from the Magic Immortal World. Anyway, he died in our world too, and we brought his body back and transformed it into another kind of life—a tiny, three-headed creature the size of a palm."

("Is that so?" Sirius sighed.)

"It was done by Basil. This magical ritual is said to originate from Norse Mythology."

("Norse Mythology?" Dumbledore pondered for a moment. "The story of the maggots from the corpse of the Giant Ymir turning into the Light and Dark Elves?")

"I knew it," said Ron from the movie. "If anyone could do it, it would be him."

"Hmm, who is this guy? He only has a pair of eyes at the beginning of the movie."

"Scrimgeour," Neville said. "That tough guy. This should be his swearing-in ceremony."

"I remember," said Ron from the movie. "He was indeed a man of principle, a good minister. But he also made Fudge's mistake earlier, always trying to whitewash things."

Rupert said, "In the novel, he actually took office when Harry was in sixth grade. After all, Fudge made such a big mess."

The screen rotates.

"Is this Hermione's house?" As a friend, Ron the Movies looked around with great interest for a moment.

"She seems a little off. Could it be her mother—" Neville asked worriedly.

("No, it won't." Hermione said emotionally, "Yes, the history books, the history books of the Starry World. If something happened to our family, they would definitely mention it. If they don't mention it, it means everything is fine.")

Rupert saw the message in the live stream above Neville's head. "Granger's novel, don't worry, your family is fine."

"The scene jumps back to the Dursley family — Harry's house. Are they moving?" Draco the filmmaker analyzed. "Could the next scene be—"

He guessed right.

"This is my house?" Movie Ron asked with some surprise. "Yes, my house burned down in the movie, this is a reconstruction."

"It's gotten so small. I wonder if Harry will have a place to stay when he comes."

"Hermione's family has reappeared."

(Hermione breathed a sigh of relief when she saw herself pointing her wand at her parents. "This means her family is alright.")

Rupert added, "In the novel, Hermione altered her parents' memories. She forged their identities and had them move to Australia. It wasn't just about erasing their memories."

"Harry hasn't improved in this aspect either. When the Dursley family left, Dudley specifically asked Harry why he didn't leave with them."

("Dudley?" Harry doubted his ears. If Dudley looked like that, it was better to believe that Basil looked ordinary.)

"Snape has appeared," Neville said.

"This looks like my home." Draco frowned.

("Professor Burbage!" Dumbledore roared as he stood up, recognizing the woman suspended in mid-air.)

(Voldemort's henchmen actually dared to attack a Hogwarts professor!)

(Oh, I almost forgot, he's already dead.)

(He recalled the long, cold lists of victims in the history books of the Starry World.)

The people in the room from the movie world recognized her as Professor Burbage Charity Bubbage, the professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts.

("Wormtail, look at you," Sirius sneered. "You were the great hero who revived Noseless, yet you don't even have a place and can only watch enviously.")

Rupert added insult to injury, "In fact, Snape took the Wormtail and made him his servant, subjecting him to his daily grind."

("Well done, Snape," said Sirius, who was now used to not calling Snape Snivellus.")

"In Pius's novel, he was under the Killing Curse. But in the movie, he directly sided with Voldemort."

(Pius awkwardly avoided the gazes of his colleagues. Damn it, he'd become a traitor just from watching a movie.)

"Professor Burbage should be alright," Neville said. "Professor Snape is on our side."

"I just noticed that Voldemort values Professor Snape very much. He waits for him to arrive for meetings and arranges for him to sit very close to him."

"That's true," Rupert said. "In the novel, Snape is positioned right next to Voldemort's right hand, even closer than in the movies. He also has the flying magic that only Voldemort knows."

"But"

Neville's eyes reddened. "Could it be... Professor Burbage?"

(Charity Burbage: "Good boy, it's just a movie, I'm fine.")

In the movie, Draco frowns, seeing his father looking so haggard for the first time. "That damn bald man, why does he have to take my father's wand?"

In the novel, Draco, "At least your father is still alive, and in the movie, he's even been released from prison."

Rupert added, "There's actually a funny part here: when Lucius Malfoy handed over his wand, he stared longingly at Voldemort's wand, thinking that Voldemort would give him his wand."

Then everyone closed their eyes.

They couldn't bear to see Professor Burbage being tortured.

(Voldemort really wanted to jump into the movie and kill this stupid, ugly version of himself.)

In the movie, Ron curses, "That damn bastard, his own dad's Muggle!"

Neville burst into tears.

(Charity Burbage: "At least I didn't die painfully. The Killing Curse was quick, and it was Voldemort himself who did it.")

(Snape remained silent for a long time before finally managing to say, "I'm sorry, Charity, I had no choice in the movie.")

(Charity Burbage: "I noticed you got up.")

Draco's expression in the movie was similar to his own in the movie, with a bitter look on his face and his face scrunched up.

(Cressdon: "You vile, shameless, evil, wicked, and rotten bastard, you actually let Nagini eat people.")

(Nagini: "I'm free, Clay.")

(Voldemort looked at Nagini beside him, completely bewildered. Nagini wasn't dead either. Could it be that the Blood Curse had actually killed the original wizard?)

"Why is Dumbledore's death scene again? Ah, it's Harry reminiscing," Ron from the movie said. "In this lens... isn't Sirius dead?"

"It should be Two-way Mirror," Draco said. "Rupert mentioned it before. I feel the director didn't handle this well; it's too inexplicable. Only those who have read the novel will understand; there's a viewing threshold."

"This is actually foreshadowing," Rupert said. "What Harry sees in the novel is actually Dumbledore's blue eyes. It's not an illusion; the other mirror is with Aberforth. In the novel, when Harry and his friends are captured and taken to the Malfoy Manor, Aberforth learns about it through this mirror and sends Dobby rescue them."

"What are Hermione and Ron doing here?" Harry asked. "They're probably here to send someone to escort 'me.' They're just—"

Suddenly, he realized he had made the same mistake as Dumbledore and Mrs. Weasley in the movies.

(Harry: "I should be saying that. The people you know probably don't look like this.")

(Phoebe: "How did I end up here?")

(Mrs. Weasley: "They're just kids! How can they take such risks! It's outrageous! Ron, Fred, George, Bill, is there no one else?")

"Polyjuice Potion?" Harry trembled with rage. "To have someone else act as my double and risk their life for me?"

(Harry: "I should be the one who's angry. If it's going to be like this, I'd rather die.")

Ron from the movie. "Hey, it's just a movie. Don't talk about dying or anything. Harry, don't forget you're already the husband of three women, including my sister."

(Moody: "Mundungus Fletcher? What's with him? I hope he doesn't cause any trouble.")

Rupert said, "The idea of Seven Harrys in the novel was his, of course, because he was under the Killing Curse. It was Snape who did it, and only Snape knew that."

(Moody: "I was wondering how he had the nerve to act as Harry's double.")

(Harry: "Seven of me, this is the first time I've ever seen so many—")

(The bra was semi-transparent.)

(Wearing it on him.)

The room was instantly filled with laughter, and even Ron burst out laughing.

(Phoebe: "How disgusting, I've actually grown chest hair.")

(She didn't understand why everyone else who took the Polyjuice Potion didn't have chest hair, but she did.)

("Finally, everyone's dressed." Harry breathed a sigh of relief.)

(Although the Triwizard Tournament was broadcast live, there was always a mosaic effect whenever someone took off their clothes.)

(Although there were no nudities in the movie, the thought of it being seen by the entire Wizarding World made him want to dig his toes into the ground.)