[Comprehensive HP colleagues] That year

A quick note: in 1972, cell phones, text messaging, digital cameras, personal computers, etc. hadn't even existed or been invented.

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April 1

"Sirius:

happy New Year.

This letter should have arrived in your hands five days ago, but Anne returned it at that time.I found out the reason after I asked Xia Kelin. She said that you were locked in a small dark room again, and I hope you are well.

First of all, this letter is to thank you for the diary you gave me for Christmas. I like it very much.Secondly, I want to tell you some good news: the first batch of finished products of the magic video recorder we are researching is ready.Didn't you say you were curious about Muggle movies?It won't be possible to take you to the cinema this holiday, but I have recorded a Muggle film called The Diary of Anne (1) on the VCR enclosed herewith.Don't get me wrong, this "Annie" is not my owl, but a Muggle girl our age.I think you must be bored being locked up at home, and I hope this movie can relieve your boredom.

LB"

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In the eyes of Lynn Bruce, Shaklyn Black is a very powerful figure.No, it's not because of her magical talent. In Lynn's view, although Xia Kelin's magical talent is higher than his own, it is still far behind Sirius.Sha Kelin's strength lies in her bold and amazing ideas.

It all started with an Avalon party three months ago.At the beginning of the party that day, Shaklin said that she wanted to study magic-powered portable phones.

"What's a phone?" Sister Alma, who grew up in a wizard family, had never heard of such a thing and asked immediately.

"It seems to be a Muggle invention," Croy Jones, a newcomer to Avalon, answered their question. "I have a roommate who is Muggle-born. She mentioned the phone to me. It is said to be a Muggle. A tool used by melons to talk at a distance. It’s a bit like our double-sided mirror, but it can’t be carried around, and it can only hear but not see.”

"Muggles can transmit sound over long distances without relying on magic?! How did they do it?" Glodia asked in admiration, and involuntarily looked at Lynn, their humanoid question answering machine.

Lynn was a little weak.Regardless of the fact that she grew up in a Muggle family, she doesn't know much more about the principles behind this scientific invention than her classmates from wizarding families.She scratched her hair in some distress, and explained vaguely: "Ah... As far as I know, it seems to use telephone lines and underground cables... Specifically, it probably involves some kind of current conversion, anyway, Muggles Our inventions are inseparable from the thing 'electricity'." After explaining, she looked at Xia Kelin and asked: "You just said a portable phone, you mean a phone that doesn't need to be connected to a phone line and can be carried around? What's the difference between a mirror?"

"Of course there is a difference," Xia Kelin said with a smile, "The portable phone I envisioned can not only be carried around like a double-sided mirror and see the other person's face, but also can be used to send text messages, read books, record, video, Listen to music, watch movies..."

"Wait, wait..." The other four girls interrupted Xia Kelin's enumeration in unison, "What is the movie?" "What about text messages?" They asked one after another.

Seeing the curious faces of her companions, Xia Kelin suddenly felt a lot of pressure.There are some words that have been in her head since she was a child. She always thought that those things were common sense, so it turns out that not everyone knows them?Could it be said that these things also belong to "prophecy"?

This feeling of not being able to understand reality and prophecy is really deceitful.Xia Kelin thought gloomily.

And when she stuttered to explain the meaning of these "proper nouns" to everyone, Sirius looked at her with extremely complicated eyes.

Sirius knew what a phone call and a movie were. The former was told to him by Andy, and the latter was mentioned by Lynn.But Xia Kelin, she has never been in contact with Muggles, except for Lynn, who has been hiding her background, she has no Muggle-born wizard friends, and she has never even read Muggle books.How did she know about the telephone and movies invented by Muggles?Sirius felt that he was becoming less and less able to see through this cousin who grew up with him.

"Hey, Sirius, which one do you want to choose?" Xia Kelin's raised voice brought Sirius' wandering thoughts back to reality.

"What? Choose what?" He asked blankly.

"Why did you sneak away again?" Xia Kelin said with some dissatisfaction.

"Xia Kelin just listed the various functions of the mobile phone, we plan to study them one by one, and then summarize them at the end." Lynn explained to Sirius in a rescued manner, "Both Teresia and Gloria want to study the functions of book storage and reading first. , Chroy and I are more interested in the video function. Shakelin said she doesn't care, and we can study in groups. What about you? Which one do you want to choose?"

In fact, Sirius also wanted to say that he didn't care, but after thinking about it, he chose "Video", mainly because he always felt that he couldn't stand the weird crookedness of Sister Alma who suddenly changed the subject while talking. .So he ended up playing with Lynn and Croy.Based on the principle of equal numbers, Xia Kelin joined the research team of twin sisters.

