[HP] Astringent

It wasn't until the night before the Christmas ball that Vanessa remembered that she had prepared everyone's presents, but not the gowns.This must be the most careless prom she ever had, and in the end she had to dig out the old dress from many years ago.

She smoothed the skirt with an ironing charm.Then, without rushing to dress up, I started wrapping presents.She didn't make anything herself this year, she just bought everyone a different gift.Black's is a book on the principles of motorcycles; Lupine's is a silver cauldron for him to brew Wolfsbane Potion; Ron's is a dress shirt, she saw Molly bought him a second-hand dress , those laces were overflowing, and Vanessa didn't want him to be too embarrassing... Finally, it was Snape's, an adventurer friend who had partnered with her happened to get good things on this trip, including Thunderbird's tail feather, this is a rare potion material.She bought it without hesitation and got a friendship discount.Although she still had some concerns about whether the gift would be too expensive, she finally decided to give it to him.This is not considered violent.

After Vanessa sent out all the presents, she began to put on makeup in a leisurely manner.In order to match the slightly retro moon white one-line dress dress, she chose red lipstick, put on a small veil hat to cover the right eye, and finally shed a tear at the end of the eye mole.

For some time, she boredly painted herself dark red nail polish.She had no interest in the whole ball, the only thing she was looking forward to was how Hermione and Ginny would look today.

Vanessa takes one last look at herself in the mirror, which goes out of its way to compliment her stunning beauty with words.This is her own appearance, not as bright as Lily's sunshine, but her eyes are flowing and looking bright.She has the face of a bad woman, and she was born to sit high, hook her fingers, and wait for the men to climb up by themselves.

She walked out the door and saw Blake waiting at the door. He was wearing a black suede tuxedo, his hair was pulled back unruly, and there were some students who stopped and peeked around.

"Why are you here?"

"Look, since you don't have a dance partner, and I don't have a dance partner, why don't we go to the dance together?" After speaking, he stretched out his hand, bowed slightly, and looked at Vanessa sincerely.

Vanessa couldn't refuse anymore, and gently put her hand on it.She knew that the person in her heart would never ask her to the prom.

Students kept looking over along the way, and the bolder Gryffindors even whistled.Vanessa took great pains to drag Blake around the most remote paths, just to avoid meeting more people.

Walking to the entrance of the auditorium, Vanessa first saw the Slytherin students headed by Malfoy. He was wearing a black velvet gown, followed by Astoria in a little black dress.Then there was Ron, whose dancing partner was Padma, one of the most beautiful girls in the grade, but this girl kept waving and giggling at the people around her, which matched Ron's silly look very well.Vanessa took Blake's arm and followed the students through the door.

Vanessa saw Snape in the innermost place at a glance. He was also wearing a black tuxedo, which was the most common style.But he is very suitable for such a classic style of black clothes, solemn and elegant.Perhaps for her, wherever Snape stood, there was a beam of light above his head.

But now she doesn't feel so stuck in her throat. Although it's a pity, it doesn't seem so difficult to accept.Even if he does not choose himself, he will not choose others.This comforted her a lot.

Snape seemed to sense her gaze immediately, and looked over from a distance, his gaze became longer.Vanessa averted her eyes.

The hall was dimly lit, the walls were covered with glittering silver frost, the ceiling was a starry night, and there were hundreds of garlands of mistletoe sprigs and ivy.Gone were the four house tables, replaced by a hundred small, lantern-lit tables, with a dozen people sitting at each table.

Vanessa asked La Black to sit in the corner when Moody stopped them and led them to the guest table.All the teachers were sitting there, and of course Snape was there too.

With little time to distract her, the auditorium erupted in applause.The warriors and their dancers followed McGonagall into the room.Fleur and his partner Davis came first, followed by Diggory and Cho Chang.Then there is what Vanessa is looking forward to the most, she made the clapping posture in advance.

Krum walked in leading Hermione. Hermione was so beautiful that if Vanessa hadn't been mentally prepared in advance, she would not have recognized her.She was wearing a long dress made of flowing lavender blue fabric, and her hair was combed smoothly behind her head, pinned with a delicate hairpin.

"This, this is..." Blake was also surprised and speechless.

"Yes, it's Hermione!" Vanessa had no time to explain to Black, and applauded enthusiastically.

In the end, it was Harry who brought Ginny out.They walked in holding hands.Ginny was wearing a long white dress made of gauze, with embroidered flowers at the tail, pure and playful.A head of long red hair is scattered behind the head, and two braids are braided on both sides, which meet and hang down at the back of the head.

As the music sounded, the warriors held the hand of their partner in a gentlemanly manner, and followed the first turn, and slowly circled around their partner.A wonderful thing happened, as Ginny flicked her hair, translucent red butterflies flew out from the tip of her hair, they only appeared for a while and then disappeared like bubbles, and a few more flew out the next time they circled around, lightly The ground flies for a while and becomes transparent again, repeating itself.

Everyone's eyes were not attracted, and there was a whisper in the student auditorium.

"Wow, what kind of magic is this?"

