[HP] Flower of Eternal Life

At the end of November, Hogwarts ushered in the first snow of the year.

At first, there were only tiny ice crystals slowly falling from the cloudy gray sky to the withered grass and bleak land, but after a while, those ice crystals gathered and condensed in the wind and turned into larger snow particles, accompanied by howling The strong wind rustled over the shoulders of the students returning from the greenhouse to the castle.

Esther stood holding her schoolbag on the cobblestone path already covered with a thin layer of snow, squinting her eyes and looking at the dark sky cut by stratocumulus clouds.There is a faint light in the gaps in the clouds, as if you can see the clear sun shining on the sky through the clouds, but the reality is that the bone-chilling wind is blowing across the hills, and the snow and ice scrape your cheeks, causing sharp pain.This made her feel an inexplicable melancholy.

"Esther?" The boy's slightly suspicious call came to his ears through the snow curtain. Esther raised his head and cast his dazed gaze at Albus Potter standing on the steps leading to the gate of the castle not far away. I have made the other party wait for too long.

She smiled apologetically and walked quickly towards her friend.

"When will they be reconciled?"

When Albus and Esther sat down at the long table belonging to Gryffindor College in the auditorium, Albus took a piece of kidney pie and put it on the plate in front of him, while asking the girl next to him gloomily.

Esther turned his head and looked at the two protagonists mentioned by Albus. Will Dursley was laughing and discussing the upcoming Quidditch match with the Bagman twins in the dormitory, while Rose Weasley And eagerly chatting with the Gryffindor prefects about their OWLS exams.The two are far apart, with their backs to each other, and it doesn't seem like a big deal, but Esther knows that this is the worst way for them to get along.

In the end, to Albus's question, Esther could only shake her head and replied: "We have done everything we can, and the rest depends on whether they themselves are willing to take a step back." She reached out for herself A piece of apple pie, after taking a bite, said vaguely: "They always do this, but they will reconcile in the end, I think this time there is just a missing opportunity."

The reason for Will and Rose's quarrel was actually not complicated. The incident originated four nights ago, when they were sitting at a round table in the Gryffindor common room, doing their homework together.

The smartest witch in her year flew into a rage when she noticed that Will was plagiarizing papers from past students he found in the Room of Requirement again.

"William Dursley, I warned you not to do this kind of thing again, do you want to get a P or D in all the exams at the end of the semester? You will repeat the grade!" Rose snapped angrily. The paper that Will was copying originally belonged to a student named Tom Riddle.

For Rose's accusation, Will replied with a smile as if he didn't mind at all: "At least not in Transfiguration, I get E or O in Transfiguration every year."

"That doesn't mean you can get away with copying other people's homework. Do you think the professors won't find out?" Rose's ears turned red, which was a dangerous signal. That's always the case with change.

Will shrugged his shoulders, finished the Charms thesis he was copying, and responded casually: "Actually, they didn't." He didn't look at Rose, so he didn't notice it, maybe he I thought it was just a few casual complaints from Rose as usual and it would be over.Will took out a new piece of parchment, then pulled Esther's recently completed Potions Thesis to himself, and said briskly, "Ash, lend me your Potions Thesis."

The latter is immersed in the latest issue of "The Quibbler", and left the world of reading as if awakened from a dream because his name was called. He looked up and looked back and forth blankly at Rose's angry face and Will's expression. A calm face.

"What happened?" She cast her begging eyes on Albus who was sitting across from her, the black-haired and green-eyed boy gave her a slightly frightened look in return, and then looked at him hesitantly as if he had endured Rose to the limit.

Before Esther could ask anything more, Rose exploded. She took out her beautiful willow wand, poked it, and Will's paper quickly burst into flames.

"Hey!" Will, who was frightened and overturned his chair and fell to the ground, jumped up annoyed, ignoring the surprised gazes from other students around him, and shouted loudly, "What are you crazy about?"

Rose sneered and replied, "It seems to me that you are the one who is crazy."

"You know that if I don't finish my homework, I won't be able to participate in Quidditch training. Don't you care about our match against Slytherin at all?" Will was really angry, although his reason was in Estelle's It doesn't seem very tenable.

"Care? Why should I care about the mood of a guy who puts the reason for copying homework on training?" Rose pulled Albus who was about to retreat from the battlefield to the middle of the two, looked directly at Will and said, "Albus is on the Quidditch team like you, but he can do his own homework!" Of course, this is not entirely true. In fact, Albus's Charms homework refers to Rose's thesis, and the magician Pharmacy was completed under the guidance of Esther.

Albus, who was involved in the dispute, gave Esther a look of help, Esther was about to speak, but was interrupted by Will's voice: "Oh, in your opinion, Albus is better than me. A hundred times, right? Then why don't you stay with him and don't bother me?" His blue pupils shone with purple-red light under the light of the common room, and his handsome face was slightly tinged with anger. distorted.

In contrast, Rose's eyes suddenly filled with tears.

"William Dursley, you are such a complete bastard!" She dropped the last sentence, turned around and rushed to her dormitory without even taking homework and schoolbag.

Rose and Will have been locked in a cold war ever since, a standoff that has lasted longer than any argument they've had in the three and a half years they've lived together at Hogwarts.

