[HP] Butterfly Effect

The weather is good today, the colorful and warm sunshine has driven all the gray-green fog to the depths of the Forbidden Forest, evaporated the damp feeling that lingers in Hogwarts all day long, and the black lake glistens in the sun Both the castle and the castle give people a visually warm feeling, which makes people feel happy after seeing it.

There is no doubt that this is a very suitable weather for flying lessons.

Aurora sat on a low stone at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, waiting for the Magical Creature Protection class that would start later, put her satchel on her folded and straight legs, looked up at the rare bright clear sky, and glanced at it from time to time. One or two first-years who were taking flying lessons.Apparently for them, riding a broom into the blue sky is a very exciting and interesting thing. The continuous laughter and the beautiful golden light sprinkled all over the ground.

It had been three days since he was late to Hogsmeade and almost got caught.According to Vaux and the others, Filch has been wandering around the Gryffindor lounge when the curfew is approaching these days, talking plausibly about catching the student who escaped last time.

It seemed that he caused a lot of trouble to the Gryffindor students, although they found it more fun.

Fortunately, Salazar helped her in time... If the snake ancestor can close her five senses next time, Aurora will be very happy-no, it's better not to have a next time, that kind of It felt so scary, if she had known about it, she would have jumped off the building directly.

Aurora still felt terrified when she remembered what happened that night.It's not that she's afraid of being caught and punished. There are reasons for this, but it's not important.What she was afraid of was the inexplicable feeling towards Snape that she didn't know when.Rationally and realistically, Aurora knew that she shouldn't have the idea of ​​getting close to the other party, but from some subconscious levels that she couldn't even detect, this feeling was really hard to ignore.

What is wrong with this?Thinking about it, Aurora was so depressed that she wanted to pull out her knotted thoughts, then put them in the washing machine and stir them vigorously for a while, and then air-dried and straightened them out and stuffed them back into her brain.

She sighed, scratched her hair, walked into the edge of the forbidden forest and whistled, watching the coffee beans quickly run out of the ancient forest lightly and vigorously.

Behind him, Professor Keitel's voice came: "Aurora, why did you come so early?"

Aurora got up and smiled, "Because there is no class ahead, I came earlier, Professor Hello." Keitel nodded, and then patted Aurora on the shoulder mysteriously: "Last week, I learned from a The dark wizard of the creature rescued a very beautiful eagle horse. It was seriously injured. After I helped it heal for a while, it has recovered a lot, so today I took it to the Forbidden Forest. Come on, Aurora , look at this beautiful little guy."

After speaking, he took out a very old cloth bag that he carried with him, shook his magic wand lightly and cast a series of spells that Aurora couldn't understand, and released the silver-gray hippogriff from the bag.

It still has several obvious hideous scars on its body, especially at the base of its wings.But fortunately, the wounds have scabbed over, and the whole looks a little lacking in vitality, but it is still very beautiful and elegant.Its pupils are brilliant golden yellow, and its wings are plump and broad.

Aurora touched the coffee bean, who was a little wary because she saw the hippo for the first time, and marveled at the incredibleness of the creature in front of her.

"I see that you have established a very close bond with this thestral, right? They will be loyal to the master who tames them all their lives." Keitel looked approvingly at the Thestral that spread its wings and surrounded Aurora , "The speed and sense of direction of the eagle horses are indeed far inferior to the Thestrals, but their combat effectiveness is very good."

Aurora stepped out of the protective circle of coffee beans, looked at the eagle horse for a while, and then bent slightly towards it.The other party came over and rubbed her face, almost knocking Aurora down.

"Why is it made like this?"

"The forest it originally lived in has been developed by the Muggles, Aurora. Hippogriffs are relatively solitary creatures, and will only be with their mates. Once the child reaches one year old, it will be kicked out of the family. This also means that This means that before they reach adulthood, they are easily threatened by the outside world." Keitel explained, "You know, in the black market, the price of these precious magical creatures can be called sky-high. Therefore, many dark wizards will follow Muggle Let's sneak into the forest together and catch these poor creatures."

"That's it..." Aurora touched the Hippogriff's lowered head, "Fortunately, it met you. I just don't know how many magical creatures like this are captured outside."

"Yeah." Keitel reached out and gently stroked the hippogriff's wings, then looked at Aurora and said, "You know, you always remind me of that kid Newt, but he's more silent and restrained than you. That kid When I was still in school, I didn’t have any friends, so I spent most of my time in the Forbidden Forest. I taught him a lot, and he was really a very, very good kid, a fast learner. But in the end…”

When Keitel said this, he was silent for a while, and Aurora did not interrupt or intervene, waiting for his emotions to become lively again: "But anyway, he is still doing well after leaving Hogwarts, he His life is very legendary. You will be like him, I can see it."

