[HP]Blue Soul

During the summer vacation, Charlotte was still undergoing multiple revisions of the thesis. She never thought that a thesis would take such a long time to ponder like a jade.

Because it was the summer vacation, Professor Kettleburn was not living at Hogwarts.But he wasn't far away, he lived in Hogsmeade, so the fireplace in Gloria's shop became a place Charlotte frequented.

Another advantage of being in Hogsmeade is that you can go to the Three Broomsticks for a glass of butterbeer at will, and the cold butterbeer for summer is also special.

Coming out of Professor Kettleburn's house, Charlotte was in a very good mood, because after this time, she didn't have to continue running this way, and she just had to review it with Professor Kettleburn when the final draft was finalized.

She went into the three broomsticks and ordered a butterbeer as usual.Miss Rosmerta, the owner of the bar, didn't smile openly as usual, but rather coldly. She put the butter beer in front of Charlotte, then approached Charlotte, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Go home after drinking."

Charlotte glanced over the side of the bar as she sipped her butterbeer.The atmosphere of the always lively bar has become strange now. There are people wearing hoods sitting in the bar in twos and threes. The faces under the hoods cannot be seen clearly, but the whole body is full of cold breath.

This is very inconsistent, and it is more reasonable for such people to appear in the Pig's Head Bar.

Charlotte finished her butterbeer and hurried out of the bar.It turned out that there were not only three brooms, but also people wearing hoods appeared on the street, as if some organization was holding a party here.But the breath around them made her feel panicked.

Hurrying to the sniffing pet shop, Charlotte looked outside again through the window.

"It's been like this for the last two days," Gloria said.

"Hogsmeade often like this?" Charlotte walked to the fireplace.

"It's just recently. I haven't seen this battle before, and the atmosphere doesn't feel very comfortable."

Charlotte took a deep breath. She felt that if she had to describe the atmosphere, she would use a sentence in Chinese: The rain is about to come, and the wind is full of the building.

"I'm going back first." Charlotte sprinkled a handful of Floo powder into the fireplace.

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Charlotte, who landed safely from her fireplace, quickly forgot about Hogsmeade.Because no matter what the atmosphere in Hogsmeade was, it didn't affect the peace of Godric's Hollow.

And without knowing what Lily told her family, she was allowed to live in Godric's Hollow for two days.

Charlotte took her to visit Mrs. Bagshot.

"Mrs. Bagshot is very knowledgeable." After returning from Mrs. Bagshot's house, Lily fell down on the sofa and said angrily, "Maybe she is too old, so she is a little confused. How could Dumbledore and Grindelwald be friends? ? Isn’t this nonsense!”

"Suppose Mrs. Bagshot is telling the truth?" asked Charlotte leisurely.

"Impossible, definitely impossible." Lily rejected this possibility, and even refused to discuss this matter again. She got up and looked in the direction of the cellar and said, "Where is Sif? In the cellar again?"

"Hmm." Charlotte shrugged, "otherwise where else could it be."

"Why is there such a high demand for orders? I've lived here for a few days, and I've only seen him twice?" Lily said while lying on the sofa, frowning.

"He seems to be making blood tonics and palliatives. I think the wizarding world may not be peaceful." Charlotte leaned closer and said, "I have seen some strangers in Hogsmeade several times. I always feel like I can fight at any time."

Lily opened her eyes wide and swallowed, "Is... so dangerous. Then you still want to go?"

"I won't go for the time being, I just need to concentrate on writing the final version at home. Alas—" Charlotte sighed, "I will let the stars send you back at that time, and you should stay away from going out. When you arrive at Hoag Watts, you're safe."

"It won't affect the Muggle world, will it?" Lily said with a wrinkled face.

Charlotte held Lily's face with both hands and rubbed vigorously, "Who knows, hehehe. It doesn't matter if you pay attention anyway."

I stayed for another night, and Lily was sent back by the stars early the next morning. Lily, who returned home smoothly, did not forget to call Charlotte to report her safety. Charlotte, who was relieved, devoted herself to her thesis. .

Summer vacation slipped away quickly as Charlotte worked on her dissertation and helped Severus with the materials. September 9st is coming soon, and Severus needs to go to London's King's Cross Station to take the Hogwarts Express. Before the stars take him away, Severus said to Charlotte: "Recently, go out less. Might be more dangerous."

It turned out that she wasn't the only one thinking so, Charlotte nodded.

In fact, Charlotte didn't have much chance to go out. She didn't even go to Mrs. Bagshot's house. She revised the paper over and over again in the study every day. .

