hp Ouroboros

Sylvia got the first grade schedule the next morning, before breakfast.The time for the Slytherins to have breakfast is fixed, and when the time comes, all the Slytherins will go from the lounge to the dining room in a quiet and orderly manner, which is generally arranged vaguely and silently according to their grades and family status.

Looking at the class schedule in my hand, I knew about today's class yesterday, but I don't know about other days.Today is Friday, and potions class starts at [-]:[-] after breakfast. Potions class requires two long lessons, and one long class lasts one and a half hours, which means they will have to go to class all the way until twelve noon.

Thinking of the solemn but sharp-tongued 'new speech' of Head Slytherin, Professor Snape yesterday, Sylvia could roughly guess what kind of strict professor he was, but fortunately, Sylvia I'm pretty confident in my Potions, but I'm not too worried.

Looking at the schedule for a while, Sylvia frowned slightly. It is almost a tradition for Slytherin and Gryffindor to be enemies, but looking at the schedule, the class that Slytherin and Gryffindor take together is still Quite a lot: Potions on Tuesday evening and Friday morning, Transfiguration on Wednesday morning, flying lessons in the afternoon and finally Defense Against the Dark Arts on Thursday afternoon.Potions, Transfiguration and Defense Against the Dark Arts, except for Charms, which is taught with Ravenclaw, and Herbalism, which is taught with Hufflepuff, the remaining three core courses are taught with Gryffindor.

Charms, Transfiguration, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Potions, and Herbalism are the core courses at Hogwarts. They are compulsory from the first grade, and will be based on personal future aspirations and fifth grade from the sixth grade. At the time of OWL Sylvia. The test results choose whether to need it, or to be allowed by the professors to enter the improvement class to continue learning more advanced content.

After the first-year students had finished their breakfast, Terrence Higgins, the prefect of the fifth-year Slytherin, led them to the potions classroom.

The tall and strong Higgins introduced some common sense that he didn't have time to introduce yesterday. "There are about 140 stairs in Hogwarts. You should have seen it yesterday. Not all stairs are as simple as they appear on the surface. Some of them lead to different places every Friday; One of the steps will suddenly disappear, and you have to remember where to cross it."

Although the prefect of Slytherin is tall and strong, but his arrogant but unaffected posture, and his well-organized explanation, it is not difficult to guess that this is a noble boy from a noble family. From time to time, you can see the upper-class temperament he occasionally exudes.

"Everything in the castle is constantly changing, and you need to get familiar with those laws as soon as possible. Be careful about some doors. If you are not sure, then you'd better ask them to open politely, because if some doors don't talk to them properly, or It can’t be opened, or it will lead to another place. Therefore, in Hogwarts, before I fully understand the rules here, I hope that the little princesses and little princes at home can temporarily put you away. Those unnecessary arrogance." Higgins turned his head and glanced at the freshmen behind him.

"In two weeks, you have two weeks to explore and adapt to the life here. During this period, the daily courses will be unified, and the senior sister who is free at that time will lead you to the corresponding classroom. These two weeks are During the 'protection period' for Slytherin freshmen, private fights are not allowed during the protection period, and those who have questions about the castle or schoolwork can also get assistance from any senior sister."

Higgins stopped at the entrance leading to the cellar, and turned to face the Slytherin freshmen, "The classroom of Potions is fixed in the cellar, and Professor Snape, the dean of Slytherin, is the professor of Potions. I also met him briefly yesterday, so I won't say much. Finally, I hope you will cherish the two-week 'protection period'. After two weeks, you will only be able to rely on yourself. Remember, Slater Lin only believes in himself." After speaking, Higgins walked away quickly without looking back.

The cellar is much colder than the main building of the castle. There are many glass jars along the walls of the classroom in the corridor, soaking animal specimens in them, which further highlights the eerie atmosphere.

There are only 9 little wizards in Slytherin this year, so there is only one left at the two-by-two table. In the end, she was the only one who was assigned to a very small single room by herself.However, Sylvia should be satisfied with this arrangement, just like she has no objection to sitting alone in the first row now. Not all wizards can master Potions, even the so-called noble blood. It may not be able to bring any special bonus to some people's poor intelligence.

