[HP] Magic didn't give up on you

Lily was annoyed with Snape more than anyone thought.When Eli saw them on the train back to Hogwarts, they were sitting uncomfortably across from each other in the box. Snape tried his best to find a topic, and Lily's reply was short and slightly stiff, completely devoid of usual jokes. harmonious atmosphere.Eli found that when they saw him appear, they both breathed a sigh of relief almost at the same time, welcoming him in unison for the first time.

According to Petunia, Lily went out to meet Snape on Christmas day, but judging from the results now, it is obvious that this did not do much to ease the relationship between the two.The friendship between the two of them became a little more reserved and polite, and this kind of awkward atmosphere lasted until February, but there was still no obvious improvement.

Although they still do homework in the library together, the frequency is significantly less - Eli has the most say on this, the library is the place he goes to most often in school, and in this place, his alone reading Time is running out, which is somewhat annoying.

"Don't look for it, Severus." Eli turned a page of the book and said without looking up, "Lily and Mary left about an hour and a half ago, and they spent more than two hours transfiguration class After finishing the homework, I don't think I will come here again today."

Snape suddenly withdrew the patrol's gaze, glared at him with a piercing embarrassment and anger, sat down at his round table with a cold face, and took out his homework.

"Nobody asked you to talk, Eli," he said harshly.

"Okay." Eli flipped through the pages of the book without listening, and said casually, "Please sit down, Severus."

Snape choked on him and gave him an annoyed look.

"Well, Eli Smith, who is very popular, of course doesn't care about this." He sarcastically sarcastically sarcastically in a smooth tone, "Anyway, whether you are facing Gryffindor or Slytherin, He can handle everything, even if two friends are fighting coldly in front of him, he can also maintain the friendly relationship between the two parties at the same time, he can easily win people's hearts, and he never tires of it..."

Eli paused with his fingertips, and finally raised his head and glanced at him.

"Three," he said.

What?Snape froze for a moment, not understanding what he meant.Eli sighed and shook his head.

"And Petunia," he said. "I think you know, I mentioned it when we first met. I've known her longer than I've known you."

It's this Muggle again.Snape frowned in disgust, and his lips twitched in disgust.But after all, he didn't utter any slander publicly. Perhaps the cold war with Lily finally taught him to be more cautious in his words and deeds.

His expression was slightly tense, as if he was waiting for a new round of criticism from Eli.But to his surprise, Eli just said this, and didn't continue this topic, it seemed that he was really just giving him a proper reminder.

This was quite a surprise to Snape, who stared at him in surprise.

"Is there anything else?" He tentatively asked, with vague hostility, "If you want to quarrel with me like Lily, then it's up to you, you can start now, it doesn't matter."

Although they were still good friends now—perhaps, one of Snape's only two friends outside of Slytherin, and perhaps there was no need to get rid of Slytherin—Snape There was always an indelible sense of wariness towards Eli, as if he was regarded as a potential opponent and comparison object in some sense, and Snape was unwilling to admit it or think deeply about it.

He stared at Eli, waiting for his answer, not sure whether he wanted to hear reproach or understanding from this man more.

"What? Of course not." Eli glanced at him again, also looking surprised, "Why would I do this? Of course your attitude towards making friends is your business. I may have opinions on it, but I won't be self-righteous." meddling—that's between you and I have no right to interfere—how can you ask that, I thought you were disgusted by James' behavior."

Since meeting Eli in the night tour, James' impression of him has changed dramatically.This kind of person who is spoiled and spoiled by his family is always easy to understand, his likes and dislikes are written on his face.So immediately after he thought Eli was a nice person, he immediately expressed strong, superfluous, completely unnecessary sympathy for Eli being forced to hang out with Snape.

As far as Eli knew, Snape sneered at James' overexuberant self-proclaimed heroism, and he was completely disgusted; as for Eli himself, he could appreciate James' sense of justice, despite its A little too exuberant, and not too indiscriminate... To be honest, he thought James was like the portrait of Sir Cadogan in the castle, and he did feel a little annoying at certain moments.

Of course, Jaime is much more popular than Sir Cadogan's portrait, and most people like him very much.For all his mischief and adventurousness, those fit right on him, and he was always the center of the crowd.Eli saw the advantages in him very fairly, and he was not naturally hostile to him just because he was a friend of Snape. It would be too naive to form gangs for no reason.

Snape clearly didn't see any good in James, which made him happy with Eli's curt answer.His complexion improved a little, he didn't give any explanation for his sharp remarks just now, he silently ended the discussion on this topic as a concession, occupied half of the round table with Eli, and went about his own business quietly .

