[HP] Butterfly Effect

We all know that Apparition is one of the most challenging spells that young wizards will be exposed to during their seven years of study at Hogwarts.One reason for this is the overwhelming vertigo it creates, which can be daunting to many students in flying lessons who have trouble making sharp turns on a broomstick.

Because Aurora has been apparated by others many times, this kind of dizziness can basically be tolerated by her, but a few of her friends are not so lucky.Vaux and Cecilia are still squatting in the corridor outside the classroom feeling dizzy, their stomachs twitching and convulsing from time to time, and the bacon and fried eggs they eat for breakfast seem to have a sense of presence at this moment.

The corridor of the castle is facing the Forbidden Forest that has remained unchanged for thousands of years. The sky that lacks sunlight is gray and heavy, and it is mixed with the depressing dark green of the ancient forest in front of it. Poor optic nerve crushed by Apparation.Vox closed his eyes and rubbed his temples, his brows were furrowed, and his voice sounded slightly weak: "I thought the sharp turn training in flight class was already hell, it seems that I was thinking too simply. "

Beverly stood by the pillar, her eyes and tone were indifferent: "Obviously so. Considering your performance in the flight lessons in the past six years, I always thought that you would at least think carefully about yourself before deciding to sign up for this course." Is it appropriate? But if you want to quit now, there is still time." Vox stretched out his hand to support his neck and raised his head a few times, sighed, and replied very seriously: "It is impossible to quit, not in this life. Possibly. Give me time and I think I can get used to the feeling, although I can totally see how painful it will be."

"Wow, you're full of determination." Bill closed one eye and laughed and teased him, "Why didn't you have such fighting spirit in flight lessons before. If you had, you probably would have joined the Quidditch team." Walker Stu wrinkled his nose: "This is different. I have decided to work in the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic in the future. I have to pass this test no matter what."

"You have a great idea, boy, you have a future!" Bill put his hand on his shoulder, "You are actually willing to overcome your fear of flying vertigo for the Department of Mysteries, it seems that I have to stop abducting you to be a curse-breaker with me I know I can't succeed." As he spoke, he feigned regret and exaggeratedly sighed, let go of the other party, and leaned gracefully to the side.

Vox gave him a white look, "I'm almost done, let's go back." Cecilia sat on the steps and leaned on Aurora's shoulder, moaning/groaning with frowns tightly, and said with a frenzy: "You first Come in, let me slow down for a while."

"I'm here to accompany her, come over later. Go ahead and practice." Aurora nodded with a smile, and waved goodbye to her companions.Cecilia rubbed her temples, tried to open her eyes a little, and saw Aurora leisurely whistling skillfully at a few blue tits and robins foraging on the lawn, with a clear and melodious voice Immediately, several chubby little guys flapped their wings and flew to her knees and hands, chirping at her.

"Before I signed up, I just thought apparation sounded fun. Who knew that it would be such a pain to learn it." Cecilia stretched out her finger to poke the orange down on the robin's neck, and said with a sigh, "and I heard from Professor Rodriguez from the Ministry of Magic that if we don't use it properly in the future, we will easily tear ourselves into several pieces..."

As she spoke, she shivered and wrapped the robe tightly around her body, "Aren't you afraid, Aurora?"

"In fact, the reason for this situation is largely because the dizziness caused by Apparition interferes with our judgment. So as long as we overcome this feeling, become familiar with spells, and start practicing from short-distance transfers, it is better It's easy to grasp." While untying her, Aurora used her fingers to stroke the withered grass tip on the top of the blue tit in her palm.

The tips of the grass that had dried into hollow rolls swirled and fell into the puddle of water in front of the corridor, without a trace of waves, they quickly dissolved into fine powder and disappeared.

She patted the back of her roommate's hand and encouraged: "I've learned this all, it would be a pity to give up."

"That's right." Cecilia sniffed, puffed her cheeks and spoke like a cute chipmunk, "At any rate, I paid twelve Galleons to learn it, so I can't waste it just for this money. .”

Aurora was entertained by her remarks, and agreed with a smile: "That's right, you're right to think so."

Cecilia stood up, patted the folds of the clothes on her body, tossed her thick long hair, with an aura of death, her eyes were solemn and sad, "Let's go, for our twelve Galleons!"

"Okay, go back."

After speaking, the two returned to the classroom together. Professor Rodriguez had already started to teach the tricks of mastering Apparition. They bent down and walked in quietly, sitting by the window in the last row.

