Chapitre 30: Chapter 30
Lily Evans was a very smart girl for her age, many would say that she was even a genius. However, Lily herself did not think so, but only thought that these were the results of hard work. After all, while the other children spent their time having fun or playing, Lily spent most of her time studying.
The reason Lily studied so hard was because her parents demanded some degree of success. After all, the girl showed her uniqueness and intelligence from an early age and her parents decided to develop her abilities. The easiest way out for them seemed to be a way to demand the necessary academic results. Successes generated rewards in the form of dolls or other interesting things.
Such successes created envy among children her age and it became difficult for Lily to find friends... But everything changed when she met Severus and found out that she was a sorceress. And most importantly, she got a friend who was also looking for friends like her... Yes, Lily could see the deep loneliness lurking in the depths of Severus' eyes. This is the loneliness with magic that made them best friends.
This new wonderful world fascinated the young sorceress, and together with Severus she learned new facets of this world. And after she received a letter from Hogwarts, the girl's life began to play with new colors. The girl's parents were shocked at first by such news, but realized that their girl was more special than they thought... They decided to support all the girl's initiatives.
Although it was worth saying that not only Lily was waiting for this letter, but also her sister Petunia... It was the absence of this very letter that gave rise to the enmity between the two sisters. At first, Lily was very sad because of this, because no matter what anyone said, but Petunia remained Lily's sister.
Fortunately, the girl's mood was improved by the fact that she was going to magic school, and the girl's expectations were justified. Stairs moving by themselves, talking and moving paintings, ghosts and a huge number of other wonders.
At the same time, Lily met amazing people, for the first time the girl was able to experience for herself what it means to have a lot of friends. It was easier for Lily to find friends among wizards and witches like herself.
Although it was worth admitting that in this world, the girl had people who didn't really like her. At school, Lily was able to learn more about Muggle-borns and purebloods.
Many girls and boys from the Slytherin faculty tried to tease her, but Lily didn't care about it... Since the girl had many more friends than enemies. She focused on the good details, because it's better to spend time listening to the opinions of friends.
Most of all, she enjoyed chatting with her two new friends, a red-haired boy named Adam, and a black-haired boy named Sirius. They quickly managed to become close people for her and Severus.
Together with these people, the first two years flew by so quickly that Lily was sometimes amazed at how time flies.
After all, she recently met Severus, so she got to know such an unusual boy named Adam, followed by acquaintance with Sirius... Distribution with a hat, first year in Gryffindor, studies, holidays and then exams. Sophomore year, the time when Severus started to get annoyed, Adam's decision to improve our skills. Adam's Winning Of The All England Dueling Tournament.
And now Lily, after all those training sessions with Adam, Professor Flitwick, was in the tournament arena.
"Lily, don't worry so much. You will succeed, the main thing is to believe in yourself," Adam was telling her.
"Show them there," Severus, who couldn't make the team, told her.
"The redhead is softer there with them," Sirius has already said.
Sirius Black was a problem boy for his family, even Sirius himself understood this, because his mother's appeal spoke volumes about everything. Fanaticism about everything was a very eloquent description of his mother.
At first, Sirius still tried to satisfy all the demands of his mother... Enduring every punishment that caused pain in my back and all over my body. But when his younger brother appeared...
Sirius realized that this boy was the one he had to protect at all costs. And when Regulus did not cope with the demands of his mother and father, or did not cope as well as Sirius, he was also punished.
This was the moment that made Sirius start acting so that it would be easier for Regulus to meet his mother's expectations. It was difficult to deal with punishments, but Sirius was better off if his younger brother wasn't punished.
Sirius grew up in such an atmosphere, because the first time of the boy's childhood was spent only in the close circle of the family. But this circle did not include his uncle Alfie and his grandfather, the first because of their strained relationship with Sirius's father, and the second because he was grieving for his wife.
There were more happy memories when Uncle Alfie was finally able to meet his nephews, this man impressed Sirius, as they were very similar in character and spirit. It was from his uncle that the boy learned about a different angle of view to the words "purity of blood".
Sirius initially opposed his family's ideas only as a protest... But he had no other point of view, Uncle Alfie gave him such a point. And after that, Grandfather Arcturus added, who returned after a long time.
After that, it was time to study at Hogwarts... Studying was not easy for Sirius, but some subjects were very easy to understand. This is because his parents thought it was right to instill the necessary skills in their children in this direction.
The most wonderful thing at school for the boy were his friends... Sirius had communicated with children of his own age before, but due to the fact that most of them were similar in character to his parents... There could be no friendship.
At Hogwarts, however, because of the greater diversity of different students, it was easier to find people who looked similar to themselves. It was here that he was able to relax and enjoy the serene school life.
"What are you thinking about?" Sirius's best friend asked.
Best friend... Adam White turned out to be the person Sirius could trust with his back. The red-haired boy with serious eyes quickly became a close friend to Sirius. The reason for becoming a friend so quickly was covered... Probably because the characters of both converged very well.
"Just like that..."
"The first duel will be a very interesting experience. The jitters will disappear."
