[HP] Butterfly Effect

Once you get off to a bad start, things will always turn out to be worse than you expected.

In the morning, the owl sent the welcome letter that Dumbledore would write to each professor before the start of each school year. At the end of the letter, he told Snape that the authority of the Ministry of Magic had expired and he could return to his previous residence.

Snape also replied to the letter, with only a few short lines, concise and straight to the point, he applied for the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor for the new academic year, listing several reasons and advantages that must be applied for.

After the owl flew away, he found time to return to his residence in Spider's End. The dark and inconspicuous door still had the seal of the Ministry of Magic.Snape raised his hand to let the wand in his sleeve slide out a few inches, the smooth and cold familiar texture pressed against the palm of his hand, the silent spell shot out and smashed all the seals, and the door reopened to the former owner.

Inside, it was as dark and cold as ever.The floor was covered with a thin layer of dust, and a lamp hooked by a wire hung from the ceiling. The candle inside was lit up under the effect of magic, and soon cast a cloud of blurred and dim light spots on the ground. The dust on the ground is depicted as a rough visual effect similar to frosted paper.

The light here has been weakened to the greatest extent, even though it is still daytime outside, there are no bright and vivid colors here.

Repression crawled out from every corner of this room and grew tenaciously, freezing the air here.Pale sunlight wandered behind the thick and patternless pure black curtains, and the faint edge that leaked in fell on the edge of the wall, blurring like a film of brightness.

Almost everything here has been sealed from the Ministry of Magic, and now it is automatically rolled up by magic and falls to the ground.With a flick of the wand in Snape's hand, all the seals were gone.

The books on the bookshelves were disturbed, and Snape slowly checked each bookshelf. Unexpectedly, he found that several "Ancient Dark Magic Spells" he had collected from his student days were missing.

It seems that the tossing of the Ministry of Magic can come to an end for the time being.He frowned in disgust, and quickly restored the messed up bookshelf.

Since the fall of the Dark Lord, the entire wizarding world has been very keen to attack his henchmen.In the trial at that time, Severus Snape, who thought he would be thrown into the arms of the dementors in Azkaban without any suspense to accept its kiss of death, was in Dumbledore's He escaped on bail and dealt with it, and even became the head of Slytherin.

This caused an uproar at the time, and it also caused some wizarding families who had lost their loved ones due to the Death Eater attack to collectively hate Slytherin.During the period when Snape was not released from the Ministry of Magic on bail, the house in Spider's End Lane was listed as a key search area by the Ministry of Magic.And for a while after he returned to Hogwarts, people from the Ministry of Magic were still trying to catch his mistakes and put him in the sea prison.

Apparently, the Ministry of Magic didn't make it in the end.And Snape went into hiding for more than half a year after he became the dean, and he stayed in Hogwarts to teach smoothly according to his and Dumbledore's previous plan.

only……

He gently unbuttoned a row of dense cuffs, and rolled up the sleeves to his arms, revealing a very faint dark mark on his pale skin.

The Dark Lord was not dead, Snape knew that.

He walked around the room, and then went to Diagon Alley to choose a few raw materials for making potions that Madam Pomfrey asked for. Remembering the research books on black magic spells confiscated by the Ministry of Magic, he turned around again Came to Knockturn Alley.Those few books were a good choice for research and lesson preparation. Although Dumbledore hadn't expressed his attitude yet, Snape knew that he should understand that there was no one in Hogwarts who was more suitable for this teacher than him.

Now that the Ministry of Magic has been forced to stop such frequent inquiries and unseal his residence, Dumbledore no longer has to reject his application for this reason.

Snape thought about it for a while, and had a basic self-reflection about the result of this application.

The Borgin' Bocks on Knockturn Lane was closed as usual, but if anyone looked down on the store for that, it would be the worst mistake he could ever make.This store is different from other stores. It opens every three years, and it will last for three years after opening.There is no need to worry about such things as customers. As long as the things here are attractive enough, Bojinbok will always exist.

Before reaching the gate, Snape was stopped by the owner at the entrance of the black tavern at the corner of the alley.The other party held a smooth wine glass that seemed to be polished from the bones of some kind of animal, and smoothed the hair that had slipped in front of his eyes, which seemed to have been soaked in oil, towards the top of his head. Unfortunately, his hair did not intend to do as he wished. , just a movement of raising his wine glass made his hair fall back to his eyes again.

