[HP] Butterfly Effect

Remus had told Aurora early on that Sirius and Snape had a bad relationship, but when she saw it with her own eyes, it still felt a bit beyond her imagination.

At the same time, she also deeply felt that Remus's habit of using words was too conservative, it wasn't bad, but it was fundamentally irreconcilable.

If Sirius had a wand today, Aurora had no doubts that the two of them would be fighting in the office, like so many Slytherins and Gryffindors nowadays.It seems that age and years did not eliminate or lessen their previous hatred, but let them continue to rot and fester like improperly treated wounds.

This is understandable, after all, neither of these two people is the type to forgive others easily.And once they hate each other, it will definitely be a protracted disaster.

After leaving the cellar office, Sirius' anger didn't seem to abate much.Aurora followed him up from the basement, through the hall, to the porch, surrounded by students who looked at them with curious eyes, she didn't know where he was going.

The rain outside was still in a hurry, but Sirius ignored the rain and walked directly into the forest outside the castle, as if he was about to disappear in a flash.There is no light in the gloomy forest, only the rainwater seeping from the gaps in the leaves occasionally reflecting scattered silver shimmer, and some falling from the mossy hairy branches of the big trees, dripping onto Aurora's back On the skin of the neck, it is moist to cold.

When he reached the middle of the covered bridge, Sirius stopped suddenly.Aurora quickly retracted her wand and followed, the transparent smoke umbrella formed by the magic magic disappeared above her head, and she rushed to the protection of the covered bridge before the heavy rain engulfed her, and the water droplets wet the ends of her jumping hair.

After throwing a drying spell at Sirius, Aurora stood beside him, and before he could say anything, he spoke first: "When did you know about Edmond?" "Just A few days ago." Aurora replied, unable to find any focal point in the rainy and foggy valley, "Principal Dumbledore asked me to go."

Sirius didn't speak after listening, and after a while, he suddenly sneered: "Now I can finally believe that I have indeed left Azkaban, Severus Snape is your professor at Hogwarts, I can't even imagine a dementor choking my neck. What on earth was Dumbledore thinking?"

Aurora answered after some consideration: "He trusts Professor Snape."

"Believe it?" Sirius laughed angrily, "What about you?"

She was silent for a while, her eyelids drooped, her eyelashes stained with thick dew, and she seemed to be embarrassed by this question.But soon, Aurora's emotions became lively again, and her tone was relaxed but firm: "I believe what I feel and see. So don't worry too much Sirius, I'm not a child anymore, and nothing will happen. You Don't you think I'm fine now?"

Sirius stared at her sharply, the anger between his brows and eyes hadn't subsided, but Aurora knew that the sharpness in his expression was not aimed at her, so she turned her head and looked back at her calmly and gently.

The two of them didn't speak any more, only the sound of the rushing water of the river and the heavy rain in the empty covered bridge and valley, so noisy that it was lonely.The transparent flowers splashed by the rain are continuously blooming on the handrail of the wooden bridge. The white mist and the rain adhere to each other, converging into a large mass of moist air, like a slow and out-of-control cleaning spell, erasing the outlines of the mountains and forests bit by bit. color.

After a while, Sirius looked away, straightened his cuffs habitually, and said casually, "You are exactly like your father." Aurora didn't know his habit of tidying up his cuffs every time he defaulted or compromised. Where did she learn it from, but she is very happy to see the other party's concession, which is extremely rare for Sirius' character.

At this time, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and asked with a frown: "So he is the one who teaches your current Defense Against the Dark Arts class."

There is not much doubt that this is a declarative sentence at all.

Just as Aurora nodded, Sirius sneered and continued: "I believe Remus has told you a lot. Now that you are still in school, there is nothing you can do. Apart from attending classes, you'd better leave Stay away from him as far as you can, that guy is different from other professors you respect. Of course, you don't have to worry too much..."

"If he goes too far, I'll settle it for you." His eyes were as dark as the cool gray sky above him.The other party's light and cold tone always reminded Aurora of Salazar Slytherin's way of speaking, as if they were all good at saying chilling words in an understatement.

She also remembered what Remus once said, he said that although Sirius hated his family, in many ways, he was a perfect Black.

"Let's go, Rose, to the principal's office." He patted Aurora's shoulder, which was still a little lost in thought, "I have something very important to do with Dumbledore."

"Okay." Aurora nodded and followed Sirius' footsteps.The misty and transparent magical halo scattered from the tip of her raised wand, covering the two heads like an upside-down dahlia, intercepting the clear rainwater that jumped all over the sky.

She asked, "What's wrong?"

Sirius shook his head: "It's about Harry."

"Harry?" She had some difficulty recalling Sirius' relationship, and came to her senses, "Harry Potter."

He smiled, and his expression softened unconsciously: "I am his godfather. After James and Lily pass away, I am his legal guardian."