Sure enough, Ellen was completely right to find an assistant at the beginning, and now she also wants to find one.I think so, but she is not willing to have strangers intervene in her life for the time being, so she has to work hard on her own.

After sleeping and forgetting food and sleep until the end of September, Charlotte finally got it all done.She went to Hogwarts again, and after getting the final approval from Professor Kettleburn, she was relieved.

Coming out of Professor Kettleburn's office, Charlotte skipped past the library. The librarian, Mrs. Pince, was staring at her seriously with a frown. The door of the library.

Compared with the most serious Professor McGonagall in Lily's mouth, Charlotte thinks Mrs. Pince is more terrifying.

Originally, Professor McGonagall was supposed to come to pick up Charlotte, but she didn't know what was delayed. She couldn't wait, so she had to go back to the principal's office by herself. Fortunately, she had already memorized the way back.Skillfully jumping over the stairs that were about to move away, she came to the third floor where the entrance to the principal's office was located.

After trying the names of two of Dumbledore’s favorite candies recently, the gargoyle jumped to the side, and Charlotte happily stood up the slowly rising spiral staircase. After reaching the top, she stepped up two steps and came to In front of the oak door of the principal's office.

The door was not closed tightly, and Charlotte heard someone crying through the crack of the door, and the voice was a bit familiar.She was still considering whether she should push the door in, when she heard Professor McGonagall say, "Miss Evans, let's go now."

Is it Lily who is crying?

Charlotte pushed open the door, and Professor McGonagall and Lily were standing by the fireplace, both of them were wearing Muggle clothes, but Professor McGonagall's plaid looked particularly Scottish.

Lily's face was full of tears, her eyes were red from crying, and she was twitching non-stop.When she saw Charlotte, she cried even harder, as if she had found a harbor, she threw herself into Charlotte's arms.

"What's the matter?" Charlotte stroked Lily's red hair, and looked in surprise at Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore, who had the same dignified faces.

"Oh." Professor McGonagall sighed, "Miss Evans' parents died, so I have to take her home."

Even though the news was shocking enough, Charlotte's intuition told Charlotte that things might not be that simple, because the eyes behind Dumbledore's glasses flickered with anger, and the once kindness turned cold.

"I'll go back with you, Lily."

Lily arched her head, Charlotte pulled her away, wiped her tears, and then said softly, "Calm down, don't say the wrong place later."

Charlotte took off the outer black robe, which happened to be Muggle clothes.

"Let's go to the Leaky Cauldron first," said Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall stepped into the fireplace first and disappeared into the fireplace. The flames turned orange again, and Charlotte handed the Floo powder box to Lily's hand.Lily also stood in the fire, and although she was still choked up, she yelled out the Leaky Cauldron fairly clearly.

Charlotte quickly followed.

In the backyard of the Leaky Cauldron, Professor McGonagall brought the two of them to Cokeworth.They just landed in a small abandoned park.As soon as she stood firmly, Lily quickly disappeared in place.

Charlotte trotted after Lily.

The door of Lily's house was wide open, and it was full of people in black, most of whom Charlotte didn't recognize.Lily's arrival aroused everyone's exclamation. Before Charlotte entered the door, she heard Petunia yelling hoarsely: "Why did you just come back!"

Lily cried loudly.

Charlotte stood by the aisle, and it seemed that all the friends and relatives of the Evans family came. There were already a lot of people in the house, and she didn't want to squeeze in any more.

Outside the house two men were smoking in a corner.

"How can there be such a coincidence that the whole bridge collapsed, and it was said that it was like being cut off."

"It's a bad life. It's probably a tofu project. A group of people can't do anything."

"It's true, there are several cars on the bridge, all of them are gone."

"It seems that this kind of thing happens often recently. A few days ago, I heard someone say that a building suddenly exploded with gas, and dozens of people died. But that building is obviously an office building, so no one uses gas."

"That's not necessarily the case. Some people do what you don't let them do. It's terrible."

The more the two talked, the lower the voice, and Charlotte could only hear a few words intermittently.But her heart was getting tighter and tighter, she thought of those potions of Severus, and of those cold and cruel people in Hogsmeade.She was unconsciously connecting these things with what she had just heard.

Lily came a bit late, and Petunia found someone to help with the newspaper, gathering relatives and friends, and planning the funeral. That's why she said why Lily didn't come back.

This day happened to be the day of the funeral.They need to move to the small church in the town. On the way, Petunia ignores Lily. Charlotte walks beside Lily and holds her hand.

