[HP] Butterfly Effect

It's just a dream.

Aurora repeatedly warned herself.

It's just a dream.

She sank and floated in a boundless gray-green water, but she did not feel the pain of being submerged in the water. There was a pale gleam above her head, and the green under her feet spread and settled into blurred black.

The overly monotonous colors and environment around made Aurora's vision distorted, gradually making it difficult to tell whether she was sinking or not.She stretched out her hand to grab something, but she could only catch her loose hair, which was as transparent as pale gold.

Aurora took a sharp breath, not sure if it was water or something else.She swam desperately, using all her strength to chase the light, and the moment she broke through the water, she regained the ease of being born again.

Aurora climbed up wetly, and wiped her face with the back of her hand full of water, but it didn't help.Tiny drops of water flowed into his eyes, and everything in front of him was a little distorted.

Here is the forest, thick fog.The emerald green of the river and trees melted into the mist, and Aurora could see nothing but green.

She began to run, as if some mortal danger pursued her.She broke into the thick fog and rushed forward all the way, with no purpose or direction, only one thought of escaping drove her.

Aurora didn't know what she was afraid of, but the fog made her uneasy, and she longed for sunlight, clear vision, familiar people.

Then, she finally realized that something was wrong here.It was a maze, and she was thrown into the center, unable to see the surroundings, unable to get out at all.

Something cold wrapped around his ankle.Aurora looked down, and saw a slender dark green snake climbed up her calf at some point, and the black letter was gently licking her skin, feeling bitingly cold.

Aurora screamed and wanted to shake off the snake, only to find that all kinds of snakes were crawling everywhere around her at some point, dark green, light green, emerald green, and bright green.Layer upon layer, densely packed, surging like a tide, the scalp-numbing hissing sound was overwhelming.

"Go away! Go away!" Aurora huddled herself into a ball desperately, trying not to occupy too much space as much as possible, and kept a distance from those cold-blooded animals.

She grabbed her hair and screamed loudly with her eyes closed: "Go away! Don't come here! Don't come here—!"

"Don't come...go away..."

Aurora lay on the bed in a daze and yelled, and was forced to wake up completely by the extreme fear, and her thin pajamas were almost soaked in cold sweat.

She got up with a splitting headache.

It was a terrible dream.Now that she thinks about the feeling in the dream, her stomach twitches and she feels a little nauseous.

Brett jumped onto the bed, lightly licked Aurora's hand, and looked at her obediently, while the tea roll lay on Aurora's head, skillfully combing her frizzy hair.

"Good morning." Aurora rubbed Brett's head weakly, climbed out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash and change her clothes.

After breakfast, Aurora rode her bicycle to the Leaky Cauldron.Entering Diagon Alley from here, she started a new day of summer work.

Not long after the business started, Aurora was still busy feeding the magic pets and cleaning the cages when the door suddenly opened.

She turned her head and saw Bill standing at the door with a smile. The morning light covered his red hair, so dazzling that it seemed to be burning: "Aurora, good morning."

"Bill?!" Aurora froze for a moment, then smiled, "Did you bring Charlie here to buy the magic pets you need for school? What about others?"

"Yes." As he spoke, Bill waved to the children outside, "Why are you so happy yesterday, but now you're here and you refuse to come in. Hurry up."

"What's the matter?" Aurora looked at Charlie who seemed a little embarrassed after walking in.The little boy scratched his head, messing up his fiery red hair to look more like a blazing flame.

He looked randomly at the magical creatures around him, opened his mouth, and finally said: "Well, I want to see if there are any suitable cats." Aurora blinked: "Cats? The most children buy owls now, Most of them don't need to be looked after by you usually, and they can also deliver letters and packages. Why don't you choose an owl?"

"Uh, because..." Charlie stammered for a long time without saying anything, and looked at Bill for help.Bill patted him on the head with a smile, and said, "Charlie likes Brett."

"I see. Let me have a look." Aurora nodded, and then took out a brown cat from the cattery and handed it to Charlie, "It has half the blood of a kitty, has a very active personality, and is very psychic." .You can simply train it, and then it can do what you want based on your gestures. Like this.”

