[HP] Aunt of the Savior

Like every summer, no matter what, the summer vacation ended with the reluctance of the children for different reasons.Platform [-] and [-]/[-] on the morning of September [-], as always, was the beginning of another new school year, gathering all young wizards of the right age, of course, including the twins who had already entered the third grade and their friends.

Sirius spent a very good time at the Potters' house this summer. The Potters, who always liked children, were very warm to him, which made Sirius feel the long-lost feeling of being valued.Needless to say, good brother James, Sirius and Jody got along fairly well, but of course it didn't become the more friendly relationship James hoped for.

James hasn't completely given up on his plan yet, he decided to invite Sirius to his house every summer vacation in the future.Of course, that was also because his expression became very ugly when he saw Sirius appear on platform nine and three quarters.The attitudes of Mr. and Mrs. Black towards their two sons are still very different. Mrs. Blake hugged the younger son and greeted him with care, but treated the eldest son indifferently and politely as if she was treating her as a guest.It made Sirius's bright gray eyes dim again at the Potters' house.

Seeing this scene, the Potter family sighed in unison, and now they all understood where the suppressed envy in the handsome boy's eyes came from when he came to Potter's house.

So although James wanted to prevent Jody from meeting that Snape as soon as he got to the station, when he saw Sirius, he decided to prioritize his friend's mood and go talk to Remus and Peter about their summer vacation. Some of the ideas discussed might make Sirius forget about the unpleasantness at home.

Jody soon found Snape in the crowd after James left.

In fact, it was Snape who found Jody first.This year Irene didn't send him to Diagon Alley to buy school supplies, nor sent him to the station again, but it just happened to be convenient for him to arrive at the station earlier.He had been paying attention to her for a while when Jody saw him.

—He had to make sure he had enough time to prepare himself to talk to her.

After that summer dream, Snape didn't sleep well for nearly a week.In order to be able to face Jody as usual at the beginning of school, his Occlumency practice was of course harder than before, but his sallow complexion coupled with light blue dark circles under his eyes made him look even worse.Even Lily, who has always worked hard, worried that her good friend was really trying too hard, and it seemed to be getting weirder.Occasionally she could feel that Snape seemed to be staring at her in a daze, but when she turned her head away, his eyes were not on her at all.

Only Snape himself knew why, even though he saw Lily almost every day and watched her quietly as before they met, the woman who appeared in some fragmentary fragments of his dreams still had black hair, which made him fall into a trap. In a restless mood.Because this means that he can't completely escape himself from thinking about what the two friends, Jody and Lily, mean to him.

Depressed, Snape could only work harder to devote his energy to the secret research and Occlumency that he was interested in.And the only good thing after practicing Occlumency was that he didn't have any more entanglements with any women in his dreams that required him to wake up and clean his pajama bottoms and sheets.Of course, the profound Occlumency cannot be achieved overnight, but at least his efforts are still rewarding—of course, it may be because his research and practice have consumed the excess energy of young people.

On the morning of September [-]st, Snape arrived at the train station very early.He even lied to Lily, saying that he would set off with his mother as a wizard, avoiding Lily's invitation to go with him.

Then he watched the Potters appear on the platform surreptitiously from behind a pillar, feeling his own joy at seeing Jody, sure that it was no less than when he went to his appointment with Lily every morning.And miraculously, the uneasy mood before seeing Jody also calmed down in an instant.When he was sure that his expression would not change, Snape quietly appeared in the crowd on the platform with his small suitcase, and made sure that Jody could see him, and that it was just like him Just arrived the same.

However, he appeared a little too early, because the Potters were still on the platform with their daughter.

"Severus!" Jody greeted Snape with a cheerful smile.She was relieved that James and Sirius had left.She didn't want them to mess with Snape again on the first day of school.Although what happened during the holiday gave her a vague feeling that her brother might not give up on finding trouble with Snape, even though his guess was so... stupid. "Didn't you come with Lily?"

"No." Snape said guiltily.Even with all his preparation, he slightly avoided meeting Jody's eyes too much.He still doesn't have the confidence to completely restrain himself from remembering the scene in his dream.

Jody took it for granted that Snape's reaction was shyness when he heard Lily.She didn't intend to tease her shy good friend with Snape's thoughts, but naturally pulled Snape to introduce him to her parents, and made a mistake again this time when Snape's body moment cause of stiffness.

Snape greeted the Potters with a tense face, "Hi, Mr. Potter, Mrs. Potter."

Mr. Potter nodded kindly to Snape: "Hello, Mr. Snape, your potion level is really good."

"Mr. Snape, we are sorry for what James has done." Mrs. Potter sincerely apologized to the boy who looked gloomy but was obviously shy.She knew that it must be difficult for a half-breed boy to live in Slytherin, and his being able to gain a foothold was enough to prove that he had definitely put in the corresponding efforts.In any case, an excellent boy is worthy of recognition. "Maybe we can call you Severus?"

"Thanks, yes, yes, I mean... of course, I'm honored." Even after seeing Jody's memory fragments, Snape wasn't sure if he should face the patriarch of a pure-blood family. Maintain a more elegant etiquette posture so as not to appear gaffe.

But Mr Potter was enthusiastic and tapped him on the shoulder with a familiar motion. "Well, Severus, if you want to, you can come to our house next vacation."

