[HP] His little devil

They were eventually kicked out by Mrs. Pince because of Mary Macdonald's screams after Helena told her the story.

Helena was walking beside Snape. He was carrying his schoolbag and walked with her unhurriedly. He didn't seem to intend to go up to comfort Lily Evans, who was wearing a Gryffindor school robe.

Evans was placating Mary MacDonald, the perpetrator of the farce, with a worried look on his face.She glanced back at Slytherin from time to time. The green-lined school robes made them very different from hers. Lily looked down at her own school robes, pursed her lips and tried to pull Macdonald away, but failed. .

Macdonald didn't want to be the hen who lost the fight. She felt that if she left like this today, she would lose. Now that she left the library, she didn't have to suppress her anger and could speak loudly, so she decided to find a way back.

She broke away from Lily's hand, and Lily staggered for a while, but she didn't care about it. Angrily, she turned around and stared at Helena who was walking leisurely, and said word by word: "You are very proud now? You have to It is said that you vicious Slytherins are really smart, you know what kind of person to bully, that is, Lily is kind, but if it is another person, do you think you will still be as malicious as you are now?"

Helena clicked her tongue irritably: "Thank you for complimenting me on being smart and vicious. I am very smart, because I can see the real reason for your jumping in a hurry." She glanced at the pale but silent After all, Snape didn't want him to be in such a difficult situation, so instead of looking at Macdonald, he looked at Lily who was not far away and said, "I believe that Miss Evans will not be as cranky as your good friend, she mentioned earlier About those things about Potter, I have already explained to you, about Black is even more jealous nonsense, and about Snape..." She paused, "He is an independent Individuals, he has his own views on his own friendship, and I have no right to interfere with who he gets close to and who he alienates. If you want to know the reason, you probably have to ask him in private. In short, no matter what the reason is, as a friend , I respect his decision."

Helena's words are convincing and convincing, and the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs who watched the excitement admired her more.In contrast, MacDonald, who is talking nonsense and stalking, looks stupid and annoying.

Helena was surrounded by a group of people, because there were too many people, and she couldn't be sure if there were any acquaintances among the crowd, or if there were any specific people.All she knew was the voices of the hijackers' foursome not far away, among them Potter was shouting Evans' name excitedly, Macdonald's eyes lit up, as if he finally had confidence, he hurried away The incoming Potter confronts Helena.

"Potter, you came just in time. Helena Byrd bullies Lily like that, do you want to sit back and watch?" Macdonald said, tugging at Potter's school robe.

Potter impatiently avoided her tugging, and frowned, "What did you say? Byrd bullied Lily?"

Lily immediately denied: "It's nothing, don't listen to Mary's nonsense, she is just out of breath." She stood up, "Sorry Miss Bird, please forgive Mary, I don't miss you as much as she does, you Don't take what she said today to heart at all, I will definitely persuade her when I go back, I am really sorry to have caused you trouble today."

She was apologizing, and she really felt ashamed and undeserved, and Helena could see it.

She nodded and said, "It's okay, you go back quickly."

Lily nodded and wanted to pull Mary away, but Mary still refused to leave and kept struggling.

Potter stood there watching this scene, and couldn't help asking Helena: "Bird, what's going on, are you really bullying Lily?"

Helena gave him a disgusted look, didn't want to say a word to him, and turned around to leave.

Potter was displeased at her ignorance of him, and he followed up to hold her back, but was stopped.

It was none other than Snape who had remained silent.

"Enough." Snape said coldly, pushing Potter aside.

Potter was furious, and he drew out his wand and said, "Snotty, how dare you push me? It seems that you have lived in peace for a long time, and you want to try my power again!"

Snape snorted coldly, just like Helena, he didn't even want to talk to him, he looked back contemptuously, grabbed Helena's wrist and walked away.

Helena followed him to break out of the encirclement, and saw Regulus on the periphery of the crowd.

He stood there sideways, surrounded by a few friends, and they should have witnessed the whole farce, because apart from him, his friends all had expressions on their faces.

Their secretive eyes fell on Snape's hand grasping her wrist, piercing Helena's heart like a long thorn.

Helena wanted to stop and explain, but Regulus didn't stop them, or even say anything, as they passed him.All he did was turn a little sideways to let them pass.

He is making way for them.

Helena's whole heart went cold.

Snape was not in a good mood, he probably didn't see who was giving way at all, and pulled Helena away with a sullen face.

Helena tried to break free, but failed.

She turned her head on the way to the cellar, she saw Regulus' back, he left with his friends without looking back.

Helena felt even colder.

Equally chilled was Lily Evans.

The scene of Snape taking Helena away kept replaying in front of her eyes. Although she also felt that it was appropriate, all the accusations in this farce were groundless accusations, but Snape had alienated himself since last semester, and even the whole It is also true that I have not contacted her during the summer vacation.

She couldn't help thinking, did she do something wrong?Many of Mary's words are wrong, but one sentence is true.

They are good friends who met before entering school, and they shouldn't have come to this point.

What shaped their friendship?

It's been five years, and even the college grudges haven't made them really part ways, why is he alienating her now?

Lily was troubled, and so was Potter.

He pulled Lupine to vent his emotions: "Remus, that Bird just ignores me, but dares to bully Lily, does she really think that I dare not teach her a lesson!"

Usually, Lupine would frown in disapproval when faced with silly words from his friends, but he would also smile indulgently.

Getting to know James and his group of friends and entering Hogwarts is the exit of his desperate life. He cherishes all this and this relationship, so even if there are some things he thinks James shouldn't do, he won't really do it because of him. Angry for doing it.

