[HP]Blue Soul

When the summer vacation was approaching, Vincent came back from school, and most of the roles were settled, but he was not satisfied with the choice of the fairy princess, until the player who played the ranger recommended one to Vincent. Only then did he suddenly realize that he had forgotten the most suitable girl who was close at hand.

So Charlotte received an invitation from Vincent.

"Let me play the elf princess?" Charlotte was a little at a loss, she never thought that this matter would eventually fall on her head.

"Yes." Vincent said, "If it wasn't recommended by Daniel, I probably would have forgotten who is the most suitable person. You are really the most suitable person. Look, you have the eyes of an elf princess, eyes like jewels. Only in this way can it be convincing, otherwise, whoever will see it will believe that the jewel was really transformed from an elf princess."

"Daniel?"

"Yes, Daniel. He's good-looking and athletic, maybe because his father is a policeman? He has a sense of integrity, so we unanimously decided to let him play the ranger. When we were at school and couldn't do anything about casting the elf princess At that time, Daniel recommended you, saying that he has a younger sister with sapphire-like eyes."

Charlotte covered her forehead and sighed, "He is indeed my good 'brother'."

"Then did you agree?" Vincent asked with clasped hands and a little pleading.

"No..." Vincent was about to become a frustrated big dog, Charlotte changed his words helplessly, "No problem, I will act."

Charlotte, who finally agreed, had to add another task, taking a certain amount of time every day to rehearse.But because the children are not as easy to manage as Charlotte thought, they are full of vigor, enthusiasm, and young love, Charlotte has found more than once a girl's hostility towards her, and Charlotte is absolutely sure that this girl is hostile to her. Daniel is interesting.Because every time Charlotte discussed the plot with Daniel, she could feel a sight piercing her back. When she looked back, the girl didn't avoid it, but stared at her openly.

This made Charlotte a little helpless.In fact, Daniel only regarded her as his younger sister, or perhaps it would be better to be her older sister.

The busy Charlotte has not noticed her soul problem for a long time.But she has always buried this problem in her heart. This is her big heart disease and her biggest trouble.She thought it was enough to have this trouble for the rest of her life, but she didn't expect that her two little friends, who had been looking forward to returning for a long time, returned with another trouble.

Charlotte didn't see Lily for a week after the summer vacation started.According to the past situation, Lily would definitely bring her summer homework to Spider's End in a hurry to find Charlotte on the second day after returning home.When Charlotte passed by Evans' house, she asked Mrs. Evans, and Lily was often not at home.But Petunia, because she also needs to play a role in the play, sees Charlotte often.

After one rehearsal, Charlotte asked Penny, "Where has Lily been lately? Isn't she at home?"

Petunia laughed sharply twice, "Who knows what she's going to do." She pouted, crossed her arms, and said unhappily with her chin raised, "She just likes to show off her..." She stopped suddenly, using The voice leaking from the gap between her teeth said in a low voice, "Show off her magic, not only did she bring back a bag of toad eggs, but she even turned a teacup into a mouse at home!"

Petunia hated magic as usual, Charlotte shook her head helplessly, didn't answer Penny's words, but whispered, "I have something to ask Lily, if you see her when you go home, can you help me?" Talk to her?"

"It depends on my mood." Petunia pouted and walked away.

Although Penny said so, she still completed Charlotte's commission.Lily came to Charlotte's door the next morning, and bumped into Charlotte who was about to go out.Charlotte immediately pulled Lily in, threw the bag she was carrying on the sofa, pushed Lily to sit down, and asked seriously, "What's wrong with you? I can't find you no matter what."

Lily lowered her head slightly, not as bright as she used to be, but rather gloomy, she said in a low voice: "It's nothing. I couldn't figure it out before, so I went to the secret base and thought about it for a long time. You haven't been there for a long time. Right. But I think it’s really impossible to escape, it’s not me, I should ask it directly.”

"What can't you understand? What do you want to ask?" Charlotte didn't know why.

"Ask, I can tell you anything," Severus interjected from the potions room.

Charlotte looked up at Severus in surprise.Severus's face was calm, as if he was wearing a mask, which made it difficult for Charlotte to see his emotions, but from his tone, Charlotte could still hear a slight trembling.So what happened between Lily and Severus?

