[HP] Butterfly Effect

For you.

How simple is this sentence?Two words, six letters, and two monosyllables put together.

However, the meaning it represents is so sincere and heavy that people dare not face it.Snape instinctively withdrew his hand and pulled away from her the moment she said this, as if standing in front of him was a terrible threat.He tried to use his usual way, using those long and winding sentences and sharp language to regain the initiative of discourse.The fact is, however, that he couldn't open his mouth to utter the sarcasm with which he should have been so proficient.

At least, not when she had just said "for you".

Snape gritted his teeth and stared at her sullenly, his face tense and sinister.He hadn't experienced this feeling of being close to powerlessness for many years, and he hated this feeling, so no matter what he was doing, Snape was used to weighing and planning, and thinking carefully every step of the way.

However, even so, he would never be sure about Lily. From the beginning to the end, he never really figured out her.He was always greatly disturbed in matters concerning Lily, he would hesitate, struggle, and be ill-considered.Those emotions were like a wet and turbulent tide, which destroyed his rational and orderly thinking and was riddled with holes.

Just like now, he would feel out of control about Aurora.It seemed that no matter how careful and reasonable his calculations were, she was always out of it, elusive and uncontrollable.

There was no doubt that Snape loathed all exceptions, because they always represented trouble.However, he hated his overwhelmed relapses over the years, as if someone had grasped his most vulnerable weakness.He once thought that except Lily, no one else could make him hesitate and hesitate like this, but Aurora was always an unexpected exception.

Damn exception!

Aurora stood in the corner and looked at him, not sure what kind of thoughts were rolling under Snape's angry face, but the silence of the other party gave her a reason to speak: "I know that this idea may be in your opinion. It's really stupid and thoughtless, but please believe that I do have reasons and some preparations for doing this."

"It is said that Ilvermorny and the U.S. Ministry of Magic are extremely strict and thorough in protecting little wizards, so I think you must also realize that it is impossible to just send people in from the outside all the time. And they will be very It's too dangerous to easily detect our intentions and even investigate them."

"That's why I thought, since Ilvermorny cares so much about the safety of students, relatively speaking, they will not be so strict about the students in the school. Moreover, if you enter as a student, you will have greater and more free activities. Space. Especially for the exchange students, they make sure to let all the exchange students see the entire base of Ilvermorny as a gesture of goodwill and publicity for their school.”

"As for the search for the wand." Aurora paused, then continued, "Of course I can't say that I'm the most suitable person for this job. But I think, since we're going to find Slytherin's wand, then Someone who knows the wand well enough has to be..."

"So." Snape continued, his voice not warmed up by the other party's explanation, "You plan to take his Horcrux to Ilvermorny together."

"That's my plan. After all, when it comes to understanding that wand, I don't think anyone is more suitable than Mr. Slytherin himself." Aurora admitted, "I also have to consider the risk of entry inspection, so I There are two plans. Either send the Horcrux in by mail, or ask Newt..."

The girl in front of him was still chattering, but Snape suddenly felt sober like never before.He thought he knew something was wrong, not Aurora, but himself.

Snape had seen from her first year that Aurora was not an adventurous person.She is quiet and meticulous, talented enough to be conspicuous and proud but knows how to keep a low profile.Perhaps because of her personality, Aurora is used to thinking about things from the bright side, but that doesn't mean she can't see the hidden darkness, she understands and accepts everything that is true.

This kind of tolerance is the true spirit of Hufflepuff. It is a kind of gentle atmosphere that can still look forward to the bright clear sky with hope after seeing the dark abyss.It was also the reason why she was able to walk through those swamps and wilderness step by step before Snape, so that he could no longer ignore her existence.

In Snape's eyes, most people's feelings are very fickle and frivolous. They will fall in love with each other at some insignificant moment, even if that moment may be an illusion at all.Once they are overwhelmed by emotion, their brains are almost like those of trolls, no matter what they see is good, and their shortcomings and dark sides are ignored no matter how obvious they are.

The basis for the birth of this kind of relationship is their self-fabricated lies, and once time passes, it will collapse faster than a fortress piled up with sand and gravel.

However, what he didn't expect was that someone would really accept everything from him without reservation.

He felt suspicious and resisted, tried to drive Aurora away from him again and again, and watched her return to him with tenderness and stubbornness again and again, and he had an undeniable joy and joy from the bottom of his heart.This kind of satisfaction is like smoking/drugs, once it occurs, it will gradually take root and flood, and it is difficult to quit.They sprouted wildly in the corner of his heart that he deliberately ignored, and finally by the time he had begun to realize it, it was too late.