After the Slytherins were seated and their textbooks and notes were ready, the Gryffindors rushed into the classroom in twos and threes. The sound of ping-pong-pong sounded even more noisy in the empty cellar classroom. Slytherin sitting on the left side of the classroom The little wizards either showed disdain, or frowned in disgust.

"Boom!" The door of the classroom was pushed open vigorously, and Professor Snape, who was all black, strode into the classroom with black robes flying behind him. man devil.Sylvia, who was sitting in the first row, heard some nervous gasps, but it wasn't just from the Gryffindor on the right.

Snape stood still on the podium, glanced at the entire classroom, with anger in his eyes but not anger, he reprimanded "First class at Hogwarts, what an honor..." He picked up the roster, Although he said honor, the tone obviously had nothing to do with honor.

At this moment, two fiery red figures opened the door and rushed into the classroom. They were the Weasley twins of Gryffindor.

"Oh, yes," he said almost in a whisper, but could be heard clearly across the room "Redhead, let me guess, Weasley again," he glanced down at the list "Sure enough. ..Although the entire wizarding world knows that Weasleys have nothing to do with Potions, I thought their intellectual level could at least barely support them to understand some basic etiquette, such as not being late for class. Obviously, I was really wrong Outrageous."

Some Slytherin students laughed silently. The Gryffindor students were probably frightened by Snape's cynical language arts, but the Weasley twins were not among those frightened.

"Sir, it's not our fault!" the twins tried to explain at the same time, "Those strange stairs send us to different places!" said one of them.Another immediately added "There's another portrait that pointed us the wrong way!"

"Then you should start early, or use your brains to find someone who can give you the correct answer and ask for directions!" Professor Snape was probably pissed off by the twins' funny and entertaining way of answering, he said viciously, "Being late for class and talking back to the professor, Gryffindor will deduct [-] points, each!"

Now it's interesting, Sylvia thought about the four huge funnels that were lined up outside the auditorium restaurant to record the scores of their respective colleges, and she was not sure how to calculate negative points for that thing, or negative 20 points at once.

After deducting points, Snape quickly calmed down, picked up the roster and counted names, then looked up at the whole class. His eyes were as black as his whole body, and when he looked carefully, they were a pair of warm, Cold and empty eyes.

"You have come here to learn the precise and rigorous craft of potion preparation." He began, speaking in a voice just above a whisper, and in the silence of the class, everyone could hear him clearly With every word he said, "Since there's no foolish wand waving here, many of you won't believe it's magic. I don't expect you to really appreciate that simmering cauldron belching white smoke, The beauty of the fragrance, you don't really understand the liquid that flows into people's veins, the magical power that makes people's hearts sway and their minds blurred...I can teach you how to increase your reputation, brew glory, and even prevent death-but you must There is one thing, that is, you are not the kind of stupid fools I often meet."

After he finished his short opening remarks, the whole class fell silent, and Sylvia agreed with Professor Snape's views on potions very much.

Potions class continued, Snape divided them into two groups, and the only ones sitting alone in the whole classroom were Sylvia sitting in the first row and Camille sitting in the back of the classroom, look Coming to Gryffindor this year is also odd.

As a matter of course, Snape directly ordered Camille to move to the front row to sit at the table with Sylvia.

Fate, Sylvia thought, one was an unwelcome half-blood in Slytherin, and the other, as anyone with eyes could tell, she was in a group of enthusiastic Gryffindors. Appears out of place.

Camille sat down next to Sylvia with a dark face, looking unhappy. In the eyes of others, asking a Gryffindor to sit at the same table as a Slytherin, Camille's face was so normal.But in fact, Sylvia noticed that Camille already had this face when she entered the classroom, her thoughts were wandering, and she was immersed in 'I'm not happy! ' In the atmosphere, it felt like Camille just instinctively responded to Professor Snape's order, and mechanically moved the seat next to her.

