Polaris

The crystal mirror flickered, and Poloris breathed a sigh of relief. She sat on the thick carpet and looked at the mirror. After the brilliance disappeared, a reflection of reality appeared in the mirror. Poloris in the mirror had exactly the same black color as her. Green eyes, but the eyebrows and corners of those eyes are all a charming style, which is too far from hers.

"Looking for me?" The person in the mirror opened his mouth, his tone a little irritated.

"You know why I'm looking for you, Meryl." Poloris took a sip of honey milk, the warm liquid seemed a little cold in her feverish body, she frowned, and then Moderate again.Meryl also noticed this, she could feel everything about Poloris when she woke up, after all, even if she appeared in the mirror, she still shared the same body with Poloris.

"You..." Meryl's complexion turned pale. She pondered for a while, as if thinking about what words to use to express her current chaotic emotions.

"I know." Poloris interrupted Meryl. She didn't want to hear Meryl say any bad words. She was used to annoy this witch who didn't know how many years she had existed. The ancient rune cursed all afternoon, and she didn't want to repeat the experience of not being able to understand what the other party was saying but feeling the bad magic emotions brought by the language.

"I can't save you." Meryl calmed down a little after her thoughts were interrupted, and then she looked at Poloris with pity. She moved her fingers, and the figure behind Poloris in the mirror The crystal ball flew over, and a small sphere with a radius of ten centimeters was suspended in front of her. "Burn a lock of hair," she ordered, and Poloris did, and she cut off a lock of black curls and burned them, orange flames smoking white smoke, and soon she had only a hair in her hand. Pile of ashes, the crystal ball in the mirror quietly facing the gradually extinguished flame in her hand, Meryl whispered an ancient rune, her voice was very low, and the speed of speaking was too fast, Poloris fainted I only heard a few syllables clearly. After the spell was finished, a round luminous body appeared in the crystal ball. The sphere was clear and light green, just like Poloris's gray-green eyes, but the sphere was not Round, the sphere is missing a large piece, and it is covered with fine cracks, which seems to be in danger of shattering at any time.

"It's me?" Poloris' eyes stopped on the crystal ball, she already had the answer in her heart, and she suddenly felt that the milk in her hand was terribly cold.

"This is the price you pay for getting your memory back." Meryl replied, she was also looking at the crystal ball, so it looked like she and Poloris were really looking in a mirror.

"How long can I live?" The gentleness in Poloris' eyes turned cold, she pursed her lips, and the knuckles of the hand holding the cup were a little pale. She was never afraid of death, and she had thought about it many times She might die at the hands of the Dark Lord, she might die at the hands of Tom, but she never thought that after all the dust settled, she would die bit by bit as if she had completed her mission. That feeling sucks, She would rather die in Bella's hands.

"I'm not sure." Meryl replied with a complicated look on her face. "I think you have felt it yourself, you become weaker and weaker around Snape very quickly, his presence will affect the memories and wounds you have recovered, maybe if you stay by his side any longer...you won't live for three months. "Speaking of this, Meryl relaxed her tone as if comforting herself. "I know you're a smart person, right? If you leave him, maybe you can live to be 20 years old or even longer. I only missed my prediction once." Poloris raised her eyes and glanced at her, which made Meryl's face frown The smile froze.

"Only... three months?" Poloris's voice was very soft, as if she was afraid of disturbing something.

"Don't be stupid!" Meryl stood up abruptly. "You have seen it yourself, your soul is leaking! The power inside will be released little by little, and then you will disappear completely. You will not be able to go to heaven or hell! Use a forget everything to yourself, and then leave England, you can live well and for a long time!"

"Forget it all?" Poloris looked at her and chuckled. "I've already forgotten it once." That was an experience that I almost regretted for a lifetime. "I'd rather die without him."

"Huh?! Then you still agreed to Tom Riddle's bet?!" Meryl looked at her in disbelief, she didn't understand why Poloris's behavior was so contradictory.

"Even if Tom wins...I'll still see Severus, not goodbye like you said." Poloris looked away, knowing she had handled Tom badly .

"Unreasonable!" Meryl threw the crystal ball angrily, and the crystal ball on the partition behind Poloris shattered to the ground without warning. "Are you looking for death? Do you remember my prophecy back then? You will become a powerful witch and live to be 80 years old and die from the black magic damage on your back. Are you going to break my prophecy now?" 80 years old , being considered short-lived among powerful wizards, Poloris quietly looked at the look of 'herself' in the mirror, and felt a little funny. She was surprised that she could still laugh, Meryl was different from her , she was a prophet 700 years ago. A wrong prediction made her activate her powerful prediction ability. Except for the first prediction, she has never made a mistake in her 20 years of life. Her smooth life makes her look like a child . "Are you going to break it after knowing your fate?" Meryl suddenly calmed down, her gray-green eyes turned cold at that moment, and an unspeakable pressure spread from the mirror.

