[HP]Blue Soul

On Christmas Eve, the night was windy and snowy, snowflakes were flying outside the window, and the biting cold wind made a cry like a cry through the crack of the door.Severus was nestling on the sofa, drinking black tea after dinner, the warm atmosphere here made him not want to go back to No. 19 Spider's End Lane, because it was still cold there, he took out his wand, and whispered a spell against the glass window , the sound of the cry stopped immediately, and the cold air was blocked behind the transparent wall, and could no longer penetrate the gap into the room.Charlotte added some firewood to the fireplace in the living room, and the room became more and more warm amidst the beeping sound.

Charlotte pulled ribbons of various colors from her cloth bag and some gold plastic balls.These were left after Mrs. Betty had decorated the shop, and Charlotte was going to do some decorations for the little Christmas tree at home.This is the first time to decorate a Christmas tree at home, which means a lot to Charlotte.

"Severus, let's decorate the Christmas tree!" Charlotte said to Severus.

Severus glanced sideways at the girl standing under the tree, she was looking at him with a smile in her eyes, holding ribbons of various colors in her hand.Severus nodded, "Mmm", put down the teacup in his hand, stood up and took the ribbon from the girl, and wrapped it around the Christmas tree.

"You're skilled." Charlotte said, looking at Severus, who was nimble.

"Saw professors dressed up at Hogwarts," Severus explained.

As early as a week before Christmas, the Hogwarts auditorium had already started to be decorated. Compared with the shabby tree in Charlotte, the Hogwarts auditorium looked much more spectacular, with holly and live oak all over the wall. Hanging ribbons made of parasites, and twelve towering Christmas trees, and hanging on the trees are small shiny icicles, flickering candles and golden bubbles dedicated by Professor Flitwick.

"Lily said that the Hogwarts auditorium is huge, and I can't imagine that they all use their hands to dress up like this. So the professors all use magic?" Charlotte asked.

"Well, use magic." Severus said, "As far as I have observed, there are levitating spells, flying spells, pasting spells, immobilization spells, freezing spells, and the bubble spell created by Professor Flitwick. .”

"Professor Flitwick? Lily said that he is small but has great wisdom. He is the head of Ravenclaw. He is knowledgeable and a respectable professor." Charlotte recalled what Lily mentioned in the letter. The image of Professor Flitwick I saw, because Lily got a lot of house points in his class, so she spent some space describing Professor Flitwick, hoping that Professor Flitwick would not know that she was a goblin in Gringotts Based on the image in his brain constructed.

"Very respectable man indeed. He is very knowledgeable in Charms, and he was a dueling champion when he was young." Severus took out his wand and began to release the Bubble Charm, at the tip of his wand A string of golden bubbles was sprayed out and slowly hung on the branch. "A very gentle and kind person. When I asked him for this spell, he happily taught me it. But when he was in class The atmosphere is so loose that he won't get angry if someone accidentally puts a spell on him."

"Such a teacher must be very popular." Charlotte said softly.She was dazzled by the golden bubbles released by Severus, glistening in the light.

"Hmm," Severus said, "If I were a teacher, I'd definitely make the students respect a teacher enough not to just joke around with him."

"Haha, I don't think you can become a teacher, otherwise the children will suffer." Charlotte said with a smile.

She sketched the scene of Severus being a teacher in her mind, standing on the podium with a gloomy face and staring sternly at the group of little turnip heads sitting below, using magic to write on the blackboard, talking as little as possible .If she was in that scene, she would stand up and ask: "Teacher, I don't understand this, can you explain it clearly?" He would frown and say in disgust, "You better stop studying with your giant brain."

Charlotte laughed as he thought about it.

Severus looked at her suspiciously.

"No...it's nothing." Charlotte wiped away the tears from laughing, "I just thought that if you were a teacher, you would definitely dislike those stupid students. If those students were like Dabokel, you would definitely Crashed."

Severus curled his lips and showed a slightly mocking smile. He hadn't seen him in half a year. He really almost forgot about Dabockle. Dabockle is smart, even if he hates them, he has to admit that Potter and the others are very talented in transformation.

