[HP] Butterfly Effect

Hagrid's cabin was right on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, visible from Vox's and Bill's bedroom windows.The whole log cabin seems to grow itself from a pile of messy logs, which looks so crumbling but is quite strong.

Leading them was the Hogwarts administrator, Argus Filch, a man who always wore a long dirty brown coat, was bald and had long messy hair.He looked haggard, but his eyes, sunken deep in the eye sockets, always shone with that kind of fierce light that made people feel shuddering.When walking ahead with a lantern in hand, the bony and hunchbacked figure looked particularly scary.

All the way Filch was talking bitterly and viciously about the punishments that were so pleasing to the eye when Armando Dippet was the headmaster, but it's a pity that Dumbledore has now abolished them.

"The last student who smashed those portraits should have been whipped in the dungeon by now." He grinned, and looked back at the two freshmen following him sullenly from time to time, his black eyes turned to The corners of the eyes, most of the whites of the eyes were exposed, looked like a wraith about to get angry, "Those screams are so beautiful at night, my favorite lullaby."

Vox wrinkled his nose, he decided, he hated the administrator.

After handing Aurora and Vox into Hagrid's hands, Filch left a sarcasm as usual and left.Hagrid was no different from when we first met, his fluffy and thick dark gray-black hair made him look a bit like a lion.He handed the leather iron chain tied with teeth to Vaux, and the big black dog followed obediently, but ignored his own Vaux, and was looking at the Forbidden Forest with a calm expression on the side. Aurora leaned over and stuck out her rough tongue to lick her fingers.

"Oh, hello." Aurora knelt down to greet Fangya, and reached out to stroke its head.Fangya seemed very happy, rubbing against Aurora's sleeve and wagging his tail cheerfully.

"It looks like Yaya likes you very much." Hagrid put the gun on his shoulders with a smile, and reached for the lantern beside him, "Come on, follow me closely and don't run around. In fact, patrolling the Forbidden Forest is not that scary. "

After walking a few steps, Hagrid suddenly asked again: "Speaking of which, what did you commit to be punished here?"

"Terrible flying lesson." Vaux sighed, the lantern light in his hand couldn't reach very far in the forest with a lot of fog after it rained.Even in the daytime, the light in the Forbidden Forest is very dim, and now only the horse lantern is the only light source, but it is a pity that all the light is illuminated by the vast and dense fog in front of us.

Aurora summed it up briefly: "We got into trouble during our flight class. Not only did we ruin the portraits in the hallway, but we also knocked over Professor Snape's potion." "Hmm..." Hagrid scratched his head , "That's really serious."

The further you go, the thicker the fog.Layers of tree shadows and darkness curled up outside the range of the faint light, entangled in the white mist, muddy and silent.The fog in the Forbidden Forest is not the same as the fog after the usual British rain. It does not have the iconic light green, but a strange grayish blue.That kind of color seems to flow in the thin and invisible mist, sometimes when the eyes dazzle, you will feel that there is some ghost hidden in it.

The temperature in the forest was surprisingly low. When Walkers stepped on the dirt pit for the third time, his sneakers were already soaked in muddy water, and every step he took felt like he was stepping on the water.On the contrary, people like Aurora, who are too lazy to change clothes after class, took advantage of it. The rain boots and raincoat protected her well.

It is difficult to distinguish the species of trees here in such a dim environment. Some of them are as tall and strong as typical temperate deciduous broad-leaved trees, and their surfaces are covered with deep and shallow lines.Some are short and thin, and the branches that grow out are curved and have sharp thorns, and they are caught by the hem of their robes if they are not paying attention.

Maybe the environment is too eerie and weird, Aurora thinks it's better to find a topic to talk about, so as not to keep watching the movement around her, and get scalp numbness when there is a little trouble.So she took the initiative to ask: "No one usually comes to this forest, right?"

"Students will come here except those who need protection of magical beasts in the upper grades, and only the professors will come here when they need some materials here." Compared with Aurora and the others, Hagrid seemed much more at ease, and even Mood blew one or two mild and short whistles to dispel the cold atmosphere here, "Although this place is listed as a forbidden forest, I assure you that you will never find a richer and more charming place than this place."

"Have you been here many years?"

"It's been quite a long time. When I came here, there was no such thing as a Mysterious Man in the wizarding world." After speaking, he was silent for a while, and sighed, "It happened a long, long time ago."

The radiant mist is getting thicker and thicker, but when it falls in sight, it melts into a burst of clarity and brightness.Aurora looked at the open forest in front of her, and a white figure with a slight glow gradually separated from the thick fog, resembling the shape of a horse.

