[HP]Blue Soul

"Is the candy ready?"

"It's packed, it's a big bag, I guarantee that the children will not return empty-handed!"

"Then let's go, we should have shipped everything else, remember to put on your wizard hat!"

After a period of turmoil, Charlotte finally put on the blue wizard hat she bought temporarily from a clothing store, put on the wizard robe, and carried a large bag of candy, and went to the stall in the town center square with Mrs. Betty.Mrs. Betty wore transparent wings on her back very childlike. According to her, she was dressed as the fairy godmother in Cinderella.

The decoration of the square in the town center has been very different. Banners made of white cloth were erected at several entrances to the square, with the words "Halloween in Cokeworth" written on it, and some skeletons and bloodstains were painted with fluorescent materials on the white cloth. graphics like this.The statue of Cupid, God of Love in the small fountain was rubbed shiny, and red, purple, and black ribbons were also wrapped around the fountain.There were plastic pumpkins in twos and threes on the ground, with candles burning inside.Even the surrounding trees are decorated with little jack-o-lanterns and little bats.

On the east side of the square is the game area. The most eye-catching thing on the booth in the game area is a giant spider web with some small plastic spiders hanging from it.There are already some children who can't wait to gather there.

On the west side is a stage. On the stand of the stage is a huge bat, which also says "Halloween".At that time, there will be a host to lead everyone through the process, and the most exciting part should be the lucky draw, which is also an important weapon to attract everyone to this party.

The north side is the stall area, which is where Charlotte needs to stay. There are clothing, accessories, wood products, food...there are all kinds of stalls, and there is also a pet shop next to the wood product stall, which is full of people. All kinds of pet food, as well as seven or eight cute kittens, posted cat pictorials drawn by Charlotte in front of the booth tables.

Although this pictorial is already very attractive, it is still not as good as the woodwork booth.The wooden stalls were set up by Mr. Polkgarry’s family, a carpenter in the shopping street. Polkgarry’s father was a traditional craftsman in Gary’s shop, mainly making furniture such as tables and chairs, and Mr. Polkgarry built these foundations On the basis of wooden utensils, some innovations have been added.He loves wooden carvings. In front of the booth, there is a big brown bear half the height of Charlotte. If you look closely, you can see that it is made of many parts.

The big brown bear looks lifelike. Mr. Pokgarry even sculpted the brown bear's hair very carefully, and painted it with brown paint. The big open mouth has already made the children scream in surprise, and then they can't help but go up and stroke it .Charlotte thought, when people come here, it will definitely attract more people.Mr. Polkgarry's craftsmanship is very good, and all kinds of wooden ornaments are exquisite and dazzling.

Charlotte is much simpler here.Mrs. Betty looked more like joining in the fun, and didn't expect to sell a few pets or pet food.By the time Charlotte took her stand in the booth, Mrs. Betty had gone to find her friends, who were talking about something in the chairs by the flagpole.

Charlotte put the big bag of candy on the stool beside her, and straightened her rough wizard hat.I have to say that compared to the material of the wizard's robe on his body, this wizard's hat is more like random splicing of very thin fabrics, but fortunately there is no major problem in terms of shape.Charlotte also pinned the leaf brooch on the neckline of her wizard robes, exactly the same as the ones given to Severus and Lily.

"Charlotte, how is it? How is the coffee table used?" After dismissing the two little boys who couldn't let go of the wooden bear, Mr. Porkgarry greeted Charlotte at the booth next door.

"Great, Mr. Gary, your craftsmanship is very good, beautiful and easy to use, even better than I expected." Charlotte is very confident in Mr. Polk Gary's craftsmanship, and she loves many of the wooden products he made there. She likes it very much. If she has spare money, she hopes to buy one or two to put on her desk.

Charlotte's eyes fell on the big brown bear, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in her head, and she asked, "Has Mr. Gary been making this bear for a long time?"

"It's been a long time. I make some every day, and it took almost a year. This is the first time I have made such a big one. Does it look good?" Mr. Gary touched the back of the big brown bear, his eyes full of pride .

"Lifelike!" Charlotte continued, "Do you accept customization for this one?"

"Of course." Mr. Gary replied, "as long as the person who made the reservation gives me enough time and money. But it's best to be something that can be carved, not some ghosts and ghosts that I have never seen before. It's best to give me a design Picture. I made this bear according to the animal magazine."

After finishing speaking, Mr. Gary raised his eyebrows and said, "What? You want to customize?"

Charlotte nodded. What flashed through her mind was the big-horned deer in her dream. It was a magical and beautiful animal. The big horns like wings seemed to be able to fly the deer. Charlotte liked it. Flying, no matter the flying in the dream is stepping on the sword or sitting on some animal, it makes her feel great joy from the bottom of her heart, so happy that she wants to scream, she is sure that she must scream in her dream There was a sound.