"He's much better than me." Aurora shook her head, "At least I really dare not approach those snake-like magical creatures."

"Are you afraid of snakes?" Keitel asked in surprise. "Yeah, that means I can't be like Mr. Scamander, but I'll try my best," Aurora replied.

"Oh, it's really a pity. I mean, there are quite a few magical creatures related to snakes, but most of them are dark magic creatures." Keitel thought for a while, then said, "But don't Worry, after all, the most dangerous of them have been strictly controlled as early as the Middle Ages, and no one would easily raise them. Others, you can try to get in touch with small snakes first, and gradually overcome that fear. I was also terrified of insect-like creatures at first, but not anymore."

"The most dangerous of all black magic creatures?" Aurora repeated curiously, thinking of Boggarts who also belonged to black magic creatures.

"Ah... that is a creature that only exists in legends." Keitel, like Horace, the former head of Slytherin, was always overly tolerant and responsive to students he liked, "We put it Called basilisks, they are the scariest of all dark magic creatures that have been recorded. Usually they can grow to fifty feet, are emerald green, and the most terrifying thing is their eyes, a pair of golden snake eyes , whoever sees their eyes will die instantly."

"Yellow eyes..." Aurora somehow thought of this word.

"Almost. They eat everything, including humans, and live for hundreds or even thousands of years. Of course, they like spiders the most." Keitel said, took out a ferret from the cloth bag and threw it to the eagle horse, "The venom without any antidote is also their weapon, hidden in their fangs. This kind of creature is really everyone's nightmare before it is banned by law."

"Is it true that there are snakes that eat spiders?"

"Only basilisks would."

"That sounds really good." Aurora murmured, looking in the direction of Myrtle's bathroom in the castle.

According to Professor Keitel's description, the pair of yellow eyes that Myrtle saw before she died might be the basilisk?

But... If there is such a big snake, how could no one in the school find it?

"Does the law prohibit the keeping of basilisks because they are too dangerous and difficult to eradicate?"

"Yeah, but most importantly, they only listen to people who speak Parseltongue, which means that even the servants are likely to be killed."

"Parseltongue..." Aurora grabbed the strap of her satchel unconsciously, and Salazar's diary was stuck to her back through a thin fabric, exuding an inexplicable chill , "It's really hard to see people with this ability."

"The founder of Slytherin House in our school counts as one, and he is probably one of the most famous Parseltongues in history." After Keitel finished speaking, he waved to the students walking here one after another, "Children, it's here!"

"Let's go, Aurora, what's wrong with you? You look so ugly?"

"No, I just imagined what a fifty-foot-long snake would look like... Merlin, it's really scary. I don't think I was killed by its eyes before I was scared to death by it."

"Hahahahahaha, the basilisk almost doesn't exist now. After all, no one but Parseltongue can control them, so you don't have to worry."

……

The last two classes in the afternoon were Regulus' Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Aurora still came early and didn't bring Salazar's diary with her.She didn't fall asleep much at noon, and she was full of thoughts about the basilisk that Professor Keitel said and Salazar Slytherin's chamber of secrets that Sur Garcia said.Before class, she went to the library to look for books about basilisks, but unfortunately found nothing.

Sull said that Salazar left the Chamber of Secrets to clear out all Muggle-born students - that sounds like a lunatic to the extreme, maybe similar to the legendary Salazar Slytherin, but……

But it seems to be completely different from the snake ancestor who stayed in the diary that he has known for more than a year.Although he usually speaks a bit harshly, he has never done anything to murder himself or threaten himself to work for him.Not to mention that he has saved and helped himself many times.

For this kind of legend, Aurora has always been a little resistant, and she is not willing to believe it 100%.After all, the current Slytherin house has been demonized, and her relationship with Beverly is still very good.So some things cannot blindly believe the rumors.

In the end, however, she still had her doubts.She has never been able to figure out why it was such a coincidence that Salazar's diary fell from the bookcase and hit herself impartially.

She had a gut feeling that this wasn't an accident, there was a reason for it.It's just that she didn't dare to ask Salazar directly, and she wasn't smart enough to guess it.

Thinking of this, Aurora opened the glass window next to her, and a large piece of light rushed in along with the warm wind, squeezing out every trace of haze in the classroom.The bright circle of light hits the ground, giving the illusion that the wooden floor will be set on fire in the next moment.Some rays of light, after being refracted by the glass, smeared a colorful and flawless rainbow on the brown-gray vaulted dome, spreading from the top to the tabletop.

