Parents of Hogwarts

It's like this again, it's always like this

The dark and damp room looked dilapidated.A man with a hooked nose was yelling at a cowering woman, his mouth full of filthy words, such as "trash" and "garbage" and so on. The woman's face became darker and darker, but she never said anything. A hint of resistance.

A black-haired boy was hiding in a corner and crying secretly. He blocked his ears with his hands, trying to escape from this familiar scene, but it made him feel more painful every time.

There is no doubt that he failed.

The argument continued, and the man didn't even bother to look at him, but continued to insult his mother.

Snape didn't even want to call the hook-nosed man his father.

He doesn't understand.

I don’t understand why my mother, who is a witch, is so afraid of a Muggle who is not even qualified to possess a wand.

The boy couldn't help but clench his hands tightly, thinking of the drawers in his room.

His mother's wand, right there.

All it takes is a curse...

Yes, all it takes is a simple curse...

Didn't he already read a lot from his mother's books? Even just the simplest curse can teach this man enough lessons to let him know that wizards cannot be bullied by Muggles.

Wizards are supposed to be above Muggles

The boy's fists clenched repeatedly, and the impulse in his heart became more intense.

The man noticed Snape's strange behavior. Without thinking, he picked up an object and threw it at him. He cursed angrily: "You damn thing, you only know how to waste my hard-earned money." Food, don’t you know magic? Do you know that damn magic? Go ahead, steal, rob, and get the money back.”

Snape was careless and felt a pain in his arm. His mother quickly grabbed her husband and begged: "Don't hit him. He is just a child. Don't hit him."

The blood in Snape's heart was extinguished.

He covered his arms, hurriedly bypassed the two of them, and escaped through the door.

Yes, he escaped.

As cowardly as his mother.

Snape came to the street aimlessly and walked aimlessly.

This is Spider End, a street area in Cokeworth.

It is a dirty place, a slum, and a garbage dump.

Here, Snape saw no hope at all, just like at home.

There might be a wonderful life at Hogwarts waiting for him, but it would take some time, and he was growing impatient.

He wanted to escape from here, escape from the dark life here.

The suffering caused by a family's misfortune is extremely difficult to repair, especially when it falls on a child.

Because children are powerless, what they can do is very little.Children can only passively endure all this, bear the negative emotions at home, and grow up in this extremely disgusting situation.

No matter how hard the children try to divert their attention, they still cannot escape this miserable fate.

Because children always have to go back.

Returning to the place that outsiders call home but in our hearts considers hell.

Snape blindly walked through the maze-like alleys, through the rows of dilapidated houses, and walked on the cobblestones.

After an unknown amount of time, Snape suddenly came to his senses.

He thought of the girl he had noticed for a long time, her dazzling red hair, and her happy smile.

Will she go there again today?

Will she still be with her ignorant and annoying sister?

Will you still...swing there?

Snape didn't know the answer, but his pace gradually quickened.

Even if there was only a glimmer of luck in his heart, even if there was only a glimmer of possibility, he would give it a try.

To pursue the only light he found in this endless darkness.

Outside the dense bushes, in an almost deserted small playground, two girls were swinging.

The smaller girl swung higher and higher on the swing, even higher than the larger one. Snape, who was hiding in the bushes, was filled with joy and could not help but show longing on his face.

"Lily, don't do this" the older girl suddenly screamed.

However, the little girl let go of her hand and flew into the air when the swing reached the highest point.

Not falling slowly, but really flying.

She jumped into the sky with laughter, and did not land heavily on the asphalt ground. Instead, she glided in the air for a short distance like an acrobat, staying for an obviously unreasonable time, and finally landed lightly on the ground.

"Mom told you not to do this"

Petunia stopped the swing with her heels scraping against the ground, making a sharp friction sound. Then she jumped up again, hands on her hips: "Mom said you are not allowed to do this, Lily."

"But I'm fine." Lily said, still giggling, causing Snape, who was not far away, to show a rare smile.

"Penny, look at this, see what I'm capable of."

Penny looked around, they were the only two people in the empty playground.It seemed that after making sure that no one would be caught doing strange things, she walked up, looking both curious and dissatisfied, with a very conflicted heart.

Lily waited until Petunia walked in and could see clearly, then she spread her hands, and the petals kept opening and closing in her palm, like some kind of weird, multi-layered oyster.

"Don't do this" Petunia screamed.

"I didn't do anything to you," Lily said, but she crumpled the flower up and threw it on the ground.

"This is wrong." Penny said, but her eyes followed the fallen flowers and rested on them for a long time. "How did you do it?" she asked again, with unconcealable desire in her voice.

"Isn't this very clear?" Perhaps because of today's bad experience, or perhaps because of his impulsiveness and his contempt for Petunia, a Muggle's stupidity, Snape no longer just observed silently as usual. , but jumped out of the bushes.

Penny screamed, turned and ran towards the swing.Lily was obviously startled, but stayed where she was.

Snape suddenly seemed to regret showing up, perhaps fearing that it would stop Lily from appearing in the playground again and keep him away from the only light.

But he didn't run away again, and this was the first time he was so close to Lily.Snape looked at Lily with a faint blush on his sallow cheeks.

"What's so clear?" Lily felt confused, but still asked curiously.

Snape seemed nervous and excited. He couldn't help but use his fingers to gently clasp the shabby coat that was obviously too big. He looked at Petunia who was wandering by the swing in the distance, and said in a low voice: "I know who you are."

"What do you mean?" Lily asked.

"You are... you are a witch," Snape said softly.

Lily seemed to be insulted, especially under such ridiculous words.

"It's rude to say that to someone else."

