[HP] Once Upon a Time in England

Hyacinth arrived at 12 Grimmauld Place on time, but was very surprised to find that Sirius was not at home.

The person who received her was Remus: "I'm sorry, Sirius was called to the Ministry of Magic today due to urgent business."

"Oh..." She was a little confused, but the Order of the Phoenix was as busy as it was busy, and as busy as it was free, and it was normal to work overtime on Saturdays.

"Dad is very busy recently, and Uncle Moon Face often comes to take care of us." Ada whispered to her, "Mom, I want you to come and live with us."

Hyacinth pretended not to hear the second part of her sentence: "Then, are you obedient?"

"Yes, I have!"

"Where's Wesson?"

"He's good too." Ada rolled her eyes. "He wants a wand."

"How did you know?"

"Wesson hung a blank piece of paper next to his bed, and made a mark on it every day. He said that he would have his own wand in five days."

She didn't answer, Weisen's magical talent was astonishingly high, but when she thought that Ada might be a squib, she suddenly became sad.

"I want to go to Gryffindor." Ada continued murmuring, "but you are from Slytherin, aren't you? Wesson said he must go to Slytherin, and if it doesn't work, he would rather study at home."

"Why do you want to go to Gryffindor?"

"Because Dad is from Gryffindor. Wouldn't he be very sad if Wesson and I went to Slytherin?"

What a sensible child.Hyacinth couldn't imagine how Ada would look if she knew she would never be able to go to Hogwarts.The mother and daughter chatted for a while, and finally Hyacinth asked Ida to go and play with the two boys. She went downstairs by herself and found Remus in the kitchen.

"Do you know when Sirius will be back?"

"It's hard to say." Remus glanced at the clock, "He left two hours ago."

"Okay." She decided not to wait here, "Then I'll go first."

"So fast?" Remus was a little surprised.

She had planned to stay and have lunch with the children, but Remus was here... She was worried that he would show surprise or concern about her and Sirius' situation, as Regulus had done.To be honest, she was afraid that their attitude would affect her little by little.

"Well," she said vaguely, "I have something to do this afternoon."

Remus didn't force him to stay, he sighed: "It would be great if you could visit them more often, they've been locked up here recently, Wesson is fine, Ida and Harry are a little irritable."

"Stopped here?" Hyacinth was taken aback by his wording, "Why?"

"It's better for Sirius to tell you personally." Remus looked preoccupied, "Do you have anything to say to me?"

"If you can, ask him to come to my place next Wednesday night. I have something to tell him in person."

"It's almost late, why are you still standing here?"

"Squeezing blindly into the crowd is just as late as it is now."

"People come and go here all the time."

The password is correct.

"Walton McNeil." The spy read the name on the badge. "How long have you been in ambush at the Department for the Regulation and Control of Fantastic Beasts?"

"It's been two or three years."

"Does Little Barty know that you are one of us?"

"I don't know." McNeil replied. The two stood side by side across the street, seemingly just chatting normally. "I was sent to the Ministry of Magic because the Dark Lord suspected that Barty Jr. and Rozier had a different heart."

It turned out that he had known Rozier's ambition for a long time, but he could bear it until she committed suicide.It seems that the Dark Lord is far more sensitive and cautious than in the legend, but why does he still allow Rozier to form a gang?Rozier claimed to be the master of White Castle, while the Dark Lord has been entrenched in Castle Black all year round. Facing such blatant demonstrations, why didn't he take measures to suppress Rozier's arrogance?

"What is your main mission there?"

"Locking, waiting, gathering intelligence," McNeil replied, "My extra task is to spy on Remus Lupine, you know him?"

"I heard that Harry Potter also frequents Lupine's office, why have you never done it?"

"It's easy to say." McNeil sneered, "Wouldn't it be a warning to the enemy if he misses? Of course, they may have heard some rumors during this period, and Potter has never been brought to the Ministry of Magic again."

"Does this have something to do with Regulus? He makes them suspicious?"

"Very likely, after all, he surrendered too suddenly and easily." McNeil continued. "Have you heard the other thing, about Black?"

"You mean Sirius Black?" said the spy. "I heard he suddenly had a daughter a few months ago..."

"It's a son and a daughter, but very few people have seen the boy. He grew up in White Castle and was rescued by the Order of the Phoenix when Rozier collapsed." McNeill said, "I haven't had time to send this information to To the Dark Lord, and now... I am going to propose to him that he take the boy with him when Harry Potter is dealt with."

The spy looked surprised: "Why? After finishing Harry Potter, the Dark Lord's next target is Dumbledore. What use can that boy be?"

"According to my limited intelligence, he's a good candidate for a Death Eater."

When Aurora rushed from the filing room to her office at full speed with a stack of documents under her arm, she bumped into someone head-on in the corridor of the Legal Department.

"Are you okay?" The other party helped her in time before she fell, but the documents in her arms were not so lucky. They scattered all over the ground, and Aurora bent down to pick them up:

"I'm fine, thank you."

The other party also knelt down to help her tidy up the scattered documents. When they picked up the last piece of paper, they reached out at the same time, and their fingertips touched together.Only then did Aurora raise her head, and then her face flushed slightly:

"Mr. Robards."

