HP Starlight

The school allowed students to go to Hogsmeade one more time before the Christmas break.But Esther told Leona and Orion in advance that they don't need to wait for her, and she won't go this time.Leona thought that Esther would not go because of those gossips, and planned to stay with her, but Esther politely refused.In fact, it's because Esther has been holding Mandrake leaves for a month since Halloween, and it's time to go to the Forbidden Forest to collect dew to prepare for the next stage of Animagus.

Esther got up in the dark early in the morning, and walked out of the common room with the packed backpack on her body.The cold air in the corridor made her shiver.Although almost no one would get up and hang out at this time, she still cast a disillusionment spell on herself just to be on the safe side.Esther moved lightly and quickly in the dark corridors based on memory, and soon left the castle gate and walked towards the Forbidden Forest.

Lu Est who went to the Forbidden Forest is still very familiar, because the protection of magical creatures classes are all on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, so that the creatures will not feel nervous if they are too far away from the Forbidden Forest.Esther walked cautiously around Hagrid's hut.Although Hagrid is a nice person, he has always been serious and responsible for his work, and Esther is sure that he will never allow himself to enter the Forbidden Forest.She didn't want to get herself and Hagrid into trouble.

Soon she found a path into the Forbidden Forest.The Forbidden Forest was pitch black, with only a few spots illuminated by moonlight, like broken crystal bottles.Esther lit up her wand, raised her vigilance, and walked slowly into the depths of the Forbidden Forest.It seemed warmer in the Forbidden Forest than outside, and some rustling sounds indicated that it was time for many animals to wake up.Esther marked the fork in the road, then left the path and walked into the darkness beyond the moonlight.

She carefully identified the traces of moss on the ground.The book says that the dew must come from a place that has not been exposed to sunlight or been trampled by people within seven days.Esther needs to check to see if the moss on the ground is intact, so he can know if Hagrid passed by here when he was patrolling the Forbidden Forest.Esther marked with her wand as she walked, she didn't want to be trapped in the Forbidden Forest.

Finally, Esther found an ideal place in a broad-leaved dense forest.She took out the crystal bottle and carefully collected the dew on the grass blades.It wasn't until the dew filled the bottle that Esther capped the bottle with satisfaction, put it in his backpack, and went back along the mark when he came.

But halfway through, Esther was still lost.The Forbidden Forest was too big, and she entered it for the first time.She used her wand to show herself the way, and the direction was correct, but according to her memory, she should have returned to the branch road, but she had no memory of walking past this place at all.Esther couldn't help feeling flustered.

Suddenly, the sound of leaves shaking came from not far to the left of Este.Esther extinguished her wand in a hurry, and stood where she was, not daring to move.Esther, who was plunged into darkness, tensed up and held his breath.She wasn't worried about encountering any dangerous creatures. The most difficult werewolves couldn't transform during the day, and she believed that her spells could handle it.She was more worried about meeting Hagrid, and finding that she sneaked into the Forbidden Forest would inevitably lead to points being deducted.She is currently hated by the Slytherins and cannot be caught in violation at this time.

Esther clenched the wand in his hand, thinking about the possible situations and the corresponding spells.She opened her eyes and carefully looked in the direction of the sound, waiting for that person or something to come out.

It was the sound of hooves, and Esther was relieved, it would have been better if it hadn't been Hagrid.She began to figure out what hoofed animals are there in the Forbidden Forest: Centaur, Ye Qi, or Hippogriff?Or better luck, a unicorn?This idea excited Esther, and he couldn't wait to take the initiative to take a look.

But to Esther's disappointment, an ordinary doe emerged from the bushes.It shook its ears and looked towards Este, as if wondering who the person was here.Esther put down her wand and walked over gently. The deer did not run away, but still looked at her with big wet eyes.Well, maybe I'm just an ordinary person and don't have so many legendary encounters.Even in a place full of magical creatures like the Forbidden Forest, you can only meet one ordinary animal.Esther sneered secretly.

She glared at the deer sullenly, as if thinking that would make it retreat and come out again as a unicorn.But deer can't understand people's eyes, even if they understand it, it won't change.Esther finally gave up on her childish behavior.She reached out and touched the round and smooth head of the deer, and it felt good.The deer also pushed her hand obediently, flicking her ears, seeming very happy.Esther suddenly grew fond of it.Maybe a deer would be nice too, at least I'm not alone when I get lost.

Esther took out an apple from her bag, which she had prepared for herself.The deer sniffed it carefully, and then ate it boldly.It feels so good to be trusted, Esther suddenly feels warm in his heart.The deer didn't seem to be satisfied after eating the apples, and topped Esther's bag again, so Esther had to take out all the apples he brought.

