[HP] Butterfly Effect

Early Saturday morning, the train bound for Hogsmeade stopped inside the platform with the thin morning light in the east.Aurora got out of the car, and immediately saw Remus waiting among the crowd.

She waved her arms to greet him, and briskly crossed the corridor to come to him: "Come on, Sirius hasn't come back yet?" Remus smiled gently, the emotion in his eyes was a little dignified: "Is he still here?" Outside, there is a vague clue about the whereabouts of Jinbei."

Aurora repeated in doubt: "Gold Cup?"

"Hufflepuff's Gold Cup," Remus explained, "a relic belonging to the founder of your House. Remember the memory of Slughorn you got? Dumbledore thought it should have been taken by Voldemort as well. Made one of the Horcruxes, I want to find it first."

"Oh, that's it." Aurora nodded, and then said, "It seems that he is quite good at picking things. The last Horcrux that was discovered was Mr. Slytherin's locket, and this time it was the golden cup again. I don't know what's next."

Then when Salazar found out about this, he was so angry that Aurora didn't dare to open the diary to talk to him for a long time.I only know that he seemed to have gone to Dumbledore because of this incident, because he was very concerned about the whereabouts of the gold cup, and it seemed to be very important.

Speaking of which, this was the angriest time Aurora had seen him in the years since he had known him.

While Aurora was still thinking about something rambling, Remus suddenly paused in his steps, looking a little surprised and dazed: "Slytherin, sir? Is that what you call the founder of Slytherin?" As if you knew him."

Aurora blinked concealedly, adjusted the direction of the satchel, pushed it behind her, and replied in the same tone as before: "No, how could I know him? It's just that every time Slytherin is mentioned, I will I always feel like I'm talking about Slytherin House, so I just added a title of Mr. By the way, how are you doing recently? Are you okay?"

"It's the same." Remus straightened his hat and sighed, "But you asked a good question just now. The two things Voldemort collected were not random. He wouldn't randomly pick out some junk to make a Horcrux. He picks out what he thinks fits who he is. And these treasured relics of the founders certainly fit him."

Having said that, he changed the subject: "How about you, have your eyes improved? What did Severus say?"

"Ah, that's it." Aurora fiddled with the pale golden hair that was blown to the eyes by the wind, and replied a little low and carelessly.Her line of sight followed the translucent smoky blue mist and golden sunlight to the distant skyline, where the clouds and the morning light merged and spread, like a cluster of blooming flowers, blooming into an extreme light The halo is beautiful, gently fluttering on the snow layer that does not melt all the year round.

She wrapped the scarf over her eyes, blocking out all the light and snow, and felt Remus take her hand.

"I will be able to learn Apparition next year, I think it will be much more convenient." Aurora grabbed him tightly.Remus smiled: "That's true. However, if you happen to be interested in Animagus, you can also ask Sirius, he and James are genius experts in this field."

After speaking, they disappeared into the streets of Hogsmeade together.

In the evening, Aurora returned to school.She made an appointment with Vaux and Beverly to go to the Room of Requirement in order to prepare for the OWLs exam in a few months.Aurora has been very worried about the evaluation of her potion brewing results, after all, it involves whether she can continue to study potions in the remaining two school years.

It's just... I don't know what Snape is...

After thinking of this, she unconsciously stopped on the steps, surrounded by low-grade Gryffindors and Ravenclaws passing by in twos and threes, led by their respective prefects towards the dormitory.After Aurora noticed it, she took the initiative to give up enough space for them to pass first.When someone said thanks, he looked up and saw the prefect medal on Aurora, and pointed at her in surprise: "She is a Hufflepuff prefect."

"Don't point your fingers at others." The little girl next to her pulled her companion's sleeve.

Aurora looked at their backs, and suddenly felt in a daze. She remembered that when she came here a few years ago, she was also full of curiosity about everything about Hogwarts. When she saw the prefects, she felt admiration and envy. I think this is the most magical and warmest place in the world.

Here she experienced all kinds of things that she had never thought of before, good and bad, clear or hazy.However, if you dig into the depths of those memories, you will find that Snape's figure has remained in every place she cherishes, as fresh and eternal as a brand.

