HP's Lost and the Lighthouse

Unlike usual, Dumbledore was standing by the window with his back to the door, probably hearing the sound of Snape walking in, the old man spoke.

"Severus, do you think Quirrell did it that day?"

Snape paused in surprise - he thought - he thought Dumbledore would doubt him, after all, the way he chanted the spell that day was indeed too blatant.

There was no response for a long time behind him, so Dumbledore turned around. He looked at the Potions Professor with a complicated expression, and the blue eyes behind the half-moon lenses were so wise that they seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, and they bent with a smile.

"Why are you so surprised, Severus? I thought you knew there was no way Minerva wouldn't tell me after something of this magnitude happened—after all, the magic that would make a broomstick go wrong couldn't have been What simple trick magic."

"I—" Snape hesitated, "I'm not sure who it was."

"Then tell me about the person you suspect." The principal said decisively, his eyes soft and warm, "Sit down and talk, Severus. I don't want you to go back and secretly complain that an old man like me won't even let you sit in a chair—that's terrible." That's pretty exploitative of the teachers, isn't it?"

With a wave of his wand, he conjured a soft armchair behind the young man.

Dumbledore's words made Snape's face twitch slightly - did he look like he'd do something like 'sneak behind his back'?However, he sat down according to Dumbledore's instructions.

"I suspect Quirrell," he said, not meeting the old man's gaze, "but I... have no proof."

"Oh, I guess the evidence isn't that important at the moment, Severus," said Dumbledore, taking a seat behind his own desk, elbows resting on the table, fingers A pointy triangle.This is his usual action when he is lost in thought.

The eyes of the old man sitting behind the desk gradually went blank, as if he was caught in some complicated thoughts, even the potions professor in front of him hesitated to speak, but he didn't notice it.

Snape hesitated for a while, then raised his head to find that Dumbledore was in a daze, and there was no sign of continuing to speak for a while, so he simply sat down in his seat and waited patiently.

"Sorry, Severus," the headmaster suddenly realized that he still had a guest, and suddenly smiled apologetically, "Where were we talking?"

He thought for a while: "Yes, as I said before, the evidence is not so important now - Severus, the important thing is to be vigilant - you and I both know what the other party's goal is."

Snape did know - Philosopher's Stone and Potter, they had discussed this long before the term had begun.But the man didn't agree quickly, he put his hands on the armrests on both sides, leaned his body towards Dumbledore, and there was a rare doubt in his dark eyes.

"Before that, I want to know—" he said slowly, with a hesitation and hesitation in his tone that was completely different from his body movements.The man looked up at Dumbledore's eyes and blinked, then stopped suddenly - he didn't want to say anything.

The old man who was waiting for the next sentence tilted his head curiously: "What do you want to know, Severus?"

"It's nothing."

The potions professor pursed his lips and stood up from his chair: "I will pay attention." He turned around and prepared to leave the principal's office.

"and many more."

Dumbledore stopped him immediately, and the old man stood up, walked to the young man who had already reached for the doorknob, and stretched out his long-knuckle hand to press the shoulder of the teacher he had hired.

Snape looked at him questioningly with his eyes.Dumbledore laughed again, he lowered his head slightly and looked into the deep black eyes of the Potions Professor with his blue eyes: "In order to ensure that the next Quidditch match will not happen again, I have already met with Minerva said you'd be willing to referee the next match - you wouldn't turn me down, would you, Severus?"

Snape, who originally thought that Dumbledore had something important to do, turned pale.

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Leaving aside Snape's reluctance to use his not-so-good flying skills to float in the air on a broomstick to serve as a referee for a Quidditch match under the watchful eyes of all the teachers and students in the school, upon hearing the news from Wood, The Gryffindor team members were also wailing—George was actually so startled that he fell off his broomstick.

Everyone has only one thought in mind:

If Snape had found out that they had a chance of defeating Slytherin, there was absolutely no way he could have done justice.

Harry agrees with this from the bottom of his heart—even though he has only been in Hogwarts for two months, Snape's eccentricity has already left a deep enough impression on him. Make things difficult.But he has another reason why he doesn't want Snape to be the referee, that is, Snape wanted to throw him off the broom in the last match, and this time he probably won't let it go... The referee can do more than a The audience is much larger.

Immediately after training, he told two of his friends about Snape's sudden and malicious desire to be a Quidditch referee.

"Don't take part in the competition," said Hermione immediately.

"Let's just say you're sick." Ron offered an idea.

"Pretend to break your leg," the girl suggested.

"Really broke a leg," said Ron.

Harry shook his head and rejected their suggestion.

"There's no substitute Seeker on the team. If I quit, Gryffindor won't be able to play."

Hermione and the others obviously wanted to persuade them again, but at this moment Neville, who had been cast with the Leg Lock Curse, fell headfirst into the common room, interrupting the conversation of the three of them.

Immediately afterwards, the identity of Nicole Flamel, who was recalled because of the chocolate frog card, completely diverted their attention, making the little Gryffindors forget about it.

After the period of hesitation at the beginning, Ron and Hermione could no longer persuade Harry, who was determined to participate in the competition, and this is how the second Quidditch match gradually faded away amidst the tension of the three children. close.

The closer to the Quidditch match, the more strange Harry felt—I don't know if he was overwhelmed, the boy felt that he would run into Snape wherever he went, and he was even a little suspicious of Snape is following him.In turn, every Potions lesson turned into a painful ordeal (though not a good one at first), because Snape treated Harry so badly.

But the news that Dumbledore had come to watch the game almost immediately dispelled Harry's worries about Snape's petty tricks.As Hagrid said, Dumbledore is the greatest white wizard. With Dumbledore watching the game, Snape would never dare to hurt him.

Dumbledore had no idea what effect watching a Quidditch match would have on a young boy's mind.At this moment, out of the old man's petty mischief, he was watching with interest Snape, who was sitting on the broomstick with an extremely annoyed expression on his face.

The author has something to say:

I feel—the part where Ron and Hermione make suggestions is really funny hahahahaha, this is the content of the original work, but I still want to copy it directly after seeing it 2333

What a stupid idea from both of them hhhhhhhhhhhh

It's bubbling time!Cool for letting me see your little heads!