[HP] Raven

Episode 05

Like all teenagers, during the summer vacation from the third grade to the fourth grade, Alex Everly started to grow crazy. In one month, her height increased by two inches. The bones ached.

When the tenants downstairs paid the rent, she received an allowance. After careful planning, she ensured that after spending on stationery and textbooks, she could use the remaining money to buy new clothes.One morning when she was taking a shower, she realized that she already had the outline of an adult when she looked in the mirror, and accepted the fact that she was really growing up with surprise and trepidation.

She turned on the tap and began to wash her face, then combed her hair meticulously. Girls at this age began to worry about their appearance.Alexis was more like her father than she thought, which surprised her but also made her feel a little regretful. The gentle and sweet shadow of her mother in her childhood had completely disappeared.

Soon it was the day of the Quidditch World Cup, and James Potter's itinerary had already been sent to her home via owl. According to his plan, everyone gathered at James Potter's house first, and then went to the scene together.

By the time Alex arrived at Potter's house, everyone had almost arrived, and Lily was the first to see her and greeted her loudly. "Alex!"

The red-haired girl gasped as she approached. "Merlin, you've grown so much taller."

Lily-Evans had always been half a head taller than her before, and Alex followed her like a junior. She even suspected that Lily regarded her as a younger sister in her heart. However, after a summer vacation, her height and Lily It has been tied, and there is even a trend of overtaking.

"Hi, Everly." Sirius Black had also grown a lot taller, and his shoulder line was a little too thin, but the overall outline was already that of an adult, and the outline of his face was slightly deepened, hiding part of the boy's innocence.

"Morning, Blake." Alex nodded and looked around. The rest of the Gryffindor foursome had also grown a lot taller. Everyone seemed to be pulled up by the back of the neck by a giant. Festival.

Along the way, James Potter was in the Kopp Quidditch World Cup team, or he and Sirius Black were at the front, joking with each other and making everyone laugh, followed by Lily and other grannies. Fendor's classmates, they all know each other, like an unbreakable Gryffindor Legion, Alex is a little out of place, and walks at the end with a lack of interest.

If this activity is a process of making potion, she acts like a catalyst and does not participate in the reaction itself. She thinks that she is just a bargaining chip to make Lily nod.

It was noon, and according to the plan, she should have lunch first. She followed the group into the restaurant, patted her skirts, sat down bored, and lowered her head, pretending to be thinking about whether to eat beef stew or grilled shrimp on the menu later.

Her position is in the corner, with the aisle on one side, and unexpectedly on the other side is the only mature Lupine in the foursome, that shy Gryffindor, Alex has a little impression, will be because of Jan Tom Potter's prank was too conspicuous to blushed.

"Remus Lupine, we met before." The other party shook her hand politely.

"Alexandria Everly," she paused, "I did."

"What happened last time... James may have gone a little too far. I should have stopped them at the entrance of the potions laboratory." Lupine spoke in a very tactful tone.

"It's nothing to do with me, and I don't go to the potions team anymore." The implication was out of sight, out of mind.

Lupine skipped the subject and asked politely. "Have you developed a new hobby?"

"That's right, but I haven't figured out what else to do to pass the time." She thought of her long hours of voluntary labor this semester, and paused, "It just feels like this semester is always dealing with the cauldron, and the smell of sulfur Too much is not good for physical and mental health."

Lupine smiled. "Sirius has said something similar before."

She had to glance again at Sirius Black on the other side of the table. Potter made some inside joke about the Quidditch World Cup, and everyone on the other side laughed along, and it was as quiet as the other side. a world.

"It seems that heroes see the same thing." She said flatly.

Lu Pingan smiled quietly.

On the whole, Lupine is a good sheep-like guy.She made a conclusion for him in the bottom of her heart.

The food was brought up quickly, and the fourteen and fifteen-year-old children picked up their knives and forks, losing interest in talking.

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In the afternoon, the vicinity of the Quidditch World Cup venue was already very lively. Cart vendors were everywhere, and there was a lot of hawking. They sold gadgets, hats of different colors, flags and badges, and broomsticks scaled down in proportion. pendant.

The boys painted their faces messily with different paints. The girls led by Lily gathered together to look at the earrings and necklaces. Alex stood at the end of the line, squinting at the clear sky today. It is estimated that there will be a tough battle tonight. can watch.