The deer licked its mouth contentedly after eating the apple, turned around and walked a few steps, and then looked back at Esther.It wants to take me out?Esther thought in surprise.She followed behind the deer, watching the dense woods become thinner and the temperature became colder.At the edge of the Forbidden Forest, the deer touched Esther's hand again, turned around and disappeared into the shadow of the Forbidden Forest.It is no worse than a unicorn, even better, and Esther is a little bit reluctant to let it go.

Coming out of the Forbidden Forest again, the sun was about to set.Esther was so hungry that she didn't think she could wait until dinner time.She rushed to the kitchen and asked Momo to prepare a big sandwich and pumpkin juice for her.But Esther didn't gobble it up but ate slowly because she didn't want her mandrake leaves to disappear in her mouth in the last few days.

The day before the holiday, Esther sneaks into the Room of Requirement at night.She needs a secret room that can shine in the moonlight, and takes out the leaves that have been contained for a month and puts them in a crystal bottle.Added other needed things under the moonlight.Everything is going smooth.She exited the Room of Requirement and reintroduced her needs.When I opened the Room of Requirement again, a dark and empty quiet room appeared.She put the crystal bottle filled with the potion in the locker in the corner.All that remains is to wait patiently for the next thunderstorm to arrive.

Harry chose to stay in school this Christmas holiday, and Esther understood very well.If Aunt Connie was like Aunt Petunia, she might choose to stay in school too.However, Esther was still a little uncomfortable when sending Harry an owl away Christmas present.Ever since Harry entered school, their friendship had become increasingly difficult to maintain.In the Muggle world, at least they could meet and chat, and sit and eat together.But after the separation, more and more conflicts broke out, which made Esther feel extremely disappointed.

Esther's presents from others were not left behind either, Lockhart's new book "Traveling with Vampires" by the roommates, Orion's automatic error-correcting quill, Leona's skin care potion, and the usual greeting cards from the professors.Esther hired different owls at the post office to deliver the gifts separately, so as to ensure that they could be delivered to the destination on time before Christmas.He also prepared a cold windbreaker for Aunt Connie. Compared with wizard robes, Esther has seen her aunt wearing Muggle clothes for a longer time.

As Professor Snape saved herself on Halloween, Esther wanted to express her gratitude.She chose a well-preserved large book from the collection left by her mother as a Christmas present.Instead of the title of the book, some quirky symbols were drawn on the cover.Aunt Connie said before that this book is a precious collection of her mother's family, which is rare in the world.Esther hopes this Christmas gift will please the picky professor.

The Christmas atmosphere on Magnolia Road is far less intense than Hogwarts.Although the streets are also decorated with Christmas decorations, because there is no snow here, the effect of the decorations is greatly reduced.

But Esther's house was different.Aunt Connie taught Esther a snow magic, which made Esther play happily.This spell is different from ordinary water-making or freezing spells, requiring the spell to be precise, delicate and stable.Condensate and stretch the moisture in the air, and finally spread it around evenly like real snowflakes.But at the beginning of practice, Esther still encountered some troubles.Because she always accidentally turns snowflakes into hailstones, which fly towards her from all directions like Bludgers.No matter how flexible she was, she still hurt herself from the bump.

Esther's good mood disappeared after seeing Harry at the beginning of school.Harry didn't look very refreshed, obviously sleep deprived.

"What's wrong with you, Harry? Your glasses can't even cover your dark circles." Esther asked with concern.

"I've been dreaming every night in the past few days that my parents disappeared into the green light, and then I heard the sound of giggling." Harry yawned and muttered softly.

"Maybe it's the atmosphere of Christmas that makes you miss your loved ones, especially when everyone else has gone home, but you still stay at school for the holidays." Esther tried to explain the reason for Harry's strange dream.

But Harry didn't think so, "I'm so happy at Hogwarts, I wish I could live here forever and never go back to Privet Drive. And last week I..." Harry stopped talking suddenly, After hesitating for a moment, he changed the subject abruptly: "I had a great time last week..."

Esther knew he wasn't telling the truth to herself, but she didn't press.It was her habit to give others space, but Harry, as her friend, hid something from her, which made her very uncomfortable.

"By the way, Esther, do you know Nicole Flamel?" Harry asked suddenly.

"It's a little familiar, what's the matter?" Esther carefully thought about where he had seen this name before.

"It's nothing, just forget it if you haven't heard of it." Harry's eyes dodged a little.