"Miss Smith." Gadvin Robards smiled and handed the paper he picked up to her, "Be careful next time, it's easy to bump into people in that blind spot just now."

"I'm sorry," she stammered.He obviously knew her, so he must also know that she is a squib, so is that why he chose to pick it up with her instead of using magic just now?

Like Alice said, he was a really nice guy.

Aurora's mind fluttered, she lowered her head and sorted out the messed up documents.Robards couldn't see the ups and downs in her heart. He greeted her and left without looking back.

She quickly collected her thoughts and walked to the office, where there was already a person waiting.Seeing her coming, Arabella Figg showed a slight smile: "Miss Smith."

"Sorry for being late, Mrs. Figg, it took me a while to get your file." She smiled wider, "How are you?"

"Everything is fine." Mrs. Figg came today to go through some formalities. They had never met each other before, but they had heard each other's names.Like Aurora, Mrs. Figg is a Squib, but she's a lot better than the family outcasts.She was married to a Muggle, and her life was pretty smooth sailing until her husband died in a Death Eater attack.After experiencing a brief trough, with her sister Millicent Barnold promoted to minister, Mrs. Figg found a new direction in life: she is also a defender of the rights of squibs, but she is not the same as Aurora's advocated "elimination of guns". Unlike Purity,” she is a more moderate egalitarian.

Aurora quickly finished examining Mrs. Fig's documents, then stamped and handed them back to her: "Is there anything else I can do for you?"

"One more thing." Mrs. Figg glanced at the door, Aurora understood, and she walked over to close the door:

"Please say."

"Although my younger sister is the Minister of Magic, it is inconvenient for me to ask her about this matter to avoid suspicion." Mrs. Figg looked at Aurora. "Do you know the whereabouts of Miss Hirsingswhite?"

Aurora was taken aback. This Mrs. Fige was obviously an old acquaintance with Hyacinth, and she also knew her relationship with Hyacinth: "You know her?"

Few people have heard of "Operation Buchanan".The secret operation, named after the pioneer of Squibs equal rights, Angus Buchanan, lasted less than a year. With the encouragement of Sirius, Hyacinth came up with the idea of ​​uniting Squibs to resist the dark wizard in 1978. , and Mrs. Arabella Figg was the first Squib she found.She succeeded in persuading Mrs. Figg to join her operation, and made a clear division of labor: Mrs. Figg was responsible for contacting the other Squibs, and Hyacinth was responsible for establishing the connection between the Squibs and the White Wizard. Sirius got a lot of help there.Although she acted cautiously, their small actions failed to deceive everyone. After a few months, her frequent contacts with "a mysterious person" became strong evidence for some people to accuse Sirius of being a traitor.

But before that, for half a year, Operation Buchanan inspired many Squibs who had been silent in the Muggle world.They kept in touch with each other through Muggle ways to avoid the possibility of being discovered by Death Eaters, and used their blood ties to the wizarding world and social networks in the Muggle world to build a bridge connecting the two worlds.The positive impact of Buchanan's operation was that it at one point facilitated the exchange of information between wizards and Muggles and indirectly helped the cause of fighting the Death Eaters, but its drawbacks were equally glaring - in a few months Afterwards, both the white wizard and the black wizard were aware of their actions.

"We once conceived a plan together and put it into practice, but one day she suddenly disappeared, and I have never seen her since." Mrs. Figg hesitated, "Later, I heard some rumors indirectly. ,But……"

"I don't know." Aurora replied, "You know, after I returned to the Smith family, I lost contact with my former social circle." Seeing Mrs. Figg's disappointed face, she added, " If you are eager to know her recent situation, maybe I can try to find out."

Mrs. Figg's eyes lit up: "Really?"

"I can try." Aurora asked, "But why did you suddenly ask about her after so many years?"

"After Miss White disappeared, I planned to write a letter to inquire. Who knows that my husband Philip unfortunately became the victim of a Death Eater murdering a Muggle while going out. Later, at the invitation of my sister, I returned to live in the wizarding world , It didn’t take long for me to hear the rumors about Miss White’s death, and my sister also confirmed the authenticity of the news. I wanted to know more about the inside story, but she told me not to ask about it again.”

"Why?" Aurora raised her eyebrows, "As far as I know, Ms. Barnold is not such an unreasonable person."

"Because another major incident happened at that time - the attempted assassination of Minister Harold Minchan by Death Eaters. This incident destroyed the trust between the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix, and once threatened the internal unity of the White Wizards. The Ministry of Magic accused the Order of the Phoenix of having reservations about them, and the Order of the Phoenix claimed that the Ministry of Magic had too much control over them. At the same time, the inner ghost of the Order of the Phoenix has not been exposed, Sirius Black is still one of the suspects, and some people even believe that Miss White is missing It was a drama staged by them colluding, with the purpose of clearing the suspicion of Black. Under such a complicated situation, it is naturally inconvenient for my sister, as a staff member of the Ministry of Magic, to continue to pursue this matter, and I have cut off the source of information." Mrs. Figg sighed "If I hadn't heard that you established the Squib Office, maybe I would never try to find out about Miss White again."

"Please don't say that, I don't know how much I can help." Aurora turned her mind, "Why don't you leave a contact information first, and I will contact you if there is any news?"