[HP]Blue Soul

After the Christmas holidays, Charlotte started her long and tedious work of documenting again.Allen finally laid out his outline and started writing the text.So most of the time, there are only the sounds of feather brushes and pages turning in the study.

The quiet atmosphere was broken by the sound of an owl flapping its wings. Its snow-white fur was stained black and white by the mud. It rushed into the study crookedly, and finally hit Alan's desk with a slap. , fell to the ground, and let out a weak cry.

Charlotte stood up immediately, went to the desk and hugged the owl.Allen stood up, lay down on the table and looked forward, frowned and thought for a while, and said, "This owl looks familiar..."

Charlotte took off the letter tied to the owl's leg. The handwriting on the envelope was crooked. It looked like the graffiti of a child who had just learned to read. After careful identification, she saw "To Ellen Travers" typeface.

"Your letter." Charlotte handed the letter to Allen.

Allen immediately took it and opened it, squinting his eyes to read the letter, and sighed with disgust while reading, "Why is Brutt's handwriting getting worse and worse? He's not a Muggle doctor!"

Then he seemed to have seen something bad, his face became more and more serious, until he finished the letter, his frown did not loosen.He slapped the letter on the table and said to Charlotte, "I've got to go out, now! Maybe a month or so away."

"What happened?" Charlotte asked.

Allen didn't answer. He dragged his chin and watched Charlotte ponder for a while, and said, "I think I should take you with me, your talent may come in handy."

Charlotte, who was in a cloud, opened her mouth, but before she could speak, she was interrupted by Alan again, "Pack up a couple of clothes, let's go now. I'll tell you on the way."

This time they didn't pass the fireplace of the Leaky Cauldron, but went to King's Cross Station and boarded a green train on platform seven and a half that Charlotte had never known.There were not many people in the car, so Alan took Charlotte to find an empty seat in the last car, and they sat down face to face.

"I didn't even know there were other platforms besides platform nine and three-quarters." Charlotte murmured looking out the window.There was not much difference between the window and platform nine and three quarters, but it was the first time she saw this magical platform from this perspective.

Allen put his suitcase on the shelf, raised his eyebrows, and said, "There are several platforms dedicated to wizards at King's Cross Station. After all, it was hard to find a station in the Muggle territory. Of course, we still have to make the best use of it." I'm here. Let me tell you what to do." Alan sat up in danger, "First of all, I must tell you in advance that this journey is very dangerous. So if something unexpected happens, you have to first Run away, use your bracelet."

"What the hell is that?" Charlotte asked in surprise.

"That's right. Brutt is my friend. He is a healer and a curse expert. For the past two years, he has been staying in a very old village to study the curse there - people in the village can't get out of the village. Once you go out, your whole body will be covered with abscesses, and you will die in the end. The village is relatively remote, so few people go there, and Brutt also discovered it by accident. But this is also a strange place, Brutt The letter to me said that a child in the village was attacked by a werewolf. The child who was attacked can't be found in the forest now, and everyone in the village wants to find him. But there are many magical creatures and plants in the forest, and they may not be able to solve it. So he begged me to help find it."

"The werewolf..."

"Yes. This is the most dangerous place. I don't know if your talent can work on a dark creature like a werewolf. Other creatures in the forest are not to be feared, but if you encounter a werewolf who hasn't left yet ..." Allen sighed, "Judging from the days mentioned in Brutt's letter, we are close to the full moon again when we get there. We can still work hard on the young werewolves, but I'm afraid we won't be able to deal with the adult werewolves. I don't know if Bu Did Root ask the Ministry for help?"

The train was passing through the fields and mountains at high speed. After listening to Allen's explanation, Charlotte was speechless and just stared out of the window blankly. She was not afraid, but thinking.Her mind was like the center of a storm, bringing together all her thoughts, experiences, and things she had seen, and she kept turning and turning in this vortex.Until Allen woke her up.

"arrive!"