This is their first formal magic class in the wizarding world!Even I am very excited, what is this little werewolf unhappy about?Sylvia couldn't understand why Camille looked so angry that nothing had happened so early in the morning. Her face gave the impression that if she said a wrong sentence, she would punch her in the face. look.

Snape marked their task today on the blackboard: cure scabies potion.It is a very simple potion, but because the production process includes the methods of processing materials commonly used in most primary potions, basically any primary potion book uses this potion as the first practical potion. Operated potions.

Snape dragged his long black cloak around the classroom, watching them weigh dried nettles and crush snake fangs... His sarcastic criticism echoed through the classroom from time to time, almost all The students have all been criticized, including most of the Slytherin students, and all of a sudden they shattered the beautiful illusion that the 'Head of Slytherin' favored students from his own house.

Sylvia actually thinks that many Slytherin students should be good at Potions. After all, most of the Slytherin wizards are from their families. Knowledge.

It's just that many Slytherins feel that most potion ingredients are disgusting, such as the slugs that need to be used today.Snape only provided each group with a small bucket of slugs, but in reality all the scabies potion needed were 'tentacled' slugs.This meant that students who noticed the difference in the qualifier had to find the few that they could use in the small bucket of slimy molluscs.

Most of the careful Slytherin students noticed this detail, but many of them hesitated when they were asked to dig into a pile of slugs, and some girls even started to take out their wands and poke at the slugs.

"Miss Selwyn, can you please hold your hands high and let those poor slugs go, although a few more holes in the poked body will not affect the efficacy of the steamed medicine, but if you poke them to death, it will be fine." Same," Snape said sarcastically as he passed by.Regarding some of the mistakes made by the Slytherins, Snape probably just made some sarcastic remarks, at least no points will be deducted.

Sylvia didn't mind touching those slugs directly. Before she was adopted by wizard couples, she was in some Muggle families. Some couples probably just planned to adopt a child who could help them clean the house. After a few years passed She has never seen any scenes, but she has even cleaned the sewers that have not been cleaned for an unknown amount of time. These translucent slugs that look clean are not disgusting at all.

When she reached out to grab the tentacled slugs, a small boiling cooking pot was pushed beside her. Sylvia quickly put the slugs on the shelf in the pot, and Camille immediately closed the lid, And adjusted the fire to keep the water in the small pot in a state of slight boiling. It can be said that the fire is very well controlled.

Sylvia glanced at Camille in surprise, a Gryffindor with good potions?This is really big news.

Camille completely ignored the slightly approving eyes of Sylvia next to her, and had already taken the snake tooth and mortar to grind it.

"The snake's teeth are a bit hard and not easy to grind, but I know a little magic..." Before she could finish her sentence, she saw Camille's extremely fast movements, and most of the class was still gnashing their teeth. The snake teeth that were tried hard to break were crushed, and then they were rubbed a few times, and the broken snake teeth turned into powder.

Camille pushed the mortar that had been ground three or two times to her side, and then looked at Sylvia, "The snake teeth are not easy to handle... And what did you just say?"

"..." Although I suspect that Camille did it on purpose, but looking at her clear yellow eyes, it might just be her illusion. Camille is probably a little werewolf with incomparable strength.

The time passed by every minute and every second, and the whole potions class has been calm so far, but that is so far.

When everyone started to mix the materials that had been processed before, the sound of rustling discussions and flipping books gradually spread in the classroom. Of course, the Gryffindor cauldron All kinds of weird sounds came from.

A puff of smoke that turned out to be purple and a crackling sound came from the cauldrons of the Gryffindor twins.Snape was standing at Sylvia and Camille's table at that time, watching the perfect cooperation between Slytherin and Gryffindor, so when the crackling sound came out, although he noticed It arrived, but I didn't have time to throw a clean one on it.

"Boom!" The Weasley twins' cauldron exploded as expected.The crucible burned into a purple-green unknown object, and the potion in the pot splashed out, but it did not splash the twins with extremely fast reactions. When they saw that the situation was not good, they immediately dodged away when they made a crackling sound in the pot. , just suffered from the Gryffindors at the two tables before and after them who hadn't had time to react at all.

