[HP] Butterfly Effect

How many people can drink a snake out of a teacup in a prophecy class twice in a row?

Aurora swallowed the somewhat astringent tea in her mouth, and sat by the back window of the circular classroom, shaking the cup in her hand listlessly, watching the tea leaves gather and fill spontaneously into a fixed shape as if they were alive.

A lifelike snake appeared at the bottom of the cup, its slender pointed tail dangling in the remaining pale yellow water, and it would swim up from the bottom of the cup and wrap around her fingers in the next second.

She trembled slightly, sighed, and pushed the teacup in front of Vaux, her voice was dull and dull: "Congratulations, you don't need to flip through the book, you can pass the exam by following what Professor Trelawney said last year."

Vox looked at her for a while, glanced down at the pattern on the bottom of the cup, clicked his tongue, and quickly recorded the quill on the paper, saying, "Go to Hagrid's after the exam? Everyone is waiting for us."

"I……"

"Come on, Aurora." Vox interrupted Aurora before she could finish, a rare insistence.Aurora looked at the golden-brown eyes of the other party, nodded lightly, and bent her back on the table, watching her hands showing a very sick color under the gray light outside the window, Like some kind of plant that has been sucked out of all its vitality and begins to wither.

During this period of time, she has been working hard to adjust her mentality, and her 15th birthday has also been sloppy, trying desperately to rescue herself from this swampy negative depression, which is painful and slow.At present, one of the better ways she has found is to force herself to let go of her mind and stop once she finds that she starts to think about the future.This feeling of having no expectations for the rest of her life is too difficult. She feels like a person who is about to drown, trying to grab a piece of driftwood but can't reach it. As long as her persistence is exhausted, she will fall into the deep sea .

She began writing furiously, to Remus, to New, to those Hufflepuff ghosts in the Hebrides for whom the house-elves would ghostwrite the letters.The ghosts are very happy with Aurora's letter, and at the end of each letter, they remind her to remember to be careful with her eyes in winter.Aurora didn't tell them about her current situation, because she didn't figure out what happened. She only talked about things in many schools, especially the current Hufflepuff College.

Josephina was particularly surprised that there was almost no intersection between the current Snake and Badger Academy. She asked the elf to confirm several times in the letter, and asked that as the two academies who can meet each other every time they go out, they have no interaction with each other at all. , don't you feel embarrassed?Aurora was a little dumbfounded, isn't this a long-standing tradition, why do these ghosts feel so incredible?

It's really scary if you laugh and laugh together.

In contrast, Melanie had the slightest reaction. She thought it was normal, as if she had expected it a long time ago, and just said lightly, "Maybe Hull really should have carefully considered the location of the dormitory."

Aurora looked at Melanie's words with mixed emotions, and felt that the "mystery of the dormitory locations of the four Hogwarts colleges" discussed by the little badgers before seemed to have solved the case at once.

Although I have basically guessed it, this kind of suggestive official seal is still shocking.

Among all the letters, she and Remus corresponded the most, and sometimes there were five or six letters back and forth a day, which exhausted Vaux's owl.Sometimes when she woke up in the middle of the night, Aurora would read these letters carefully one by one, until Salazar's diary slammed mercilessly on her head and forced her to retreat to sleep.

During this period, she often woke up in the middle of the night and was not very energetic during the day. The loss of hair made her worry that she would be bald soon.Tonks is worried about her current state, because wizards' emotions directly affect their magic state.When she was a child, there was a period of time when she lost her ability to disguise because of excessive emotional depression.

She was very worried that Aurora's ability to tame animals would also disappear or decrease temporarily, and her whole person would become empty and pale from then on.

This morning, Aurora woke up again at two o'clock in the morning. Just as she reached out to touch the letters stuffed under the pillow, she was slapped in the face by Snake Ancestor's diary.She couldn't fall asleep, so she grabbed the diary and tried to open it to talk to the other party, but was rejected by Mr. Slytherin.Aurora tried for a long time, but couldn't open the diary.

"I really can't sleep..."

The diary ignored her.

"I received a letter from Melanie and the others yesterday."

The diary is still not open.

"They were very surprised. Regarding the current relationship between the colleges, they said..."

