[HP]Blue Soul

"Charle, Sev, happy birthday!"

Char, Lily's nickname for Charlotte, she also gave Severus a nickname for Sev, in her words: Since we are good friends, then we It should be called closer.This led to Charlotte yelling that it was unfair because she couldn't figure out what nickname Lily had, but she ended up calling Lily because she liked it.

This is January 1971, 1, Charlotte and Severus' 9th birthday, Charlotte invited Severus, Lily and Petunia to 11 Spinner's End Lane for her birthday, Ava For this day, Mrs. Betty has asked for leave, so what awaits the three children is a big meal made by Ava, although it is not a particularly rich meal.

Lily just walked in gave Charlotte a hug and handed her a gift, "This is mine, this is Petunia's. You know Petunia..."

Charlotte put away the presents and led Lily to the small kitchen. She said, "I know." Asking Petunia to come to Spinner's End may not be enough until the world is destroyed, but she is still willing to give A gift for myself is already pretty good. Penny is one year older than them, and she went to junior high school as early as last year, so she and Charlotte have less interaction.

"Sev! This is your gift." Entering the kitchen, Lily saw Severus who was already sitting at the table, she handed her gift to Severus, and Severus said " Thank you", he took the gift and put it in his cloth bag. The cloth bag was actually a gift from Charlotte. It was made by Ava under the guidance of Ava. It looks very strong and not fancy. Les liked it.

"Lily is here, let's start! We have to finish before dark!" Ava heard Lily's voice coming down the stairs.

"Aunt Ava!" Lily called out sweetly.

"Hey!" Ava walked up happily and gave Lily a hug. Ava has always liked Lily, she is smart, beautiful and cute (although she is not as good as Charlie), but she is very glad that Charlotte has such a cheerful and lively friend. . "Come, come, help put the candles, the cake is in the cardboard box."

Charlotte opened the cardboard box on the table. It was a small but delicate cake. It could be seen that the person who made the cake put a lot of thought into it. The decoration on the cake was made into lilies. shape, and there is a big lily in the middle, which complements the lily in the vase on the table.Charlotte was fascinated by the beautiful cake, and she exclaimed: "Thank you, Mom!" This is the cake made by Ava herself.

"Charles! I can't wait!" Lily also liked this cake very much and wanted to eat it right away.

"Haha, Lily can't wait, hurry up, let's light the candles first." Ava clapped her hands and said.

The three gathered around a small round table, put 11 candles on the cake, and lit a fire on the candles with a delicate little lighter provided by Ava - said to have belonged to Charlotte's biological father.Ava drew the curtains of the kitchen, and the small kitchen was suddenly dark, only the 11 burning candles released the dancing light.

"Then I'll start singing happy birthday!" Lily said with a smile, clapping her hands.

Lily's voice is clear and pleasant, and her singing is like a lark singing. Even a simple birthday song is sung by her melodiously, crisply and melodiously.Charlotte sighed to herself, she could only be called a magic voice when she sang, and in Severus's evaluation, it was: Are you sawing wood?

——It can only be blamed on God for not opening this window for her...

After the birthday song was over, Charlotte took Severus and blew out the candles together, and of course Severus blew out symbolically.In the past, there was no cake, no gift, and no blessing for his birthday, but since he asked Merlin for a gift on his 8th birthday, all this has changed. Even if there is no such small party on his birthday, a certain girl will find a way Get him cupcakes and presents.He looked at the dancing candles in the girl's shining eyes, and suddenly felt a softness in his heart. He didn't want to blow out the candles, and he didn't want to extinguish the light in the girl's eyes.

Waiting for the candle to go out, Charlotte had already closed her eyes, clenched her fists, and murmured.

"Severus, make a wish!" Seeing Severus standing still, Lily urged anxiously.

Severus imitated Charlotte, clasped his fists against his big nose, he didn't like to make wishes, except for the wish when he was 8 years old, he never prayed for anything, because he knew what he wanted only He can work hard to fight for it by himself, but this time, he wants to thank Merlin, a belated thank you, he wants to say to Merlin: Merlin, thank you for the gift you gave me.

"Okay! Let's eat!"