He is naturally good-tempered, even a little cowardly and inferior.

But that doesn't mean he keeps all his thoughts to himself.

Many times, he will also tell his friends what he thinks, although he may not listen.

Just like that.

"I don't think Miss Bird is bullying Miss Evans." Lupine said without expression, "You heard what Evans said, it was Macdonald who was making trouble out of no reason."

Potter sighed and said, "Yes, Lily said that, but Lily is so kind, maybe she just didn't want me to help her revenge?"

Lupine looked at him slowly: "You have eyes, so you should be able to see it. Even if Miss Evans didn't tell you, you can still know what's going on. Don't dig into the horns, James."

Potter gritted his teeth angrily, and said after a while, "Okay, don't worry about it, what's the matter, anyway, it's just an insignificant Slytherin... Humph."

Lupine moved his lips to say something, but gave up.

Snape took Helena out of the castle and hid under a tree by the Black Lake.

There are dense bushes around the tree, it is difficult for them to be spotted standing here, if it is not in a bad mood, Helena would praise that this is really a good place to hide.

The moment Snape stopped walking, Helena let go of her, and Helena looked at her poor wrist, which was already blue from Snape's inattention.

Helena rubbed her wrists and said, "You really don't need this, Snape."

Snape gave her a look, thinking she was talking about him taking her out of the way, but no.

Helena quickly continued: "You don't have to treat Evans so coldly, just get along with her as you did before, and you will soon become proficient and hard in this kind of restraint and suffering. It is more effective to deal with reality than escape, and escape is never the answer, it will only make you sink deeper and deeper." Helena glanced at her black and blue wrist, "Too much restraint on yourself will only have the opposite effect, and will make you more difficult Forget all that and lose yourself in this relationship."

Snape's body was trembling in the wind, he stared at one place for a long time, and then said hoarsely and sufferingly: "Really."

"Yes." Helena stepped forward, "You don't need to suppress your desire to get close to her, let alone force yourself to be indifferent to her. You can get close to her, observe her from a closer distance, and see if it's possible for you two. Is it suitable? You will gain something, believe me, it is more useful than escaping." After a short pause, she sighed, "At least I don't think this will hurt Miss Evans, I think you definitely don't want her to be sad Are you sad? Although I didn't see it, she must be very sad when you dragged me away in the situation just now, she must be worrying why you alienated her, she has nothing wrong with it. "

"Don't worry, I won't let her misunderstand that I alienated her because of you." Snape said coldly and harshly.

Helena had a headache: "You know I'm not worried about this."

Snape stopped talking, Helena looked at the sky and said, "Think about it for yourself, I have to go." Turning around and walking a few steps, Helena turned her head again, "I can call you Severus? I guess we're also friends through thick and thin?"

Snape looked at her, frowning suddenly.

"Why?" He asked without thinking, which made Helena very puzzled.

He squinted at her: "Why are you treating me..." He probably wanted to say why he was so nice to him, but maybe he also felt that it was inappropriate, so he changed the phrase, "Why do you want to be friends with me?"

To be honest, Snape relied on his strength to survive inside Slytherin, and Slytherin respected the strong. If it wasn't for this, it would be no wonder that Snape, with his mixed blood status and poor family, would not be squeezed to death.

A person like him, even if he had friends, would not be any sincere friends.

He has a bad personality, and not many people can stand him.Lily Evans was the only friend he identified with, and the only one who was with him with sincerity.

Helena Byrd was probably in second place.

Snape could understand why Lily did that, because they were the first acquaintances of the same kind. He met her when Lily didn't understand magic or wizards. He was the first "same kind" she knew. What kind of feelings would he have? It's all understandable.

But why is Helena?

He didn't understand this, which made Helena laugh.

She walked back and said with her hands behind her back, "Why? It's easy to understand, isn't it? You have helped me, and you have helped me many times. Because of you, my potion grades have improved by leaps and bounds. I think you are very promising, so I want to Isn’t it normal to have a good relationship with you? Besides, the only thing I’m better than you is my blood, we don’t have much money, maybe it’s the breath of the poor that makes me feel sorry for you?”

Her half-truth jokes made Snape relax a bit, and although she said they were similar, he still thought she was much better than him.

He didn't speak again, and Helena lifted her foot to leave again, this time she said goodbye this time: "Then I'm going, Severus."

Snape was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "Goodbye, Helena."

The corners of Helena's mouth raised, her heart that was turbulent due to Regulus' indifference gradually calmed down a bit.

At least without love, she can still gain friendship.

She comforted herself like this.

But when she returned to the castle and saw Regulus in the common room, her newly stabilized heart was once again in turmoil.

Regulus was sitting there reading a book, and when he felt her gaze, he looked over. His emotionless gaze passed across her face, and finally landed on the wrist she had been holding with the other hand.

Although she covered it with her hands, it didn't cover it completely, and the bruises were still exposed.

Regulus seemed to frowned, but he didn't.Helena withdrew her gaze from looking at him, hesitated for a moment, and decided to go back to the dormitory first.She ignored those who pointed at her because of the farce with MacDonald today, and crossed over to where Regulus was sitting to go back to the dormitory, but before she could get there, someone grabbed her wrist.

It was the same wrist that Snape had pinched.

Helena hissed, looked down, and saw Regulus' slender, white hand.

He put down the book in the other hand, raised her hand and looked at it carefully, as if he didn't notice that many of his classmates had their eyes widened because of his behavior, and said unhurriedly: "How did you get hurt? "