【魔生同人】*不忘初心，方得始終* 艾爾卡文樓

《我們的世界》序

今年是公元2150年。據書上記載，百年前，21世紀的麻瓜世界的發展日新月異。漸漸地，麻瓜世界的“科學“已經達到了能夠危害、甚至奪取巫師的性命的境界。雖然當時無數的巫師已能良好地隱匿在麻瓜世界的各個角落，麻瓜依舊從蛛絲馬跡中發現了魔法的存在。人對未知的事物總是充滿好奇與恐懼，而當對未知力量的恐懼大過包容後，戰爭爆發了。在各國家聯合的魔法部與麻瓜世界的領袖談判破裂後，魔法部不得不下令召回所有隱藏在麻瓜世界的巫師並封鎖兩個世界的通道。而後，聯合魔法部成立了“和平保護部門”，負責守護及隱匿兩個世界的通道，並引領麻瓜世界的新生巫師進入魔法界。唯有簽下由魔力管制的保密協議的巫師，能夠回到麻瓜界。至今，魔法部封鎖了關於大戰造成的損失與傷亡的詳情，巫師們也都對有關麻瓜界的事情三緘其口。

我是一名純血統的巫師。小的時候，家族中囉嗦的長輩常常告誡我麻瓜是陰險狡詐的人類、麻瓜世界處處都是危險，絕對不要妄圖進入麻瓜世界。當時的我其實不是很明白，明明在魔法史上對巫師的記載裏也有很多位對魔法界做出了傑出貢獻的麻瓜巫師，他們並不像是陰險狡詐的人啊？進入霍格華茲後，出於對異世界的好奇，我主動結識了幾位麻瓜巫師。他們不吝嗇地跟我分享了麻瓜世界的知識 —— 科技、數學、文化……這完全顛覆了我對麻瓜世界的認知。在我的想像中，“陰暗危險”的麻瓜世界應當是灰色的、帶有濃濃的悲劇色調。可在朋友們的口中，麻瓜世界完全不亞於巫師界！巫師們用魔法能做的事情，他們也能用科技做到。這實在是太令人意外了。 11歲聽到的話語，在心中燃起了熊熊的好奇心。我想要離開一成不變的魔法界，去那個我一無所知的地方冒險。

十年後，我如願以償成為了 “和平保護部門”的一員。那年，在學校開學前的夏天裡，我獲得了能夠前往麻瓜世界帶領新成員進入魔法界的殊榮。

《艾爾卡·瑞克曼與伊薩克·加西亞的小故事》之一
 
伊薩克·加西亞是艾爾卡在未入學前就認識的多年好友。他在艾爾卡還是身無分文又傻的一批的小小巫時為艾爾卡提供了不少資助，在艾爾卡如願以償進入心心念念的史萊哲林後，更是他的神隱室友、以及在枯燥課業上的良伴。
 
伊薩克這個人呢，如果請學弟學妹對他做出評價，應該是“蛇院人不錯但是感覺比較冷漠不可褻玩的高貴學長”；然而在艾爾卡眼中，就是一個神龍見首不見尾、就算同在學校裏也並不常見到的搞笑室友。誠然艾爾卡也是一隻不常出現的蛇，在他眼中兩人的寢室唯一的作用大概是在魔藥事故後有地方能夠洗澡和更換衣物以維持不甚存在的形象。
 
學院盃的時候，爲了能夠博得加分，大部分喜歡逃課的學生爭先恐後地擠在平常空無一人的教室裏，力圖在教授面前刷好感度與印象分。而在一堆課程中，艾爾卡和伊薩克最喜歡去聼幽靈教授講的魔法史。原因無他，年邁糊塗的教授根本就分不清哪個學生來上課，每天就是拿著課本嗡嗡地重複著千篇一律的課，偶爾還會把名字搞混。學生們只要能在下課前回答出教授的提問，就能輕輕鬆鬆地為學院掙分。
 
於是，從一開始的相互打掩護到後來發現教授的提問來來去去都是那麽幾道問題後，魔法史教室就出現了兩隻睡得不省人事的蛇。儘管有幾位蛇院的同學痛心疾首地表示這種行爲是在毀滅史萊哲林優雅的形象，已經成功在魔法史教室睡得天昏地暗的兩位表示已經睡著了聽不到。
 