As she spoke, Aurora clapped her hands, and the brown cat immediately jumped out of Charlie's arms and squatted on the ground, looking up at the girl in front of her.Aurora stretched out her fingers and spun around, and the cat followed suit.

She squatted down and opened her arms, the cat let out a coquettish cry, and threw herself into Aurora's arms.

Seeing such a well-behaved magic pet, Charlie squatted down and looked at it: "How long will it take to train?" "Well, I trained it for about two hours." Aurora replied, "But they are very smart, you buy some As rewards they like to eat, they will learn quickly. I think I have some of their food here, and I can give you some if you want to take it away."

"That's it?" Bill tilted his head and looked at his brother and asked.Charlie replied seriously to his brother: "Well, that's it."

While paying the money, Bill teased Charlie and said, "I'm happy now, it's not in vain. You helped my mother wash the dishes for four months, and your wish has come true." Aurora couldn't help laughing: "Charlie thinks so Want a cat?"

Bill shrugged helplessly, looking at the child whose face was suddenly smeared with a thin red: "Yeah, my mother originally planned to let Charlie and me share an owl, but he refused desperately and insisted on coming here A trip, saying that I want to buy my own cat. I don’t know if I really want a cat or want to see something else?”

Charlie froze for a moment, puffed out his cheeks and stared back at his elder brother.

After listening to Aurora, she smiled back and teased: "It's fine to have a cat of your own, Charlie is thinking for you. If one day your owl gets dizzy because of being busy delivering those little girls' love letters to you How embarrassing to send it to Charlie."

Bill: "...Forget it, I can't talk to you."

"Welcome to come next time."

"Come to my house to play when you have time. Mom has been talking about you many times, right Charlie?"

"must."

……

It was almost time, Aurora cleaned the store, then closed the door and walked towards the Leaky Cauldron.

The bar was as dark and gloomy as ever, with the smell of cigarettes and alcohol everywhere. The clerks came in from the back door, followed by a string of white sugar bags bouncing on the ground.Tiny dusty frostings came out from the gaps in the sack, floating in mid-air like snowflakes, and the air was full of that strong sweet smell.

A drunken guest staggered down from his seat, and Aurora huddled in the corner of the back door, looking around for that familiar black figure.

Soon, she saw that among the few people who had just entered the bar, the one who stood outside the door didn't seem to intend to come in, but glanced in perfunctorily and quickly, and was about to leave.

She straightened up and called, "Professor, here."

Snape froze for a moment when he heard the voice, then turned his head, and saw the little girl standing in the center of the frost storm, with white particles lightly falling all over her long hair.

She really dared to come, even after seeing the possible relationship between herself and her father in the newspaper.Snape really didn't know whether he should admire her or not. Originally, he planned to take a look at the door and leave.You know, from the perspective of normal people's logic, even if you don't believe the content in the newspaper, you shouldn't think that nothing happened.

Not to mention meeting a former Death Eater alone so easily.She could find a reason to shirk it.

What is she thinking?

Aurora ran over briskly, only to find that the other party's face was not very good-looking, and there was a feeling that the rain was about to come.She flinched, looked at the time on her pocket watch subconsciously, and explained: "The business in the store is very good today, so I came..."

Snape interrupted her: "It's early. Let's go."

Aurora looked at him in surprise, and felt that what he just said didn't seem like irony, so she followed, and asked a little strangely: "Isn't it going back to the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts?" She thought they would go to the train station, and then Go back to Hogwarts.But Snape didn't seem to have that intention, because he was leading Aurora to the rest platform on the second floor of the bar.

The train wouldn't pass here, Aurora was sure.

Snape pulled out the wand from his sleeve, half-raised it in front of Aurora, and flashed the fluorescent light. The bright light immediately dispelled the darkness in the attic, illuminating the path in front of her.Aurora froze for a moment, and was about to say something but was picked up by the other party: "What makes you think that all the potion ingredients in the world can be found in the Forbidden Forest?"

