[HP] Butterfly Effect

When the potion in front of him, which had been brewed for almost a week, turned a grayish purple, Snape finally waved his wand, sprinkled the bloodskin vine powder that he had prepared earlier, and stirred it clockwise for four hours. lock up.

The previous purple color began to boil and shrink, and it precipitated and disappeared layer by layer. The clear and transparent water flooded up from the bottom of the crucible, and a cloud of light blue smoke formed above the formed potion.

Snape used the tip of his wand to disperse the cloud of mist, put the transparent and colorless potion into three potion bottles and sealed them - this was an early version of the Christmas present that Dumbledore and Regulus jointly gave him, A potion brewing job.

Of course, he spent half a month preparing a gift in return, and he was fully confident that he could pour these things down Regulus' throat, so as to alleviate the recurring hidden mummification symptoms on his body.

Snape had to admit that it was Merlin's kindness that Regulus was able to live until now, and judging from the last invisible Legilimency, he really didn't remember anything.The only memory that can barely be called clear is a black lake, and his own screams of pain.

In the end was a vague oriental man in white with a slender and elongated figure, and his small body was leaning against the door frame, half of his face was covered by a bouquet of cornflowers in his arms, and his eyes were indifferent. Foley.

Lifeless black and white and dense cracks crawled all over Regulus' memory.When the picture was frozen here, a large misty soft light shone from the top of the girl's head, and the blue-purple flowers in her arms became the only color in all his memories.It seems so alive that it will melt away immediately, dripping and soaking in every corner of thinking.

That was the first picture he saw after he really woke up.

It looks like the Dark Lord treated this Black with a big gift.

Snape packed the potion bottles together, opened the door and walked towards a side hall on the first floor.When he came in, Regulus, who was chatting harmoniously with the old headmaster just now, immediately shut up, straightened his body and nodded politely at Snape, "Professor Snape."

Dumbledore was still smiling and sprinkled sugar into the teacup, and the dense white particles shook from the silver spoon in his hand like the snow outside: "Sit down, Severus. Black tea or green tea?"

"No need." Snape glanced at the well-stocked sugar bowl, which was obviously just filled, and rejected the stomachache-inducing proposal, and then put the potion in his hand on the table.

"So fast." Dumbledore looked at the three bottles of transparent potions, and looked at Snape with an unpredictable smile in his shining blue eyes, "I knew it was the right choice to give it to you." .”

Snape stretched his facial muscles and put on a smirk that had nothing to do with being pleasing to the eye, and replied: "I hope your keen intuition will last until the application for the teaching position in the new school year."

"Why don't you try it now, Regulus." Without hesitation for a second, Dumbledore threw the topic back to the silent young man, with a very loving expression on his face, just like those who coax children The grandfather who obediently took the medicine said, "We all hope that you will get well soon."

Snape squeezed out a silent sneer at the headmaster's evasion, and then that iconic expressionless face quickly invaded his face, covering up all emotional colors, leaving only slightly raised eyebrows showing his respect for Regulus. I have expectations for Si's reaction after taking the medicine.

Regulus remained motionless for a moment, then opened a bottle of potion with Dumbledore's grandfatherly smile and drank it restrainedly.

The moment the soup came into contact with the tongue leaves, an extremely bitter and spicy taste exploded in the mouth.The tormenting and stimulating taste spread its claws and claws on every ending of the taste nerve, straight to the throat and the top of the head, wishing to poke a hole in his throat and breathe out fire.For a moment, Regulus wondered if his sense of taste was going to be ruined like this.Fortunately, he drank slowly, otherwise he would probably be choked to tears.

"The effect of the bloodskin vine, are you okay?" Snape raised his eyebrows even higher, and the corners of his originally tightly pursed mouth were slightly curved upwards, which made the words of concern in his mouth sound so much Pale and feeble, even revealing a kind of schadenfreude.