It must be admitted that it was Snape's own subconscious connivance that caused this situation today.

I can't say why, maybe it's because in the deepest part of his heart, so deep under the layers of scabs that he himself has forgotten, he still has a slight desire to survive, longing to be saved by others.

And they are different after all.

The only person in front of him who can penetrate those sufferings and despair and shine warmth to him.But for Aurora, her choice, no matter from the perspective of the best or the most suitable, was never just Snape.

So when she was with Charlie Weasley, Snape couldn't help being unhappy and jealous.When she joked with Sirius so naturally and easily, Snape would be even more annoyed.And when Dumbledore told him that Aurora proposed to go to Ilvermorny alone, he almost vetoed it without thinking, without even thinking about whether he had the name and power to make decisions for her.

Snape finally understood what was bothering him.He was tired of Aurora being able to influence his judgment and behavior; tired of her getting herself into a lot of unnecessary trouble from time to time, and having to rescue her; tired of her doing this without saying a word An extremely dangerous decision, and because of this decision, I have to leave Hogwarts, leave...

It was an uncontrollable possessiveness that happened to him and one of his young students, when the shadow of the Dark Lord's return was looming, and when she was nearly blinded by his once careless miss. Years later, it looks so deformed and sinful, but he has lost the right to stop.

"So, Professor..." Aurora looked at Snape who had been silent for a long time with a strange expression on his face, "Professor Dumbledore actually has nothing to ask me, right?"

After hearing Dumbledore's name, Snape finally reacted.He raised his eyelids, and there seemed to be a bottomless vortex in the center of his dull black eyes, clearly reflecting Aurora's figure: "Yes. About the exchange student information."

Then they stayed here for most of the day, is it really all right?thought Aurora.

But Snape obviously didn't care about it, because he didn't say a word until he brought Aurora to the headmaster's office.It wasn't until the spiral staircase hidden behind the stone beast was slowly revealed that Snape suddenly said in a dull tone: "You know you can give up at any time."

"Forgive me for not seeing the need to do this, Professor." Aurora walked up the stairs, a slightly brass-toned halo lit up from behind the stone beast and spread over her body. A timeless painting, "I still think it's the best way, for everyone."

She went all the way up the stairs, and her slender shadow brushed against the stone wall, like a bird about to fly, about to break free in a blink of an eye.

Snape watched her listen to Dumbledore's final advice to her with great calm, and said gently that it was all right if she no longer wanted to go to America.Aurora just signed the exchange student roster quickly, and asked about the time of the Apparition Magic exam by the way.

This girl's stubborn appearance is no different from Lily's, but her expression is much softer and more tactful.

"The school will organize exams near the end of the term." Dumbledore took back the roster and said, "Don't worry too much when you get there, Newt and Tina will go there with you."

"I will try not to cause trouble for them, and thank you for trusting me, professor." Aurora nodded, her expression was always clear and gentle.Dumbledore sighed: "I'm the one to say thank you, boy. You didn't have to risk it."

"But it's worth it." She said, standing up. "Then I'll go first, Professor. I still have classes to attend."

"Ok."

After watching Aurora leave, Snape suddenly said: "What is your reason for recommending Ilvermorny?" Dumbledore took a sip of tea: "She is excellent, and her grades are outstanding. But don't worry , I didn't mention the fact that Aurora is a natural animal trainer. Although I guess they will find out soon, it is good to not mention it for now."

Being a born animal trainer means special and extremely rare, and it means high attention.These are unnecessary and even troublesome for Aurora's exchange trip, and Dumbledore has fully considered them.

"Then I won't bother you." Snape also left quickly.

He walked down the stairs all the way to the first floor, the rain was still rustling outside the castle, and there was a continuous rain and fog between the sky and the earth, with gray light and green shadows.

Since she decided to leave Hogwarts to go to the American School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the seventh grade, Aurora began to work harder on various subjects.As a result, all her free time except for classes was almost taken up by extra tutoring for various courses. Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick could not wait to give her all the magic spells to be taught in the seventh grade.It's a pity that Aurora can't learn the true biography of the two masters of transformation and spells at the same time in such a short period of time, so she can only learn as much as she can.