And both Albus and Esther feel very awkward being caught between two friends.Albus tried to persuade Will to apologize to Rose, but Will said he didn't want to talk to the arrogant girl anymore, and Rose told Esther that unless Will apologized in person with sincerity, she would never have a trace of it. loose.

"I don't know if it's my illusion, I think Rose doesn't even want to pay attention to me now."

After Potions class, Esther mentioned her doubts to Albus as they walked to the library together.

In the usual Potions class, Esther and Albus are usually in a group and Rose and Will are in a group, because the two witches are better at Potions than the boys, but considering that they are in a cold war, it becomes I saw the situation of Esther and Rose as a group.However, as soon as Professor Snape announced that he would start making potions, Rose suddenly said these words to Esther: "Ash, I know you can make perfect potions by yourself, so this class Just let me do it on my own."

But when the homework was submitted at the end of the course, Rose's dream potion did not turn into the expected silver-blue color, but slightly blue in the transparency, which seemed to make her even more sad. Rose didn't even talk to Ai. Stotter said goodbye and rushed out of the classroom.

Albus patted Esther on the shoulder sympathetically, and replied, "I'm sure they'll be fine, as for Rose, she's just—"

"Just what?" Esther tilted her head, she didn't quite understand what was wrong with her friend, and Albus seemed to understand this situation but she still didn't understand?

A blush suddenly appeared on Albus' pale cheeks, he looked away and replied vaguely: "Don't ask, but they will definitely make up, don't worry too much."

For Albus' explanation, Esther could only accept it in the end. At this time, they had already arrived in the library, so they split up to find reference books for homework.

Albus's idea was quickly confirmed, although the reconciliation of the two friends was based on a considerable price.

In early December, the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin started as scheduled.The boys stepped onto the battlefield while the girls stayed in the audience to cheer them on.

Rose was reluctant to come to watch the game at first, but she couldn't resist Esther's persuasion and finally pulled up the banner with "Gryffindor must win" written in gold letters on a red background.

"Nice job! Will Dursley made a thrilling feint around John Beffin and scored another point for Gryffindor! Now the score is 110:70, Gryffindor The team leads!" The host, Albert Scott, a Hufflepuff sixth grader, explained the game in a passionate tone, and his voice made the audience feel nervous and excited.Suddenly, he changed his tone and shouted: "Wait, what is that? Oh, it seems that Albus Potter found the trail of the Golden Snitch, and he rushed over, followed by Scorpius Malfoy Finally! They're stuck together and who's going to catch the Snitch and win for his team? Oh my God!"

It happened so suddenly that Albus and Scorpius chased the Snitch very close to the edge of the auditorium occupied by the Gryffindor students, and the Slytherin batters tried to stop the opponent's movement. Although the two Seekers escaped the blow and continued to chase the Snitch, the out-of-control Bludger did not stop and rushed towards the student—to Esther and Rose's location—

"Bang!" With a loud crash and screams from the students, Will Dursley fell from his broom, still clinging to the man who should have hit Rose Weasley. Bludgers.

"You reckless idiot! Idiot!" Rose screamed fiercely as she thumped the chest of Will, who was lying on the hospital bed with his head still wrapped in bandages, and the latter groaned in pain: "Oh , oh my god, I can't... breathe... breathe... cough cough!"

The girl with a fierce look on her face panicked for a moment, she stood there helplessly and shouted: "Will! I...I'm so sorry! Madam Pomfrey!" She turned her head helplessly to call the school doctor, at this moment Will, who was pretending, dared to laugh and stop her: "Rose, stop, I lied to you."

"William Dursley!" Rose became furious in an instant, punched him in the face mercilessly, then threw herself on his chest and cried.

This time it was Will's turn to wonder what to do. He hesitated for a moment and finally patted Rose's back with his free hand, comforting her in a low voice.

Albus and Esther stood not far away and watched all this. Anyway, they finally felt relieved after seeing this scene. Will's injury is not serious, and he can go back after a week of rest in the school hospital. What matters is that the two friends finally reconcile.

"Maybe we should give them a little private time." Albus's green eyes behind the glasses flashed slyly, and he smiled and took Esther's hand and walked to the Gryffindor lounge direction.

When Rose came back to them in the afternoon, she looked radiant and hugged Esther as soon as she came up.

"Ash, I'm sorry, I've treated you very badly these days, in fact I'm very jealous of your talent in Potions, and when I saw that Will would rather copy your paper than ask When I was, I was really out of control, and I'm sorry."

Rose, who apologized, seemed very guilty, but Esther, who hadn't noticed her friend's thoughts from the beginning to the end, forgave her with a friendly smile.

"Actually, Will and I are together now," said Rose, with the most beautiful, genuinely happy smile in a month.

"Congratulations!" In fact, Esther didn't immediately understand what it meant to be together, but she subconsciously said that when she saw Rose's smile, and then she couldn't hold back her inner doubts, and asked in a low voice: " By the way, what does 'together' mean?"

A strange silence fell, and Esther was surprised to find that Rose looked at her in horror as if seeing her thesis was marked with a P, while Albus smiled gently: "Mr. One day you will understand, and it doesn't matter if you don't understand now."

Anyway, it's nice to end the pre-Christmas term with friends getting fixed.Esther couldn't help but smile at this thought.

☆、Chapter 3