[HP] Butterfly Effect

During the summer vacation of the third grade, Aurora still worked in the magic pet shop in Diagon Alley.One day in mid-July, she received a letter from Professor Keitel Byrne.The letter stated that the Ministry of Magic has increased its emphasis on magical creatures and their smuggling because of the last cloud-eating whale incident, and because Newt Scamander has retired from the Ministry of Magic, they specially invited Professor Keitel and the magical Together with the staff from the Department of Animal Management and Control, they went to investigate several well-known gathering places of magical creatures in Europe.

Keitel asked if Aurora would like to go together, this opportunity is rare.

After Aurora read it several times to make sure that it was not her own illusion, she immediately grabbed a pen excitedly and wrote back to Professor Keitel, expressing her gratitude for his invitation and that she could go with him at any time.Keitel wrote back and agreed to meet at King's Cross two days later.

She quickly asked for leave with Mrs. Brent, and then went back to the home of the Hawthorne couple whom she had known in renting a house last summer, and quickly packed her things into her satchel.

On the day of departure, Aurora got up early in the morning, carefully wiped the acoustic guitar on the bedside, and then easily stuffed it into the shoulder bag with ample space.

Thinking that magical creatures usually gather in forests, Aurora’s clothes are basically dark and dirt-resistant, so she chose a grass-green camouflage suit to wear, with a dark yellow T-shirt inside, canvas The shoes were also replaced with short black hiking boots.

Facing the mirror, she braided her waist-length pale blond hair into a neat braid and hung it on her right chest. She put on a black sun hat, put on her satchel, stepped on her bicycle, and rode cheerfully all the way to King's Cross Station. .

July is the season for travel. After the children are freed from school and heavy schoolwork, they set foot on various iron trains with their parents, and go to the distant beautiful scenery along the winding and stretching railroad tracks.

It was still early when Aurora arrived at King's Cross Station, and the train station was not so noisy yet.Standing on the flyover under the dome, she looked down and saw conductors and ground crews in iron-blue uniforms walking together in twos and threes.The gentle light of the early morning sun penetrated the translucent zenith above the head, dizzying a circle of blurred iridescent colors, and finally fell on the golden key in their hands, shining brightly.

She lay on the iron railing, stretching out her hands to catch the brilliant and emptiness of light, her feet on the bottom of the railing tapped the iron bars lightly, her voice was subtle and regular.In the British Isles, every sunny day is worth remembering.

At this time, Professor Keitel's voice suddenly came from behind: "Aurora, we are here."

Aurora turned her head and saw Professor Keitel was standing on the landing waving to her, beside a strange brunette woman and Snape with an expressionless face.

She froze for a moment, then jumped off the railing and ran towards them: "Professor Keitel, Professor Snape, hello." The brunette looked at Aurora for a while, then smiled and said to Keitel: "This is the recent Is the Ministry of Magic a particularly famous natural animal trainer?" She said, she took the initiative to extend her hand to Aurora, "Hello, Miss Field, I am an expatriate investigator from the Department of Magical Animal Regulation and Control of the Ministry of Magic, Adrianna Taylor, Nice to meet you."

"Hello, Miss Taylor."

"Call me Anna, everyone else calls me that."

"Just call me Aurora."

"Let's go, we are going far away." Keitel put his hat back on his head, and the magnificent sunlight spread on his shoulders.

Aurora soon discovered that Adriana was different from any member of the Ministry of Magic she had met before. She still had the cheerfulness of a childlike girl, and she spoke very humorously. The upturned lips can make people feel the real temperature.

When going to the International Long-distance Magic Teleportation Station, Aurora chatted with her all the way, and knew that she was also a student of Hogwarts Gryffindor, only two years younger than Snape.

After listening to her words, Aurora unconsciously looked at the tall and silent figure in front of her.He didn't wear the usual black cloak today, only a relatively new plain black overcoat with dense buttons all the way to the throat.She didn't know why Snape would come here with them, whether he simply wanted to go abroad for business or went out with them for investigation.

"What are you looking at?" Adriana asked curiously when she noticed that Aurora was staring in a daze in one direction.Aurora quickly looked away, and put on a cute smile: "It's nothing, it's my first time here, so I'm curious. Why don't we just use Apparatus to go to the destination?"

Adriana explained: "The place we are going to is too far away, Romania. Such a long-distance apparition will be very unstable. In serious accidents, some wizards were even torn in half. Therefore, generally transnational and For transcontinental transfers, we will use teleportation magic circles, or use large flying magical creatures or Muggle vehicles, if you are not afraid of trouble. And for the convenience of management, the Ministry of Magic specially set up this An international long-distance transfer station is used as a travel point."

