[HP] Illusion

Seriously, the fact that a little unicorn is able to approach a male — or maybe two — would make our list of the ten most incredible mysteries at Hogwarts.

The smog was too thick that day, and because of the lack of visibility, Sirius and James lost Snape in the end, but both of them could see clearly at the time that the little unicorn not only approached Snape voluntarily, What's more, he is very close to him, that's for sure.As for James being harassed by Prince that night, the little unicorn that appeared at his feet is another incredible point.Tell him directly that the two things should be connected, but in the end they still lack evidence.

Later, James and Sirius also tried to get close to the unicorn herd in the Forbidden Forest, but when they were humans, they didn’t even find the unicorn hair. Later, after they turned into Animagus, they could indeed find There were no traces of the unicorns, but none of the unicorns wanted to get close to them.

This also seems to illustrate the point that all unicorn herds avoid them when they are humans, it is better when they are animals, but not like that day, with Prince , there will be a little unicorn running out to get close to them.

That's the weirdest thing about it.

For them, if they want to make this point clear, besides targeting Prince, there is naturally little Snape.

Prince is an otaku when he is not in class. For more than half a year, this person rarely even came out to have three meals with the students. After class, he went straight back to the office and was never seen again, so it was actually not an easy task to track him.

Relatively speaking, the target of little Snape is also considered big, and it is also easier, so they put the focus of the tracking plan on little Snape.

These days, little Snape was still following the rules, and they didn't know if it was their illusion that this person appeared in front of their eyes more than usual - of course, this should also be related to their attention to this person.All in all it was easier to follow him than at other times.

The so-called following the rules means that little Snape is either in the library or studying in a classroom in the castle or studying with other people except for class. when mixed together.

James and Sirius didn't have a very good plan at the beginning, and then they found that if they just tracked the time outside the Slytherin common room, they got almost nothing, this person did not go to the forbidden forest as they expected, or go A more "sensitive" place, so the two finally decided to sneak into the Slytherin common room.

In fact, with the invisibility cloak and the compound decoction bought from outside, this is a piece of cake for them.

They've been in the Slytherin common room a few times, and they don't have a clue about the unicorn stuff.But Slytherin is indeed the reserve army of the Death Eaters. When they were inside, they not only snooped on many messy plans, but also some orders from their own family.

When James went there one time, he also heard about what these Slytherins were going to do to Prince in private—probably because his invisibility cloak was so powerful, they could succeed every time, and others could do it too. Not realizing that there is someone listening to their whispers all the time.

——The invisibility cloak is definitely a must-have artifact at home without the other party knowing.

Recently, the Defense Against the Dark Arts class has caused a lot of controversy, but because of Dumbledore's statement and the fact that Hogwarts is like a pure land compared to the bloody storms outside, Hogwarts did not show obvious anti-blackness The mood of the Defense Against Magic professor.

The passage of time has made the parents' reactions less severe than at the beginning, but in terms of public opinion, the war to denounce or support Hogwarts and Prince has become more and more fierce, and it seems that it is getting out of hand.

There are a lot of vague rumors coming out of Hogwarts, and there are also man-made rumors that this is a certain Gryffindor who broke this matter in order to squeeze Prince away. Although this matter is not It was quite a sensation, but invisibly, Prince was completely classified as a Slytherin faction. After all, they cannot represent all Gryffindors, and I don’t know if this matter is really done by a Gryffindor. .In fact, Prince himself has a tendency to be pro-Slytherin, so such rumors completely put Prince into the Slytherin camp, and Gryffindor did not have much loss.

Prince still taught them as before, just like Slytherin head Slughorn and Gryffindor head McGonagall, even though they are the heads of the same house, everyone still has to follow them Study Potions and Transfiguration.

With Dumbledore's backing, and the fact that he used his influence to mobilize public opinion against pressure from the Ministry of Magic, Prince's pressure didn't seem too great.

Since James himself has a positive attitude towards the practice assessment and even Prince's teaching methods, he is not likely to deny the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor just because of some rumors, so he chooses to deal with these messy rumors. He has established a good attitude of "don't believe in rumors, don't spread rumors", and has implemented this very well.

So what he heard that day really refreshed his three views.

He didn't find his intended goal in the Slytherin common room that day. When he happened to pass by two seventh-year Slytherins, he found that they were talking in a low voice, and the application looked very serious. Hearing some caution, James immediately realized that they might be planning something, but he didn't expect that what the two said was to continue to "cooperate" with the public opinion of the outside world, deepening Gryffindor's relationship with Prince. Then, they incited other colleges to make everyone feel disgusted with the current Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and their final goal was obviously to get Prince to resign.

As for why they did this, the two of them seemed tacit and didn't mention it.

Hearing this, James felt like a bolt from the blue.

Yes, he was indeed surprised. They had too many things to take care of recently, so they didn't care how these rumors spread.

Of course, this incident itself was aimed at Gryffindor, to a large extent, but at the time they just thought that the other party was just spreading rumors casually. Although the way they used it was a bit crooked, they were talking nonsense to support the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Also, to a certain extent, this matter can cause the two colleges to completely tear each other apart. From then on, they are destined to pinch me when they meet each other.