Lily broke the silence first, she stood up and said to Severus, "First of all, I'm sorry, I shouldn't lose my temper with you at school, I was so angry at the time." After seeing Severus nod in acceptance After apologizing, Lily frowned and asked, "Are you friends with that Avery and Mulciber?"

"Not really," Severus said.

Both Avery and Mulciber were members of the Dark Arts, and were two men with the greatest malice toward Muggle-born wizards.Moreover, they knew how to assess the situation and saw Lucius and Narcissa's favoritism for Severus early on, so they deliberately approached Severus.And since he became the president of the Black Arts Society, he had to stabilize these two people so that they, together with Goyle and Crabbe, could become a help for him to stand firm.

"Yes or no, what counts?" Lily said, frowning.

"No." Severus replied quickly.He doesn't need to be friends with these idiots, not everyone can be his friend.

"Did you do anything bad for them?" Lily continued to ask.

"No." Severus replied quickly.

He really thought he hadn't told Avery and Mulciber to do anything, nor had he been able to stop them from doing anything.

"But they say you taught them the deadbolt they use," said Lily sharply.

"What I invent doesn't mean I teach," said Severus, pursing his lips. He invented some jinxes in the last school year, and he did share them with the Dark Arts, which he let them One of the methods used by the purebloods who are ready to move.However, these curses are not only spread within the society, they are even very popular in other colleges, "There are people in Gryffindor who know this." For example, the arrogant Potter.

Lily didn't refute, and she understood this, so she moved on to the next question, or it wasn't a question, "You didn't participate in Mary's matter at all, right! Even though you followed Avery and the others." Mary MacDonald, Lily's roommate whom Lily often refers to.

"No." Severus replied emphatically.He didn't really get involved, he just didn't stop it.

"I trust you for now." Lily hummed.As if hearing that Severus wasn't a part of "Mary's business" made her let out a big gasp.

"So what is it?" Charlotte asked weakly.

"My roommate, Mary Macdonald. Shire, do you remember?" Charlotte nodded. "She was cast with a dangerous curse during exam week, and she is still receiving treatment at St. Mungo's." Lily said in a low voice, "I asked Professor McGonagall what kind of curse Mary was under, but Professor McGonagall was unwilling to tell me. But I saw that her expression was not very good at that time, very serious and very angry. I guess it was not good. spell."

"She'll be fine." Charlotte reassured, patting Lily on the shoulder.

"I hope." Lily murmured, then she seemed to remember something, looked up at Severus, "Sev, tell me honestly, are you studying black magic?"

The air suddenly fell silent.Lily moved her body, looking a little uncomfortable, while Severus was still expressionless as if wearing a mask, but his eyes were black and shining, and he was looking deeply at Lily, and after a long time, he was dry He said in a voice, "Yes."

"I know that," said Charlotte suddenly. "I always knew he was studying the Dark Arts."

"Charle!" Lily was so surprised that her voice was distorted. She looked at Charlotte in surprise, as if she had heard it wrong.

"From my understanding, I don't think there's anything wrong with it." Charlotte said, there's really nothing wrong with black magic in her view, the only thing that's wrong is whether the person who uses it is evil or not. "I just regard it as a weapon. Different people use it, and the results are different." Charlotte held Lily's hand and stared at her moist green eyes.

Lily broke away from Charlotte's hand and said loudly: "I know this. But black magic is different. Black magic will eventually corrupt a person's mind and make that person a deranged dark wizard."

Charlotte doesn't think so. Allen has used the Unforgivable Curse, and he also knows black magic, but he has never been a crazy dark wizard. On the contrary, he loves animals and life.

"Would you kill people casually, Sev." Charlotte asked in another way.

"No." Severus said calmly.If he wanted to kill someone, Tobias wouldn't be able to live a few hundred meters away.

"Look, Lily." Charlotte said with a sigh, "It doesn't have to be necessary to study black magic, right? You know that Sif has always loved magic spells, and he can use his cleverness on them." Wisdom. Do you dare to say that those students around you are as powerful as Sif, who can already invent spells in the third grade? And Sev not only studies black magic, but also loves to study how to fight against black magic. Right, Sif?"

