[HP] Butterfly Effect

The lights are on, and the road in front of you can be seen clearly. The shadows are squeezed and piled up in the corner of the wall, like some kind of beast waiting for an opportunity to move and wait for the prey to take the bait.

Aurora put away the fluorescent spell and knocked on the door: "Professor Snape, Professor Dumbledore asked me to come over."

The door opened, and the professor in black was brewing some potion at his desk.Without looking up, he took the time to light up the other lamps in the cellar with his wand, and then let a jar of dried newt skin float into his hand: "This performance is impressive, Miss Field."

"It's okay, actually..."

"I'm not complimenting you."

Aurora,...

She touched the tip of her nose and stood there without saying a word, and she didn't see Snape asking her for help, and it was hard to disturb him, so she could only stand like this.It wasn't until her legs were almost stiff from the cold in the cellar that Snape finally seemed to remember her.

"Is that crouching demon still on you?" he asked.

Aurora quickly and carefully took out the green cocoon hidden in her sleeve: "Yes." A transparent glass tube floated in front of her, and Aurora let the blueberry jam spit out as much bright blue cocoon as possible. venom.

Watching Snape skillfully pour half of the venom into the boiling potion in front of him, Aurora asked worriedly: "Has the wizarding group been exposed?"

"Not yet, just in case." Snape replied, looking at the perfectly fine potion in the cauldron, he extinguished the flame.

"I thought it was up to the Ministry of Magic to take care of these things. But how do you get everyone in London to drink these potions?"

"London's last water point is near Hogwarts, outside the forest."

Aurora understood that these potions were to be put into various water works in the Muggle society, and this was the only way for everyone to drink them.

"Professor, can I ask where Mr. Weasley is?" Aurora stuffed the blueberry jam back into his sleeve, "Vox and the others are still waiting for me to go back."

Snape put the potion in the cauldron into the bottle, and replied without any ups and downs: "When I left, he was still in London. Now I can't guarantee that."

Then it seems that we should go directly to Weasley's house, Molly and the others must be anxiously waiting.Aurora thought so, and then remembered that she didn't know where the Weasleys were, and Bill led the way every time, and she never paid attention.Maybe Remus knew, but they weren't here now.

Aurora suddenly remembered that she could use Floo powder to go back to Weasley's house, but the risk factor was a bit high.She still remembered that she was thrown into the wrong fireplace last time, but luckily it was not far from the place they had planned.But now it seems that floo powder is the fastest way.

Thinking of this, Aurora looked up at Snape and asked, "Professor, is there a fireplace connected to the Floo network in the school? I think I can use Floo powder to go back."

Snape pointed to the fireplace in his office with his wand, and the black lead jar containing Floo powder floated in front of Aurora. An ancient river in the waning twilight.

She grabbed a handful of floo powder and stepped into the black fireplace, fine green dust falling on her toes.She still wanted to say something, but seeing that the other party was just busy with the things in hand, she didn't look up at her at all, and felt that talking too much might make him feel bored.

so be it.

Aurora sighed softly, not noticing Snape's sneaky glances at her because of the rapidity of her sigh.After the short, almost uncapturable micro-movement, he continued to be busy with his own affairs as if nothing had happened just now.

The ancient bronze bell that Hogwarts rang every day at the junction of the old and new days happened to ring at this time.The deep and deep bells penetrated the entire castle, soaring into the sky, directly hitting people's hearts.

"Professor." She called Snape suddenly.The other party frowned slightly and looked up at her, as if he was dissatisfied with being interrupted when he was doing something.

"Merry Christmas." It's a new day, the first seconds of Christmas.

"The Weasleys." Accompanied by a clear and soft voice, the green smoke spread out suddenly, spreading into emerald green flames, and instantly took the girl away from Snape.

Just like that time at the Ministry of Magic.

He watched the heavy snow gradually gather outside, then raised his wand and extinguished the lights in the office one by one.The thick shadow oppressed, and surrounded the table supported by the last lantern to form an isolated island.

……

As soon as she stepped out of the fireplace, Aurora fell out dizzy, her eyes were dark, and she choked on soot and sneezed.She heard the sound of someone waking up, followed by Molly's cry: "Aurora?!"

It seems that I did not go wrong, so I can rest assured.

