[HP] Butterfly Effect

The rainy night in early August in the UK was deep and silent. The sound of dense rain beating on the roof and window panes created a silver twinkle of light, which was fleeting.The water droplets that gradually gathered slipped from the window, creating a transparent water stain in the hazy yellow light.

The sound of rain was wanton outside, but inside the room was the complete opposite of silence and darkness.Snape had been sitting on the single sofa in the same position for a long time, his dark pupils couldn't get any light in, he just stared intently at the crystal potion bottle inserted obliquely, from Snape Frosantieda flowers brought back from the frozen snow-capped mountains of Scandinavia.

The name of this flower means "frozen heart" in Swedish. The whole body is pure white, even the leaves are white, and the veins are in the shape of ice-blue translucent crystals. The habitat of the short-nosed dragon will only have it.

Snape looked at the flower, which looked too pale and fragile against the gloomy background of the room, and remembered the quid pro quo between Salazar and him in Siberia.

At that time, Salazar asked Snape to find out the relationship between Aurora and the Hufflepuff family.

Use this as an exchange to get a way to destroy the Horcrux.It seemed ridiculously easy to Snape, but at the same time he realized that it wasn't about Aurora that Salazar wanted to know, but about Helga.

From his visit to Hufflepuff House in the Hebrides, he had vaguely guessed something about the relationship between the two founders.Otherwise, even if it wasn't Salazar, any Slytherin would not make this kind of exchange.

After thinking of this, Snape got up and sat down at the desk, took out the diary from the drawer, opened it, picked up the pen and began to write on it.

The Frosantieda flowers on the wall cabinet are frozen on the branches like a ball of white snow, and the slender silhouettes are stretched and carved on the ground.In this dim room, it is so pure white that there is no trace of blemish, like the lone and dazzling Polaris in the dark winter sky.

……

In 1985, Aurora was in the fourth year at Hogwarts, and the seven years of magic learning had reached the middle.Go up a grade, and they themselves will become the "senior grades" they used to say when they first entered school.

The Defense Against the Dark Arts professors in the new school year are still very stable every year. Regulus is said to have to leave because of a job change.When Dumbledore announced the news at the school opening banquet, the girls below all let out a suppressed and sad exclamation in unison.It seems that even a sumptuous meal prepared by the house-elves in front of them will not save the girls' broken hearts.

Aurora was not too surprised when he heard the news, after all, they were used to the position of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor changing every year.She moved her position, raised her neck slightly, and let her eyes look across the dining room, and saw the delicate, beautiful, indifferent and quiet brown-haired girl at the farthest Slytherin table.

Beverly didn't respond to the news of Regulus' departure, she was still sitting upright, everything was reflected in her clear eyes as if nothing had really been projected into it.Aurora thought that maybe she had something of her own about what the headmaster said about Regulus's reason for leaving.

The new face sitting next to Professor McGonagall is the new Professor Victor Hudson, who has taken Regulus' place at the school.When Dumbledore introduced him, he stood up neatly and took off the cowboy hat on his head, and waved to all the students in the restaurant. There was a chic smile on his chiseled face, and his complexion was a healthy wheat color: " It’s a pleasure to be here and I hope we can have a good time together in the future.”

He doesn't speak English very well, with a French accent that is difficult to hide, especially when the tongue and palate rub together to pronounce, he always uses too much force.Aurora guessed he was French, perhaps from Beauxbatons.

Soon, Dumbledore's words confirmed her guess.Victor Hudson used to be a student of Beauxbatons, and later came to Hogwarts for a year as an exchange student in the sixth grade, and then traveled around to the United States and Brazil, and finally came to the United Kingdom.

"Professor Hudson and Spinney are two opposite types." Tonks stroked his chin, suddenly smiled, and said to Aurora, "Professor Dumbledore probably did it on purpose."

"It's possible." Aurora smiled and nodded in agreement.After she finished speaking, when she looked up at the teacher's desk, she happened to see Snape sitting in the corner, facing the Slytherin table.The other party leaned on the back of the chair, seemingly silently looking at the few freshmen who had just been admitted to the academy.

I don't know what Salazar said to Snape when he was in Siberia last time, but Snape hasn't said a word to Aurora until now.While thinking about this, she picked up the chicken leg in front of her and took a bite. In her ears, there were lively discussions after the school-opening banquet began.

Aurora listened to their conversation for a while, and found that it seemed that in a pure-blood wizard family, children at the age of 15 should officially enter the social circle.For children who were born in the first half of the year and are slightly older, the fourth grade is such a start.At this age, their ancestry can be seen in their clothes.

Children of pure-blood families will wear the traditional costumes of wizards on various formal occasions, with deep and solemn colors, and long velvet skirts like huge black peacock tail feathers hanging down quietly.Their necklines and cuffs will be sewn with unique mithril and small diamonds.Girls also let their hair down to add visual sophistication and reserved elegance, and put on two-inch buckskin heels and a cape or thin shawl that matched the long dress.

