[HP]Blue Soul

Just as the principal promised after the math competition, Charlotte and Severus were transferred into Class A together and became Lily's classmates. This made Lily very happy, and their friendship became closer and closer. Tate accepted Lily's invitation and went to Lily's house several times. The Evans couple are very kind and friendly people. They did not discriminate against Charlotte because of her "shabby" clothes.Instead, Petunia, Lily's older sister, would be a little sarcastic at first.

But since Charlotte helped Penny solve a math problem, she temporarily let go of her prejudice against Charlotte and joined Charlotte and Lily.

Later, when Penny got to know Charlotte better, she said, "I don't think you should have no friends." Because she can chat with Charlotte about celebrities, accessories, and everything she wants, Charlotte really Be a good listener.Sometimes she felt more comfortable talking to Charlotte than to Lily.

Charlotte just smiled. Not everyone can give up their prejudices to get acquainted with her. Spider's End Lane is like a label firmly nailed to her.Petunia was able to do this, even Charlotte himself was surprised... because she didn't look like she could do it, and Petunia still ignored Severus in the same way.

"It's a good thing you don't have magic." Penny said to Charlotte, "Although... although magic looks powerful, I don't think it's a good thing. Humans should be more normal."

Maybe that's one reason why Petunia was willing to put aside her prejudices and be friends with Charlotte, Charlotte thought.Because she desires magic but hates it, in front of Lily, she feels that she has found someone of the same camp.Charlotte does not reject being friends with Penny, even if some of her thoughts and behaviors are not accepted by Charlotte.

——She always cherishes everyone who can be her friend.

After saying goodbye to Lily and Petunia, Charlotte walked slowly towards Spider's End. It was a gloomy weekend, and Severus stayed at his home as usual and did not respond to Lily's invitation.She stepped onto the bridge and slowed down her breathing, something Severus had taught her to save her from the stench.

She looked at the rows of brick houses and the looming big chimneys across the river, she sharpened her toes, and a thought kept popping up in her mind: "It's still early... why don't you go there and have a look..." She knew this It was her sense of adventure, a strange sense of adventure.

The forest where she and Severus found the silver light water has actually been explored by her. When she was running and exercising, the forest was very dark, but the strange thing was that there were no living things in it, but mostly trees. Vine or something.However, these vines could not obey Charlotte's orders, and those vines that could obey her orders disappeared after they took the silver light water.So she has long wanted to see that big chimney...

Maybe today is a good time.

Then she bumped into Severus at the bridge.

"I was going to look for you." Severus withdrew his foot from stepping on the bridge, and touched his small broken bag, "I think I can help you check it."

Charlotte said "Oh", "Then...then we go to the secret base?" She knew that Severus was not an adventurous person, although his curiosity was strong enough, so she decided to give up exploring temporarily plan of.

"Let's go to your house. It looks like it's going to rain..." Severus looked at the sky, and continued to ask with a troubled face, "Is your mother not at home?"

Charlotte burst out laughing, "No, she didn't have a holiday this weekend, she said this week is busy." She approached Severus, "My mother is not a monster, what are you afraid of."

Severus snorted and turned away, Charlotte followed quickly.At this moment, a red ball suddenly bumped into Charlotte's leg. Charlotte let out an "oops" and looked down. It turned out to be a fox. The fox squeaked, but heard In Charlotte's ears, it was a girl's voice, she was saying, 【It hurts me, it hurts me. 】

Charlotte squatted down and saw the little fox curled up at her feet. From its voice, Charlotte could clearly hear the pain, it was in pain.She checked the little fox, and found that the little fox had a big cut on the inside of its leg, bleeding a lot, but it was not so obvious on the red hair, but the hair was stuck together and looked wet of.

Severus looked back and saw Charlotte about to pick up a fox, and he asked, "This is it?"

Charlotte replied: "She is hurt, and I want to send her to Mrs. Betty to see."

"she?"

"It's a girl, Severus."

Charlotte turned and walked back, and Severus followed, saying, "Why are you so caring all of a sudden..." You must know that he had done jinx experiments with small animals such as mice. A little annoying, but then I got used to it.

Charlotte gave him a blank look, "I heard her screaming for pain." Charlotte felt that she could understand what the fox was saying, which meant that the fox was a creature equal enough to her, what those mice said She doesn't understand, the most important thing is that those rats are really scary, when there are rats in her house, it is always accompanied by the food being spoiled, which makes the poor family worse, she hates rats.