The trees in this area have changed again. Their thick roots are no longer content to be hidden under the mud layer, but instead begin to tangle and crawl all over the ground like spider webs.

"What's that?" Vox subconsciously touched the wand hidden in his sleeve. Even though he didn't know any magic yet, his instincts as a wizard were well trained.

"That's a unicorn." Hagrid stretched out his hand to stop Vaux in front of the void, "You are very lucky, they can't be seen all the time."

Immediately afterwards, more and more white and graceful figures around them peeled off from the mist, showing their true appearance.Their manes are straight and dense, and they are as gentle as moonlight in the dark forest. They are tall, with snow-white fur and bright golden eyes.

Hagrid counted the number of unicorns and said in surprise, "So many? How strange. Are they looking for something?"

"Have you never seen so many unicorns, too?" Vox asked in disbelief.Hagrid shook his head honestly: "Never. Although they live in packs, they usually live in families. I've never seen such a large gathering."

While talking, a unicorn that was obviously the size of a cub broke free from the protection of its parents, ran towards Aurora happily, lowered its head and rubbed its head affectionately against her face, making her rain hat It slipped down, spreading out her long light golden hair.Juvenile unicorns are pure gold all over, and will gradually change color to adult snow white at about two years old.Aurora was taken aback by its actions, and was tickled by the touch of the little beast's fur that hadn't fully grown up, so she couldn't help laughing: "It's itchy."

A few more little beasts ran out and neighed briskly around Aurora, their four hooves happily kicked on the ground full of dead leaves, and their long and smooth tails flicked back and forth excitedly, as if they saw something that made them Very happy stuff.

After waking up from the shock, Vox tried to go to La Aurora, but was crowded out by the unicorns: "What's wrong with them?"

"They seem to like this little girl very much." Hagrid said, with a kind of uncertainty, "Unicorns are very friendly to humans, they are the kindest magical animals." "There are other magical animals here." An animal?" Aurora asked curiously while stroking the unicorn cub's mane.

Maybe it was Aurora's unexpected welcome by the unicorn that made Hagrid interested. He looked in the direction they had just come, and then lowered his head and said to the two children: "Of course, come, let's take you to see other unicorns." of."

In this way, the two children and a half-blood giant walked in the forbidden forest, going deeper and deeper.The unicorns followed closely, only the little beasts liked to walk close to Aurora, rubbing their heads against her palms from time to time.

The deeper the Forbidden Forest is, the thicker the trees are, and most of them are parasitic with a creature more than ten centimeters long.They have thin, stiff-looking bodies that are surprisingly soft, with brown, knobby legs and arms, and two twig-like fingers on each hand.They are covered in dark brown that is very similar to the bark, only the two tender green leaves on top of their heads will be healthy or withered according to their mood.The two eyeballs inlaid on the bark-like face are shining brightly, as long as someone approaches the tree where he is, he will raise his finger to warn.

Hagrid explained in a low voice: "This is a Bowtruckle. They like wood turtles and fairy eggs as food. Although they don't look aggressive and have a gentle and friendly personality, trust me, you won't like it when it's provoked. "

"But I think they seem very small and weak." Aurora said, slowly approaching the pair of shining brown eyes, and the other side looked at her curiously.

"Don't get so close!"

As soon as Hagrid finished speaking, the Bowtruckle closest to Aurora jumped on her head, and its slender, curving fingers hooked up her blond hair as a rope, and slid all the way down into Aurora's rain hat. A pair of eyes and the green leaves on the top of the head are exposed outside.

"Oh my God." Hagrid tried to reach for it. "Come down little one, she's not one of those trees you're trying to protect."

Bowtruckle straightened his upper body and shook his unusually long and powerful fingers threateningly, avoiding Hagrid's hand, and hid himself by Aurora's thick long hair like a curtain.

"It seems that it doesn't want to come down." Vox raised the lantern, and approached the little guy curiously, wanting to see more clearly, but felt a blur in front of his eyes, followed by a burning pain on his face, "Ouch! What is it? "

"What's wrong with you?" Aurora turned to look at him, and found that there was a red mark on his face that seemed to be scratched by something.She tried her best to tilt her head back, but she couldn't see the little thing at all, "Where did it go?"

"It hurts, this little thing is so fierce." Vox grinned his teeth in pain while covering his face, "Get it off quickly, it's hiding in your rain hat."

"What?!" Aurora was startled, and quickly took off the raincoat and shook vigorously.The little guy jumped out of the rain hat, ran along Aurora's arm a few times, and jumped back on top of her head, looking like Aurora was wearing a moving tree-bud hairpin.