"Say one more word and I'll throw you out." Salazar's voice came from the diary, a very slight, cold threat, "The secret room or the lounge of my college, choose as you like."

"!!!" Aurora immediately retracted into bed, "I fell asleep."

"..."

But the truth is, it took her a long time to fall asleep, so sitting in the examination room of the prophecy class, she was a little dazed when she watched Vocks pass over the teacup that she had almost drank.

"Oh, now it's your turn," he said.

Aurora opened the book and glanced casually into the cup, then froze.Vax suddenly had a bad feeling: "What's wrong?"

She took the cup she had just put down and compared it: "It's the same."

In Vox's future, there is also a snake.

He stared at the bottom of the cup with wide eyes, his face contorted with stomach pain.Bill, who had already finished, ran over to look at the cups of the two of them, and was taken aback for a moment, then pointed at Vaux and laughed loudly: "You have today too!"

"Wait, what does the snake represent?" Vox began frantically looking through the notes he had just made for Aurora.

"Of course it's Slytherin." Bill pretended to be sad and pointed to the flag of the Snake House among the flags of the four colleges on the top of the classroom. "Isn't that obvious enough?"

"Bill, who is your partner?" Aurora asked.

"Here." He raised his chin towards Beverly who was packing up.

Because of the exam, students from the four colleges gathered together.

Aurora looked at Beverly's figure, then looked back at the cloak on Vaux, and suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.

After the exam, the group of them came to Hagrid's cabin together. Aurora briefly talked about the condition of her eyes. There was a long silence in the room, and everyone had that incredible expression on their faces.

"How come..." Vox was the first to react, "It's impossible, if you don't remember because you were cast with the Oblivion Curse or drank the Oblivion Potion, then why don't I have any memory at all? We grew up together Big one, but I never remember you hurt your eye. Could St. Mungo's be mistaken?"

"It's too impossible for the two head therapists of St. Mungo's to make a mistake together." Beverly shook her head, expressing her own speculation, "I think the person who attacked you might be a novice eater." Dead Apostle, because he could have directly killed you with that spell, but he just blinded you. Of course, it is also possible that the person who saved you disrupted him..." She paused, "You Why don't you ask Principal Dumbledore? I remember that before you entered school, he sent money to your home regularly, maybe he would know."

"Death Eater." Aurora turned the cup in front of her with her fingers, "You mean, the person who used black magic on me wanted to kill me because of my father, right?"

Beverly nodded, "It's only possible. Regulus and I have written several times and mentioned your father. He also had an impression of your father. He was quite famous in the Order of the Phoenix at that time. I think... That man..." She frowned, as if uncomfortable with mentioning the Dark Lord, and continued, "Must have thought about killing your father and his family."

"I've thought about it." Aurora lowered her head, and the pure white heat rose into her eyes, blurring, "It's just that I don't understand why not only I don't have the impression, but Vox doesn't."

This is really puzzling.

"There is a conjecture." Bill said, his blue eyes flicked back and forth between Vox and Aurora, "Maybe Vox knew about it, but his memory was erased just like you. If the other party made up his mind not to Let Aurora you remember this, then it's not surprising that he would erase Vox's memory because of his relationship with you."

Aurora was silent for a long time, finally got up, pursed her lips and smiled: "Thank you, I have to go find Professor Snape, the blueberry jam and grape crisp must be starving. How about we see you another day?"

"Well. See you another day."

One second before going out, Vaux suddenly called out to Aurora: "You know that no matter what, all of us will be with you, right?"

Aurora was stunned for a moment, and the hand holding the door knocker gradually slipped down.

Then she walked back and hugged all three of them hard: "I'll get used to it."

After speaking, she said goodbye to her friends and left.Before she left, she heard Bill suddenly say:

"Why don't we discuss the problem of predicting the exam just now?"

"To shut up--!"

……

There was a knock on the door, quite iconic in strength and rhythm.

Snape didn't look up, he was still busy correcting the pile of papers in front of him, he raised his wand in his left hand to open the window, and said, "Come in."

Aurora pushed the door open, and hesitated for a while at the door, because the weather outside was always gloomy and dim, the light conditions in the cellar office were not good even with the windows open, and when she first came in, her vision was completely blind.She lowered her head subconsciously, and used her toes to test the stairs in front of her.

