HP: Let professors walk towards the light

I'm Severus Snape, and this year...it doesn't matter.

He is the professor of the Hogwarts Potions course, and of course the youngest head of the Hogwarts history - the Slytherin Headmaster. As for other titles, they are not important.

The important thing is that my poor fine young Dean is about to be lost in the South West of England.

Earlier today, I was preparing for the start of school. As soon as I landed at Hogwarts, I was suddenly called over by that old bee, Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts.

He said that this year was the time for Harry to start school.

Of course I know this, the child of the famous savior Harry Potter, James Potter and... Lily.

So... has it been so long? The night in Godric's Hollow is still vivid in my mind. Every night it tortures me and I can't fall asleep. But in a blink of an eye, it was already eleven years ago.

I heard that the child with Lily's eyes lived in the human world for eleven years. I have never visited him. I know I am not qualified and have no identity, but he will always come to Hogwarts. Dumbledore must let him go to school. I can wait. I can... pick him up in the name of a professor and teach him well if he is willing...

But, that Muggle family actually intercepted the Hogwarts admission letter. I think I have to teach that family a lesson...

Dumbledore said he had sent Hagrid to pick him up and that he had asked me to come on another quest.

Very good, very good. Tell me about it. Let me see how difficult the task is for someone like me who is so busy to do, and why do you need to mention Lily's child in front of me?

Pick up new students? What does this have to do with Lily's child? Can't McGonagall do that? If McGonagall is full, what about Flitwick? What about Splitlaw? If Hagrid can pick up new students, can't Pince, Hooch, or Sinistra do that? I'm not the only one getting paid.

"The child's name is Hermalena Tallos. The owls we sent over didn't bring any reply. Normally, even if she didn't choose to attend Hogwarts, she would have written a letter of rejection to inform us. The day after tomorrow is the 31st." Dumbledore looked worried.

What has it got to do with me?

"Maybe she's not ordinary? She doesn't want to go to Hogwarts but is too embarrassed to write a reply so she chooses to decline in this way. Why, have you never encountered such a situation in your long tenure as headmaster?"

"Really not. Severus, this child's father and grandfather were both proud students of Hogwarts, but unfortunately her parents died young and she has lived alone ever since. So we still have to go and take a look, please."

Damn old bee!

...Do I really have to make this trip? You know there will be a lot of things to do at the beginning of the school year, but you still have to arrange things for me.

Sure, I'd like to see which kid is so arrogant that I have to invite her in person. She'd better pray to be sorted into Slytherin!

Things... I'm too lazy to pack them, so I'll just go there, there's nothing much to take.

Bristol Bay, Somerset, southwest England.

So, where exactly is Tallos Manor...

Not only can I not Apparate there directly, but now... I'm even lost?

Who cast these messy Confusion Curses? Really, it's annoying to work overtime, and now I have to be a curse remover to remove Confusion Curses. Talros, very good, I will remember you, you'd better pray that you have to do something, otherwise you will face a lot of papers in your future Potions.

……

Well, this was the first time I felt that my mouth was so smart. I finally managed to undo the confusion spell along the way and when I finally saw the gate of Talros Manor...

Three strange house-elves rushed out, grabbed my hands and teleported me to another place.

This is the first time I’ve seen a girl’s room so… messy, unsightly, unsightly…

A girl, still wearing her silk nightgown, was lying on her back on the floor. Almost everything in the room was destroyed. It seemed that the only explanation was a magical riot.

However, according to Dumbledore, this child lived in an authentic pure-blood family environment before the age of six. Logically, his parents should have taught him to help him unblock his magic. Generally, young wizards from pure-blood or most mixed-blood families rarely have magic riots. Even when I was a child, I didn't experience a particularly large magic riot, and even when I lived like that later, I didn't lose control. What happened to this child?

"What did your master do before the magical riot?"

I can only ask those house-elves.

"I'll go make lunch after the master wakes up..." The little elf with a round head was even trembling.

"I'm drying the clothes."

"I'm feeding Obos, the master's owl..."

There was indeed a yellow and black owl guarding Talros.

But that means you don’t know anything…

Damn, it came too quickly and I only had palliatives and tranquilizers on me.

"How long has she been like this?"

"It's been five days. The master has slept for five days!" said an elf who looked a little old. "We want to send the master to the hospital, but we can't leave the manor without permission. We can only feed the master the nutrients in the manor, but no one will come to the almost forgotten Talros Manor, even if the master has done a good job... they still forget their former glory..."

"You can shut up now--"

It's so noisy, are all house elves like this? I remember the Malfoy elves weren't so talkative?

Comatose for five days? The admission notice for British wizards was sent out exactly five days ago. No wonder...

This child is really lucky. If he had written the feedback letter and kept it until school started, the magical world would probably have lost another pure-blood wizard.

When I picked up the child and was about to Apparate away, the three elves pounced on me.

"What-what!"

"You...what are you going to do? Don't be disrespectful to the young lady...put...put the young lady down!"

"I am a serious Potions professor at Hogwarts. If you don't want your master to die of magical disorder or starve to death in the manor, then I can put her down now and go back by myself."

What a bunch of stupid servants with no brains.

"Do you...want to save the young lady?"

"Do I look like I'm here to visit the ruins of Tallos Manor? Get out of the way!"

After getting rid of the elf, I took the child straight to St. Mungo's Children's Magical Disturbance Treatment Room and wrote a letter to Dumbledore to explain the situation.

But the hospital treatment room said that children who have experienced a magical riot must be under the care of a guardian. The key is that I am not her guardian. Why are you detaining me here? I am the headmaster of Hogwarts. I also need to prepare for the start of school, the admission of new students, prepare for potions classes, update and replenish medical potions, etc. I am here to look after her. Will you help me with the work?

Why is this child so worrying?