[HP] Mrs. Snape

After that day, Arya took Andrew to Diagon Alley again. This time, because Christmas was coming, the whole Diagon Alley was filled with elves the size of a palm, and the mistletoe beside the cobblestone path Drilling around, the glittering stars were flying around in the sky of Diagon Alley, and some even landed on Andrew's hat...

Andrew was very satisfied with this trip to Diagon Alley. He finally forgave his mother for not taking him, and went to the magical world of magic alone. After Arya went back that day, Andrew didn't want to talk to her for a whole afternoon!

During this trip to Diagon Alley, Andrew also got a wand. The last time she saw some beautifully packaged small gift boxes in the store, Ollivander said that those were children's wands for little wizards, not as good as adult wands. Powerful, but it can help little wizards channel the magic in their bodies and help them learn to cast magic in the right way.

Arya ordered one right away. Andrew was particularly interested in this magical little stick just like his mother. When he waved it, a rose would bloom from the tip of the wand. Now that rose is pinned to Arya's hair. Woolen cloth!

Andrew picked out a gray owl with extra round eyes for their home.He was always interested in round things.

This year's Christmas is still spent by Andrew and Alia, and Susan is going back to her mother in Manchester.

The Christmas tree is taller and bigger than in previous years. The house in the small town was smaller before, and the landlord, Mrs. Geller, did not allow too many decorations. Andrew wanted to hang some lanterns at home for Christmas, and Arya and Gaylor After some wits by Mrs Le, she and Andrew finally have a home of their own to decorate however they want!

There are colorful lanterns hanging everywhere in the house. The tall Christmas tree in the hall almost touches the ceiling. On the Christmas tree are the little angels and bells that Arya bought from the supermarket. According to the book, Ya used the floating spell to get it up. First, float the double-sided tape to the ceiling and stick it well, and then float the colored pattern up. It's very simple, isn't it?Arya discovered that magic is really useful sometimes, at least she doesn't have to run up and down the ladder!

She even tried to use the spell in "Elementary Transfiguration" and successfully turned the green curtains into red!

Andrew also imitated his mother, waving his little wand around, and there would be no sparks or stars at most, which made Andrew very discouraged. Whenever Romeo-Andrew named the owl, he would Standing on Andrew's shoulders, Pu flaps his wings, as if comforting him. After a while, Andrew and Romeo will play together. Often Romeo flies in front, and Andrew screams and chases after him with a wand, making it full of people. The house is full of owl fur!

On Christmas Eve, one of the most important things for Arya and Andrew is to wrap Christmas presents. Arya's mother's gift was mailed out early. It was a box of handmade chocolates made by a small shop in Manchester. This is Ellie Ya's mother often ate it when she was a child. She called from New York and said that she missed this childhood taste very much. Alia asked her friend in Manchester to send two boxes.

And the gift that mother gave Andrew and her arrived early, but Alia didn't open it. She wanted to wait until Christmas to give herself and Andrew a surprise. Mom's gift would be a surprise every year!

And Mr. Dashwood, although he hadn't seen each other since the eight thousand pounds, Arya and he still exchanged Christmas cards, nothing more than cards and two or three ordinary greetings.

In addition to these, the perfume that Susan has been thinking about, the handmade chocolates of Dr. Mark, the Christmas gifts from Lydia Carter, Mr. Carter and his two children, and the new neighbors they met this year, these are all prepared by Alia and Andrew. of.

And this year, there is one more person who needs to carefully prepare Christmas gifts.

"Mr. Snape?" Andrew pointed to the last name on the list of people who wanted to give Christmas presents and said, "Is that the one with black hair and black eyes who took Andrew to see a doctor?"

Arya lowered her head and wrapped the gift box with colorful wrapping paper, and said, "Yes, that's him, Mr. Snape has helped us a lot. So thank him."

"Oh, I see." Andrew kicked his chin and said, "Mom, are you going to give Mr. Snape any gift? Chocolate too?"

"Oh, not chocolate, baby," Arya motioned for Andrew to open the box next to him and see for himself.

"A quill?"