Just stepped on the first level, the light at the door suddenly turned on.The brass-toned firelight suddenly squeezed out the darkness entrenched in the doorway, Aurora looked up at Snape, who put down his wand, and still made no other moves.

"Hi, professor, excuse me." Aurora said, took off the magic satchel and put it on the ground. When she opened it, the Ministry of Magic logo on it flashed as usual.

She quickly followed the stairs inside to get into the satchel, and as soon as she opened the door with the lead bucket full of meat, the blueberry jam squeaked and crashed into Aurora's arms, rubbing the girl's neck affectionately.

Aurora stroked its head and spread out the food in its hand.Buckbeak and Bird Snake Grape Crisp were a little unhappy, because Aurora hadn't come down to see them for several days, and they refused to eat no matter how coaxed they were, and kept staring fiercely at them.

Aurora patiently comforted the two awkward magical creatures, stroking their feathers and bodies over and over again.She looked at them as if she wanted to imprint them in her mind, and she was very afraid that she would not remember what they looked like if she couldn't see them in the future.

The coffee bean, who was full, came over obediently and kissed Aurora's hair. She was now a full-grown adult, with a wide wingspan, a graceful and smooth body, and her skin was as black as the night sky.

The emotions of the animal trainer and the magical creatures interacted with each other, and Aurora soon discovered that they all became sleepy and listless.Blueberry jam didn't even eat the animal's brains, so it lay on Aurora's shoulder and shrugged.

"Don't be unhappy." Aurora picked up the sliced ​​ferret meat and handed it to Buckbeak, "I'll stay a little longer this time, okay?"

So she did nothing all afternoon, just stayed here with her magical creatures until Snape started tapping on his satchel to remind Aurora that it was time to come out.

She could basically imagine the gloomy expression of the potions professor in front of her when she climbed out of the satchel.However, to her surprise, when she actually saw each other, Snape just looked at her slightly displeased with a slight frown, sat back on the chair, and said, "I almost thought you I got lost in my satchel, Miss Field. You've been down a little too long this time, don't you think?"

Aurora packed the satchel: "Excuse me, Professor, I just want...to see them more." Snape understood what she meant, and after a slight pause, he looked at her coldly, his tone so slow that he almost Deliberate: "You have time to look at them."

These words made Aurora shudder, she looked blankly at the office where the shadows overlapped and squeezed, her voice was low and scattered: "No, I don't have much time."

The track of Snape's nib broke off, dragging out tiny unnecessary scratches.He looked up at the girl in front of him, his face was formulaic and cold like a mask, without a trace of softness and popularity, and the wrinkles between his brows became deeper.

A strong impulse forced Aurora to meet the other's dark and cold eyes, so that she had no time to think about what she was doing, whether it was appropriate and what the consequences would be.She just wanted to express her truest thoughts to the person in front of her, those things that she dared not reveal even when she wrote letters desperately, and those things that she couldn’t speak when communicating with friends, the depression and fear that tormented her every day and night.

She just wanted to tell this professor of hers.

"It's getting harder and harder for me to see those things in the distance, Professor. It's hard, and I really don't know what to do."

As Aurora said, her eyes reflected the clear light under the only broken light in the environment, and her body trembled uncontrollably.Standing in this dark cellar office, she was like a spark that was so oppressed by the darkness that there was no escape, trembling and flickering, bright and fragile.

"I thought I was just plain snow blindness at first, like you know, the Hufflepuff disease. But then I went to St. Mungo's and I found out that my eyes were covered with a deadly black magic. Cut, I should have been blind by now."

When she said this, Snape put down his pen, his hand slid down and rested on the soft cushion of the armrest of the chair, his knuckles stiffened.Aurora wasn't sure if he was thinking about how to throw herself out, but she didn't want to stop.She had a hunch that if she didn't say it now, she might never have another chance in the future.

"But I don't remember this incident, I don't have any memory at all. Vox and I grew up together, and he doesn't remember this kind of thing happening. It's like... one of my nightmares came true, It's just that it happened without anyone seeing it, but the scars are real."

"My memory has been edited and deleted. It's not complete, and it's not the most authentic. Like I always thought I was just... born in an ordinary family, no different from other people. Later someone told me , I'm actually a wizard, and a descendant of the Hufflepuff family."