Molly lifted the woolen blanket, jumped off the sofa and pulled up the girl in front of her without putting on her shoes: "Poor kid, are you okay? Arthur said he couldn't find you anywhere and scared us to death. It's okay." We were relieved when Professor Dumbledore wrote to say you had arrived safely at Hogwarts. What's the matter with you?"

The bleary-eyed Vaux and Charlie also woke up after such a commotion, Vaux lit the lights in the room, saw Aurora came back, and finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Aurora, where have you been?"

"Are you okay? Dad said he couldn't find you, and you didn't come back. We were all in a hurry." Charlie cleaned up the messy sofa and let Aurora sit down, "Do you want something to eat? You have you eaten yet?"

As soon as Aurora was reminded by Charlie, she felt hungry all of a sudden: "Not yet. Why are you all sleeping here? Where's Arthur?"

"He's still at the Ministry of Magic, working with the Aurors to throw the Oblivion Potion into Muggle water points and waterworks, don't worry." Molly patted her hand, "You need something to eat, I Go get it for you."

While talking, Charlie had already brought over several plates of baked nut muffins and berry yogurt.After Aurora thanked him, she ate several muffins in a row, but she had difficulty swallowing them.

"I still have noodles, some creamy mushrooms and chicken at home, wait for me." Molly cast a cleaning spell on Aurora, and turned to go to work in the kitchen.Aurora originally wanted her to save herself from such trouble and eat some biscuits by herself, but she choked when she opened her mouth.

Vox handed her a glass of milk, "They said you disappeared in the freezing cloud, why did you go to Hogwarts again?"

Aurora downed half a glass of milk, and then briefly explained: "Those cloud-eating whales lingered over London and refused to leave because they got separated from their companions. It just so happened that those who got separated were at Hogwarts above."

"So, you took them to Hogwarts?" Charlie rubbed his eyes that couldn't open, and asked vigorously.

Aurora nodded, and patted the muffin in her hand after eating: "Yes. Go to sleep, anyway, it's all right now, today is Christmas, and there will be many activities after dawn. Go quickly , It’s not good for children to stay up late.”

Vox was used to Aurora's tone, and was relieved to see that she was fine. He pulled Charlie over and said solemnly, "Well, go to bed early after you eat, it's not good for children to stay up late."

Aurora was taken aback for a moment, then laughed out loud.

After eating, the temperature and heat of the food catalyze sleepiness in the fastest time.Aurora drowsily wrote Merry Christmas in Salazar's diary, then climbed into bed and fell asleep without taking off her clothes.

In the dream, there was a sky full of snow, the beautiful movement of the cloud swallowing whale rolling and jumping in the clouds, frost and ice edges all over the place, and a black figure walking away from her with her back turned.

It's just a dream.she said to herself.

None of this is true.she said to herself.

She put the potion in her hand into her pocket, stepped on the creaking snow under her feet, and walked towards him step by step, reaching out her arms to hug him tightly.

……

Unexpectedly sunny day on Christmas day.

For people who have been tortured by the extreme cold weather created by cloud swallowing whales for a long time, there is nothing more pleasant than drawing back the curtains to welcome the bright and bright.

Early in the morning, Aurora found that the light in the room was brighter than usual, and it didn't have the usual grayish emerald green, but a very transparent bright white.She opened the curtains and saw the light golden sunlight covering the snow gently. This kind of complex and beautiful crystals reflected the sunlight back, blooming large clusters of bright spots in the air.

A fantastic day for skiing and snowball fights, but not much for Aurora.The bright and intense light would burn her retina, making her eye sockets red and itchy within 10 minutes, and then she began to have blurred vision and tears streaming down her face.In the end, her whole world seemed to be frozen by those ice flowers, and everything she saw was covered with a layer of hazy frost white and unclear.

This fact is frustrating.A man who loves winter and suffers from snow blindness is like a sweet tooth who is allergic to sugar.

The first thing she did after waking up was to write to Remus, reassuring him that she was now at the Weasleys' for Christmas.Then, together with the Christmas gift prepared in advance and the letter, Hastings took it to Hogsmeade.

Fred and George rushed down from upstairs laughing early in the morning, followed by Charlie, who was a little red-faced and panic-stricken.Vaux and Bill followed slowly, both of them had teasing and helpless expressions on their faces.

"Aurora!" Fred pushed open the door and said to Aurora who was helping Molly brush the egg wash inside, "Charlie really waited for you all night yesterday?"