This time he was quiet, but it was Eli who spoke.His eyes fell on the book Snape had placed on the table, and he read the title, raising an eyebrow.

"One Hundred Practical Black Magic Spells and Their Applications." Eli asked in a skeptical tone, "Someone told me that you know more spells than many senior students, it seems that he is not lying …Can the library borrow this book? I read its title, and it doesn’t seem to be critical of black magic.”

"It's my book at home." Snape replied truthfully, and when it came to books, he became much more excited, "My mother's collection of books looks very old, doesn't it? The library doesn't have this book, I've looked for it. Everyone says that the library at Hogwarts has the largest collection of books in the wizarding world, but it doesn't have this one. I suspect that my mother may be from some old pure-blood family, but now the blood has declined, even to an unbearable level. To the extent that I want to say that this is simply because of..."

He stopped his words just in time, his pale face was flushed with emotion.Eli looked at his faintly yearning face, and was stunned by his dullness.

"Of course there is no Hogwarts. This is a book touting black magic, isn't it? And our headmaster Dumbledore is the greatest white wizard in the world. His greatest achievement is defeating the dark wizard Grindel with his own hands. fertile."

Snape just shrugged at his reminder.

"Calm down, Eli, this is just an application of magic, you are not such a pedantic person." He said disapprovingly, stroked the cover of the book, and showed a faint smile, "If you really read After reading it, you will find that many of the spells here are very practical, more practical than those in the textbook... My other friends also like this book very much, and they can all learn useful knowledge from this book,"

"Those friends definitely don't include Lily," Eli said. "You know what, Severus, it's like you're holding a gun and telling me that it's fully loaded, but you can control it yourself." When the trigger is pulled, the gun will never be misfired, nor will it kill innocent people indiscriminately, but only use it to do what it should do, and show me how practical the gun is."

Hearing Lily's name, Snape paused indistinctly, and was silent for a short while, obviously he understood that Lily would not accept his attitude - no matter how good-sounding his excuses were.

"Isn't it?" Snape finally said, "The longing for power is natural, even for Muggles. Guns are regulated, just like the black arts are not open to all students, only the most capable Only those who are qualified to master it."

"It's always the ones who are most skilled with guns that let them go off, and I think the same goes for dark arts," Eli said disapprovingly. "They're all dangerous, you know what I mean. You need a license and a test to own a gun, Make sure a person is capable enough to possess this dangerous item, and I think black magic is the same. The premise of learning is to make sure that you have the corresponding will and age."

"Come on," Snape coldly curled the corners of his lower lip, and there was no smile in his eyes, "If there is a chance, I really want to invite you to visit Spider's End Alley and see those alcoholics who are drunk all day The gambler who steals money from the house and loses everything all morning, the gambler who stands by the side of the road and watches the fat sheep passing by like a wolf waiting for an opportunity to rob, and the short-lived gambler who was shot in the forehead in the scuffle, suffers The reason for the gunshots may have been simply passing by."

Eli looked at him, his eyes were quiet, and he didn't speak.

"You can't imagine there is such a bad place in the world, can you?" Snape said softly, with a mocking arc on his lips, "It's not safe to have power in the hands of others, only you can trust it-very Glad you're starting to realize that too."

"Guns and black magic are not omnipotent." Eli quickly replied, "Using tools is a good thing, but being bound by tools is unnecessary."

"Oh? You don't think it can do anything?" Snape laughed incredulously.

This question is really not easy to answer, Eli thought for a while.

"Let everything that deviates back to the right track, don't take detours when moving forward, have no regrets in every choice, and people who don't love themselves change their minds." He said, "The words may be a little bit sloppy, I probably wrote it in my mother. I have seen similar sentences in my novels... In short, many things in the world cannot be done by magic alone, and the same is true for black magic."

That's far-fetched, Snape said unhappily.But he couldn't find a particularly powerful way to argue for a while, so he could only temporarily truce with Eli unwillingly, and in the end, no one persuaded the other.

When it was lunch time, both of them happened to have finished their tasks, so they went out together.Walking down the corridor of the library, at the door of the auditorium, they met the snow-covered foursome of James.

They seemed to have gone to the Quidditch pitch to watch the team's daily training. James was talking to the other three roommates in high spirits. Even though his body was wet after the snow melted, he was still very eye-catching.After seeing Eli and Snape, James stopped talking and clicked his tongue with interest.

"Look who this is, Slytherin snot." James gave a sympathetic grimace with a look of someone who just noticed someone across the way, "What a beautiful day off, but you still don't look like you have time to wash up." Hair—don't you stay away from him, Eli? How long will it take you to get back to wash your hair if he accidentally gets it on your clothes?"

