[HP] A Brief History of Time

The next day was the weekend, and it was also the eve of Halloween. During breakfast, a black owl with a sinister expression flew to Virginia's hand and left a handwritten note.It's Professor Snape's extra class - 08:30 in his office just in time to finish the pot of medicine they've been brewing lately.

"From today onwards, the weight of each ingredient will be tripled." Professor Snape silently stood beside Virginia's cutting board.

Virginia stopped what she was doing, and said puzzledly, "Although I don't fully understand the effects of this potion, but... if the dosage is increased, it is obvious that it is no longer a potion that wizards can drink. It is probably only suitable for magic. creature."

Snape glanced at her, waved his hand like a dictator, and said, "Oh? The job you're doing is so simple, it's burying your talent, Miss Crackenthorpe, that you're so eager to express What do you think? Why don't you tell me what kind of potion this is?"

Virginia was silent, "The original formula should be Wolfsbane Potion. Damocles Marcus won the Order of Merlin for it. I saw it in "The Story of the Order of Merlin". But now many formulas have been changed……"

"Increase the dose," Snape snorted coldly, interrupted her unquestionably, and said stiffly, "You can manage the time allocation yourself. I have explained to you the principle of each ingredient in detail." After he finished speaking, He shook his sleeves and sat back at the desk, obviously a certain word or meaning in Virginia's words angered him.

Virginia was silent. She looked at a large pile of materials on the chopping board in front of her, and finally took out a larger dose from the cabinet.

The semi-finished product in the crucible has been simmering for a week, and today is the time to add new ingredients. Virginia carefully added more meat wraps than originally-leading to her caring for a month of meat wraps Immediately she lost a lot of weight, and the color of the potion suddenly became clear. Virginia stepped on a bench transformed from a bucket, staring at the last string of bubbles rising to the surface of the crucible with wide eyes. It cracked with a snap, and she quickly grabbed the medicinal ingredients that had been arranged in order on the chopping board, and threw them into the crucible while silently reciting the number of stirring times.

This action should be repeated every 10 minutes.

After the color of the potion in the cauldron changed several times, Virginia's arm was so sore that a pot of horrible color and thick, steaming potion was finally boiled out.

The pointer of time has already slipped past ten o'clock.

Virginia squatted down and took out several crystal bottles from under the cabinet.

"Wait," Professor Snape interrupted her bottling. He picked up a ladle that was also made of crystal and a goblet, and slowly scooped up two spoonfuls.

"To Professor Lupine." He handed the goblet full of potions to Virginia.

Virginia paused with her outstretched hand, and raised her head in surprise.

Professor Snape's eyes were full of malicious light, and there was a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and his body, which was still a little tense, became lazy now.He waited for a while, then shook his hand holding the goblet slightly, "You should know where his office is, Virginia. It's right next to your Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom." He decided to The wine glass was placed in front of Virginia, "Go ahead and tell him by the way, if he still wants to drink, we still have a big pot here."

Virginia, holding a steaming goblet, slowly moved out of the potions classroom.In front of the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher's office on the second floor, she took a deep breath and knocked lightly on the door.

"Come in." A soft voice came from the door.

"Professor Lupine, I'm sorry to disturb you... Ah, Harry!" Virginia looked at the two people in the office uncomfortably.

"Ah, may I ask..." Professor Lupine glanced at the goblet in her hand, "This is..."

Virginia hurriedly placed the cup on the table between the two of them, "Professor Snape asked me to bring it to you."

"What's this?" Harry heard Snape's name, looked at the wine glass warily, and frowned.

"Actually, I boiled the whole potion." After Virginia finished speaking, she glanced at Professor Lupine slightly. His expression was slightly stunned, and then he raised his eyes to Virginia.

"...Thank you." He said with some reluctance, "This medicine is very difficult to make, you are—" He glanced at the emblem on Virginia's clothes, "Hufflepuff, ah, this is terrible very impressive."

"What the hell is this?" Harry couldn't help interjecting, he looked at Virginia, "Are you locked up again?"

Virginia's eyes wandered, "Actually, like Draco, I belong to Professor Snape—" She spat out a word awkwardly, "Apprentice?"

Lupine smiled and took a sip from the glass in front of him.

"Professor," Harry's complexion suddenly changed, and he looked at Virginia suspiciously, "Did you really suffer this? What is it?"

"Medicine to cure the disease." Virginia replied to him very hastily, and she hurriedly conveyed the last sentence to Professor Lupine, "If you still need anything, Professor Snape has a big pot."

"Of course, of course, thank you very much." Professor Lupine drank all the potion in the glass in one breath, there seemed to be a trace of blood on his pale cheeks, and he looked at Virginia with gratitude, "Drink After I finished, I felt much better. Well, I'm going to work."

He politely sent both Harry and Virginia out of the office.

