[TSNxHP] Fall in love with Whomping Willow

For Mark, the biggest difference between the two periods at Hogwarts was that as a professor, he couldn't throw the Ignoring Curse on himself as he wished.

He sometimes thinks back to the days when he and Eduardo sneaked off to the Forbidden Forest.

The pure-blood wizarding family is so intertwined that it seems that any two genealogical tapestry can find a connection point, so even if Eduardo has not entered Slytherin, old Mr. Savarin is still well-informed and knows exactly what his son is doing at Hogwarts.

At first he was only slightly critical of his son's new friends, after all Mark was also a pure blood wizard with excellent grades in Slytherin house.But as the friendship between Mark and Eduardo deepened day by day, coupled with the bad news such as being detained in the charm class and being deducted points for breaking into the forbidden forest, the old Savarin's dislike for Mark had reached the point where he ordered his son to break off friendship.

"He is a bad influence on you!" Old Savarin was furious. "A Savarin should not have such a friend! Leave him!"

So Mark and Eduardo quickly mastered the Ignore Charm before discovering the Room of Requirement.By the time they graduated, they had both mastered the spell in daily applications to the point of casting it easily and silently.

Even so, their mutual friends, Mark's roommates Chris and Gryffindor Dustin, have teased them for being inseparable, and that's when Chris and Dustin know nothing about the Room of Requirement.After discovering the Room of Requirement, Mark and Eduardo quickly became the lucky guys who "have a girlfriend," as evidenced by their occasional night outs.

It was a mistake in Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the new semester that triggered Mark to reminisce about the roots of the past.

Headmaster Dumbledore didn't spend a lot of effort in finding a new professor for the divination class, but the divination class has its own luck——Professor Trelawney, who has been classified as a "liar" by Mark, is said to be of the blood of the prophet .

However, Principal Dumbledore was looking for the next Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Because of the well-known curse of Voldemort on this position, until the day before the start of school, Professor Dumbledore still could not find a suitable wizard candidate, so he had to seek With the help of another old friend, he was brought in to serve.

This new professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts is very strange. Some people suspect that he is a ghost like Mr. Binns, a professor of the history of magic. Shaking, like a trembling old man, in fact, when he speaks, it feels like he is barely working his vocal cords, and he sounds much older than Principal Dumbledore.

He called himself "Professor Mailer".

Mark often wonders if the quality of enrollment at Hogwarts is declining year by year, or if these students have filled their heads with chocolate frogs, or why they are so lacking in common sense.They only need to have a little bit of curiosity while stuffing chocolate frogs into their mouths, and they will know from the attached card that Principal Dumbledore has a friend who used alchemy to create a frog that can turn stones into gold. The Philosopher's Stone, and used the Philosopher's Stone to make the elixir of life-the famous Nicolas Lemer.

Nicole May and his wife managed to delay aging and prolong life by taking the elixir made from the Philosopher's Stone.The effectiveness of the elixir decays dose by dose*, drinking one dose can extend life by nearly 300 years, a second dose by about 100 years, a third dose by about 30 years, and so on.That is to say, excluding external factors, as long as the LeMay couple has been taking the elixir, they can achieve immortality.

What a great invention.

Therefore, it is a great honor for Mark to communicate face-to-face with the master alchemist Nicolas LeMay. He even goes against the norm of being a loner and is willing to help occasionally, as a teaching assistant to demonstrate to the students in class.

It happened in the demonstration in Defense Against the Dark Arts class yesterday.

The content of the course is the Boggart that Mark thinks could not be simpler, an annoying magical creature that lives in a dark environment and is good at shapeshifting. If you are unfortunate enough to encounter it, it can turn into your worst fear to play tricks on you.

However, "funny funny", just uttering this banishing spell can make it look ridiculous, and then laughing at this time can completely kill it.

In good conscience, these Gryffindor kids have done a good job, but accidents always come at seemingly smooth moments, which catch people off guard.

A kid as fat as a big pumpkin failed to subdue the Boggart. Instead, in a panic, he unconsciously squeezed the Boggart in front of Mark with his huge body advantage.

Except for the pumpkin who immediately realizes he's doomed, the class holds its breath and they're so curious - what could the god-hating Professor Zuckerberg be afraid of?

Unfortunately the answer is nothing new.

The Boggart snapped into Professor Zuckerberg's corpse.

The students sighed in disappointment.

Mark was taken aback, and drew out his wand impatiently—"crack", the Boggart transformed again.

The students gasped.

It was the body of Professor Savarin.

The furious sound of casting a spell sounded: "Funny, funny!"

Before the students came back to their senses, Professor Zuckerberg, who was wearing a dark green wizard robe, had disappeared from sight.