"I've never been who I thought I was. I don't even know how much of my memory is really worth trusting, what else I'm forgetting, and whether it matters to me."

"I'm not afraid of the unknown, Professor. But I'm afraid that what I've been relying on and believing is false. And I'm afraid that I'll... never see..."

"St. Mungo said that it is impossible for my eyes to be completely cured. Even if the treatment can only be delayed for a few years, one day I will... be unable to see anything."

"I have no way to avoid the influence of this trial, it has been following me, I can't get rid of it, I will think of it from time to time." Aurora pinched her hand until it was covered with red and purple traces. Unconscious, "I think I can guess something. Maybe it's because my father is a member of the Order of the Phoenix, so I will be targeted. Maybe, the person who cast a spell on me intended to kill me, but I don't know why it didn't work out."

Snape was motionless, sitting there like a statue, moving only a little after hearing Aurora's last words: "Did St. Mungo tell you so?"

"Yes." Aurora nodded, "They also said that my eyes were healed by someone, but my memory disappeared."

"So you want to retrieve those memories? Find the person who cast the spell on you?" His voice sounded very cold, with an imperceptible tension.

Aurora shook her head slowly, "I want to know what happened to me, what kind of impact they have had on me, and whether my memory is still trustworthy. But I don't want to know who treated me The spell cast, that's meaningless, it's probably some Death Eater who knows the dark arts, and I'm already like that. So..."

"I want to know more about who saved me. I want to know this, it's more important and meaningful to me."

She is so obsessed with exploring the truth of her own memory, because it is related to her positioning and perception of herself.Whether she is really a time traveler, this is the starting point and angle from which she has always looked at the world.If this changed, she couldn't imagine what was possible.

After Snape heard her words, his expression changed a bit. Against the light, the contours of his face were blurred and the shadows were deep, making it impossible to see his expression.Aurora didn't know what he was thinking, so she could only wait and watch him.

After a while, Snape finally spoke: "So you came here just to tell me this?"

Aurora was stunned, "...No. I just..." She picked up the satchel on the ground, "I know I'm wasting your time today, but I really don't know who to tell this to. I dare not tell Anyone who says, I know maybe Professor Dumbledore will know more about my father, but I... But I dare not tell him what I think."

Snape pursed his lips tightly, looking uncomfortable.He looked at the girl who was standing on the opposite side with some restraint, and he could see the light color on her long hair, and the clear and warm flame in her eyes, which was gradually cooling down, and the incredible honesty and trust.

This kind of cognition made him feel weird and uncomfortable, and he instinctively doubted it.If you just want to know what happened, especially what is related to Edmond Field, Aurora shouldn't come to him in any way.Like she said, she should go to Dumbledore.

The truth was, however, that she hadn't gone to Dumbledore, or even told anyone else, except Snape.This was the reason why he almost subconsciously asked the other party's purpose of coming here. He already had his own guesses, for example, asking him to help her see if her eyesight, which had been tried by St. Mungo's terminal illness, could be saved.

That's logical.

But she didn't.

As if she simply came here to tell him what she dared not tell anyone, this is a kind of sincere and heavy trust, hot and bright.

Snape looked at her coldly, not understanding why she did this.Is it because I am her guarantor now?This reason is too weak, if it is true, he will almost doubt Aurora's IQ.And according to his observations, the girl in front of him is definitely much smarter and better than most Hufflepuffs, and even better than the average Slytherin.

Why?He really wanted to knock open the golden head of this Hufflepuff descendant to see what was inside.

Looking at the whole of Hogwarts, from when Snape was still a student, until now he has become the head of Slytherin.He is used to the utilitarianism and status and strength in Slytherin, which he pursues and loves.His talent in potions is unique, and his ability to comprehend black magic is also very high.These did bring him fame and the admiration of others, but only on the surface.

He knows what the students call and label him, the gloomy and terrifying potion lover, the millennium poisonous snake and the devil headmaster of Slytherin, his words are sharper than knives, and he will lose a year of life just by looking at him. Being looked at by him will save ten years of life.

There are many ways to be convincing. Dumbledore likes to use his deep wisdom and gentleness, while Snape is more accustomed to using his intimidating deterrence.So there are always students who are willing to be close to and support their old Headmaster, but stay away from Snape.

