[HP] Butterfly Effect

Her envelope is always white, and it looks so out of place compared with everything here, so clear that it looks like an illusion.Thin layers of letters are stacked on top of each other, settling into a reality that cannot be ignored.

"Hi Professor,

Although the Ministry of Magic told me they would inform you about it themselves, I wanted to write myself.During the day today, the Ministry of Magic has lifted the surveillance magic on me.

I have caused you a lot of trouble during this time, I am very grateful for your care, I don’t have to come to trouble you often in the future, I hope..."

Snape folded the letter paper back expressionlessly, not intending to waste time looking at the contents below, the lesson plan task in front of him was still waiting for him.He casually pulled out a piece of parchment without re-dipping the ink, just replied with a boring congratulation on it, and then let the owl take it away, which took him less than half a minute.

He was so rash that he didn't even think about whether he was really satisfied with the result.

In the early morning of the next day, the elves brought a suitable amount of breakfast to the dining table on time, and the Daily Prophet also came with them.Professor Keitel bought one of them and opened it, saw the headline on the front page of this time, and immediately threw the newspaper aside angrily, looking very offended: "These irresponsible Reporters know how to make things up!"

Dean Sprout at the other end of the table also let out a sigh after reading the newspaper.Snape withdrew his arm covered by Keitel's discarded newspaper, glanced at one of the pages, and found nothing special: "What's wrong?"

"You'll know just by looking at it." Keitel took a sip of his breakfast tea, and poured a lethal amount of sugar and milk into it in Snape's eyes. "Such malicious slander is too much."

Snape could probably guess what the report was about, but he opened the newspaper and browsed briefly.When his eyes touched the photo of Aurora in Diagon Alley, he paused for a few seconds, then quickly read the surrounding text, closed the newspaper again, and said, "It is indeed."

He had always read the Daily Prophet in a recreational manner and didn't really take what it said seriously, especially when it came to the so-called "paper arguments."

It seems that recently they have found a deep topic to attract the audience.Snape sneered as he sliced ​​open the fried egg and croissant on the plate with a knife.

But Snape soon realized that he might have misjudged, because the Daily Prophet found a more impactful topic.That was Peter Pedilou, who was supposed to be dead a few years ago, and was suddenly captured by Arthur Weasley, an employee of the Ministry of Magic.It is said that before this, Peter Pediru had been hiding in the Weasley's house in the form of a mouse and had never been found.

As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar in the British wizarding world.Soon, the professors at Hogwarts also knew.

When Snape heard about this, his first reaction was to resist, because he didn't think Sirius Black should be released.After all, he hated this man so much since he was a student, and the accusation of "killing thirteen people" really fits this Black perfectly, and he also thinks Sirius can do it, there is no doubt about it.Compared with his younger brother Regulus, who has the exact same blood as him, Sirius' personality has always been much more perverse and stubborn.

The most obvious point is that if Sirius really hates something or someone very much, he will show it very bluntly, without bothering to cover it up, and will try to destroy the other person—a typical Gryffindor style, Snape commented sullenly, impulsively and stupidly.

As for Peter Pedillo, Snape didn't care much about what had happened to him in the years since he was rumored to have been killed.But if he could, he'd love to see both of them locked up in Azkaban to kiss a dementor.Because between him and Sirius Black, someone must have leaked the secret to the Dark Lord, so the Dark Lord was able to find the hiding place of Lily's family so easily.

Although in terms of rational judgment, Snape was partial to Pediru, but this did not prevent him from hating these two at the same time.

It's a pity that he was not the one who caught them.Snape thought, throwing the newspapers in his hand into the fireplace, watching them being burned by the bright flames, the flickering light and shadow shrouded his face, looking mean and dark.

……

Perhaps few people will know now, in fact, besides the venom that can erase the memory of human beings forever, they are also very good choices for confining prisoners.Once bound by them, it is almost impossible to break free.

This was what Newt Scamander told Aurora, and he had used this trick against many enemies.Probably the most famous of these is Gellert Grindelwald.

At this time, Pedilu was being tied up by Aurora's blueberry jam and sitting in the interrogation room, unable to move, tilting his head to accommodate the injured ear, his face distorted to the extreme, and he kept humming.His pale and ugly face was dripping with sweat, as if someone had just picked it up from a water tank.Scrimgeour sat across from him, his face as cold as a piece of iron.