"Indeed, I can't stand being stupid," Severus said.

In the end, Severus used a cup to polymorph into a silver star and placed it on top of the Christmas tree.Although Charlotte would prefer gold.The two of them finally finished decorating the Christmas tree.At this time, the Christmas tree changed a lot, and Severus also used magic to sprinkle a layer of snow on the tree that would not melt. The golden bubbles embedded in the snow looked more delicate and beautiful.

"Perfect!" Charlotte exclaimed, and then she said with some regret, "It would be nice if there were holly and mistletoe." On the first Christmas without a mother, she at least hoped that there would be mistletoe, a symbol of happiness, here .Of course she was completely unaware that mistletoe had another tradition...

"Didn't you find some wild ones in the woods when you were chopping wood? There should be plenty of them," Severus said.His knowledge of plants is quite extensive, for potions.Mistletoe is also a plant that can be used as medicine. It can be used to reduce swelling and blood stasis, and can be placed in anti-swelling potions.

"I was too busy cutting trees, I didn't pay attention..." Charlotte said disappointedly.

"Oh." Severus stabbed lightly, "You can't expect more from your single-threaded mind."

Charlotte didn't care, she said: "It's okay, it's not too late for me to go to the woods to look for it during the day tomorrow, right?"

Time passed by, and it was past nine o'clock when Charlotte checked the time. No wonder she felt that her eyelids were heavy.Severus was still sitting on the sofa concentrating on the book, she walked closer to the window and looked outside, the snowflakes were slantingly fluttering in the light of the street lamp, it seemed that the wind was very strong.The ground was already covered with a layer of white snow. She breathed a sigh of relief on the glass window, wrote "MerryChristmas, E·C·S·L" on it with her fingers, and then closed the curtains.

She walked to the sofa and said to Severus: "It's snowing outside, why don't you just sleep here, I think this sofa should be enough for you to sleep on."

Severus looked up at Charlotte, her clear sapphire eyes shone with a warm orange light, reflecting his figure, and he said, "You are so bold, you are inviting a man to join you In the same room?"

Charlotte blushed suddenly, she had never seen Severus as a "dangerous male" before, and they were only 11 years old!Although it is almost 12 years old.She curled her lips and said, "I will only invite you. You are my best friend, and you are not a bad person. What are you afraid of?"

Severus finally agreed, it was so warm and warm that he didn't want to leave.Compared with his own cold home, he likes this place even more.

Charlotte prepared a quilt for Severus, although the quilt might be a little thin, but Severus said that sleeping by the fireplace, the thickness of the quilt is completely sufficient, and Charlotte went to wash in peace.When she dally finished washing, and was about to go downstairs to urge Severus to wash up, she found that he had turned off the light and fell asleep.

He slept soundly, and he looked very gentle with his eyes closed, as if the edges and corners had been smoothed under the light of the fire, his brows were no longer wrinkled, and the corners of his mouth were raised slightly, as if he was doing something. A wonderful dream.

Charlotte sighed softly.Gently tapped the boy's forehead.If he continues to wrinkle like him, there will probably be wrinkles between his brows in the future, she thought.Ever since Charlotte saw the boy that night, she had noticed that he was even more gloomy than before.She could imagine that he wasn't doing as well at Hogwarts as Lily did, but there was nothing she could do except to make things a little better for him during the holidays, as Hogwarts was so far away from her.She helped Severus hold the quilt, and added more wood to the fireplace, so that it would be burning all night.

Hope he gets a good night's sleep.

It was daylight when Severus awoke, but the fireplace was still crackling and crackling, with what appeared to be fresh logs.He rubbed his forehead, always feeling as if someone brushed gently between his brows in a dream, but it should be a dream, even when he was sleeping, he was still alert.

—he's not at all inclined to admit that he's been completely dead asleep last night.

The room was still dark except for the fire, and Severus raised his hand and cast a Time Revealing Charm, and the green numbers were displayed in midair, and it was already ten o'clock in the morning, and he had never slept so late before.The house was very quiet, and Charlotte upstairs didn't know if she was still sleeping or doing something.