"Your Transfiguration class has been good, Aurora. But to be honest, I'm a little worried about your potions." Professor McGonagall looked at her gravely and worriedly.

"Minerva is right." Professor Flitwick said, nodding. "Have you ever gone to see Severus?"

"Yes, I..."

"I was in a hurry to write down all the types of herbs and their various usages to be learned in the seventh grade, and some herbs that are unique to the United States are basically all in there. I have to check again to see if there are any omissions." Professor Prout babbled, worried that Aurora looked just like her mother.Then she clapped her hands suddenly, "I think you should bring a devil's net with you, child. They are the best companions to help you fight threats!"

With that said, Professor Sprout stood up from his seat swiftly, and was about to go to the greenhouse to see if there were any newly grown devil's net larvae.Aurora took Dean Sprout's hand and told her to sit down, reassuring that she was not that scary in Ilvermorny, and that the devil's nets would be better if they just grew happily in the greenhouse.

"By the way! It is said that Slytherin's wand only listens to Parseltongue commands. If it really wakes up, it means..." Professor Flitwick said, trembling slightly, "Anyway, You have to remember that finding the wand is not the most important thing, but ensuring your own safety is."

Professor McGonagall agreed with him: "It's definitely not a risk. That's Albus's opinion too, and he doesn't want you to be in danger because of the wand thing."

"I remember everything, Professor. Don't worry, there will be no problem." Aurora hugged each of them, "Thank you for everything you have done for me." Professor Flitwick looked almost crying, "I don't know What would Edmund think? He paid the price of death to keep you and your mother safe, and now you have to go on the same path as him..."

"I think my father would be proud of me, Professor Flitwick. Just as he's always been proud that he was a student of Ravenclaw, your student."

"But you still have to talk to Severus about your potion brewing." Professor McGonagall continued seriously, "It's very important."

"You really have to go." Professor Flitwick also nodded solemnly.

"You should go, kid." Professor Sprout agreed.

"Actually, I've already been there." Aurora assured her earnestly.

During this period of time, she would go to the secret room after dinner and practice until the prefect patrolled the night in advance.It's just that Snape seldom said anything to her except what was necessary, and his expression was always a little heavy and gloomy.However, unlike Aurora's initial assumption that he would force herself to improve her level of potion brewing, what Snape taught her was actual combat skills and some extremely aggressive black magic spells.

She didn't ask Snape why he taught herself the Dark Arts, she just accepted and mastered them quickly.But after comparison, Aurora found that the Shenfeng Shadowless Curse is the most convenient and powerful, and of course the most terrifying.Snape obviously also found that she preferred this spell, so while teaching her other attack spells, he also intentionally made her use Shen Feng Wu Ying very proficiently over and over again.

As for the so-called warnings about when to use them, Snape hadn't said a word to Aurora.He knew what Aurora was like, and she didn't need to listen to this nonsense.

In June, Ilvermorny's permission to exchange arrived along with the brilliant delphiniums and lily-of-the-valley.The crimson envelope is hot-stamped with the cobalt blue school emblem, and the glittering golden thunderbirds, cat leopards, goblins and water snakes are surrounded in all directions majestically, and will show a cool luster similar to metallic texture under the light.

The letter paper inside is the traditional parchment used by wizards, with many dark flowers of academy totems, and the content is written in dark blue ink, in classic Italian round English:

"Dear Miss A. R. Field,

We are pleased to inform you that you have passed the approval and obtained the qualification to exchange to Ilvermorny on September 1988, [-]. On behalf of all the teachers and students of Ilvermorny, I would like to welcome you here.

Please go to the British Ministry of Magic to obtain a certificate of all procedures for exchanging abroad before the date of enrollment.Someone from our side will provide you with the procedures required by the United States Department of Magic.

In addition, please bring the necessary belongings according to the requirements of the attached letter, thank you for your cooperation.

Principal Ilvermorny, Judge of the Legal Enforcement Division of the International Federation of Magic, Honorary Advisor to the United States Department of Magic, Agilbert Fontana. "

Aurora read the request in the letter, put it away, and went to Hogsmeade on a Saturday morning to tell Remus about it.

Cynthia seemed very worried, and in fact most of the people who knew about it were like this: "Are you sure it's really okay for you to go there alone?" Aurora comforted skillfully: "Don't worry, I'll be fine. And it wasn't me alone, Newt and the others were also there."