"Screaming pain?" Severus thought Charlotte was joking, all he could hear was the little fox squeaking.

"Yes. Her voice is getting weaker and weaker, I have to hurry up. I'm going to run, Severus." Charlotte stopped and turned to Severus, and she ran to show that she couldn't care He was gone, and Severus couldn't keep up with her.

"Then you go. I'll test you next time." Severus sighed.

"Then I'll go first."

As soon as Charlotte finished speaking, she ran quickly. Severus looked at the figure running far away, and sighed helplessly. s home.

Charlotte ran fast, she ran along the creek, because she ran so fast on the road, she felt that if she was seen, she would be packed and sent to study immediately, Severus said her fastest It can be as fast as a car.There was no one by the river, so if she ran faster, no one would see her.

After a while, she arrived near the shopping street. She stopped running, changed to brisk walking, passed a tavern, and continued to walk into the shopping street. At the corner of the street, she could see a pet store with an iron sign on it. It says "Betty's Pet Shop" in pretty cursive.The glass windows of the pet shop are curved. Looking from Charlotte's side, you can see all kinds of cages and fluffy pets in the cages, most of which are cats and dogs.In the center of the cage are three rows of shelves holding a variety of pet foods.On the other side of the shelf is a cash register, which is where Ava works.

Charlotte went around the corner of the street and walked to the door. The right side of the door was also made of glass. She could see the soft sofa, the fireplace, the cats lying lazily on the cushions and the wives sitting on the sofa talking and laughing. .She passed by this pet store countless times, but never went in. She took a deep breath, pushed open the door, and the bell at the door jingled. A door, and then, Ava walked out from that door.

"Charlie?" Ava was a little surprised to see Charlotte during working hours.

"Mom." Charlotte handed the little fox forward. "I saw a little fox that was injured. I want Mrs. Betty to take a look. You said she is good at this."

Ava didn't think it was dirty, and took the little fox over. In fact, she was wearing a leather apron, and the apron was wet, as if she had experienced a water battle, and the ends of her hair were a little wet...

"I'll show it to Mrs. Betty." Ava turned around and entered the door again, and before entering the door, she turned to Charlotte and said, "Do you want to follow?" She thought Mrs. Betty would not mind her bringing her daughter in. workshop.

Charlotte didn't react, because she breathed a sigh of relief after handing the little fox out, and she received all kinds of noisy voices in her ears, both male and female, but she was sure it wasn't coming from the lounge The voices of the ladies, but the animals.

One of the thin female voices said, "My master is really stupid. I woke her up this morning, but she turned over and fell under the bed." 】

Then another little boy's voice came back, 【At least you still have a master, cat, and I'm still waiting. 】

Charlotte looked towards the source of the sound, and found that it was a beautiful white cat. Her fur was smooth and shiny, and she looked as if it had just been carefully groomed. It had a pink bow tied around its neck. In the center is a small bell.The shape of the bell made her feel a little familiar.

Next to the cat is a cage with a brown puppy inside. Charlotte doesn't know what breed it is, but it looks very cute.

Could it be the cat and the dog who were talking?

"This girl is so beautiful, her eyes are like a sapphire," she heard the cat say, looking at her, and then the cat jumped off the table, walked to Charlotte's feet, and rubbed Charlotte. legs, 【Her breath makes me feel very comfortable. 】

"Charlie?" Ava called out to Charlotte when she saw that Charlotte was staring at the cat under her feet in a daze.

Charlotte quickly looked up at Ava, "What's wrong, Mom."

"I ask, do you want to go in with me?" Ava asked again helplessly.

"First...no need, you go first, the little fox is seriously injured, she...it is dying." Charlotte was a little nervous, although she was very worried about the little fox's injury, but at the moment her brain was more serious. Filled with a thought, that is, she wants to see if she can communicate with this cat, and she thinks she can!

Seeing Ava enter the door, Charlotte looked around secretly. The ladies in the lounge were chatting happily and had no intention of coming over. She picked up the cat with both hands, and then walked to the place behind the shelf. In a corner, face to face with the cat, said softly: "Thank you for your compliment."

The cat exploded, 【Can you understand me? 】

Charlotte changed her position and stroked the cat's fur, "Yes. You are such a beautiful girl, may I ask you what your name is?"

[My master calls me Kathy.And you?What should I call you?You are the first human being who can communicate with me! 】The cat lay comfortably in Charlotte's arms, with her head resting on Charlotte's chest.

"My name is Charlotte."

