miss foley of hp hogwarts

On Christmas Day, the fluttering snowflakes temporarily stopped, and the sun pierced the thick clouds and sprinkled down from the blue sky.

Ace was sitting on the edge of Mirror Lake wrapped in a black and yellow scarf.After most of the winter, the surrounding area has been covered with snowflakes, and everything is covered in silver. Long ice edges hang on the branches by the lake, like monsters with teeth and claws.Only Mirror Lake is like a piece of obsidian, dotted in the snow, reflecting the faint light.

The students who left school have gone home, and the students who stayed in school will attend the Christmas dinner tonight.

Although Ace didn't plan to go home this holiday, she would sneak home and take a look. Her intuition told her that something was definitely wrong with her parents.She still needed to go to Diagon Alley to check out her shop, and hoped that Professor Slughorn would let her use the fireplace in his office.

It was a bit cold after sitting in the snow for a long time, so Ace stood up and walked around Mirror Lake.The hot breath passed through the scarf, and then turned into a white mist in the low temperature, and finally dissipated.

After staying in the Forbidden Forest for a while, Ace felt that her hands and feet were frozen, and then she walked back.

At the Christmas dinner, not many students stayed, only about a quarter.Everyone no longer sits in separate courtyards as usual, but is crowded together.

There was a huge cedar tree standing in the Great Hall, which Hagrid had carried in the morning.The cedar is covered with various decorations - a series of small golden five-pointed stars, which will glow golden when touched; there are also some small bells, which will emit the melodious melody of "bornistheking, bornistheking"; there is also some honey hanging on it Candy Canes by Duke.

The students gathered around, talked and laughed, and exchanged Christmas gifts with each other.Ace was immersed in this happy atmosphere, smiling and chatting with everyone.

"Isn't Severus here?" Ace turned to ask a Slytherin classmate.

"Severus?" The girl who was asked was stunned and didn't realize who Ace was asking, "Oh, you mean classmate Snape, I don't know, I haven't seen him much since the holiday. He doesn’t usually show up during meal times.”

"I see, thank you."

"You're welcome, Ace."

Ace frowned and left the auditorium.She went to the library first, but it was empty now, no one was there, even Mrs. Pince was enjoying a delicious turkey in the great hall.

Ace had no choice but to turn around and go to the Room of Requirement. Snape was indeed here.When Ace opened the door and walked in, Snape was leaning on the table, pressing his stomach with one hand, his face pale and shaky.

Ace ran over, helped Snape sit on a stool aside, and asked, "What's wrong with you? Severus?"

"Um...no, it's okay." Snape held his stomach and leaned back on the chair uncomfortably.

"How long has it been since you went to eat?" Ace said as she took out a glass of pumpkin juice from her bag. Fortunately, when she left the dinner, she thought that Snape might have forgotten to come to eat, so she brought some food with her.

Seeing that Snape was in too much pain and had no strength to sit up, Ace had no choice but to hold him up with one hand and put the cup to his mouth with the other to feed him.

The warm, sweet pumpkin juice flowed into his stomach, and Snape felt better.He took the cup from Ace's hand, frowned and drank the sweet pumpkin juice in a big gulp, and was about to reach for the bread on the table on the side.

Ace slapped Snape's outstretched hand away and said angrily: "Do you still want your stomach? Can you eat this now?"

Snape raised his head blankly and looked at Ace, who was standing next to him and looking down at him. In the girl's gray-green eyes was his own figure, her brows were furrowed, her lips were pursed, and she was looking at him angrily.

"No, it's okay." Snape said quietly.

Ace sighed helplessly, pulled Snape up and said, "Follow me."

Snape was pulled all the way downstairs. Feeling the warmth coming through the thin fabric, he turned his wrist uncomfortably.Ace felt it, looked back, and let go.

However, she soon discovered Snape's thin clothes, and the black clothes were stained with powder, which seemed to be from when he was preparing the potion.

"How long have you been there, Severus? I shouldn't have taken you to the Room of Requirement." Sighing, Ace placed a warming charm on him.