Compared to Cynthia and Remus's worries, Sirius seemed much more at ease, and even supported her in doing so: "Going to Ilvermorny is better than doing nothing here. If it were me, I would I will also choose to go to Ilvermorny." "Siri, Aurora is only 17 years old, I am really worried." Cynthia looked at him depressed.

"Don't think so much, even if something really happened, I'm sure Rose will be fine." Sirius put his arm around her shoulder, his tone relaxed and comforting.

"...you." Cynthia gave him a white look, and angrily threw an olive into her mouth.

Remus didn't say much, but asked her to write a letter back when she arrived: "You know my address, and it won't change. If you have any questions, remember to write back at any time. Also, for your own safety most important."

"I remember."

She returned to Hogwarts in the evening, went to the Room of Requirement with her friends after dinner, and stayed there until the prefect's early night round.

"Let's go, we have to catch those little ones who haven't returned to their dormitories one by one." Bill moved his shoulders, and he could see that as the prefect of Gryffindor, this task was definitely a huge undertaking.

Aurora brought back a lost junior Badger on the second floor, but when she went into the basement, she ran into Snape who also came out to watch the night.

Little Badger turned pale with fright when he saw the head of Slytherin, and after greeting the professor weakly good evening, he immediately ran towards the lounge.

"Good evening, Professor," Aurora said.

Snape nodded slightly, the fluorescent light in his hand covered his eyes and expression, and he turned to leave without saying a word.

"Professor." Aurora called him suddenly, and saw him standing on the steps and turned around, looking at her blankly, "Uh, the Ministry of Magic's exit application has come down, I think I should soon... I just wanted to say..."

"What are you trying to say?" Snape interrupted her meaningless words.

Aurora was silent for a while, and finally looked up at the other party, and asked: "When I arrive in the United States, can I write to you? I know you are very busy, but... I want to..."

Snape's expression changed a bit, still so unpredictable, his tone was flat without any emotional color, as if he was just answering an ordinary academic question: "It's up to you."

Aurora smiled with relief: "Thank you. I think I have everything I need to go to America ready."

There was a pause in Snape's movement up the stairs, and for a moment Aurora thought he was going to turn around again and say something to her.But he just stood there silent, and then walked on.

……

1988. August 27. Massachusetts, USA

Something floated down from Aurora's head softly and densely.Grabbing the skin of her face, it snaked down the line of her arm and slid onto her palm.

She moved, and in a hazy field of vision, she saw dark green and gray, and the green was falling down like a rain.Aurora shook her not sober head, stood up while leaning on something behind her, but grabbed the dry bark with her hands, and the skin was pricked by raised lines, causing a slight tingling pain.It was only at this time that she saw clearly that these fallen green afterimages were all leaves, with exquisite and unique shapes, a bit like feathers, and they were the leaves of snakewood.

Aurora stared blankly at the snakewood leaves, and suddenly found a figure standing under the dense tree shadow, as if watching her.

She instinctively drew her wand: "Who's there?"

The figure was motionless, as if he had no intention of approaching, but he never moved away either.

"Who's there?" she asked again.

In the distance, someone seemed to be calling her name: "Miss Field..."

Aurora raised her head blankly, her whole body was submerged in the storm of snakewood leaves.

She woke up suddenly, and saw the leather car roof projecting bright sun spots, and the sea of ​​clouds floating outside the window, the dome showed the purest and mysterious blue after losing the cover of the clouds, deep and peaceful.The sun was hanging on the sky, so dazzling that people couldn't open their eyes. There were a few beams of light flowing across the wooden table, as beautiful as a handful of melted turpentine.

This is the airspace of Massachusetts, USA, and several of their exchange students from all over the world are sitting on Ilvermorny's exclusive flying school bus, preparing to go to the magic school where they will live and study in the next year.

"Are you okay?" The French girl on the opposite bed was lying on her side, supporting her body with her arms. Her reddish-brown curly hair was loosely spread out along the round and beautiful shoulder lines, and her olive green eyes were shining, staring at Austrian with curiosity. Laura, "You just fell asleep and you've been sweating and you look scared. What's wrong with you?"

The girl's English is not very idiomatic, and the fricatives and retroflexes are always too strong when speaking, which sounds a bit jerky.However, since there was a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor from France, Aurora didn't seem to have any obstacles.

"It's okay, it's just a dream." Aurora shook her head, her mind still a little dizzy, "Are we getting there?"