Professor McGonagall changed into black clothes at some point and followed behind the crowd.Waiting for the pastor to welcome the coffin in at the door of the church, everyone entered the church one after another and found a place to sit down.The pastor began to read the chapters of the Bible, and there was silence in the church, only the pastor's calm and solemn voice, and weak weeping from time to time.

This is Charlotte's first time entering church, so she needs to watch others do many things before she knows what to do. For example, she can only open her mouth when singing hymns.

The part of the church is relatively long. After reading the Bible and preaching, it is turned outside.They came to the cemetery, and the weather seemed to reflect the current sad atmosphere. The whole place was gloomy, and it seemed that it would rain heavily soon.

In the fluttering wind, the pastor's prayer spread far: We will bury them here, ashes to ashes, ashes to ashes, ashes to ashes, there will be hope of eternal life.

That voice seemed to hit Charlotte's heart. She thought of Mrs. Evans who once gave her a warm hug, and Mr. Evans who asked her with a smile if he wanted to give her a ride. Her age was just right. time, but lost his life.

In the torrent of life and the world, everyone is like a leaf on a tree, which will always turn yellow at some point and finally fall into the soil.In just a few short years, she always seemed to be saying goodbye, and at some point, she would also be the one being sent off.

After the funeral, everyone went their separate ways.Lily wanted to stay with Petunia for a while, but was pushed out by Petunia, "Go back to your ridiculous castle! You are not needed here!"

Lily could only cry outside, and Professor McGonagall comforted: "Then go back first."

Charlotte looked at the closed door and said to Professor McGonagall, "You go first, Professor McGonagall." She suddenly couldn't leave Petunia alone. She remembered that when Ava died, Petunia also She once gave her a comforting hug, and she still remembers what Penny said at that time: If I lost my mother, I would definitely collapse.

She has always been human to human, if you treat me well, I will treat you twice as well, that's all.

After Professor McGonagall took the grief-stricken Lily away, Charlotte knocked on the door, and Penny's voice came from inside: "You go! Leave me alone!"

Charlotte still knocked on the door, and Petunia opened the door with a bang. Tears were still streaming from her red and swollen eyes. When she saw that it was Charlotte, she sniffed and said: "Why, is there anything else? Didn't you move?"

"I remember you gave me a hug when I lost my mother." Charlotte said softly. She stepped forward and gave Petunia a hug, "Be strong, Petunia."

But Penny seemed to have been triggered by some switch, she lay on Charlotte's shoulder and cried loudly, "Why did it disappear all of a sudden... woo woo woo...they were still comforting me the day before yesterday that I didn't go It doesn't matter if you become a university... woo woo woo... why did the bridge collapse... a good bridge... woo woo..."

Petunia cried so much that she was about to faint, Charlotte quickly hugged her and put her on the sofa, took a piece of paper and wiped her tears, "Mrs. Evans will also hope that you will be well, don't think too much .”

Petunia covered her eyes with her arms, and judging from her writhing nose, she hadn't stopped crying, and Charlotte didn't speak any more.After a long 10 minutes, Penny finally stopped. Without letting go of her arms, she said in a hoarse voice: "I never thought that it would be you who comforted me here...but you are indeed a good role model, I will Try to be as good as you are."

"What are you going to do next?"

"Stop studying, I may not be the material. I'm going to London to find a job, and I have to support myself."

"It's good to have a plan." Charlotte said, "If you have any difficulties, you can call me. I gave you my number."

"Thank you."

After comforting Petunia, there was Lily.Charlotte summons the star and takes her back to Godric's Hollow, through the fireplace again, to Hogwarts.Lily was not in the principal's office, but in Professor McGonagall's.

Charlotte told Lily: "I know you're worried about Penny, she's doing better now. She said she's going to London to find a job, so don't worry too much, okay?"

Temporarily solving all of Lily's worries, Charlotte returned to Godric's Hollow exhausted. She lay on the sofa and looked at the large chandelier above her head with a long sigh.

For the next few months, she did not leave the house again.She had a smooth connection with the editor of "Magical Creatures Weekly", and the editor confirmed that it would be published around Christmas.Charlotte only asked that Professor Kettleburn's name must be included in the signature, because he really helped her too much.

Of course she didn't forget to write to Lily and Sif.Especially Lily, she hopes to be able to give company and comfort.Grief will not knock Lily down so easily, but it will be like an inflammation, a deep and long-lasting pain in the heart.

Charlotte felt the same way about this.