Of course, for those who are in their adolescence and pursue unique and eye-catching, these outfits are obviously too dull and rigid, and they have their own ways.For example, the long skirts were handed over to the house elves, covered with black tulle from the neckline to the shoulders, and the clever pleats were designed to highlight the slender waists of the girls.Cut the skirt a bit shorter and sew it on with low-key lace, making sure that well-chosen heels peek out from under the billowing hem as you walk.

Of the four houses, Slytherin is the most well-dressed once you enter the fourth year, because the students there are the purest.Even if there are a few children born to mixed-race families, they will very wisely choose to be in line with everyone else.No one would want to deliberately show that their blood is different in the Slytherin environment.

They will selectively choose their companions, and clothing can reflect that part of it.At Hogwarts, they were the first to understand the need for this.

But other colleges have no rules, especially the Hufflepuffs, which seem very messy and random.Pure-blood children will change according to their parents' opinions, but they feel more curious and fresh, while children of mixed-race and Muggle-born have no concept at all.But this does not affect who they make friends with. They don't know much and don't care what kind of advantages they will bring to them at all. The plans and calculations before they are about to enter the senior grade will not appear in their minds. in mind.

Back in the dormitory, Caroline emptied out a box of wizard costumes she had brought, and asked her roommates to choose whatever they liked and fit them.The lethality of new clothes on girls can never be underestimated. Several girls wore long skirts and pointed hats decorated with gemstones and colorful feathers in the room, turning round and round in front of the mirror, laughing and laughing Fly out the window and be buried in the night.

……

On Wednesday, after the herbal medicine class in the morning, Aurora picked up her books and walked towards the Forbidden Forest.Professor Keitel was there waiting for her, saying that he had something to show her that she would like.

The grass just after it rained was very damp. When I ran, I felt like I was stepping on a slippery clump of algae.Aurora opened the denim jacket in her hand and held it over her head as a makeshift umbrella, passing through the light green rain and mist in front of her, clear and round water droplets fell from the grass blades that scraped her trouser legs, and jumped on her feet. side.She came to Hagrid's cabin with ease, and pushed open the door that was ajar.

When Aurora entered, the two people inside were still sitting around the table, talking happily about something.

"Professor, Hagrid, here I come." Aurora said, shaking the clothes vigorously, and cast a drying spell on them.

"Come on, Aurora, look at this little guy." Keitel waved to her, and somewhat mysteriously took out the thing that was placed on layers of warm and dry meadow and handed it to her.Aurora took it over and took a look, the fine and smooth silver shell made her cry out in surprise: "Bird snake eggs?"

Keitel nodded triumphantly: "Yes. When I left last time, I got one from Newt's kid. The little guy will hatch successfully in a few days." Hagrid picked up the one he had prepared earlier. Clay pots for insects and rats, and a beautiful nest woven of extremely resilient branches: "Its food and nest are ready, and it is waiting to meet us."

"Can we raise it in Hogwarts?" Aurora carefully held the bird snake egg in her arms, gently touched the beautiful silver eggshell with her hands soaked in warm rain, and raised her head towards Kate. Er asked excitedly.

"Of course, we just have to keep this a little secret. The bird snake is also a kind of magical creature that is relatively restricted by the forest. It will not leave the protection of the forest unless it is absolutely necessary. I think it will adapt to the environment in the Forbidden Forest. After you tame it, if you like, let it live in the satchel." Keitel winked at Aurora childishly, and put the snake egg back on the pile of warm hay.

Professor Keitel's inexhaustible enthusiasm for the Forbidden Forest and magical creatures radiates to anyone who shares his passion.Aurora and he were strolling around in the Forbidden Forest until it was time for dinner, when the other party suddenly asked her if she had discussed with Dean Sprout about her future work. Since the sixth grade, she had to choose courses according to her own work plan.

Aurora kindly reminded that she was only in the fourth grade, and that job consultation started in the fifth grade.Keitel froze for a moment, then laughed and said that he was old and his memory was too bad, and he always remembered that Aurora was already in fifth grade.

This is not all Keitel's problem. Since Aurora was 14 years old, her height has been like a flower vine in the spring, and she has grown rapidly without knowing it.Many of the clothes she used to wear were much smaller and shorter, but now her height is considered tall among girls of her age.But she was worried about it, because according to the prefect, if it suddenly grows very fast for a period of time, it means that it will stop growing tall soon.For this reason, she was so scared that she drank milk every day during this time.

The rain stopped, and the bright orange hazy glow was smeared on the peaks of the mountains, separating them from the low-hanging dark clouds. The bright colors are like blooming flowers in a fantasy, fleeting and fragile.After Aurora and Hagrid said goodbye, they picked up the denim jacket with one hand and threw it back on their shoulders, and walked back to Hogwarts castle.

She looked up at the castle that was getting closer and closer, and suddenly wondered whether it was the same for Helga and Salazar on a certain day more than 1000 years ago. The warm and hazy sunset reflects the castle as thick and beautiful as an oil painting.

The story here is too long, and there are too many secrets, which may never be revealed one day.

Thinking of this, Aurora sighed, grabbed her long pale golden hair that was messed up by the wind, and walked quickly into the school gate.

I don't know what happened to Snape who kept Salazar's diary for so long.