After the two wishers opened their eyes one after another, Ava drew the curtains again, and the room suddenly became brighter. The faces of the two girls were flushed, which was especially obvious under the light. Charlotte Tate firmly handed over the task of cutting the cake to Severus, because she said, "I can't destroy such a beautiful lily! Let's leave it to another birthday person!"

After eating the cake, Ava drove the three children into the bedroom, and she came to clean the kitchen.Lily went upstairs still regretting that they hadn't put some fun on each other's faces with the cake that was her family's regular birthday entertainment, the kind that even the Evans couldn't escape.

"That's not allowed, we can't waste food!" Although Charlotte is not that keen on food, she absolutely does not allow food waste, especially Ava.

"All right……"

The bedroom upstairs is not big, but it looks very cozy. Charlotte took two old stools and put them in the room. The room suddenly became a little crowded, but the other two didn't mind too much. They sat on their own. down.Severus leaned against the wall and looked at the small window in front of the desk, which he thought was where Charlotte fell.

Lily picked up the throw pillow on the bed, which had a very cute white cat pattern on it, and Charlotte said: "It was a gift from Mrs Betty because I always hold it when I go to the pet shop. "Charlotte loved the gift.

"Mrs. Betty is really nice." Lily sighed.

Severus shuddered when he heard them talk about Mrs. Betty.I still remember that when Charlotte and Lily dragged him to the pet shop, he was really taken aback by Mrs. Betty's warm hug. It was a passion he had never felt since he was a child, so he blushed. Hot, then laughed for a long time by Charlotte and Lily.He moved away from listening to the two girls chatting, and scanned the bedroom.

Charlotte's back is facing a small table with a few books piled on it. In the corner on the right side of the table, there are many old books piled up to the height of a person, but because of the small area , looks a little shaky.

He took a look at the top book of the pile, and it turned out to be "Komottoa Continent-Elf Epic" that Charlotte had read. He opened it, and on the title page was written "This book belongs to "Charlotte Farrell Smith", in the back pages of the book, there are actually a lot of things written by Charlotte, all of which are complaints about some words in the book. It can be seen that Charlotte is obsessed with the race of "elves". He thought of the paintings about elves drawn by Charlotte. Whether it was clothing, hair, or even the crown, she drew very detailed, much more detailed than the abstract paintings in this book.

"I might start teaching myself when I graduate this year. So I want you to ask Petunia if you can sell me her old books at a discount?"

Hearing Charlotte say this, Severus closed the book and asked, "Self-study?"

Charlotte sighed, "Sev, you know. The junior high school here is private. Although our family is much better than before, it is still difficult to support me to go to school."

Lily groaned, "How could this happen!" She pouted unhappily, and in her little head she had never thought about what it would be like not to be able to read, whether it was Petunia or her relative's children, they would all go to school or Go to university, and then enter the society.

"It's not a big problem, you know I'm so smart, I can do it by myself." Charlotte scratched Lily's nose, and flicked Severus's frown, "I'm always number one in school !"

That's right, the top three in the school are all sitting in this room, Lily hugged Charlotte, "I believe you, but..."

Charlotte patted her on the back, "No but, you know my wish, to open a pet shop. Although I don't know when it will come true, but now I have taken the first step, working as an apprentice in a pet shop. Mrs. Betty's clerk will go to Scotland after August, so I can go there as an apprentice, and Mrs. Betty promised me some salary, which is a great thing!"

"Okay, I'll talk to Petunia."

Severus looked at Charlotte's side face, she was smiling, without a trace of reluctance, the girl was as optimistic as ever, as if everything in front of her was not a big problem, he thought it might be hereditary, because Ava is also such a big-hearted person, just like her alcoholic husband, who has been missing for several years and hasn't looked for him... The divorce that was agreed was delayed like this, and he felt that sooner or later there would be problems .

"Thump, thump, thump," suddenly there was a knock on the window.

The room suddenly became quiet, and the sound of knocking on the window on the second floor was so strange, Severus looked back, and there was an owl outside the window, pecking at the window with its beak.

Charlotte also saw it from the side, "Owl?" Charlotte thought of something, she seemed to have read this in some book, "Owl! The wizard's messenger!"

Severus put down the book in his hand, stood up and went to open the window, Charlotte immediately said to Lily "cover your nose", as the window opened, not only the owl jumped into the window calmly, but also A stench came in along with it, and that's the worst part about Spinner's End, "Severus, close the window!"

