[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Tahlia was in a crowded office, and a few meters to her right stood another man, Severus Snape.

"Are you sure they both will make it?" Snape asked, flicking his wand across the various areas of the office.

"There's no one here now, what are you still worried about?" Tahlia raised the corners of her mouth slightly. "What's more, we came prepared today—aha!" She cheered in a low voice, and walked quickly to a cabinet, being careful not to knock over any stack of tall documents along the way. "I think it should be here," she said.

Snape moved over too, staring at the cabinet with her.

"It's locked." Snape tried to open the drawer of the cabinet, frowning.

"You can't ask them to take no protective measures, can you?" Tahlia was relaxed, because she had drank the Felicia elixir made by Snape earlier, and now she felt full of vitality, as if... as if She can accomplish anything, no matter how difficult and unattainable it is—"Alohomora." Intuitively said the first spell that flashed in her mind.There was a tap of the wand in the cabinet drawer.

The drawer popped slightly with a loud click.

"..."

"..." Snape was also a little speechless.

He wasn't sure whether to be thankful that the drawer's protection could be broken with a simple lock-picking spell, or to lament the fact that the Ministry of Magic's security was so lax—

"Forget it... don't look that way, Snape." Tahlia seemed in a good mood, and her tone was lighter than usual. "Theoretically, the Unlocking Charm can open almost all door locks..."

"Theoretically they shouldn't have allowed the drawer to be opened with just an Unlocking Charm," Snape said slowly.

In the drawer was a square box covered with cloth, on which two rings lay quietly, and there was an empty space on the far right, which seemed to have been taken away—this meant that the person who was there now only one person? Sirius was right. During the Christmas holidays, there would only be one Auror guarding there.

"Oh, don't worry about it so much." Tahlia said, took out an empty ink bottle she brought along from the robe, and then transformed the ink bottle into exactly the same shape as the rings neatly arranged in the drawer He, then, carefully took out one of the real rings and handed it to Snape, put the fake ring back in place, took a few steps back, and pushed the drawer back into place. "Okay." She looked at Snape. "We—"

Clap.

Both of them froze.

Then there was the sound of the door being shaken.

"Strange... who locked the door──" Another complaint came from outside the door after the movement just now.

Relieved, Tahlia was secretly thankful that they hadn't forgotten to lock the door when they came in, and she put an index finger to her lips, a look that signaled Snape to keep quiet, even though Snape hadn't said anything before. Judging from the way she has relaxed her movements, there is no need for her to remind him specially.

Snape hadn't always been one to act on impulse, had he?

"Quick." Tahlia breathed out a word, and quickly took out Harry's Invisibility Cloak that she had taken from Nigel earlier, spread it out, and then threw it over Snape and herself.

In fact, this made their movements very difficult. Considering that Snape is a grown man, and he is not a particularly short one, they have to pay attention to whether they accidentally exposed an ankle or something with every step they take... and only this At that time, Tahlia didn't have the heart to complain about her tragic height, otherwise the two of them would have no way to hide in the invisibility cloak without being discovered by others.

Almost at the moment they put on their cloaks, the door opened, and a man with a hasty face walked in. He didn't stay for long, and he didn't notice that there were other people in the room, while he was chanting "documents... Where are the files..." He quickly grabbed a piece of paper and left in a hurry.

Relieved, Tahlia was about to emerge from under the cloak, only to find her arms were tightly grasped. "What—" she began, but something inside told her to obey Snape, keeping her from actually trying to break free.

"Shhh." Snape was still holding her tightly, his eyes fixed on the front.

Tahlia followed Snape's gaze through the cloak to the door, and found that the man hadn't closed the door just now, and within a few seconds, the man appeared at the door again.

Tahlia held her breath and saw the man walking slowly towards them. She stepped back and felt her back slam into Snape who was standing right behind her, but he didn't make a sound, just stretched out. He put his other hand on her shoulder to stabilize her, and then, the two of them stepped back very carefully...

The man walked quickly to the drawer where they had taken the portkey, his fingers moved up and down - opened the bottom of the drawer that held the portkey, Tahlia relaxed, maybe Felicia was better than she thought to be effective-

After a while, the man really left after taking out several thick documents from inside.

Looks like no one will come...

For some reason, Tahlia felt that way, and she turned around reluctantly in the cloak, only to find that Snape was standing almost snuggly behind her. "Let me go." She said slowly.

Snape let go, waiting for Tahlia to move away from him—

But she didn't.

Snape couldn't believe it. He looked down and found Tahlia looking straight at him.

"You—" He said a word, but after that, his voice seemed to be blocked in his throat suddenly, and he couldn't utter it at all.

they get too close...

Over the years of making potions, he has a more sensitive sense of smell than ordinary people, and now, he seems to be able to smell the faint blueberry smell emanating from Tahlia...

Merlin - the blueberry jam on toast they had for breakfast...

"I have to ask you something," Tahlia whispered.

"Huh?" Snape responded, and suddenly felt that the temperature seemed to have risen a lot, not only that, he gradually realized that his blood was rushing through his veins at an unprecedented speed, and he slightly He wanted to take a few steps back, but was stopped by Tahlia.

"Somebody's coming back any minute," she said.