They stopped at a very dilapidated platform.The platform was overgrown with weeds, and the place where they stepped was bare land, and there was not even a shed to shelter them from the wind and rain above their heads. Perhaps it didn't look like a platform at all.Diagonally in front of them, there was only a solitary booth standing there, with the words "Ticket Office" written on the booth.Inside sat an old, aging wizard who was purring so loudly that not even the glass door could block it.

Allen looked around, patted his black robe with a little dissatisfaction, and said, "This place is too dilapidated. Those who have nothing to do with the Ministry of Magic, maybe they should repair the platform here, at least pave the ground!"

He took out the broom and rode on it, kicking lightly to make the broom float, "Come on, there is still a long way to go." Charlotte climbed on the broom skillfully and grabbed the back of Alan's robe. With a "huh", the broom quickly rushed into the air, and Charlotte habitually opened her palms, feeling the agitation of the wind in her palms.They soon entered a forest. The trees in the forest were not as tall as the trees in the rainforest she had been to before, but they also looked very old. The vines were criss-crossed on the ground, and the vines with leaves stretched out when they heard the sound of the broom. The tip probed into the air.

Allen raised some more brooms and let the brooms fly above the tree tops.Charlotte's toes slid gently across the sea of ​​leaves, making a cheerful "rustling" sound.

Because he misremembered the location, Allen took Charlotte around the forest several times before finally arriving at the village in the middle of the forest.The village is not big, there are about 20 households, all of which are low adobe brick houses covered with thatch.In the open space in the center of the village, a group of people are gathering. They are wearing very poor clothes, which look more like a large piece of linen wrapped around their bodies, and most of them are darker in color.In stark contrast to them, standing in front of them was a man wearing a water-blue robe and a black peaked hat with a blue and bronze colored rope around the brim .

That should be the Brut that Allen mentioned.

Allen manipulated the broom and landed slowly. Brutt quickly saw them. He raised his hands and waved his arms, and shouted excitedly: "Alan! You are finally here!"

The crowd in front of him also looked up into the sky.

As the broom got lower and lower, Charlotte gradually saw the faces of these people clearly. Except for Brut, the skin color of the others was abnormally gray and white, and there were black lines on their foreheads. Makes them look scary, but there's nothing dark in their eyes.They were looking at Ellen and Charlotte with eager, expectant eyes.

Allen and Charlotte soon fell to Brutt's side.Charlotte jumped off the broom and caught Brutt's attention, who said, "This is?"

"My daughter," Allen said quickly.

Charlotte looked at Allen suspiciously.

Allen coughed twice and said, "It's not important. Why don't you tell me what's going on now?"

Brutt's attention was quickly diverted, and he said with a worried look: "Since being attacked by werewolves, little Girard has run into the forest by himself. The village has sent experts who are familiar with the forest to search for it for almost a month, but completely There is no news. Little Girard's father ran into the woods by himself because he was too anxious, and was injured. I have been treating his injuries recently, but fortunately, his life is not in danger. We are now discussing the search for the next few days According to personnel arrangements, they may need to go to the unfamiliar western forest. It is very dangerous. Even the villagers who have lived here for generations do not know what kind of danger they will encounter. But it is good if you come, and it will definitely make the villagers less likely to go Detours, Fantastic Beasts is all I can think of is you."

"Didn't notify the Ministry of Magic?" Allen said, "If there are werewolves, it's best to ask someone from the Department of Magical Creature Management and Control."

"Notification. If someone from the Ministry of Magic really came, they should arrive within two days." Brute sighed and said, "I don't expect much, this village has been abandoned long ago."

Brutt introduced Alan and Charlotte to the villagers, and the villagers greeted Alan and Charlotte friendly, their eyes were full of hope, as if Alan and Charlotte were their saviors , which made Charlotte a little uncomfortable.Among them was a little girl who quietly walked up to Charlotte, tugged at her robe, and asked softly, "Sister, can you find my brother?"