He also knew these two people, they were both pure-blooded like him, and there was a shadow of a mysterious person behind the family—well, the legendary Death Eaters. There was no definite source for these gossips before, but today they are like this With this trick planned, it can almost be confirmed that they are also the masterminds behind the scenes.

From the two, James can fully deduce that the person who wants Prince to resign is probably the Death Eaters, or even the mysterious man himself. This has nothing to do with the public opinion war itself. Rings himself will not be a victim of this public opinion war - although on the surface it does appear to be the case.

But... why?Why does You-Know-Who want the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor to resign?Prince is teaching here, did something hinder the mysterious man?

Thinking about it this way, James felt that he should have reservations about this matter. Even if various evidences showed that the matter was not as simple as he imagined, the mysterious person might be involved, but there was a link missing in the middle, and it should be Crucial point.

This point, I'm afraid it's not something that even a quasi-Death Eater in the seventh grade of Slytherin, a real little guy, can know.

How can you not listen to such a blast, so James stayed in the Slytherin common room for the rest of the time, and almost had to stay in this place overnight, but fortunately, he had to wait until the last second before the curfew started. Snape showed up, so he was able to slip out when little Snape opened the door.Of course, this is another story.At this time, James was still fearlessly eavesdropping on the plans of these people, hoping to complete everything and the missing puzzle pieces as much as possible.

He used to think that this matter was not right, but he didn't intend to think about it. Now that he knew it, he also felt powerless—even if it wasn't for these rumors, Professor Prince himself was really pro-Slytherin. Some, this point is not obtained from other Gryffindors, but Sirius, and even he himself came to a conclusion, which should be realized by many people, otherwise Slytherin will take this step, It wouldn't be so Gryffindor agrees.

Perhaps before, Slytherin really wanted to win over such a sharp professor to make his student life easier, but from this moment, or earlier, their motives are completely different.

This is the scariest thing.

Most people in Gryffindor are reckless and impulsive, not to say that they are not smart, but most of them like to go straight, even though he himself always uses his own advantages to attack Slytherin, but if he can If it is resolved by force, he will definitely choose the way he likes.

As for the straightforwardness he likes, it is obvious that Sirius is related to the members of the Black family. He is very smart and can play tricks, and he can even play a lot of twists and turns that he has never thought of. There is no way for him to change the nature passed down in the bones and blood of the family, but there is one thing that Sirius cannot erase. When he rebelled against his family, he worked harder than anyone else to oppose black magic. It was very sincere, and it made him dare to give his back to him.

Now Slytherin has completely entered this kind of conspiracy mode. Judging from the current situation, they have simply stepped into the trap set by the other party, and the other party makes you think that his target is you, but they even Gryffindors are short-sighted, and they really can't play with Slytherin's minds.

The biggest problem is that the current public opinion has been greatly unfavorable to Prince, so even if he wants to turn the tide and whitewash Prince, it will definitely not be an easy task.

Even with Dumbledore's support, it is very likely that Prince will have to resign under pressure in the end.

Thinking of the teaching curse of Defense Against the Dark Arts, James worried that under the manipulation of people with intentions, it would completely become a reality.

James also got a lot of news that night. He also saw Sirius’ younger brother, Regulus Black, studying something in a corner. His brows were furrowed and he looked very obtrusive——Slytherin Most of them were guys with furrowed brows, but most of them were fifth or seventh graders.

Regulus himself was low-key, and James didn't notice him at first. When the two Slytherins started to review and he really had nothing good to listen to, the bored James saw Regulus.

It is said that the younger brother Sirius always pissed Sirius half to death, but although Sirius didn't like other people in the family, for this younger brother—James could hear it from the lines—Sirius still had some affection for this younger brother. Concerned, Sirius was not a good brother, but he also insisted that Regulus was definitely not a good brother.

Although Sirius was not happy with his younger brother, if there was news about his younger brother, he would still be willing to accept it. With the idea of ​​showing Sirius his younger brother's current situation, James quickly came to Regulus's vicinity.

There was no one around Regulus, and the others were far away from him, it seemed that no one dared to disturb him.

At this moment, Regulus was reading a not-too-thick book, and he was holding it with one hand, revealing the title on the cover—the history of the development of black magic. Judging from the name, it was indeed a particularly boring book. The book, this person can see a sense of entanglement from this book, and it seems that this good student is still thinking seriously. This situation is really beyond James' understanding.

James glanced at it casually, and finally found something wrong.

The chapter Regulus was reading was about the soul, and after Regulus flipped through several pages, James realized a fact——

The content of the book Regulus was reading was not the "History of the Development of Black Magic" that was exposed on the cover. This book talked about the soul for several pages, and it had nothing to do with the development history. relation.

This made James very puzzled.Not many people are willing to waste time studying the soul, and almost all professors are unwilling to touch this area.Touching the soul is a dangerous and unstable thing. At his age of less than 15, what reason is there to touch such a thing?