Aurora couldn't remember when she fell in love with the Potions Professor who always had a gloomy and mean look, but was tolerant and tenacious.It's as if she has loved him for a long time, separated by thousands of rivers and mountains, she has been trudging over and over, only to find out when she looks back occasionally that she can't find the beginning or see the end.

Maybe this is a journey without a destination, but since it has already started, she never thought of going back the same way.She is willing to accept whether she loses or wins, and is willing to bet and admit defeat.

What's more, as Beverly said, although Snape's thoughts were hard to guess, as long as he didn't say harsh words to really reject her, then she would still have a chance.

Thinking about it this way, the Sorting Hat did nothing wrong.Loyalty and fearlessness are Hufflepuff traits after all, and Aurora just happened to bet them on Snape.

The thought briefly entertained her.Aurora pursed her lips and turned around the stairs, ready to walk into the corridor in front of her, but at this moment, she was suddenly attracted by a fierce quarrel.

She remembered this ethereal, indifferent voice, Lady Gray's, nearby.

When Aurora turned back to glance in the direction of the Ravenclaw tower, the translucent tall ghost floated out from inside, frowning tightly, with an angry expression on his face.Perhaps it was caused by the characteristics of the ghost. This expression made her face blurred, so that it was only when she floated in front of Aurora that Aurora confirmed that the ghost in front of her was indeed Ms. Gray.

She looked irritated and a little panicked, and the bone-chilling low temperature on her body was clearly infected on Aurora because of the close distance: "I can't let him find me."

he?Aurora was a little unresponsive, but still pointed to her satchel: "Do you want to come in and hide it?" Ms. Gray didn't hesitate too long, and quickly got into her satchel.

Immediately afterwards, Aurora saw the blood man Baro, who was almost in a state of berserk, slipping out of the attic.His mood swings were far more intense than Ms. Gray's, and his entire spiritual body became somewhat distorted and out of shape, as if it would explode into a thick fog and disappear at any time.

Bloody Barrow is the resident ghost of Slytherin, even Peeves dare not provoke him, and he is also a famous violent extremist among the ghost community.Every little wizard who just entered Hogwarts was warned not to get close to the bloody Baron, it was no different from plunging headlong into the Forbidden Forest.

Just because Aurora didn't have a normal idea of ​​how dangerous it would be to trespass through the Forbidden Forest didn't mean she was insane enough to think that it was a good idea to piss off Bloody Baron.

So she planned to turn around and leave, pretending not to see the other party.

However, the bloody Baro suddenly stopped her, and his tone was full of cold anger: "Stop, or I will be impolite. Have you seen Helena?"

Helena?

Aurora turned around blankly: "Who is Helena?"

Immediately afterwards, Aurora saw that the whole soul of the blood man Barrow trembled, as if he had seen something that shocked him, making him temporarily forget the excitement just now, and his face that had condensed and became clear again was full of Can't hold back the surprise: "You, you are..."

He even watched Aurora take a step back.

"What's wrong with me?" she asked strangely.This scene has a weird sense of black comedy, and the most terrifying ghost recognized by all of Hogwarts is actually frightened by her.For a moment, Aurora didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

Bloodman Baro's expression was still weird and frightening, staring at her motionless as if he had been petrified, without the gloomy arrogance he usually had: "Impossible...you are back, just as the master said, you are really here again came back?"

"...Sorry, I can't understand what you're talking about." Aurora asked confusedly, "Did you recognize the wrong person?"

Her words seemed to have stimulated a certain nerve in Bloodman Barrow, and for a moment Aurora thought that he would immediately explode into a rage.However, he just kept staring at her with a strange and unpredictable look: "What's your name?"

"Aurora Field, sir," she answered.

"Field..." The bloody Barrow frowned, and this action caused a few marks on his brows that appeared when silk was crumpled, "Field... Aurora..."

He muttered Aurora's name, and gradually disappeared by the window, soaked in sunlight, and disappeared like a ball of foam.

"What happened to him?" Aurora murmured to herself.Ms. Gray, who did not know when she reappeared, answered her question: "Because you look so much like Helga, he was frightened."

"Are you from the same era?"

"That's it."

Aurora nodded knowingly: "Is he afraid of Helga? And I heard him just call you Helena."

