[HP] Raven

Episode 10

She was always sleepy at that time, because the relationship between the potion cut her sleep time by half at once, and she often breathed heavily in a state of desperation.

"What's the matter with you?" Lily Evans asked her, sensing something was wrong.

"My roommate is snoring, and I can't help it." Alex rubbed his eyes and stuffed two black coffee espresso candies into his mouth, feeling sick with bitterness.

The topic was finally dropped, and Alex's drowsiness disappeared because of the appearance of Sirius Black.She hadn't seen him since she came back from Hogsmeade. Homework, potions, and infectious diseases took up all her free time, not to mention the physical contact that she occasionally remembered.Maybe she should give herself a forgetfulness.Alex had really thought about it, but for some reason quickly dropped the idea.

"Look at them, they really don't know what it means to be tired." Lily-Evans pointed to Potter and Black who were fighting with each other, and yawned together with Alex.

The weather is getting colder, cold wind, dark clouds, sleet, whatever is bad.Thanks to Merlin, thanks to magic, the fireplace at Hogwarts can solve part of the problem, but the chill still has a way to catch people off guard.

The potion reached the final stage, and she began to pour in the absinthe juice as written in the notebook. The black-purple paste hissed like a poisonous snake spitting a letter when it melted, and the potion presented a disturbing feeling. The scarlet is like blood that has passed some time but has not yet coagulated.

"Nobody wants to talk to me! Nobody! Why!" Myrtle's cry had become the backdrop for her potion making.

Alex carefully poured the crushed sunflower in it, and the potion began to appear obvious layers, the upper layer of clear water and the lower layer of jam red, which disappeared automatically after standing for 10 minutes, and the uniform scarlet color was restored. liquid.

It worked.She gave an assured smile.However, she proved that her happiness lasted less than 5 minutes. She put it into a bottle and continued to be puzzled about its function, but she couldn't find a reasonable way to satisfy her curiosity, so she huddled in a corner silently. I stayed for a while, unable to figure it out.

"People like you are ruined by your own attitude sooner or later!" Myrtle screamed.

"Really? It's an honor." Alex responded coldly. She looked at her watch and stuffed the potion into her cloak.

Myrtle whimpered down the sink into the drain, and the pipes boomed like a whole percussion band was hidden inside.

After the Charms Club was suspended, Alex had to spend more time in the common room, doing homework or reading books, as long as it was enough to act as a backdrop, not many people could notice her.Regulus greeted her again, but it was limited to daily greetings.He also seemed to have grown a lot taller, thinner, and his brows were furrowed, as if he was always questioning something.

"Have you had any problems lately?" Alex asked, consuming black tea and macaroons in the common room.

"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine." Regulus shook his head lightly, but that was not what his pale face said.

She nodded and planned to go to the library to look up some books related to potions.

"Wait, Everly." Regulus stopped her.

She half turned around. "Is there anything I can do to help you?"

"Nothing, sorry." He shook his head again.

There are too many books in the library, and it is obviously unrealistic to cover all the content related to potions at once. She first borrowed "The Effectiveness of Mermaid Products" and "Is it the Siren's Tears?" ——The Encyclopedia of Mermaid Potion Preparations", I searched from beginning to end and found no relevant information.Alex rubbed her swollen temple in frustration, wondering if she should ask Professor Slughorn.For some reason, she didn't trust her Potions professor very much, it wasn't because of her academic ability, she was afraid that he would investigate the source of the potion recipe.And she herself didn't think of an excuse that could fool him.

She hurriedly returned the books before the library closed, and piled two volumes on Mrs. Pince's table, "The Famous Animal Cream" and "The Curative Effects of Those Unusual Potions That St. Mungo Won't Tell You". She wanted to add another "Complete Book of Uncommon Potions", which was as thick as two of her knuckles.

Mrs. Pince stared at her disapprovingly. "Evely, I hope you will have a little sense of time when you borrow books next time."

She looked at the clock, and there were still 2 minutes before the library closed. She felt that she had done nothing wrong, and she didn't intend to apologize at all.

On the way back, she saw Sirius Black again. He also planned to go out, but he didn't seem as anxious as last time.

Where is he going?Maybe he keeps Fantastic Beasts in the Forbidden Forest, but it could also be a late night date, who knows.She was used to preparing for the worst of all problems, so she simply acquiesced to the latter and lowered her head to leave.

"Evely." Sirius called to her.

Alex stopped in surprise, unprepared for him.If you like someone, there will always be flaws if you get too close. She tries to maintain a balance with a sense of distance.

Sirius spoke anxiously: "Last time in Hogsmeade, I—"

"I'll keep it a secret. Don't worry." She interrupted him at a speed that she didn't usually appear in. She wanted to turn over all the pages related to Hogsmeade, and tried to reveal her own Thought it was an empathetic smile.

He hesitated to speak, and gave her an anxious look, as if he desperately hoped that Alex could read his mind, so that he could know what he wanted to express in a second.

Nervous at his gaze, she took a step back without leaving a trace. "It's time for curfew, Blake, if I were you, I wouldn't choose night tour again."

He looked like he didn't know how to speak, but his body moved involuntarily towards the door. "But I have more... More important things, I have to go first."

She nodded, lowered her eyes, and the polite smile disappeared from her mouth. "Please."

"Are you going back at Christmas?" Louise Goyle asked casually as she walked into the bedroom with a few cupcakes in hand.

Alex, who was brushing her hair, shook her head. "not going to."

Most of the students are going home because of the contagion, obviously.

Louise Gower looked at Alex as if she was looking at a poor homeless man on the side of the road, "Your father really doesn't want you?"

"What nonsense, nothing."