Aurora lowered her head and carefully took notes. Occasionally, when she turned her head to look out the window, she could see a crony-like mist hanging over the verdant forest.Half-dead leaves and yellow-green vines that are so thin that they are almost withered hang unsteadily on the outer wall of the castle, and the gray-toned cold light describes everything around them, casting a solemn and cold look on them all. stale.

It was almost noon after class, and the children who were suffering from hunger and exhaustion all flocked to the restaurant.Aurora chose a creamy mushroom pasta that she often ate, and listened to several students from the same college across the street complaining about the transformation class in the afternoon, and there was no time to rest.

This is true.Because although the sixth grade courses are more targeted than previous years, and the number of courses has also decreased, the difficulty and intensity of the courses have increased a lot at the same time.This disappointed many students who initially thought that they would be able to breathe a sigh of relief when they entered the sixth grade. You must know that in their imagination, after removing some courses that they don't want to learn, the sixth grade should be very easy. .

After lunch, Aurora planned to go back to the dormitory to rest with Cecilia and the others. By the way, she planned to use the free time in the afternoon to review the contents of Potions.

However, before reaching the common room, the elf Aidara suddenly slipped out of the kitchen, stared at Aurora with big bright eyes, and obediently put her little hands behind her back: "Good afternoon, Miss Aurora, the master is waiting for you." .”

"He..." Aurora shut her mouth as soon as she uttered a word, realizing that there were many Hufflepuffs coming in and out around her.So she nodded: "Okay, please let me put something? I'll be right back."

"Good lady, Adara will be waiting for you."

Aurora quickly returned to the dormitory, put away all the heavy books and two papers in her arms, carried her satchel, and hurried to the kitchen to see Aidala at the door: "Where are you going?"

"Forbidden Forest." After saying that, Aidala snapped his fingers and led them both to the river in the Forbidden Forest.

It would be great if I also had the ability to apparate at will. Sure enough, the elf's magical talent is not enviable.Thinking of this, Aurora blinked vigorously to clear the picture in her sight.A sound of fluttering wings and screams of birds sounded from overhead, Aurora raised her head with squinted eyes, and condensed dew dripped from the tips of the needles, splashing and shattering the rain flowers with aquamarine phantoms on her glasses.

Aurora stretched out his sleeve and wiped it, only to find that it was a group of birds of various colors flying away from the dense forest, as fast as if they were fleeing for their lives.Immediately afterwards, the Thestral family and other creatures such as the frog claw monkeys, wood badgers and motra rats suddenly jumped out from behind her collectively.The rushing and icy river was not enough reason for them to stop. They jumped into the water and struggled, climbed up to the opposite bank, and disappeared into the depths of the dark forest in a panic.

After all the movement had gone, Aurora heard a familiar hissing, snake-like sound.

She turned her head and saw that the dense ferns were gradually being separated from a distance, and something was snaking along the wet and cold carpet of this layer of plants.

"Uh..." She could basically guess what it was, and couldn't help shivering back, stepping into the river behind her.The temperature of the water in late autumn can already be called cold, and she shivered slightly from the coldness of the water pouring into her shoes and socks.

Salazar came out of the shadows, and spoke a few words in Parseltongue to the basilisk Abyss, who had been shrunk a lot by magic but was still intimidating. His voice was so soft that it was almost raving.Then he turned around, "You have no class this afternoon, right?"

"Ah, that's true." She nodded, keeping her eyes away from the basilisk lying obediently at Salazar's feet as much as possible, "I think I know why those magical creatures ran so fast just now, honestly Said that I really want to join them. So... are you... taking it out to let the wind go?"

"Hunting, winter is coming soon." Salazar moved his fingers, letting the basilisk go to the spider's lair deep in the Forbidden Forest to find its prey. "Dry your shoes, I have something to tell you."

Aurora complied, and followed him slowly in the wet and silent forest, the air was filled with thick water vapor and cloudy and fragile gray-green light.They are very close to the deep colors on Salazar's body, and Aurora sometimes misreads a certain outline in this overly monotonous light and shadow, mistakenly thinking that she has lost him.

"Have you been having those dreams lately?" he asked.Aurora thought for a while and replied: "Occasionally."

"Is there anything new?" His green vertical pupils turned to look at her from the corner of his eyes, his eyes were calm and gloomy.

"No. It's still those pictures, trees, castles..." Aurora paused when she said this, and then continued, "But most of them are not in Hogwarts."

