[HP] A Brief History of Time

With Professor Snape's kindness, Virginia unceremoniously swept his medicine cabinet.Except for a large clump of gill grass, only two dry sea thistles remained.Because the amount was very small, she was very careful when she started the research, and locked the things in the medicine cabinet that Snape had vacated for her in the Potions Office.

On Wednesday, Neville was waiting outside Virginia's History of Magic classroom with a big thick book in his arms.His eyes were a little close together, his front teeth were big, and he was tall. When he saw Virginia, he showed a shy smile, looking a little silly.

"Virginia, Professor Moody said my thesis..."

"Oh, let's go to the library after dinner." Virginia was carried on Lettice's shoulders. "I also have a lot of questions I want to ask you. You know a lot."

Neville's chubby face immediately turned crimson, and he stammered, "No, no, it's all because of the book Professor Moody gave me." He handed the book in front of her—"The Magical Aquatic Life in the Mediterranean" Plants and their characteristics", "You can also take a look, it's very interesting."

Virginia hesitated, took the book, "Thank you, see you after dinner."

If Neville didn't have an idea for this beautiful Hufflepuff girl, it was impossible.But when he walked into the library humming his grandma's favorite Celestina Warbeck's "You Stole My Cauldron, But You Didn't Get My Heart", the little whimsy in his heart disappeared immediately without a trace.Facing Draco Malfoy's playful gaze, Neville suddenly felt that he had applied too much grapefruit-flavored smoothing hair lotion on his head, and his scalp was a little itchy.

"Longbottom, you're here!" Virginia beckoned him to sit down, and put an anti-tapping spell - she didn't want to draw Mrs. Pince's glare.

When Neville sat down across from her and Draco, with his hands bound and a little stiff, Virginia took out his paper - there was nothing to change on it.

"I took a look at your thesis," Virginia said thoughtfully, "and I briefly looked through the book you gave me after class. Um... do you think there is any problem?"

Neville's face was flushed again, his shoulders were hunched, and he faltered.

"Is your thesis a detailed version of the catalog index?" Draco pointed out bluntly. He picked the papers on the table with his fingers in disgust, glanced at the catalog page just opened, and noticed it at a glance. Here are the clues.

The deep red on Neville's face turned into a liver color.

Virginia's foot under the table stomped Draco hard, warning him not to spoil the atmosphere.

Virginia had no choice but to invite Neville to do experiments with them in order to enrich the content of the paper, "Professor Snape happens to have two types of Mediterranean plants in his office."

Hearing Professor Snape's name, Neville's head almost broke. He bravely rejected Virginia's suggestion, "I...I will rewrite the paper." He rolled up the sheepskin on the table paper, and ran out of the library in a hurry.

"I think it's a mistake for Professor Moody to find me," Virginia said rather distressed, "It's impossible for me to complete the task, why can't he find Hermione? Is it true that a familiar person is coming to the shy Longbottom?" Wouldn't it be better?"

"A lunatic can never learn to think like a normal person." Draco lay on the table like a lazy bone, staring at Virginia as he flipped through the books Neville had left on the table, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.He immediately straightened up, snatched the book from Virginia's hand, and quickly scanned the catalog line by line with his fingers, until a name that quite matched his guess came into view.

"Look at this." Draco pushed her to see, "Do you remember anything?"

"Gill weed?" Virginia glanced at it. "It's that disgusting thing, like a mouse's tail. Didn't you see it in Professor Snape's office last time?"

"Professor Snape's office?" Draco looked at her in shock, as if he had discovered some big secret, "I know! Virginia!" But suddenly he was puzzled again.

"Do you remember how Harry Potter passed the second level?"

Virginia shook her head. She only remembered the dramatic reversal at the end. She had no idea what method Harry used to stay underwater for an hour.

"I saw his hands and feet were webbed," Draco said excitedly. "Yes, the professor's office was burglarized during that time—it was Neville, and Neville stole the gills. Moody Professor..." he murmured, "he is a traitor."

"But we don't have proof, Draco, maybe he just had good intentions."

"Then keep an eye on the herbs!" Draco said firmly, "The gills is in your hand now, I want to see what else he would come up with if you hadn't handed the gills to Harry's hand Way to get Harry Potter the trophy!"

Although knowing that hiding the gills had a great impact on Harry's game, compared to Cedric's life, Virginia agreed with Draco's approach.She put the gillsweed in an enchanted crystal bottle, and on a Sunday to Hogsmeade, used the portkey to travel to London with Draco, depositing it in Folliat's name. Into the safe of a Muggle bank.