"Do you remember?" A curly-haired little witch was thoughtful, "Professor Zuckerberg finally abandoned the standard wizard robe this semester. The brands he wore were all the daily necessities of Professor Savarin. , There are a few sets that look like couple outfits."

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

"They're not together!" "No! I never believe this is true!" "Merlin, please tell me that this is all Professor Zuckerberg's one-way crush!" "I still firmly believe that the last time The scratch on Professor Zuckerberg's neck was done by Mrs Norris!"

As a result, the wave of gossip that declined with the resignation of Professor Savarin surged again. It became a new trend at Hogwarts to observe Professor Zuckerberg's words and deeds and analyze the clues of love affairs.

Mark can't be absent from work and suspend classes, and he can't cast the ignoring spell on himself. He can't wait to give every student a "forget everything".

"Help me slip the Marauder's Map back to Filch's office?"

Eduardo arrived at Hogwarts before sunset with an icy wind and snow atmosphere.

The Potions Professor's quarters aren't as drab and spooky as they used to be, in fact, it's now almost exactly the same as they used to be in the Room of Requirement, with Eduardo sitting on the fireplace rug enjoying dinner from a house-elf, because Mark remembers After eating tomato puree and feeling better, I remembered to ask trivia.

Mark, who was working on some kind of potion, nodded, "I asked Mrs. Norris to send it back."

……

Poor Mrs Norris.

Mark carefully stirred the evening primrose powder into the extinguished cauldron step by step, and the crimson potion slowly turned into a nearly transparent color with a violent gurgling sound.

After pouring the cool potion out of the vials, Mark noticed that Eduardo seemed silent for a while.

Mark has enough experience to analyze that something unpleasant must have happened to Eduardo.

He unburdenedly leaves the job of cleaning the cauldron to the house elf who will come to pick up the dishes tomorrow morning, walks over and sits next to Eduardo in a daze, and asks directly, "What happened?"

The sudden question startled Eduardo, he glanced at Mark angrily and amusedly, shook his head and said, "It's nothing."

Mark wouldn't believe that it was nothing, he rolled his eyes cryptically, and concluded his reasoning: "Is individual heroism once again occupying the high ground in Sirius Black or James Potter's skull, or is it that the big bad wolf was Are people crowding out?"

"He's human! He has a name!" Eduardo was a little annoyed.

Mark shrugged: "So, it's our Mr. Remus Lupin. Would you like to talk?"

Eduardo opened up reluctantly.

In fact, it doesn't seem to be a serious matter.

During a street fight after werewolves joined Voldemort, Fenrir Greyback, the notorious werewolf, showed off how he had feuded with Old Lupine and intentionally bit Remus in revenge for Old Lupine.That is, he debunked Remus as a werewolf.

Since then, even though everyone knows how loyal and kind Remus is, the fear of werewolves in people's hearts will not be completely dispelled.

Eduardo wasn't the only member of the Order who was willing to continue with Lupine (although the total number was pitifully small), but he was certainly the most open and unafraid of the foursome.

During the escort operation just completed, they were once again blocked by werewolves. Fortunately, no one was bitten. Time was running out. Remus joined in to help treat the wounded, but two of the wounded who were in urgent need of treatment deliberately avoided Remus' extended hand .

"He can control himself, he drinks wolfsbane regularly," Eduardo defended Remus indignantly, "he's not dangerous!"

Mark didn't say anything.

Eduardo looked at him suspiciously: "You don't agree? Why? You should know the effect of wolfbane preparation!"

Mark was keenly aware of the danger, but he still said honestly: "I know the effect of wolfbane preparations, and I don't disagree with what you said. But you should know that people's fear of werewolves is deep-rooted, and wizards have heard it from childhood. Werewolf horror stories, Wardo, you know it yourself. It's certainly a prejudice, and prejudices just don't break down easily."

"Besides, Fenrir is leading the werewolves to create bloodshed. This tense moment is not the best time to call for understanding. Even if they don't want to partner with him, at least they are willing to carry out missions with him, which is not the worst situation."

Only after the war.

Mark keeps the last half of the sentence in his mouth.

Eduardo looked at Mark seriously for half a minute before asking, "Who did you drink Polyjuice Potion?"

Mark raised his eyebrows and said in a tone that was so pompous that it was obviously a sarcasm, "Can't I finally realize the importance of caring and understanding others after a serious injury? You hurt my feelings, Wardo .”

Eduardo rolled his eyes back and asserted, "You're being more cynical, in an eerily calm manner. Last time you mentioned that Muggle robot called T3, built out of metal and computers? They should have invented you right away , call you M4."

Mark lowered his head and smiled, not particularly pompously said: "You always have a way to remind me why I love you so much."

"...Get off you bastard."

"I sternly refuse."

"Then I'll go."

"Wardo, look"

"what?"

"It's raining."