Snape looked at the other person muttering helplessly, raised his eyebrows slightly: "Mr. Bork."

"Professor Snape, I really didn't expect to meet you here." Mr. Bork stretched out his hand towards him with emotion, the fingers holding the bone-colored wine glass were slender and thin, a bit like the work of some magical sculptors, "This is so amazing I was surprised."

Snape heard the hidden meaning in the other party's words, his face remained unchanged, and he responded indiscriminately: "Yes, I didn't expect to meet you outside the shop. Aren't you worried about missing out on business?" The other party slightly With a smile, sharp and shrewd light flickered in the narrow and narrow eyes: "Since you are standing in front of me, it means that I am gone."

As he spoke, he put down his wine glass, took out a few silver coins and put them in the palm of the tavern doorman, and brushed his hair back again: "Let me see, what can I do for you?"

"I need some books," Snape replied.

Mr. Bork's eyes fell on Snape's hand to pick up a few potion ingredients that were obviously from a high-quality shop in Diagon Alley. He knew that the other party must have been to Lihen Bookstore or hadn't chosen Lihen Bookstore, and then smiled knowingly: " That must be a troublesome book. Come with me."

In the end, Snape bought the few books he wanted, and by the way enjoyed Mr. Bork's fury when he found the window lock was opened.Listening to the other party's words, it seemed that he had lost a dangerous thing that even he had never been able to tame.

Snape originally thought that he would search the entire Knockturn Alley right away, but he didn't expect that Mr. Bork just smiled coldly and distortedly, and threw it into the mouth of the skull he was holding in his hand after entering the shop. A gleaming gold Galleon spoke the pure wish that the thief would have a good death with that sinister voice that made the skin crawl.

After he paid the money, he left the shop quickly, and it started to rain lightly outside.Snape didn't bring an umbrella, but rain is so common in England that it's just a matter of a drying spell.So when he walked into the rain, he didn't even slow down.

In Knockturn Alley, there is no shortage of shopkeepers who know the goods, and of course there is no shortage of thieves who know the goods.This kind of fact is too normal, if there is no theft here one day, it will be news.But I have to say that the thief was very brave, dared to attack Bojinbok's shop, and seemed to be well equipped.You must know that the lock cylinders here have been cast with special magic, and they are immune to any lock-unlocking spells, and can only be opened with a key.

Thinking of this, Snape quickly turned a few corners and walked for a while, but he was really surprised when he saw the familiar little golden retriever figure surrounded in the corner.Because no matter how you look at it, she should not come here, there is no doubt about it.

Aurora also saw him at this time, holding tightly the umbrella in her arms and the tea roll that got into the cuff first, and yelled at Snape in horror: "Professor! Help me!" The girl shrank in the corner, looking like To be swallowed by the shadowy crowd around you.The gray rain and gloom fell into her clear eyes full of fear and panic, bit by bit covering up the hazy color of her hair.

She looked at herself as if she saw the only light in the darkness.

Snape frowned, and looked expressionlessly at the down-and-out wizards and homeless people surrounding Aurora.He stayed where he was, but the cold depression in his eyes made the people around him involuntarily retreat to the sides, with their backs pressed against the wall.As effective and fast as someone with a knife to their neck.

Aurora was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect the group of people to get out of the way so quickly, and quickly ran behind Snape, grabbing the opponent's long cloak involuntarily.Snape turned his face slightly, turned his black eyes to look down at the little girl whose face was full of tears or rain, and his bloodless lips were pursed into a straight line.

Aurora came to her senses and loosened Snape's robe, but still touched the damp cloth with no temperature with her fingertips, her expression was blank, and her voice was trembling: "Sorry, professor, just pull it for a while. I Soon...soon, really."

He didn't answer, turned around and started walking towards Diagon Alley, Aurora quickly followed him.It's really not easy to keep a distance from this potions professor that doesn't disgust him in such an environment and mood, but Aurora is trying her best.She prayed that the road would not be too far away.

After returning to the familiar alley, Aurora finally breathed a sigh of relief, her expression slowly returned to normal, she took the initiative and briskly walked a little to the side, and returned to the edge of the Forbidden Forest with the young dean That alienated and appropriate distance.