"Soon." The girl lay down on the bed happily, then turned around and looked at her badge, "Are you a Hogwarts student?"

"Yes."

"I'm from Beauxbatons. I like your hair, by the way."

"Thank you."

When the school bus approached the top of Mount Greylock, it began to gradually shed its cloak of invisibility and landed towards its destination, Ilvermorny.Aurora covered the sun with a hat and looked down, and saw a large area of ​​verdant forest covering the top of the mountain, surrounded by white mist and clouds.This shimmering green under the clear sky looks so fresh and clean.In the middle of the foggy forest, on the highest point in the entire state of Massachusetts, the magnificent castle of Ilvermorny stands quietly, like a rare pearl, with its flawless brilliance that makes people marvel.

"It's so beautiful." Aurora heard the compliment from the French girl in the same car.

Indeed, the main color of Ilvermorny Castle is a holy and stable shell white, and the tops of the Gothic spire towers are deep blue, like the color of the blue sky melting and dripping down to dye it. like that.There is a tall bell tower in each of the four directions of the castle, and they are all equipped with watchtowers.The main tower of the entire castle is right in the center of the fortress. The spire of the tower is as sharp as a sword, and the emblems of the four colleges of Ilvermorny are engraved from top to bottom.And as the angle of the sunlight changes, the four courtyard emblems also move around like living creatures.

It is solemn, solemn, majestic and inviolable. It is located on the top of the mountains and overlooks everything, but it is as beautiful and white as a fairy tale.

"It's incredible," Aurora murmured.

As the school bus finally landed, Aurora and the others also got out of the car.

She set foot on this completely strange land, looked up at this unsullied castle, and saw flocks of birds passing through the sky, and the sun dyed the distant clouds into a soft pink orange like candy, spreading all the way to The distance that can no longer be seen.

If the kingdom of heaven had a shape, it would probably look like this.

"Welcome everyone to exchange to Ilvermorny." Vice-principal Fernando Skelly welcomed them in the open space at the gate of the castle, "All your luggage has been placed in your respective dormitories, and someone will take you there later. Of course, in order to help everyone get familiar with the environment of Ilvermorny as soon as possible, we have specially arranged for each exchange student a guide of the same grade. During this year, you can find them if you have any questions."

"Who is Cecil Hockley, please?"

"It's me!" Aurora saw the French girl with bright olive green eyes raise her hand.

"Claire Dodd?"

"here."

"Troy Mason?"

"it's here!"

"Which one is Stephen Sharp?"

"Uh uh uh, it's me."

"Bjorn Fabio, please, raise your hand."

"Here!" A tall boy with tea-brown tousled curly hair quickly raised his hand.

Just when everyone basically found their advisors for the next year, Aurora saw a black-haired boy with blue eyes walking towards her: "Then you are Miss Aurora Field from Hogwarts, Am I right?"

"It's me." Aurora nodded.The young man immediately laughed, hazy golden spots shone in his eyes, and a soft and bright light shone, and the gentleness of the blue waves shone in such a pair of eyes whose tails were picked just right.

The look between his brows and eyes always reminds people of a kind of jade that is warm to the touch, and it somehow makes Aurora feel a little dazed, as if she has glimpsed him somewhere.The moment he walked out, Aurora faintly heard a hallucinatory sigh, but she didn't know what the sigh was for.

And when she knew it, it was already a long time later.

"Hello, Miss Field, I am your personal guide in Ilvermorny for the next year, Elias Gideon." The boy smiled and extended his hand toward her generously and gentlemanly.

"Hi, Mr. Gideon, sorry to trouble you."

"Come with me, I'll take you to see your dormitory first."

Aurora followed him all the way from the corridor in Ilvermorny Castle to the dormitory area near the forest. Her room was on the fourth floor with a beautiful view.

Elias handed her the room key, and stood politely at a distance from the door of the room: "The exchange students are basically on these two floors, and next to you are Miss Hockley and Miss Dodd. The new school year I will bring you the timetable and uniform for you during dinner, as for the textbooks... I think you should be very tired today, I will take you to the bookstore tomorrow morning, do you think this is okay?"

"It couldn't be better, thank you." Aurora said gratefully.

"Okay, see you at dinner." Elias said happily, and then suddenly seemed to remember something, and took out a note from his pocket, "By the way. This is my contact information. If there is Any questions to me, owl me and I'll be here soon."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome, then I'll go first."

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The first update of the grand finale, with a total of thirteen chapters.