"What kind of medicine is that, Virginia?" Even if Virginia stepped out of the office first and walked towards the basement, it didn't stop Harry from catching up and asking.

"Didn't you see that Professor Lupine's face is pale?" Virginia had to stop, and quickly made up a reason in her mind, "His body has been weak all year round, but...you know that you are so weak in Professor Lupine's life?" It's actually very rude to ask in front of him - you can see that he is living in a difficult life, living in Hogwarts is great for him, and Dumbledore asked Professor Snape to make him a potion that can heal his body ——I don't know what it is, but I can swear that none of its ingredients are poison. Stop doubting Professor Snape like this!"

Harry nodded suspiciously, "Is that really the case?"

"Yes, that's it." Virginia replied firmly, and she glanced at her wrist. "It's lunch time! We shouldn't miss lunch. Oh, by the way, shouldn't you go with the senior students Hogsmeade?"

"Haha, that's because Potter is a coward!" Before Harry could answer, a Slytherin boy came out from the front, back, and side stairs of the corridor, and one of them slapped his arm loudly. The big man in plaster, the two lumps of flesh on his face were twisted into a ball by his grin, he twisted his other free hand, and said in a high-pitched voice, "Woo, mom, mom, I'm afraid of dementors !"

The remaining two boys laughed in unison.

"Warrington, shut up!" Harry pulled Virginia behind him, gripping his wand tightly.

"Oh, oh, I'm sorry to disturb you young lovers." Warrington said eccentrically, his eyes suddenly fixed on Virginia behind Harry, "ah, Virginia Krakenthall Poo, a Hufflepuff, poor little thing, how does it feel to be dumped by Malfoy because of Savior Potter? You don't seem to care!"

Harry quickly turned his head and glanced at Virginia in surprise, suppressing the question in his throat.

Virginia looked very dazed, she glanced at Warrington, then at the other two boys who were slowly walking towards them with obvious malicious intentions, "Are you here to ask for trouble? Is it because of Harry, or because of I?"

Warrington was obviously taken aback, and then said, "Is there a difference?" He turned the wand in his hand impatiently, "I happened to meet the two of you, of course we will settle the bill together." He smiled sinisterly, and immediately aimed at Vigil Nia said loudly, "The front teeth are a big stick."

Harry was watching him all the time, his wand was a second ahead of him, "Disarm!"

Warrington's wand flew out of his hand and fell through the gap in the banister.He was furious and shouted at his two companions, "Henry, Cruz! What are you doing standing there?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two lights, one red and one green, shot towards Harry and Virginia from left and right.The two of them dodged in a hurry, and they were both tripped and fell to the ground. Harry's hair was even more disheveled as if it had been shocked by an electric shock, and it smelled like a paste.

"Whoever we want to push Warrington away," Virginia said quickly in a low voice, getting up from the ground, "Professor Lupine's office is the closest to here, or we can make a little noise."

Harry wiped his face and nodded.

Virginia imitated the way Harry had just chanted the spell, and quickly said "Disarmament" to the boy on her right.It's a pity that the spell missed and landed at the target's feet.The boy was stunned for a second, then laughed, and tremblingly stretched out his wand to aim at Virginia.

Virginia immediately took two strides in his direction, rolled on the spot, hugged his leg and yanked fiercely, the magic wand had already used the empty goblet in her hand with her best hand The spell became a pointed silver needle.Relentless, Virginia poked hard into his leg.

With a scream, Virginia's hair was immediately grabbed violently.

Harry disarmed the remaining one's weapon and temporarily gained the upper hand. He turned his head to look in Virginia's direction, and immediately swallowed twice.With Crutz's wand on the soles of his feet, he watched Warrington and Crutz's movements vigilantly, and slowly moved towards Virginia.Almost at the moment when they relaxed, Harry immediately turned around and gave Henry a "relaxation" to Henry's hand that was tightly holding Virginia's hair.

As soon as Virginia's hair was free, she immediately jumped up from the ground, and once again cast the Disarming Charm at close range to Henry who was hugging his legs and howling loudly.

Henry's wand flew into Virginia's hands as he wished.

She hadn't waited until she had tasted the victory of the first fight in her life.

A black figure had already come up from the bottom of the stairs, "Wow oh oh—" a scalp-numbingly drawn out tone, and three unhurried applause.

Virginia felt that her scalp was burning hot, she turned around slowly, and she saw Professor Snape standing on the steps with a half-smile, sweeping around like a king patrolling the territory, "I'm late Are you tired?"

"Professor!" Henry, howling in pain, immediately complained in a trembling voice, "Professor! This Hufflepuff hurt someone!"

"Shut up!" Virginia turned her head and shouted. She bent down and pulled out the silver needle forcefully—Henry screamed again.Virginia gave a quick cleanup.Henry watched as the evidence of his injury became clean and turned into a goblet in the girl's hands.