Snape glanced at the little girl, his voice was as cool and slow as rainwater: "How could a little girl like you come to such a place, and it's still in such a rainy day?" Aurora shook her head: "I'm lost, I took the wrong path in the forest when I came back. I have never been very lucky, but I really thank you just now."

He moved the corner of his mouth, put on a perfunctory smirk, and continued: "It's unfortunate. Next time, I hope you can find a better place to get lost. You must know that people who come here are generally considered to be doing something. bad thing."

"But you are here too." Aurora opened the umbrella, because the tea roll hidden in her sleeve poked her arm to remind her that it was raining.The ginger-colored umbrella opened abruptly, just covering Snape's unhappy face because of these words.

Aurora hesitated for a moment, looked at the rain-drenched long hair and shoulders of the other party, tentatively raised the umbrella and leaned towards Snape.Snape frowned and took a step sideways, looking like he had no intention of hiding from the rain.

After seeing the dark cloud brewing on the other party's face, Aurora flashed back the conversation just now in a very short time, and then still maintained the sincere and harmless expression just now, and added solemnly: "But you Not a bad guy. So the first person to say that is not taking the full picture."

The smirk on Snape's face turned into a sneer, as if he were looking at a child who opened his eyes and told lies.

"But, don't you really use an umbrella?" The little girl couldn't help asking, seeing the rainwater on the professor's body that was about to flow out of the river. "No need." He said dryly, "I think you won't get lost here again? I hope you remember where your dormitory is when you start school."

After finishing speaking, Snape turned around and was about to leave, but was suddenly stopped by Aurora: "Come and sit in the store before leaving? I mean, it's raining now." She thought it should be so, the other party was her teacher , and saved himself in the scary alley just now, he couldn't just watch him walk away with his whole body wet.

"The shop is very close to here." She added, "I work part-time in the magic pet shop. Now it's tea time, maybe the rain will stop after a while. It always rains like this in England."

After finishing speaking, the little girl sideways imitated the waiter in the movie and made a gesture of invitation, as if she was entertaining her own guests.

Snape looked at her for a moment, without objection.

When I got back to the shop, the owls and other animals inside were all boiling, chattering so loudly that it was annoying.Before Snape could take back his steps, Aurora waved his wand in the air without using any spells: "Be quiet, we have guests."

Then, those noisy little things really stopped making noise.

Snape raised his eyebrows, thinking again of Newt Scamander, the author of a textbook "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" that he had read in his student days.

Special but quintessential Hufflepuff.

"Please sit down for a while, the tea and biscuits will be ready soon." Aurora said, put the umbrella back, turned and walked towards the kitchen inside.Mrs. Brent gave Aurora the right to use the room and equipment here as she pleased.

She took off the raincoat and hung it on the back of a chair in the kitchen, then took out the raspberry yoghurt pie and ginger biscuits she had baked ahead of time from the cupboard, and took out the tea leaves to wait for the water to heat.It's a pity that I'm not at Hogwarts now, otherwise what can be done with a heating spell, I can only wait sadly now.

By the time she finally came out with a steaming pot of Earl Gray tea and two biscuits, the rain on Snape's body had already dried up—because of the Drying Charm.

Aurora poured the black tea into the porcelain cup until it reached the right height, and handed it to Snape. At this moment, she suddenly remembered that she didn't ask him about his tea preference, but just chose this very traditional afternoon tea based on her feeling. , and unsweetened biscuits.

"You don't mind this kind of tea, do you?" She felt that although it was late, it was still necessary to ask, and it would not be troublesome to change it anyway.The other party took the teacup, glanced at the color of the tea with lowered eyes: "It's not bad."

As for the biscuits being served on two plates - you can't expect someone to share a plate of biscuits who doesn't even want to be approached.

Aurora once thought that Snape didn't like to be approached because of his cleanliness, but he quickly rejected this idea.After all, everything from his tidy attire to other details reveals that this young master is a person who has minimum requirements on his own grooming and appearance.

Maybe he just doesn't like being close to people.