"Wh-um"

Professor Savarin forgot that the bottom of the black lake was outside the basement window, and he also forgot that the starry sky was bright tonight, and there was a meteor that he had calculated and deduced for a long time.

Winter goes to spring, and it's the season of hunting newborn birds in the Whomping Willow again, and everything comes back to life.

However, the spring of 1981 was not good.

After more than half a year of fierce war, people's fears continued to escalate. With the start of the new semester, fewer students returned to school than at the end of last semester.

Some mixed-blood students chose to stay in the Muggle world, but the pure-blood wizard students who did not choose to stay under Dumbledore's protection either hid with their families or joined the war.

One day at the end of spring, Madam Pomfrey was away on business, and Mark went to the principal's office to collect the week's potions.

His spirit was getting weaker and weaker, but the mysterious master of potions was getting more and more busy, and it was getting harder and harder for Mark to drink the potions on time.Unfortunately and fortunately, Eduardo is also getting more and more busy, and the Order of the Phoenix is ​​fighting tenaciously on the front line against the Death Eaters, so it can temporarily hide it.

Although Mark didn't want to admit it, Boggart's transformation still left traces in his mind. Every time he noticed that Eduardo was injured, he could only endure divergent associations for an hour or two at most, and couldn't help but use the double-sided mirror to communicate with Eduardo. Get in touch to see how Eduardo is doing.Members of the Order of the Phoenix always joke that they are "too sweet", and Mark understands intellectually that this will inevitably reveal his truth, but he can't help it.

"Mark," Headmaster Dumbledore called his name remindingly, "Perhaps you can reconsider Professor Mailer's proposal."

Mark deliberately changed the subject, and raised the empty medicine bottle he had just finished drinking: "You found a very amazing undercover agent. If I'm not mistaken."

Headmaster Dumbledore narrowed his eyes and remained calm.

"Relax, Headmaster. If Wardo hadn't mentioned to me this young Mr. Snape with amazing potion talent, including his entanglement with Potter Evans, I would not have guessed it was him. After all He was at the heart of the Death Eaters, and I was just a minor character who was pending. I didn't tell anyone, not even wardo," Mark explained.

Fox flew onto the headmaster's shoulder, Dumbledore smoothed its gorgeous feathers, and said in the same comforting tone: "I think we should prioritize the most urgent issues right now. Lemay wants me to talk to you."

Headmaster Dumbledore no longer referred to Mr. Nicole May as Professor Mailer, obviously intending to be frank and honest, and had to talk to Mark about this issue.

Knowing that he couldn't escape, Mark frowned: "I'm not afraid of death!"

Facing Mark's endless anger, Principal Dumbledore pointed out calmly: "No one will accuse you like that."

"I can!"

"Calm down, Mark, calm down. What are you really afraid of?"

"..."

The silence in the principal's room was a silent confrontation, accompanied by the faint snoring of the old principals in the portraits. In the end, it was no surprise that Principal Dumbledore won the final victory.

Mark sank deeper into his chair, and said resignedly: "Mr. Flamel is teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts. I apologize in advance for my statement - even though he covered himself with magic, it was still obvious that he was getting old." It's like a dead tree that drops sawdust when you move it. Isn't it an active pursuit of death to be a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts cursed by Voldemort?"

Headmaster Dumbledore listened carefully, without intervening, and encouraged Mark to continue speaking with silence.

"He lived with his wife for over 600 years... 300 years is too long for me."

"if……"

"If I hadn't returned to Hogwarts, the relationship between me and him would have ended when I turned my back on him. At that point, we had no idea what was between us, and we would never have another chance, or even Then there is the will to figure it out. Neither of us will show weakness, neither of us will look back, and we will go our separate ways and live out our enviable lives without interfering with each other."

"Then, I can drink the elixir without hesitation, maybe I will become the Nicolas May of this era, I will use my magic spell to achieve glory, and it is logical to have a family that is bright enough and correct, in the family tapestry Add a black spot or two. Even if my partner's children don't live as long as I do, it's nothing to be afraid of."

"But there is no if, the fact is that I came back here, I got him back, I really have him."

"'Living together happily ever after', how beautiful it is", Mark lowered his eyes and laughed at himself, "But the story is over, life is still going on, when he ages normally, how does he face the still young Me? When he grows old and dies, how am I going to face the 200 years without him? I can't even think about it. I think I'm really an overly selfish person. I'd rather let him lose me than get him And then lost him again."

Spells flew around, and Eduardo and his team were flanked by Death Eaters, as if someone had leaked their course of action. They happened to be surrounded in a dead corner of Diagon Alley, and had to face it head-on with a small number. enemy.The few passers-by had already apparated when they saw the hood that comes standard with the Death Eaters, and the backup had not arrived for a long time.