Snape pursed his lips and did not answer the question. He felt that if he answered, Ace would be very angry.He had been there since the holidays and had barely returned to the Slytherin common room.

Snape silently followed Ace to the door of the Hufflepuff lounge. He looked at Ace in confusion: "Why did you bring me to your lounge?"

Ace glanced at Snape angrily, scratched the pear on the portrait next to him, and then a brass handle suddenly appeared.Ace opened the door and said to Snape, "Come in."

Snape walked in the door and smelled the rich aroma of various foods.In front of him was a huge kitchen, where house elves were busy preparing food.

Seeing someone coming in, the elves all stopped what they were doing and looked at the two people at the door.

"Miss Ace! Do you have any orders?" Poppy still remembered this friendly lady. He appeared in front of Ace, looked at Ace with his big watery eyes, and asked.

"Poppy, can you prepare some rice for me? Thank you." Ace said to Poppy with a smile.

"You're welcome! Miss, Poppy will be ready soon!" Poppy left happily.

Ace took Snape to the dining table aside and asked him to sit down. This was specially prepared for the little badgers who often came to eat and drink.

Snape's ears were slightly red. He had just heard his stomach growl. Fortunately, the sound was loud in the kitchen and no one heard it.He sat on the chair and watched Ace busy on the side. The girl's hair was pulled back, her sleeves were rolled up to her elbows, and she was stirring in the pot with a spoon.

Ace didn't plan to make too complicated food, but only made a simple porridge. When Mr. Foley was sick, Kathy would make porridge for him.

Putting the bowl in front of Snape, Ace raised his chin and said, "Eat, you can only eat this now."

He called Bobby again and asked him to serve him a piece of black forest mousse. Ace took a spoon and ate it in small bites.

When Snape finished his meal, Ace stopped his stupid behavior of going back to work and said, "I will help you finish the rest of the work. You can go back and have a good sleep now."

After a pause, Ace took a look at Snape's greasy hair and dirty clothes before continuing: "I think, as a gentleman, you should not let yourself wear clothes stained with various powders."

"Thank you, Ace." Snape looked down at his clothes. There was not only dust on it, but also splashed potion, which mixed together to give off a strange bitter taste of medicinal herbs.He blushed slightly, thanked him, and left quickly, as if a dementor was chasing him.

Ace shook his head and went to the Room of Requirement to help Snape finish the work.

When Snape opened the door to the Room of Requirement early in the morning, he saw Ace curled up on the sofa.She was covered with Hufflepuff's yellow and black plaid woolen blanket, and she slept peacefully.

The operating table is as clean as new, with various medicinal materials neatly placed in categories, and the brewed potions are also placed in glass bottles.

Snape's heart moved slightly, and there was a strange feeling filling his heart. There might be no one in the world who would treat him like Ace.

With a slight sigh, Snape walked over and covered Ace with the blanket that slid to his waist.

When Ace woke up, it was already bright and snowflakes outside the window were flying down from the sky.

Ace jumped up and said anxiously: "It's over, it's over, Severus, when is it?"

Snape was so frightened that his hands shook, and all the powder in the spoon was shaken into the crucible. He put down the spoon helplessly. Snape turned back and looked at Ace: "Around nine o'clock, what's wrong?"

Ace patted his chest, "Okay, okay, I thought it was already afternoon. I made an appointment with Professor Slughorn, and I will borrow his fireplace to go to Diagon Alley in the afternoon."

"What are you doing in Diagon Alley?"

"Secret." Ace replied with a sly smile and an index finger in front of his mouth.

Snape raised his eyebrows, raised one hand, and rested his elbow on the console. He looked at Ace at leisure and said, "I'm going to Diagon Alley too. It seems your secret is about to be exposed?"

Ace shrugged and said nonchalantly: "Anyway, you will know sooner or later."

……

After lunch, Ace and Snape followed Professor Slughorn to his office.

"You two little guys are going to the Diagon Alley herbal shop?" Slughorn walked in front and turned his head to ask.

