HP Starlight

Looking at the diary that was emitting black smoke, Esther felt a deep regret.She still hadn't been able to figure out what that feeling was all about.

Harry picked up his wand and the Sorting Hat, and drew the silver sword from the basilisk's mouth.He looked so tired that he staggered when he moved.Esther handed him a vial of Vitality Tonic, which she had prepared for her exams, but Harry seemed to need it more now.Harry didn't even have the strength to ask, so he managed to grin his thanks and gulp down his drink.It seemed to work well, and Harry steadied himself a bit.

At this moment, Esther and Harry heard a soft cock.Ginny sat up and looked at everything in front of her, sobbing: "I'm sorry—I didn't mean to, Harry—I—I wanted to say before, I didn't mean—to—"

"Okay, it's all right now, we all know, and we can all testify for you." Harry said confidently, "We'd better go out first."

"I'll be expelled!" Ginny was staggered to her feet by Harry, tears streaming down her cheeks, "I—I've been looking forward to coming to Hogwarts, but now I—I have to When we leave, what will Mom and Dad do—how should I say it?”

"Instead of thinking wildly here, Miss Weasley might as well go up and face reality." Professor Snape's voice came from the door.Esther immediately relaxed, and his heart was filled with a sense of solidity.But Harry, on the contrary, was tense with a trace of defense.

Professor Snape looked around, and tightened his lips, "It seems that you have already solved the trouble, haven't you?"

"Yes, Professor. Looks like you're late," said Harry curtly.

Snape glared at him.

"Professor, thank you for coming here. Maybe we should check this chamber again. Let Harry send Miss Weasley up first?" Esther tried to suggest to Professor Snape.

Phoenix Fawkes circled around them and honked happily.Professor Snape looked at Fox and nodded slowly.Harry quickly left with Ginny.

Professor Snape drew his wand and cast a series of complex spells.Strands of gold wires came out of the wand and flew to every corner of the room.After a while, the light of the golden thread gradually dimmed, and there seemed to be no special reaction.Snape walked up to the basilisk again and examined it carefully.Seeming sure there was no other threat, Snape lowered his wand.

"What happened just now?" Snape asked Esther.

Esther told Professor Snape everything that happened after she entered the Chamber of Secrets. When he heard that Esther's protective spell blocked Voldemort's Killing Curse, Snape thought for a moment.

"Show me your charms," ​​said Professor Snape.

Esther condensed another faintly visible wall of ice. "Shenfeng Wuying!" Professor Snape's spell surprised Esther. It was the Half-Blood Prince's spell. How could Professor Snape do it?

The invisible sword edge easily cut through the fragile ice wall and hit the stone wall behind, leaving several deep marks.

"This level can't resist the Killing Curse of the Mysterious Man in his heyday. It seems that he is quite weak this time." Professor Snape looked at the disappearing ice wall and said, "Your spell idea is good, but it still needs to be improved. .

"Time is running out, you help me deal with the basilisk, and then follow me up." Professor Snape made a quick decision, collected some fangs and snake skin, and led Este back to the water pipe passage.A big golden-red bird was waiting for them at the entrance of the passage.Seeing Esther, Fox flew over and landed on her shoulder, pecked her ear lightly, and swung his long golden tail feathers at her.

Esther felt that the meaning of Phoenix was obvious, it wanted to take her up.Esther looked at Professor Snape, and asked politely and elegantly: "Professor, would you mind going on a flying trip with me?" Professor Snape looked at Esther with a strange expression, but did not speak.Esther thought he had acquiesced, and grabbed Snape's warm hand.

"Hold tight, don't let go." Esther felt that Professor Snape seemed to shrink back, and shouted subconsciously.With her other hand, she grabbed the surprisingly hot feathers on the phoenix's tail, and a strange sense of relaxation swept over her whole body.With a whoosh, they soared into the air, and Esther clenched both hands unconsciously.She felt a sense of nervousness about the flight being led by others, but fortunately they were soon on solid ground.

Orion was pacing anxiously in the bathroom, and hurried over when he heard the sound.Professor Snape let go of Esther's hand as soon as he stood firmly, but Orion still saw it.He looked at Esther in surprise, forgetting to restrain his expression.Although Esther felt that this was just a normal contact, and it was a special situation, it was no big deal.But under Orion's gaze, his cheeks still felt hot involuntarily.An indescribable emotion spread in my heart.