Neville's thesis never passed the test. When Professor Moody asked, Virginia looked quite distressed, as if she was concentrating on worrying about the structure of Neville's thesis.

"I've recommended a lot of books to him," Virginia said, "How to Get an 'O' on Your Essay," "Exercising Your Mind," and "Writing at a Glance," but Professor, he doesn't Not a fan of the books, I found him always holding on to that "Mediterranean Miraculous Aquatic Plants and Their Properties". Honestly, to write a good dissertation, that book alone is not enough, it takes a lot of practice and For the experiment, I recommended a book of common herbs to him, because we can see the above herbs in the greenhouse or in the potion shop in Hogsmeade-Mediterranean plants are too rare here, We don't need to use that as an example at all."

There were many times when Professor Moody seemed to want to jump up and yell at her, trying to shut her up with his wand, but he finally refrained. "If he likes it, let him!" he said gruffly. After finishing speaking, he issued a deportation order not very politely.

The time is slowly coming to February, and there are still two days before the second game.The restless Hermione finally asked Virginia secretly behind Harry's back if there was any potion that would allow Harry to stay underwater for an hour without drowning.

Virginia endured a guilty conscience and told her that there was nothing she could do.She watched Hermione walk away listlessly, and silently apologized.

She turned around, only to find that Professor Snape was standing not far away, staring at her thoughtfully.

"You come with me," he said.

Professor Snape's strides were very big. He almost rushed down the stairs on the last floor. Virginia trotted along behind him and saw his black wizard robe flying up behind him. .

He broke into the inner room of the office and opened several medicine cabinets. After staring at them for a quarter of an hour, he said, "Tell me everything you know, Miss Crackenthorpe. I don't want to miss any details. In the cabinets Where did the gills go?"

"Hidden by me and Draco, sir," Virginia explained to him, "If what Draco heard was true, we just thought that if Harry didn't get the trophy, it wouldn't be hidden." Portkeys in dangerous places."

Professor Snape snorted, "I'll give you any details."

"—We suspect Professor Moody." Having said that, Virginia paused for a moment, and she found that Professor Snape did not show a very surprised expression, so she continued, "It's too coincidental. If you want to If Harry touches the trophy, then that person will definitely try to make Harry win the championship. Every time it is Professor Moody. In the first game, Hermione once mentioned that Professor Moody cared about Harry very much. I don’t know Feitian The broom solution was thought up by Harry alone, and it was suggested by Professor Moody, but the second game, the gillsweed thing left too many traces - he seems to want me to pay attention to the professor in your office Gills, or let Neville come into contact with it, and I really want to experiment with this herb - there are only two types of Mediterranean plants, so I guess whether it is Hermione or Harry asking me and Neville for help, we The first reaction would always be gills. It's just that his uncharacteristic concern for Harry is puzzling - which makes him not like a madman. But we have no proof."

"Maybe I can help you," Professor Snape sneered, "because the evidence is in the medicine cabinet."

Virginia stared at him with wide eyes, not knowing why.

"Isn't it obvious?" Professor Snape raised his chin, "Didn't you notice that something was missing from the medicine cabinet?"

"African tree snake skin - Polyjuice Potion! This is ridiculous!" Virginia suddenly thought of what Professor Snape meant. "He's not Professor Moody, so who is he? His class is very good." ..."

Professor Snape looked at her calmly, "Pay attention to your own safety, Miss Krakenthorpe. Just pretend you don't know anything." He waved his hand to signal Virginia to go out.

The moment Virginia stepped out of the door, she heard his moaning voice, "...the problem of being pushy really should stop here."

The day before the second match, Virginia saw Harry in the lobby at dinner time. He didn't stop at the table, grabbed a few sandwiches from the long table, and left in a hurry.

Virginia's supper, too, was absent-minded.After returning to the dormitory, the double-sided mirror next to the pillow lit up.

"Do you want a butterbeer?" Draco asked her with a smile on the other side of the double-sided mirror, "Brace has two bottles in storage, we can go to the kitchen to heat up."

Virginia agreed.A minute or two later, she came out of the bedroom door.She had just walked a certain distance when the lights in the corridor suddenly went out with a snap.

A girl's exclamation sounded in the corridor.

Just then, a tingling sensation hit Virginia.She suddenly felt that her mind went blank, and a vague voice sounded in her mind in an orderly manner.

"Follow me."

Virginia tried to open her eyes, but she couldn't see anything, but her steps moved forward with self-consciousness.