Charlotte didn't know how to answer, she could only nod her head, and touched the girl's curly hair, the soft hair was like a hot flame, burning from her fingertips to her heart, turning into an expression that must find the missing girl. boy's belief.

Brutt and the villagers quickly discussed the arrangements for the next search personnel. Because the forest at night is too dangerous, the next search will start at 8 o'clock the next morning. Alan will take Charlotte and Bru Together with three villagers, they entered the western forest to search for traces of little Girard.

The crowd disbanded first, and Charlotte followed Allen and Brutt back to Brutt's temporary residence.Brut's temporary residence is actually a tent set up in a vacant lot outside the village.The tent is very big, with three rooms, but there is no kitchen or the like, which is much inferior to Allen's tent.Allen let Charlotte rest by himself, and he went to chat with Brutt.

Charlotte was not in the mood to continue resting. She took out her magic camera and wiped it carefully with a soft cloth.Through the open tent door, Charlotte could just see the two talking by the tree.Charlotte couldn't hear their conversation, but she could see Brutt glancing at her and grinning widely.

When it was getting late, a tall man hurriedly found this place. He was still holding a broom in his hand, and his hair was messed up by the night wind.At first, he mistook Allen for Brut, and stretched out his hand and said, "Hi, Mr. Brut. I'm Lyle Lupine from the Department of Magical Creature Management and Control. I heard there was a werewolf attack here?"

Allen shook hands with Lyall Lupine, and behind him Brutt also shook hands, and Brutt said, "This is Brutt."

Lyall Lupine scratched his forehead in embarrassment.

"Don't worry about it." Brutt patted Lyle Lupin's shoulder like a good friend, "You seem to be a good person, and there should be no one here who wants to come."

"No, no..." Lyell Lupine shook his hand, but he couldn't tell why, because it was because no one wanted to come, and because it was a werewolf attacking a child, he volunteered to come here.

"Come on, sit down! Let me tell you about the situation."

Brutt went through the matter with Lyall Lupine in detail.Moved, sympathetic, and...remorse gradually crept across Lyall Lupine's face.Charlotte thought she was right.

"This is Alan Travers and Charlotte Smith. They are experts in magical creatures. It just so happens that you are an expert in black magic creatures. With you here, the survival rate in the forest can be greatly improved." Bruce Special said.

"Is this still a child?" Lyle Lupine looked at Charlotte in surprise.

"Don't underestimate the child," said Ellen. "You'll be glad you had her by your side in the woods."

Soon, Lyall Lupine saw the magic of Charlotte.Sure enough, there are many magical creatures in the forest. When they see Charlotte, they will not attack at all, but will circle around her.What other people see is Charlotte talking to these creatures, which makes them feel a little dreamy.

But in addition to these magical creatures, there are also dark creatures in some dark corners.They were attacked by a boggart near a tree hole.At first it turned into a huge gray wolf and rushed like a villager. Charlotte quickly pushed the panicked villager to the ground. The Boggart kept changing forms in front of Charlotte, but It just cannot change into a specific form.Realizing that he had kicked the iron plate, the boggart flew to another villager and turned into a cold dementor.

Lyall Lupine hastily pulled out his wand and yelled, "Funny funny!" The Boggart turned into a dangling straw rope and quickly hid in the tree hole.

Allen also paled and helped the overly frightened villagers, and asked, "You have seen dementors, aren't all dementors in Azkaban now?"

The villager shook his head and said, "I don't know what a dementor is. If you're talking about the black cloak just now, I saw it once, at the reef on the coast of the North Forest. It suddenly appeared when I was fishing, it It reminds me of the most painful memories..." The villagers began to burst into tears and choked up.

"That is the dementor, which can absorb the happiness and soul of people." Lyle Lupin said, "You should be glad you are still alive. It seems that there are many dark creatures in this forest. I will need to stay here after the matter is over Stay a few days and take a good look."

"Just don't encounter a dementor." Brut yelled.