They got splashed on their hands and clothes.

"Fool!" Snape growled, swiping his wand to wipe away the potion that had been spilled on the floor and on the table.

"Ten points from Gryffindor! Send them up to the hospital wing," Snape snapped at the twins.

The cauldron exploded and more than half of the people in the classroom were missing. Gryffindor lost forty points in total. Potions class is really an exciting class...

Before get out of class ended, they bottled and handed in the potions. Most of the Slytherins' potions looked pretty good, even if they weren't the grass green described in the book, they were at least green in various degrees.The potions of the Gryffindors are much more interesting. Sylvia saw the khaki, black, and even red and purple potions being handed in. Professor Snape's face was the same as his black one. The robes almost all blended in, and it was a given that some Gryffindors got a 'T' in this class.

Sylvia handed in the potion that Camille worked with, the perfect grass green color, Professor Snape opened the bottle and smelled it a little bit, with a slight sour smell, a perfect potion for treating scabies.

9. The author's humble opinion--Sylvia and Voldemort

(The following content is purely the personal views and opinions of the author Jun Xiaoye!)

Although the character of Sylvia was created by me, I hope that she has a growth background that is almost the same as Voldemort's when she was a child, and then because of some events and characters, Sylvia embarked on a different path from Voldemort. OK, that way.

First of all, I hope to write about my personal views on Voldemort - Tom Riddle.

Tom grew up in an orphanage, and he was the only one around with magic.

Speaking of orphanages, I have to bring up the idea that 'children are cruel creatures'.I personally think that the three views of morality of very young children are formed entirely according to the living environment. That is to say, in a gentle and well-mannered family, it is easier for young children to become a well-mannered and well-mannered family. child.The orphanage is obviously not a place with a 'normal' three-view education environment.Especially when Voldemort was a child, in those days, orphanages were generally not a promising place.

Tom, who spent his baby and young childhood in such an environment and possessed "weird powers", is unlikely to become a "good boy" by the general definition.This is what I want to complain about for Tom, young Tom.When Dumbledore visited Little Tom, he thought he stole someone else's things and needed to be taught a lesson, and then he used it by setting his wardrobe on fire! (according to movie version)

Even without scolding or beating, I think such cold violence is a harsher punishment for a child.And I think Dumbledore didn't try to figure out what was behind Tom's 'evil behavior' like stealing or scaring people with magic.He must be rejected by other children in the orphanage, and may be attacked collectively by others. Under such circumstances, if little Tom does not fight back, then what awaits him must be more cruel bullying.

Under such conditions, Little Tom has developed a habit: he observes words and looks, and tries to read people's hearts.

Adults may carefully conceal their true inner thoughts, but if it is facing a child, I think most adults will not pay special attention to controlling the inner world from being exposed on the face, because everyone thinks the same-they still Little, they don't understand.In fact, they understand it, and many children understand it.It’s just that most children will not change their behavior according to these reactions, but some children can not only understand other people’s emotions, but are willing to give in to their own emotions to cater to others, and then they will gradually find that if they cater to others, then They will get more praise and more likes, and over time, they will get used to hiding their hearts and wearing masks to cater to other people's personalities.

So in fact, I don't really believe that Tom has been a so-called 'evil' character since he was a child. During his studies at Hogwarts, he had excellent grades, was well-mannered, and everyone liked him. Even if it was an appearance, at least he was willing. Make these efforts to earn the likes and respect of others.But Dumbledore thinks that Tom is a person with ulterior motives. No matter how hard he tries, in Dumbledore's eyes, he is the bad boy who is in the orphanage, steals other people's things, and bullies others with his unique magical talent.

I believe Tom really started to have 'ulterior motives' during his middle to late Hogwarts years.When people around you open up to you, it is indeed a great temptation, and you can really benefit from this information gap.Moreover, there is such a person, no matter what you do, he thinks it is a prelude to something bad you want to do, no matter what achievements you have achieved, in his eyes, you will always be the same embarrassed you before .Who in his teens could stand such suspicion?Not to mention someone as delicate and sensitive as Tom.

