People in this world can be roughly divided into two kinds, one is men and the other is women... This is nonsense. However, there may be another way to divide the vast sea of people. One is the people who live quietly, while the other can probably be called "people with stories".
TIA is a woman, and she is a woman with a story. Not many people know her story. Even Severus, the elder brother, has not learned her past in detail.
TIA didn't want to mention it herself, and Professor Snape's character naturally wouldn't take the initiative to cross examine, so the long separated brother and sister got along so muddled.
Yes, until today, when Severus opened the letter from France. In the letter, TIA also expressed her heart to her brother for the first time, explaining herself in her student days in line by line
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How she got into ifamani through the guidance of John Stewart, TIA briefly described it at the beginning of the letter.
She did not include her childhood life in the church orphanage in the United States. Because obviously, she didn't want to recall those days at all.
In fact, because the time of studying in ifamani may not be so beautiful, TIA hardly talked about the past after she came to Europe and even met her brother. If it hadn't happened for a reason, maybe she wouldn't want to mention it all her life.
Yes, TIA didn't live well in the years of ifamani.
Perhaps it is because of its deep origin that ivamani, like Hogwarts, will be divided into four colleges. The four founders of ifamani each chose a magical animal as their representative and divided the school into "long horned water snake", "leopard cat", "Thunderbird" and "pukeqi" colleges.
When the little wizards enter the ifarmani through guidance, everyone will pass through the castle hall one by one, and the four magic statues located at the four corners of the hall will show a vision - the crystal on the long horned water snake's forehead shines brightly, which is that it sees the wisdom of scholars; The leopard cat raised its claws and roared. It saw the body of the brave; The Thunderbird's wings waved and the lightning burst out, which made it see the soul of adventure; Pukeqi's loose string and arrow finger are the ones who see the good heart.
When most students go through this traditional separation ceremony, there are four statues, one of which shows their vision, so they are assigned to their corresponding colleges. However, over the years, some small wizards with characteristics have often been favored by many statues.
For example, Mr. Barlow Stewart, who was one of the two principals of ifamani, was the one who led the team to Britain in his private capacity a few days ago. When he first entered school, he had three statues and expressed the hope that he could enter the school he represented.
More than ten years ago, when TIA walked through the entrance hall of ifamani castle, the crystal was shining and lightning thundered - Longhorn water snake college and Thunderbird college welcomed her at the same time.
Later, TIA, who chose to become a member of Longhorn water snake college, naturally learned the selection criteria of the four colleges. She wondered, she wondered, why the long horned water snake statue representing the wisdom of scholars would favor her, and why the Thunderbird statue representing the soul of adventure would send an invitation... She didn't understand until she finished her career in a muddle.
Of course, TIA's own questions passed by for the time being. The problem is that whenever there is such a student who asks multiple colleges to "compete" in the process of branch, it is almost doomed that the student will get attention from all aspects in his future school life.
And this is doomed that every move of TIA will fall in everyone's eyes at least half a year to a whole year after she enters school.
There is no doubt that these days were completely disastrous for TIA!
Maybe TIA does have good wisdom, or maybe she really has the quality and ability to take risks. After all, the four magic statues were originally created by the founders. According to the school running history of ivamani, they rarely make mistakes. However, with her cowardly character "forced" by growing up in the orphanage, it is obvious that she has never been brought into play, but has been hidden in the deepest part of her little body.
In the face of many peers around her and even professors who implicitly expect her, others may be eager for this kind of attention, but she is really embarrassed.
It is precisely because of this "special treatment" and TIA's silence that she has never been able to make even one friend.
So throughout the school year of grade one, TIA did not have any outstanding performance. She always made all kinds of big and small mistakes because of the pressure brought by the sight of others. Maybe she used to be very painful when she was bullied in the orphanage, and her body was always scarred, but now she goes to school in ifamani without physical destruction, but she still lives exhausted and even feels more difficult than before.
"Why do you look at me like that? I can't do it well... I really can't do it well. I'm slow to learn magic spells, and I don't have a good memory. I really can't tell the head and tail of the flebber caterpillar... Sorry, please don't look at me anymore, no one!"
To be honest, at the beginning, when everyone was not familiar with her, many students around her probably paid too much attention to her. Because of the particularity of the branch, everyone thought that she might show some characteristics that others did not have. Whether it was envy or jealousy, the little wizards and many professors were watching.
But gradually, the line of sight deliberately thrown at her is actually decreasing. After all, it's just like that when you see more.
However, it may be that TIA herself cares too much, and there are so many classmates who laugh at her that she only feels more and more breathless every day.
The next year, I was promoted to the second grade. On the day of school, there was no figure of TIA in the auditorium.
"... I played truant. On the first day of school, I sat in a hamburger shop at the foot of Greylock mountain for a long time, then dragged my suitcase back to the station and took the train to New York. At a junction in New York, I saw Brooks who played truant to find me, but I avoided him that day."
In a letter to her brother, TIA wrote.