"Have you ever wondered why you have these dreams?"

"I have thought about it. During that period of time, I thought about it very painfully and for a long time, like a drowning person struggling desperately in the water." Aurora shrugged, "That feeling is terrible, and I can't find any clues , so I decided not to think about it.”

After hearing this, Salazar twitched the corners of his mouth and didn't express much opinion. He just asked abruptly: "Have you ever been to some countries in the Far East and South Asia?" "Ah?" Aurora was diverted by his sudden topic I was a little dazed, but I still replied, "I have been there once. Together with Professor Keitel, I have been to a place in Russia where there is a habitat for birds and snakes."

He stretched out his hand and pressed slightly: "I didn't mean that time. So you haven't been there, right?"

"That's right." Aurora nodded.

Perhaps it was because Salazar's existence was only a soul fragment, not a real entity. The slippery moss on the soles of his feet and the rough path did not bother him at all, and Aurora almost had to struggle to keep up with his pace.He basically walked straight, and those water-stained mud leaves did not stain his robe at all.If it wasn't because the light was too dim, Aurora thought she should be able to see how he did it, but it's a pity that all her attention must be placed on her feet to avoid slipping.

"I have been to a country far away, a long time ago. Of course, that place must be different from now, but it was there that I first came into contact with the concept of 'reincarnation'." Aurora found him talking The method is quite skillful, and some details that he does not want to reveal will always be blurred out without a trace, "People there believe that after a person dies, maybe ten years, maybe 100 years, they will always return to the Come to this world. The same appearance, blank memory, everything seems to start all over again.”

"Oh...that sounds quite fantasy." Aurora didn't know why she always felt a little hairy. She remembered her real life experience, and she woke up blank like this ten years ago.

"Later, I found out that there are more than one places with this kind of legend. Although they have different languages, different cultural backgrounds and lifestyles in many places, they all have similar legends. Afterlife, reincarnation, reincarnation, these concepts grow in unison in the world Everywhere, it’s so uniform that it’s unbelievable.”

"And here, the most famous one is the legend related to the Deathly Hallows. As long as you have three Deathly Hallows at the same time, the holder will become the master of Death."

When Salazar said these words, his voice remained in a fixed tone, like some kind of delicate machinery, and he could not detect even the slightest emotional color belonging to him.This kind of overly cold tone floated and settled in the deep and silent ancient forest, making people instinctively feel a chill and fear.

"And then?" Aurora continued to ask bravely, "Can people enter a new reincarnation?"

"I'm not sure about that," Salazar said. "After all, so far, no one has been able to collect these three things at the same time. I tried, but it didn't work."

"Why do you want to collect them?" Aurora asked anxiously, and the portrait of Helga could not help appearing in her mind.

"No reason, just want to try." He skipped the topic indifferently, "I came to talk to you today to tell you that there are some things in your dreams that are really interesting. And whether you realize it or not , what you have experienced can indeed be called what you have experienced to some extent, so you will have that sense of familiarity, you will have those dreams. They will torture you, haunt you, oppress you, but for In other words, it's your only hope of getting out of this situation."

"You never get anywhere. Sometimes you have to learn to go where you fear the most. Besides, time is ticking. Your headmaster has returned from Ilvermorny, The news he brought was not good."

"You know all about it?" It seems that Professor Snape had talked with him a lot in private.Dumbledore had returned from the principal exchange meeting at Ilvermorny two days ago, and he failed to find the location of the Slytherin wand during the exchange meeting.

In fact, this couldn't be more normal. He spent the whole day in meetings with the headmaster of the other school, and people from the United States Ministry of Magic would come here from time to time. The only time he could move freely was late at night.The exchange meeting lasted only two days, and Ilvermorny was so spacious.

"Is it difficult to know this?" He glanced at Aurora.At this time, Abyss, who was already full, was cruising leisurely out of the forest in front of him, and Aurora stepped back obediently, not looking at it.Although I know that it is not dangerous to look at the basilisk without using magic power, but that does not mean that its appearance is not scary.

"You just said that there are also sayings about reincarnation in other places." Aurora tried to open up new topics to reduce her fear, "I don't understand it."

"what?"

"Why would someone choose reincarnation? Why would they return to this world over and over again?"

This topic seemed to have touched somewhere in Salazar's heart, and his hand stroking Abyss stiffened for a moment, followed by a moment of silence.After a long time, he spoke again, and replied in a casual tone: "Some are because their wishes are not fulfilled, and some are reluctant to part with what they have. Others, maybe for relief."