"Well," Severus said, "some spells have counterspells."

Charlotte looked at Lily with the eyes of "Look", and Lily said falteringly: "Okay - well, what you say makes sense. Sif's defense against the dark arts is indeed very good." Lily turned to Sifler Si stretched out his right hand, "Then let's reconcile. If you study black magic for the purpose of researching anti-curse."

Severus paused for a moment, then lowered his slightly raised hand, and said, "What else did they tell you, Potter?"

Lily looked at Severus suspiciously, "What does this have to do with Potter and the others? They didn't tell anything, I just overheard their talk once, they said that you were studying black magic or something. "

Severus realized that Black hadn't told Lily that he was president of the Black Arts.At this moment, he wasn't sure what Black and the others were thinking. It was obvious that Black had told him that he would tell Lily about it.Severus looked at Lily's frown and stiff hand, he stepped forward to hold it, and said, "Maybe you will learn something else from Potter and the others. Will you continue to believe me? "

Lily opened her mouth, but said nothing.She bowed her head and pondered for a while, then said: "Then it depends on whether it is the truth. I only believe in the truth. What I can guarantee is that I will not lose my temper alone without talking to you like this time, nor will I casually I just don’t believe you. I will personally ask you for proof.”

Severus let go of Lily's hand, thanking his Occlumency for keeping him from losing his composure during the confrontation.He could already foresee the scene after graduation, and they were destined to go in two different directions.What about Charlotte?Will Charlotte still stand by his side?

Another day passed, Severus was thinking in a daze while holding the fragmented formula he had copied down in the potion room.

Charlotte still came back very late, and she used her portkey again in a remote corner, because of what happened in the morning, she was a little distracted all day.Lily, who was with her out of Spider's End, threw away her worries very quickly, but Charlotte didn't. She could find some clues of "hesitation" from Severus, and most importantly, she It was time to drink the soul stabilizer, and it was time for her to confess to Severus.

After returning home, Charlotte immediately stood in front of Severus, who opened the door and asked, "What's wrong?"

Charlotte opened her mouth, but suddenly swallowed back the words on her lips, and instead asked irrelevantly, "Have you had dinner yet?"

Severus nodded, nibbling on a bit of bread.

"Ahem, are you making potions?" Charlotte asked, staring at the black buttons on Severus' chest.

"Of course." Severus replied curtly.

Charlotte realized that she had asked nonsense, when was Severus in the potion room not making potions?

Charlotte took a deep breath and inhaled a bitter breath. She put her hands behind her back and began to pick her nails.

Seeing her like this, Severus asked helplessly, "Are you worrying about the morning?"

This is indeed one of the things that bothers Charlotte, but it is not the reason for her hesitation.In any case, Severus' question gave her some relief, and she nodded wildly and said, "I believe in you, Sev. I will always stand behind you and support you."

"Even if Lily and I went in different directions?" Severus said.

"It's like what I said this morning. As long as you don't kill people casually." Charlotte pursed her lips, "I can tell that in the morning, your research on black magic is not entirely for the purpose of studying counter-spells, right?"

Severus was silent for a while, before he let out an "um" from his throat, and then he said in a low voice, "I like dark magic, it's very powerful..."

Charlotte sighed, "I will always support your hobbies unconditionally." Severus' eyes lit up, "I just ask you to stick to that bottom line." Stick to the bottom line of humanity.

"Can I go in?" she asked weakly again.

Severus turned sideways and silently made room for Charlotte to come in and out.Charlotte also sidled into the room, the tip of her nose brushing against Severus' chin. The 14-year-old Severus jumped up like a sky monkey, half a head taller than Charlotte.

Severus held back his sudden heavy breathing, annoyed that he couldn't open the door wider, and said dryly, "I hope you won't knock over my cauldron rashly."

Charlotte also touched her nose inadvertently, and said in a rough voice: "I'm not a fool. Besides, I'm much better than you think. Although I can't make potions, I can deal with potions The material is amazing, and Allen can't say enough about it."

Severus thought of something else, "Why does Ellen Travers want you to deal with potion materials? Or, why do you still need potions? Is your job very dangerous?"