This is human nature, after all, everyone loves warm and bright things.

That's why Aurora's trust seemed even weirder, it came so suddenly that Snape couldn't find a reason.

The last time he faced this kind of sincere and harmless belief was when he met that bold and beautiful red-haired girl many years ago.Now is the second time, but he feels very abnormal vigilantly.There was even a moment when Snape wanted to yell at Aurora directly, telling her to go out and get out of here immediately.But he doesn't seem to want to do that... and after all, the state of her eyes is caused by his being too perfunctory.

If she was indeed permanently blind, Snape wouldn't think it would be any easier for him.

And just now, she said that she just wants to know who saved her, because that's what matters?What if the person who cast the spell and the person who healed are the same?Snape wanted to sneer.

After a long and dull silence that was almost breathless, Aurora bid farewell to Snape and left.

As soon as she turned around, she heard Snape's cool voice, with a texture like soft ice: "I haven't let you go yet, Field."

She turned her head in surprise, but saw that the other party had stood up and raised her wand towards her.

A light green band of light floated out from the tip of the wand, gently surrounding Aurora's eyes, bringing a warm and comfortable feeling.The feeling was very similar to when Salazar checked her eyes.

When the light faded, Aurora blinked, and saw that the other party was still in that spell-casting posture for a while, and then sat down, as if thinking about something, with his brows still frowning.

She touched her eyes, never expecting that the other party would check her eyes, and said, "It's serious, professor."

Snape glanced at her without emotion: "It's quite serious."

Sure enough... or...

She tore her lips with her teeth, and was about to say something but was preempted by the other party: "But it's not necessarily blind."

what? !

Aurora couldn't react a little, stared at Snape with wide eyes for a while, and said a little tremblingly: "But... St. Mungo's people said..."

"If you believed them so much, why did you come to me?" Snape interrupted impatiently.

"Because, I never thought that you would help me..."

"Then what are you doing here?"

The topic is a circle, and it goes back unsuspectingly.Both of them froze for a moment.

"So... I really hope that my eyes can be completely cured, right?"

"I thought you weren't stupid enough to ask me to repeat such a simple thing, Field."

The slow and strong joy is the magnificent sunshine at dawn, tearing away all the haze and worries, and under the morning light is a grand ceremony of the recovery of all things.

"Then...can you please cure my eyes? Please, professor." Aurora came back to her senses and said stutteringly, choosing her words carefully, "If St. Mungo can't do anything, well, then Really only you can help me."

"I'd do anything to repay you."

The other party said "anything" so naturally and sincerely, Snape was quiet for a while, and replied indifferently: "Then keep your previous class status, Field. Your recent class performance is very eye-catching, and it is almost as good as yours." It is a must-discuss topic when the professors have dinner, if you don’t want to be called by them one by one to talk soon.”

"Also." He continued, "Don't make my treatment more difficult by doing other things that damage your vision health. It won't do you any good."

"Teach...professor?"

"Finally." Snape raised his hand, pointed at the door, and said forcefully, "Get out."

Aurora walked out of the office door in a daze, finished dinner in the restaurant in a fog, and even felt very unreal when she went to bed at night.

She never thought that Snape would actually heal her eyes, let alone that her eyes could turn around.Of course, it was the former that gave her the biggest impact.

If Dumbledore became his guarantor, what about this time?Was it Snape himself?

The moment this thought came to her head, Aurora turned over and buried her face in the quilt, her cheeks were covered with warm breath and stagnant air.It wasn't until she was a little out of breath that Aurora sat up again and stared at the dark yellow bed curtain above her head. The light cast irregular shadows on it, which looked like a silhouette of a strange bird about to fly.

"The power of the Patronus comes from within you. You must use the magic while doing your best to think about those precious and happy memories of you."

"And it must be the most important one."

Salazar's words broke into Aurora's mind for no reason, her patron saint had never appeared, even though she tried all the beautiful moments in her memory.

She suddenly reached out and took out her cypress wand, which was smooth and hard, with a gentle color.

"Sir." Aurora jumped up, took out the diary from the canvas bag, and met the strange gaze of the green poisonous snake with a bright smile, "Shall we try the Patronus Charm again?"

Salazar was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "What did you think of?"