——Don't tell him it's for interest, such interest is too appalling.

That night, when James returned to the Gryffindor common room, it was too late, Lupine and Peter were already lying in bed and fast asleep, only Sirius was writing homework for him, etc. with him.

Because the information he received today was too large, the boiling factor in James' body couldn't calm down at all. After taking a battle bath, he still had a super excited expression on his face.

His expression made Sirius think he had finally found Snape's secret, "Have you found the secret about unicorns?"

"No," James grabbed Sirius with great strength, which made Sirius feel very inexplicable. "I discovered another secret."

James weighed it up, and decided to tell the more urgent matter about Professor Prince being calculated first. He sorted it out a little and grasped the key points. Sirius nodded repeatedly, but there was no surprise expression.

— It would be right to say that this person also has a Slytherin twist in his bones.

"This is what they have to do, but I didn't expect that they would actually play with us like this."

James: "..." You don't seem to be getting the point right?

"Then what should we do now?" James still has some selfishness. To be honest, although Prince never showed him much good looks along the way, he still likes this professor quite a lot, so if he can bring him Get out of this public opinion war, and even let him continue to teach at Hogwarts for another year,

"Didn't you say it yourself?" Sirius almost rolled his eyes, "They created that kind of public opinion from the beginning, and this kind of opinion has almost been completely planted in other people's thoughts. From this In fact, even if we want to do something, we are powerless, and now we can only do our best to obey the destiny. Generally speaking, with Dumbledore's support, Prince should be able to survive—well, I mean, He can continue to teach, but if he resigns himself, it is not certain."

"Is there no other way?" James still didn't give up.

"Are you caring too much about him?" Sirius squinted at James.

James choked for a moment, his mouth trembled, and he finally choked out a sentence: "I don't know."

His feelings for the professor were the same as before, and he definitely didn't hate him, and he couldn't hate him.

"In this matter, we can indeed do some things, but there is not much we can do." Sirius is the brains of the entire robber, and he is the guy with the most eyes. If he even said that, from a certain To a certain extent, it is certain that Prince can only fend for himself.

Such a pity for such a good professor.

I have to say that in this school year with Prince teaching, his knowledge has also improved a lot. It's not that he is bragging, he even feels that he is now a person who can participate in NEWTs, and his score will definitely not be low. go.

"Isn't the strangest thing the mastermind behind the scenes? If the mysterious man is really behind the scenes, then what kind of conspiracy does he have? He aimed at an unknown but powerful Prince. Could it be because of his strength? It’s not because they want to poach someone, right?” The last sentence was just out of James’ mind, but he also knew in his heart that no matter how powerful Prince was, the mysterious man would not make such efforts to save people from black magic. Defense, so James didn't take it too seriously.The ghost knows why the mysterious man values ​​Prince so much.

And according to this statement, it may be more convincing to use the reason that "the mysterious person hates the person who is a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts".

"Perhaps taking advantage of Prince's resignation to suppress Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic, killing two birds with one stone." This is indeed strange, but without any evidence, they can only guess at best. "This incident caused Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic to tear their faces apart. The Ministry of Magic is in a state of distress, and Dumbledore will not be easy. As for the crowd outside who don't know the truth and follow around, it is because of a little Hogwarts And it was a mess."

When Sirius said this, James also felt a little bit right.

"But this matter was very strange from the beginning. No one knew about Prince's plan, right? Even if he appeared in the Forbidden Forest, we didn't guess what he wanted to do in the Forbidden Forest. According to Deng Bullido said later that at most only he knew about this matter, they did a good job of keeping it secret, and we only found out after the seventh grade assessment."

If the whole thing was planned by a mysterious person, then how did this thing start?Or was it because of the Ministry of Magic's own mistakes, and then the mysterious person came up with such a bad move overnight?

If it was really planned by the mysterious person, was it the seventh grade who had finished the assessment, or Prince himself?Of course, judging from the existing conditions, the former is obviously more likely.

The report on the first day was the trigger for the mess to come out, and the internal turmoil in the Ministry of Magic itself on the second day was the key to the chaos of the whole thing.

From this point of view, if there is no hand behind the operation, it is a bit unreasonable.

The whole thing seems more and more... confusing.

The two analyzed and analyzed, but they still couldn't figure out why.

But James had another thing on his mind, "Your brother is studying something about the soul."

"What?" Sirius also thought he had heard it wrong, but James said it again, and it was still the same question.

"Are you dazzled by the shock of what happened before?" Sirius asked in disbelief.

"No, I'm sure. I read it for several minutes. He kept flipping through the book. He even deliberately changed the title of the book to deceive people. What do you think?"

Sirius obviously didn't believe it. His younger brother was very stable, so there was no reason to study such things.

Sure enough, Slytherin is a big shady place, it is definitely a ghost place where you can get a few casually in it, and you will make your whole body black and black!

The author has something to say: errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr; I'm so brain-dead... Tired of love, I don't have the IQ to write such things (┳_┳)…it's too cruel

Thanks to the little cute Xia Gouyan for the landmines

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