Aurora sprinkled the dough brushed with egg wash with finely chopped nuts and dried fruits, handed it to Molly to bake, turned her head and replied with a smile: "There are also Molly and Vox. Good morning, two energetic Would you like some baked potatoes with yogurt and butter, sir?"

"Of course!" George applauded exaggeratedly, and then he pulled out his chair and sat down. "It's a pity you're not here. You should really see how anxious Charlie was when Dad said yesterday that you were trapped in a freezing cloud and disappeared." Glancing at the door The red-haired boy looked a little at a loss, Aurora smiled and replied: "I think the look of you two is more likable. By the way, don't you wonder what I saw in the clouds yesterday?"

"Curious!" Fred mumbled with his mouth full of buttered baked potatoes, "It's so cool that you took care of a magical creature that the entire Ministry of Magic couldn't handle! Tell us what happened what?"

Molly brought a large bowl of steaming creamy mushroom soup and baked burritos with cheese and thin slices of bacon to the table, patted Fred on the head, and looked at him with her waist in: "Because you listened Before you get carried away with the story, go to the back yard and get your dad over for breakfast, boys."

Bill, who was just walking to the door, heard Molly's words, and while buttoning the last button of his coat, he said, "I'll go, Mom." Then he and Vaux walked to the backyard.

Aurora put the fried eggs on their respective plates, sat down in her seat and began to talk about yesterday's experience.She didn't say that Snape had given her the Healing Eye and Warming Potion, which would be complicated to explain given the personalities of George and Fred.But the twins were obviously attracted by her meeting with the cloud swallowing whale, they said, you will definitely be the next Newt Scamander in the future.

"I really want to do that." Aurora cut open the fried egg in front of her with a knife and fork, and dipped a piece of rye bread with the egg liquid that flowed out.

Arthur walked in, pulled out a chair and sat next to Aurora, picked up the creamy mushroom soup that Molly served him, and said, "You will come to work in the Ministry of Magic after you graduate. I said so. He still thinks about the time when Newt didn't retire, when they were so relaxed, and it's good to have you now."

"If he wants to find someone who is as good as Mr. Scamander and can do everything for them in the entire department, then I'm afraid I will disappoint him." Aurora replied.

"Well, let's eat. After dinner, we'll go to Diagon Alley and London and do some Christmas shopping," said Molly.

George and Fred cheered.

Before going out, Aurora received a Christmas present and a letter from Remus.She put the letter back in the house and read it when she came back.The presents were a brand new quill and a notebook in the style Aurora liked very much.

She twirled the quill lightly, but couldn't think of a better gift for Snape.

Maybe I can take a look around for a while, Aurora thought so, and quickly went downstairs while agreeing to Molly's voice downstairs.

The door opened, and the sun and snow came together.Aurora pulled the scarf higher, her warm brown eyes narrowed.

They hung out until close to dinner time before returning.Because of the exchange rate difference between Galleon and British Pound, Molly chose to settle most of her purchases in Muggle supermarkets this time.Among them, liqueur chocolate is the most popular among the children of the Weasley family. Aurora promised Ron that they would buy more and send them over during the summer vacation.

In the cloakroom in Diagon Alley, Aurora selected a pair of thick lizard leather gloves.These gloves are great for hand protection, especially when handling some potent potion ingredients.Anyone familiar with potions should have a pair, said the shopkeeper with a childish smile.

Aurora remembered that the gloves Snape had given her were very worn out and didn't quite fit his hand, so a pair of gloves for Christmas would have been a good idea.

After she returned to the Weasleys' house, she went upstairs as usual to quiet the energetic and overly noisy ghouls, and then packed the gloves and a whole tube of blueberry jam-sponsored squirrel venom, and handed them over to the Weasleys. Send Hastings to Hogwarts, then go downstairs to help Molly prepare dinner.

The dinner was a good one, for Mollie bought almost twice as much for less than half the money.Together with Aurora, she prepared a whole honey-roasted chicken. The hollowed-out chicken breast was filled with cinnamon cloves and other edible spices, the beef and potato soup was filled with shiny oily flowers, and the thick and fragrant stew was fresh and tender. Crispy Vegetable Salad with Chicken Breast with Mint and Black Pepper.Aurora replaced her share of mint and black pepper juice with lemon juice, because she doesn't like the taste of mint and is more afraid of spicy.