"That's it."

After Keitel registered everyone's names, he turned around and called Aurora and Adriana to come over: "Ladies, I really want to join your pleasant chat, but we have to go, come on, this is Romania. "

"Let's go." Adriana patted Aurora on the shoulder.

Aurora has no idea how far it is from England to Romania, but the speed of the magic teleportation array is incredible, and there is no sense of oppression and dizziness caused by floo powder and apparition.

Aurora took off the hat covering her face with a sigh of relief when Snape said "It's here", and a large flood of too dazzling light rushes towards your face like sharp thorns in the wasteland, stinging you. The heavy rain and fog protected the fragile eyeballs.At the same time, there is a sea breeze with a faint salty smell and the clear and regular sound of waves rushing into the five senses.

Aurora saw them standing on a stretch of soft rock-yellow sand.Hermit crabs and sand crabs are bustling in and out, and dead starfish and shells have washed ashore, adding sporadic splashes of color to the monotony of the sand.

The sea water here is very different from that of Plymouth. It is not the tranquil sea blue, but rather turquoise, like the color of some luxuriant algae, dark and luxurious.When we arrived at the beach, the color of the sea gradually became lighter, and the emerald green waves rolled like translucent emeralds.

Gray-blue seagulls hovered in the sky in groups, and when they saw the right time, they plunged into the waves to hunt for food, holding a silver fish in their slender mouths.

"Is this Romania?" Aurora asked softly, the warm golden light fell on her hands, almost gaining weight.She breathed in the sea breeze, and the residual heat of the sun still remained in her lungs, warming her heart.The sun here is so plentiful and bright that Britain would be jealous, but because of the jet lag, the closer to noon, the brighter the sun.

"The edge of the Black Sea." Snape replied casually, and then looked at Keitel, "How far is this from the hotel where the wizard lives?"

"It's not far, it's right there." With that said, Keitel pointed to a house standing on the top of the sea cliff.Benefiting from the protection of magic, only wizards can see it. Muggles can only see a dilapidated lighthouse surrounded by many iron nets, standing precariously on the edge of a cliff, ready to collapse at any time.

Compared with the Leaky Cauldron in London, the condition of this hotel is much better, with red tiles and white walls, a typical medieval Mediterranean architectural style.The surroundings of the hotel are full of tall and dense magic maple leaves. The leaves of this tree will turn blood-like bright red under the sunlight, and when the sun sets, they will turn back to a lush green.

It was the morning when the sun was active, and when Aurora and the others walked in, clusters of bright and rich red clustered above their heads, almost burning the sky completely.The off-white walls of the hotel were soaked in this red, creating a hallucinatory crimson color.

The room was arranged very quickly, Aurora opened the door and came to the balcony, and saw the turquoise black sea washing at the bottom of the cliff, sparkling.When she turned her head, the potions professor in black had just closed the door of the balcony next door.

Seagulls passing by brushing their tails against the sun.

……

The time when Keitel Byrne's letter was received coincided with the time of Twilight's decline.

Snape was a little puzzled at first, because he was not familiar with this fanatic of magical creatures.He didn't take his courses when he was in school, logically speaking, he shouldn't be very good at contacting himself.

He opened the letter and began to read:

"...

In addition, the summer vacation is coming, and the Ministry of Magic invited me to visit various places where magical creatures gather in Europe.I still remember that the last time I went with Professor Horace Slughorn, he was very interested in collecting all kinds of precious potion materials, and I was not very proficient in it.I don't know if you are interested in going with us, Severus. I guarantee that the potion ingredients there will never let you down.

......"

Snape understood, it turned out that he needed a potions expert by his side to deal with all kinds of injuries that might occur when coming into contact with magical creatures.

He considered it for a while, then agreed.After all, Keitel is right, there are not many opportunities for the Ministry of Magic to reimburse the entire cost.If he goes by himself, it will cost a lot of money just to go abroad through the transfer station.

But what he didn't expect was that Aurora Field was also there.

This made Snape doubt the reason why Keitel invited him at the beginning. If Aurora was there, Keitel would not have to worry about getting hurt.Or was he more cautious and felt more at ease with a potions master by his side?

Snape was a little confused.

After settling in the Romanian wizard hotel, the four of them rested for a while in their respective rooms, and then went downstairs to have lunch.

The taste of the food here is quite different from that in the UK. The natural plant spices are reproduced, and even the soup has a strong spicy and aromatic taste, which sharply stimulates the taste buds.Aurora was not used to eating, and ate several pieces of homemade oatmeal yogurt biscuits that were conveniently packed in her satchel when she arrived.

