[HP] Butterfly Effect

On the day before Christmas, the shallow to almost illusory sunlight covered the white snow that formed the sea last night, and the delicate and bright gold shone on the distant horizon.

After Aurora got up, she said good morning to Salazar as usual, and then went downstairs to help Molly prepare everyone's breakfast, and learned how to make a homemade candy by the way.She looked at the whipped cream and jam bonbons that were gradually taking shape under Molly's guidance, and immediately decided on a Christmas present for Professor Dumbledore.

After eating, Molly took out a small bucket of gray-green powder from the bottom of the cupboard, greeted several children and said, "Come on children, grab a handful of Floo powder, we will be on the opposite corner soon It's alley. Bill, you go first, and wait for Aurora and Vox at the other end of the fireplace."

Then she patted Aurora on the head and said reassuringly, "Don't worry honey, you won't get lost, Floo fans are very fast."

It turns out that it is indeed fast, and it is also full of uncontrollable randomness.

Aurora didn't know how the floo powder worked, at least when she was lifted up by a huge force and kept spinning, and then smashed down hard, she couldn't think about it at all.

Then, she fell out of a fireplace, kind of on her face.A familiar herbal aroma entered the nostrils, smelling like rosemary and lavender.

Fortunately, he wasn't really ashamed enough to spit it out, but he was dizzy, or everything around him had been cast with a jumping spell, and he refused to jump around in front of his eyes for a moment.

While Aurora was convinced that she must have missed the fireplace where Bill and Vox were, she was relieved to find that she didn't have the soot she expected.She guessed that the owner of this fireplace should be very clean.

Then came a laughing voice, with a smoky grainy and husky texture: "Oh boy, get up. First time using Floo powder? Feeling alright, huh? No Question?"

Aurora looked up and saw an old woman in a felt hat and gray scarf walking towards her.She wiped the herbal juice full of hands on the apron, and stretched out her hand to help Aurora up.

Aurora shook her head, allowing the distortion and blur in her vision to gradually stabilize, the double images dispersed one after another, and clearness returned to her eyes: "Sorry, I seem to have gone to the wrong place. Where is this?"

"This is one of the shops connected to the Floo network in Diagon Alley, the herbal medicine shop." The old woman replied, pointing to a pile of magical plants behind her that hadn't had time to be processed.The bewitched scissors and cutters were working happily, picking off the dry parts of the plants and cutting them off one by one.

Aurora blinked. After hearing the place name Diagon Alley, she was relieved a lot. At least she didn't have to go all over the world to find Vaux and the others.After thinking of this, she pursed her lips, "It doesn't count, I was going to come here." "Then what do you need?" the shopkeeper asked with a smile.

"Chamomile." Aurora said subconsciously.The other party nodded knowingly, "It's for calming the nerves."

"Yes."

"Potion or tea?"

"I'll take it back directly."

"Then wait for me."

After finishing speaking, the shopkeeper turned to get the chamomile and other magic herbs that had been roughly processed, and Aurora was attracted by the lush freesia piled in the lead bucket next to the wooden cabinet, still dripping with dew.The heart of the flower is light yellow, and when the petals stretch to the edge, the fresh and tender color becomes more and more hazy and clear, and the fragrance of the flower is strong.

At this time, Head Slytherin, who was out on vacation to buy ingredients for potions, just walked into the shop, and saw the little girl squatting in front of the bucket of gentle and bright freesia at a glance.

She was really petite, and when she squatted on the ground, the long scarf around her neck almost dragged to her feet.A head of long, unadorned hair was scattered on her shoulders in a slightly messy manner, and it was surprisingly similar in color to the pile of flourishing and bright flowers in front of her.

Snape twitched the corner of his mouth, "Miss Field. What a surprise."

The overly pleasant and impersonal voice slipped into the ears, flowing like a cold river flowing through the forest in winter night, covered with frost flowers.Lola shivered slightly from the inexplicable chill, then turned her head to look at the other party, smiling gently, "Professor Snape, hello."

"I heard you went to the Weasleys for Christmas."