She turned around and strode towards her sister with her face upturned.

"No" Snape panicked, his face turned red, and he chased after the two girls.The way he fluttered his sleeves made him look like a stupid bat, but he didn't take it off, perhaps for fear of revealing the maternity dress underneath.

Both sisters looked at him with equal disapproval, both clutching a swing post as if it were a safe place in a game of tag.

"You are." Snape said to Lily: "You are a witch. I have been observing you for a while. There is nothing wrong with that. My mother is a witch and I am a wizard."

Penny's laughter was as cold as cold water.

"Wizard," she screamed, "I know who you are. You are the boy from the Snape family. They live in Spider End Alley by the river." She told Lily, her tone obviously full of warning, " Why are you peeking at us?"

"I didn't peek." Snape said, he was excited and uneasy, and his hair looked dirty in the bright sunlight. "I didn't want to peek at you," he continued contemptuously, "You are a Muggle. "

Petunia obviously didn't understand what the word meant, but there was no way she couldn't understand his tone.

"Lily, come on, let's go" she screamed.Lily immediately listened to her sister's words and planned to turn around and leave, staring at Snape. It was obvious that she also understood his tone.

Snape stood there and stared at the two of them, focusing more on Lily. His heart was filled with pain and disappointment.He had been planning this moment for some time, but now those beautiful imaginations had left him, and everything had returned to darkness.

"He was right."

Suddenly, a voice sounded from far away. The three of them were startled and looked towards the bushes together.

A little boy appeared there at some point. From his shabby clothes, it could be seen that his family situation was not very good, but both the jacket and the shirt inside were neat and clean, completely different from Snape.

And in the air at the same height on both sides of him, there were two narcissus floating slowly.

Perhaps because the boy's appearance was more convincing, or perhaps because they were stunned by the wonderful tricks of the two daffodils, the two sisters stopped together and looked at the boy who suddenly appeared with their mouths wide open.

Snape's face suddenly turned red, because the boy walked out of the bushes where he had been hiding, and he might not have known how long he had been peeking. In this way, his lies could be possible at any time. Exposed.

But the boy didn't even look at Snape. He walked slowly in front of the two girls. The daffodils beside him seemed to be under inexplicable manipulation, floating precisely on their chests.

The two sisters looked at each other, and then slowly held their own daffodils. Petunia looked obviously more shocked, and her open mouth never closed.

"Beautiful daffodils, given to two more beautiful ladies." The boy smiled gently.

Blush spread across her face at the same time, especially Petunia's. This was the first time that she received so much attention in Lily's presence.

"Please forgive me for disturbing this little... party." The corners of the boy's mouth curled up, as if even he felt that this word was inappropriate. He continued: "But despite this, I think it is still necessary. Please defend this gentleman." The boy pointed at Snape, looked at Lily and said seriously: "You are indeed a wizard, just like me."

Lily subconsciously wanted to retort, but suddenly saw the narcissus in her hand floating again, flying between the two of them, and then slowly falling back into her hand.

"This is not an insulting term. Just like Muggle, it is just a pronoun for a different identity, but it refers to those who are born without magical abilities. But I do want to say the last sentence, This gentleman's tone was not very pleasant, which is why this misunderstanding occurred."

Lily looked at the daffodils in her hands thoughtfully, while Penny couldn't help asking the boy after a period of inner tangles: "What about me? Am I also a wizard?"

Lily turned her head in surprise, which was completely different from the attitude Petunia had always shown.Penny couldn't help but flinch, but still looked at the boy with a hint of expectancy.

The boy walked up to Petunia and shook his head with regret, but before Petunia could become more disappointed, he said: "Although these magical magical abilities are innate talents, there is no doubt that they are also A curse."

The two "cursed" sisters were startled at the same time.

"Yes, that's right, it's a curse." The boy nodded seriously: "Once these magical abilities are used improperly, it is very likely to cause harm to yourself or the people around you, but you don't need to worry too much at the moment." The boy added in time. He said: "In order to avoid this situation from happening, when we officially reach the age of 11, we will go to a school called Hogwarts to learn how to correctly control this ability. protect yourself,"

The boy turned to look at Penny: "With his family."

"Moreover, the process of learning is also full of various dangers. If you are not careful, you may be hurt. For example, a wrong spell or a failed potion test are extremely dangerous things. , it must be done under the care of a mature wizard, so that you can be sent to the hospital in time for rescue."

The boy talked about how scary magic was, and all kinds of horrible examples came out of his mouth one after another. It scared Petunia so much that she was glad that she was a Muggle, while Lily's face was full of fear.

"Don't listen to his nonsense." Snape, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly shouted: "He is doing this..."

"I believe" the boy suddenly raised his voice and interrupted Snape's words unprepared: "This gentleman will continue to explain more details to you, if you are willing to listen. Of course, I think This is extremely necessary.”

"It is extremely necessary for both wizards and Muggles."

The boy turned to look at Snape, and his tone slowly increased: "After all, I just heard the quarrel from a distance and decided to come over and take a look, instead of being around here from the beginning." The boy added superfluously. Such a sentence.

Snape's movements were inexplicably stagnant, and his face turned the color of liver.

"Of course, wizards are not always exposed to all kinds of risks, and Muggles can also use some magical props from the magical world. In other words, although this seems unfair, it is not entirely so. , but each has its own scenery.”

After saying these words, the boy turned and retreated, leaving the three of them here.

Just before entering the bushes, the boy suddenly turned around and said to them: "By the way, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Sangster."

The boy gently lifted the newsboy cap on his head with his fingers and said gently again.

"Karan Sangster."