[HP] Illusion

The evening before the Christmas holiday, little Snape received another text message from Lily, this time it was the boy who arrived first, but the red-haired girl was late.

"The snow has stopped." Hearing the girl's light footsteps, little Snape muttered.

"Yes."

When most people thought that this scene would last forever, at noon that day, the snow suddenly stopped, and the dark clouds in the sky slowly cleared away, revealing a clear blue sky like a picture scroll, endless , the sun began to slowly cover the whole earth, it seems that the snow will not continue to carnival.So when school was over in the afternoon, the school announced the regular release of Hogwarts snapshots tomorrow.

"Are you still planning to go back?"

"Ah."

"Is there still no news about him?" Lily asked softly.

"Ah."

Although little Snape only responded lightly, Lily felt his increasingly depressed mood. Lily pursed her lips, as if she had made up her mind: "Then, let's go back and find him together."

The boy who hadn't raised his head subconsciously looked at Lily, and then he said in a deep voice, "You don't have to..." When everyone was worried about the danger of going home, it was obvious that Lily would also have concerns about this, And Hogwarts is indeed the safest place in the world, not to mention, Lily is still a Muggle.

"As you said, it's all rumors, I think it's just a rumor," I don't know who spread it, "I don't think any Slytherins talk about it."

"It's true." Although these rumors were floating around in the school, even the portraits were talking about it, but in fact Slytherin didn't respond to it, and most of them chose to leave school , which seems to be a signal.

"That's right," Lily clapped her hands together, "Then let's go back together, of course, I mean, we don't have to sit in the same car, or next door, just in case, right, wait for everyone After we leave, we will leave together." Lily thought about everything.

"You're not the only one worried about him." Lily blocked Snape's mouth with one sentence when he was about to speak.

After a long time, little Snape said, "I don't know...whether I can find him..."

"We can go together," Lily thought for a while, "I'll take my owl back, and if he's not in Cokeworth, I can stay and wait while you go out to find him, and if there's news, I can let it inform you."

The girl was more thoughtful than him, and little Snape actually had no reason to refuse.

"Or, is he at home?" Lily said.

"Then, let's go back together."

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"She went to look for him again." The lazy voice floated into someone's ear softly and softly. "Don't you think she's been looking for snotlings a little bit more recently?"

"Shut up, Padfoot..." James warned with some righteous words in his voice, "Please don't continue to use the Marauder's Map to check Lily's whereabouts."

"Haha," Sirius smirked twice, "It seems that you didn't insist on making this map and didn't have this purpose in mind."

James: "..."

"Okay, of course there are other purposes," Sirius quickly returned to his normal state after sneering, "But shouldn't you be optimistic about her? Isn't she your girlfriend?"

"Isn't she alright?" James was particularly angry when he was depressed.

"Oh?" Sirius sat up, "That's embarrassing, last time you told us that your relationship has developed, I thought you should have chased her this month, so you are not qualified to go Find out who she's with now. Oh, it's always been like this." The handsome teenager seemed to enjoy the game of beating James.

"Don't pretend like you don't know." James strode towards Sirius, taking advantage of his unpreparedness, put his hands around his neck fiercely, Sirius struggled for a while, and finally escaped, obviously jealous "So, so what?"

"Look, they're separated," said Sirius, pointing somewhere on the Marauder's Map.

"Really?" James immediately forgot what he said just now, and quickly leaned forward to look at the Marauder's Map. "Where?"

Then James belatedly realized that Sirius hadn't made a sound for a long time, so he raised his head and found that there was still a face that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

"Okay," James said in a gesture of surrender, "I did have such a purpose in the first place, is it okay?" His attention returned to the Marauder's Map, "Wait, Lily didn't want to come back to Gryffindor Tower, she... isn't going to the library either."

"It's a holiday tomorrow, who would go to the library at this time," Sirius looked at casually, "she must go to see Mag."