Regulus tried his best to suppress the unconscious twitching of his lips due to the sudden strong stimulation, then took the last sip of the potion, straightened his back and nodded to Snape.He wanted to say something, but unfortunately his poor physical condition deprived him of the right to further disguise, and now he couldn't even adjust his face and smooth the wrinkles between his brows.

The pungent residual smell of the bloodskin vine was still torturing his poor stomach and throat, making him a little nauseous.

Dumbledore took out a box of tea powder and honey candy from his pocket like magic, and threw one into his mouth: "Want some? There is nothing more pleasant than ordering candy after drinking the medicine."

Regulus thanked quickly in a low voice, took a piece of sugar in his mouth, and then took another sip of tea, the dull and broken sense of taste slowly revived in his mouth.

"Thanks for your hard work. Bloodskin vine is hard to find potion ingredients, isn't it? Butterfly is not a pure-natured creature, let alone porpoise." The old headmaster looked at the potion professor at the side and asked casually.

"Yes." Snape followed his words without thinking.Then he thought of the scene where Aurora used her hand to catch the pink butterfly that landed on his hand. He couldn't figure out whether the little girl was really not afraid or if she didn't know it was fearless.

The girl's hands were a little cold and soft due to staying in the Forbidden Forest for a long time, like some kind of dewy and temperatureless flowers.

The long hair that hangs down is very light in color, hazy and bright in the dark forest.

"It's okay." Snape corrected his previous statement, and then he brought the topic back on track, "Drink it once every three days. If it goes well, your long-term lethargic state will improve in the next few days. "

Regulus nodded again, and then swallowed the almost melted candy, "I want to go to the bathroom first, excuse me."

"Of course." Dumbledore pointed to the direction of the public toilet outside the door, "Go straight to the end."

Regulus got up quickly, and his steps were a little messy when he walked out.

Snape looked away at the Headmaster, waiting for him to say why he had sent Regulus out.

……

Regulus turned on the faucet switch in front of him, and the cold and clear water gushed out and poured on his hands.He washed his face with clean water, took out a handkerchief embroidered with R·A·B in his pocket, and wiped it carelessly.

The burning sensation still remained in his stomach, he tried to vomit but couldn't, and fine cold sweat crawled out of his forehead again.

He has been awake for more than two years, but more often Regulus has the feeling that he is soaked in a dream.He doesn't remember who he is, doesn't remember whether he has relatives, the whole world is very strange to him, except for the black lake, empty caves and some twisted and blurred human figures that must break into his dreams every night.

Regulus has always chosen to live in seclusion in the Muggle world, because according to Beverly's master, he was originally from a family of pure-blood wizards. If he returns with amnesia, there will be many people who want to kill him .Although the Dark Lord has fallen, his henchmen have not been completely disintegrated.

In the eyes of others, Regulus himself is one.

Since it is rumored that he is already dead, then he should continue to maintain this fake death status.There are so many people in the Black family, and they look a lot alike. As long as they appear infrequently enough, no one will recognize them.

It's just that during the seemingly endless intervals of lethargy, Regulus would be at a loss as to what he had done and where he should go.He seemed suddenly out of touch with the world, most of which were still hostile to him.

The day Dumbledore found him, Regulus was indeed moved by the invincible and powerful affinity of the other party.But he soon discovered the complexity and depth of Dumbledore's gentleness and composure, which made him instinctively afraid to tell him too much—fortunately, Regulus himself remembered very little.

The wind blew in through the window, Regulus walked to the steps beside the corridor, looking at the continuous gray-blue mountains outside the castle, the peak outlines blunted by white snow and thick fog, and a glimpse of the endless Forbidden Forest, and...

Little girl by the lake.

Regulus remembered her, in Diagon Alley a year ago.The friend in the photo Beverly brought back is Hufflepuff's student, Aurora Field.

She was sitting in the snow, with one hand embracing her knees, wrapped in a heavy caramel-colored winter coat, and a yellow and black scarf wrapped around her neck.The overly long pale golden hair was casually draped over her shoulders, and the ends of her hair brushed on the snow. Sporadic snow particles entangled her hair, as gentle as frost flowers floating in the shallow sunlight.