"I see. Do you want to take him over to live with you?"

"I think so." Sirius replied.

They entered the castle together and walked towards the principal's office on the eighth floor.When he passed a row of open glass windows on the fourth floor, Sirius suddenly stopped, looked up and looked out the window in a daze.Aurora looked up curiously following his line of sight, and saw that the tallest astronomy tower in Hogwarts was standing silently in the rainstorm. , A waterfall hangs down in front of you.

She doesn't see what's so good about it.But Sirius became very strange, it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or sad, and the expression on his face showed a strange emptiness, much like the look Snape often had.It made his face look more lifeless and delicate than ever, beautiful and soulless.

"Sirius, what's the matter with you?" Aurora tugged at his sleeve worriedly.Sirius suddenly asked without thinking: "Do you know what the brightest star in the dark night is?"

"Sirius." Aurora replied reflexively.I think she spent a lot of effort memorizing those star charts in order to pass the theoretical part of the astronomy exam, and she still has a deep impression on her.

After she finished speaking, she was stunned for a moment, "Isn't it your name?" Speaking of which, it seems that the members of the Black family are all named after stars, and so is Regulus.

Sirius sneered, sounding a little lonely, but it was only a moment: "Let's go."

"Who is your current professor of astronomy?"

"Professor Sinista," she replied.

"Oh." He nodded absently, "It's still the same."

After walking to the door of the principal's office with Sirius, Aurora left. She had Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class to attend soon.

She didn't know what Dumbledore and Sirius talked about, but she could guess from Sirius' reaction when he left. It seemed that Dumbledore disagreed and reluctantly persuaded Sirius not to treat Harry like this. Come to him quickly.

Aurora later talked about this matter with Remus in correspondence, and Remus was not surprised by the result, he knew that Dumbledore would definitely not agree.

He also half-jokingly explained: "There's nothing scarier than having a baby in the care of someone who still needs someone else's care."

In fact, even if Remus didn't say anything, Aurora could basically understand what they meant.Harry Potter is too famous in this world, and it is undoubtedly very dangerous for a little boy whose character has not yet fully formed to face all of this at once.Excessive fame, praise and adulation can easily destroy an adult, let alone an ignorant child.

As for Sirius, his personality has always been somewhat unstable or even fierce. If Potter was allowed to grow up with him, it would be difficult to guarantee that he would not be influenced by Sirius.

If it weren't for the fact that Harry Potter's identity was so special, his name would have been recorded in the Hogwarts student list at birth, and the transfer of his custody rights would have to be approved by both the Ministry of Magic and the headmaster of Hogwarts, Aurora could imagine that Sirius would not come here at all today, he would just take Potter away.

She folded the letter and prepared to go back to the dormitory to finish her Potions dissertation.

When she passed the window, she inadvertently looked up at the Astronomy Tower in the twilight sunlight, and remembered Sirius' strange reaction that day.

What the hell is he looking at?

Or, what did he think of at that time?

……

The invitation letter is the solemn dark green that Slytherins always like and are proud of, while the ink used to write the text is a deep and elegant matte gold, which will present a flowing visual experience under the light. There is a kind of rich silky smoothness, which just reconciles the excessive solemnity brought by the dark green background.

It is said that this is the habit of Professor Slughorn, who likes everything around him to be elegant and formal.

Aurora followed Cecilia's suggestion, and chose a black one-shoulder skirt that would not go wrong in any occasion, and put on a little red lipstick, and tied up her long pale golden hair.

As Slughorn said, he gathered almost all the famous and talented students in Hogwarts.Aurora had the feeling that she was participating in an exhibition, except for their new Potions professor, including herself, all of which were selected and collected by him.

She has been leaning against the window since she arrived, and found that there are actually a small number of people here that she still knows and is very familiar with. For example, besides Bill and the others, Tonks who just walked out of the door to this open-air party place and Stanley Nepe.

Aurora had already seen him the moment he appeared, and the other party just happened to notice her.Still the same as before, Snape was wearing that pitch-black robe, and from the moment he appeared, the whole scene became much quieter.But Aurora felt just the opposite of the others. She had been quite nervous before, but now she relaxed.

Everyone else here has already known each other from previous club activities, only Aurora is a newcomer this time.So when Slughorn cleared his throat to signal Aurora to come over after confirming that everyone was present, she had a very bad premonition from the bottom of her heart.

"I met this Miss Field for the first time during this summer vacation. It happened to be in Diagon Alley at that time. I didn't know who she was." Slughorn said happily, "I bet you You must still remember what happened this summer vacation, right?"

"Magical creature violence," one Slytherin said quickly.

He nodded: "That time happened to be when a griffin was escorted back to the Ministry of Magic. Due to some accidents, it broke free from the cage and scared the whole Diagon Alley to death. You can't imagine What kind of scene was that, the creature was so huge and dangerous that it was incredible, there were wizards running for their lives everywhere, it was chaos. However, I happened to see Miss Field at that time."