Then, the two watched Lily's little feet walk towards Mag's office bit by bit until she went in and was with Mag.

"I know what she wants to do." Sirius snapped his fingers. "she……"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by James: "I know too."

It would be great if I could finish what I just said.Sirius thought regretfully.

James said in frustration: "Do you think it's too late for me to go to McGonagall?"

"If you go back, should I also go back with you?" Sirius cheered up, "I miss your mother's craftsmanship. But you have to understand that even if you go back, you may not be able to find her. "

"I found her last time," James said, "this time too."

"Go, I like you." Sirius said not very sincerely.

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In fact, Lily had already applied to McGonagall to leave school, and even though it was a bit late, McGonagall agreed.

The next morning, the weather was fine, leaving only a few wisps of cloud and smoke in the sky.

Not many people chose to leave school and go home for Christmas, and this was the first time. There were quite a lot of people delivering cars, so there were not very few people standing at the station.

For example, James, who was still helping Lily with her luggage, was still a while before the train departed. James obviously didn't want Lily to get on the train so soon.

"I want to go back too." James sighed, and said sadly to Lily, "But I promised Sirius to stay."

"I'm sorry I can't spend Christmas with you," Lily whispered. "I just decided to go home yesterday. I'm sorry I didn't have time to tell you."

"It's okay," James raised a sunny smile, "I've already prepared a Christmas present for you, have you prepared a present for me yet?"

"Of course there is, how could it not be." Lily said with a smile, "But you are the first person to ask me for a Christmas present."

"You didn't give it last year," James snapped his fingers. "I gave it to you every year. Are those gifts still there?"

"Throw it all away," Lily grimaced at James' slumped face, "I'm lying to you."

James looked at Lily sadly, with a particularly funny expression.

"So childish," Lily flicked James' cheek lightly, "Okay, the train is about to leave, I have to go, give me my luggage."

"I'll help you get it up," James volunteered.

"What if the train leaves after you go up?" Lily took two steps and extended her hand towards James, but James insisted on sending Lily up.

Because there were not many people going back, most of the boxes on the train were half-empty, Lily chose an empty box, "Okay, your mission is complete, you can get off the train."

"I'll go back with you, and then I'll come back by express," James said whimsically.

Lily was embarrassed, "Dear James, did you hear the siren? Get out of the car, or you will violate the school rules."

James stood up, "You must be careful by yourself, and send me to the door of the box?"

Lily was afraid that he really missed the time, so she had to stand up, but James didn't open the box door immediately, he seemed to muster up his courage, and looked at her seriously: "Lily, after coming back from Christmas vacation , can you give me an answer? You know, I have always liked you." Although he has always been thick-skinned, James' face turned red at this moment.

Hearing the boy's rare seriousness, Lily's beautiful face was also slightly flushed. She looked at James, and suddenly leaned forward, kissed him lightly on the cheek, and then she said that James hadn't fully responded yet. Before coming over, he opened the door of the box and quickly pushed the boy out.

"I'll give you the answer after Christmas." After Lily said this, she closed the door instantly.

And then... Of course there is no after.

The train left, and along the way, Lily's heartbeat didn't slow down, and the feeling of a deer bumping made her feel very embarrassed no matter what.

The whole journey was actually very smooth, those weird rumors never happened at all, and Lily almost didn't think about it, but silently calmed down in her bold actions just now.

Even after everyone got off the train, when she slowly got out of the car and walked to the agreed place with little Snape, she still felt a little hot on her face.On the way back with little Snape, the boy didn't say much, and Lily didn't speak much either, just silently watching the scenery outside the train.

Back on the land of Cokeworth, Lily seemed to have just woken up from a dream.They first walked to Lily's house, and Lily stopped and said to Snape: "Severus, I'll put my luggage back first, and then I'll go to your place to find you." That's the advantage of being close to each other. , she can go to find them at any time.