"It doesn't mean anything to you, don't worry. It just likes being on you," said Hagrid. "It's strange, you seem to have a knack for these fantastic animals. What house are you from?"

"Hufflepuff." Aurora revealed the college badge on the front of the raincoat, and the small tree buds on her head shook the leaves as she turned her head.Hagrid's eyes widened in surprise, as if incomprehensible, and then he narrowed his eyes and thought about it for a moment, then muttered, "It should be, it should be. The last person with this talent was at Hetch Patch. I have to admit that there are always some unexplainable and wonderful connections between this academy and magical beasts."

"Who was the last person?" Aurora asked subconsciously, remembering that the Sorting Hat had said the same thing back then.

"Newt Scamander, one of Hufflepuff's students decades ago, is a well-known figure in the Fantastic Beasts world." Hagrid said, continuing to slowly move his huge body towards Going forward, "In fact, I think he wrote one of your textbooks, if your current book list is the same as ours."

"Because of his influence, many wizards chose to engage in the research and protection of magical animals after graduation. But almost all of them ended in failure. This thing depends on the person, you know, talent is really important , second only to your efforts."

"It is said that when he was still a student at Hogwarts, he showed the extraordinary ability to get close to magical animals easily." Hagrid turned his head and looked at the little leaf above Aurora's head that shook happily from time to time, "You and He has similar talents, no wonder the Sorting Hat put you in Hufflepuff."

"Looks like this." Aurora nodded thoughtfully, and the Bowtruckle nodded along with her.

Moving forward, the forest became wider, and faint smoky blue light emanated from the leaves of some unknown plants on the ground.The fog has dissipated here, and occasionally glowing flying insects like fireflies fly past them.Huge rotting tree trunks lay here and there, covered with lush and thick moss.

"What are these?" Aurora asked nervously, looking at the skinny black winged animals in front of her.

They are like skeletons made of skeletons and smooth black skin. There is no accumulation of fat or muscle, except for the bones and skin.Their wings are broad and powerful, very similar to bat wings, but their heads are very similar to those of dragons. Their huge eyes are strangely silver-white, without pupils, and their slender tails drag on the ground.

For some reason, the creature's eyes reminded Aurora of the owner of the wand shop, Mr. Ollivander.

"What?" Vaux looked around blankly, "What did you see?"

"Can't you see it?" Aurora stared at the creature in front of her in disbelief, and moved closer to Vorks. "They're right here. They look weird. They're like...skeletons...with wings."

"But I didn't see anything." Vox widened his eyes, but still couldn't see anything.At this moment, Hagrid was about to say something, but was preempted by a deep voice from the dark forest beside him:

"It's thestrals, and only those who have seen death can see it."

This voice is so iconic that Aurora knows who it is without even reacting.Every syllable spoken by the other party is as sweet and mellow as it has been carefully crafted, with habitual indifference and slight drag. When it falls into the ear, it reminds people of the texture of ice cubes thrown into red wine.

"Professor Snape," she said, and turned away.The tall young man in black robe stood on the other side of the open space, with a tall and straight figure, his whole body almost merged with the darkness here, only his face was terribly pale, and there was a light blue color under his dark eyes, as if caused by staying up late .He raised his chin slightly, looked down, passed the two children and Hagrid, and then looked at the top of Aurora's head, the eye-catching emerald green that was shaking.

Hagrid looked at the rare plants in the opponent's hand, and nodded knowingly: "It's so late, are you here to find potion ingredients?"

"After all the potions I had prepared were destroyed?" Snape's tone dragged on longer, his face still expressionless, his eyes were indistinctly withdrawn from the top of Aurora's head, "That's right."

Vaux turned his head away in embarrassment, and changed the lantern to hold it with both hands.

"Ah, that's a disaster indeed." Hagrid scratched his head.Snape snorted coldly, turned around and prepared to find the last material.At this time, Aurora suddenly asked: "Is there anything you still haven't found? I think we can help you. I'm really sorry about what happened in the afternoon."

Of course, it would be great if you can make up for the deducted points by the way.Aurora thinks that she doesn't have the kind of top-notch ability that can help the academy turn over the humiliation, so all she asks of herself is not to be deducted points.It's a pity that this minimum bottom line seems to be difficult to achieve.

Snape looked back at her, rather distrustful.Ignoring the uncomfortable look in his eyes, Aurora continued: "I just want to make a contribution, professor. You know, it's so cold here and I'm sleepy, and Vox's shoes are full of mud. Raincoats don't protect against the cold at all. So, can you give us a chance?"

