[HP] His little devil

As the day of Helena's birthday approached, two unexpected "guests" came to the headmaster's room at Hogwarts.

Dumbledore looked at the two students standing in front of him with a look of surprise, his gaze slowly returning from the house badges on their school robes to their faces.

He said very kindly: "Mr. Black, Mr. Snape, I was surprised that you would take the initiative to come to see me. Would you like something to drink? I like orange soda a lot recently-oh, Mr. Snape probably understands something, it's Ma Melon soda."

Snape smiled and said, "No need, I'm not here for a drink."

Dumbledore didn't pay attention to his twisted smile, and asked another person: "What about you, Mr. Black?"

Regulus said politely: "If it makes you happy."

Dumbledore blinked and said: "Thank you very much, you made me less embarrassed, you know that there are not many students who would accept my sweets, especially the students of Slytherin." He spoke lightly and happily, waving his wand Poured a glass of orange soda for Regulus, and brought it to him personally, "Try it, my child, you should have never been exposed to Muggle things, I believe you just have to try it, maybe you will like it."

If it were someone else, I would definitely add a sentence here, at least your brother likes Muggle things very much, you are two brothers, there must be some similarities.

But Dumbledore would never say that.

He would never confuse the two brothers together, let alone feel that brothers born in the same family must be exactly the same.

After all, he has had such a personal experience - he is not the same as his brother.

"Thank you, Mr. Principal." Regulus thanked politely, and took a sip of the soda in a face-saving way. The taste is indeed good, but that's all. It has been improved, and it is very sweet. It is difficult to increase the sweetness. Drink a sip.

Dumbledore smiled and motioned for the two to sit down, and Snape sat silently on one side. He glanced at Regulus, and Regulus gave him a calm look.

Noticing the eye contact between the two students, Dumbledore blinked and said, "The weather is fine today, and it's a good day for talking. I wonder why Mr. Black and Mr. Snape came to see me?"

Regulus didn't speak directly, as if he was organizing his words, Snape didn't think as much as he did, and spoke very straightforwardly, as if he was in a hurry to get everything done and leave quickly.

"I heard that you have an organization dedicated to fighting Voldemort, Headmaster Dumbledore."

Snape was really very straightforward, and Dumbledore was a little surprised when he said that person's name without any scruples.

There are not many young people with such courage, which made him have a little appreciation for Snape, who was always not very optimistic.

"Perhaps I shouldn't say this to my students, but it is undeniable that you are right." Dumbledore said with a half-smile, "Do you want to know about the Order of the Phoenix, my dear boy?"

Snape didn't want to know too much about the Order of the Phoenix, he didn't plan to really join this organization at all, but it seemed that he couldn't say too much.He unconsciously looked at Regulus, Regulus glanced at him, and finally spoke.

"You probably won't believe that we really want to join the Order of the Phoenix, Principal Dumbledore." Regulus said softly, "In fact, we really don't want to join the Order of the Phoenix, the reason why we asked you about its existence , because our purpose is consistent with the purpose of the Order of the Phoenix."

Dumbledore did not hide his surprise at all: "Did I hear it wrong, Mr. Black? If I remember correctly, the Black family is about..."

He was interrupted by Regulus before he finished speaking: "It is impolite to interrupt you, Principal Dumbledore, but I have to do it. The Black family may have been pregnant with The exact opposite of your philosophy, but there is one thing that brings us together today."

Dumbledore said kindly: "What's the matter?"

The matter had to be important enough to convince Dumbledore of two Slytherins who had been in close contact with the Death Eaters.

Regulus glanced at Snape, and said calmly and rationally: "We have disagreements with that lord. The future he can bring may not be as bright and secure as we imagined. After careful consideration, I only represent myself. My family, my parents, to express my sincerity to you." He stood up slowly, and met Dumbledore's eyes, "You certainly won't believe it right away, but in the future, you will never I'm here to get any news you want."

Dumbledore pondered: "...Any news I want?" He looked at Snape, "Mr. Snape too?"

Of course Snape and Regulus chose to work with Dumbledore for different reasons.

He also stood up, wrapped in black school robes: "I don't have that many great ideas, and family or blood are not that important to me. The reason I do this is only for my own sake." Benefit."

Dumbledore was born in Gryffindor. He has always had a very special feeling for Gryffindor, and he also cared more about the children of that academy, so he has a great relationship between Lily, Snape and Potter. I also heard a little about it.

He was too wise, and Snape's simple phrase of "personal interest" made him understand why.

He smiled, as the two young people thought it was not easy to handle.

"I'm glad to hear what you say here." Dumbledore said very easily, "But you all know that your choices make the path you are going to take very difficult, and I'm not sure if you can stick to it, so……"

"You will believe it," said Regulus with a smile. "It won't be long, you will soon."

The handsome and picturesque young man in Slytherin school robes had a gentle and polite smile on his face, his gray eyes were so focused and serious, and his tone of voice was extremely natural, which made Dumbledore, who didn't intend to believe everything, inevitably feel this way looking forward to.