"What do you want to do?" asked Mr. Garry.

"A deer, a big horned deer. Its horns are—" Charlotte compared the length and width of her arms, "that big."

"Um, don't you have a picture of the real thing?" Mr. Gary can carve a deer, as long as he finds a deer from an animal magazine. Although it may take a lot of work to get the antlers like a fork, he hasn't got the big horned deer that Charlotte said. Heard, it sounds more like an imaginary animal, "I can't make what you imagine."

"I can draw for you, look—" Charlotte pointed to the big poster in front of the table, "I can draw well. Although I don't have much artistic quality, I can still capture the expression."

Mr. Gary looked at the pictorial, and the kittens on it were really naive. Although the eyes of the kittens were still drawn a little dull, the other details of the kittens were well drawn, a picture that did not hide its flaws.He was suddenly looking forward to what the deer with big horns would look like. He said, "Then you draw it first, and I'll see if it works, and then I'll make sure, how about it?"

"Of course." Charlotte agreed happily.Just in the process of painting the big-horned deer, she saved a sum of money for herself. She hoped that the cost would not be too high. After repainting No. 24 Spider's End Lane, the result was that Ava's savings and her savings were almost exhausted.She had seen a hand-sized snake ornament in Mr. Gary's shop, and the price was not particularly expensive. She decided to order a hand-sized deer, so she should be able to afford the price.

So, she has one more thing to do, to draw big horned deer!

As the sky got darker and darker, the lights in the square were turned on, and the small light bulbs around the tops and sides of the stalls also lit up, and the number of people gradually increased, and they wore all kinds of clothes. clothing.Some whole families still wear suits, such as the Superman family, the Batman family, the zombie family... Some young people even put on makeup for themselves, which looks quite scary.But the children are much cuter. Some of them are dressed as Cupids, some are dressed as kittens, and the cutest one is a little turtle. It doesn’t look like she bought it from a clothing store in the town. She is shopping in it. I have never seen such a cute little turtle for a few laps!

The little tortoise walked closer and closer with his short legs, his head was not as high as the booth table, he backed away a bit to make sure he could see Charlotte, raised his head, and said in a childish voice : "Trick-or-treat."

Looking at the cute little boy, Charlotte couldn't help but leaned forward and touched the little turtle's head, then grabbed a small handful of candy and put it on the little turtle's two little hands that were put together, "Here you."

"Thank you sister.",

Charlotte watched the little tortoise stuff all the candy into the waist pocket. The pocket looked quite big, but she didn't expect that the chubby turtle suit even had pockets.The little turtle put away the candy, walked happily to another booth, and continued to say "Trick-or-treat", until his mother came to him and took his little hand, Charlotte could see his waist The side bulged.

Charlotte looked away, and the scene of mother and child holding hands suddenly reminded her of Ava.She sucked in a sore nose, took a deep breath, and then continued to look at the stage. The host on the stage was already going through the process with a microphone, and most of the crowd was concentrated there.

"Hello, how do you sell this pet food?" A man stopped in front of Charlotte's booth and asked with a large package of dog food.He was wearing a wizard robe of very fine texture and exquisite workmanship that could be seen with the naked eye, and a wide wizard hat covered his hair and forehead.Charlotte even felt that he might really be a wizard.

Charlotte looked at the package in his hand. It was a relatively high-quality dog ​​food in the store. She replied, "60 pounds, sir. Are you a wizard?"

The man glanced at Charlotte's wizard robe and said with a smile, "Of course, you're a wizard too, aren't you?"

"Yes, haha." She knew the man was talking about their outfits today.But whether this man is a wizard or not has nothing to do with her. Severus once said that there are some wizards hidden among Muggles, and this man may be one of them.

"I'll buy a bag." Then the man took out a wallet from his wizard robe, and gave Charlotte 60 pounds directly. He didn't bother about the price at all, and it was really different from the ladies haggling in the store. See Looks rich.

"If this is not bad, I will patronize next time." The man said.

"This is 'Betty's Pet Shop'. It's at the corner of the shopping street, and it's easy to find." Charlotte smiled politely, "Looking forward to your visit."

The man nodded slightly towards Charlotte, looking like a nobleman on TV showing a reserved salute.Soon he disappeared into the crowd.

At this time, cheers erupted from the crowd. It seemed that the lucky winners of the lottery had settled. From the gap in the crowd, he saw a boy dressed as Batman climbed onto the stage. Charlotte didn't know what the prize was. It's too clear, but I accidentally heard the staff say that there are several levels, and the third prize is a set of limited edition toy trains.Toy trains are the most popular in toy stores, because there is a space as large as a table to put down the train tracks and small trains. After the power is turned on, the train will run on the tracks, so the price is not cheap.The first and second prizes should not be worse than this little train.