Aurora stretched his hands to catch the rainbow's tail, and watched his fair skin being dyed with colorful light, which was incomparably beautiful.

"Hey Aurora." Vox walked in and greeted her, and sat next to Aurora with Bill. "Why are you in a daze?"

Aurora looked back at the empty classroom where there was no one else but the three of them, pulled Lavoux's sleeve and lowered her head to get closer to him: "When I was in Professor Keitel's class this morning, he told me Said one thing, which I think might have something to do with Myrtle's death."

Bill and Vaux glanced at each other tacitly, then adjusted their positions so that Aurora sat in the middle.Vox asked, "What did you hear?"

"Do you remember what Myrtle once said, that she died the moment she saw a pair of yellow eyes after opening the door?"

"Remember, what is that?"

"I think it's possible...of course it's only possible. It's a basilisk. Because I heard from Professor Keitel that the biggest feature of a basilisk is its pair of golden eyes. And as long as any creature sees its eyes, it will immediately will die."

"Is there such a horrible thing?" Bill frowned.

"Not only that, but the basilisk only listens to Parseltongue. You know, there are too few people who speak Parseltongue. If there was one in our school, it should be..."

"Salazar Slytherin is a Parseltongue." Vox nodded. "It's written in many books."

Aurora paused. In fact, what she wanted to talk about was not Salazar, but why such a person hadn't been discovered, so maybe it was done by outsiders.

"So Myrtle would have heard someone speaking a language she didn't understand." Bill suddenly realized, "This also fits the bill."

"Yes." Aurora recalled the soft and ethereal male voice that came out of the diary when he was in the Argert Forest. She couldn't understand what he was saying.

Immediately afterwards, she said something unreasonable: "But the problem now is that the basilisk is very large and can grow up to fifty feet. It stands to reason that if it really appeared, it is impossible for no one to seen."

"That's right." Vox tapped his forehead with a clenched fist, and then said, "Could it be that the Parseltongue used magic to make the basilisk smaller?"

"Merlin, but who would put such a giant snake in the school?" Bill looked back at some students who came in one after another, and said in a low voice, "That person must also be a Parseltongue, maybe he used to be a school teacher or Students, brought in from outside."

Aurora originally wanted to tell them the secret room legend about Salazar that he heard from Sur, but he felt that it was better not to say it until everything was clear. After all, the influence on Salazar was not very good, so he changed his words and said: "Do you remember the bathroom where Myrtle died, the snake sculpture on the faucet?"

"Myrtle is the yellow eyes I saw in that sink!" Vox reacted, and then immediately felt that something was wrong, "But that sink was there a long, long time ago."

"Maybe, that basilisk has been there for a long, long time..." Bill felt a little creepy when he said that, so he suggested, "I think we should ask the professors, maybe they will know about the snake sculpture. what's going on."

"also……"

When the class time came, Aurora habitually glanced at the door, but was surprised to find that it wasn't Regulus who walked in, but Snape.

The moment the other party cast his gaze over, she quickly looked away and lowered her head to stare at the book.

"Why is it Professor Snape?" Vox's voice sounded like he was wailing.

"He... didn't he really go to the wrong classroom?" The corner of Bill's mouth twitched.

The pitch-black wand swayed slightly in Snape's hand, and all the windows were immediately closed tightly, and the thick darkness surrounded and crushed all the warm light.Aurora saw the rainbow in her hand disappear without a trace in an instant, the brightness of the entire classroom dropped suddenly, and a cold air rose from nowhere.

"Turn to page 75." Snape's voice sounded emotionless, especially clear and cold in the silent classroom.

"Where's Professor Spinney?" Vaux whispered while flipping through the book.

"I don't know, maybe I can ask Beverly when I meet her later." Aurora replied.

"The Origin and Classification of Special Dark Magical Creatures." Bill read out the title on the page, "They are all black magic creatures, how can there be a special method?"

"A word in advance, the content of this class will be the subject of your next paper." Snape had just finished speaking, and there was a restrained commotion underneath.

"Papers related to black magic creatures?" Vox said solemnly, "Is he the one who won't correct them?"

Aurora didn't answer the call, she was thinking, maybe this is the reason to go to the library to get more information about the basilisk.After all, basilisks are the pinnacle of dark magic creatures.

Snape stood on the podium, glanced at the silent blonde girl, and started today's lecture.

The light shrank silently outside the window, and the long night shrouded irresistibly.

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Well, in advance, happy Dragon Boat Festival.

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