"It's too dreamy!"

Vanessa looked at the effect with satisfaction, she was like a fallen angel dancing around surrounded by butterflies.If it was me, she must be so bright and charming.Snape's eyes froze, his hands were wringing each other under the table, but there was no expression on his face.

"What a wonderful spell," Blake exclaimed. "Have the girls spent all their lives dressing up?"

Vanessa gave a faint nostalgic smile.

Vanessa taught Ginny the Butterfly Curse that day, because only their Weasley family can make the most perfect effect.The butterflies conjured by this spell can only be the same orange-red color as their hair.

Hermione couldn't help being amazed when she saw this spell: "I dare say this is a level that only the spell professor can achieve, and the inventors are too genius, look, even the patterns on their wings are lifelike! But who would want to do this for How much thought is wasted on a useless spell that makes butterflies fly out of your hair in one twirl?"

Vanessa didn't know how to answer: "Probably because it's not too difficult for him."

"He? He!" Ginny grasped the point, "A boy gave you a self-created spell? That's too romantic."

"Tell me, is it your ex-boyfriend?"

Vanessa blushed when they questioned her, and said falteringly, "No."

"I see, you like him?" said Ginny, "and still remember?"

"My dear girl, don't ask. He thinks nothing of me."

Hermione said incredulously: "Impossible. This spell needs to be combined with the flame transformation, which is already at the seventh grade level, and you know how many times you need to add to make the color always be the same as your hair color." Spells? There must be detection spells, memory spells, locking spells... I know these, but I can't understand the second half of the spell!"

Vanessa was also stunned, she really didn't know that so many things were needed in it.

Ginny said even more decisively: "Although I can't understand Hermione's words, I completely agree with her. Think about it, there are so many things that can be conjured, why is it just a butterfly?"

Vanessa thought it was just a coincidence, how could Snape be so careful with herself, besides, he said that he changed it casually with a spell he read from a book, and it only took half a night.

It was Easter Eve when Vanessa was still in her fifth year at Hogwarts, and everyone was getting ready for the Easter Ball.One of her so-called friends began to imitate her every move since she had a boyfriend, from the style of earrings to the way she walked.She was furious, especially after discovering that she had bought a dress that was exactly like hers—that she had picked out for the prom.She begged Snape for a long time, helping him sort out so many notes and experimental records in exchange for this spell.

Too bad she didn't use it in the end, because Snape didn't invite her to the ball, and she didn't want to show off such a special butterfly when dancing with others.

Ginny's brilliance overwhelmed the other girls, and even Harry looked at her in amazement.After the music ended, Harry brought Ginny to the guest table.Ginny quietly gave Vanessa a triumphant expression as she passed by, and Vanessa also blinked happily.

Everyone read the name of the dish they wanted to eat according to the menu, and the corresponding food appeared on the plate immediately.Qiu Zhang and Digory stopped and looked at each other after taking two bites. She had dimples on her face, and her smile was extraordinarily gentle and sweet.Now she must hope that the tableware they use is chopsticks, so that they can hold hands even when eating.Davis looked at Fleur stupidly, echoing Fleur's criticism of Hogwarts.

Hermione and Krum were chatting speculatively, and Karkaroff interrupted them with a sneer: "Viktor, don't reveal any more secrets. Otherwise, your charming friend will know where we are! "

Harry and Ginny chatted about Quidditch, and Harry was amazed at what she knew about Quidditch. "You could try for Gryffindor," he suggested, and Ginny flushed.However, Harry didn't notice, he was attracted by Qiu Zhang's laughter, and looked over there obsessively.

Black saw Ginny's embarrassment, and helped her out: "The spell is good, did you find it in the book?"

"No, Vanessa taught me." She raised an eyebrow at Vanessa ambiguously, "I dare to borrow this time."

Vanessa was afraid that Snape would hear her if she spoke any louder, so she quickly made a gesture to shut up.

Blake said, "I remember fifth grade...was fifth grade, right, there was a spell like that in school for a while."

She peeked at Snape, confirmed that he was chatting with Karkaroff, and whispered, "Yes, it was Annie, a friend at the time, who peeked at the spell, not only learned it by herself, but also spread it all over the school." " Still a little angry when she said it, she pursed her lips and continued reluctantly, "That's my spell." She didn't know what she was fussing about, especially after hearing Hermione's words.Although the future has nothing to do with her, at least the past belongs to her.

After dinner, Dumbledore turned the tables against the walls.The Weird Sisters swarmed onto the stage together, and the lights went out.At this moment, Ginny shook her head slightly, and one or two butterflies fell down.

All the warriors walked into the clearing first, followed by the students.Dumbledore took Maxim's hand and waltzed.Moody leads Sinista in a two-step dance.

Vanessa didn't want to join in, and drank red wine slowly.But as the table dwindled, it was just her, Black, Snape, and Karkaroff sitting here.

Black raised his eyebrows at her: "Let's go to dance?" She just put down her wine glass and wanted to shake her hand to refuse, but Black gently held her and pulled her into the dance floor.