【summer.Okay, that's what I'll call you, too long words are too troublesome to pronounce. 】The cat flicked its tail.

"It's all right, Casey."

"Oh, Kathy!" an excited female voice sounded.

From the other side of the glass window, Charlotte saw a tall and thin woman, looking at the cat in Charlotte's arms with surprise through the glass window.Kathy jumped out of her arms and catwalked onto the checkout counter to one side.She said, "This is my stupid master. 】

The woman who opened the door quickly walked up to Casey, looked at Charlotte enviously and said, "Cathy likes you very much, little girl, she is rarely willing to let me hold you like this. What a wayward little guy." .”

Charlotte chuckled and said, "Cathy must like you too." She could hear her love for the master from the cat's tone, even if what she said was disgusting.

The woman took it only as a compliment, but was pleased nonetheless.

"Mrs. Cosy?" Ava heard the bell and came out in a hurry, seeing Mrs. Cosy and Charlotte talking, with a look of surprise on her face, "Kathy has had a facial in the morning, have you seen that?" ?" She approached the cashier counter, and immediately saw Casey wagging her tail on the counter, she smiled, "Oh, she's right here."

"I saw it, Ava. You have taken care of her very well, she is really beautiful." Mrs. Cosey looked at Kathy on the cash register with satisfaction. "I've come to take her home. I paid the money in the morning."

"I remember, Mrs. Cosey." Ava said with a smile, "As long as you are satisfied, I hope to come again next time."

"Then I'll go first, Kathy!" Mrs. Cosey yelled at Kathy, and Kathy jumped off the cash register, went to Charlotte's feet and rubbed her leg again, meowing. Twice, before reaching Mrs. Cosey's feet.

Charlotte heard it say, [Goodbye, Xia. 】

Mrs. Cosey also waved to Charlotte before leaving the store.

"Charlie is so cute. I can see that Mrs. Cosey and her cat like you very much." Eva was surprised that the picky cat was so close to her daughter.I think she took a lot of effort to take care of it today.

Charlotte didn't pay attention to what her mother said, because she found that the animals in the whole store were all looking at her in unison. The scene was extremely weird, but Ava was unmoved and continued: "The one you brought Mrs. Betty, a little fox, is already dealing with it, and I have to go back and continue to bathe a Labrador, which is too strong and not very cooperative."

"I'll go with you, Mom. I want to see the little fox." While Charlotte wanted to get rid of the horrible scene of being focused on by pets, she wanted to go in and see how the little fox was doing. She quickly followed her mother.

After entering that door, it was divided into several rooms, two on the left and two on the right. The sign "Treatment Room" was hung on the door of the first room on the left, and "Bedroom" was hung on the first room on the right.Ava knocked on the door of the treatment room, and Mrs. Betty's voice came from inside: "Come in."

Ava pushed open the door of the treatment room and said to Mrs Betty, "My daughter Charlotte wants to see the fox's injuries."

"Your daughter? Charlie?" said Mrs. Betty pleasantly. She was bandaging the little fox's leg in the final stage. "Finally seeing you, Charlie." She tied the bandage. , Then took off the medical coat and gloves, walked over with a smile, and gave Charlotte a hug.Ava laughed too.

But this made Charlotte a little uncomfortable. It was the first time she met such an enthusiastic person, and she whispered: "Hello, Mrs. Betty."

"I've often heard Ava talk about you, a smart and lovely girl." Mrs. Betty let go of Charlotte, looked at her carefully, and said, "Your eyes are so beautiful, more beautiful than any gemstone I have ever seen." They all look good."

"Mrs. Betty is joking, Charlie will be embarrassed." Seeing that Charlotte's face was flushed, Ava quickly rescued her. It should be the first time her daughter has encountered such warm treatment, and she is also the first time I saw my daughter shy like this once.Although she felt that Mrs. Betty's compliment was absolutely right, her daughter was so smart and lovely.

"Well, what a shy little girl. I have already treated the wound of the little fox. It looks like it was cut by something like a metal sheet. Because the wound is very thin, but it is bloody and bloody, it should not be a blade " Mrs. Betty led Charlotte to the front of the pet operating table.

Charlotte took a closer look at the little fox. Its injured hind leg was well bandaged, and she could even hear the little fox's steady breathing. It seemed that she had fallen asleep and her life was not seriously affected.

"Thank you, Mrs. Betty," said Charlotte gratefully.

"It's nothing," said Mrs. Betty, laughing.