"It's not that he's afraid of Helga, it's unbelievable. Because..." Helena said, closing her eyes, before going on, "Because he was taught by Slytherin himself, the best One of the students, who has been doing things for Slytherin all his life. And Slytherin always thought that Helga would come back one day. So he was so surprised to see you just now, thinking that she really came back."

This Slytherin probably refers to Salazar Slytherin.

"As for the name Helena." She was silent for a while, staring at Aurora's face, as if she saw another living person through her.In the end, she seemed to be touched by some deep and long-lasting emotion, and said, "That's what I used when I was alive. My name is Helena Ravenclaw."

"I am Rowena Ravenclaw's daughter."

Before Aurora was surprised, she looked at her in confusion and asked seriously: "What about you? I always thought that it was impossible for you to have nothing to do with Helga. You know that you look exactly the same, and You're a natural animal tamer, too."

"Ah, I'm actually from the Hufflepuff family." Aurora shrugged and admitted, "My ancestor is Hilary Hufflepuff, Helga's sister." "Really? "It seems that Aurora's answer gave her a lot of epiphany, but at the same time it also deepened her doubts in some aspects.

After a while, Helena said softly: "Sometimes I wonder if the world we exist in is an infinite loop. No matter how long it takes, those we cherish will come back to us. "

She's really not fit to say these philosophically deep words, Aurora thought.That would intensify the erratic and cold feeling that belonged to a ghost in her body. At this time, Helena looked like a ghost more than ever, and it even made people feel a little shuddering.

"Maybe. Is there anyone you'd like to see, like your mother?" Aurora asked casually.Helena shuddered and blinked her eyes quickly a few times. Aurora thought she was going to cry, but she didn't.That layer of scattered crystal clear light is just the penetration and reflection of the afterglow of the setting sun in her eyes, a hollow sparkle.

She said calmly, her eyes wandering where Aurora couldn't see: "Maybe I shouldn't see her."

"Hmm... did something happen?"

Helena frowned, but remained silent.Aurora looked around and said, "I'm sorry if I asked you something that made you unhappy. But I have an appointment with friends, so I have to go first. See you next time, Helena."

Before she could turn around completely, Helena said in an ethereal voice that was almost broken: "I betrayed her. Although she never said it to the outside world, even to the other founders is also like this."

Aurora looked back at her in surprise.Helena stood up straight, as if she was enduring some kind of torture. The translucent pearly white on her body became a little sickly thin, and the deep orange-red sunlight penetrated her body, almost burning her up.

"But Helga found out anyway. She came to find me for my mother and persuaded me. But I refused to accept her words at that time. I just wanted to take the thing and leave without realizing that she was right. So much so that later..." Helena's voice faded along with the vitality in her eyes, "I shouldn't have said that to her."

"What did you say?" Aurora asked.Helena fell silent, and finally looked up again, her eyes were calm and sad: "You really look like her, and sometimes I also wonder if she really came back, just like Slytherin always believed."

"If only I hadn't been so attached to that thing back then."

"Excuse me, what is that?" Aurora tried her best to ignore the uncomfortable look in her eyes.

This feeling is really strange. Everyone thinks that she is very similar to Helga, so they desperately look at Helga who has died long ago through her.But Salazar has been soberly distinguishing them very clearly, never giving Aurora the feeling that he is looking for someone in himself.

Perhaps, the root cause is that Salazar knew Helga too well, and realized that even if the appearance was the same, he could not deceive him at all.

Helena floated a little anxiously, as if she found it difficult to answer this question.

Aurora is not a talkative and overly curious person, but Helena's words made her unable to give up.She had a feeling that she was approaching a certain truth. It seemed that the great founder witch who had the same talent and appearance as her had been living around her, making her unable to restrain herself from exploring more.

So, she decided to ask another way: "Why were you so obsessed with that thing at the time?" Helena replied in a low voice: "When you knew you were a descendant of Hufflepuff, you met that Scamander How did you feel when you

"Feeling?" Aurora thought for a while, "I'm very excited, after all, they are such famous and outstanding people."

"and then?"

"Um...and want to be like them?"

"Don't you feel like you've been living under some kind of shadow? They're so good, everyone else is going to stare at you. You can't go wrong, you can't fail, you can't be mediocre, you can only do better."

