[HP] Magic didn't give up on you

Eli and Sirius have been having a rough time lately, and anyone with eyes can tell.Not only Gryffindor, but almost all the students in the school are secretly paying attention to this matter; they are also rebels from the Slytherin family, one is a half-blood wizard with Lestrange blood, the other is a special Maverick entered the atypical Black of Gryffindor.No matter in terms of identity or standpoint, their quarrel is quite worthy of further investigation, which makes people curious.

They may have never been the kind of friends who hook up shoulder-to-shoulder and inseparable every day, but in fact, everyone knows that they have always been on good terms.Sirius Black's arrogance and alienation are not reduced by half because he is a Gryffindor. He is friends with Gryffindor's most popular Chaser, James Potter. Bad, none of this conflicts with his inaccessibility at all.

And Eli is one of the few people besides their four-person dormitory that Sirius can take the initiative to talk to. I heard that last year they were studying how to modify Muggle motorcycles together, and the chat was quite speculative. However, the current situation has changed to this point. It has to be said that Voldemort's sudden appearance can set off a wave of panic around him for anyone.

James was very troubled by the hostility between the two friends.

Of course he should be on Sirius' side in terms of the relationship - Eli is also his very good friend, but Sirius is different from all his other friends, he is almost like his brother .Compared with any other friends, he would choose Sirius without hesitation, but since both of them are his friends this time, he is still a little more objective, and feels that Eli's words are not unreasonable.

"Your brother is indeed free to choose what kind of friends he has, Sirius." James analyzed it clearly, bumping him with the shoulder to make him stop being so stubborn, "Eli doesn't care, and you don't care— What are you complaining about, after all? Snotling? If that’s the case, why don’t you just go straight to Snotling? Eli and your brother are both innocent, only Snotling is annoying.”

As James spoke, he showed a bored expression, and his mood became very unhappy. He curled his lips irritably: "Why does that guy always appear where he shouldn't be? Evans and him are friends. Eli was friends with him, and now your brother is also friends with him—why does he always manage to fool people who are [-] times better than he is? He doesn't deserve it."

Sirius clicked his tongue, and finally gave a little response as James expected.

"You're right," he said, "the snot is a very nasty part of it."

"Then what are we waiting for?" James laughed, raising his eyebrows smartly at his friend, "Let's see where the snotlite is now - maybe next Potions class? I think that would be great too. "

This deliberate provocation by James and Sirius happened in the Potions class the next day.At that time, Gryffindor and Slytherin walked into the classroom together, and before the class started, everyone's fighting power had not been destroyed by the potions class, and each of them broke out with amazing fighting spirit. The farce ended with a dozen people staying in the school infirmary, including James and Snape—if the two of them hadn't been so fierce against each other, maybe neither of them would have to go in and lie down, and their strength was in the same grade. Each of them is outstanding.

Fortunately, although the scene was chaotic at the time, no one was injured by Madam Pomfrey's incurable injuries in the end.After being punished by deduction of points and confinement by their respective directors, they were separated by a curtain, and they had been staring at each other in disgust until then.

James was surrounded by Sirius, Remus, and Peter, the team members who had come to see him for his next Quidditch practice, and his rowdy admirers.Eli went around there and went to see Snape first. When Snape was sent, he didn't bring the book with him. Now he could only stare at the ceiling, frowning impatiently.

"Do you like this book?" Eli opened the curtain and handed him the book he brought over, "If you don't like it, I'll go to the library in the afternoon and exchange it for you. You can report the titles of two or three books. You look for it."

That's not bad.Snape took the book he had brought, feeling better at last.He looked behind him, but he didn't see the person he wanted to see, and he looked a little disappointed: "Didn't Lily come with you?"

"Over there." Eli pointed back with his thumb, and said to Snape, "She came to see you—but James spotted her first, and began to court her regardless of the occasion. Made Lily very angry and is fighting over there now."

Snape listened attentively, and sure enough, Lily's angry voice came from over there, and some clumsy chatter with James in high spirits.These voices disappeared after a while—Madam Pomfrey couldn't stand their volume, and drove everyone around James away, including Lily.

Now she couldn't come to see Snape either.Snape's mood became visibly worse, and he opened the book without saying a word, with a clear annoyance and disgust on his face.

"Potter's nasty egomaniac... and Blake, the idiot... is completely incomparable to Regulus." He vented viciously in a low voice, staring at the book in his hand, as if he regarded him as a James Potter, apparently he hasn't read a single page of the book.

"Calm down." Eli said calmly, and sat down on the chair next to his bed. "Although what James did today is indeed quite difficult to calm down. He is completely finding fault, which is really annoying."

Snape curled his lower lip coldly.

"Why, are you going to thank me for letting you see the real faces of your two friends for the first time?" He said mockingly.

"He's actually pretty good as a friend." Eli ignored his sarcasm, and said rationally, "It's just that once you stand on the opposite side, it will be unpleasant. He is not an opponent who can be respected."

"Adversary? Potter?" Snape asked softly, his eyes narrowing.

"Is he worthy?" Snape said disdainfully, and sneered contemptuously. "It's just an arrogant, arrogant, arrogant, stupid idiot, as my opponent? Just him?"

In his dismissive glance, Eli reacted flatly, and said in his snort: "Of course the rival in love is an opponent."

Snape froze suddenly, as if someone had strangled his neck suddenly, his face turned pale at first, and then slowly turned red.He stared at Eli, unable to utter a word, his eyes were pierced with astonishment, anger, anxiety, and deep fear.