Severus quickly closed the window, and then looked at the owl perched on the table, it had taupe feathers, the feathers looked particularly dense and fluffy, and there were some black spots scattered on it.It stared at Severus with yellow and black eyes, and made a cooing sound.

In Charlotte's ears, it was the voice of an adult man [This place really stinks, why doesn't this kid take the letter? 】

Seeing that Severus was still staring at it, the owl could only stretch out its right leg.There was an envelope tied to it, and Severus quickly took it off. Charlotte and Lily also came forward to look at it. It was an envelope made of yellowed parchment, with a wax seal and a shield on it. Coat of arms, with a capital "H" surrounded by a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake.In the center of the envelope was written "Mr S Snape, by window 24, Spider's End, Cokeworth" in dark green ink.

"Wow, is the address so specific?" Charlotte looked surprised, "And how do they know you're here today?"

Severus replied, "Probably magic." He tore open the envelope, which was thick and heavy. Inside were two pieces of parchment, one with "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Witchcraft" written on the top, and the other One is a folded piece of parchment. When you open it, there are many things listed on it. No wonder the letter is so heavy.

"This is a notice from Hogwarts." Severus said after reading it.

Lily immediately took the note in Severus' hands excitedly, and read it: "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Witchcraft and Wizardry! Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore! Ah, it's Dumbledore!" Lily was very excited. She adores Dumbledore, for which she even wants to go to the academy where Dumbledore once wanted to stay - Gryffindor.

But Charlotte was a little disappointed. After hearing that this was a notice from Hogwarts, she pursed her lips and listened to Lily read the contents of the envelope, and reached out to touch Mr. Owl's feathers on the table. Mr. Owl didn't struggle. , but turned its head, seemingly adjusting its field of view.He saw Charlotte, and cooed, 【The girl is very disappointed, why? 】

"Mr. Owl, because I don't really want to hear the word notice." Charlotte held Mr. Owl in his arms and said softly, "I always feel that they will not be by my side the next second."

【Are you talking to me? 】Mr. Owl pecked Charlotte's finger with his beak.

"Yes."

[This is really miraculous, the first time someone can talk to me, you know, even Principal Dumbledore can't do it. 】

"Headmaster of Hogwarts?"

【Yes.He can speak more than 100 languages, but he can't owl. 】

Charlotte was not surprised. She suddenly felt that the principal of the magic school should be so powerful. She even felt that more than 100 languages ​​​​were missing, and she began to feel suddenly again. is no longer common.

[I am the owl of Hogwarts, and one of my jobs is to deliver letters to the young wizards who are about to enroll.I'm so busy and exhausted, some family manors are too hard to find. ] The owl complained cooingly.

"That's really hard work for you."

[My name is Crewe. 】Owl Crewe pecked at Charlotte's finger again.Then fluttered and flew out of Charlotte's arms. 【what's your name? 】

"Charlotte."

[Xia, I will call you Xia. 】

Charlotte chuckled, and sure enough, no matter what animal it was, it persistently called her Xia.

"Are you talking to it?" Lily's voice came out suddenly.

Charlotte turned her head and saw that both Lily and Severus were looking at her. The parchment in their hands was spread out on the table, as if it had been put down for a long time. She smiled embarrassedly, "Yes. This is The Hogwarts owl is called Crewe."

"No matter when, I want to praise your talent, Charles." Lily said with admiration.

Charlotte's talent is currently only known to two people besides herself, Lily, Severus and her mother Ava.She never hid anything from them.

"Have you finished reading?" Charlotte raised her chin, and her eyes fell on the two pieces of parchment.

"Yeah," Severus said.

"Yes." Lily affirmed, and then she picked up one of the parchments and read to it, "It says 'The semester is scheduled to start on September 31. We will wait until July [-] Your owl brings your reply', so just now Severus wanted to ask if you had a pen and paper, and he's going to reply now, he doesn't have an owl."

"Oh, ok..." Charlotte scratched her head, "I still have paper and pens, I'll get them." She took out a hardcover notebook from the small drawer on the left side of the table, and the leather had some Peeled off, she tore a piece of paper from the end and handed it to Severus.