In the following time, the two of them didn't talk much anymore, because there was really nothing to talk about.Even though due to academic problems in this school year, the Slytherin headmaster in front of him is second only to Aurora's familiarity with the headmaster, but that kind of familiarity is very superficial, just knowing what kind of personality he is, and the rest No details are known.And Aurora is also a person who does not reject silence. She intuitively feels that if she keeps talking non-stop, it will definitely make the other party very disgusted.

After the teacup was emptied, the rain outside also stopped.Snape got up to leave, and Aurora politely escorted him to the door.

At this time, the door of Lihen Bookstore diagonally opposite suddenly opened, and Beverly bit her lip and rushed out. When the employee who was about to come in with the goods was knocked down because of the blind spot, another person rushed out and pulled her. Back to Beverly.

Snape saw the man, then his lips moved slightly, his eyes flickered violently, as if surprised by the man he saw.

"Professor, Aurora!" Beverly yelled at them, and immediately the person holding Beverly turned around.

He has smooth, slightly curly black hair and deep, shining gray eyes.

"Siris?" Aurora blurted out, Snape took a quick look at her, and then heard her apologize in the other's blank eyes, "Sorry, I got the wrong person. You... are you?"

"Reculus Black." Snape stared at him, and the shallow smile on his lips made people feel chills behind his back, "Long time no see, it's both pleasant and surprising to see you."

Regulus hesitated for a while, then nodded politely to the other party, "Hello. Me too." Aurora glanced at the two of them secretly, and suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not good.

But the person in front of him looks quite similar to Sirius, but he is not so handsome compared to Sirius. His surname is also Black, so he should be a member of his family.She remembered what Suer said before, that Beverly was related to the Black family, and suddenly felt that Suer's title of "mobile intelligence collection station" was not for nothing.

However, compared to Regulus' attitude, Snape seemed much more aggressive: "I heard some rumors before, and thought that something bad happened to you. Now it seems that my worries at that time were unnecessary .”

Regulus nodded, his eyes were still dazed and cautious, and his tone was gentle: "Thank you for your concern, I have been doing well recently."

When Snape heard his words, his face twisted, as if he was disgusted by the other party's attitude.Regulus obviously also noticed the other party's change, frowned slightly and said: "Sorry, I have some other things to do, so I have to go first."

After finishing speaking, he leaned over slightly and patted Beverly's shoulder, then left with a slight sigh.

Snape stopped him suddenly: "I heard that something happened in your family. I'm sorry about your brother." Aurora swore that he had absolutely no regrets or regrets. How sarcastic.

Her professor seems to hate this person in front of her?Aurora blinked, denying the idea.Snape hadn't shown that he liked anyone.

Regulus looked back at Snape abruptly, the surprise and bewilderment in his eyes quickly shrank after touching the other's expression, and then he swallowed the words that had rolled to his lips, still maintaining the original gentleness Politely: "Thank you. I will pass it on to him for you."

Snape's face twisted again, and a smirk hung on the corner of his mouth: "I hope you have a happy reunion."

"It will definitely." Regulus probably figured out that the other party was a difficult person to get along with, and the movement of turning around and leaving was much cleaner than before.

It wasn't until the slender figure disappeared from sight that Snape looked down at Beverly: "You know each other?"

"He's my guardian." Beverly said reluctantly.Aurora froze for a moment. It turned out that the person Beverly's master protected and gave his life for was this Regulus Black?

"You are not from the Black family." Snape used a declarative sentence, with a feeling of oppression in this environment, "There is no reason for him to be your guardian. Whether it is family or status."

Beverly opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something but was blocked by the eyes of the people around her.At this time, Aurora retreated to the door of the magic pet shop and opened the door: "Why don't you come in and have a chat?"

So, the three of them sat back in the pet shop, and Aurora quickly brought out new biscuits and black tea.She walked to the door and turned over the open sign, revealing the words "Closed Business".

The author has something to say:

Set, Regulus still has amnesia.Although it was bloody, if he ran to Lao Deng and poured out all the horcruxes, blah blah, nothing would happen to Harry.The savior is always the savior, and must still play a role.

In the next chapter, we will know what happened to Aurora in the Bojinbok store.In fact, it's easy to guess, just look at the supporting role column [laughing and crying]

Regulus' amnesia, plus the thing he hit, two clues count.

By the way, the pre-sale of [Twilight: One Step Away] has started, with 63 words, three books, the full text is completed and all extra episodes are completed.