Aurora and Remus were outside the interrogation room, she only briefly talked about the process of Pediru being forced to be exposed by Grape Crisp, and Remus was almost talking about the rest of the time.From when he was bitten by a werewolf when he was a child, until Sirius was imprisoned in Azkaban.He told the story of his life so far, in a calm tone that Aurora couldn't imagine at all, as empty as the dark night sky outside which was already approaching morning.

His expression and attitude made people doubt whether he was the person involved or a bystander.But as time went on, Aurora could feel the more self-blame and self-loathing in Remus' tone.Especially when it came to Dumbledore, Remus was most downcast.

"As you can see, I did not live up to Dumbledore's trust in me." Remus smiled self-deprecatingly, looking very lonely, "At that time, all I was thinking about were the three things I finally handed over. These three friends, even though they knew I was a werewolf, did not abandon me. Instead, they were willing to practice Animagus hard to prevent me from hurting myself when I turned into a wolf, and took me out of the screaming shack during the full moon A friend who ventures freely everywhere."

When he said this, the expression on his face became very complicated, and Aurora couldn't figure out whether he was longing for that time or regretting it, or both.They are deeply entangled and cannot be separated.

Looking at Remus's appearance, she really wanted to say something to comfort him, but unfortunately she failed.And Remus obviously didn't want Aurora to intervene, and went on self-servingly: "Dumbledore's trust is very important to me, he is the only headmaster who is willing to accept people like me, and is willing to help I cover up the truth. But equally, those few friends of mine mean a lot to me. I'm cowardly, I can't give up either side, they're all precious to me."

"I can understand." Aurora said softly, followed by a brief silence. "Something went wrong." Remus said suddenly, "I only know that Sirius was Lily and James' secret keeper back then. Then everyone felt that he betrayed them, that he was the one who informed them. But now it seems ..."

He stood up and turned to look at the interrogation room with an unprecedented indifference and solemn expression: "Maybe we are all wrong."

"Sirius is innocent?"

"Maybe that's the case. It's even more likely that Lily's secret keeper wasn't Sirius at all."

"But, if they changed the secret keeper, why didn't you know? Didn't Sirius tell you?" Aurora asked in confusion.Remus sighed, it seemed so clear in the silent and empty corridor, weighing on people's hearts: "A lot of things happened after that, Aurora. I think they may have regarded me as a spy, so they didn't tell me .”

"What? But...but, you're not..." Aurora looked at each other incredulously, she could easily catch the sadness hidden deep in Remus' plain eyes, she decided not to ask this question any more .

At this time, Remus suddenly looked at him and asked: "That's right. I just heard from Bill that your satchel has been released by the Ministry of Magic, and you don't need to let Severus be your guarantor anymore, right?" Is it?" Aurora's mood trembled a bit, but she still replied as relaxed and normal as possible: "Yes, I haven't had time to tell you yet."

"That would be great." Remus sounded very sincere and said with a sigh of relief, "You shouldn't have anything to do with him."

"Why?" Aurora regretted it as soon as she said it, so she quickly added, "I mean, there is no way to avoid it. After all, he is a professor at my school." Remus shook his head, his irises in the cold light There is a thin layer of blue ash, a bit similar to the texture of metal, just like his voice approaching the warning: "I didn't mean that. Remember what I told you when you first went to school?"

"Don't provoke him." Aurora replied subconsciously, she was surprised that she could remember so clearly. "You've got to remember this, Aurora," Remus said.

"Is it because your relationship is particularly bad?" Aurora thought about it for a while, Snape did have that tendency to vent his anger, but in his impression he never blamed himself because of Remus and the others.

Remus' face darkened, he looked at the eyes behind Aurora's glasses, he was silent for a while but only said something unclear, which sounded very vague: "Your eyes really look like your father."

I don't know what Snape was thinking when facing Aurora every day in class?He couldn't imagine it.

"Does it have anything to do with my father?" Aurora was keenly aware of the unfinished part of the other party's words, and asked nervously.She could treat the words written in the Daily Prophet as nonsense, but Remus' words were different, and she began to feel a little uncomfortable.But deep down, Aurora didn't feel much of a shock.