Ace and Snape looked at each other and nodded in unison.

"Oh, I'm so glad you enjoy Potions so much, it's an art, isn't it?"

"Yes, Professor, preparing potions is a magical process..."

Professor Slughorn's office was on the sixth floor, more like a penthouse suite than a place to grade students' papers.The space inside is large, and the walls are covered with exquisite curtains. Through the side opposite the door, you can vaguely see the private balcony outside.There is a luxurious leather sofa in front of the large fireplace in the room, which looks very soft and comfortable.The most eye-catching thing was the wine cabinet, with a bottle of wine placed in each compartment. Ace glanced over and saw no less than fifty varieties of high-end wines.

Although he has been here many times, Ace still has to say that Professor Slughorn is a person who really enjoys life.

Professor Slughorn took out a box of Floo powder from the fireplace, handed it to the two people, and said, "Go ahead, kids, just say Diagon Alley out loud."

"Thank you, Professor." Ace thanked him with a bow, then grabbed a handful of floo powder and threw it into the fireplace, where green flames suddenly burst into flames.

"Diagon Alley!" Ace waved to the two people, read the name of Diagon Alley, then walked into the flames and disappeared.

Snape also grabbed a handful and sprinkled it before disappearing from Professor Slughorn's eyes.

The two people appeared together at the intersection of Diagon Alley.Looking at Snape and himself covered in dust, Ace began to pat his clothes, trying to get them off.

"Clean up." Snape cast a spell on Ace and himself.

Ace raised his head in surprise and looked at Snape, "You shouldn't use magic outside of Hogwarts, Severus."

Snape shook his head, the potion bottle in his pocket flashed with light, and he replied in a low voice: "It's okay, I used a little trick."

Looking around, Ace asked, "Where are you going, Severus?"

"Go to Gringotts first."

"I happen to be going too, let's go."

After passing through a shiny copper door and a silver door of Gringotts, you entered the spacious and bright marble hall.A hundred or so goblins sat behind the long counters on both sides, all focused on the bills in front of them, tapping the typewriter in front of them, and the enchanted quill next to them slid quickly across the paper.

Ace and Snape walked straight to the tallest counter opposite the door.

"Sir, we need to withdraw some cash."

"name."

"Esperance Foley and Severus Snape."

The goblin with big ears and long nose finally raised his head and pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses with his pointed fingernails.He looked at the two of them and said in a rough voice: "Oh, okay, two young guests who own...a vault? Where is the key?"

Ace and Snape took the key from their arms and handed it to him at the same time.

"Vault?" Snape wondered. He didn't remember that he had a vault.

"That's right, Severus Snape, the account connected to the Ministry of Magic, the treasury." The goblin looked at the book and replied.He then summoned another goblin and asked him to take Ace and Snape to the vault.

The two people followed the goblin out of the hall through a door and arrived at a narrow stone corridor. The walls were covered with burning torches, illuminating the passage very brightly.

At the end of the passage was a small railway. The three of them walked downhill to the railway, where a small cart was parked.Climb onto this little cart that looks like it might fall apart at any moment, and set off.

The cart sped along, making a "clang, clang, clang, clang" sound on the winding rails.Snape's face was ashen and he didn't dare to look down at the dark abyss below - the railway track was suspended in the air.

The biting cold wind of winter howled by, like a knife, blowing Ace's face red. She quickly took out a scarf and put it on, and then she felt alive.The car buzzed for a while before finally stopping - No. 512, Ace's vault.When the goblin opened the door, Ace walked in with him, and Snape was waiting outside, holding on to the wall.

There are a lot of gold Galleons, Silver Sickles and Copper Nuts in the vault. It seems that the potions are selling well in St. Mungo's Hospital, and the shops in Diagon Alley are doing well.Ace randomly took some and put them into his bag and went out.

It may be because the Ministry of Magic opened an account for Ace and Snape together. Snape's vault is not far away - No. 519.Snape came out without staying too long. He glanced at Ace and said nothing.

The two followed the elf onto the cart again and returned to Diagon Alley.