Ever since, the Avalon team's "reader" and "video recorder" research topics were officially launched.

Time came to another Christmas holiday. After countless failed attempts, the first batch of finished video recorders was finally "released".However, when Lynn excitedly sent one of the finished products to Sirius for appreciation, things threw cold water on her-the letter was returned intact the next day.And when she learned from Xia Kelin that Sirius was imprisoned in the introspection room that he called the "little black room", all the excitement cooled down.She didn't know exactly what mistake Sirius made, but Sirius once told her that his parents would only use this method to teach him when he was "unclear" about "yes" and "wrong". .

Thinking of the distorted views of right and wrong of Sirius' parents, Lynn felt very, very sad.

Another unpleasant incident of the holiday had to do with Snape.That day, Lily invited her to visit her and Snape's holiday potion improvement base, but as soon as Lynn arrived, she saw Snape hide a small bottle of potion in a panic, and then accused Lynn of trying to steal their potion. Research results.

Lynn was not happy on the spot: If it wasn't for the special color of the bottle of potion, not a single color, but different colors from top to bottom, she wouldn't have noticed it at all, okay?But she was only attracted by the color for a little while!Do you like potions, do you think everyone regards potions as a treasure?Also steal?I have serious magic props to study in Avalon, hey boy!

For Lily's sake, Lynn didn't explode in person, but after that, she refused Lily's invitation again.She felt that she was so full that she ran to see Snape's face during the holiday.

After returning home from Lily's place, Lynn saw her owl Annie lying pitifully by the window, suffocating from the cold, staring at her with small eyes, as if accusing her of coming back so late.Seeing this, Lynn hurriedly took Annie back to her warm room, had a good meal to comfort her, and made amends with the high-grade owl food that was not easy to take out, and finally made Annie stop blowing her hair.She unwrapped the letter from Anne's lap, and was unconsciously relieved when she saw the familiar handwriting on it - it was written by Sirius.This made Lin En's dull mood for several days finally improved a little.Sirius was able to write a letter to himself, which meant that he was finally released.She sat on the bed and began to read the letter.

At first, she kept smiling, but after watching, she couldn't laugh anymore.After reading the letter, she blankly took out a piece of parchment and wanted to reply to Sirius, but the quill dipped in ink remained in mid-air, not knowing how to write.After a long time, she sighed, pushed the parchment aside, and instead picked up a vintage-looking and exquisite diary beside it. It was a Christmas gift Sirius gave her this year, and it had the function of making handwriting invisible. I can only see what I wrote.

"January [-], [-], sunny

Since my brother passed away, I haven't kept a diary for several years, but Sirius' reply somehow made me want to keep a diary again.

I sent him the movie "Annie's Diary" two days ago, I really didn't expect him to reply so soon.

He said he loved the movie and watched it three times in a row.He said that he felt that his cousin Andromeda, who was expelled from the family, was very much like a combination of Anne and Margot (1), with a gentle appearance like Margot and a brave heart like Anne.

I don't know what his cousin is like.When I sent him this movie, I simply felt that Sirius was very similar to Anne Frank in terms of character and situation.Unwilling to compromise like Annie, trapped like Annie but passionately pursuing sunshine and freedom, and even dissatisfied with her mother are so surprisingly consistent.

Adults like "Margo" children, but "Margo" I envy Anne, Sirius, and their daring to love and hate.

Sirius finally asked me: what is the end of Anne?

I don't know how to answer him.

When I sent the movie, I deleted the ending.Because I didn't want him to know that Anne, and almost everyone in that back room, died before dawn, in the dark twilight of a Nazi concentration camp.

The gap between ideal and reality is so cruel. "

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April 1

"Sirius:

Later, the war was won.Anne and her family were rescued from concentration camps.She went back to school and, a few years later, was a great writer.The first work is her diary.

LB"

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After returning from school, Lynn devoted himself to attending the Avalon party, brewing potions with Lily Snape, and researching the bloodline tracker with Sirius.

Today, another Avalon party.

"Animagus?" Shaklin repeated Sirius' words in surprise, "Why do you suddenly want to learn this?"

"It's nothing, you know I've always learned Transfiguration well, and when I saw an Animagus by chance, I wanted to learn it for fun." Sirius replied.

"But this kind of body transfiguration is very difficult, and it is easy to go crazy. I don't want to waste my time on turning into an animal, but I may not be able to change back because of failure." Croy disapproved. Shaking her head, Sister Alma reconsidered.