The really exciting game started at [-] o'clock in the night. The flying broom was too fast and the buzzing sound was amplified countless times by the loudspeaker, forming a terrible thunderous noise. The score was very close, and the two sides The Seekers were chasing the Snitch all over the field. Everyone, headed by James Potter, seemed extremely nervous. Lily was also focused by this atmosphere, staring at the people in the field without daring to breathe. In terms of the situation, the box James Potter chose was in a good position, he didn't even have to stare at the magnifying screen, and Sirius Black on one side didn't seem to be under any pressure. Alex guessed that he didn't have a special team to support.

They looked at each other across the air, and Alex hurriedly looked away, turning his eyes to the field calmly.

The flying broom swooped down like a huge vulture, bringing up howling winds. Competitive sports are always a bit barbaric, but barbarism also has barbaric joy and purity. She suddenly understood the Quidditch Instead of rigidly demonstrating straight-line flight, deceleration, braking and turning in front of the flight professor in the first grade.

Maybe she should try Quidditch.she thinks.

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When Lily Evans was about to start school, she dragged her to Diagon Alley, went to Lihen Bookstore to buy all the textbooks, and then plunged into the stationery store.

"Which one do you think is better?" Lily-Evans took two quills and consulted her opinion.

Alex was originally studying the inkwell with her head down, but she raised her eyelids when she heard Lily's question. "green."

"why?"

Without thinking, Alex replied, "Lines your eyes."

Lily went to check out after picking out a lot of stationery. Alex was embarrassed to come out empty-handed, and finally bought a stack of parchment paper. After buying it, she regretted it a bit. This thing is also sold in the school, so why buy it and bring it over .

On the first day of school, she carried her luggage and bid farewell to Seaweed Lane. Her father was still indifferent to her parting. He stood at the door of the room and said lightly, "Goodbye, Alex."

Alex thought unrealistically.It would be great if my mother was still there, although she could hardly remember what the family was like at that time... But those hazy memories in her mind are more real than now.

After the house-elf carried the luggage downstairs, she followed and left the house down the low stairs.

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The aisle of the Hogwarts Express train was crowded with freshmen, they were full of novelty, they were not in a hurry to find a seat like students of other grades, they squeezed into all the corners that could accommodate each other, introduced themselves with excitement Voices chattered about wands, pets, and sorting.

"Sorry—excuse me—" Alex squeezed helplessly into the crowd, wishing to use a spell to make them all line up like cards and sit quietly.

She saw Lily and Snape in a carriage, and two other Hufflepuffs, whom she suspected had just happened by chance, and the two boys in the tawny scarves were having a good time with Lily-Evans. Discussing something, Snape looked gloomy and contented by the side, like a silent escort.

"Don't you have a place yet? Come here." The door of a certain car was opened, and a girl who looked older than her waved at Alex, and took a look at the noise that was being made desperately without realizing it. The freshmen then shrugged helplessly, "Before the little carrot heads stand in the corridor and have a good chat, I don't think they will find a seat by themselves."

There were already three people sitting in a carriage, all of them were Ravenclaws, two girls and one boy.

"Pike, Heidi Pike, sixth grade," the girl who waved at her introduced, then pointed to the Ravenclaw boy sitting next to her and a brown-haired girl opposite, "Edmund, I brother. And this is my classmate, Helen Claude."

Edmund Pike is a person who is not very good at socializing. Perhaps it was the reason for the first meeting. He seemed too shy to appear awkward and clumsy. A chocolate bar to share, Alex declined the fudge, but took a small bar of chocolate.Helen-Claude was much more socially proficient in comparison. She was a tall, brown-haired girl with light golden freckles on her round cheeks and vivid red lips.Alex remembered that he had seen the name Helen-Claude in other places before. She seemed to be Professor Binns' beloved student, a very rare lover of the history of magic. Alex could never forget this name. Nor is it surprising.

On the way to Hogwarts, Edmund Pike kept mentioning the Charms Club. "Seriously, we will decipher spells hundreds of years ago under the guidance of the dean, and maybe even invent a few new ones. Did you know that Oblivate was improved from Obliviscatur Brevis at the Charms Club 100 years ago? ?”

Alex shook her head, feeling like an uneducated fool in front of this Ravenclaw.

"Although ObliviscaturBrevis is also a kind of forgetting spell, it will cause people to lose a very short period of memory after a light coma, about 1 minute," Edmund Pike began to chatter as soon as he talked about his favorite topic, " Moreover, its spell has a high probability of failure and a high risk factor. In 1869, a student even used ObliviscaturBrevis..."