"You're alive too, what a disappointment. I thought I could finally have a company!" Esther was startled by the shrill voice of the crying Myrtle.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you." Esther bowed slightly, and followed Professor Snape out of the bathroom.

Snape waited for Esther and Orion to come out, waved his wand, and a chain snaked around the doorknob, locking the bathroom.

"The two of you will follow me to the school hospital. The antidote to petrification should be almost done." Snape finished speaking succinctly, and strode towards the school hospital.Esther and Orion almost trotted behind the billowing robes.

Professor Snape led them directly into Madam Pomfrey's office.On the table in the center of the office, a thick green potion was seething in a steaming cauldron.Madam Pomfrey, who was guarding the cauldron, let out a long breath when she saw Professor Snape coming back.

"You are finally back, Severus. The potion has been prescribed six times, and this is the seventh time. Is it still too late?" Madam Pomfrey told Professor Snape about the situation of the potion.

"The time is right, ma'am," said Professor Snape. "Collins, add the juice of two mistletoe berries to the potion, stir seven times clockwise, once counterclockwise, and repeat five times. Wilkes, Dispose of the leech. Collins will add it after stirring later." After Professor Snape explained, he set up another crucible, ready to make liquid grass infusion for later use.

Finally, after adding the sap grass infusion for the last time, the potion turned into a clear and vibrant pale gold.Several people poured the concoction into the petrified man and Mrs. Norris through the mouths little by little.The bodies of the petrified student and Mrs. Norris became limp little by little.

But the ghost Nick is a little difficult to deal with.He can't touch human food, and he can't touch medicine either.In the end, Madam Pomfrey put the evaporation of the medicine into the air and put it into a huge container, and then put the almost headless Nick in it, allowing him to fully contact the air of the medicine.Finally, with everyone's efforts, all petrified people, cats and ghosts returned to normal.

While everyone was paying attention to the petrified person, Esther sneaked into the innermost compartment.Former Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Lockhart was watching her with a smile on his face.His memory damage needs to be transferred to St. Mungo's Hospital for treatment, but obviously no one is free to send him there, and there is no one from the hospital to pick him up, so he has to be temporarily placed here.Esther was very curious about what it would be like to be injured by the Oblivion Curse.

She exchanged a few words with Lockhart briefly, and found that he really didn't remember anything.Maybe there is still some information hidden in the subconscious.Esther made up his mind and used Legilimency on Lockhart.

Memories are fragmented and jumbled images, but Esther still catches something recurring: Lockhart standing outside an office door looking longingly in.There seemed to be some kind of party inside, a chubby old professor was talking enthusiastically with a dark red-haired senior girl.Some intermittent voices made Esther unable to understand what they were saying at all, but she really heard a name that suddenly appeared.

"Lily Evans." Hearing this name, the girl who was talking with the old professor turned around, and Esther saw a pair of strange green eyes, which were exactly the same as Harry's eyes.

"Esther, the principal wants to see us." Orion interrupted Esther's Legilimency.

Esther gave up the idea of ​​further exploration and followed Orion out of the cubicle.Just as she was about to pass through the ward, a middle-aged man with red hair shook hands with her enthusiastically, and the lady next to him hugged her tightly, which made her a little at a loss.

"We are Ginny's parents. We are so grateful to hear that you also entered the Chamber of Secrets to help save Ginny!" Mrs. Weasley said excitedly.

"You're welcome, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, this is what I should do." Esther looked at the slightly dissatisfied Madam Pomfrey, and hurriedly lowered her voice as much as possible.

"What a polite child! And so brave!" Mrs. Weasley was full of praise.

Esther was overwhelmed by the sudden praise, and hurriedly slipped out of the school hospital under the pretext of meeting Professor Dumbledore.

Esther thought she was going to the principal's office, but Orion led her to Professor McGonagall's office on the second floor, where Professor Snape was also inside.

"Come in, my children." Headmaster Dumbledore always had a gentle smile on his face.

"Good evening, Headmaster. Welcome back." Esther greeted Professor Dumbledore politely.