"relief?"

"Go through it, and then you can be free. This is also a saying shared by those legends that are circulated all over the world, very strangely."

"So... you think maybe I should take the initiative to adapt to this development and go through it again?"

"I can only say that if I were you, I would do this." Salazar replied, "Anyway, no matter what the outcome is, it is determined by your own actions, isn't it? It is better to fight than not to fight, but you You need to be in control of every decision you make."

Aurora thought about his words, but didn't make a sound, and the two of them just kept silent.It wasn't until she was about to get up to leave the Forbidden Forest and go back to the castle that Salazar suddenly turned to look at her and said in a flat tone: "Can I ask you a question?"

"Huh?" Aurora was taken aback by his attitude. You must know that the young founder of Slytherin always seems to be arrogant and shrewd. Asking someone's opinion in this way-after all, he didn't need it at all.

"Of course, I'm very happy." She nodded.

"If you have decided to leave someone, is it true that no matter what happens in the future, you will never look back?"

This question was a bit beyond Aurora's expectation and answer range. She opened her mouth and answered honestly after thinking for a while: "I don't know, sir. Because I haven't thought about this question yet."

"Then think about it now." He was obviously dissatisfied with this vague answer, and his tone couldn't help becoming sharp, revealing an overly natural sense of oppression.

"Uh..." Aurora had the feeling that if she didn't give a clear answer, the other party would not give up.After thinking about it for a while, she said: "Well, I think it's about me personally. If I decide to leave someone, maybe it's because I don't get along with that person. This is normal, everyone has people who can't get along, personality It’s just a problem, just reduce the contact. Of course, this is just my personal opinion, and it doesn’t mean anything. And I really haven’t thought about this problem, I think..."

"Okay." He frowned and turned his face sideways, interrupting Aurora's words impatiently, "Pretend I didn't ask, go back."

Aurora quickly said goodbye, walked out of the forbidden forest to the open pasture outside.Autumn has begun to gradually harvest the vitality of the plants. The grass leaves on the ground are all on the verge of withering, and the withered yellow is eating away at the green day after day.

When passing by the Black Lake, the ethereal singing of mermaids spread over with the cold wind.

You have to experience it to be free.

Like you have to go through hell to get to heaven.

She inexplicably thought of Dante's "Divine Comedy", a book she had read in Muggle society.

……

The [-]-week apparition class was gradually coming to an end in December, and some students were able to master this difficult spell, but others were not so lucky.

In order to better apply the spell into practice, Professor Rodriguez moved the teaching location from indoors to outdoors.This is undoubtedly a huge blow to Aurora, because her eye condition has completely prevented her from taking even half a step out of the castle in the winter of December.

This means she won't be able to attend all of her practice sessions, and Apparition won't work inside the castle.

Maybe it's because the winter has increased everyone's load. Rodriguez obviously found that everyone's success rate has dropped recently.There are often students who have already passed by, but their scarves and hats are left on the ground, and some people even have their things scattered around because they are not proficient in using them.

"They're all done." Sitting at the dining table, Tonks whispered to Aurora, pointing the end of the fork at a certain student at the opposite Gryffindor table.Aurora noticed that she wrapped herself up tightly, wishing she could only show her eyes.

"I heard that Michelle Jonathan went wrong in the last practice class, half of the hair was gone with a brush!"

"Madam Pomfrey can't cure her?" Aurora asked in surprise, she couldn't help but reached out and stroked her hair as well.

"Uh, it's a bit difficult." Tonks babbled and bit into a potato bacon roll, and replied vaguely, "Look at the girls who secretly used the hairdressing spell and failed, the spell's removal and hair regrowth need some time."

"That's too bad."

"Who says no." Tonks shook his head and took a big sip of pumpkin juice, "But it's winter now, so what if you can't go outside to attend practical classes?"

"I can only try my best to find opportunities to practice." Aurora replied vaguely.To be honest, this is what she is worried about now, especially now that the course is coming to an end, she hasn't even taken a practice class, and the result can be imagined when it comes to the exam day.

During this time, she only went to Hogsmeade to practice whenever Sirius or Remus was free.However, troubled by the heavy snow outside, she could only simply try it in the house.In addition, recently, although Dumbledore had found some clues in Ilvermorny, but was unable to find the whereabouts of the wand due to time constraints, the atmosphere in the entire Order of the Phoenix was very tense, and the two of them often saw each other. to people.