I think the saddest thing about Tom's life is that he is too obsessed with 'noble blood'.He has always thought that he should be of noble birth, and since he is a snake whisperer, he can be found from historical data that he must be a descendant of Slytherin, so it is not difficult to guess that he has a noble birth.But he was too persistent, maybe he didn't own it, so he persistently wanted to find his 'noble family' passed down from Slytherin.

I think Tom is basically doing this in the middle and late stages of school, trying to find out his family, and then because he already knows that he is of Slytherin blood, he naturally feels noble and has the responsibility to maintain the face of his family. So in Slytherin, you must have made many friends at that time.

Then, he broke down.

I believe that Tom, who was only longing for family and for everyone's recognition, went crazy after finding out the truth about his true blood.

The mother who looked down on her at first, thought it was a Muggle, turned out to be a direct Slytherin blood, and then turned out to be a Squib!The so-called 'noble' Slytherin family has now degenerated to only three members, her mother is still dead, and the rest of his uncle and grandfather are basically delirious and violent old people. It can already be said to be completely ruined.The father who thought he was born noble and abandoned him turned out to be a Muggle!And that Muggle thought it was 'a fool's mind' to have him with his mother.And his noble-born mother needed a love potion to attract a Muggle!

How high expectations were originally placed on the family, and how collapsed after discovering the truth.

So he killed his father's family, and the Gunters died too.

Tom, already mad in his heart, abandoned his disgraceful name. He is now called Voldemort, and he wants to surpass immortality.Why immortality?Because he was the only one left with the noble blood of Slytherin, and he had to continue it, and he wanted all wizards to remember his long-forgotten family name again.How to do it?Of course, let’s start with the thought of our ancestors—Muggle blood is dirty and must be eliminated. Only pure blood is noble.As for the reasons behind the ancestors' thoughts, they thought they had found a reason, but in fact they were all vulnerable (pure-blood wizards think they are more powerful, but there are also very powerful half-blood wizards-Professor Snape and McGonagall Professor; there are also wizards of the same kind--Hermione)

Voldemort is getting more and more extreme. Just as I thought, his heart has already collapsed. After he started making horcruxes, it was even more straightforward, and he lost his sanity—what is the reason for a person whose soul is broken!It's a strange miracle that he can continue to live with his broken soul...

After analyzing what I personally think of Voldemort, it is true that there are pitiful things, but it is also true that he went to extremes in the end.

I often wonder if Dumbledore gave him love instead of jealousy, would the ending be different?If Dumbledore had agreed that Tom would teach at Hogwarts, his favorite place, after graduation, would the ending be different?

But Dumbledore's character is already there, and he even has his own grievances, and I can understand that those grievances made Dumbledore react in those ways.

So not so many ifs.Then I can only create a similar story with a different ending in the end.

So I gave Sylvia a similar experience to little Tom, even with memories of birth—watching her mother die in front of her, all the same.

Sylvia has lived in different foster families. It seems that her life is better than that of Little Tom, but in fact it is not much better. Maybe it is because she has enough food and clothing, but in the communication and establishment of people In terms of positive and kind three views, the foster families did not give Sylvia any help.There is always an insurmountable gap between the world of adults and the child, not to mention that she is still an adopted child, not any foster family is always with a purpose of complete kindness and selfless dedication.

Then it was the same, Sylvia also developed the 'bad habit' of reading people's hearts and adjusting her role at any time.That's not even a bad habit, it's just a child's way of hiding her delicate and sensitive heart, detaching herself from the incident, treating herself as a bystander, and then if others react badly, then she won't get hurt, but Also, that diminishes her perception of happy, touched... positive emotions.

I tried to write another way, the good one.

But there has to be a particular person and event that really wakes up Sylvia, really drags her out of the comfort of the audience and into reality.

Dumbledore is basically impossible. His character is there, and Sister Rowling has already written it clearly.

That's why I arranged another character, Camille, a character who was almost more tragic than Sylvia in the same year.

But at the same time, I hope that at the same time that Sylvia is saved by Camille, she also saves Camille, which is another broken character.