"Yeah." Little Snape nodded and continued walking towards his home.

"Severus," Lily called out to Snape suddenly, and the boy also stopped at this moment, "if Harry isn't here, please don't go out alone."

"it is good."

Little Snape's heart was actually beating faster at this time, and he hadn't been able to contact Harry since that day, and he didn't even know where Harry was or if something happened.

He was very worried, but he didn't know what to do.

What greeted him was the snow that hadn't melted in the yard, and the house that was too deserted, and there was no people in it.

Just like in those years, every time he returned to this place, he saw only the silence of the room, no smell of food, no music overflowing from the gramophone, and no movement.

Dead silence.

There is also a sense of hopelessness.

At this moment, he was really worried that something would happen to Harry.

The young man has been doing very dangerous things, but the opponent is a completely dangerous person. Even if Harry is very powerful, he may not be able to retreat unscathed.

What if youth really disappeared, really...?

For a moment, little Snape even wanted to rush out of the house and immediately look for Harry's whereabouts, but he finally held back because he had promised Lily earlier.

Lily came right after putting down her luggage. She looked at the little Snape who was slumped on the sofa, and silently gave the boy a hug.

"Or he just went shopping..." Lily wanted to comfort the boy, but looking at the coffee table where even a layer of dust could be seen, the girl's voice also softened, "So what do you want to do now?"

The only answer to Lily was silence.

"Do you have a plan?" Lily said softly, "Don't be impulsive. If you really want to find him, at least know his whereabouts, so that you can have a goal." Even if Nepe finds the ends of the earth, he may not be able to find the young man.

"I'll think about it," said Snape for a long time.

"Didn't you say," Lily said, "that he has his potion business? Maybe we should start thinking in this direction?"

Young Snape nodded.

"It's okay, we still have the whole vacation to think about this issue," Lily patted the boy, but she still had a mission to come, "Since Harry is not here, do you want to come to my house for dinner? Don't refuse me, you should Hungry, and so am I, and I think we'll have to be strong if we're going to find Harry."

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In fact, little Snape did have his plan, but he couldn't tell the girl half of the plan.

Some time ago, he and Harry worked together to brew potions, and the income they received was half of each of them, so now he is also a little rich man, at least now he can definitely support himself.

But that wasn't what he wanted.

— As for what he wanted, Snape Jr. said he didn't want to talk about it now.Because until someone is found, all that is not the point.

Closer to home, at that time Harry had told him how to sell these potions. He knew that Harry had sold these potions to Borgin-Bock's shop, so if he couldn't find Harry, he could buy them from this people start.

Harry left behind a lot of cloaks and clothes. In fact, he and Harry have similar tastes. They both like to wear plain clothes, black and white, or pure black, although Harry's clothes are a little small... But still acceptable.

He had to go to Knockturn Alley to find Harry, maybe he could find some clues.

Things went even smoother than Snape had imagined. He went in wearing a black cloak, bought some strange potion ingredients, and even inquired into Prince's potion studio.

At the beginning, Snape really didn't expect things to develop like this, but when he threw out enough money and hinted that he wanted to find some precious potions, Borgin happily introduced him I found this studio and provided contact information.

The next thing seemed to be taken for granted, and Snape found the place where Harry was based on this address.

When he went, Harry wasn't in the studio, but Snape, who was familiar with Harry's habits, quickly entered the studio when he came back, and after entering, he began to lay hands on Harry.

Harry's studio is just like what he himself said before, all the potion steps to be brewed, Harry has written on a blackboard, and half of the traces on the blackboard have been wiped off, which shows that he has put the Which step did these pots of potions reach?

Of course, this small matter did not bother the boy. Little Snape opened fire on the potion and started brewing again. At the same time, he also disposed of the potion that had not been processed not far away.

"Merlin..." Just as little Snape was immersed in the fun of brewing the potion, he suddenly heard a familiar exclamation, "Why are you here?"