They went on to the west again, and the trees began to turn into thick and tall beeches. Some fairies were flying around the branches. Charlotte listened curiously to the buzzing of the fairies, but could not understand what they were saying.Suddenly there was a wail, and Charlotte turned her head to see that a thick tree vine wrapped around a villager's leg and hung him up.

"It's thistle vine!" cried Brutt. "With fire!"

He immediately recited a flame spell, and when the flames burned on the tree vines, the tree vines quickly let go of everyone, but they began to roll on the ground like giant snakes.Allen kept Charlotte behind him, casting the armor spell at any time to prevent being drawn by the vines.

The flames on the vines were extinguished, and the vines remained motionless on the ground.Brutt kicked the vine on the ground, and it didn't move at all, as if dead.Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to maintain the formation of three wizards surrounding four people.Soon, they left those vines behind.

But danger suddenly appeared!

The silent tree vines danced quickly when everyone was leaving, and silently and quickly attacked everyone's backs. Only Charlotte felt the danger, and she pushed Allen aside in a moment of anxiety, but at the same time the tree vines It also wrapped around her ankles.

The vines shrunk rapidly, dragging Charlotte up on the ground.The speed of the vines was extremely fast, and Allen's flame curse hit other vines, and the dancing vines blocked the footsteps of Alan and the others, and Charlotte was dragged farther and farther by the vines.

The gravel and dead branches on the ground hurt Charlotte, but her legs and hands were tightly entwined, she could not exert any strength, and there were no trees of suitable thickness for her to grasp. live.She was dragged like this for almost 20 minutes before the tree vine stopped slowly.

The vines slowly wrapped around a thick sycamore tree and tied Charlotte to the trunk. As the vines became tighter and tighter, Charlotte felt less and less breathless.She weakly repeated "Let me go, I command you to let me go".But the vine didn't obey her commands like the ones she encountered as a child.

There was a long gash on her face from the dragging, and it was bleeding.The tighter and tighter tree vines even made her hear the sound of bones cracking, her vision became more and more blurred, she moved her fingers with difficulty, and leaned her head on the tree trunk to look at the sky.

In her blurred vision, she seemed to see black spots all over the sky, the vines slowly loosened, she fell to the ground, and a cold and biting hand turned her over, Charlotte only saw the A black silhouette fluttering in the wind.

Allen, who was chasing after him, saw this terrible scene.Dozens of dementors hovered over Charlotte, and one of them was even facing Charlotte.Charlotte, who was lying on the ground, was covered in blood, her mouth was still spitting blood, her pale face was almost transparent, only her eyes were amazingly blue.

Allen suppressed the panic in his heart, raised his wand and shouted: "Call God to protect you!"

A giant white eagle emerged from the tip of his staff, uttered a high-pitched cry, and rushed towards the group of dementors.The dementor let out a shrill scream and fled quickly.Lyle Lupin, who was following behind, also used the Patronus Charm to help Allen dispel the dementors.

The dementor fled quickly and disappeared into the air.Allen came to Charlotte's side step by step and shouted anxiously: "Charlotte! Charlotte!"

Charlotte heard Alan's voice in a daze, and she opened her mouth slightly to respond, but her throat was sweet, and the warm liquid blocked her throat, and a sharp pain hit her, and she passed out from the pain.

The next moment she regained her sight.But it was strange that her body was so light that she couldn't feel her own body.In front of her eyes was a sea of ​​green, just like the scenery she saw while sitting on a flying broom.At this time, she seemed to be standing in the air. She looked down at her feet, curled up slightly, like a swimming posture.

She turned her head briskly, kicked lightly, and she rose higher and higher, getting farther and farther away from the top of the tree.She could see the dense dementors in the distance, and she could see the small village in the middle of the woods.She kicked off the air one more time like swimming and began to float through the sky.