Not long after Charlotte looked away from the crowd of people, she heard someone calling her name. Charlotte saw that it was also Police Officer Davis in Batman costume. He was thoroughly dressed, wearing a His mask covered his face, and if it wasn't for his voice, Charlotte might not have recognized him.

"Hello, Officer Davis."

"Hello, Mrs. Davis." Next to Police Officer Davis was Mrs. Davis, who was also dressed as Batman, and she was looking at Charlotte with a big smile.

"This is Daniel?" Beside Mrs. Davis is a boy about the same height as Charlotte, who should be Daniel Davis, the son of the Davis couple.I remember the last time I took a quick glance at the clothing store, Daniel was hanging around Spiderman, but he chose Batman's costume.

"Yes, this is Daniel. This is the first time you have met, right?" Officer Davis said, "No, I met you last time in a clothing store, haha." After speaking, Officer Davis walked up to Daniel and patted him. His shoulder, "Quick, say hello."

"You... hello." Daniel said nervously, buttoning his clothes with his fingers.

"Daniel, you're not so timid!" Mrs. Davis yelled dissatisfiedly. Compared with Police Officer Davis, Mrs. Davis was actually more like a heroic police officer, but she was a boxing coach by profession.At this time, her toned body line is wrapped under the tight Batman clothes, which makes her look even more sexy and hot. "Show the spirit you play football with, Daniel."

Daniel touched his head uncomfortably, cleared his throat, raised his head slightly, and said, "Hi, I'm Daniel Davis." He stretched out his hand in front of Charlotte, and Charlotte quickly held Daniel's hand and returned Said: "Hi, I'm Charlotte Smith."

"I think you can definitely become friends." Officer Davis said happily looking at the scene in front of him, "By the way, I haven't seen you for more than two weeks. How are you recently?"

Police Officer Davis has been going to see Charlotte every other week since he held Ava's funeral and signed Charlotte's care book. He usually goes to the pet store first, and if it is Charlotte's holiday, he will go there Spider Alley.He is very concerned about the matter of taking care of the letter, thinking that he has the responsibility to take care of Charlotte after signing it.He persuaded Charlotte to move to his house more than once, because Spider's End Alley is really too messy.But Charlotte didn't want to bother him too much, he could only do his best in other places and help Charlotte's life where he could.For example, help Charlotte open the living room and porch, send some vegetables to Charlotte and so on.

"I'm fine. Thank you for your concern." Charlotte sincerely thanked the Davis police officer.

"Lovely girl." Mrs. Davis leaned closer and touched Charlotte's head. The last time she saw Charlotte because of the old sofa, she fell in love with this girl. Although life was hard and difficult, the girl Not being knocked down, the girl's strength is the most valuable quality she thinks. "Would you like to come to my house if you have time? Last time I said it, it has not been realized until now. Daniel will definitely treat you well, won't you? Daniel?"

"Of course." Daniel replied.

Officer Davis seemed to have remembered something, and said: "The weather is a bit cold, you have to use the fireplace there, firewood is not easy to get, and when the time comes when my family buys firewood, I will prepare some for you. Send it to you."

"Too much trouble, I can buy some myself." Charlotte didn't really know where to buy it, and she really didn't think of it, because she basically didn't use the fireplace in the past few years , her winter has Severus's warming spell and her mother's warm embrace, but this winter...

"No trouble, our family also wants to buy it, just together." Mrs. Davis said quickly.

"Well, thank you." Charlotte took off the inferior wizard hat and bowed to the Davis family. They really helped her a lot. "You can find me if you need anything. Although I don't know how I can help..."

"I have a favor right now, and you must do it. Call me Auntie, not Ma'am," said Mrs. Davis. "Call me Aunt Susan."

"Aunt Susan."

"And I."

"Uncle Bass."

"Haha, that's great, we've gotten closer, and we treat you like a daughter," Mrs. Davis said.

"Then I have a younger sister?" Daniel exclaimed happily.

"Yes, she is one year younger than you. As an older brother, you have to take good care of her." Officer Davis said.

"I finally have a sister!" Daniel jumped up, "It's not just Parker who has a sister!" Parker is Daniel's best friend, and he has a little sister. Parker often shows off her cuteness to Daniel. "Mom, Dad... sister! I'm going to find Parker first!"

Charlotte watched Daniel running away who couldn't wait to tell something, and scratched her face warmly. She suddenly had a brother.Her heart was overflowing with joy. Although she felt that she could be independent, having such a family willing to accept her made her feel extremely warm.

"It's really hot and fast. It would be nice if I was as quiet as you." Mrs. Davis also watched Daniel who ran away, and she didn't look back until she saw him stop beside a boy, and looked at Charlotte, " Aren't you going home at night? It's so late."