"Come on, James," Lupine murmured uneasily, grabbing him by the sleeve and trying to drag him into the Great Hall, where the professors were watching, and this kind of petty fuss always got out of hand. few.

Sirius Black watched with great interest, and didn't make a move, but he obviously didn't reject it.Beside them, Peter Pedilou blushed with excitement. He had just joined the small group in the college, and he couldn't believe that he had become friends with James and Sirius. At this moment, James laughed loudly and harshly at what he said.

Snape's expression contorted silently, and the distinct disgust on his face could not be concealed at all.He looked at James in front of him, and suddenly spoke softly.

"See, Eli? With power comes dignity."

He drew his wand - so quickly that Eli was standing next to him before he could stop him, and he seemed to have a natural ability to use spells and duels.

But his wand still didn't cast a spell on James.Because at the critical moment, Lily's voice suddenly sounded not far away.

"What are you doing - Sev! Stop it!"

Snape's hand on his wand tightened reflexively, but no spell came out after all.But James didn't care that much - he didn't need to care about Lily's face, he pointed his wand in Snape's direction, and a jet of water shot towards Snape out of thin air.

The ray of light missed the target—with a wave of Eli's wand, Snape was enveloped by all the protection. The light hit the edge of the barrier and bounced out, splashing a piece of water on the ground, soaking the robes of Eli and Snape. horn.

"Thanks to you, James, I have to go back to do the laundry now." Eli said calmly, "Although I understand that you have good intentions, I would really appreciate it if I could help you less in the future."

Lily was taken aback, and quickly ran towards them, eyes full of anger.

"Do you think this is funny, Potter?" she snapped. "Bullying classmates for no reason! You should apologize to Sev!"

James shrugged off her stern accusation, shaking the snow-melted drops from his matted hair, and raised an eyebrow smartly.

"I'm really sorry." He said with a smile, with a relaxed tone, and spread his hands towards Lily innocently, "I have a disease that makes people dirty in front of my eyes. If I did something to the snot man just now, That must be because my overwhelming sense of justice is completely irrepressible, and there is nothing I can do about it."

Lily took a deep breath, looked at him with disgust, unwilling to say a word to him, turned around angrily and walked to Snape's side, grabbed his hand, and dragged him into the auditorium.

"Never mind Potter, Sev!" she snapped, "that's a stupid, pompous, defiant, hopeless bastard—"

"That's more serious than talking about me," Snape murmured, his eyes falling on Lily's hand on his wrist.It seemed like ages had passed since the last time they were this close, he watched greedily.

"What? Oh." Lily looked at him suspiciously for two seconds, and suddenly realized that they were still fighting coldly.She was about to let go of Snape's wrist immediately, but the moment he let go, Snape raised his hand abruptly, keeping her fingertips.

Now it's him pulling her.Snape gasped for breath, his sallow face was mixed with embarrassment and confusion, and he stared at her closely.

"I'm...I'm sorry." He said a little nervously, "I know I shouldn't say that about your sister, I will... I won't..."

He gritted his teeth, and finally said the words in full: "I won't look at everyone with prejudice...I will try my best, I promise."

Lily stared at him, scrutinizing him for a while, and finally smiled under Snape's nervous gaze.

"You should apologize to Petunia, not me, Sev." She said with a smile, and Snape's expression lightened instantly, "I hope that if you meet during the summer vacation, you can get along more happily... okay , go to dinner, Sev, and then go back and wash the robe—er, I mean, the part that got wet with Potter."

"Are you going to the library tomorrow?" Snape asked hastily.

Lily thought for a while: "Tomorrow I want to practice the new magic spell I learned in the Transfiguration class... Maybe it's better to find an empty classroom?"

"I think so too," said Snape at once. "So - see you tomorrow?"

See you tomorrow.Lily nodded in agreement, said goodbye to Snape together with Eli, and watched Snape walk towards the long Slytherin table - even his back was full of lightness that had not been seen for a long time.

"Thanks for having you, Eli." When the two of them sat down at the long table in Gryffindor, Lily turned to Eli, smiled at him, and said sincerely, "You are always so calm and calm, and you are always so calm and calm. , really reliable."

"It's okay." Eli replied casually, looking at Snape in the distance, implying something.

"Sometimes the presence of a person is more powerful than a powerful spell, isn't it?"

Lily nodded deeply in agreement, and warmly invited him: "Let's practice the spell together tomorrow, Eli! You are always very good at it."

"No, I want to read in the library." Eli firmly refused him, defending his right to be alone.