"Yes, they...uh." Aurora's eyes fluttered for a moment, she touched the tip of her nose in embarrassment, and then continued calmly, "In other places, busy choosing Christmas presents."

Snape raised his eyebrows, pulled a cold smile on the corner of his mouth, undressed and said, "So you came to the herbal shop alone, intending to temporarily remedy your poor sense of direction?"

Aurora, who has been tempered by the poisonous poison of the snake ancestor Salazar, still has a gentle and lovely smile, nodded obediently and replied following Snape's words: "Yes, it's better to struggle than not to struggle." .But I also want to come here to buy something to go back, so I can kill two birds with one stone.”

After hearing this, Snape pursed the smile that had nothing to do with the word "friendly and warm" on his lips.The soft attitude of the other party gave him a subtle feeling, because no matter what others said, she was saying yes, and she seemed indifferent.

At her age, children her age were almost as noisy and obnoxious as a group of trolls just released from their cages.She doesn't look like a 12-year-old kid, to be honest.

"Is it Professor Snape?" The shopkeeper neatly packed the herbs in his hand, closed the drawer and walked towards the two of them, "I received your letter two days ago, and the things you asked for are also ready. please wait for a moment."

As she said that, she quickly took out another pack of packed herbs from the cupboard, handed the herbs in her hands to their respective owners, and collected the money.Holding the herbs in her arms, Aurora identified the types. When she looked up, her eyes inadvertently brushed Snape's hand as he handed out the money—the cuff buttons of the white shirt under the black coat fell off, leaving only A piece of thread remained on the clothes.

"Your..." She just said a word, and then quickly swallowed the rest of the words in the sight of the other party.Blooming chamomile and other green leaves spread out from the corner of the parchment, and the girl's gentle smile stretched behind the tender yellow flowers: "Merry Christmas to you in advance, Professor. I will go to my friends first."

After finishing speaking, she briskly pushed open the door of the shop, and quickly disappeared into various crowds and fluttering snowflakes.

Snape looked away.

When passing by a wizard gift shop in the middle of Diagon Alley, Aurora saw Bill and Vox looking anxiously at the door.

She waved to them happily. "Hey! Vaux, Bill, I'm here!"

Vox seemed relieved at last. He squeezed from the crowd to Aurora, looked at the other person, and was a little bit dumbfounded: "Where have you been? Arthur said that you might be taken to any place in the UK." It almost scared me to death, I don’t even know where to find it.”

"It's okay, I'm so good at getting lost, I can always find them." Aurora patted the other person's shoulder comfortingly, with the cold snowflakes in his hand, "By the way, where are Molly and the others?"

"They're all looking for you, and they've just arrived." Bill said, leaning closer to look at the things in Aurora's hands, "Did you go to the herbal store?"

Aurora brushed the broken snow on her bangs, shrugged, and said helplessly: "To be exact, Floo powder took me to the herbal store. Fortunately, the fireplace in that store was clean, and I'm fine now." , go to Molly and the others."

Bill reached out to stop her, and explained: "No, they don't know where to find you now. After we made an appointment for half an hour, no matter whether we found you or not, we would gather at the entrance of this gift shop to find a way. Now It's almost time."

"Uh, I'm so sorry."

"You're alright. The first time Charlie used Floo, he went straight to a place in Edinburgh and our family searched him all day to find it."

"That sounds miserable..." Vaux looked at his friend in amazement.

"It's pretty miserable." Bill laughed jokingly. "He was so scared that he burst into tears, and he couldn't even speak well when he came back."

The three children chatted and waited for a while at the entrance of the gift shop, and soon they arrived at the anxious Weasleys.The moment Molly saw Aurora, the dignified expression on her face immediately relaxed, and she hugged her tightly, "My dear, everyone was scared to death when Bill said you weren't here. Are you okay? Are you okay?" Where did it go?"

"The herbal shop in Diagon Alley," Aurora replied. "I'm fine, Molly. Sorry to worry you."

"It's fine. We are going to the store to choose gifts, let's come in and have a look together."