於是，在某次約會時艾爾卡看到校貓拿出一張經顯影藥水處理後會動的照片，以及照片中他和室友睡到毫無形象甚至嘴角有可疑的痕跡後……艾爾卡·瑞克曼表示早睡早起、專心聽課是所有學生應有的美德。

以及，再後來當伊薩克找出黑歷史照片的源頭後，艾爾卡·瑞克曼表示努力學習並掌握好各式魔咒魔藥是非常重要的。如果無法達成的話，擁有一個住在其他學院寢室的女朋友更是無比重要。

1. Scenes in the Square, Leicester Square

走出Leicester Square地鐵站的第三出口(Exit 3 - Charing Cross Road)後，徑直向前，公園和年幼的哈利雕像就在左邊。值得一提的是，到達哈利雕像後，您的右前方是M&M巧克力專賣店哦！

Sometimes, we just need to believe in ourselves, and we will be, unstoppable.

Still, first-year Gryffindors only had Potions with the Slytherins, so they didn’t have to put up with Malfoy much. Or at least, they didn’t until they spotted a notice pinned up in the Gryffindor common room that made them all groan. Flying lessons would be starting on Thursday — and Gryffindor and Slytherin would be learning together.
“Typical,” said Harry darkly. “Just what I always wanted. To make a fool of myself on a broomstick in front of Malfoy.” He had been looking forward to learning to fly more than anything else.
“You don’t know that you’ll make a fool of yourself,” said Ron reasonably. “Anyway, I know Malfoy’s always going on about how go-od he is at Quidditch, but I bet that’s all talk.”

Harry’s broom jumped into his hand at once, but it was one of the few that did. Hermione Granger’s had simply rolled over on the ground, and Neville’s hadn’t moved at all. Perhaps brooms, like horses, could tell when you were afraid, thought Harry; there was a quaver in Neville’s voice that said only too clearly that he wanted to keep his feet on the ground.

---Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 9

“Well, there they go, and I think we’re all surprised to see the team that Potter’s put together this year. Many thought, given Ronald Weasley’s patchy performance as Keeper last year, that he might be off the team, but of course, a close personal friendship with the Captain does help…”

“— Weasley saves it, well, he’s bound to get lucky sometimes, I suppose…”
“That’s right, Smith, he is,” muttered Harry, grinning to himself, as he dived amongst the Chasers with his eyes searching all around for some hint of the elusive Snitch. With half an hour of the game gone, Gryffindor were leading sixty points to zero, Ron having made some truly spectacular saves, some by the very tips of his gloves, and Ginny having scored four of Gryffindor’s six goals. This effectively stopped Zacharias wondering loudly whether the two Weasleys were only there because Harry liked them, and he started on Peakes and Coote instead.

“You know perfectly well what we’re talking about!” said Hermione shrilly. “You spiked Ron’s juice with lucky potion at breakfast! Felix Felicis!”
“No, I didn’t,” said Harry, turning back to face them both.
“Yes you did, Harry, and that’s why everything went right, there were Slytherin players missing and Ron saved everything!”
“I didn’t put it in!” said Harry, grinning broadly. He slipped his hand inside his jacket pocket and drew out the tiny bottle that Hermione had seen in his hand that morning. It was full of golden potion and the cork was still tightly sealed with wax. “I wanted Ron to think I’d done it, so I faked it when I knew you were looking.” He looked at Ron. “You saved everything because you felt lucky.
You did it all yourself.”
He pocketed the potion again.
“There really wasn’t anything in my pumpkin juice?” Ron said, astounded. “But the weather’s good…and Vaisey couldn’t play…I honestly haven’t been given lucky potion?”
Harry shook his head.

---Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 14

2. House of Spells 
地址: 69-71 Charing Cross Road
是一家以哈利波特為主題的紀念品店，也販賣一些《怪獸與牠們的產地》、《指環王》、《霍比特人》等電影的紀念品。

其實我此行的目的地是隔壁的韓國超市，所以並沒有拍店裡面的照片(所以我也不確定在裡面拍照會不會被制止)。如果來到倫敦剛好想去逛逛唐人街/中國城的話，可以來這家店看看。因爲我去過在王十字車站，9又4分之3月臺旁的專賣店，個人覺得這兩家店鋪販賣的紀念品有些許的不同，如果時間上來不及只能去其中一家的話，建議前往兩家店鋪各自的官方網站上查詢。

不過相信大家還是會選擇去王十字朝聖？(笑