"Thank you, Miss Collins." Professor Dumbledore said with a smile: "The main reason for calling you here is to thank you for your contribution to Hogwarts. You caught the real murderer and protected Hogwarts. You have saved your classmates and maintained the reputation of Hogwarts. Together with Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley, you have won the special contribution award to the school, and Miss Collins has won one hundred points for Slytherin, Mr. Wilkes five very."

"But the principal, I didn't do anything." Orion said in a low voice.

"You have lived up to your friend's trust and helped find backup. You have done a good job." Principal Dumbledore winked at Orion.

"What about Hagrid? Do you need us to prove his innocence? The mysterious man has disappeared, how to prove Hagrid's innocence? Do you need us to provide testimony or memory?"

"You always surprise me, Collins. Thank you for your kindness, but Hagrid should already be on his way back. Well, don't worry so much, go and enjoy the banquet." Professor Dumbledore said happily.

The banquet lasted until late, and everyone laughed and laughed at each other to celebrate the end of the depressing days.Leona ran over and enthusiastically celebrated Orion and Esther's contribution award, and the Slytherins didn't show any dislike.

The only regret is that despite adding a lot of points, the Academy Cup barely ranked No.2.However, this loss dissipated when Professor McGonagall announced the cancellation of the exam.Of course, fifth and seventh graders are not included here.

Hagrid came back at 03:30 in the morning, to the cheers of the whole school.He hugged Harry and nodded to Esther in thanks.

But Esther's mind is not on the banquet, nor on the exam.Back in the dormitory, Esther lay on the bed trying to sort out her thoughts: the Lily Evans who made Professor Snape fluctuate was Lily Potter—Harry's mother.Harry said that Professor Snape protected him because Harry's father saved him, and it seems that it is not always the case.Esther thinks it's more likely because of Harry's mother.And it's easy to understand why he hated his dad.Everyone knows that Voldemort disappeared on Halloween, and the day Harry's parents were killed should be that day.Professor Snape probably went out that night to see Lily Potter.

But so many years have passed, even if it is someone you liked before, it won't make the sadness so heavy?Could it be that her death had something to do with him?

There must be some missing detail that hasn't been considered.Esther carefully recalled what Harry had said to himself, but there was no more valuable information.

She remembered Harry's first Potions class being made difficult by Snape. "What do I get if I add daffodil root powder to a wormwood infusion?"

Leona once played a game with them, replacing all the ingredients in the potion with code words, plants with flower words, and animals with symbolic meanings.Then connect these code words in series to make a story, which is used to remember the potion formula.

Of course, this method is only liked by Leona. Both she and Orion feel that this is asking for trouble for themselves, and it is better to memorize the recipe directly.However, she could still remember that Leona said that the narcissus represented my regret to accompany you to the grave, and the wormwood was synonymous with bitterness and sadness.Coincidentally, Narcissus is a kind of lily, which has the same name as Lily.If the produced water of life and death means that life is worse than death, then this story should be quite sad and romantic.

Had Professor Snape played this game too?

Ha, how is it possible, how can such a thing as romance have anything to do with the stern Professor Snape?Esther laughed self-deprecatingly.

Suddenly she remembered Professor Snape's Shadowless Curse, which was exactly the same as that of the Half-Blood Prince.Did he read the Half-Blood Prince textbook as well?Or—Esther remembered that the two people had the same spelling of l and y—he was the Half-Blood Prince himself?Half-Blood Prince, what a nickname... If he can give himself such a nickname, it seems that it is not impossible to be romantic once in a while...

Entering June, the OWL exam is finally about to start.Esther was even a little impatient to take the test.It wasn't because she was fully prepared, in fact, the more she reviewed, the more she felt that she knew nothing.But the irritable performance of the classmates around her made her more eager to get out of the current situation.Every day, some students nervously ask each other about their review progress.There are also some students who deliberately brag about how well they have reviewed in front of others, which will only increase the pressure on others.

Leona and Orion also began to argue frequently over some trivial matters.Although there is no major conflict for the time being, Esther still can't help but worry about the relationship between the two.

Fortunately, on the day of the exam, Orion and Leona were very restrained, as if deliberately not to create a tense atmosphere before the exam.The first exam is Charms. At 09:30, Esther followed the Slytherin students into the auditorium and sat at the single desk with her name written on it.Orion was two people away from her, and Leona was in the Gryffindor area, far away from them.Professor McGonagall stood facing them at the staff desk, and after everyone was seated, she said, "We can start answering the questions." After turning over a huge hourglass on the table next to her, everyone immediately lowered their heads and looked at their test papers. Start writing quickly.