"I'll check it for you. If there's any news, the owl will bring it to you." Esther also calmed down.

But Esther didn't expect her relationship with Harry to become more tense before the second Quidditch match in Gryffindor.

"Did you say something to Snape?" Harry stopped Esther in the corridor and asked her angrily.

"What do you think I said?" Esther didn't bother to correct that he should adapt to polite language.

"Did you tell him about Nicole Flamel?"

"No, I haven't found this person yet. What can I say? Why do you think I'll tell him?" Esther felt puzzled.

"He's been staring at me lately, you can meet him everywhere you go, he's following me! He even became a Quidditch referee in order to catch me!" Harry said angrily.

"You said that Professor Snape is the referee for the next game?" Esther asked in surprise, "But why did he catch you? Did you do something to offend him?"

"Because I know he's going to steal the Philosopher's Stone. Esther, recognize your Headmaster, he's a thief. We've found Nico Flamel, who has a Philosopher's Stone hidden at Hogwarts. It's a stone that conjures gold and gives people immortality. Snape wants to steal it. I guess he must be short of money. The problem is that Snape seems to know that I found out about his plot, so he's always following me Me! He must have found out what you said!" Harry said in one breath.

Esther didn't know which point to refute Harry for a moment.Stealing the Philosopher's Stone for money?She would rather believe that he is for immortality.The rare medicinal materials and potions in Snape's storage room did not look like people who were short of money.As for discovering the conspiracy to follow Harry, Esther just wanted to laugh at Harry for not knowing Professor Snape.He'd be more likely to modify Harry's memory than waste time stalking him, especially since Harry was someone he hated.As for suspecting that she was a whistleblower, Esther was so innocent, she could barely see Snape now except in class, let alone a whistleblower.

Esther glared at Harry angrily, and Harry glared back at her.Just when the two were at loggerheads, a deep voice approached them from the corner of the corridor: "Potter, are you ready for the failure of the Quidditch match? So much so that you give up your pre-match preparations here?" Sne Professor Pu slowly walked in front of them, his gloomy expression made Esther take a small step away from Harry.

Professor Snape turned to Esther again: "Miss Collins, I think you should know that you should stay away from him at this time before the game. Especially when you just lost to this first-year rookie in the last game, be careful that others will think you What to do to this Gryffindor Seeker -"

Esther's face turned red and white after being told.She bit her lip, said nothing, turned around and walked away quickly, with a gust of wind blowing around her.

After being double-questioned by good friends and trusted professors one after another, Esther hid alone in the Room of Requirement.She wasn't in the mood to watch Quidditch anymore.She conjured up an empty and solid room, and let the hailstones attack wantonly in it, venting her inner emotions.With the proficiency of the spell, Esther can even turn the hailstone into different shapes: elongated awls, flat blades, and thin silver needles.She became more and more adept at manipulating the water in the air and the ice that condensed.Esther improved the spell by combining the principle of the armor spell, allowing the tiny ice crystals to condense, forming an almost invisible ice wall in front of him.Only the jumping flames occasionally reflected faint blue light.

Esther spent the whole day in the Room of Requirement.By the time she calmed down and returned to the dungeon, most of the people had already returned to the dormitory to rest.Orion sat in front of the fireplace in a daze, obviously still waiting for Esther to come back.

"Where did you go today? Leona and I couldn't find you." Orion raised his spirits when he saw Este come back.

"The Room of Requirement, I'm a little upset, go there to be quiet and clean." Esther said.

"What happened?" Orion asked a little worried.

"It's nothing, I quarreled with Harry." Esther didn't want to recall these troubles, but said lightly.

Orion was relieved when he saw that it wasn't serious.He took out two sandwiches and handed them to Esther: "Eat something, I haven't seen you for dinner. You seem to be always angry recently. When I first met you, I didn't see you with so many emotions. Leona It doesn't seem like Potter always pissed you off either."

Esther took the sandwich to say thanks, she was indeed a little hungry. "Maybe you didn't know me then." Esther said while eating.

"Maybe it's because you've entered puberty now." Orion teased.

Esther glared at him disapprovingly.As a self-proclaimed mature woman, she doesn't think she will go through the boring growth process of adolescence.

Ever since Esther quarreled with Harry, she stopped saying a word even when she met him occasionally in the library.Harry was the same, always looking at Esther with stubborn eyes, as if he was waiting to prove to her after Snape had caught evidence of the theft.