Snape tried to catch his breath... Tahlia was so close to her—

"what do you wish to ask?"

"Are you ready?" Tahlia tugged at Snape's robes so hard her knuckles turned white. "What I want to ask is, are you sure you're ready?"

"What's the meaning?"

"Although our purpose this time is to bring Lestrange and others out, if we fail, we will go with them—do you really... have such a perception?"

Snape raised an eyebrow. "I thought standing here with you now instead of huddling in my office would be a good answer?"

Tahlia lowered her head and smiled quietly, without her noticing it. "Okay then..." she said. "I think we'll just stay in the cloak and activate, what do you think?"

Snape responded by putting a hand on Tahlia's shoulder and activating the portkey.

There was another round of dizziness, and for a moment, Tahlia felt that the cloak of invisibility they were wearing was about to be torn apart, and quickly reached out and grabbed the fabric of the cloak. This seemed to be a long journey, and she felt that her navel was hooked The discomfort lasted longer than any previous trip──

Finally, they were able to put their feet on the ground again.

"May—" Tahlia almost exclaimed, just because she had just stabilized her feet and realized that if she leaned a few inches to the right, she would step on Auror who was dozing on the chair feet up.

The two of them first looked at the man calmly, glanced at each other, then carefully and tiptoeed back step by step, and walked towards the exit of the room.

This room is even more crowded than the Auror office they had just left. Regardless of the small space here, the large pile of dusty debris all around is enough to make people breathless, and the windows are sloppy. They were nailed with a few boards, but Tahlia felt that it was a bit unnecessary, there was no sunlight at all, and there was no light coming in at all. In fact, she felt a chill from the moment they appeared here. Deep down, no matter where Azkaban is located, it's obviously not a sunny resort.

Although Tahlia doesn't particularly dislike confined spaces, it's a nuisance now that all these clutter and narrow spaces are in them. She and Snape are squeezed into the invisibility cloak at the same time. It's already difficult to move, and now they have to dodge these objects, which makes it even more difficult. .

Tahlia stopped, tugged at the hem of Snape's shirt, pointed a finger at herself when he lowered his head in doubt, and pointed at the wooden door two meters away.

Snape froze for a few seconds, then shook his head, he didn't speak, just imitated Tahlia and pointed at himself.

Frowning, Tahlia glared at Snape, then drew out her wand, tapped it on the top of her head, and stepped out first, pulling off the cloak.

She walked very carefully, keeping an eye on the dozing Auror. The Disillusionment Charm is not a panacea, especially when moving, a wizard who knows the key points can easily spot it, and it is obvious that these Aurors have not received such a spell. training──

The man's eyelids moved suddenly, and Tahlia froze in place.

But the man just stretched out his hand and rubbed his nose, then continued to sleep...

Tahlia relaxed and continued to move, a few more steps and they could get out-

The wooden door looked as rusty as this house, and Tahlia had a premonition, no, it should be said, she was sure that if they opened the door impulsively, they would definitely wake up the sleeping Auror directly.

With a hand on Tahlia's shoulder, she turned her head and knew it was Snape, and then, an orange beam hit the door panel, and Tahlia felt Snape go past her, opening the door before her, without her, of course. The expected sound of losing lubrication.

Tahlia shrugged and stepped out of the room as well. She was about to close the door when Snape stopped her. She watched Snape in the invisibility cloak open the door further in confusion.

Snape walked in as quickly as he could, over the obstacles, and then, back to the sleeping Auror.

What is he trying to do?

Tahlia felt a heart hanging there, what if that person woke up at this time?This is really...

Then, she saw Snape's hand appear out of nowhere, slowly stuffing the Portkey they had just used into the Auror's pocket.

Ah, this is a way... In this way, no one will think that the Portkey was stolen, right?Some people may wonder where the fake portkey in Auror's office came from, but the inexplicable presence of an extra one on this person may arouse people's imagination──

After a while, Snape successfully walked out of the hut again, and pointed his wand at the closed door, breaking the spell he had cast earlier.

The two finally turned around and faced the front...

So, here it is.

They tried their best to straighten their bodies, pretending that there was no biting cold wind blowing here, and on the sea not far ahead, there was a black shadow looming on the misty sea.

Tahlia shivered involuntarily.

really cold...

It's not that she hasn't touched a dementor, there were a few of them when she was brought into the Ministry of Magic for interrogation a few years ago... but she never broke into their base camp like this--or should I say , very few people have such experience.

"Looks like we'll have to swim..." Tahlia whispered, her voice trembling with the cold.

Snape nodded hastily, and the next second, Tahlia suddenly felt her body warm up for a while, even though it was only for a few seconds, she still opened her mouth wide in surprise.

"Looks like the Warming Charm doesn't work here..." she began dryly, turning her face away in embarrassment, not looking at Snape's expression. "Thanks anyway."

"Yeah." Snape replied, his voice was so flat that it was impossible to discern his emotions, he walked forward slowly, but Tahlia still clearly saw his body tremble the moment he was submerged in the sea water.

Tahlia took a deep breath and followed her forward, trying to ignore her trembling body and the discomfort of sea water rushing into her clothes, and swam forward with stiff limbs.