The way the little girl talked about their tragedy in a serious and calm manner made people feel a little funny.Snape raised his eyebrows, agreeing with Aurora.He had seen so many cowering or out-of-cry students come to him to intercede that Snape later grew annoyed at the sight of their necks twitching and mouths twitching, or their eyes fogging up.

He can imitate a thousand wording templates for students begging for mercy, so it is quite merciless to refuse.

There are very few people who are so calm.

"Excuse me, what are you looking for?" Aurora ran a few steps to keep up with Snape's unrelenting pace. Vox and Hagrid looked at each other in surprise and followed.Vaux didn't dare to use the lantern to shine on his shoes, he felt that the scene was a bit unbearable to look at directly.

"Holly resin," said Snape in a dry academic tone.

"Does that kind of tree have any special characteristics?" Aurora asked, "Otherwise there are so many trees here, it will be very difficult to find."

"You can go back on your word." Snape said this with an irritating certainty, as if he had decided from the beginning that Aurora was a student who just wanted to please the teacher and get away with it.

Aurora was not annoyed either, she turned her head and asked Hagrid seriously: "Did you know?"

"It's actually the tree where this little guy was just now." Hagrid pointed to the Bowtruckle lying on Aurora's head.

"That's easy."

After hearing this, Snape sneered, feeling particularly gloomy.

Returning to the place where I saw the Bowtruckle just now, Aurora raised the lantern in her hand to shine on the surface of the tree trunk, and several disturbed little things quickly climbed to a higher place in the tree trunk.She turned sideways to make way for Snape: "Professor, where is the resin you are looking for?"

"In these Bowtruckle lairs." Snape didn't move, looking down at the little girl out of the corner of his eye.Long light blonde hair, bright yellow raincoat and rain boots, it looks like a yellow egg tart.He wanted to see what the little tart could do to get those resins out of the nest of bowtruckles that were ferocious when provoked.

It was a combination of Bowtruckle secretions and holly seeds, so clear it looked like turpentine.

"Maybe we should go find some wood turtles or fairy eggs." Hagrid hesitated, then suggested.

Aurora squatted down, and sure enough, she saw a dark hole at the bottom of the thick tree trunk.She tried it, and her hand just fit in with some room to move.

"Aurora, you can't just reach in like this." Vox saw that she was about to reach in with her slender white arms exposed by rolling up her sleeves, and hurried to grab her, "Hagrid is right, we have to find some of them." food to lure them away."

"It's okay, right?" Aurora raised her chin towards the little thing on her shoulder, and the little thing slid along her arm and then disappeared.Immediately afterwards, Aurora went in and touched it, and many Bowtruckles rushed out like a tide, and many jumped onto Aurora's arm.

Snape froze for a moment, then reached out and grabbed her hat sullenly and lifted her up: "It seems that the service of the school hospital has made you linger, so you plan to go in again? I think you should have I hear you, it's stupid of you to provoke them like this!"

The last Bowtruckle out of the hole jumped up, hooked Aurora's dangling pale blond hair tail, jumped up to the top of her head, and smashed the holly resin held in two thin claws at Snape. Throwing it out, it looks super fierce.

Hagrid froze for a moment, and then let out a dull, muffled laugh.

"I think, Professor, you found what you were looking for." Aurora straightened her hat, patted the dirt on her body, caught the little guy and put it on her shoulder, then picked up the golden yellow crystal that fell on the ground and handed it to him. In front of the Potions Professor with an extremely ugly face.

It was as golden and bright as a unicorn's eye, and there were many holly seeds in it.

There was also an exceptionally gorgeous white flower that was in full bloom and was accidentally frozen inside forever. At this moment, it was lying in the little girl's white and tender palm, blooming wantonly towards the young man in front of her.

The author has something to say:

When I was watching "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", I felt that this little Hufflepuff brother is very powerful, so many magical animal buffs, how great.So, after considering that the heroine has neither a childlike face nor a beautiful face in a prosperous age, nor does she have the potion talent to successfully attract the attention of the professor, then...

Letting myself go and choose this ability to watch movies makes me envious.

In fact, students who have played Pottermore may have the impression that although the topics of the Sorting Hat are different each time, there is a high chance that there will be a question asking you "Which course do you want to study?" I chose it with admiration for Newt at that time. "Befriend Fantastic Beasts" option.

Therefore, the heroine of this article's cheat is online - the Bowtruckle! ! !

By the way, although holly is one of the materials in the chapter on potion plants in the "Harry Potter Encyclopedia", the holly resin is purely my nonsense, and I hope you will forgive me.