"If you want me to say, it was really thrilling and amazing at that time. The creature that couldn't even be controlled by the three Aurors and Dumbledore was easily subdued by her alone, like a well-behaved cat. " Slughorn smiled happily, "A natural animal tamer! I thought there would never be such a person except for Newt and Hufflepuff himself. It's really eye-opening. "

Now Aurora finally understands why Newt always likes to stare at the floor, she is like this now, she doesn't know how to react to Slughorn's words, she just stares straight at the orange spot on the grass .

After finally waiting for his introduction, Aurora immediately went back into the crowd with relief. Seeing this, a Gryffindor standing next to Snape immediately gave way to her with the same emotion as her. A piece of too wide a location.

Soon the event officially began. Aurora retreated to the corner with a black tea and stood beside Snape: "Do you want some? There is no honey or sugar in it."

After Snape took the tea in her hand, he casually handed her a plate of fruit platter next to him, just looked at Slughorn at the side from the beginning to the end, and asked lightly: "Do you want to How can I get him to tell the truth?"

Aurora thanked him after taking the plate of fruit, and replied: "Not yet. I think Professor Slughorn can always avoid or jump over the topics that he doesn't want to answer or talk about very tactfully. He is very sharp, and he is very good at controlling the direction of the topic. Every time I talk to him, I feel very labored, but I still can’t get the point.”

Even once a few days ago, she took the initiative not to give up the topic about Edmund, trying to guide the conversation to the level of the argument between her father and him last time and the level of Horcruxes, but she was still rejected by Slave. Ghorn realized and then failed.

That was the first time she had seen Slughorn take the initiative to bid her farewell.It seemed that it was almost impossible to get that real memory from him. He was too careful to hide any trouble from him.

"He likes material comforts." Snape looked away, and walked away from the crowd along the corridor decorated with countless flowers and eccentric gadgets, Aurora followed him, "also likes and is good at making many pairs of him Favorable person, this kind of person is the most let him relax his vigilance. Dumbledore did not choose you wrongly."

"I tried it, but I didn't do it very well. He always avoided some of my questions, and I didn't dare to keep asking or mentioning them to him every time. I was afraid that he would see my thoughts." she says.

"Basically it looks like you're doing the right thing." Snape glanced at her, "because if you keep hanging on to this topic, you're going to fail."

"But I don't seem to be able to succeed now, so I can only keep wasting." Aurora looked down at the continuous green mountains in the distance.

"I take it that, since you have observed Slughorn's reaction to what you have said, you must have noticed when he is especially pleased to meet you?"

She thought for a while: "It should be when I was dealing with magical creatures. He didn't seem to realize that a student like me should not enter the Forbidden Forest, but felt that the attitude of those magical creatures towards me was very interesting. Then He always looks so happy."

"Then keep doing this, Field." Snape stopped suddenly as he spoke, his expression changed subtly, he looked at her a little blankly, and his tone became calmer and colder, "Besides, you Needing to make him feel guilty will make him more persuasive."

"Guilty?" Aurora repeated, and immediately realized, "You mean, about my father."

"And you yourself." He frowned, and his lips hardly moved when he said this, but squeezed out from the cracks of his lips, as if this sentence made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

She was silent for a while, and Snape took in every trace of expression lines that appeared because of these words, and finally she said: "But Professor, I think this will only make Professor Slughorn even more reluctant mention it."

Snape looked away, and the other party's usual gentle attitude made him unconsciously relax a little: "That's right, but just adding a little luck is enough."

Aurora froze for a moment, as if she couldn't believe that such an opportunistic word came out of Snape's mouth: "Uh, you just said luck?"

"I didn't say it clearly enough?" He stared blankly at the other party.

"No, I just don't quite understand..."

"You don't need to understand now." He interrupted Aurora coldly, obviously telling her not to ask any more questions.

So the topic was cut off at once, and Aurora didn't know what to say, so she could only walk with him silently, and cast her eyes aimlessly at the green vines attached to the trees.In the temperature of early autumn, they have already shown signs of decline. The sun gradually slipped down the sky, and with a brilliant tail of light, it fell behind the barren peaks.A layer of transparent colored rainbow haloed on the ground under the glass screen above the head, and there was a small silhouette of a bird piercing through the middle. It was Vox's owl, which brought Aurora's letter.

Snape glanced at the sender column, his eyes twitching at the disgust of Sirius Black's name on it.He saw Aurora quickly fold the envelope, revealing the blank back, as if nothing had happened.