Besides that, there are lots of berry tarts and cumin bacon with creamy ham pancakes.George and Fred suggested that Molly would go to the Muggle supermarket for shopping in the future, so that their dining table would be very colorful.

While eating, a rather unfamiliar owl flew over from the window, holding a package wrapped in dark green wrapping paper in its beak, scratching the closed windowpane with its claws.

Molly opened the window with her magic wand, and the owl put the package on the table and left without stopping.With the chicken leg in his mouth, Fred accidentally got his leg hooked when he got off the chair. He jumped over to pick up the package and looked at it: "Here, Field."

"It's Field again, it's the same as before." Vaux looked at the package with a little curiosity, and then looked at the package in front of him and didn't rush to open it, but continued to drink the beef soup in the bowl, rolled The girl who was eating meat sauce noodles slowly, "Aurora, who is that person?"

"That's right, I don't leave my name or anything. I'm afraid you don't know who sent it?" Ron bit the chicken leg and stuffed the green peas and broccoli that he didn't like on the plate into his pocket. spotted.It is said that he especially likes to bring Scabbers with him, so that when Molly forces him to eat something that is good for his health but he hates to eat, he can slip them all without anyone noticing.Molly never noticed it.

But Scabbers is always willing to come and go, Ron will eat up everything he feeds, and he can eat a lot of things after eating.

"A person I know, anyway, I can tell who it is just by looking at this word." Aurora replied vaguely.

After eating, they played for a while in the yard where the snow had stopped.The family gathering at the Weasleys was warm and cheerful.Aurora took out the acoustic guitar that she brought out of the school, played a few brisk tunes that were not difficult, and encouraged Arthur to invite Molly to dance with everyone.

After the dance, both of them blushed under the booing of the children around them.

Then George and Fred incited Charlie to ask Aurora to dance too, and Charlie turned and slapped the twins on the heads with his hand, and warned them viciously that they had better shut up, or he would do something to shut them up.

Arthur found out the phonograph that Vaux had given him last year, and at Vaux's suggestion, he chose a record of the Spanish dance song "Por Una Cabeza (One Step Away)" to play on it.The melodious violin music poured out immediately, floating in the air, brewing a romantic and gentle atmosphere.

Ron pulled Ginny into a wild hop, and the last two kids joined George and Fred in the snowball fight.Charlie was particularly nervous and danced with Aurora, and Aurora reassured him that if he could put up with a bad partner like himself, he would feel good dancing with anyone in the future.

At ten o'clock in the evening, everyone finally returned to the house exhausted from playing.As Aurora walked through the kitchen, she saw Molly preparing breakfast for tomorrow, humming a cheerful Scottish folk song.

"I'm very happy tonight, Molly." Aurora stood at the door and looked at her with a smile.Molly's face still had that unfading rosiness, and she looked very healthy and energetic.

"We haven't danced for a long time, and we had a lot of fun today."

"I can see that you love Mr. Arthur very much."

Molly smiled a little embarrassedly, the blush on her face became more obvious.

I don't know if Marianne and Edmond were so in love with each other. Aurora has no idea, because she has never seen it before.If so, how sad it was when they parted.

"One day you will meet such a person, Aurora."

"Huh? What?"

"You will also meet someone who treats you as a treasure. Maybe he will be as ignorant of romance as Arthur, can't say nice things to make you happy, always forget your anniversaries, and don't care when he makes you angry. He will only comfort you clumsily. But as long as he loves you, it is enough, because he loves you, he will put you in the most important position in his heart. But be careful, you have to see whether he loves you enough."

"I remember, Molly, thank you. Merry Christmas and good night."

"Good night."

After returning to the room, Aurora opened the package, and inside was a customary card with only one sentence "MerryChristmas", and...

A set of potion science essentials and notes written in black ink, classified into categories at a glance, looks a bit like a handbook of supernatural powers for scumbags.

Aurora flipped through it a little bit, not sure whether Snape took the notes he had sorted out when he was in school or what he wrote recently—but this note didn't look like it was prepared temporarily, it should be his own before Used it in school.

Not a bad Christmas, she thought, opening her diary and chatting with Salazar for a while.

It started snowing again outside the window.

The author has something to say:

Failed to apply for the list in a row and sat on the bench for four months... I really have a lot of things to say about mmp... I'm afraid I will be on the bench until the end of this article...