At this time, George and Fred sandwiched Charlie from left to right, with the same teasing expression on the two identical faces, imitating the little girl in an exaggerated play: "Oh~ poor Aurora I'm back, our little Charlie finally doesn't have to worry anymore, happy ending~!"

Charlie was so angry that he almost jumped up, and tried to grab their ears one by one, but the twins avoided them deftly, and went into the store giggling all the way.

"What's going on?" Aurora looked at Vaux inexplicably.Before he could answer, Bill closed one eye and tilted his head towards Aurora, his smile unchanged: "You disappeared just now, and Charlie's reaction was bigger than Vox's."

"Huh?" Aurora froze for a moment, unable to turn around his words.Vox rolled his eyes, not bothering his roommate.Bill laughed loudly and rubbed Aurora's head, "Let's go in and talk about it."

This shop is the largest gift shop in Diagon Alley.Gift styles range from traditional and formal to goofy and whimsical.The layout of the store is also very unique. The exterior is designed with a large range of blackened wooden frames and transparent glass. The latest posters of the weird sisters and decorative vinyl records are pasted on the glass.

The store is divided into three floors. Aurora and Vaux visited the first floor first, while Molly and the others went to the second floor.

Aurora wandered around for a while, and finally bought a pair of black cufflinks and some other gifts.The style of the cufflinks is very simple, the whole body is pitch black, and the edge is wrapped by a thin piece of golden metal, so pure that there are no waves or impurities, the pitch black looks like someone's eyes.

Almost as soon as she saw the pair of cufflinks, she thought of those eyes that had appeared countless times in her dreams when she first came to this strange world.It was so dark too, much like Snape's eyes.

The moment this idea came up, Aurora broke out in cold sweat.Then she comforted herself not to think too much, she hadn't had that dream for a long time, and it was not impossible to remember it wrongly.Thinking of this, she paid the money and put the pair of cufflinks into the chamomile bouquet.

After returning to Weasley's house, Molly put all the ingredients into the kitchen, George and Fred pestered Vaux to let him teach them how to control the mechanical electronic dog, and Aurora brought back the Herbs and presents were put on the table, and they went downstairs to help Molly prepare supper.

After eating, she returned to her room and began to follow Salazar's instructions step by step, purifying and transferring the medicinal properties of the herbs to the cufflinks through magic.She tried many times, but the effect was mediocre in the end, so she had to give up resignedly, and obediently dried the herbs and chopped them into tea bags that could be used for making tea. A pair of cufflinks was also included.

"Actually, it's not too bad. This curse is inherently complicated." Snake Ancestor comforted.

Aurora was stunned looking at the beautiful font on the diary.

Salazar is still human? !

She suddenly had the urge to cry with joy when her eyes became hot.

Immediately afterwards, Snake Zu continued to write, "At least it is better than I imagined."

"..." Aurora's emotion began to shrink gradually.

"I thought it would take you half a day just to get it to work."

The font is still spreading, and Aurora's touch has shrunk further.

"I also want to ask how many you bought for spares. I didn't expect that you didn't use this spell to blow up the gifts you bought."

"..." Aurora's emotion was so completely goodbye.

Vipers on Parchment Lay Back is Stomach-Aching.Salazar looked at the little girl sitting on the ground with her bright golden eyes half closed, her arm holding the wand began to tremble slightly, and spat out a message, "Don't be discouraged, you still have help."

"...I seem to understand why you have been so boring for more than 1000 years."

Salazar squinted and waited for her to speak.

"How long did it take for the last person you chatted with to die of anger?" Aurora swore that this question was purely an academic discussion.

"..." Salazar pondered for a moment, and replied, "You are indeed much stronger than them."

"Thank you for acknowledging my tenacity."

"Stupid people have stupid blessings, as they should."

"..."

Aurora once again regretted why she chose the road leading to Knockturn Alley in the forest, and her life has been gloomy since then.

Salazar you can't find a girlfriend like this!

Of course I can't find a boyfriend either!

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Aurora [moved gradually shrinking JPG]

Is it my illusion? Why does it feel like it’s a holiday, but not many people are here? [The hand holding the cigarette trembles slightly JPG]