"Then I will wait for everything to come."

Dumbledore said such a sentence in a completely different tone from just now. Only this sentence made the two young people present feel that at this moment, he no longer regarded the two people he was talking to as children.

The goal was achieved, and neither of them stayed for long. They left the headmaster's office together, and on the way back to the Slytherin common room, Regulus asked Snape a question in a casual manner.

"Have you reconciled with Potter?"

The word reconciliation made Snape frown. "I'll never reconcile with him in my life." He glanced at Regulus, "Did you hear our conversation?"

Regulus said lightly: "No, I took Helena out of there. I'm not sure if you want us to know, so even though Helena is very worried about you, I still took her away."

Snape's gloomy and indifferent expression softened slightly, and after a long time, he slowed down and said, "The word reconciliation also came out of his mouth."

Regulus glanced at him.

Snape said indifferently: "But it is impossible for me and him to reconcile in this lifetime."

After he made the choice that day, it was even more impossible to reconcile.

He will resent and hate each other all his life, just because, even though he is reluctant in every possible way, it seems that Lily's best destination is only him.

As Dumbledore said, he will embark on a dangerous path, and he will not know when he will see the light of day. He should not let that good girl worry about him even because he is in danger.

He didn't even want to have the chance to let her know that because of that hatred impulse, he was hanging out with the Death Eater she hated the most.

That day in Hogsmeade, Potter did say he wanted to make up with him.

He said at the time: "Let's reconcile." He was quite straightforward, "No, it can't be called a reconciliation, you and I will probably never get along, I just don't want to fight you again. "

Snape immediately gave him a sarcastic look, and Potter wasn't annoyed at all, which was surprising.

"Even if you still provoke me and insult me ​​like this in the future, I won't target you like before." Potter said lightly, "I'm tired, and it's time for me to mature. I don't want Lily to always embarrass me because of us." , From now on, I will just pretend I didn't see you, even if you pester Lily every day, even if you may really plan my accident with Mulciber."

Snape said impatiently: "If you believe the rumors, well, I planned everything, don't you think it's the right thing to do? Pay for what you did..."

"Oh yes, I think that's what it means." Potter said slightly perfunctorily, "I don't want to argue with you about who is right and who is wrong, Snape, I acquiesced in everything Mulciber and the others did, no Revenge and go back, believe that this is my sincerity. That's all I have to say to you, nothing more, goodbye... oh no, never again, Mr. Snape."

After the words fell, Potter left, leaving only Snape standing there for a long, long time.

After that, Snape didn't feel that Potter could really do what he said, although he seemed to have changed a lot, but Snape always felt that he was just pretending, there must be something more terrible about him plan of.

But time passed day by day, and until Regulus asked him today, he didn't find anything wrong with Potter.

He really never troubled him again, as if he had forgotten that they were still in the same school or even the same grade, and even the other three with the hijacker never provoked Snape again.

Snape had a strange feeling of emptiness -- unbelievable, without the harassment of those stupid lions, his life seemed a little too peaceful.

Moreover, Lily saw all of Potter's changes. More than once, he saw Lily hesitate to speak. How well he knew her, of course he knew that she wanted to persuade him.

Snape found it impossible to let go of his hatred for Potter.

Not only because he was deeply hurt by the place, but also because...

The change of the other party made him more and more forced to believe that he might be more suitable for Lily than himself.

The one who could bring an easy smile to his lily, never have to touch the darkness, could never be himself.

Thinking that Lucius had vaguely mentioned whether he was still in contact with that "Mudblood" in his previous letters, he felt a little creepy.

After parting from Snape, Regulus returned to his dormitory.

It will be Helena's birthday soon, and this year he wants to give her a happy birthday.These years, either because of personal conflicts, or because of family relations, they always need to cover up or have some problems anyway, but they will never do it again.

Ever since he walked into Helena's compartment on the train and told others about his relationship with her, many people had tacitly understood their affairs.

It is true that they have had too much coming and going, even if everyone gossips, they are a little bit uninterested. Many Muggle classmates very much hope that their TV series will end as soon as possible.

Regulus felt the same way, so he thought maybe he should buy her a new engagement ring.

Opening the second drawer of the desk, Regulus was about to find the mail order brochure when he heard a sound behind him.

He turned and saw the owl delivering the message.

A very ordinary owl with a very ordinary letter - at least on the outside.

Regulus tore down the letter, and before he could prepare any food, the owl flew away by itself.

Regulus stared slightly, and slowly opened the seemingly normal letter.

The letter was blank, and that blankness made the prediction in Regulus' mind more and more clear.

He spoke slowly a spell, a spell that the Dark Lord had taught the "Family" that gradually made the blank parchment reveal its secrets.

It was a letter, a letter from the Dark Lord.

The Dark Lord wrote that he needed a house-elf.

Regulus squeezed the letter in his hand tightly.

This year, he will be 17 years old.