Charlotte shook her head amusedly, "It's not dangerous." She told Severus about the white monkeys and nature-friendly people she met in Sundarbans, which she didn't tell about the last summer vacation Tell Severus about it, because he's afraid he'll be worried.But compared to what happened in the cursed village, this was not a big deal, at least the white monkey in Sundarbans didn't kill her.

"Natural Compatibility. Not a bad name." Severus stirred the crucible a few times with a stirring stick, smelled the white steam coming out of the crucible, put the stirring stick aside, and said back, " But you were too impulsive and reckless, at that time you could have taken Alan home with your Portkey, instead of fighting with monsters you've never seen."

"This key can only take away one person." Charlotte murmured.

"Then you should go first," Severus snapped. "Let Alan Travers summon the broom and escape. I don't think he can't even get a broom."

Charlotte couldn't continue because she found Severus had a point.When the white monkey targeted her, Allen could have escaped on a broomstick, and she could wipe her bracelet and return to the safety of Cokeworth after Allen was out of danger.But that wasn't on her mind at all at the time.

"Miss Smith, I hope you will use your brain more when you encounter situations, and don't be impulsive and reckless like a Gryffindor." Severus said coldly, "I hope your life is safe."

"Then what will happen to you if I die?" Charlotte asked recklessly.

Severus didn't answer, just stared at Charlotte with his dark eyes so tightly that Charlotte didn't dare to look at him again, she saw the storm gathering rapidly in Severus' eyes.Severus, who was already a little angry, became even more angry now.Charlotte looked sideways at the corner of the table, biting her lip and rolling her toes.

Severus' helpless voice came from overhead, "You'd better not even think about it. I don't even know what will happen to me."

Charlotte choked her throat, touched her sore nose, and said falteringly: "Okay, okay." She suddenly knew what to do, she cleared her throat, "I will do my best Protect mine." Then there was what she couldn't say: If I could live on.

"Do you want me to help you with the potion ingredients?" Charlotte collected her mood, raised her smiling face, and looked up at Severus.

Severus looked at Charlotte suspiciously.

Charlotte immediately felt offended, and she raised her voice and said, "My craft is amazing, let me tell you."

"I'm just afraid that your operation is not standardized, you don't like reading potions books very much." Severus said calmly.

"Ahem." Charlotte cleared her throat again. She really didn't like to read potions books before, but now she has read many potions books for her soul stabilizer. "It's different now." In the past, I let you see and see." Charlotte raised her chin and said.

Charlotte fetched dragon leather gloves that were a little too big for her from the table, and began to pull out the snake's teeth skillfully. While pulling it out, she whispered to the snake, telling it that it was safe and painless.Then she ground the moonstone powder, and the beautiful white gemstone quickly turned into powder in her hands.Then she took the silver knife and sliced ​​Sleepy Bean, because the dragonhide gauntlet was a bit big, she wasn't as fast as in Ellen's potion room, but even if it was a bit slow, it was perfectly thin thin slices.

After showing off the operation under Severus' nose, she took off the dragon leather gloves and put them on the table, raised her eyebrows and said proudly, "Well, it's amazing."

This looked better than what the Hogwarts students did, Severus thought.But it wasn't up to the standard he wanted.Severus pointed to the Sleepy Beans and said, "It's faster to squeeze the beans with the side of the silver knife. Because what you want is the juice of the Sleepy Beans." And it's actually easier to cut the Sleepy Beans with your bare hands, but it may stain your fingers. tip.Severus rubbed his slightly yellowed fingertips, but didn't add this sentence, because Charlotte's slender and soft fingers were not suitable for dyeing other colors.

"Is there still this kind of attention? The slice written in the book I read." Charlotte said.

"What's in the book doesn't mean it can't be improved or even overturned," Severus said.Ever since he liked potion and learned potion, he has been looking for a more convenient and quicker way to achieve the effect.

"You explored this all? You are too good!" Charlotte exclaimed.

Severus coughed uncomfortably, and said, "Just do it. You've handled it very well, even the students at Hogwarts can't guarantee that they can cut Sleepy Beans into pieces like this." flakes." Then he turned to his cauldron and began stirring again.