After eating, they headed for the forest together.The object of their visit today is a dragon. As we all know, Romania is a paradise for dragons.

The bright light made the visibility in the field of vision extremely good. When Aurora walked on the forest path and looked up, she could clearly see the pale snow covered on the tall mountains, solidified And silent.

The forests here are dry and wild.Aurora felt that only by wringing out the British temperate forests from the lingering gloomy rain and fog, and then hanging them in the sun for a few days, could they have the freshness and shape here. The boundaries between trees are clear, without that A clammy light green mist is entwined in it.

Keitel walked all the way and talked about the history of this magical creature gathering place, and the fallen leaves under his feet made a crisp and soft rustling sound: "About 1000 years ago, the dragon branch was not so concentrated. At that time, many places All have dragons. Later, after the war between Muggles and wizards broke out, dragons and other magical creatures were killed to varying degrees, so many of them left their original homeland and migrated to new places. The last large-scale The migration of species occurred in the second year after the goblin rebellion."

"Why did they choose Romania, Professor?" Aurora said, patting the sticky substance on her hands from stepping over a huge rotting log.

Keitel replied: "At that time, this was a gathering place for vampires, and Muggles rarely came here, so they chose this place."

"Are there still vampires here?" Aurora asked.

"Yes, but very few."

Cross the creek in front of you and continue walking up the mountain. It didn't take long for Aurora to see the protagonist of today's topic.

It was a Romanian longhorn that was about to grow up, and when it was crawling there, it was as huge as a towering hill.Its whole body is covered with black and green scales, its limbs are thick, it has no wings, and its long horns are dazzling golden yellow.They hunt and roast their prey with their horns, which themselves are very valuable ingredients for potions.

Although this kind of fire dragon is listed as one of the most dangerous magical creatures by the Ministry of Magic, it is also one of the top ten purebred fire dragons, and it is also the most artificially bred one.Their horns have therefore become Class B tradable commodities, which are strictly managed and controlled by the Ministry of Magic.But even so, captive breeding did not make them much tame, and no one but the most trained wizard breeders would want to approach them.

A few cattails with bright yellow fur sprang out from the depths of the forest, stretched out their pink and slender tongues to reach the rotten fruits that fell on the ground, stirred up a wave of fallen leaves, and were sprayed out from the nostrils of the long horned dragon The spark burned cleanly.

"It's velvet, they are so cute." Adrienne couldn't help saying while recording the scene with the camera.

Aurora slid down the slope briskly, picked up a round pudding and squeezed it.This kind of little guy has a surprisingly good temper, and he doesn't get angry when he is thrown around. He is the most popular playmate of underage wizards.

The snoozing Longhorn was awakened by the sound of slight footsteps, opened its huge golden-red eyes, looked curiously at the blonde girl who barged in out of nowhere, hummed in its nose, and spewed out a burst of sparks.

With the experience of facing the cloud swallowing whale, Aurora didn't panic too much when facing the Longhorn.She hugged the humming cattail in her arms, and took a step forward cautiously: "Hello."

The longhorn moved lazily, and with a sweep of its thick tail, the leaves and branches behind it became as bare as if they had been destroyed by a storm.It opened its eyes, and Aurora's figure was clearly reflected in the beast's vertical pupils, like a pure and flawless gem.

After a while, it leaned close to Aurora for a sniff, and let out a low, roaring grunt from its throat.

Snape stood in the shade of the trees on the slope, watching Aurora gently touch the dragon's head with his hand, with a gentle smile on his face.

He suddenly remembered the portrait of the girl in the old notebook. Under the majestic golden sunlight, two girls who had passed through thousands of years miraculously overlapped together.

The author has something to say:

This chapter is privately set up like a mountain, such as the teleportation station, and the history of dragons and so on.Today's background music is very nice.

Recently, my mentality of writing has collapsed, I can’t type out words, and I feel that I am really not suitable for writing... I am too glassy, ​​and I hate my glassy heart and can’t control it.Being affected by another article that has already been completed and buried in the soil, the code does not appear in this article. The more I think about it, the more anxious I become... Writing that article is probably the most regretful thing I have ever done. I have never regretted writing it so much. over an article.This afternoon, I browsed the comment area of ​​Butterfly Effect all afternoon, and I cried because of the warm atmosphere here.

Pure whining, no blame.

On the second day of daily wishing, there are many soft and cute comments. Thank you to everyone who stays in this butterfly effect.I am slow to write, the emotional drama is procrastinating, and I still don’t change it every day, thank you for not giving up [burst crying] I won’t cheat, it will definitely end, it will definitely.