"Yes." Arya put away the box and softly taught Andrew how to wrap presents.

The gift for Snape was bought by Arya in Diagon Alley, a pen that can write by itself, as long as the owner uses the right spell, it can write down what the owner dictates, and it can also follow the owner's wishes Set writing rules and personalities!Isn't Snape a teacher?Hope this pen can help him.

That day, in Diagon Alley, after learning about the price of wizards, Arya really realized what the three thousand gold Galleons that Snape gave to Andrew when he was just born, and it seemed that Snape himself was living well. Not very rich either. His dilapidated house and the robes that Arya hadn't changed after seeing him for several times showed that the master's financial situation was not very good. The three thousand gold coins were probably all of Snape's savings. Bar?

He obviously didn't have to do it. During the ten years that Arya stayed in Manchester, she had seen too many irresponsible parents.Those who gave birth to children in their early teens and early twenties, lacked the ability or courage to raise their children, and left them in orphanages and relief centers, these people are considered caring parents in Aaliyah's eyes. At least the children may find a A better foster family.And some children face a more miserable life as soon as they are born.

When Arya was at boarding school, a girl in her class got pregnant with a gangster father, and the girl insisted on having a baby despite her own parents' objections, and she was expelled from school and cut off from her family because of it.Later, Alia, who was in college, met this girl by chance on the street. She had become addicted to drugs along with her boyfriend. The two-year-old child had no clean spot on her body, lying on the ground in pitch black. Next to the half-naked mother with a numb face, crying from hunger, and the father of the child, who took all the money of the two of them, has disappeared without a trace.

That day, Alia left all the money on her body to that classmate, but she also knew that it was useless. If that child could grow up safely, it would be considered luck, let alone others!

Therefore, after getting in touch with Snape, Arya was even a little thankful that he was not a very bad person. Although his character was indeed annoying, at least he had the right to be stable and respected. Occupation, he can still help Arya when she asks for help!Even, he may have given almost all his property to the child, which is already a very responsible father in Aaliyah's ten years of experience!

Since she was a child, Lin has always told her to look at people dialectically, dialectically?Arya had never been able to understand the meaning of the word.

Until one summer vacation, Alia was almost washed away by a sudden surge of river water when she went camping with her mother and family in New York. When her mother screamed and rushed into the water to save her, Alia understood.She always thought that the mother who didn't love her might be the one who loved her, otherwise, the mother who couldn't swim wouldn't have rushed to rescue her in the swift river immediately.

The sight of her mother crying and anxiously calling her name in the water that day made Arya forgive her for everything she had done before.

As for Snape, Arya never held any resentment, and was even grateful to him, because he let Andrew come to her side, and now even when she was most helpless, she saved Andrew's life and led the way. Seeing herself understand the magical world of magic, how could this not make Arya grateful.

After sending away the Christmas presents, Alia sat by the window and wrote plans for next year. This was taught by Lin. Life should have a big direction, and there should be small plans in the big direction. Before the festival, I made a plan for the next year. Although the plan can't keep up with the rapid changes, it will never deviate from the general direction.

"Well, buying a house, this has been completed ahead of schedule. Although there are debts, it can still be handled." Alia took out last year's plan and ticked off one.

"Look for the school that Andrew goes to, well, this has already been completed, by the way, the Christmas present from the principal, Mr. Walker, will be handed out later." Arya made a note.

"The investment in an Internet company has been completed, and I have already invested in two, and the other is a game company! Okay, completed. The stock has grown steadily, yes, there is no problem with this." Aliya has already used financial investment With the proceeds, I bought a car for my own mortgage.

Looking for a job, this has not been completed, and I don't plan to find a job with the nine-to-five office worker again.She doesn't want to do what happened a few days ago again!

After summarizing the previous year, it’s time to start planning for the next year. Arya’s first goal is to get familiar with the wizarding world as soon as possible. If there are no accidents in this world, she will probably go there often. After all, Andrew was 11 years old. You're going to Hogwarts, aren't you?As Arya saw in "Hogwarts-A School History", every little wizard will receive a notice from Hogwarts when he is 11 years old.