The girl looked very quiet, her light brown eyes were very warm, and the flowing eyes were surprisingly calm and gentle.Some frozen red slender fingers are holding a pale yellow magic wand engraved with simple patterns, tapping rhythmically on the stones by the lake.

Slowly, the dark green water of the lake began to ripple, and something was about to break free from the bottom of the water.

This scene gave Regulus an inexplicable stimulus, his head began to ache, the ripples rippled round and round, smashed into the lake, and the sharp debris fell sharply crushing his nerves .

Regulus had a vague feeling that he had seen such a scene before—he was standing in the middle of the jagged rocks, and the dark lake was rising like crazy, and something was about to burst out of the water and rush towards him.

"Go!" Regulus shouted blankly, causing the girl to turn her head back strangely, looking at him across a grass covered with snow not far away.

With a crash, the creatures in the lake showed their true colors.It was a half-merman with the common features of man and fish, dark blue-green skin covered with scales, and only one eye on the forehead.The mouth is full of sharp fangs, the bones of the hand are slender and sharp, and the light green web is connected between the fingers, and the color is similar to aquatic plants.

"Hello, Regulus." Aurora rolled her eyes at him, showing a cute smile, "Are you looking for Beverly? She'll be here in a while."

The half-merman gradually approached the girl, looked at her with teary eyes, and then at the pale Regulus, and let out a strange cry from his throat.

"Stay away from it." Regulus' hands trembled a little. He followed his instinct to touch his wand, only to realize that he no longer had such a thing. "It's very dangerous."

Aurora was stunned for a moment, and found that the other party's mood seemed a little wrong, and his face was too pale, so he stood up and comforted him: "It's okay, they are actually quite docile, as long as you don't make an attacking gesture, they won't attack you." hurt you."

As she spoke, she rummaged through the backpack beside her, "I think... I should have something to feed them."

A package of handmade dried fish made by house elves.

Aurora picked up a small dried fish and put it on the wet stone in front of the half-mermaid. The half-merman sniffed it, quickly grabbed it and put it in his mouth, moved forward slightly, and stared at the next small dried fish in her hand .

"Look, that's it." Aurora smiled at Regulus, "Would you like to come over and have a try?"

Regulus was silent for a while, and he realized that the half-mermaid really didn't intend to hurt the girl, and was only interested in the small dried fish in her hand.

"Do you feed them?" he asked.

"No." Aurora shook her head, and threw another piece of small fish to dry, "I also just found out that there are half-merfolk here, and Vox and Bill told me about it."

Then, she looked at the young man who had been standing next to her, thought for a while, and pointed to the free space on the stone where she was sitting: "Why don't you come and sit down? I think you look very bad, don't stand there gone."

Regulus paused, without any objection, walked over and stood not far from Aurora, "Did you have an appointment with Beverly today?" "Yes, the snow stopped today, everyone ran away Going out to play." She threw another piece of dried fish over, and the half-merman looked at Regulus cautiously, not picking up the food.

Aurora stood up and patted the meat scraps on the clothes, reached out to touch the half-mermaid's webbed claws, and handed the small dried fish to it.The other party grabbed it, still staring at the uninvited guest, gurgling in his throat.

"It seems that it is very interested in you." Aurora said thoughtfully, then waved to him, and said jokingly, "It's okay, really, just come over and say hello to it. Otherwise, I'll see it Just staring at you, you can't even think about eating. By the way, it is a very young girl."

The corners of Regulus' mouth moved, as if he couldn't digest this cold joke.

He walked over slowly, keeping a comfortable distance with restraint. The half-merman stared straight at him, licking the dried fish from his mouth from time to time, which made Regulus feel a chill.

He thought for a while and decided to leave.

However, before he could speak, Aurora came over and took Regulus' hand and walked towards the lake, waving her wand to bring the half-mermaid closer.

The girl's hand was so small that it seemed to have no bones.