"If James does anything boring to you again, write to us." Mrs. Potter added.

The enthusiasm of the Potters made Snape unable to say anything other than nodding with red ears, and he was finally relieved until he got on the train.Well, having tasted the warmth of the Potters, he now understood where Jody's habit of patting him on the shoulder had come from.

Jody smiled apologetically at Snape. "Mom and Dad love kids so they're always very warm to my friends and James's."

"Ah, Jody, Sev, here you are!" Lily found Jody and Snape only after the trains had moved.She hurriedly greeted with some regret. "It's a pity that Mary and the others just made an appointment with me, so they can't sit in the same box with you this time."

"Oh, what a pity... Lily, if you had come earlier, I would have introduced you to my parents, and they would have asked me to invite you to my house. You haven't been to a wizard's house, have you?" Is it?" Jody hugged Lily, feeling sorry for Snape.After seeing Snape, the Potters were relieved to let them board the train to find a seat. Maybe at that time they should wait on the platform and invite Lily to sit in a box with them in advance.

However, if she could persuade Lily and Snape to go to Godric's Hollow together next summer, maybe not only would she be able to create some opportunities for Snape, but she could also tactfully let James understand that Snape's goal was not her.

Jody wondered why he hadn't thought of such a good idea before.

In fact, however, Snape was not disappointed. On the contrary, he was more willing to discuss black magic with Jody after Lily left, and share his new research notes—he subconsciously avoided mentioning the issue of Legilimency— — After getting the wand, he was delighted to discover that his mother actually had some books on the dark arts hidden at home, which meant he had enough knowledge to keep him ahead of Jody this holiday season.Maybe she would be willing to help him research those issues that were on his mind.

"I hope that Professor Caron introduced by Professor Columbus can teach better than him." Jody said while flipping through the notes.Professor Columbus had already arranged to leave his job at the end of the last academic year. His teaching career at Hogwarts was very unsatisfactory. After successive illnesses and injuries, he decided to give up this job and go back to continue his research with great concentration. , and recommended another wizard, Mr. Caron, to teach. They had collaborated on some research topics before.

"I hope." Snape curled his lips. "Although his theoretical analysis is indeed very brilliant, I don't think a wizard who can be sent to the school hospital by several second-year wizards is suitable for teaching such an important course as Defense Against the Dark Arts."

"Oh, Severus... I thought you were getting on well with Professor Columbus?" Jody raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, but that has nothing to do with whether I think he is qualified as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts." Snape's lips curled up, "Compared to Defense Against the Dark Arts, I think he should probably teach a theory of magic or something advanced courses for those who really appreciate it."

Jody smiled at Snape's very rational way of commenting.Well, she couldn't expect Snape to say that he didn't want Professor Columbus to leave Hogwarts, could she?Moreover, she also admitted that what Snape said was very reasonable.

"However, I hope this Professor Cuaron can at least have enough strength," Snape said in a low voice. "I have a question that I'm very curious about, and I want to figure it out. Maybe we can study it after school starts."

Snape used the offer to again avoid Jody's perception of his discomfort in front of her, though he was tempted to take Barty Crouch and Regulus Black who later came to share a box with them. Get out.

After the term started, the Hogwarts students found that the new Professor Cuaron was not bad.Although his magic theory is not as good as Professor Columbus' research, his level of magic practice is not as bad as Professor Columbus's.Probably Professor Columbus wrote a letter to remind him that this middle-aged man who didn't seem to have a bad temper always had a tense face, and then assigned a lot of paper assignments for the students.In contrast, he was more kind to Jody and Snape. Professor Columbus may have mentioned them in particular. Of course, this is also related to their excellent performance in class.

However, the research Snape mentioned on the train, because of James, hadn't been able to start in the early days of school.James has frequently taken up Jody's free time in recent days to help him with his homework.And out of concerns about the relationship between Snape and James, of course Jody would not go on the date with Snape.While Snape was a little unhappy, he also felt relieved, at least he didn't have to get too close to Jody during this time, and he could have enough time for their communication to be as natural as before.Snape didn't know it at this time, and this situation just happened to make him miss the first opportunity to discover some details.

"James, I remember you asked me to finish my homework?" Usually, for such an invitation, James would have been waiting for Jody in the library early, but this day he was late.The recent situation made Jody unavoidably suspect that James' motive might be to alienate himself from Snape, so he has obviously achieved some goals, because until now Snape had no chance to talk about the new things he wanted to study. question!

"I went to see Madam Pomfrey just now," James rubbed his eyes. "I think I might need a pair of glasses."

"Glasses?"

"Yes, I always see things a bit blurry. Madam Pomfrey said that my eyesight is a little bit impaired, and suggested that I wear a pair of glasses...Damn it, it's so inconvenient when playing Quidditch!" James scratched himself in trouble messy hair. "I really don't understand, is it because I've worked too hard recently and read too many books?"

"..." Jody looked at her brother in disbelief. The reason he asked her out recently was to let her help with homework!But her expression soon became serious.Because she saw the titles of the books James was holding in his arms, and they weren't the reference books they needed to finish their homework recently.Obviously, because James was late today, he couldn't hide the book he was reading recently in time.

Sensing Jody's gaze, James looked around nervously, raised his finger and made a shush gesture to Jody: "You must keep this matter a secret!"