"Knowing or not will not change my choice." Poloris replied seriously, and then she saw Meryl smile.

"You will not die, my prophecy will not be wrong, never." The groundless confidence made Poloris' lips curl up. She didn't mind Meryl like this. Such a confident prophet made her heart a little more stable down. "If I die, the body will be yours." She still prepared for the worst. "Help me take care of Severus."

"You take care of yourself, I don't want your tattered body and bad fiancé." Meryl gave her a disgusted look, and then the mirror flashed, and Poloris saw her own reflection.

"Come on, Poloris Ionios Black." She smiled gently at the emaciated person in the mirror.

Poloris slept in Black's old house for two days before going back. Sirius and Remus did not discover her existence under Kreacher's concealment. She returned to Hogwarts on Monday evening, and was greeted by With a stern face on Snape's face, she admitted that she deliberately didn't want to take Potions class, her magic power began to be unstable, and God knows what problems would arise when brewing potions.

"Miss me?" Poloris smiled flatteringly at Snape who was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper. She knew he was worried. She lied to him that there was a problem with the magic circle, and that was no small matter.Her answer was a lingering and suffocating deep kiss. She leaned into his arms and smiled helplessly. Since Meryl showed her the crystal ball, she became much more sensitive to the loss of soul power. She could feel I realized that after she entered this room, the loss that was originally like dust seemed to be like opening a gate.

"I think even Ms. Black, who has achieved zero grades for four consecutive years, would not refuse the professor's after-school tutoring, right?" With hot breath spraying in her ears, Poloris tilted her head, and restrained the glare in her eyes. mood.

"I'm looking forward to it, Professor." She turned her head and kissed Snape's pale cheek lightly. She was never afraid to make choices, and she never regretted the choices she made.

Tom was still teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts like a good teacher. When Poloris saw him, she inevitably thought of the resurrection stone that was still lying on Snape's desk. She believed him, but she Now she doesn't care about the result anymore, as Meryl said, she doesn't have much time, maybe she can't wait for the day when Snape makes a decision.Poloris attended the class carelessly, and she made up reasons to fool Harry. Harry and Draco gave up after several times when they couldn't get the correct reason. After class, Tom's words made her feel helpless. He entered the office behind the classroom together.

"Sit." Tom's tone was very casual. He stood in front of the cabinet and fetched honey milk for Poloris naturally, looking as if the two of them were still lovers.Poloris sat on the couch, remembering again the last time Tom taught her the Patronus Charm, and she still couldn't conjure a full Patronus.

"Thanks." She reached for the glass and Tom sat down beside her.

"Can you tell me now?" His pleasant voice dropped a degree, sounding deep and charming, but Poloris clearly sensed the danger.

"The resurrection stone wasn't used, and I didn't do anything," she replied.

"You know that's not what I'm talking about." He had bewitched the Resurrection Stone, and he knew better than anyone else where Snape put it.Poloris blinked innocently at Tom. "I thought you'd be more than happy to tell me what's wrong with your body." Tom was still smiling, but Poloris shuddered. Their lives were tied.

"Didn't you give me this bracelet?" Poloris raised her left hand, and the emerald gemstones on the gold bracelet glistened in the candlelight. "It has weakened the connection between us, I think... my life and death can no longer interfere with you." This is only speculation, Meryl knew the ancient rune on it, but what was engraved by Tom behind them both I don't know her. The most suspicious thing is that she can't take off the bracelet.

"This?" Tom's bloodshot eyes glanced at the bracelet, and he reached out to grab Poloris' wrist, and the gold bracelet rested on his hand. "The spell above will preserve your soul so that it will not be expelled or devoured." Tom explained that he started looking for this after discovering Meryl's existence, and it took him a whole year. "But it is true that it will weaken your soul's connection with the outside world, including me." He knew that Poloris' guess was right, her death would only make him seriously injured and weak, but he would not take him immediately Life. "But it doesn't mean that I don't know what's wrong with you, and it doesn't mean that you can ruin your life at will." He held Poloris's hand harder, and the temperature in the room dropped sharply. "I will never allow you to die, so stop your little tricks behind your back!" As his voice fell, the crystal wall lamp on one side shattered with a snap.

"Are you... angry?" Poloris looked at him suspiciously. This was the first time Tom broke that layer of perfectly restrained skin in front of her.