Thinking of this, Aurora didn't feel much in the mood to eat.Thinking about what Snape told her to go to the secret room after the meal, Aurora quickly left the dining room after eating a few bites.It was still snowing outside, and there was no end to it. Every snowflake that fell in her sight would turn into a pale and cold flame, burning her already fragile eyeballs.The winter wind howled, smashing all the snow that had accumulated on the bare branches last night to the ground, and some of it was blown into the castle. The breath was full of the cold and cold breath that stings the lungs, and the naked/exposed fingers The tip and face are slightly numb from the cold.

The translucent ice ridges extend and condense from the edge of the steeple tower cover, hanging in long and short circles, as if pulling a layer of crystal curtains outside.

In winter in England, the snow is all over the ground, and the dark gray sky above is pure.

When she came to the secret room, Aurora saw that Snape was already waiting there.

She walked over and found that the other party seemed to be staring at the dark green pool in thought, the expression on his face was as blank as the snow outside, cold and indifferent, even a little indifferent to her arrival.

"Good evening, Professor." Aurora took the initiative to say hello.

After hearing her words, Snape turned his head slightly, raised his jaw slightly as a response, and focused his gaze on her eyes for a while, asking: "Stop the rest of the content during this time, and you should focus on practicing Apparition. .”

"Here?" Aurora looked around, "But doesn't that mean you can't apparate in Hogwarts?"

"That's true. But the premise is that someone must know the existence of this place to cast an anti-curse on it." Snape replied, "Of course, although you can Apparate here, you can only go here, and you can't go out. place."

"That means people outside can't get in, and people inside can't get out." Aurora understood, "I understand."

"Go ahead," Snape said succinctly.

Due to the lack of too many practical lessons, Aurora is not proficient in mastering this spell.Even moving from one end of the chamber to the other can be difficult, and there are often cases where things on the body fall apart as they move.

Snape frowned and glanced at her, confirming that the cleavages were only on her clothing and did not really hurt her: "If you don't want these cleavages to appear on yourself next time, Miss Field, I suggest You should stabilize your emotions first, and be as calm and calm as possible when casting the spell. You must know that when you take part in the qualification test, even if you break a hair, you will be judged as a failure, not to mention your current performance."

Aurora rubbed her forehead with a headache. The multiple unstable apparitions made her feel a little dizzy, and her mind was not clear: "I will definitely pay attention next time."

"Think about where you're going. When you don't have enough grasp, the clearer the memory of the destination, the better for you." Snape said, his eyes caught her rubbing her head, paused, and soon Moved away, and continued with the same tone, "We will continue after you are awake."

After hearing this sentence, Aurora turned her head to look at the other party in a little surprise, realizing that he should have noticed that he was a little dizzy before saying that.This thought brought a secret softness hovering in the chest, silent and clear like a flower hanging from the tip of the heart.

Rubbing her fingers along the simple lines of the wand, she said, "Thank you, Professor. I thought I'd be too late to take the Apparition exam this time. I missed almost all of my practical lessons, Rodriguez." The professor also advised me to give up this opportunity and let me wait for the next year."

As if he didn't hear her, Snape directly cut off the topic about the heavy snow and being unable to attend class, and asked, "Did Dumbledore come to see you?"

It was obvious that the other party was avoiding his own words, and Aurora could feel that he didn't want to discuss anything even slightly related to his eyes.Even when delivering her potions or doing a routine eye check, Snape would look blank and say nothing.

For some reason, Aurora felt that he was more tortured than herself in these actions.

"No." After she finished speaking, she immediately realized, "You mean that Professor Dumbledore didn't find the whereabouts of the wand in Ilvermorny, right? Why didn't you just remind the headmaster of Ilvermorny and ask them to help Where are you looking for?"

"How do you think Hogwarts works with the British Ministry of Magic?" Snape asked back.Aurora understands that there are many conflicts and frictions in cooperation with two institutions belonging to one country, not to mention the transoceanic involvement of the Magic School and the Ministry of Magic in the United States, which will inevitably involve more power struggles and obedience.The U.S. Ministry of Magic has always been tough, and it is absolutely impossible for a few British wizards to come to their own territory to dictate, even if they are as famous as Dumbledore.What's more, it belonged to Salazar Slytherin's wand. If the news leaked out, it would definitely attract many evil wizards to add to the chaos.

Seeing the change in Aurora's expression, Snape knew that she basically understood: "So this matter must not be made public, and as few people as possible must know about it."