"You—can't—" He had a stiff expression, gritted his teeth, lowered his voice, and spoke to him word by word, with a bit of hysteria in his voice, "whatever—say something like this—"

"I didn't before, I know." Eli said flatly, unmoved by his tense emotions, "I'm a little bit different now, I thought my friends would have figured it out. I just don't understand Your thoughts, Severus."

Snape stared at him, still unable to utter a word.Eli turned his face to the side, and pointed his chin in the direction of James' hospital bed.

"Professor Slughorn's Christmas party is about to start. It is held every year. Only students from the fourth grade and above who he admires are invited. Each of them can bring a dance partner." He said, "When I passed by just now, James I have already invited Lily."

Snape took a quick breath, and he stared at him tightly, suppressing his emotions, but there was still a bit of uncontrollable anxiety and eagerness in his voice.

"There's no way Lily would say yes," he said, his voice urgent. "That nasty Potter—"

"Actually Lily didn't respond, she quarreled with James and was kicked out." Eli said, his voice was very soft, this is a conversation that only belongs to the two of them, " James will definitely invite her again, he is not someone who will give up easily. But I noticed that you did not take any action, why? It is well known that James pursued Lily, and you didn't even show it."

Snape was stunned by his question, he was silent for a long time, and slightly hooked the corners of his lips in a self-deprecating manner.

"If it were you, which situation do you think is better?" He said dryly, without any ups and downs in his voice, "being pursued by the famous man in the school, he is stupid and arrogant, but the popular Quidditch in the school Odd player, good family, good grades, and an equally popular group of friends. Or being wooed by a dirty, repulsive Slytherin who even goes by the nickname Snotluck?"

"Lily never thought about it that way." Eli frowned.

Snape was silent, and after a while, he said softly: "But she is so good, she shouldn't be ridiculed with this kind of reason... Muggle-born wizards don't need this kind of more negative news, she will become a The laughing stock of Ryffindor."

Eli looked at him, not knowing what to say for a moment.Snape looked at him for a moment, then changed the subject.

"You would take the initiative to talk about this kind of thing." He said, "It really surprised me. In my impression, you are a polite but polite friend who has always grasped the social distance very accurately. You will never meet Other people’s pain points will not be given such deep concern.”

Eli glanced at him, and suddenly bent the corners of his lips.

"Because I recalled one thing." He said, "The girl I like once wished you to seize that lucky opportunity, so let me know your specific progress."

Unfortunately, there is basically no progress at all right now.Eli added, and Snape stared at him in shock.

"The girl you like?" he asked in astonishment, staring at him very vigilantly, "Who? Do I know her?"

Eli stared at him for a few seconds, then moved closer to him, keeping his voice to a minimum.

"Well, it's fair to exchange secrets," he said, slowly under Snape's intense gaze. "It's Evans—"

Snape's pupils constricted suddenly, and Eli gasped for the last sentence.

"—another one you know."

Snape was so shocked that he was a little dazed, and he still didn't fully react.Under his slightly frozen gaze, Eli sat up straight again with a smile, and it was obvious that sharing this secret put him in a good mood.

After a false alarm in which the heart was raised in the throat, anyone's emotions will be a little horrified.After Eli got up and left, Snape gradually calmed down completely. As his sanity gradually returned, he somehow felt a sense of peace of mind—it wasn't because Eli didn't like the one in his heart. Evans, but he suddenly discovered that love does not depend on everyone's will, and when it comes, everyone will not be spared.

This conclusion made him silently curl the corners of his lips, and smiled faintly, his usual gloomy expression was extremely relieved at this moment.After relaxing, James' voice came faintly again—apparently, his daring friend sneaked in again after Madam Pomfrey returned to her office.

Snape passively accepted the noise over there in annoyance, and suddenly paused, realizing what he had been faintly feeling was not quite right since he was lying here.

James Potter's friend - the least obtrusive one besides Eli - Remus Lupine, has never appeared in the school infirmary, and he didn't see anyone else in the Potions class just now, see Woke up to be sick again, he seems to always get sick like that once a month.

Snape had expected to see the frail Lupine himself in the school infirmary, but strangely, he didn't show up here, and his friends didn't seem to be in any hurry - Snape hated them very much, but also because of that , are more aware of their anomalies than others.He stared pensively at the white curtain beside the hospital bed, and his eyebrows gradually raised as he thought about it.

It disappears once a month, and there must be some mysterious story behind it.And since this kind of truth is hidden, it must be a secret that others do not want to discover, and he believes that he should hold any secrets of these people in his hands without hesitation.

Snape slowly raised the corners of his lips, revealing a meaningful sarcasm all by himself.

What a surprise.He thought, because of Potter's stupidity, he seemed to have caught some funny little tricks.

In response to Lupine's regular disappearances, Snape quietly launched a detailed investigation.

This kind of investigation doesn't stay secret for long - if you're up against a few savvy pranksters, it's hard to get your head around the door.When he was cornered by Sirius Black, Snape was already prepared to show him a contemptuous sneer.

"Guilty and scared, aren't you?" He looked at him condescendingly and said dismissively.

Sirius Black didn't answer his words. He showed a completely different calmness and indifference in front of James. He stared at him deeply, and also showed a sneer.

"Don't stick your big, ugly nose over to meddle in our business, snot-nosed man," Sirius looked at him indifferently, narrowed his eyes slightly, and raised his eyebrows at him leisurely.

"If you want to know, why don't you go to the Screaming Shack next week? All the clues and truths you want are here." He smiled faintly and threw him a provocative look.

"How? Come if you dare, coward."

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