Maybe there are too many things happening this year, and the exam questions seem to be easier than the professors expected.In two hours, Esther not only answered all the questions, but even had the energy to check it.

"I think the written test is quite easy, and I hope the practical test in the afternoon will not be too difficult." Leonardo relaxed a little in the morning, and became easy to get along with.

After lunch, Esther, Orion and Leona stood in a corner, away from the classmates who kept practicing spells.This relieves them of some stress.Orion was the first to be called away along with the other three.Leona and Esther watched him walk out of the small room where they were preparing for the exam.But until the next batch of students went in, Orion didn't come back.

"He must be fine, right? His spells have always been good." Leona said with some concern.

After a while, it was Est's turn to take the exam.She smiled at Leona and walked into the Great Hall with her wand in hand.The examiners were very old wizards and witches.Esther was assigned to Professor March's desk.The topic did not exceed Professor Flitwick's expectations. Esther easily made the plate on the table smaller and the eggs bigger, and then the two danced together.Professor Marchban nodded with satisfaction, and let Esther leave the examination room.

Orion was waiting outside the examination room, and when he saw Esther, he quickly waved to her. "Let's go out for a walk when Leona comes out, the castle is a bit boring, don't you think?" Orion deliberately avoided the topic of the exam.

Esther also very much agrees with his proposal.So when Leona came out, they took her out to find the big octopus.Touching the cool and smooth tentacles of the big octopus, Esther felt extremely comfortable.After delaying until dinner time, the three of them slowly returned to the castle.In the evening, in order not to be disturbed by other students and to maintain a good attitude for the exam, they took food to the Room of Requirement to review the Transfiguration exam the next day.

After a good start on the first day, the rest of the exam seemed to go well.Transfiguration, Herbalism and Defense Against the Dark Arts all went well.Especially in Defense Against the Dark Arts, a classmate next to him named Arrow Jean was so frightened that he forgot the exam when facing a Boggart, and subconsciously used a lot of attacking spells indiscriminately.The spell collided and bounced towards Esther, and Esther decisively blocked it with a perfect iron armor spell.The examiner, Professor Ma Qiban, praised Esther's quick response, and rewrote a few strokes on the transcript.

However, the ancient rune exam on Friday did not go well. Esther could only answer the questions he was sure of first, and try to get as many points as possible.The rest of the questions can only be made up randomly, maybe you can get some points if you hit the right one.

There were no exams on Saturdays and Sundays, but Potions exams were due on Mondays, so they stayed in the Room of Requirement for two consecutive days, practicing the process of making several key potions.

The Potions exam gave Esther some confidence back.The topic was her most familiar palliative.Although Professor Snape was not there, she clearly remembered how he added the moonstone powder, how he stirred it, and how he adjusted the flame temperature, as if Professor Snape was right in front of him.She operated with every move in her memory, without even realizing it herself, the movements and range of her wand waving were exactly the same as Professor Snape's.

The good mood continued until the exams in the Care of Fantastic Beasts class.Esther confidently eliminated the cereals from the food of the pregnant cat and raccoon; successfully lured Xixiu out of hiding and caught them; finally successfully found the Bowtruckle on the tree, and exchanged it with wood turtles A branch without being attacked.

As expected, I didn't get all the answers in the astronomy exam on Wednesday.But Esther got several questions right, and I believe there is no problem with passing.The practical exam is very simple. The constellations that can be seen in the summer sky are the only ones. Although she may not be able to find the right ones in the telescope, the illustrations in the textbook are clearly printed in her mind.

The astronomy practice exam was at midnight, so Esther, Orion, and Leona took the arithmetic and divination exam together in the afternoon.It became Astor's most difficult test to predict.The two hours of the exam passed quickly, and Esther applied for additional draft paper twice.Before the final scroll, Esther was still desperately writing some results and inferences.

History of Magic is the last exam, which means they are finally freed from the painful days.Esther didn't care at all about the topics of the Wizarding Council summit meeting. Anyway, the test papers have been collected, and the test results will not be sent until July.