……

Snape raised his head from the Salazar's diary in front of him until the turquoise smoke symbolizing the ripening of the potion came out of the cauldron on the desk.He swung his wand to extinguish the flames, put the potion into the crystal bottle, and lit the dim lantern closest to him. The twilight outside the window was heavy, and the shadows gathered and spread.

The slender snake walked around on the pale yellow parchment, and the dark font slowly permeated and gathered on the page, and the flower-like sentences were drawn with sharp strokes into thorny roses: "It looks like I It's time to deliver on that promise."

Snape didn't answer, the dim light and shadow carved his brows and eyes deep and hard, like a pale sculpture in the night.He is now reflecting on whether it is right for him to do so, about the deal between him and Salazar.

He wished to know everything about the Horcruxes, and getting the book that Salazar had written himself was their only hope of destroying the Dark Lord's Horcruxes.But not this way.

Snape now recalled the day in Siberia, and suddenly felt that he was completely calculated by the founder of Slytherin.Because no matter what, Salazar has already got the answer he wanted - about Aurora and the Hufflepuff family, or in other words, the relationship with Helga.

But Snape was forced into an extremely embarrassing situation.How was he going to explain to Dumbledore how he knew this?

Although the cooperation between Snape and Dumbledore has always been reserved, and sometimes Snape doesn't need to make it clear to him, but the Horcrux matter is different, he can't find it casually. A reason to fool the past.

If he confessed the source of the news, which came from a private transaction between him and Salazar, then Dumbledore would more or less have more doubts and defenses against him in the future.In his current capacity, doing so would undoubtedly be very detrimental to him, because Dumbledore guaranteed him the reason why he was able to teach at Hogwarts and escape the pursuit of the Ministry of Magic.

He didn't want to test the bottom line of the greatest white wizard's trust at all.

Another point is that he is a Slytherin, subconsciously and inclinations, he will be somewhat unconsciously biased towards Salazar - this is partly because of the awe of the founder, and more importantly, Salazar Chuck wasn't as crazy as the Dark Lord.On the contrary, he is rational, he is Slytherin himself, the kind of person that all students born in Slytherin most hope to be.

He could see Salazar not wanting to tell Dumbledore about himself.Because if Salazar and Dumbledore made this deal, then Dumbledore could easily guess how much Salazar cared about Aurora's blood, and furthermore, how much he cared about those who were related to Helga. thing.

Exposing this weakness to a Gryffindor who is so deep-minded that even many Slytherins can't match it is definitely not a wise move.

However, the one who agreed to make this deal with Salazar was simply extremely stupid!

Snape suppressed the anger in his chest, his eyes were sharp and dark, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure out why he agreed to Salazar in the first place, so hastily and dangerously.But from this, Snape also thought that Sarah knew that doing so would be tantamount to pushing his own horcrux, his only chance of resurrection, to the edge of the knife, but he still wanted to use it in exchange for the answer to the mystery of Aurora's bloodline. .

Just because of her appearance and talent, she is surprisingly similar to Helga.

Come to think of it, maybe he was wrong.Helga was not Salazar's weak point, but his culprit, like the snake's seven inches.

More likely... The reason why Salazar made this Horcrux was not to resurrect himself.

Before Snape could finish thinking, Salazar had rewritten a new sentence:

"Once the Horcrux is successfully produced, it and the producer's memory and soul are independent of each other. There is no induction and memory sharing between them. Therefore, the way to destroy the Horcrux is still in the secret room. In the Horcrux I wrote later In the second half of the book."

"You go to the entrance you found and wait for me, I'm going to find a helper." Salazar finally wrote.

"Helper?" Snape made two ink strokes under the last word.

"Otherwise how are you going to explain to your Gryffindor headmaster, where did you get my book, my headmaster?" Salazar smiled.

Slytherins will always choose each other first, and in the same way, they will always favor each other when they use each other-this is the spirit of the school.

"Did you know?" Salazar finally said, his golden snake-like pupils stared at the young black-clothed professor in front of him, "I was really surprised when you agreed to make this deal with me."

Snape froze slightly, and his narrowed eyes turned cold.

"But that's good too, it saves me effort." He continued to write, his strokes fluttering like a bird's slender wings, graceful and smooth about to fall into the clouds.

Snape looked at the snake, still hesitating at this juncture.Even if Salazar showed mercy to Aurora because of Helga's relationship, would he really take out such things as the Chamber of Secrets and Horcrux books so easily?

He still had some doubts.

At the same time, he once again hated the decision he had made.

"I know what you're thinking." Salazar picked up the slender snake's tail and put it under his chin, spitting out the purple letter and shaking it, "but I have to say you're thinking too much. If I really wanted to Open the Chamber of Secrets and kill all the students of Muggle descent here, you are already busy collecting their bodies now, will I come to you in unnecessary trouble? My Dean."

The author has something to say:

It's time to enter the Chamber of Secrets, yes.

So, in the deal between the Siberian professor and the Snake Ancestor, you didn't notice this abyss, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I'm about to start writing my graduation thesis, and it will be more interesting later, but it will be over, don't worry.In other words, if you plan to buy a physical book, why don't you make a fuss in the comment area first? ?