HP: Let professors walk towards the light

That dream happened the night after the incident in the Chamber of Secrets. The same incident seemed to happen in the dream, but it unfolded in a completely different way. For example, Hermalena, who was supposed to be kidnapped, was the one following Potter and Weasley, replacing Draco and the others who entered the Chamber of Secrets. Then who was in the Chamber of Secrets...

This was the umpteenth time Snape had glanced at the person on the sofa tonight. Was it possible that she also had a prophetic dream that changed the story? And the dream he had was the one that changed the previous one?

No... that's not right. Details like the time names still cannot be explained. And if that's the case, then what's the meaning of having this dream? So why do I have these ghost dreams...

Snape drew a big "P" on a paper, rubbed his temple and sighed. This was the countless time he asked this question.

Logically speaking, the noise shouldn't have been big, but it seemed to have woken up Rena on the sofa. She stood up suddenly, then fell back onto the sofa, almost scaring Snape.

I got up too fast and felt a little dizzy... Reina closed her eyes and pounded her head.

Why are you still so startled? Snape waved his hand, and a cup of hot cocoa appeared on the table in front of the sofa.

"If you keep beating me, you won't even get an 'A' on your paper - even if you are an orphan, you can't afford to have no food to eat. Can't your family afford to support a house-elf?" Snape looked at Reina with disgust.

"Ah? What are you talking about?" Reina was a little confused. When did he come back? Did I sleep too long? Did I wake him up by snoring? What happened?

"Drink it. If you have low blood sugar, eat more and worry less." He continued to correct the remaining pile of homework with an expressionless face.

"Oh, okay, thank you, professor." Reina picked up the cup and curled up on the sofa.

"Hmph, I don't know who was rude before and now he's using honorifics. What a waste of time--" Snape snorted and laughed, his tone cold.

"Um... I was a little influenced by Riddle before. Sorry, Professor Snape, I'm not..."

"Riddle didn't ask you to say those words, did he?" Snape raised his eyelids and glanced at her. "Okay, stop talking."

Reina stopped talking and drank the cocoa sip by sip. Snape was still correcting homework and the office fell into silence again.

After a while, Reina finished her cocoa and could only watch Professor Snape writing and drawing on students' papers in boredom.

However, Snape was also quick. After a while, he finally finished correcting the pile of essays that was as high as the table. Snape flexed his wrist, stood up, walked to the operating table and started tinkering with it.

"Dumbledore said you knew the location of the Horcruxes." He finally started talking about business.

"Although I haven't told him, I do know." Reina put down her legs and sat up straight.

"So you plan to destroy the Horcruxes by yourself?" Snape looked at Lena.

"Then do you want to come with me?" Reina tilted her head and looked at him.

"Dumbledore asked me to keep an eye on you. Although I don't know how strong you are, that is Voldemort's Horcrux after all. The diary alone is so powerful, not to mention the others - didn't you also use two defense against the dark arts? There are not as many people who are proficient in alchemy as you want." Snape said as he fiddled with the chemical equipment.

"I know, so I got the basilisk venom - this is why I said before that we must go to the Chamber of Secrets. The only things I know that can destroy Horcruxes are the Fiendfyre Curse, the Killing Curse and the basilisk venom - the last one will solve the problem once and for all for me." Reina swung her legs, without any of the tension of a professor talking to a student.

"It sounds like an easy thing." Snape frowned, his tone a little unhappy. "After all, it is a dark magic prop. You must let me know before you do anything. I also need to be present to destroy the Horcrux. This is not a game of saving the world. No one can be held responsible if someone dies."

"Of course we're not playing house, Professor. I never think that I'm saving the world. If you're willing to join me, I'd welcome you. This will help me relieve a lot of pressure from the outside world." Reina said generously.

"If you were not being manipulated by Riddle, how did you open the Chamber of Secrets?"

"(Serpent language)" A hissing sound came out of Reina's mouth, which reminded Snape of Harry Potter on the day of the Dueling Club.

"You're a Parseltongue too? Don't tell me that Tallos is actually a distant relative of Salazar."

"Of course not. However, Parseltongue is also a language. Even though I don't understand it, it doesn't stop me from learning a simple sentence or two." Reina said.

It turns out... can it still be like this?

"Where did you learn it?"

"Maybe it's a dream? Who knows—"

"Well, of course someone taught me." Looking at Snape's face which was gradually filled with black lines, Lena quickly changed her words.

"Do you have anything to do this summer?" Snape asked.

"perhaps?"

"Then it's settled. Take me with you to destroy the Horcruxes this summer. I'll find you at Tallos Manor. Leave your address," he said.

"Ah...ah? Do we really have to act so swiftly? Actually, there's no need to be so hasty. After all, as I said, we still have to resurrect Voldemort--" Rena looked at him helplessly.

"I'm busy." Snape said calmly.

"But some Horcruxes are not so easy to obtain. It might be a bit troublesome. Is one summer vacation enough?"

Actually, Reina was planning to go find Micent...

"It's okay, I have plenty of time."

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"Didn't you just say..."

"So, you don't want to? Am I disturbing your summer vacation?" Snape put down the instrument in his hand, his tone seemed not very good.

"Yes! What I mean is, Tallos Manor is in Somerset County. Before you stay at my humble abode, please write me a letter and I will pick you up. Is that okay with you?" Lena took out a piece of parchment and wrote an address with the feather pen on the table.

"Ah."

"Then...is there anything else?" Reina looked at him with blinking eyes.

"you can go now."

"Okay, then, good night, professor, and have a sweet dream!"

Reina quickly retreated, closed the door gently, and walked towards her dormitory.

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Soon, the end of a semester without final exams passed quickly, and the students took the Hogwarts Express back to King's Cross Station and began their happy summer vacation.

Hermalena is also about to have another unforgettable holiday - with our dear Professor Snape.

The children’s second school year has officially come to an end.