[HP] Magic didn't give up on you

Eli walked out of Snape's house, and the conversation might not have been pleasant, but it didn't cost him the shaky friendship.He came to the entrance of the alley, and his girlfriend was standing there waiting for him.

"How's it going?" she asked. "Lily isn't doing too well... She hasn't said anything, but I can tell. Maybe she's thought about this day before, but when it does come, she It still hurts."

"Severus is bad, too," Eli said, "but he probably didn't have any other choice, it's always going to be this way."

"I don't understand." Petunia frowned and said, "According to what you said, he chose to follow a... dark wizard who did very evil things, couldn't he not do it? Even for Lily?"

Eli shook his head.

"Unless it's his own mind that actually changes, I don't think anyone should change themselves because of someone, whether it's his best friend, or his favorite girl, or whatever. He said, "I still have the same idea. What kind of road everyone takes is not a matter of one thought. In every fork in the past, there are countless possibilities that disappear with the choice. In the end, people will inevitably walk on the path determined by every choice they make."

Petunia turned to look at him.

"What about you, Eli?" she asked. "Do you think you see the path you've chosen?"

Eli was silent for a short while, then slightly bent the corners of his lips.

"I'm not too sure," he said noncommittally, "but maybe I'm being pushed down this road."

They walked out of the spider's end alley where the sun didn't even seem to shine, walked through the park that carried the memories of the Evans sisters as children, held hands in the rare bright sunshine in midsummer, and returned to the Evans home with a beautiful garden together. .

The Evanses were still at work, and Lily was the only one at home.The two of them came in just in time to see three owls flying in through the open window of the living room and throwing the letter in their talons onto the living room table - Lily and they both were equally surprised to see the flock of owls Earth flew in and out, amazed at the volume of letters.

Lily is cleaning the floor at home, and although magic is not allowed during the holidays, life without magic is of course the same.She looked at Petunia suspiciously, then at Eli.

"Why are there three letters at once?" She said, "It shouldn't be Mary or Catherine. They all know my phone number, and I have asked them to add my phone number to their magic phone network. .”

She approached the letter with a broom (the kind used by Muggles, the common style used for cleaning). Just as she saw the words on the cover, she gasped and her face turned pale instantly.

"It's our OWLs results!" She said in a breathless voice. At this moment, she even let go of the depression that had been in the past holidays, and stared at the letter on the table, as if it was going to explode at any time. "I think there's yours too, Eli!"

Ah, it's early this year.Eli raised his eyebrows, walked over to pick up his own letter, and Petunia came over to read it curiously.

"Let me see how many O's you have..." she said, craned her neck to read his stationery, "Charms, Transfiguration, Herbology, Defense Against the Dark Arts... well, if I'm not mistaken ,all?"

I think so.Eli handed her the letter so she could see it more clearly, and Petunia took the letter and read it back and forth several times to make sure she had read it right, feeling both proud and disbelieving.

"But how did you do it?" She asked suspiciously, feeling puzzled, "You spent half of the last school year busy with the school newspaper... and then you still have time to study, and you are in all Did you get an O in all the subjects?"

"I got a little help about magic." Eli said, although he signed various non-disclosure agreements, but he didn't want to deceive his girlfriend about this matter, so he briefly mentioned it in a few words, "About time-I'm lucky seized more time."

Very efficient in learning?Petunia and Lily looked at him together, and the doubts in their eyes were exactly the same.

Eli pretended that nothing happened just now, and picked up the third letter on the table as if nothing had happened.

"Let me see who this letter is from...James?"

"Oh." Lily frowned, put aside her equally excellent report card, leaned over to get another letter that belonged to her, and frowned slightly, "It's him again."

"Are you troubled?" Eli handed her the letter and glanced at the expression on her face.

Not really.Lily grumbled, and shrugged while opening the letter: "It's really nothing, just some long-winded nonsense. In his last letter, he used three full pages to describe a time when he and Blake rode a motorcycle against a Muggle boy." Boring competition of technology, I don't understand what these two broomsticks are thinking, as if they can really win."