"Don't be shy," Aurora said primly. "As a gentleman, there's nothing wrong with being proactive with a lady, is there?"

It depends on what kind of lady she is... Regulus suddenly felt a sense of inability to do anything, in every sense of the word.

The scales of the centipede are very smooth, because it has been immersed in water all year round, it feels a bit slimy and slippery like aquatic plants, as if touching a stone covered with moss.

The half-mermaid rubbed Regulus' wrist in enjoyment, and Aurora narrowed her warm brown eyes with a smile: "Look, she really likes you." Then she sighed pretendingly, "Oh, girl."

As she spoke, she dropped a piece of dried fish in her hand and chewed it in her mouth.

Regulus' hands froze as the pronouns Aurora used for the half-merman changed, and he looked at the little girl strangely, "Aren't you a little girl too?"

Aurora shrugged, and continued to babble half-truths, "Then, maybe there is an old man living in my heart who has no place to rest in his old age."

Regulus,...

She really thinks so. Seeing that all the "peers" around her have crushes or admiration targets in the same courtyard or across the courtyard, Aurora slowly takes advantage of Hufflepuff's great collection of gossip news, just listen Stories never try.It may be that Yu Wei, who "confessed" Professor Snape in public before, is still there. Although Aurora has a gentle personality and a handsome appearance, there are few boys who have shown affection for her.

But it was more to her liking.

Compared with her energetic classmates, she is as leisurely as an elderly person lying on a rocking chair and basking in the sun.From this point of view, it is not completely unreasonable for her to fight with Salazar, the diary that has lived for more than 1000 years-well, it was actually Salazar's unilateral crushing.

"Sometimes I feel like I've come to the wrong place, or I'm dreaming." Aurora muttered, holding a small dried fish in her mouth, and cast her eyes unfocusedly on the edge of the dense forest.

Regulus froze for a moment, "You feel that way?" Like he did too.

At this time, a deep and gorgeous voice sounded eerie from the side: "Maybe increasing your homework appropriately can help you return to reality?"

With a shake, Aurora wiped out the small fish in her hand.The half-mermaid screamed, grabbed the small dried fish on the ground, and jumped into the water with a plop, leaving a transparent lake with slight water-green ripples.

"Professor Snape." The little girl smiled, turned around, and saw the tall black figure standing behind him, looking down at the two of them expressionlessly, and continued, "What a coincidence."

The other party didn't move, standing tall and straight like a sculpture, looking at them.Regulus withdrew the hand held by the little girl, got up and nodded to him, without speaking.

The scene was very embarrassing for a time, two adults who didn't know how to greet each other, and a little girl who was trying to figure out whether she had really been given increased homework, the air was eerily quiet.

It wasn't until the appearance of Beverly and Dumbledore that the deadlock was broken.

"It seems that we missed some very interesting things, why are you all standing here?" The principal looked at them with a smile.

Aurora hesitated for a moment: "Because the air is fresh outside?" Snape glanced at her.

Dumbledore smiled knowingly, "Indeed. Breathing more fresh air is good for your mood." Therefore, you have to talk to someone as immobile as the principal to continue the conversation, no matter how nonsense you choose to start with. He can keep a calm and decent attitude and talk nonsense with you.

Not awkward at all, how nice.

"Why don't you go with other students?" Dumbledore pushed his glasses and raised his face in the direction he just came. "They seem to have a lively discussion together, maybe there will be topics that you are interested in."

"Uh." Aurora picked up the backpack, glanced at Snape cautiously, and found that the other party didn't want to say anything about homework, she immediately rushed out to grab Beverly's hand, and waved goodbye to Dumbledore, "You said That's right, here we go."

"Ah, as expected, children who are full of energy are the ones who lack happiness the most." Dumbledore waved his hand, feeling infinitely emotional.

Snape watched as the two children quickly disappeared around the corner of the corridor, as if fleeing for their lives.

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Half Mermaid: This little brother looks delicious.

Aurora: Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe.

Regulus: ...