Heidi Peck kicked her brother.Edmund Pike froze for a moment, realizing that he had said too much again, and Alex guessed that a similar situation had happened more than once.

Alex reflected for a moment, but she didn't seem to be showing any sign of impatience. "What's even going on?"

Helen-Claude interjected: "Spell rebound, very common mistake, given that I've heard this story countless times-okay Edmond, can't we talk about other content?"

Edmund Pike blushed: "Anyway, I want to say that the Spell Club is very fun, Everly, you can definitely try it... I mean, if you want to, I don't mean to force you .”

"Since Ed was elected the new head of the club, he's told everyone hundreds of times that anyone should try the Charms Club," Heidi Peck, Hogwarts The president of the Ci Herbology Student Research Association mercilessly exposed his younger brother, "Don't look at him like this, he has dug a lot of people from me, and I am so angry."

There are indeed many talents in Ravenclaw who are proficient in herbalism and interested in charms.

Edmund Pike blushed even more and looked more embarrassed, while Helen Claude laughed while chewing the fudge.

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Alex is sitting at the desk in the dormitory, with the brochure of the Quidditch team trials on the left, and the invitation letter of the Charms Club (a gray owl just got it) on the right, written in red ink Quill circled the active time and chose the former.One thing that the students of the Snake Academy above the second grade are talking about recently is that with the approach of the graduation season, the Slytherin Quidditch team will have two new places this year, which is a great blessing Opportunity, most of the wizards who got E and above in flight class are eager to try it.

In Slytherin, these screenings that seemed to be aimed at the whole house would inevitably have invisible barriers, such as blood, if she looked carefully, she would know that there was not a single non-pure blood player in the entire Quidditch team.

But Alex didn't think of this level at the time. She had a good grade in flying lessons, and it was always right to think about trying.

The result of trying it with this kind of mood is not good, it can even be described as a nightmare.The selection of Slytherin's Quidditch department started vigorously on Saturday afternoon. At the beginning, there was no problem with flying around the pole and turning at a very fast speed. The two Quidditch players exchanged glances as Iron Fists flicked randomly in the air.

She signed up as a Chaser, and when the final round of selection began, she was trembling trying to throw the Quaffle into the hoop. Just as she was about to succeed, a thick whistling sound came from behind her ears, She looked back, and out of nowhere, another Quaffle flew directly towards her back.She pulled the ball at a dangerous angle and accelerated upwards, trying to shake it off, climbing directly into a thin layer of cloud.But just as she was about to succeed, another Quaffle slammed into her arm from the right, fast enough to remove a long afterimage.

She fell down in a tragic posture, and the flying broom broke in two in the air.

"Evely, that's enough," the Quidditch player interviewing her smiled mockingly, "You're not suitable for Quidditch."

"Why are there so many Quaffles? Everyone else only has one." She got up from the ground clutching her arms. If nothing else happened, she needed to go to the medical wing.

The arrogant team member snorted: "Any situation may arise during the game. This is not a problem, Everly. Don't make excuses if your skills are inferior to others."

She threw the broom that broke in two, and walked out of the training ground without looking back.

However, misfortunes never come singly. On the way back, she saw Nina Raymond, the famous Hufflepuff flower. She was standing at the door of the Gryffindor common room. It's like stepping out of an oil painting.

Alex envied Nina Raymond from the bottom of her heart, such as her bright and attractive appearance and a soft temperament that could impress people.No, no, no envy.

She walked past Nina Raymond and the girls around her in tawny scarves, just in time to see Sirius Black go downstairs and head towards Nina Raymond.

It dawned on me.

She had almost forgotten that Nina Raymond of Hufflepuff was rumored to be in love with Sirius Black and had been chasing him.great.It turns out that this matter is not over yet.

The only thing that is true is that Nina Raymond does like Sirius Black.But what does this have to do with me?Whether or not Nina Raymond really liked him—Alex tried to analyze it calmly—and no matter how Sirius Black responded to her, it had nothing to do with him.Alex couldn't figure out what she was anxious about, or tried her best not to think about it. There was a lot of unreasonable emotions in her head, and she couldn't figure it out after thinking about it carefully. It was crashing in her mind, making her lose her mind.

She detoured to avoid them with a blank face, a biting cold wind blew, she shrank her neck, and her arms ached unrelentingly.

The author has something to say: This is the unique cowardice and neuroticism of adolescence...