Charlotte, who was like light smoke, swam in the air for a long time, until she was close to the village, a strong pulling force hit her, and she was quickly pulled towards Brut's tent.Then, her eyes were dark.She could feel the growing pain, which made her groan.

Her small and feeble voice made the two men who had been around her sleepless all night weep with joy.They almost thought the dementor had sucked her soul.

When Charlotte finally woke up, she immediately asked, "Did you find Girard?"

"You still care about yourself!" Allen helped Charlotte up and handed her a cup of hot potion, and Charlotte quickly poured the potion into his mouth.

"Found it," said Lyall Lupine. "Under a tree not far from you. He's tenacious, but starving. Brutt's treating him."

"What happened? After I was tied to the tree by the vine, my memory started to be intermittent." Charlotte tapped his head, "I seem to have been wandering in the woods for a long time."

Allen put the empty glass on the table, turned around and said, "When we found you, there were dozens of dementors on your head. That scene was terrible." Allen shivered.

"You have been vomiting blood. Brut gave you emergency treatment, and the blood stopped, but when he opened your eyelids to check your pupils, he found that your eyes turned light blue. According to him So I think your soul may have been taken away by a dementor." Lyle Lupine also said with lingering fear.

"You're still angry!" Allen said angrily. "Everyone knows that if a dementor sucks your soul away, you will die. So how could your soul be sucked away?"

"Maybe my soul has really been sucked out," murmured Charlotte.

"What did you say?" Alan's high tone revealed his displeasure.

But Charlotte repeated it again solemnly, "I said my soul was really sucked out." She moved her feet and recalled the feeling at the time, "I saw myself in the sky, and I gently Pedal, just like swimming, flying in the sky." She pursed her lips, "I saw a lot of dementors, in the northwest of the woods, near the cliffs by the sea. I saw it in the air. Lupine You can go and see when the time comes, sir."

Lyall Lupin nodded.

Allen frowned, "The soul is out of the body?" His existing knowledge told him that this was unlikely, but Charlotte's words had a little credibility, because she was special, she might be an elf .Who knows what happens to the elves when they are attacked by dementors.

"Anyway, I'm fine now!" Charlotte said with a smile. "After a while, I'll regain my strength again."

Lyle Lupine was infected by this optimism. He also laughed and said: "I have a son who is as old as you. If only he can be as optimistic as you."

Something flashed through Charlotte's mind, but she didn't catch it, she could only put it away, looked at the gentle and peaceful Lyle Lupine and said: "With such a good father as you, he must You can also be optimistic.”

"I hope. He's a lot more cheerful now since he started school." There was a smile in Lyall Lupine's eyes, and he was always happy about it.

Soon, Brut also entered the tent, greeted Charlotte happily, and berated her for the severity of her previous injuries: broken bones all over her body, broken bones stuck in her organs, and scratches all over her body.Then I said the final point: "I have cured them all, and there will be no scars on your face! But I must say, the weather is cold, so don't use your hard shell hair accessories. The few injuries are actually caused by it!"

Charlotte rubbed the back of her head, the ponytail she was used to had been loosened, and the shell headband went to nowhere.

"I put it away." Allen said, took out the shell headband from his pocket, and put it on Charlotte's quilt.

Charlotte stroked the shell headband, and some of the shells were damaged by the hardening spell, showing how tragic she was when she was dragged along.She sighed and tucked the shell headband under the pillow, "I'll put it away."

After living in the tent for another week, because Charlotte's strength had not yet recovered, Lyle Lupine and Bruce sent Charlotte to the platform together.They knocked on the glass window of the ticket office, woke up the old wizard who was dozing again, and bought two train tickets back to London.Lyall Lupine didn't join them because he still needs to investigate here for a week, and submit detailed information on the dementors and other dark creatures to his superiors, so that they can send a special team to solve these dementors.

Allen helped Charlotte to sit on the empty seat, and they waved their hands out the window, saying goodbye to Lyle Lupine and Bruce. The train whistle sounded, and soon, the train had left the dilapidated platform behind.