"Looks like you've got another guardian who cares about you, doesn't it?" Snape's voice was inadvertently tinged with a strange irony, "Maybe they're acting like an old married couple now." , arguing with each other about how to raise children." If Black had the brains, Snape thought darkly.He suspected that Dumbledore did not agree to let Sirius Black raise Harry Potter because he was afraid that he would teach the Boy Who Lived to be the next Demon Lord.

He had no doubt that Black had the ability.

However, what he didn't expect was that after hearing what he said, Aurora suddenly looked at him and was stunned, and then she started laughing.

It wasn't a smile, but an uncontrollable laugh, as if she heard something that made her feel particularly funny.

Snape was stunned and even dazed for a moment, not understanding what she was laughing at, although that smile gave him a sense of relief.But then, he extinguished that stupid emotion, and frowned deeper, looking at the girl in front of him with doubts in his eyes.Aurora laughed for a while before stopping, took off her glasses and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, the lively and beautiful smile still remained on her face: "I'm sorry, Professor, I just...hahaha...just What you just said was very interesting."

"You find it interesting?" He looked at her sharply, as if looking for signs that she was lying, but Aurora let him down.She smiled and said: "Because I realized for a moment that what you said was quite reasonable. The two of them actually complement each other in many ways. Then I remembered Mr. Weasley and his wife for some reason. , it makes more sense.”

Snape reminded her coldly, "I didn't say this to make you laugh."

"What is that for?" Aurora asked subconsciously.

This question made Snape pause for a moment.

Of course he didn't say that to amuse her, and it was a complete accident that she found it so funny.Although he didn't want to comment on the effect of this accident, in fact, he said these because he saw the letter written by Sirius Black to Aurora, which made him feel...

It was like when he opened the textbook he borrowed from Lily and found that there was a love letter written by James Potter to her that he hadn't opened in time.

The setting sun was so hot and bright that it was dazzling, but Snape felt as cold as being buried in an ice cave for no reason.He looked at Aurora again, who was also staring at him seriously, her eyes reflected the orange-red glow in the sky, like a gentle burning flame.

He looked away, feeling a little headache, and there was a kind of irritability in his voice: "Okay, Field, you'd better keep your curiosity in the Potions class to please your professor, I believe that will be more useful. Today That's it, you just do what you can for now. For example, get back in sight before your Potions professor can't find you and starts yelling at you."

"What about you?" Aurora asked.

"I think as a professor, I have the right to go wherever I want without your asking, right?" He turned and left.

Aurora looked at his back, and could feel that Snape's mood was suddenly not quite right.She didn't think it was anger, but she couldn't think of anything else.

After the club, Aurora went back to the restaurant for dinner with the others, but she found that Snape hadn't come, and he didn't show up until the dinner was over.

So after a quick meal, Aurora went to the kitchen to find Adara the elf, and asked her to bring some dinner to Snape.

On the way to the library, Aurora ran into Beverly who had just finished dinner, and the two walked towards the library together.

"Have you finished your Charms thesis?" Aurora asked, guessing in her heart that she had almost finished it.Beverly is always so organized. She has a clear plan for her future, clear goals, step by step and what needs to be done. She has always calculated very clearly.

"Yeah." She replied, confirming Aurora's conjecture, "I'm preparing to watch astronomy." "You are too good." Aurora sighed, sincerely admiring.

Unexpectedly, Beverly turned her head to look at her and said, "You are the same."

"I?"

"How was the afternoon club?"

"It's okay, just a little nervous. It would be better if Professor Slughorn didn't introduce me." Aurora shrugged.

"Others are also nervous." Beverly said flatly, "Because they didn't expect Professor Snape to go too."

"So isn't it normal for them to be nervous?"

"But you seem to be different." Beverly's tone remained calm, "Others were quite comfortable before, but you seemed particularly restrained. But after Professor Snape came, they became nervous, you see It feels so much easier to wake up.”

"..."

Aurora didn't know what to say, looked at her friend by the firelight in the corridor, held back for a long time before saying: "Why do I always feel so tired talking to you Slytherins, every time I have to It took a lot of thinking to figure out how to get the next sentence.”

Salazar is like this, Slughorn is like this, Snape is like this, even Beverly is like this, is this your Slytherin's ancestral stunt or what?

"Sometimes I really hate you guys." She said pretending to regret, and took Beverly's hand.

Beverly smiled lightly and said, "No, you haven't at all."

"..." Aurora raised the book and bumped it against her forehead, rolling her eyes, "I've started to seriously consider this issue now."

The author has something to say:

Aurora, you are right to feel tired, because I am also tired...

By the way, it is a story that Sirius will visit the Astronomy Tower, which will not be unfolded in this article.That story is a full-text romantic cookie article, which feels very destined.In addition, the dog godfather fanfic is the same worldview as the butterfly effect, but Regulus' is not.But it should be pretty short.

Finally, a belated Happy New Year, a few days ago I licked the Wandering Earth and the Three-Body Problem.