But why didn't she receive it?Arya's thoughts have gone astray, her chin rests on the pen, thinking carefully, is her magic power too low back then?Or did I receive it at the time and thought it was a prank and ignored it?Arya can't remember it, but, by the way, what does the Hogwarts notice look like?

Oh, forget it, don’t think about it, Arya quickly withdrew her thoughts and wrote down, [-]. Learn about the wizarding world and study spells hard.

The second, oh, the second is to work hard to make money to pay off the mortgage and car loan, as well as Snape's three thousand gold coins.She never planned to use that money. If it weren't for this accident, she would not have the wizard's coins for a while, and she would not touch that money. Now Arya plans to use this money as the principal, Diagon Alley is doing a business, try to pay off Snape's gold coins as early as possible, she doesn't want to owe him any more.

"Mom, Mr. Snape's gift has been wrapped!" Andrew ran into the study with Romeo in his arms.

Arya told Andrew that Mr. Snape is a wizard, and after wizards like to use owls to send letters, Andrew became very interested in it. He said that he would send gifts by himself. Send a letter once.

"Oh, look, Mom." Putting down the pen, he lifted Romeo's leg to check. Sure enough, the gift Andrew wrapped it very, um, very strong, at least it would not fall apart, and he carefully tied the gift with a chain. On Romeo's legs, he was even afraid that the chain would hurt the owl, so soft cotton was stuffed under the rope and between Romeo's legs.

"Oh, baby, you are amazing, uh" Arya couldn't laugh anymore, she looked at the very familiar thin chain, and asked expectantly: "Baby, where can you find this chain?" of?"

"It's in Mom's box!" Andrew's words without hesitation made Arya's heart flutter, and the pain was severe.really!Her son has such good eyesight that he even used her Cartier diamond bracelet to tie the owl's leg!

"Romeo likes this chain too," Andrew said triumphantly, "I think the blue stone one looks better, but Romeo doesn't like it, so he finally chose this one."

Hehe, Arya smiled wryly, is she grateful that Romeo let go of her sapphire necklace for his mercy!

Andrew didn't notice Arya's distress. He was so excited about sending a letter with an owl for the first time. He climbed onto the table on a small stool, opened the window carefully, put Romeo on the window sill, and turned his head and asked: "Mother, mother, it's snowing outside, will Romeo catch a cold?"

"No, Romeo has thick feathers to protect him from colds," maybe?Arya thought uncertainly, "Well, look, he likes being outside."

Since Romeo was brought home, he has been raised in the house, and now he is suddenly placed outside. Romeo has spread his wings and is cooing excitedly.

"Give the gift to Mr. Snape, Romeo." As soon as Andrew let go of his hand, Romeo spread his wings and flew east quickly.

Romeo came back quickly, and there was a small box on his lap, "Mom, is this a Christmas present from Mr. Snape?"

Yes, Arya held up the card and said: "Yes, Mr. Snape thanked you for the gift, and Mom's, huh? Andrew, did you give him a gift too?" She obviously only prepared a gift.

"Yes, yes," Andrew looked at the card in his mother's hand on tiptoe, and nodded cutely: "Andre also gave it, and mother said that Mr. Snape took Andrew to see a doctor, of course Andrew also wants to express his gratitude. "

What gift did Andrew give Snape, Arya asked him, but he smiled and shook his head, saying it was a surprise and he couldn't tell.Arya had mixed feelings in her heart, and the feeling of being in a trance and worrying about gains and losses was not cured until she saw the gift Andrew gave her on Christmas Day.

Early in the morning, while Arya was still asleep, Andrew shouted excitedly: "Mom, Mom, Santa Claus gave me a present!"

Oh, of course he gave it, Arya half-opened her eyes, thinking sleepily that she had kept making sure Andrew was asleep last night before secretly putting the gift in the socks.

"Wow, that's great, let's see what Santa Claus gave to Andrew!" Arya laughed.

"It's reindeer! And Santa hats, oh, mom, mom, Santa sent Andrew a Santa!"