He walked to the window and opened the curtains, and the light instantly filled the small living room.The snow outside the window has stopped, silver has covered the earth, the world has become pure, and all the dirt in Spider's End Alley has been buried underneath.The snow on the road has been shoveled out of a narrow walkway.How could someone in Spider's End do such a good deed?Severus was full of doubts.

After a while, he saw a good man, and it turned out to be Charlotte.She was wearing a thick coat, an old wool cap, and a pair of green boots. She held a bunch of plants in her left arm, and walked back slowly with a snow shovel in her right hand.She saw Severus through the window and waved to him happily.Looking at the smiling girl in the snow, Severus suddenly felt dazed, and unconsciously smiled.

Soon the girl opened the door and came in, accompanied by a piercing chill.Severus immediately raised his hand and cast her a warming charm.Charlotte smiled and said thank you, closed the doorknob and put all the things by the door, took off the heavy coat and woolen hat, and hung them on the hanger by the door.

"I went to the pet store to feed the pets. But I wanted to be lazy, so I prepared three meals for them, so I could go for a run in the morning. It's really cold outside." She said, " Did you just wake up?"

Severus' eyes were still a little hazy, but compared to last night, he was obviously in much better spirits.

Charlotte went on to say: "When I got up in the morning, you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't wake you up. I made breakfast, and I'm going to warm it up now, so you can go and wash up. The bathroom is upstairs, and I'll give you Fresh towels and toothbrushes are ready." She looked at Severus' soft black hair, which was a little messy, and said, "Wash your hair, Sev, this is very important."

She wanted to say last night that Severus' hair was a little greasy.

A blush quickly crept up on Severus' face, he nodded wildly, and turned to go upstairs.

As soon as he walked up the stairs, he saw a completely changed living room, a row of shelves wrapped with withered vines for unknown purpose, and a wine bottle full of plants under the shelf, which contained the food he ate last night Mint leaf.Next to the shelf is a table, on which there are still piles of parchment paper and a piece of white paper with a deer head drawn on it. The antlers are as big as a wing.He had seen Charlotte draw this kind of deer before, but this one was obviously more detailed than the previous one.

The girl was still in her elven kingdom, Severus thought.

Severus cleaned himself up very carefully in the bathroom, instead of messing around with a cleanser like before, but he still used the Quick Drying Charm on his hair.The scent of potion left on her body was cleaned off, replaced by the scent of shower gel and shampoo with lily fragrance.I have to say that Charlotte is really a lover of lily poisoning, even shower gel and shampoo.

After tidying himself up, Severus went downstairs, and there was already an aroma wafting from the small kitchen, and he seemed to be able to smell the smell of pumpkin from inside.His stomach growled with excitement.

Charlotte had already brought breakfast to the table, and she said, "Eat it, I hope you like the taste." After Severus entered the kitchen and sat down, she continued, "Eat yourself, and the bowl will be handed over to you." Oh, I'm going to get the mistletoe I found in the woods, and there are a lot of them!"

Severus looked at the food on the table, bacon, sausage, eggs, tomato, mushrooms, toast, and a glass of pumpkin juice, very rich.

Charlotte poked her head in and said with a smile: "Christmas, let's make it richer. I heard that Crewe and Alex said that Hogwarts has pumpkin juice, so I also learned to make a cup, maybe there is no Hogwarts The cook here is good, but it tastes okay to me."

"Thank you." Severus took a quick sip, and the warm liquid flowed from his throat to his stomach, making him want to let out a sigh, but he held back, and continued, "It's delicious."

"That's good. You go on."

Charlotte retracted her head after she finished speaking.

Watching the girl disappear into the door frame, Severus began to enjoy his breakfast quietly and intently, but he had to keep glancing over the door frame from the corner of his eye, as the girl was running up and down, busily busy.He also heard voices from upstairs, he no longer paid attention to things outside the kitchen, but ate breakfast quickly.After eating, he quickly washed the dishes with magic.