Their operation was supposed to be secret, and their goal was to capture a young Auror who had defected to Voldemort and made a big mistake. Because it involved information that the Order of the Phoenix urgently needed to know, the person in charge of the operation was the famous Mad-Eye Han Mu di.

The cat waist dodged a curse, and Eduardo threw a cutting curse with his backhand.

Peter Pettigrew seemed to be scared by Moody because of his many mistakes, and he didn't dare to make any more moves, hiding in the corner. Eduardo noticed his evasive behavior and couldn't help frowning.

Fortunately, backup finally arrived.

"The front teeth competition is great!"

Seeing that the Death Eater's front teeth grew so big that they couldn't even be covered by the hood, Sirius jumped off the flying motorcycle with a big laugh, waved his hand to put the motorcycle away, and then turned around and cast a stun spell. Handsome and flamboyant, it reminds Eduardo of a rock star that Muggles are obsessed with.

"Fuzzy moon face," Sirius leaned closer to Lupin, as if he didn't see his friend's eyes, and said, "I'm here to save you."

"Drill the heart and gouge out the bone!"

Lupine gave Sirius a sudden shove, causing the idiot to dodge a dangerous green light.

"Hahahahaha, my dear little brother who shamed the family, the Potter family didn't feed this stray dog ​​enough meat and bones for you to run out to embarrass yourself?"

Hearing this voice, Eduardo, who was still complaining about Sirius' love of going it alone, and Sirius exploded at the same time, throwing one curse after another in the direction of Bellatrix.

"Passed out!"

"Passed out!"

"Drill the heart and gouge out the bone!"

Eduardo never uses the Unforgivable Curses.

When he dodges Bellatrix's Cruciatus Curse and utters the same spell angrily and smoothly, everything before his eyes is suddenly in slow motion, and he watches the spell fly towards Bellatrix, see Bellatrix screamed and fell to the ground, curled up, without the slightest guilt in her heart for using the Unforgivable Curse.

This was far from enough to offset her guilt, far from enough to appease his anger.

In fact, he quickly pronounced the second.

Bellatrix is ​​the best Death Eater after all, she rolled to avoid the spell, and quickly rolled behind the low wall, her face contorted with rage, she screamed a terrifying roar, and she didn't stand still. Start hitting back.

Neither Eduardo nor Sirius was about to give up.

After a chaotic fight, the Death Eaters fought and retreated. Lupine caught Sirius who was chasing Bellatrix in time, but he didn't expect that Savarin, who is known for his gentle personality, would also be blindly impulsive. Lupine It's too late to stop.

Eduardo manages to throw another Cruciatus at Bellatrix.

But at the same time, Bellatrix's spell also hit him.

"How are you!"

The Death Eaters apparated away, and Sirius and Lupine hurried over to check on Eduardo.

He seemed to be in good health.

Eduardo puts his right hand over his heart, he doesn't look like he's under the Imperius Curse, but Lupine and Sirius do notice the blankness in Eduardo's eyes.

Just as Sirius was about to speak, Eduardo's eyes suddenly changed, and he anxiously took out a mirror from the hidden pocket of his wizard's robe.

"Mark...Mark! Mark!"

He yelled in the mirror, regardless of how strange it was to do so now.

"Mark!"

Eduardo feels like he's been waiting in the mirror for 1 years.

Finally, a figure appeared in the mirror.

Sirius and Lupine took a closer look, it wasn't Mark.

Dumbledore said quickly: "Eduardo, the headmaster's office. The password is Chocolate Frog, Sirius, Remus, I think it's best to be accompanied by you."

After listening to Principal Dumbledore's explanation, Eduardo immediately remembered what Lily said on his wedding day, and he whispered to himself: "I should have thought of..."

Sirius looked at the dying Zuckerberg on the hospital bed in surprise, as if seeing this person for the first time.He has never seen any potential of a lover from this person. He made eye contact with Lupine who was listening to the story with this idea. Not only did he not get any response, the moon face seemed to be a little envious. scratched his head.

Nicolas stood tremblingly by the side, holding two bottles of golden potions in his hands.Even though the 600-year-old man is worrying about walking, his eyes magically retain the innocence of a child, always curious and bright.

"So", if time permits, Dumbledore is not willing to urge the sad little Savarin, "your decision?"

Eduardo said calmly, "He's lying here, dying, because of me."

He took the two vials from Nicolas and firmly poured one down Mark's throat.

"He needs me. He has to live."

For some reason Sirius heard a bit of gnashing of teeth in Eduardo's calm tone.

"He owes me."

Eduardo drank the rest of the potion in one gulp.

*There will be unlucky children in this chapter. I don’t feel so good about stage plays, because I always feel that Harry is not the kind of person who interferes with children’s friendship, but after all, it is the official sub-era certified by Rowling so...