"I don't know if it's possible, but I want to try."

"Go to the secret room."

"...Isn't it allowed in the Forbidden Forest?"

"Are you talking too much now?" Salazar sneered.

With Eldara's apparition, going to the secret room becomes a very easy task.

Aurora stood barefoot on the floor outside the secret room, it was cool to the bone, and the gaps between the smooth floor tiles under the soles of her feet were flat and straight, extending to places out of sight.This is a real underground kingdom. The dark and dark green water ripples from the front of the stone head sculpture in the center, flows to the distance, and caresses under the heads and fangs of the two rows of giant snakes.Deep water and poisonous snakes guarded loyally on both sides of the wall, and the dome of the grotto above had sharp and jagged stalactites hanging upside down. The ripples of water surged everywhere, as beautiful and eerie as transparent cracks.

Everything in the secret room is dark, only the central pool in front of the stone statue emits a faint green light, illuminating the entire space in a hazy and dreamy way.

"Why...you must practice the Patronus Charm here, sir?" Aurora shivered a little because of the low temperature in the secret room.Of course, part of it was because she was afraid that the basilisk would suddenly come out of a corner and stare at her with a death stare.

Then she is really dead.

"It sounds like you're being forced to practice here?"

Salazar's voice contained a kind of grim smile, which made Aurora's scalp tingle, and immediately replied: "No, how is it possible. I just think it's really difficult to practice a spell that I'm not very familiar with in such a sacred place. It's so profane."

The poisonous snake was entrenched on the parchment, looking at the girl in front of him with a sinister smile, with an arrogant attitude: "Should I congratulate you for finally getting better again?"

After finishing speaking, he put away that scary smile: "Let's get started."

"Focus on your most important happy memory," Salazar said. "You have three chances. If you fail the last time, you'll be thrown to Abyss. By the way, it's on your In the pool behind."

Aurora,...

That's why you asked me to come to the Chamber of Secrets? !

Are all you Slytherins this cruel? !Will you die if you don't learn? !

Is there any humanity left? !

"What are you still doing?" The poisonous snake narrowed its eyes dangerously.

Aurora gritted her teeth to suppress the chill that ran down her spine, and raised her wand.

She remembered what Snape said just now, in the cellar office.He said, "It's serious. But it's not guaranteed to be blind."

This is a promise, her turning point.

"Call God Guardian—!"

A large group of silver light bloomed in mid-air like a huge flower, blooming in an explosive manner, and finally gathered and gathered to form a living creature.The silver creature lowered its head, its clear vertical pupils gently looked at the girl in front of it, and its slender tongue stuck out to lick her temples.

"This is……"

Aurora couldn't help but take a few steps back, avoiding its intimacy, her voice was a little distorted and high-pitched because of surprise: "This is a snake?!"

Sara looked at it for a while and explained: "This is the black king snake. It feeds on other poisonous snakes, but it is not poisonous itself, and can resist the venom of most poisonous snakes. It has a very gentle personality and is completely black." Then, he looked at it. Aurora, who was already stunned, said, "It's quite suitable for you."

"Black...black king snake." Aurora avoided her patron saint again and looked at Salazar with tears in her eyes, "But I'm afraid of snakes, sir!"

"...it is your patron saint..."

"I know, sir! But I'm still afraid!"

"...Then what will you do if you encounter a dementor in the future?" Salazar asked through gritted teeth.

"This..." Aurora looked nervously at the docile and huge black king snake in front of her, and replied tremblingly, "I think, it depends... who can run faster... me or the dementor." She sincerely said I feel that this Patronus will have a greater effect on herself than on the dementors.

"You..." Salazar was almost vomiting blood from her anger, "You stupid Hufflepuff!"

The author has something to say:

Aurora [vicissitudes of life]: I didn't blow it, I saw my own Patronus, running faster than a dementor!

By the way, the black king snake is a real snake, and its characteristics are just like what the snake ancestor said.Those who are interested can go and have a look.It is said that I am such a person who is so afraid of snakes. In order to find a patron saint, I searched for pictures of snakes, and I still feel cold. It is really scary.

It has been updated irregularly in the past few days. Friends come and hang out together.

Finally, this is a chapter with a burst of words, so I'm asking for comments! !