Little Snape slowly put down the stir stick in his hand, "Why can't I be here, your address is public."

"Normal people won't find this place," Harry immediately set up a defense system for the entire studio, in case someone would suddenly come to the door. "I don't know, you shouldn't be here."

"Then you shouldn't have lied to me."

"I didn't—" Harry said automatically.

"No?" Little Snape almost lost control of his hand, "You once told me that you would contact me, and then?"

Harry looked at little Snape speechlessly, and said after a while, "Okay, I apologize, but I really don't have time, and I haven't been home recently... Then what do you want?"

Little Snape looked at Harry for a while, then picked up the stir stick again, "Not much, finish these potions."

Harry: "..."

Until little Snape really helped him complete these potions, Harry was still in a state of being the mayor.He didn't expect that the boy would really come to his door, he thought the boy would stay at Hogwarts, but in fact he was dizzy these days.

Harry thought for a while and said, "Shall we go home?"

"Don't you have no time?"

I don't know if it was his delusion, Harry always felt that there was a faint smile in little Snape's voice, was he angry or not?

But... why is he angry?

Harry couldn't connect to little Snape's brain circuit at all, so he couldn't understand how little Snape's mood changed when Harry kept mentioning "going home".

"Indeed not..." Harry looked at little Snape's expression gloomy again, "But now that you've done all this for me, I think I can indeed take a break. Shall we go back?"

"Have you been busy lately?" Little Snape asked.

Harry nodded, and then heard young Snape say again, "So you haven't had time?"

Something seemed wrong, and that's when Harry finally woke up.

"It's not..." he said vaguely.

"Ok?"

"Although I'm very busy," Harry secretly looked at little Snape's face, but at the moment the boy's face was paralyzed, and the light in the room was not enough, so he couldn't see clearly, "But I still take care of myself .”

"Ok?"

How does this make him say?

"Although it's not a special schedule," Harry silently surrendered, "I try my best...I also drink the potion you left behind."

It seemed that at this point, little Snape's face softened a little, and Harry sighed silently in his heart, "So can we go back now?"

"How many unfinished things do you have?" Little Snape looked at the materials piled up on the potion table, "This pile and that pile?"

"Well," Harry nodded honestly, "so I have to come tomorrow."

Just when Harry wanted to continue urging Snape, the boy suddenly threw a thunderbolt: "Where's your memory?"

This was a relatively sensitive issue, and Harry was worried that he had told the truth and made the boy's face darken again, so he said, "It's the same, neither better nor worse."

"We may be able to find a related potion..." Little Snape thought for a while, "There should be one."

"Well," Harry nodded, "so let's go home now, and we'll talk about the rest tomorrow."

"I'll help you tomorrow."

Well, his invisible little buddy has emerged.

"It could not be better."

After confirming that Harry was sincere, little Snape was relieved.

After they got home, Harry found that his home looked very clean, even though he hadn't been back for a while, it was obviously due to little Snape, so Harry planned to cook a big meal for little Snape Dinner as compensation.

But while he was cooking, little Snape kept harassing him again.

"Can you tell me what exactly I'm up to?"

Harry really felt that Snape's behavior was like a husband who suspected his wife was cheating, questioning him constantly, trying to find a flaw or something.

"No, but I don't look too bad now, do I?" Harry whispered, "Sev, you go out and wait, I'll be fine soon."

"I'm almost an adult."

"Not yet," Harry insisted.

"It's less than a month away," and that's why he wanted to come back, he wanted to spend such a meaningful birthday with Harry. "Can you tell me then?"

Harry couldn't open his mouth a little bit, he hesitated to speak for a while, and prevaricated, "You haven't graduated yet."

Little Snape: "..."

——So even if he graduated, the youth wouldn't tell him all the facts, would he?

"We'll talk about it at that time." Anyway, there is still a year before the boy graduates. "Now is not the time you should be thinking about these things."

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