She was a little irritated by Gower's statement, but after thinking about it carefully, it was really difficult for her to face this problem calmly.She sent three letters to her family this semester, but there was no reply.

Greengrass entered the dormitory, flicking his blond hair recklessly. "Wow, what are you talking about avoiding me?"

"Avery and I were talking about how to spend the Christmas holidays, Dahlia, did you go back for Christmas?" Louise Gower has always been a little flattering her, partly because Greengrass came from a wealthier background than pure The blood family, also because Greengrass looks better, is very popular in Slytherin, and Louise Gower also wants to get a little bit of light.

Greengrass let out an "oh" with little interest. "certainly."

"The infectious disease is terrible. My mother is worried and asked me and my brother to go back," Louise Gower quickly solved two cupcakes. "What is there to do at school? It's boring."

"You still believe that thing is really an infectious disease?" Greengrass was sitting in front of the mirror combing his hair, as if he had heard some bad joke.

Alex put down the towel to dry her hair, went to the desk, pushed a piece of sugar into her mouth, and listened calmly.

"Otherwise? Isn't this an infectious disease?" Gore asked suspiciously.

"Twelve people have been quarantined now. You can find out after a little research. They are all mudbloods or half-breeds," Greenglass said without hesitation, perhaps in the dormitory. , "They, I mean some of the senior seniors, all said that maybe this is Merlin punishing the lowly blood. I hope so."

The next morning, Alex was disturbed by Greengrass' words. She woke up earlier than usual, and planned to sit in the Transfiguration classroom early and start reading notes.She seriously considered whether she should cut class to go to Headmaster Dumbledore, but was dismissed by her rational half.

This is just a baseless rumor, she thought, and everyone has heard several versions of this kind of rumor before any evidence emerges.

Unexpectedly, Alex ran into Severus Snape at the door, and after walking a few steps, he realized that Lily and him were standing at the door of the classroom in a subtle way, deadlocking each other.

Lily spoke first. "Sev."

He was silent, looking paler of late, darker against his greasy hair, more eerie than ever.

"Why?" She looked sad and angry.

Snape stopped looking at her, and shifted his gaze to Alex. He gave her a surprised and annoyed look, and left the classroom the next second, not knowing whether he was avoiding her or Lily.

Alex found a seat, put the book on the table, and habitually did not ask questions.

"I...I don't know why it happened like this, Alex." Lily sat beside her in frustration.

"This is the case with many problems." She echoed flatly, opened the notebook, hesitated for a while before thinking of a comforting word, "At least you have other friends by your side, right?"

Alex was still reminiscing about Snape's inexplicable surprise. The foursome entered the classroom about 5 minutes before class began. Sirius Black and James Potter chose to be with them without even thinking about it. A corridor away, Lupine took a place behind them.

"Evely," Potter's voice came from across the corridor, "tell everyone, what will be tested in this metamorphosis class quiz?"

Apparently he had already advertised her story.And, to be fair, James Potter's tone was a little punchy, full of the anticipation and playfulness of going to the zoo with friends to see magical animals.But for the sake of the mermaid grease, Alex decided to ignore this subtle unpleasantness.

She thought about it. "How to conjure a bird out of thin air."

Peter Pettigrew said timidly: "Merlin's beard, this is too difficult! I haven't learned it yet."

"Poor Pettigrew!" said James Potter exaggeratedly.

Sirius played with the quill with his wand, and said casually: "Don't worry about him, James, Professor McGonagall will teach him well when he punishes him for voluntary labor."

Peter Pedillo bewilderedly asked them for help, and when Sirius and James sneered, he looked at Alex again, as if expecting her to continue to predict how long he would be punished by Professor McGonagall .

When Lily opened the textbook, she muttered angrily, "I'm willing to pay a hundred Galleons just to make them less childish."

Alex mentally added another hundred.

If Peter Pedillo looked at Alex just now as if he was looking at a prophet, when Professor McGonagall appeared and announced the quiz questions to the class, Peter Pedillo looked at her like Looking at the miracle, Sirius let out a soft "Wow", as if he wanted to express his inconceivable admiration.

"I hope you can show your abilities and skills in today's quiz." Professor McGonagall did not stand in front of the podium, but walked back and forth in the aisle lined with tables and chairs, observing the results of the students.

Alex swung his wand, and the incantation was recited smoothly. Soon, a black shadow gradually expanded, and a black ink-like thing gradually became three-dimensional, and finally stood up in front of Alex, leaning out With its head and wings, it became a black raven.

Professor McGonagall passed by her, looked at her results, and nodded. "Five for Slytherin."

Potter was done before her, and Sirius Black was next.The two of them have always been Professor McGonagall's favorite students. They are very smart, and Professor McGonagall also gave Gryffindor points for them.

It was at this moment that Alex felt that something was wrong with her. Her vision began to blur, and her head was buzzing, as if she was soaking in water.

"Lily," Alex thought something was wrong, stood up from his seat, and everyone's eyes focused on her, "Maybe you should stay away from me."

Lily-Evans, still wrestling with the spell, gave her a suspicious look. "What's the matter? I haven't made the transformation yet, you may have to wait for me for a while."

Alex pushed back the sleeves of her wizard robe, and four or five red rashes appeared on her arms.

"I'm infected."

Professor McGonagall hurried over. "Follow me to the hospital wing, Everly, now."

Another wave of dizziness struck, and she lost consciousness amidst the screams of the whole class.

The author has something to say: Although the current bright lines are Alex and Sirius, but I have always wanted to interpret Snape and Lily... Sigh, lion snake + Dark Lord, it will cause a lot of dramatic contradictions and conflicts

And I really like Regulus