"Yes, live in a pet shop, and Mrs. Betty will prepare a place for me to rest." As early as when it was confirmed that the party would be late, Mrs. Betty asked Charlotte to bring the toiletries and a change of clothes to the pets in advance. Shop, let her not go back to Spider's End at night, but sleep on the sofa in the lounge of the pet shop for one night.

"That's good, don't go back to such an unsafe place when it's too late. How about it, have you thought about having time to practice boxing with me? It's better for a girl to have a little self-defense ability. And you always Going in and out of such a dangerous place." Mrs. Davis' impression of Spider's End Alley was as bad as ever.

"There will be time, Mrs. Davis. I also practice running and boxing by myself, and I have borrowed related books from the town library." Charlotte said.

"What is in the book is not as good as what we teach ourselves."

"Okay, if it's not busy."

Not long after Officer Davis and his family walked away from the booth, the Evans family also came. Petunia wore a beautiful princess dress with a big smile on her face, and she muttered something to complain about Charlotte: "Look at what you're wearing, Hogwarts won't accept us, you can't be a wizard."

Charlotte laughed, "There are a lot of wizards today, and I'm just one of them."

"Okay, okay. The last time you came to see me was a month ago. How about it? I specially added some notes in the book. Is it much easier for you to study by yourself?"

The Evans family learned about Ava last month, and Mr. Evans personally went to the pet store to invite Charlotte to their house.At the Evans house, Mrs. Evans even held Charlotte and cried.Penny also gave Charlotte a hug and said, "You're strong, Charlotte. If it had been me who lost my mother, I'd be devastated." She also vowed, "I'll always be your friend. "

"Yes, you are so sweet, Penny, thank you."

"I think we're still friends."

Petunia pouted and walked away, as if she saw other familiar people.After Petunia left, Charlotte chatted with the Evans couple for a while, mostly talking about Lily's affairs. No wonder Petunia didn't want to stay here, probably because she didn't want to hear Lily's strange ideas.

The party didn't break up until about 9 o'clock in the evening, and it was past 10 o'clock when Charlotte and Mrs. Betty shipped everything back.For other dressing equipment and the like, the staff is going to come back the next day during the day to clean them up.

The event was very successful, most of the stalls sold a lot of things, especially the food side, the queue never dispersed.And Mr. Gary also gained a lot, and almost sold half of the wooden ornaments.

Most of Charlotte’s pet stalls are filled with funny cats, but few are willing to take them home. Perhaps the main reason is that Charlotte is not very good at sales. She thinks that if Mrs. Betty can be here, she may be able to say One or two customers made up their minds, but Mrs. Betty went crazy and stayed in front of the booth for about 10 minutes a night.On the contrary, a large bag of candy on the booth was already glowing, and several bags of pet treats were sold.

Back at the pet shop, Mrs. Betty urged Charlotte to wash up in the small washroom at the back (behind the pet washroom), "Go and wash up, you should go to bed so late, and you will pick up things tomorrow. Go to bed early, and I'll get you a quilt."

After washing, Charlotte lay down in the soft quilt laid by Mrs. Betty.The sofa is not small, although it is taller than her peers, but she is still a child, and it is more than enough for her to sleep on it.

Mrs. Betty came over when Charlotte was already lying down and asked, "Are you afraid?"

"No, it's very warm here." Charlotte said softly.Compared with the lonely and quiet Spider's End, it is really warm here, the sofa is very soft, and the drawn curtains block the glass windows and the street lights through the windows. The most important thing is that there is a wall between Mrs. Betty and the cage in this store. The animals that are already sound asleep.

"A strong child." Mrs. Betty touched Charlotte's head and said softly, "You can sleep here often in the future, as long as you don't dislike the sofa here." Then she walked quickly to the animal cage over there Here, he hugged a little white milk cat to Charlotte's pillow, "Maybe you won't be afraid, my son was like this when he was a child, haha."

Charlotte reached out her arm and touched the little milk cat, thanking with a smile, "Mrs. Betty, thank you."

Mrs. Betty lowered her head and pressed a kiss on Charlotte's forehead, then smiled and said, "Good night, Charlie."

"Good night, Mrs. Betty."

When the lights dimmed, Charlotte touched her forehead, looked at the undulating outline of the pillow, closed her eyes with a smile, and at the moment before going to bed, she was still thinking: "Mom, I will be happy."

In the dream, she sometimes followed Ava to learn how to do handicrafts, sometimes she nestled in the arms of a silver-haired woman and acted coquettishly; sometimes she took Ava's hand and walked on Lanster Street, and sometimes was held in the arms of a silver-haired woman Sometimes running in the forest by the river, sometimes flying freely in the sky...

As the night deepened, Charlotte's quilt emitted a faint blue light again, and the kitten next to the pillow rubbed the pillow comfortably and fell asleep more deeply.