Aurora froze for a moment, and then realized: "But I never thought that I must be better than them. They are them, and I am me. Even Newt, I don't think he thought that he must surpass Hull at the beginning. Plus? He’s just doing what he likes, what he thinks is right, and what he’s good at. I think the same way. What I want to do will only be what I want and like, not to compete with anyone ah."

Helena looked at her directly, and stopped talking a little bit in a daze: "She said that too."

Seeing her expression, Aurora can basically guess it: "So, you were so persistent at the time to surpass your mother?"

Helena nodded a little desperately, and said with difficulty: "She has a diadem that symbolizes...the wisdom of Ravenclaw. I stole it...I want to make myself more important."

Aurora was completely stunned, and Helena continued to tell what happened that year until she was killed by the bloody Baro.For a moment, the air was so heavy that it seemed to be able to crush the bones of a person's whole body, and even breathing was difficult.

At a certain moment, she was puzzled why Helena would tell her these things, because she usually rarely communicated so much with students, let alone her past.But soon, Aurora realized that Helena was speaking to Helga and Rowena through herself rather than to herself.

This feeling is not difficult to imagine, his mother was one of the four greatest wizards of that era.As her daughter, Helena certainly wants to surpass her mother to become a more dazzling Ravenclaw and complete the proof of her self-worth.

So she chose to steal Rowena's crown.

A crown... a crown?Self-certification?

Something flashed through Aurora's mind.She stared blankly at the dark blue night outside, and suddenly thought that until now, it seemed that the things Voldemort collected to make Horcruxes were all related to the founder of Hogwarts.

The locket is, and so is the gold cup.

It turned out that Aurora thought he used the locket because he cared so much about the part of him that came from the Slytherin family.But at the same time, he also took away the gold cup, so he didn't collect things related to Salazar alone, but collected things related to all the founders.

As Remus said, Voldemort chooses those who he thinks are very suitable for his own identity. This is also a kind of proof of self-worth, proving his possession and domination of Hogwarts.She didn't know if Voldemort showed this mentality when he was a student, but since he had such a plan, he would definitely take action.So it is very possible that Helena and Riddle have been in contact.

"Well, Helena... have you told anyone else about these things?" Aurora asked tentatively, "Please answer me, this question is very important, please."

Helena was silent for a long time, and Aurora felt that there might be a glimmer of hope, so she continued: "Helena, you can say it, you don't need more regrets to torture yourself. Just think that you are protecting You are the protector of the school your mother helped found."

After a long time, she finally let out a long sigh, turned around, and stared straight at Aurora's face: "I thought...he could understand...thought he could understand me..."

"Riddle?" Aurora finally confirmed.Helena looked so weak that she was about to disappear, but she nodded: "Some of his qualities, Parseltongue...reminds me, when Slytherin was still around...I thought he would understand..."

"It's a pity that he and Mr. Slytherin are two completely different people." Aurora finished the rest of the sentence for her, and then asked as if remembering something, "But where did you hide the crown at that time?"

"In a hollow tree in the Albanian forest, far from Hogwarts, far from my mother's grasp."

"So..." Aurora grabbed the satchel tightly, "Sorry Helena, I have to tell Professor Dumbledore about the diadem. I suspect that it's not just the diadem, maybe something from Gryffindor was also taken away by him. I We have to go first."

"Let's go." After Helena finished speaking, she disappeared into the corridor.

Aurora turned around and ran towards the principal's office.

However, before she could run far, she bumped into the oncoming Charlie Weasley at the corner, and the two screamed at the same time, one covering his chin and the other covering his nose.

"Hey! Hiss!" Charlie rubbed his chin and gasped in pain. He was about to complain, but after seeing who the other party was, he immediately became happy, "Aurora, you came just in time. Vox and my brother and the others waiting for you!"

"Wait a minute, Charlie." Aurora said anxiously, "I have something very important to go to Professor Dumbledore, and I'll meet you later." "But they can't find that magical creature now." Charlie I also became anxious, "Since someone was found secretly raising magical creatures in the Gryffindor tower and almost set the dormitory on fire, Professor McGonagall was almost mad, and she personally brought the male and female student chairpersons to search the tower. Are there any other magical creatures? You know that someone in Vox's dormitory has a salamander, which is usually placed in the fireplace."