"But Professor Dumbledore has returned, so what now?" she asked.

"Scamander's wife used to be an Auror of the U.S. Ministry of Magic, and they are now in the U.S. preparing to secretly investigate this matter."

"Would that work? Even ex-Aurors would be unlikely to want to come and go in and out of Ilvermorny at will, right? There must be some reason for them to come and go for a long time."

"Thoughtful, Miss Field, it seems that you are much more awake." Snape said, raising his eyebrows, "Try this attempt, and you will drop something from yourself again."

Aurora took a deep breath to stabilize her emotions, looked intently at the opposite side of the secret room separated by ripples of cold green water, raised her wand and recited a spell.This time, she did manage to transfer her whole body, but unfortunately, she made a mistake when she landed, and she stepped on the extremely slippery floor and fell into the ditch surrounding the secret room.

The water flow was gray-green and deep cold, imprisoning her together with the low temperature carried in winter, as if it was about to be carved into Aurora's bones, and it almost condensed into an ice sculpture in an instant.However, before she could feel the panic and instinctive struggle of drowning, a pale and powerful hand broke through the water and dragged her up.Aurora sat by the pool until her lips turned purple from the cold and kept trembling, and the tea roll hiding in the scarf crawled out tremblingly spitting out the water she choked in, looking pitiful.

Snape clicked his tongue, and threw a few Drying and Warming Charms at her: "That's it for today." Aurora kept blowing hot air into her palm, and the carbon dioxide she exhaled condensed into a shapeless, thin white Fog: "Okay...Okay, Professor."

Soon, Adara came from the kitchen into the secret room and took them all to the cellar office.Snape lighted all the wall lamps and the fire in the fireplace with his wand, and the elf kindly brought freshly brewed hot milk.Aurora took a sip from the warm cup, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw a few letters on the table that seemed to be from Dumbledore.Because the ink colors of several letters are not uniform, and they are all beautiful colors.

Of all the people she knew, only Dumbledore had this amusing little hobby of collecting colored ink and actually using it for writing letters.

Snape quickly put them away, turned around and went to the cabinet to take out the eye disease potion that he had just brewed during the day.However, when he just took the glass bottle in his hand, a short, sharp stabbing pain came from his arm without warning, and the potion bottle fell out of his hand, and was firmly caught by Aurora with the floating spell.

"Professor!" She was startled, put down her glass and ran over to hold Snape's arm, looking at him nervously, "What's wrong with you?"

Snape's expression was tense, his palms were clenched, so hard that his knuckles began to turn white and protrude.He quickly withdrew his arm from Aurora's arms, his voice was low and indifferent: "There is no need for you to worry about it, Miss Field, I advise you to use them all in your Apparition exam. Of course, if you If you have finished your milk, please leave my office with this bottle of medicine."

"But you look very pale." Aurora didn't listen to him, but still stood stubbornly, "What's wrong with your hand?"

"You ask too much, Field. It's none of your business." Snape stared at her vigilantly and coldly, expressionless, "Get out of here immediately!"

Aurora looked at him for a while, shook her head slowly, and said softly, "I won't leave unless you tell me what happened to you."

She could clearly see the action of the other party frowning and gritting his teeth because of what she said, and it seemed that she was very angry.However, what Aurora didn't know was that the reason Snape was so resistant to her touching his arm was because it was where the Dark Mark was branded.

That mark was exactly the same as the last image she saw in the sky the day her eye was cut.

In the end, avoiding the girl's bright eyes irritably, he explained bluntly: "The Dark Lord will leave a totem mark on each Death Eater, and this totem has some connection with his own activities."

From a week ago, Snape noticed that the Dark Mark seemed to have a tendency to wake up, although it was very weak, and sometimes fell into a deep sleep again, but that kind of activity did exist.

"Then... is this mark starting to respond again?" Aurora said, feeling a sudden tightness in her heart, and it was even difficult to breathe.

"Slightly, but it is true."

It's too fast... They haven't found Slytherin's wand yet, the ancient trees in the Hebrides are still getting old, and the Dark Mark is showing slight signs of awakening.If Voldemort really came back, then Snape...

Aurora's mood suddenly fell to the bottom, and the wall lamp near the window in the office was also flickered by the breeze that slipped in through the gap of the window, curled up into a small star lying in the lampshade, as fragile as a gossamer.

"Now that you know what you want to know, you can go back. Take your potion."

Aurora was silent for a long time, and finally picked up the potion obediently: "Good night, professor."

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