When he walked out of the kitchen, he saw mistletoe branches and ribbons wrapped around the handrail of the stairs, and some mistletoe garlands had been placed on the coffee table in the living room, and the girl was sitting on the sofa weaving another one, with a garland on her shoulder There is an owl on the head of the girl and the girl, and the girl is smiling and talking, and the owl on the head is also cooing.

The girl saw him and said, "Come on, Sev. Help me hang these on the wall with a sticking or setting charm!"

Severus took a few steps, took out his wand and flicked it a few times, and hung the mistletoe garland on the wall, and the pale wall suddenly became crowded and tight, and it became more vivid .

"Very good!" The girl looked up at the wreath on the wall with satisfaction, turned her head and smiled and said to Severus, "Come and unwrap the presents." The owl above her head hooted as if in agreement several times.

Severus walked over and saw several gift boxes under the Christmas tree.He squatted down and picked up the first gift, which was the gold-red color he hated the most. Needless to say, this was the gift from Lily, and inside was a silver quill.He opened the second gift, which was in a small green box. He opened it and saw that it was a pair of black cufflinks, which could be used on his wizard robe. He put the cufflinks on immediately.There is also a lonely gift box on the ground, the packaging is very gorgeous and delicate, he frowned, he opened the gift box and saw a sterling silver stirring rod inside, and a piece of parchment was pressed under the stirring rod, on which was written: " Merry Christmas, Severus. I hope our cooperation will be better in the coming year. Your potion talent has been greatly praised by the store manager. I hope this stirring stick can make your potion making go smoothly. Of course, if you want to return the gift, you might as well use a few bottles of beauty potions, Lucius Malfoy."

Severus picked up the sterling silver stirring rod and looked at it, sighed, he didn't expect Lucius Malfoy to think of him, a humble and pitiful half-breed.At least now the relationship between them is more about cooperation of interests, and he relies more on Malfoy's help.

"A gift from your classmate?" Charlotte asked, then pouted, "His owl is not friendly, he left the gift and left with a disgusted look on his face."

[After all, it is the one I hate the most in the owl shed. 】 Called Crewe.

"This is the senior I mentioned to you who provided me with a channel to sell potions." Severus replied.

"Well," said Charlotte, "then I'll pardon the owl's rudeness for a while—oh, Crewe, though the horned owl was unfriendly, his master was a nice fellow.—perhaps pure Not all blood families are so lofty, Crewe, you can’t be blinded by disgust and hatred. ——Okay, okay, I respect you. —Alex, don’t peck my hair!”

Watching Charlotte talking back and forth with the owl on his shoulder, Severus interrupted them helplessly: "The pure-blood family is not as friendly as you think, Charlotte. Even if the senior is willing to provide me with channel."

"Ah..." Charlotte let out a short sigh, "how come?"

Severus explained: "Why are pure-blood families called pure-blood families, because they advocate pure blood. They don't like mud...Muggle-born wizards, and they don't like Squibs."

Charlotte didn't notice the "mud" that Severus almost blurted out, she was just a little worried about Severus, "What about you? What about the half-breed?"

"Slytherin respects strength. As long as I have strength..."

Charlotte understood what Severus had left behind.The pure blood of Slytherin really doesn't look down on the mixed blood, but compared to Muggle-born wizards, at least they are willing to accept the mixed blood, as long as the half blood wizard can have enough strength for them to recognize.Charlotte believed Severus could do it, he was excellent.

"Of course you have this ability." Charlotte said with a smile, "I dare say you know more than those children who grew up in the wizarding world."

"Thank you." Severus smiled, knowing he would have a supporter behind him.

He took out a silver-green hair tie from his robe, with silver streamers shining on it, and handed it to Charlotte, "This is a Christmas present for you."

Charlotte took it and exclaimed in surprise: "It's so beautiful! Wow, there is silver light on it, like silver light water!"

Severus nodded, when he saw this headband in the shop in Diagon Alley, he thought of silver light water, so he immediately thought of Charlotte, and bought it as a Christmas present for her .

Charlotte gathered her slightly curly black hair, tied her tail with a silver-green headband, and tied a bow.She turned her head away from Severus and said, "How is it, does it look good?"