"This time, in order to avoid being searched, I hid it in the Room of Requirement. Damn, Merlin, the room that the password summoned was like a garbage dump. They hid the salamander in it, but when the search When it was over, the salamander was nowhere to be found."

"Can't find it?" Aurora was a little dazed, "Why is this happening, shouldn't it be in the Room of Requirement?"

"You'll know when you come and see." Charlie pulled her up involuntarily and ran towards the Room of Requirement, silently saying "I need a place to hide my things" three times, running back and forth three times.

The door to the Room of Requirement swung open, revealing chaos Aurora had never seen before.There are all kinds of random things piled up everywhere, some weird and twisted instruments, all kinds of cheating quills, many letter papers that have written content but have long been brittle and fuzzy under the erosion of time and dust, and damaged books. , all kinds of tables and chairs engraved with words, weapons, and so on.

There's even a projector-like thing.

Of course, there are many other items that Aurora can't name.They are stacked from the floor to almost ceiling height.Aurora looked up in disbelief, thinking that even if someone told her that this was a protection site left over from World War II, she would probably believe it.

At this time, Vox's voice came from behind one of the objects, followed by a ping-pong-pong sound, and many small things rolled down from his feet.Vaux patted the dust on his robe and came out, looking very helpless: "That's it, that little thing has gone to nowhere at all. I said to put a living thing in the Room of Requirement would be unwise."

As he said that, he jumped down and stepped on it firmly, then turned around and stretched out his hand towards Beverly very naturally: "You step on the place I just stepped on."

Beverly glanced at him, and replied sharply: "Isn't it that you shouldn't keep it at all?" After finishing speaking, she jumped down briskly, and slapped Vaux's hand symbolically, her movements were casual and restrained , It looks more like wiping the dust off her palm on the opponent's hand.

"Hmm..." Vaux admitted, his beautiful golden brown eyes flickered a bit slyly, and he seemed to have a rebellious taste unique to teenagers, "Well, it is really fun to raise it. It has always been Very obedient." Bill looked at the door, tapped his forehead with his clenched fist, and said with a sigh of relief: "Aurora, you are finally here, Charlie told you, right?"

"I probably know it. But let me tell you, it won't be easy." Aurora adjusted her glasses, raised her wand and used a fluorescent flash to illuminate everything in front of her, with a scholarly tone And flat, "This is the season for salamanders to mate/mating and build nests. Even if you don't bring it out, it will find a way out by itself, biological instinct. It will find suitable things to build nests, and then wait opposite sex."

"Uh... so, you mean, it will build a nest here?" Vox repeated cautiously, looking around, "This is too picky."

"That's not the worst. Salamanders can only survive six hours out of the flames, and when they die, they will turn into a flame that will set this place on fire. We have to find it as soon as possible!" Aurora added quickly, " They like furry things to build their nests, everyone hurry to find out if there are any furry things here."

After Aurora finished speaking, everyone immediately dispersed to find any furry objects.It's a pity that even if the range has been reduced, it is too difficult to find a small salamander in such a huge space.

Finally, after nearly three hours of trudging through the rubbish of the century, they found the salamander's hiding place - atop a statue of a wizard with a wig.It also wore a faded crown, deep blue gems as deep and beautiful as the sea.The salamander lay comfortably on it, using the crown as a nest, its bright white tail dangling.

"I take back what I said just now. This little thing is quite tasteful, and I know that I want to run on top of the tall and expensive things." Vox looked up at the crown with his eyes squinted, and there would be some dust in the air from time to time. into the eyes to disturb him.

These dust grains appear a grayish color in fluorescence.

"The crown comes flying." Beverly said the spell, pointing her wand at the crown.The diadem, however, remained unmoved, remaining on top of the statue's head.

"How could this be?" Bill frowned, "The crown is coming!"

"Meet Merlin?" Vox continued to try, "Here comes the crown!"

"Then just break the crown, it will come down by itself." Charlie said, and fired a splitting spell at the crown, but there was still no response.

"It seems that we have to use a more traditional method." Aurora said, waving her magic wand to build many things around into a twisted staircase, leading directly to the crown.The Salamander stared vigilantly at the people below, and the dim light and figures in the room were reflected in his clear eyes.