To Sirius' surprise, it was Lynn, who was always prudent, who echoed his bold proposal, Lynn said: "I really think this idea is quite interesting, it should be very interesting to experience nature in the form of animals. "

Then everyone looked at Xia Kelin who hadn't made a statement yet.

Xia Kelin looked at Sirius with a complicated expression.In the text she saw, Sirius practiced Animagus in his youth, and his form was a big black dog, and he practiced this for a werewolf: Remus Lupine.

So Sirius already knew that his friend was a werewolf?Did he alone know it, or did the other two know it too?

In fact, Xia Kelin doesn't hate Lupin, because whether in reality or in her "dream", he is a very gentle person.

So she nodded.For one thing, she thought that even if she didn't agree, Sirius would still practice in private, so she might as well watch him practice.Secondly, she vaguely seemed to have seen some words, this Animagus saved Sirius' life later.

So, in the following time, Croy showed the video recorder made during the holidays to the Alma sisters, while Lynn, Sirius, and Shaklin began to guess their Animagus form.

"I wish to be a wolf," Sirius said.

"Why?" Lynn asked curiously, "How cruel are wolves."

Sirius' complexion changed: "You girls are timid, but wolves are actually very loyal animals. What about you, what do you want to change?"

Lynn thinks that Sirius wants to become a wolf because he thinks that wolves are more powerful, but she also thinks that lions and tigers are more powerful?But it was Sirius' own choice, he could choose whatever he wanted.

"I want to become a dog, preferably a Labrador. I have one in my family. It's called Cold. I hope to have a conversation with it."

"'Cold'? What kind of strange name is that?" Sirius asked with a strange expression.

"It was not called Cold at first, but Coco. But it was always sick when it was a child. My mother once said that if you continue to be sick like this, you might as well change its name to Cold. Then she really called it that during that time." It's strange to say that since it was given this name, it quickly recovered from the disease, and it has never been sick since then, so this strange name has been kept." Lynn replied with a smile.

"A wolf, a dog? Then the two of you together are not a wolf dog?" Xia Kelin made a rare joke, and Lynn and Sirius had a black line.

"What about you, Xia Kelin?" The two asked in unison.

Xia Kelin smiled slightly, and said mysteriously: "Well, I want to achieve the dream of human beings since ancient times..."

The party lasted for an hour, and at the end of it, Croy suddenly said: "By the way, Shakelin, last time you asked me if there was anyone I wanted to recommend to join 'Avalon', I thought of one, Gran Lily Evans of Findor."

For a moment, everyone looked at Jones with weird expressions, especially Sirius and Shaklin.

"Why do you want to recommend her?" Xia Kelin asked.

"When I went home for Christmas, I happened to be in the same box with her and chatted with her. I think she... well, how should I put it, she is very thoughtful! Especially her potions are so good that I can't say anything , A lot of things that I didn't understand before were awakened by her two or three words. I like her very much, so I mentioned our 'Avalon' to her, and she said that I could consider it."

After hearing Croy's words, Xia Kelin's expression became even weirder.That's all for Sirius, why does even a Hufflepuff like Croy say she's good now?Is she that good?

"Why don't we decide by voting." Seeing Xia Kelin's hesitation, Lynn suggested.

The result of the vote was five to one. Now, Xia Kelin had nothing to say.

"Why don't you want her to join? Don't talk to me about the scandal, that scandal has died down for a long time." Sirius asked with a straight face.He wasn't really looking forward to Lily's joining, he voted for it entirely because of the plan that Lynn had mentioned to him before.But Xia Kelin has never dealt with Lily at all, why is she so resistant to Lily's joining?

"I..." Xia Kelin was a little dumb. She couldn't tell Sirius that she didn't like Lily because of those "prophecies".

"It's because of the scandal, which made my first impression of her not very good." Xia Kelin finally explained.

Sirius stared at Xia Kelin, obviously not believing it.But he didn't ask again. He grew up with him, and he knew very well that no one could force Xia Kelin to tell her what she didn't want to tell.

After hearing this, Croy said, "Don't worry, Xia Kelin, you will know Lily after a long time. She has a good personality and loves to study. She is very suitable for our research team."

When it came to this point, Xia Kelin could only reluctantly accept it.

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(1) "Anne's Diary" is a well-known literary work of World War II, in which Anne and Margo are a pair of Jewish sisters who hid in a secret room to avoid the Nazis, and were eventually reported, imprisoned and died in a Nazi concentration camp .

The author has something to say: a late update, and a moment of silence for the innocent victims in Paris.

Taking innocent people under the knife is an act that I will never understand.

In fact, Lao Fu is a terrorist leader after all.