All right.Lily shrugged regretfully, and said narrowly: "Don't stay in the library all the time, Eli, you should spend more time with your friends, most of them don't want to go to the library to report when they have nothing to do. "

"I think I have some friends with the same interests." Eli said indifferently. He has also established friendships with several Ravenclaws who are always in the library, and they will always be alone when they want to find someone to discuss.

But...he looked at Lily, and suddenly asked: "You haven't reconciled with Severus, just waiting for him to apologize from the bottom of your heart?"

Lily paused, her expression restrained a little, she looked at Eli, and hesitated a little.

In the end, though, she decided to share it with Eli.Leaning closer to Eli, she whispered, "At Christmas, I went to meet Sev and saw his home, um... and his parents."

She shivered, thinking about it still made her feel unpleasant: "With all due respect, his father is really... a...bad guy."

The tone of the word is not strong enough, but Lily doesn't want to comment more on her friend's father.She took a deep breath and explained to Eli: "Now I can understand the reason why Sev has such a big prejudice against Muggles. If you keep getting along with such a father, no one can be without a trace of grudge... I understand his Difficulties, but I don't think he should be allowed to continue like this, it's wrong, just like there are good people and bad people in wizards, and it's the same in Muggles, he shouldn't be so generalized, that's not good."

She breathed a sigh of relief, showed a heartfelt smile, stretched out her fingers smilingly, and compared to her lips.

"Anyway, now that Sev has changed, I think that's fine. Keep it a secret from Sev, will you, Eli? I only saw what's going on at his house when I came back after a fight with him. Don't want him to know I saw it, I don't think he will be happy."

sure.Eli nodded in agreement, looked at Lily's relaxed side face, hesitated for a moment, or said: "Do you think Severus apologized because he really felt that he was wrong, or did he just want to save you?"

Lily froze for a moment, then said hesitantly, "No matter what the reason is, I think it's a good start?"

Eli was startled by her answer, and then couldn't help but smile: "It makes sense."

It's great of you to agree.Lily said sincerely, as if she had received some important support, she gained a lot of confidence.When she looked at him with a smile, she realized that he was still wearing his wizard hat upright.When she went to the library to do her homework, she wanted to say that although it was snowing outside today, it was normal to go out and wear a hat, but he didn't go out all the time indoors, and he had to wear a hat completely, which seemed a bit too formal.

"It's okay to be less upright now and then, Eli." Lily suggested briskly, showing off, "I also wore a wizard hat when I went out just now, and my prettiest one was given to me by Penny this Christmas. Lavender, very pretty, I've always thought black was too monotonous... Didn't Petunia send you one, Eli? I thought she'd give you the same."

She looked regretful: "I think Penny's vision is great, I like that hat very much - maybe next time you can suggest to her, next Christmas I will give you a nice wizard hat, designed in the style of the Muggle world It is much richer. The gift you gave her this year is very suitable for her, and she will definitely be willing to..."

"I don't need this one." Eli said lightly, showing a smile, and said meaningfully, "I really like the Christmas gift she gave me this year, it's very special."

And whether it's the singing on the tape, the letter paper in the dispatch, or the hand-embroidered words on the hat, they all belong to him.

Reunited with her friends, Lily was having lunch happily. Not far away, James was talking to her friends with a smile. Bad temper, but it seems that he will never be angry with the friends he has set aside.This hat is now on his head. This year is the first snow since he came back, and it is also the first time he wears it.The feeling of his name embroidered on the hat was a bit strange, as if something swaggered over his head and swore sovereignty, and he felt strange about the inexplicable thoughts he had.

Maybe there's something even weirder... He doesn't seem to dislike the feeling all that much.

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Thanks to ivy, I don’t like to eat bones, bandits, and deep sea tomato landmines~

Seeing that everyone is asking whether the follow-up of this article will follow the original line, I have answered it in the comment area before, and I will write about the descendants, but this question cannot be spoiled. I will try my best to make everyone feel that everything is true when they read it. Reasonable, it should be written like this, hoping to achieve such an effect.

Today's personal understanding: James and Snape couldn't be friends when they were students, and Lily wasn't even the root cause of it.On the train, James didn't have any special reaction to Lily's face. Most likely, he likes Lily not because he is a face control, nor is it love at first sight.On the contrary, he and Snape really dislike each other every time they say a word. I think they belong to the natural discord caused by the huge gap between their personalities and their original families, and James must not hate Snape as much as Snape does to him. The hate is more essential.It may be only Snape that James dislikes, and what Snape hates is every "James".

You have also seen that I have worked hard to make each character three-dimensional and multi-faceted. I hope this effort can have the desired effect and let everyone get a better reading experience. Although it is just a fan, I hope that its reading experience It is meaningful and loving, thank you for your support!