She couldn't quite say why, maybe she had tacitly accepted too deeply that Snape had nothing to do with her father's death.Not even Remus' hints were enough to sway her.

"No," Remus finally said, sounding strangely weak, "as you said, because we're not on good terms."

Neither of them spoke much after that until Scrimgeour emerged from the interrogation room.

"How? Did he admit it?" Even though he knew it was impossible, Remus still asked.Scrimgeour's answer was more or less what he'd expected: "He's going to be temporarily detained for being an unregistered Animagus."

"What about the others?" Aurora froze for a moment.

"There is no direct evidence to prove that he was the murderer of the twelve people, so we cannot detain him in this name yet." Scrimgeour said, with a certain disgust in his expression, he seemed to feel very uncomfortable about this interrogation Not good, "and he has always insisted that he was persecuted by Sirius Black, because he was too scared, so he kept hiding at the Weasley's house."

"Just because I've been hiding for so many years because I'm afraid of Black's revenge?" Remus sneered, "The Dark Lord has fallen, and Black has also been sent to Azkaban. As the righteous and victorious side, there is nothing to be afraid of." , shouldn't he come out and accept praise and awards? You know, everyone regards him as a hero who died for his friends. I can't think of the reason why he is so afraid. Unless he is not afraid of Black at all , but someone else!"

Scrimgeour nodded: "That's what I doubted, but no matter how much I asked, he never changed his story. So I had to find another charge and temporarily detain him."

Having said that, two Aurors have already carried Pedilu out of the interrogation room.Pedilu struggled, and the moment he saw Remus, his whole body became shaky.

"Hello Peter, do you still know me?" Remus's smile looked a little scary at this moment. Under the bright white light, it reminded people of some kind of wolf bathing in a full moon.Pedillo was half paralyzed, only repeating in a low voice the restraints on his body and the injured ear.

"I'm afraid you'll have to bear it a little longer, Pedilou." Scrimgeour replied indifferently, "I'll find out if there are any more comfortable shackles for you in my office."

Aurora took back the blueberry jam and stuffed it into her cuff, looking up at Scrimgeour's expression cautiously.After all, it is illegal to keep crooked demons, and she is well aware of this.

However, Scrimgeour didn't intend to distract her at all, and said to Remus with the same expression from the beginning: "The detention period will be half a month, that is to say, before the end of the month, if you find out Please submit any evidence to the Legal Department. Of course, we will try our best to find it. Now, you can go back."

"Sorry, sir, I would like to ask." Aurora interrupted suddenly after listening, "Then what if we want to overturn the case? If we find evidence that proves Siri...Black is innocent, can we overturn the case?"

Scrimgeour frowned slightly and looked at her, but still nodded: "Of course. But this kind of thing is usually done by family members, and they have the right."

Regulus.

Almost immediately, Aurora thought of that handsome man who looked somewhat similar to Sirius.He is currently the only Black they have access to and who has the right to reverse the case for Sirius.Just don't know where he is now... Maybe Professor Dumbledore will know.

But Remus wasn't sure if it would go well, because from what he recalled, Sirius had a bad relationship with his biological brother - or rather, Sirius had a bad relationship with his own entire family .

Seeing Aurora's expression, Remus was a little hesitant about how to explain: "I have to say, it's really difficult to explain this. It involves the concept and status of the Black family and other things."

Aurora felt a little headache when she heard this: "Why do I feel that the relationship between your generation is always very complicated." Remus smiled helplessly: "That was a very complicated era, Aurora. Actually It is now, and always will be. Wizarding society is not necessarily better than Muggle society, although we are not as numerous as Muggles..."

"But there's still a lot to be had, isn't it?" Aurora said half-jokingly. "You can think so too." He nodded.

The next afternoon, Remus received a letter from Dumbledore saying they would meet him at the Three Broomsticks.Aurora asked Mrs. Brent for leave, and came to the bar early in the morning to wait, helping Remus with some chores in the bar.

There are some poor quality wheat grains in the kitchen every day, which are not suitable for brewing or making snacks.Aurora got some from the elves, and hid in the shadow of the thick acacia tree outside the door, and fed the grains to the birds.