To be exact, a miniature Santa costume was sent, with red hat, red cotton coat, red boots and even a fake beard!As for the reindeer, Arya couldn't possibly buy one, could she?So I replaced it with a set of reindeer dolls.

"Andrew is Santa Claus!" Andrew couldn't wait to get down in his pajamas and get ready to change into Christmas clothes.

"Oh, baby, you have to put on a sweater and then this," Arya quickly stopped when she saw that Andrew was putting on clothes directly on his body.

When the mother and son went downstairs, it was already half an hour later.

"Wow!" Andrew stomped and ran down the stairs, running towards the piled gifts under the Christmas tree.Romeo hovered above him, seeming happy too, cooing excitedly.

"Mom, grandma gave me a globe!" It was an assembled globe. She even thoughtfully marked the two places of New York and London on the globe, and then crossed the Atlantic Ocean, drawing a line in the middle.Arya understood that this was a veiled expression from her mother that she wanted to see Andrew. She hadn't met Andrew since he was born.

And the gift that mother gave to Alia was really a surprise!It's the receipt from the best piano shop in London!

"Oh, Mom." The mother and son spoke at the same time, and Arya heard Andrew shout excitedly: "Mom, is this a gift from you?"

It was a children's four-wheeled bicycle. Alia had always wanted to buy it for her child, but Andrew was a little young a few years ago, and she was not very relieved. Now, Andrew has reached the age where he can ride a bicycle.

"Woo hoo hoo hoo hoo, Romeo, I'm as fast as you!" Alia smiled and watched Andrew eagerly get on the bike and gallop in the hall.After Arya moved in, except for the reading corner in front of the window and the sofa in front of the fireplace, all the furniture in the hall was removed. The spacious front hall is the best leisure place for Andrew, with thick bedding in winter. Children can play and roll freely in the hall.

Arya smiled and watched the children playing in the hall while unwrapping presents. Mr. Dashwood, Arya's biological father, was no surprise, a simple Christmas card; Mark gave her a family medicine box, which contained There were some common medicines; Susan's was a silk scarf; and Snape actually gave her a Christmas present!She looked at the gift box lying beside her that said "For Andrew" in the same handwriting, and then looked at her own. He actually gave Andrew a gift too!

"Honey, Mr. Snape gave you a present, do you want to see what it is?" Arya said while opening hers.Sure enough, there is no surprise or surprise, it is a book, "Teach You How to Raise an Owl", well, at least it is quite practical, isn't it?

"Wow, mom, mom, look, it's amazing!" Alia quickly looked over, oh, it turned out to be a magic dictionary!

"Mom, Mr. Snape said that as long as you spell the word you want to look up, the dictionary can look it up," Andrew said holding a letter. "Wand, yes, Mr. Snape said to use a wand," Then, Andrew lit the dictionary with his little wand, "I want to look it up, um," Andrew held the parchment and read, "SNAPE".

Arya looked at the child in amazement, only to hear the dictionary flipping through itself, and then said in a straight mechanical voice: "Snape, surname, there was a Viscount Snape in northern England in the sixteenth century. He lives in The world's Snape is Severus Snape, who is currently a potion teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the United Kingdom and the head of Slytherin House. Publicly commended by the Ministry of Magic for its significant contribution to its construction."

"Wow, Mom, that's amazing!" Arya heard the child's laughter, not sure whether Andrew meant the dictionary or Snape, if it was the latter, Arya felt her heart shrinking , could hardly breathe.

Suppressing the worries that were constantly emerging in her heart, Alia and the child happily unwrapped the presents. She also gave Romeo a present. It was a wooden birdhouse that could be placed in the attic, where there was a window that Romeo could fly into by himself. flew out.

And Andrew even prepared a gift for Aaliyah, which was a box of cartoon candies, his favorite brand, and the flavor, he chose the lemon flavor that Aaliyah liked.I don't know when the child bought it secretly, but Arya didn't even find out!

Andrew's gift to Snape would definitely not be so thoughtful!Arya chewed the candy bitterly, thinking maliciously in her heart.