"Nice," Severus said.

"Then what did you prepare for Lily? Is it also a hair tie?" Charlotte thought of the Christmas gift Lily gave her. It was a toy wand. The wand didn't need her to input any magic power. There will be silver light.

"No, a box of Chocolate Frogs," Severus said.

"Chocolate frogs! She must like it, she said she was collecting wizard cards. Maybe you have a lot of cards she wants in this box of chocolate frogs." Charlotte said.

"Eat this?" Severus took out a sizzling honey candy from his robe, which he had bought along with the chocolate frog.

Charlotte took it and stuffed it into her mouth quickly, and the next moment she actually floated up, and the two owls had to flap their wings and fly beside her.She opened her eyes wide in surprise, waved her limbs in the air and laughed loudly, shouting "I'm flying, I'm flying". self-control.

Severus looked helplessly at the girl who was smiling like a fool in the air, and he said, "If this counts as flying, I can do it with a levitation spell."

Charlotte slowly fell from the air, and after her feet were completely on the ground, she touched her heart that was still beating wildly, swallowed her eyes and said, "Next time you can try the Levitation Charm. But don't you Are there flying lessons? I heard Lily say that you don't like flying lessons very much, so the plan to fly me twice with a magic broom is impossible?"

"I don't have that plan." Severus said dryly, he really hates flying, and the disobedient broom makes it a bit difficult for him to fly, if possible, he would prefer a kind of flying that doesn't require a broom, if there is one .

"Okay." Charlotte said with a curl of her lips, and she said to Crewe with a full face of regret, "If only you were older, maybe I could fly on your back."

[There are many magical animals with wings, there is a herd of thestrals in the Forbidden Forest, and a herd of hippogriff winged beasts that have just moved from France, but one of them is invisible to you, and the other is extremely arrogant. 】

"Wow, I just read the introduction in the book. I don't know what the real thing looks like." Charlotte recalled the description in the book in her mind.In fact, she has always had a good impression of magical creatures, or all creatures-except mice.

"I have to go back, Charlotte," Severus said suddenly.

"Ah, why don't you leave in the afternoon? It's almost time for lunch. The lunch is also very rich!" Charlotte left Severus with some regret.

"I have to go back and have a look, and do my homework by the way."

"Do you still have to do your homework for Christmas?"

"You can do your homework anytime."

Severus looked at the tea table, which was almost as long as the sofa. He thought it would be good to do homework here, and he was not willing to leave here and leave Charlotte.He went on to say, "I can bring my homework over in the afternoon."

"Yeah, ok! I can draw next to me!"

"kindness."

After eating a sumptuous lunch alone, Charlotte took down the pen and paper and put them on the coffee table, and put two pillows on the carpet to pad her buttocks.When sitting on the ground, the height of the coffee table is just right.She was scribbling on paper as she frantically recalled the details of her dream in her head.

Finally, around 2 o'clock, Severus hurried over, his black robe was still stained with snow, his complexion was not very good, and she seemed to be able to see a little bloodshot at the corner of his mouth, it seemed Even on Christmas, the man in his family was still drunk and violent.

Charlotte didn't mention it.When Severus took out the thick tome and long parchment, she opened her mouth wide. There were already a lot of words written on the parchment, and the font was more neat than when she wrote the letter.She'd heard Lily say that their assignments generally consisted of essays, and always "a few inches" of essays, but not seeing it with her own eyes surprised her even more.It seems that even if it is a magic school, there is no escape from homework, and there are even more homework than ordinary schools.

"Won't it be difficult? It's so long?" Charlotte couldn't help asking.

Severus looked up from the parchment and replied, "No, as long as you find the angle, you can expand a lot."

Well, that was the answer Severus would have had.Charlotte didn't bother him anymore, but continued to draw her big horned deer. She didn't know when she could finish painting the whole deer and hand it over to Mr. Polkgarry.She painted it many times, but it was not satisfactory.Even though she still dreams about the big-horned deer every night, it is not so smooth to recall it after waking up. She hopes to perfectly reproduce the big-horned deer.