The high temperature and humidity in midsummer are the best catalysts. Albizia julibrissin and delphiniums bloom as warmly and colorfully as the sun above their heads. The colorful colors are intertwined and undulating, like fluffy clouds falling from the sky, stretching far away , Surrounded by the ever-changing iron green of the surrounding ancient forests.

She squatted on the soft grass, watching those small and cute birds jumping in front of her, pecking at the grains, and some of them stayed on her fingers and shoulders.The penetrating sunlight rolls down and breaks down from the gaps between the shade of trees and flowers, printing and dyeing each and every clear and round patch, scattered on the dark green meadow in a quiet and beautiful way, even the tip of the grass leaves It's all that kind of bright light, just like Aurora's long hair like molten gold.

As the last handful of wheat was spilled, Aurora heard her name called.She looked up and saw Dumbledore waving his wand at her, with Regulus and Snape standing beside him.

"Principal, Professor." Aurora stood up, startling the birds on her body and around her.She ran over, and was brushed against her calf by the bird's wingtips carrying the bright golden sun.Regulus gave her a polite and habitual smile, while Snape obviously looked unhappy.

However, after noticing Aurora's glasses, Snape seemed slightly taken aback, his eyes moved aside, and his jaw line was tense.

"Is Remus in there?" Dumbledore asked.

"Yes, please come in."

Several people quickly sat down in the room, and the elf served them cool drinks with floating ice cubes.

Since the incident erupted from the Weasleys in the first place, Aurora had to repeat the situation.At the end, she added: "I think Pediru is lying. He must know the truth. As long as he can tell the truth, Sirius will be released."

"I think you'd better not jump to such hasty conclusions on such unclear matters, Field." Snape's voice sounded not much warmer than the ice cubes in the glass, very low and cold.Frowning, he said with some displeasure, "Especially when you don't really know the person you're defending that well."

After hearing the other party's words, she was stunned for a moment, and pursed her slightly parted lips, as if swallowing all the words to be said later, together with the juice poured into her mouth.

Remus coughed lightly, and continued: "What Scrimgeour means is that although they have temporarily found a crime to detain Peter, if they want to overturn the case, they need a proposal from a relative."

Regulus nodded, and there was an elusive gleam in his dark gray eyes.As the others continued their conversation, Regulus thought uncontrollably of his own childhood.

Sirius was his older brother, and from an early age he had shown that he was different—different from the other Blacks.Of course, perhaps Andromeda is the one who understands him best, so among all relatives, Sirius has the most connection with Andromeda.

Although his mother has always been very angry and sad about Sirius' behavior, and used all means of beating, scolding and coercion, Sirius has become more and more rebellious; even though he has been measured and measured by Black's family rules since he was a child, he also They do not reject or even accept these ancient traditions of the family.

But it was undeniable that Regulus didn't hate his brother like everyone else.On the contrary, he admired him very much from a certain perspective.Even looking back now, when Regulus found that the Dark Lord was contrary to his beliefs, he decided to give up his previous beliefs without hesitation for too long, and when he devoted himself to destroying the Dark Lord's Horcrux, Regulus Stowe could clearly feel some similarities between himself and Sirius in the flesh and blood.

Perhaps his admiration for his elder brother came from Sirius doing things that Regulus himself never thought of or did, but occasionally envied.

"I will propose to overturn the case." Regulus said from memory, "I think that when the Ministry of Magic will let him and Pedilu confront each other in court, then the truth will be revealed."

Aurora nodded silently in her heart, without expressing her opinion.Because she found that every time she expressed that she wanted to say something for Sirius or had a positive attitude towards this matter, Snape would stab her with that chilling look or sarcastic words.

Obviously, the so-called "bad relationship" in Remus' mouth is simply too conservative, and these two people should be at odds with each other.

Thinking of this, Aurora suddenly felt powerless—why were these two people chosen?

"Then let's do this for today." Dumbledore finished drinking the mead in front of him, got up and said, "I have an appointment with Horace. I have something to talk about today, and I have to go back immediately. Severus, you Want to be together?"

Snape pushed away the glass of mead that he had not touched at all, followed Dumbledore's words to stand up, and left with him.