"The treatment fee will be deducted from my salary, Mrs. Betty." Ava said.

"No, Ava. It's really nothing." Mrs. Betty has always known about Ava's family situation, and she admires and sympathizes with her. "You know, I also often treat some feral cats."

"Okay." Ava did know that Mrs. Betty would often rescue wild cats and dogs. If the wild cats and dogs were willing to stay, Mrs. Betty would also take them in. If someone wanted to adopt them, she would not charge a fee.Most of her income comes from treating and grooming pets and food for those pets.

"How is that Labrador?" asked Mrs. Betty.

"It's still making noise, it doesn't cooperate at all." Ava smiled wryly.

"Let's go and have a look together." Mrs. Betty went to the corner of the room and put on the leather apron of the same style as Ava, then turned her head and said to Charlotte who was still looking at the little fox, "Charlie, you can let the little fox Get some rest, she'll be alive and kicking soon."

Charlotte nodded and said, "Okay."

She followed Mrs. Betty and Ava out of the door of the treatment room, and then continued to walk in. There was a sign "Beauty Room" on the door next to the treatment room, and they entered the one opposite the treatment room. It says "Wash Room" above it.As soon as Charlotte walked into the bathroom, she opened her mouth in surprise. The pet bathroom was a mess. A huge Labrador was constantly jumping in the pool, splashing water everywhere.

Mrs. Betty walked up to Labrador, smoothed its fur, and said softly: "Baby, don't be afraid, just take a bath, soon." Ava continued to turn on the nozzle, stood in the labrador next to Brado.The Labrador became even more agitated. It broke free from Mrs. Betty's hand and jumped out of the pool, as if it was going to jump on Ava who was holding the nozzle.

Charlotte gasped in fright, and she yelled, "Stop!"

The Labrador really stopped, it whimpered, and then jumped in front of Charlotte, Ava was nervous, followed quickly, blocked in front of Charlotte and said: "Don't Don’t come here!” The dog was gritting its teeth and looking at the two people in front of it, Eva was terrified, she even forgot that it was not a man-eating monster, but just a pet dog.

Charlotte was not frightened, because she heard the Labrador say, [Who are you, you scared me to death].She couldn't help laughing behind Ava, mainly because the Labrador's voice was trembling, and he could clearly hear his fear, it turned out to be a cowardly dog.

"Ava, don't get excited, this dog won't hurt people." Mrs. Betty still held the spray nozzle that Ava gave her that was still spraying, she sighed, and walked over to turn off the water tap.

Ava couldn't relax as the dog barked at them again.Charlotte shook Ava's wet hand and said, "It's nothing, Mom. Mrs. Betty's right, the dog won't hurt anyone." She came out from behind Ava and stood In front of Brado, he said, "Don't be afraid, it's just a bath."

【don't want!The water from that nozzle is too big, it must hurt you! 】

Ava took Charlotte's arm, and the dog growled again.

Charlotte held Ava and grabbed her hand, saying, "Mom, he's timid and just freaked out. You just scared him with too much water from that sprinkler."

"Yes...is that so?"

"Is it right? Try it and you'll know. Come!" Mrs. Betty turned on the faucet again, but with a relatively small flow of water. "Come, baby." She beckoned the Labrador over.

The Labrador moved its feet, but it didn't pass. Charlotte hurriedly said to it: "It's not dangerous, I promise."

As soon as Charlotte finished speaking, the dog obediently approached the pool, and Mrs. Betty was beside her in amazement. "It seems that Charlie is very fond of animals."

"That's right, I was also surprised. Do you remember Mrs. Cosey's cat? We spent a lot of time cleaning her this morning, but I saw her very close to Charlotte just now." Ava said laughingly.

"It's a very good talent. It would be great if Robert had this kind of talent." Mrs. Betty said regretfully, "I think Robert is almost unable to hold on, and I'm afraid he will have to resign soon."

"Poor Robert. The last time he was asked to bathe a dog he was ruined, and he wondered why he wasn't liked by the animals." Ava also thought of the young boy.Mrs. Betty's salary here is good. Many young people who like pets will apply for the job, but they choose to leave for various reasons. Their working hours are always very short. Mrs. Betty has to say with a wry smile that she often Recruit "short-time workers".

"Maybe I have to send out the recruitment information in advance." Mrs. Betty went to stop the faucet in her hand, and then brushed the Labrador with Ava, and the Labrador barked happily.