However, Esther's situation in Slytherin improved with the victory over Ravenclaw in the Quidditch match.Most people didn't care about her loss to Harry anymore, in fact, except for Malfoy's constant provocation, almost no one cared about it anymore.Esther always wanted to teach this ignorant little guy a lesson, but soon she realized that she didn't need to do it herself.Malfoy was locked up for night travel and cost Slytherin twenty points.This is something the Slytherins will not tolerate.Slytherins are allowed to make mistakes, but they cannot damage the honor of the house.If he deducted twenty at once, even if he was a child of the powerful and rich Malfoy family, he would have to endure the cold eyes of his classmates and the occasional veiled warnings from the prefects for a while.Everyone's attitude restrained Malfoy a lot, and he hadn't heard him boasting loudly about himself and belittling Harry in the public dormitory for a long time.Esther was very happy about it.

The days of the last month or so of the semester are getting more and more tense.Slytherin won the last Quidditch game with difficulty, but everyone was in no mood to celebrate because the exam was coming soon.Esther put down everything to review with Leona and Orion.They memorized everything they could think of that might be tested, even the few minutes when they were changing classrooms in the corridor.

After finally surviving the exam, Esther suddenly relaxed.The fourth grade exam was the hardest one they had so far, and Esther didn't have the extra energy to think about the right or wrong of the exam content.She persisted until sunset, finished chanting the Animagus spell, and fell asleep on the bed.

After getting up the next day, Esther, who wanted to have a good day, heard a news that shocked her: Professor Quirrell died because of stealing the Philosopher's Stone; Harry was admitted to the school hospital to prevent him from being injured.Although Esther was angry with Harry, she couldn't help but worry when she learned that his life might be in danger.

Esther brought some sweets to visit Harry, but Madam Pomfrey only kept the sweets and didn't even let her look at them.But Esther is not someone who gives up easily.She boiled some simple potions for trauma and sent them to the school hospital to take a look at Harry's condition.Madam Pomfrey has always had a good impression of Esther, so she turned a blind eye and pretended not to notice.

Finally on the third day, Esther noticed that Harry had some signs of waking up.

"Harry?" Esther called Harry's name softly.

Harry slowly opened his eyes, staring at Esther for a long time. "Esther? Why are you here?" Suddenly he remembered something and said excitedly to Esther: "Help me Esther, it's Professor Quirrell, he wants to steal the Philosopher's Stone, have you seen him? ?Where is he?"

"Calm down, Harry," Esther held Harry who was about to get up, and let him continue to lie down, "Professor Quirrell is dead, and the Philosopher's Stone should not be lost. And you have been in a coma for three days, first Take care of yourself, okay?"

"Three days? I didn't know I'd been lying there for so long. How's Hogwarts now? Where's Voldemort?" Harry asked.

"Voldemort?" Esther was unfamiliar with the name.

"It's You-Know-Who. We got it wrong. I always thought it was Snape trying to help Voldemort steal the Philosopher's Stone. It turned out to be Quirrell, who was right behind his head." Harry said incoherently.

"So You-Know-Who's called Voldemort?" Esther tried to make sense of Harry's words. "I've never asked anyone what the name of the mysterious man is. So he has a name. Why do you say that Professor Snape wants to help Voldemort? Is Professor Snape a Death Eater?"

"I don't know. I just thought he wanted to steal the Sorcerer's Stone. Later, I realized that Voldemort was the one who really wanted the Sorcerer's Stone. I naturally thought that Snape stole it for Voldemort. I didn't expect Quirrell." Harry explained. with.

"So you were wrong, and you wronged me!" Esther didn't care about what Harry wanted to express, and just said to himself, "You said I told Professor Snape about you, but I didn't! You also wronged Professor Snape, and you should be sorry for that!"

Esther felt a little regretful after speaking, and Orion was right, he seemed to be really emotional recently.

"I'm sorry to blame you." Harry apologized kindly.

"I'm sorry too. I shouldn't lose my temper with a patient." Esther also calmed down.

Both of them were silent, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

"I hope I haven't interrupted your conversation." Professor Dumbledore walked to Harry's bed and looked at them with a slight smile in his bright blue eyes.

"Good afternoon, Professor Dumbledore," said Esther.

"Can I speak to Harry alone? If you've already finished." Dumbledore blinked.

"Okay, Professor." Esther replied. "Goodbye, Harry. Have a good rest."

"Goodbye, that, Esther, we're still friends, aren't we?" Harry asked hesitantly.

"Of course, always. Even when angry." Esther smiled happily.

"Miss Collins, if you want to inform Mr. Ron Weasley and Miss Hermione Granger, can you let them come in 15 minutes?" Professor Dumbledore said to her before Esther was about to go out. explain.

Esther nodded and walked out of the school hospital.