Regarding some of Tia's past events, Snape, as his elder brother, naturally didn't know about it before receiving this letter. After all, when the incident happened, he and his sister Tia were just a pair of strangers in a foreign country. people.
But unlike Snape, as the one who was responsible for guiding Tia to become a wizard and enter Ilvermorny, John obviously knew many more stories than the former. Except that he had no way of knowing that Brooks had already secretly fallen in love with the timid little girl, he knew most of Tia's experiences after skipping school and going to New York that year, and even personally participated in some of them during that period. .
"... I didn't have much money on me at the time, and I didn't dare to talk to others, so after two days, I almost thought I would starve to death there. Every day I could only stay in the corner of the subway station because there were free Drink water, and if you are willing, sit on the edge of the aisle with more people, and occasionally some kind people will give you some food - there are many homeless people there. I met one of the kind ladies, and she told me a How can people who are penniless and have nothing survive there..."
These are the few sentences Tia mentioned in the letter to her brother Severus about the situation she encountered when she first arrived in New York. She didn't say anything more specific, but just from these few sentences, you can roughly understand what kind of dilemma she encountered when she was less than thirteen years old at the time.
But what should I say? In fact, Snape also knew very well what the United States was generally like back then. Tia met homeless people there and got advice and help. This was actually not because she was very lucky, but because on the streets of New York...especially in those neighborhoods that were not affluent, there was never a shortage of homeless people. The existence of Han.
Tia lived in a church orphanage since she was a child, and was later introduced to Ilvermorny by John. She lived with the school's bursary. Even the textbooks and school supplies were all second-hand and cheap. Where would there be any money for her after skipping school? use
But it also shows how much pressure she was under at school at that time, so much so that her escape seemed a little desperate.
"Yes, when I shivered in a corner of the subway station for several nights in a row, I also regretted it. I was always thinking about whether I should go back quickly... But, Severus, you know? I'm not I was afraid of being punished. After all, I had voluntarily given up going back to school. At that time, I just felt that Ilvermorny might not have been a place for me from the beginning—people like me didn’t deserve to have all that."
"Yes, Ilvermorny is actually very beautiful... Putting aside the looks that other people cast on me, the days there are really beautiful. Especially after experiencing the wandering life in New York, I feel that every day I can There’s steaming food, thick, warm mattresses and quilts, and endless knowledge to learn—it doesn’t get much better than that.”
"But... yes, I am just a useless orphan who was lucky enough to be picked up by Mr. Stewart. I can't stay there, not because others are targeting me, but because I am not suitable for the beauty there at all... I don't deserve it. .”
Three paragraphs, three "yes"s in a row, expressed all the inner feelings of little Tia at that time. She has had low self-esteem, cowardice, and submissiveness since she was a child. She feels from the bottom of her heart that she is not worthy of staying in the grand and magnificent Ilvermorny Castle. That is not the life she should have. At least that was how she felt back then. I think so.
"...But soon afterwards, I no longer had room to think about it."
Suddenly, a turning point revealed the rapid change in the situation at that time. Why did Tia later return to Ilvermorny and stay there until graduation? It was not because of her regrets or worries, nor because of hunger, but because after she experienced the panic of wandering on the streets of New York, she was suddenly involved in a major case that shocked the entire American wizarding world. among!
And that incident can be said to have been a major inducement that directly led to the Stewart family recently sending people to Europe to officially intervene in this disaster.
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"John, are you back? Has Brooks gone back?"
When John Stewart crossed the channel from the port of Calais and showed up at Clacton-on-Sea in southwest England with the other wizard among the three, he saw that the entire team of the workshop had been waiting here for a long time.
At this moment, the person who asked him for questioning was the captain of this team and the foreman of the wand research and development team of the masonry workshop, Manster Jonker.
Yes, these are a handful of non-Stewarts at the Stewart Family Institute. It's just that this time the workshop sent him to lead the team, not because he is an "outsider", but because Mr. Jonkel has outstanding strength and great reputation in the workshop.
This is the son of Johannes Jonker, one of the four famous wand makers in the modern American magic world. As of this year, he is already in his early forties.
"Of course, I already drove that kid back before coming here - don't worry, he still listens to my words." John waved his hand at Jonkel and replied somewhat casually.
Seeing John's careless look, Jonker obviously had nothing to do with this guy, so he could only shake his head secretly.
Of course, the fact that Brooks followed him secretly could not be hidden for too long. However, on the way here, the Stewart brothers took the initiative to reveal the reason why Brooks was accompanying him, and John also promised not to let the boy follow him to the UK together. Jonkel reluctantly agreed to the brothers' plan to go to Italy first.
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Of course, Jonkel's compromise was not just because of this.
"... What about Mr. Snape? Prince... Well, I mean, have you seen Miss Tia Snape?"
Seeing that Jonkel immediately asked about the harvest of this trip to Italy, John could only shrug his shoulders and spread his hands, showing a little helplessness.
"That Mr. Snape is a stickler and a stickler. We almost got into a fight on this trip, let alone seeing Miss Prince."
John did not change his words and still called Tia by the surname "Prince". Finally, he changed his superficial frivolity and said rather seriously and helplessly:
"This time it's for the future of the United States, but there will be no next time! Those people at Hogwarts are not easy to mess with at all - they don't use the wands we made. We don't have much advantage against them. This time It would be unwise to sneak into their community and deliberately provoke conflicts."
Obviously, judging from John's words, what the three of them did in Italy was intentional!