She opened the letter paper, read the thick letter again, and pouted again.

"This time it's about him and Sirius going to the newspaper to study." She snorted. "It's really good to show off, as if I won't go-we are going soon, aren't we, Eli?"

right.Eli nodded: "Although I am very happy to be invited as a guest, of course I have not forgotten our business."

That's good.Lily nodded, and glanced at the letter paper before stuffing the letter back.

"The content is not bad." She commented reluctantly but fairly, and put the letter away, "I have to say, the Potter who can only write letters is much weaker than the Potter who is always in front of people's eyes. gone."

next monday, isn't it?She finally confirmed it to Eli, and then went up to the second floor to clean with the letter and cleaning tools.

Eli and Lily watched her go upstairs and exchanged glances.

"The reason why Snape finally broke up with Lily?" She glanced at the letter on the table, meaning something.

Eli thought for a moment, shook his head and nodded.

"Essentially not," he said, "but you're right about it."

If it weren't for James who has always expressed his affection without any scruples, maybe Severus would not have such a serious psychological gap, and then he would be more eager to gain fame and power.He might be able to be more cautious when faced with choices, not let impulse occupy his mind, at least he would not say those three words to Lily... But there is no if in the world, and there will never be anyone who gives way to others in terms of feelings, cherished People don't take it for granted that they belong to themselves, Severus should understand this truth, he has never been a favored person.

"What is the most important, and what can be traded off in the comparison between the two, everyone has to give their own answer." He said without thinking, and Petunia glanced at him, although she didn't understand what he meant What, but she reached over and took his hand.

"You always make the right choice," she said, smiling at him, "or as you say—when it comes to real choices, everyone has no choice, stop thinking about it."

Although Eli is a very popular boy in all aspects and has won the approval of the Evans couple, it is obviously not appropriate to live in his girlfriend's house.He was invited to stay here for a few days this time, mainly to pick up Petunia and Lily—they had a common plan during their vacation, which was to explore two different newspapers in the Muggle world and the wizarding world, and learn their operating experience .

This plan was originally proposed by Lily, and her idea was to find a Muggle newspaper as an intern.But when it comes to going to a newspaper for an internship, Eli obviously has a better channel—his mother, Linda Smith, is a famous best-selling author and a legend who straddles two worlds. Her style of writing has allowed her to have a large number of readers, and she is very popular in any newspaper industry.

Faced with the children's request, Mrs. Smith generously helped them with this small favor.They were able to successfully go to a Muggle magazine called "London Weekly Dispatch" to study.The wizarding world did not contact separately. The editor-in-chief of "Wizard Weekly" had been in communication with Eli under the lead of Professor Slughorn, and he was very welcome to go to the magazine with his classmates during the summer vacation.

The precious opportunity should not be missed, and Eli was not polite. He immediately contacted the students from the school newspaper and told them to pass the time.He had decided before that whether it was Muggle newspapers or wizarding magazines, he would go there with Petunia—if she planned to do the work of liaising with the Muggle government and the Ministry of Magic in the future, it was of course necessary to be familiar with both sides.

The "Wizard Weekly" magazine was built near Diagon Alley. Enter from the Leaky Cauldron, turn out of Diagon Alley at the third street, walk forward for about 10 minutes, and you will see the office building of the magazine.It looked like a Muggle emporium: there were huge advertisements in the windows on both sides, and Eli caught sight of acne potions and magic hair growth spirits, which were colorfully arranged on the outer wall of the magazine office, with moving animations on them. The wizard model is smiling alluringly at them.

The hair growth ad belonged to the Potter family. I don't know if the shampoo was to blame for James' messy hair.With this wicked thought in Eli's mind, he and Penny Lily came to the door, and the wizard stationed at the door routinely looked up at them.

"Name? What are you here for?" He asked simply.

"Eli Smith." Eli said, "We were invited to come to the magazine to study..."

"Hogwarts school newspaper?" The adult wizard suddenly gasped, his face visibly frightened.He glared at Eli like he was some kind of monster, and took a sharp step back.

"Get out of here, Mr. Smith—you are not welcome here!"

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