After helping Mrs. Betty solve the matter, Charlotte took the little fox back, because foxes are carnivorous animals after all, and Mrs. Betty still had some doubts about the characteristics of the fox, so she did not keep the little fox in the store .In the end, Charlotte asked the fox for permission and let her go, and Charlotte followed the fox to her lair. Unexpectedly, the lair was at the big chimney. It was an abandoned mill with more than Small foxes, and some wild cats.

On the way back, she couldn't wait to share this with Severus, so she didn't go home, but went to the door of 19 Spider's End Lane, she knocked on the door holding her breath, she was a little scared It would be Eileen who would open the door for her, or the... man.

But it was Severus who opened the door, and she was relieved.

"My mother is out." Severus saw Charlotte's nervousness and made an explanation.

"Okay!" Charlotte said happily standing at the door without going in, "Severus! God opened a window for me again!"

Severus looked puzzled, opened the window?Then he said another sentence: "Wait for me for a while." He closed the door first, and Charlotte heard footsteps coming from inside, which sounded like they were climbing stairs.She pouted, she was immune to Severus' behavior because he never wanted her to go to his house, and the explanation he gave was: "The house is too dirty for you."

After a while, Severus came out, strapping on his little ragged bag again.Then he closed the door and pulled Charlotte to No. 24 Spider's End Lane.As they walked, Charlotte happily told her experience.

"Severus, God really opened a window for me again."

"What window?"

"I can talk to animals! I can understand them, not just the fox, but the animals in Mrs. Betty's pet store. I talked to a cat and a dog!"

Severus stopped suddenly, he looked surprised, "Really?"

"Of course, I won't lie to you." Charlotte shook her hair happily. "The cat I communicated with was a girl named Kathy. She said she would call me Xia."

Severus walked up again, and he said in a low voice: "I don't think I will be surprised anymore. It seems that Merlin has not favored you, but God has given you strange talents." He seemed to think of it What, actually laughed softly, "Come on, just take a test, what exactly are you?"

After entering the door, they went into the small kitchen together, because Charlotte and Ava never opened the door to the living room, as if they could smell the stink of that fat man, Batty Strange.Therefore, the general reception is in the small kitchen.The kitchen is also very cozy, Ava changes the flowers on the small round table every day.

Severus took out his wand and cast a spell on Charlotte, this time the milky white light sank into her body for a long time, and finally stopped slowly.Severus put down the wand in his hand as if he lost his strength, and lay down on the table, he said weakly, "It really is."

Charlotte quickly poured Severus a glass of water, and asked, "How is it?"

"You're a wizard, Charlotte. A wizard without magic," Severus said softly.In fact, he thought it was this result early in the morning, but he was a little disappointed when it was actually detected.

"Oh, we already thought about it, didn't we? Squib." Charlotte was not too disappointed, she had already thought of this result, "It doesn't affect our friendship, does it, Severus."

"Yeah." Severus responded.

"Severus... will you still live in Spider's End later?"

Charlotte wanted to ask this question a long time ago, because she knew how much Severus yearned for the wizarding world. If Severus left Spider's End after he became an adult, where would Charlotte go to find him? Well, you know that Cokeworth is just a town, and she hasn't seen Batty Strange since he disappeared...

Severus thought for a long time, and said, "Yes." He could do without Tobias, but he still loved his mother, even if he received little warmth from her, and when he became an adult, Tobias would be I can no longer bully Irene and him, he will become strong enough to step on Tobia under his feet.

"That's good!" Charlotte said happily, "I went to Mrs. Betty's pet shop today, and it suddenly occurred to me that I would also open a pet shop in the future! We can still meet often in Cokeworth, As long as you don't get rid of me with the Muggle Repelling Charm."

Severus pursed his lips, looked at Charlotte's smile, and suddenly felt that living in Spider's End wasn't that difficult, was it?It's all because he is still too weak now. When he grows up, everything in Spider's End Alley will no longer be the pain that weighs on him, but a brighter tomorrow.

This episode quickly slipped away from time, and Charlotte has another choice besides the secret base, school, and Lily's house: Betty's Pet Shop.

Charlotte likes the pet shop very much. She likes to get along with the animals in the shop. They will call her "Xia" affectionately. When there is no cage, they will gather around Charlotte to nap lazily.The rest room of the pet store has even become a holy place for Charlotte to read.Mrs. Betty told Charlotte graciously that she could come to the store anytime.Because of this scene surrounded by animals, it attracted many ladies and ladies who brought pets, and even spread the word, and brought a lot of new business to Mrs. Betty's pet shop.