Severus took it, sat back in his chair, and put the elf epic book on his lap, bowed his head and began to write.

"What's the answer?" Charlotte asked.

"I agree to go to school, I don't need to guide the teacher. I can go to Diagon Alley by myself." Severus still lowered his head, then he stopped writing, raised his head and said to Lily, "Your birthday is also in January, so you can't pass it It won't take long for you to receive a notification, and you'd better mention that you are of Muggle origin when you reply."

"Does Muggle-born matter?"

"...No, people who generally live in the Muggle world will have a guide teacher to guide you into the magical world." Severus glanced at the long parchment on the table and continued, "You also saw that parchment The list on the paper, when the time comes, the guide teacher will take you to Diagon Alley to buy, and tell you about the magical world."

"So that's how it is...then I can't go with you, it's okay if you don't guide the teacher?"

"We are different, Lily. You can take your parents with you. It would be better if you are accompanied by a teacher. They also need to have a certain understanding of the wizarding world..."

"Okay." Lily was a little unhappy. Although she had a strong interest in the magic world, she still hoped that her two little friends could be by her side.

"Wouldn't it be better for you to go with your parents?" Charlotte reassured. "I think Aunt Evans will be very happy. They've always wanted to know about the wizarding world, haven't they?"

Lily hummed, her parents really wanted to know about the magical world, they were never frightened and angry by her special ability, but they always supported her silently, telling her that it was a great ability, they were proud of her be proud.

【I have to go first, Xia. 】Crue flew to Charlotte's head and said cooing.It turned out that the reply letter from Severus had already been written. He put the reply letter in the old yellowed parchment envelope and tied it back to Crewe's lap. Severus had already opened the window.

"Goodbye, Crewe. If you are free, please come and play with me."

Crewe flapped his wings twice and flew out of the window.The sky outside the window was already a little dark, and Crewe gradually became smaller and smaller dots, disappearing into the red glow.

"Lily, Severus, it's getting dark."

Ava's voice came from downstairs. Ava continued to knit her sweater in the kitchen after tidying up the kitchen. She just started. It is estimated that Charlotte will not be able to wear it until next year.As for the kids upstairs, she wouldn't bother, especially that kid Severus who was uncomfortable around her, Ava snickered.But it gets dark quickly, and the night at Spinner's End is not so safe, so she still needs to interrupt the children's happy party time and let them go home before dark.

"Ah, it's getting dark, I have to go." Lily said regretfully, "I feel that I haven't talked to you enough... I came to your birthday party this time, and I must come to my house to join you at the end of the month." of!"

"I'll go, but Sev..."

"Sev?"

Severus was silent. Although he liked Lily as a friend, he didn't like the Evans family.Whether it's the embarrassment of being in it, and a Petunia Evans who doesn't want to see him.He didn't like Petunia Evans, and he didn't like the way Petunia Evans disliked their shabby clothes while clinging to Charlotte.

"Sev..." Lily shouted draggingly.

Lily didn't know when she learned this kind of offensive from Charlotte. She blinked at Severus with her big green eyes, and Severus suddenly lost his resistance. Many of his persistence seemed to have become a joke, and he couldn't refuse the requests of these two girls.

"Yeah." He still agreed.

"I'll go with Severus at that time!" Charlotte said happily, "Bring my gift, I promise you will like it." She not only made a gift for Severus, but also for Lily same.

"Then I'll wait!" Lily put on her small backpack, "Then I'll go first!"

"Severus, take Lily out," Charlotte said to Severus.

Severus nodded, packed the two sheepskins into his cloth bag, and followed Lily out.Charlotte watched them disappear into the door frame from the stairs and sighed.back to her bedroom.When Severus passed by her just now, he said softly to her: "I will take you to Diagon Alley together." He seemed to have known the loss in her heart, so did she need to look forward to it, to deal with it? What about the corner alley?

That night, Charlotte entered the dream world again. She dreamed that she was standing on a sword and flying in the sky. She seemed to be able to feel the breeze blowing through her hair. Her heart was full of joy, and she knew She loves flying.The sword was not like the one she saw in the illustrations in the book, but rather like the sword she saw in some translated books from other countries.And she wasn't the only one on the sword, there was a tall man standing behind her, his hand was pressing on her shoulder, which made her feel extremely safe.