When we returned to Hogwarts, the afternoon sun was hanging on the tip of the sword in the hand of the statue in the middle of the castle, golden and hot.Dumbledore and Snape were walking together in the corridor on the first floor, and suddenly asked: "Do you believe that Pediru is lying?"

"At present, it seems like this." Snape replied succinctly, not intending to express other thoughts in his heart, "But since Regulus Black has decided to reverse the case, just wait and see." At that time, the two of them will confront each other in court."

Dumbledore nodded casually, and said lightly: "Your reaction is much calmer than I thought."

Snape knew what he was referring to, and sneered inwardly. Instead of answering Dumbledore's words, he chose a not-so-short way back to the cellar, and quickly said goodbye to him.

After returning to the cellar, Snape's expression didn't soften in the slightest compared to the beginning, but worsened.Because from the conversation just now, Snape could basically guess that Sirius Black was indeed captured by mistake, and Dumbledore actually knew about it from the beginning to the end.

In fact, at the beginning of the conversation, Snape was doubting the authenticity of this incident.However, when the incident first happened, Lily's death had given him too much impact, so he thought madly that Sirius had betrayed Lily and the others, and wished he could cut Sirius to death.This emotion once controlled him for several years, and every time Snape thought about it, he would be biased in his judgment due to Lily's influence.

But thinking about it calmly now, Snape could easily see that something was wrong.

To put it simply, Sirius does not have the conditions to betray Lily and the others.He was a Black, born with everything it took to be a Chief Death Eater, as long as he had that same fanatical mind along the way.

So there was no need for Sirius to suddenly show a weird and abrupt loyalty to the Dark Lord after fighting against the family for so many years that they had severed ties.Even if he did, the Dark Lord wouldn't trust him so easily, because the Dark Lord is inherently suspicious, and he trusts no one but himself.

Unless Sirius had been the Dark Lord's most hidden disciple in the first place, so deep that he had deceived everyone - which was obviously impossible, and Snape was absolutely certain that Sirius Black did not possess such wisdom.

So the answer is simple, he was indeed wronged.

But Dumbledore was obviously aware of this matter, but he still let the Ministry of Magic's original trial of Sirius.

Snape gritted his teeth coldly. He was sure again that there was a reason why Dumbledore would be the only White Wizard who could stand up to the Dark Lord.

Whether it is from magic or from the city.

Now that Regulus recovered his memory, he naturally recovered his previous thoughts and means.Maybe Sirius Black will actually be rescued by his most hated brother.

Thinking of this, Snape suddenly remembered what he had just said at the Three Broomsticks in Leo Arola.She seemed to really want Sirius to leave Azkaban.

But she didn't even know what kind of person this Black was!Snape thought angrily, his face became more and more gloomy, and even the movement of throwing away the student papers in front of him became a lot more disturbed, and when he threw it, he knocked over the letter box on the corner of his desk, sprinkled There were white letters all over the ground.

Snape clicked his tongue, and with a flick of his wand the letters floated back and fell on his hand like feathers.Under the light, the pure white envelope shows a warm orange color with a brown tone, and the "AF" written in black ink on it is so conspicuous under such a bare background color.

He froze suddenly.

There is a memory that gradually emerges with the names of Sirius Black and Aurora.

It was not long after he joined the Death Eaters that Snape, Bellatrix and several others hunted down Sirius Black and Remus Lupine in a forest.In the end it was Edmond Field who came to their rescue, at the cost of Edmond himself dying there.

Therefore, Sirius saw all of this, and of course he also saw himself in the hostile camp, and Emond who was on the verge of death.

For the first time, Snape suddenly felt a sharp and secret cold rising slowly from his back in the height of summer.Like a thorn, it penetrates the skin, absorbs the warmth of the blood as nutrients, penetrates the skin, and grows wantonly.

The author has something to say:

This chapter has already written that I am autistic... People like professors are really difficult to deal with...

Regulus' colleagues have basically been conceived, and the ending may be 15 to [-] words, which is relatively short.I will write all of it before opening the pit, and the daily update will end.But that Regulus will be slightly different from the one here, and the character design will be much richer.After all, here, Regulus is not the main character.

Crawling away feebly... I really wrote that the professor was so depressed that I wanted to crawl in and give him a love potion, damn it, burst into tears.