Aurora lowered her head and stuck out her tongue, only to realize that her hair was covered in icing sugar.She patted it casually, covered her hands with snow white/powder, and licked it lightly with the tip of her tongue, it was very sweet.

Realizing that the other party didn't reply, Snape pretended to turn his head casually to observe her expression. If she showed any regret or hesitation, he would immediately let her go back by herself.Even in this way, Snape would spend multiple times and energy to find that potion material.

He couldn't say exactly what it felt like, but if Aurora really got cold feet, it would make him feel lighter and happier, because it was in line with Snape's own vision at the beginning.

Then, he saw the little girl secretly licking the white sugar on her fingertips, as if she didn't realize what he just said.

...typical Hufflepuff!He snorted coldly.

After walking to the semi-outdoor lounge on the second floor, Snape put away his wand, and suddenly looked down at Aurora: "Are you motion sick?"

"Huh?" Aurora didn't expect such a Muggle-sounding word to be spoken so naturally by Snape, as if he knew Muggles very well.Then she shook her head, "Not dizzy."

Snape pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, making people feel chills for no reason: "That would be great."

Aurora looked at his expression, and her almost instinctive desire to survive gave her the urge to run away.This is an acquired instinct trained by Salazar, and it has a miraculous effect on Slytherin.

But Snape obviously didn't give her the chance.

Before she could actually take the step of retreating back into the void, Snape reached out and grabbed her shoulder.Almost at the same time, everything in front of Aurora's eyes began to distort and blur, and the space seemed to be squeezed into a flattened slit by a huge external force.That oppressive force was also conveyed to Aurora, making her feel that her bones were about to be crushed and her internal organs were squeezed into a ball.

Aurora tried to struggle, only to find that it was difficult for her to breathe, and she didn't know what to grab with her hands.She opened her mouth to shout something, only to realize that she didn't have anyone's name to call out for help, so she could only instinctively grasp the hand that had been on her shoulder with her backhand.

Finally, the compression feeling of the long torture seemed to have the momentum to relax, and the other party grabbed Aurora's wrist, and rescued her from the space that was squeezed to the point of collapse.

Aurora was dizzy, her heart was beating very messy and fast, waves of blood rushed up and hit her retina, making her unable to see clearly what was in front of her for a short time.

Snape helped the girl who was still a little unsteady, raised his eyebrows, and said objectively: "You are much better than those senior students who are practicing Apparation for the first time."

"Maybe they get motion sickness." Aurora replied blankly, then looked around the completely unfamiliar surroundings, "Where is this place?"

"Aggert Forest," Snape replied curtly.

The largest semi-natural and semi-artificial forest in England, where the famous magical animals and potion materials grow, is being illuminated by the majestic and gorgeous golden-red sunset light at this moment.The mellow and dazzling golden color is like melting gold all over the ground. It is so hot that you can't open your eyes to look directly at it.At the foot of the straight tree trunks are parallel shadows, cutting the gilded light all over the ground neatly.

The low-hanging leaves and some short grasses silently received the warm light, and every vein was clearly reflected, and the thin green was incinerated to almost transparent.A large piece of light flows from the slightly weaker part of the forest dome above the head, and a golden border surrounds the shadow.

This place is completely different from the Forbidden Forest.The Forbidden Forest is always solemn and gloomy, and the thick cold gray-green stubbornly covers every corner.This forest is lively and enthusiastic, and it does not reject the penetration of sunlight.

"It's beautiful here," Aurora sighed, and then asked, "Are we still in London?"

Snape looked at her and found that she had indeed adapted to Apparation faster than expected, so he said, "Never mind, this place is not under London."

"That's it. So what are you looking for this time?" Aurora looked at him tiltedly.Snape opened his mouth. Since the other party didn't ask to take a break, he simply didn't bother: "Wood hemlock and dragon claw flower, find these two first, and you may not be able to meet the last one."

This kind of probabilistic event does not sound like a good thing.Aurora touched the tip of her nose, feeling that a bad omen was slowly gathering towards the top of her head.

"Let's go."

"Oh, alright."

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