Aurora put away her wand and climbed up lightly: "Don't be afraid, I'm here to take you home, be good."

After the salamander flinched for a moment, he climbed onto Aurora's arm obediently, his four paws tightly gripping her clothes, his body was scorching hot.

Aurora touched its back, and out of the corner of her eye, she inadvertently caught a glimpse of the sapphire eagle-shaped crown that was close at hand. There was a very small line of words:

"Extraordinary wisdom is the greatest wealth of human beings."

Wisdom, wealth, an eagle-shaped crown that cannot be harmed by spells?

Aurora stared blankly at it: "This is...could it be..."

She remembered that Salazar's horcrux was almost immune to all spells. Could it be that this eagle-shaped crown is also a horcrux?

"What's wrong, Aurora?"

"Vox, give me a box."

"it is good."

Aurora quickly climbed down holding the wooden box containing the crown, with a lazy salamander lying on her shoulder: "I think, maybe this time we really found something amazing, my friends. Let's go to Ms. Gray to confirm?"

On the way, Charlie looked curiously at the wooden box held in Aurora's arms, and asked, "What the hell is this? Why are you looking for Ms. Gray?"

"Professor Dumbledore will know, but I have my own guess, and maybe I'm right." Aurora replied, walking in a hurry.

Beverly turned her head: "What do you think that is?"

"Ravenclaw's missing diadem," she said.Before others were surprised and puzzled, Aurora had already seen the ghost of Gryffindor wandering out, almost headless Nick.

"Nick!" Bill waved him. "Do you know where Ms. Gray is?"

Nick responded enthusiastically, saying, "I guess it's in the library, she likes it there."

"Thank you."

Several teenagers and girls immediately ran to the library along the stairs, and sure enough, they saw Helena standing in the corridor, under the blooming hibiscus tree.Those pink and white flowers scattered at her feet, piercing through her body, looking desolate and lonely, gloomy and beautiful.

"Helena!" Aurora ran over excitedly with the box in her arms, and opened it to the puzzled eyes of the other party, revealing the crown inside, "Is it it?! Is that the crown you mentioned?"

Helena just glanced at it and immediately froze in place, almost tremblingly asked: "This is... where did you find it?!"

"It's in the school! Apparently he hid it back! So is it really it?"

"Yes……"

Before Helena could finish her sentence, a deep and cold voice suddenly slid into everyone's hearing, which was more piercing than the low temperature in the middle of the night: "The curfew is over, you are holding the Hogwarts Late Night Academy representative meeting ?"

Aurora heard everyone gasp in unison, because the voice was so iconic.

She turned her head and saw Snape standing expressionlessly not far away, his black clothes almost blending into the night behind him, leaving only his pale face.

Charlie looked down and found that with Ms. Gray, the four houses of Hogwarts just got together here, and he was a little speechless for a while.The Salamander, who had lost the flame for too long, struggled impatiently in Aurora's hat, trying to run out to find the flame that could renew his life.

Charlie was taken aback when he saw it, he quickly put his hand on Aurora's shoulder, and secretly pushed it back, and they were sure to die if Snape found out.Aurora felt the sudden sinking of the hat, and turned her head to look at the boy standing next to her in doubt: "What's wrong?"

When Snape saw his movement of hugging Aurora tightly, his face suddenly became more serious, and the words he said all carried a kind of cold threat, and his aura was so gloomy that it was close to terror: "You guys better have a perfect reason Come convince me, now! Or I'll make every one of you clean up the Quidditch field on your knees, with your hands, for two weeks!"

This punishment was so cruel that everyone involuntarily took a step back after hearing this.Beverly raised her wand decisively and knocked off Charlie's arm that was holding Aurora, without any change in the expression on her face.

Aurora stepped forward, opened the box in her hand, and in the eyes of the other party who could not see the bottom, said: "This is Ravenclaw's crown, professor."

Snape glanced at her, with unconcealable shock on his face, looked at her eyes after changing several times, and finally calmed down: "You come with me. As for you, Gryffindor deducted ten points, everyone! Immediately give I'm going back!"

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I'm going to bed first... I coded for almost ten hours today, more than 9000 words...

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