"What makes you think that I have jitters?"
"Your pupils and slightly trembling hands," Adam said with a chuckle.
"Ahhh, how could I forget this feature of yours."
"Don't even think about asking me to join the team with you."
"Well, Adam..."
"I'm serious, Sirius."
Lily was supposed to be the first of our group to speak, and the guy who came out of Jenkins' school was put up against her.
"Well, what about the filthy mudblood? Are you ready to lose?"
A guy named Carsten Avery spoke out quite defiantly. Although there were Muggle-borns in this place, but... There weren't that many of them, and the remaining spectators and participants were half-bloods and purebloods. Because of that, the referee only scolded the guy without speaking out in any way.
The professor only gritted his teeth at such an appeal from others...
"Adam!"
"Calm down Sirius... If we meet them during duels... You will be able to show your attitude to such statements."
"OK," Sirius muttered in displeasure.
After all, my friend was too impulsive... Meanwhile, Lily did not respond to the provocation in any way.
"Did you swallow your tongue?"
At that moment, the referee, as if passing sentence, agreed to the start of the duel. As soon as Lily got permission, she started a duel with an attack for the first time in my memory.
"Whoa! Apparently, Lily went berserk too?"
"Yeah... For the first time in my memory, she starts a duel with an attack. I just hope she knows what she's doing."
Meanwhile, in the arena, Lily was actively pressing her opponent... And pretty soon Avery couldn't stand the pressure. The mistake that ended Avery's performance was an attempt to go on the attack.
After all, Lily was remarkable not as an attacker, but as a counterattack, and Karsten's stream of spells was useless. And Karsten literally flew out of the arena without a wand... Making an unpleasant crunch when falling.
"I hope he's alive there?"
I heard a statement from the audience.
"Don't worry... The maximum that he could get there was a fracture, and this guy is probably not making sounds because Avery is unconscious," a man's voice sounded.
After recognizing Lily's victory and sending her back, the next duel began, and we began to wait for our red-haired friend to come.
"Lily did a great job," I said with a slight smile.
"I agree with Adam."
Lily smiled brightly and said:
"Thanks, but I wanted to marinate it a little longer."
"..."
"..."
"What happened?" Lily asked when she saw our silence.
"She's too creepy sometimes..."
Sirius wanted to add something else, but when he saw the burning green gaze... He changed his mind abruptly, and looked at me with a pleading "Save me!" look.
"Lily, you surprised us quite a lot when you abruptly went on the offensive. I expected this from Sirius, have you changed your style?"
The redhead stopped looking at Sirius like he was shit, shrugged and said:
"I wouldn't say, I just acted on intuition... And besides, this Avery guy kind of pissed me off."
"Huh, Adam got a little mad too, just a little more and he would have jumped in there himself," my friend said with a smile.
"Really?" Lily was seriously surprised.
"He's exaggerating... But the fact that he annoyed me is a fact."
"Oh, I'm exaggerating, then?"
Sirius clearly wanted to say something else, but he was interrupted by the fact that it was his turn. And now Sirius was already in the arena, his opponent was surprisingly Muggle-born...
At one point, I felt like I was hugged from the left... I smelled a pleasant scent of jasmine and roses, and red curls tickled my face...
"Thanks Adam," Lily whispered.
Her voice contained so many emotions...
"Yes, not for what..." I was about to laugh it off when I suddenly felt that she only squeezed me tighter in her arms.
After a couple of minutes, Lily continued:
"It means a lot to me... And I'm T..." She obviously wanted to say something else, but at that moment Sirius returned.
"It was very simple, I'm telling you," Sirius's voice sounded.
Lily, as soon as she heard Sirius's voice, immediately released me from her arms. And it was done so quickly that Sirius couldn't see anything.
"Well, how did I perform?" Sirius said with a smile on his face.
"..."
"..."
"Guys?" Black asked without hearing anything.
"Cool," I said.
"That's right, you're doing great, Sirius," Lily added after me.
Sirius looked at us for a couple of minutes...
"That's it! Did you expect something different?"
"Of course not," I said with a nervous smile.
Duel after duel, it was my turn, and my exit was quite vividly imagined... Probably because I'm last year's champion. But the duel was nothing, I still quickly coped with my opponent who wanted to go on the defensive.
"Wow?! Kapets, you dealt with him quickly."
Lily was also nodding in surprise at my friend, the brunette.
"Huh, you should have seen how he handled everyone else last year," Gideon said.
"Yeah, everyone else was like little kids in front of him..." his twin Fabian added.
"You're exaggerating."
Due to the heavy workload and friends nearby, the days passed quite quickly, and now Lily, Sirius, and I were competing in the quarterfinals. After that first duel, Lily did not step outside her usual style, preferring to wait for the right moment to attack. Sirius, on the other hand, was winning as if with naked power and speed.
My current style was also more like Sirius, but the power of my spells came out much more powerful.
"Well, what about the dirty-blooded bastard?"
"Did I do something to you?" I asked because there was so much malice in his eyes...
"Don't you remember?!" this guy got mad.
"I didn't say I went to your mother's, did I?"
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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