HP Starlight

After lunch, Esther, Leona, and Orion walked towards the dungeon together, preparing for Potions class.

In the corridor, Leona was still excited about successfully releasing the silent spell in the morning, "Finally there is a reliable Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, right?"

"I advise you not to mention this near the Potions classroom. Didn't you see the expression on Professor Snape's face when Professor Lupine was introduced at the opening banquet?" Esther gently advised Leona not to find out for herself trouble.

The classroom door slammed open, and Snape stood inside the door, staring icily at the students entering the classroom one by one.There are not many students in the advanced class, and there are seventeen students from all colleges.Everyone sits at a table in groups of two or three, and Leona chooses to sit with Esther and Orion.

"I'm amazed that so many people are getting top marks in Potions OWL. I hope you all got there by merit and not by luck, because the advanced classes are going to be harder than you think. "Professor Snape's voice was low and menacing as always. "The production of advanced potions is not only more complicated and complicated, but also requires your thinking and creativity. Of course, the potions made are also more dangerous. I hope you can all keep up with the teaching content of the improvement class. Who can tell me how to live now? The recipe for Hell Potion?"

Everyone opened the book and started to find the answer. "Close the books! No one previews the course content?" Snape said angrily. "Don't you know, Collins?"

"I know Professor, the living hell decoction is also called the water of life and death, and its ingredients include daffodil root powder and wormwood infusion." As Esther answered, he recalled the flower language stories he had imagined in the past, and he didn't notice that he was distracted.

"What else?" Snape was dissatisfied to find Esther absent-minded.

"Nothing else matters." Esther muttered thoughtlessly, seeing Snape's expression change, he quickly went on to say, "And valerian root and sleepy beans. What matters is the timing and stirring of the ingredients." Process." Estel answered a little more than required, and under normal circumstances, such an answer would satisfy Professor Snape.

"Sit down." Professor Snape waved his wand to make the formula and steps appear on the blackboard, "Start making it now and hand it in before get out of class ends."

Esther looked at the production method on the blackboard, which was exactly the same as that of the Half-Blood Prince, and even some details were exactly the same. She was even more convinced that Snape was the Half-Blood Prince.

Esther is too familiar with the water of life and death, and she smoothly transitioned the potion from tea brown to light snow blue.But Professor Snape didn't say anything after reading it, and didn't even look at her.

"Help me." Leona whispered to Esther, her potion was still in the dark brown stage.

"Add a little sleepy bean juice, you added too little." Esther glanced at it and said, and gave Leona all the remaining sleepy beans.

Esther started the final stirring process, and half an hour before the end of get out of class, the crucible had turned into a clear potion.She bottled the potion for delivery at the end of class.Suddenly there was a medicine bottle in front of her. "Analyze the ingredients, let's see what poison it is. The result of the analysis is your grade today." Snape raised his eyebrows at her Living Hell Potion, and walked away proudly.

Is this revenge for her distraction when she answered the question just now?Esther had a headache.She cleaned out the cauldron, poured the poison into it and began to separate the components with the manifesting spell.

Unexpectedly, Snape turned back again, "You should have learned the silent spell this morning, right? You also need to use the silent spell after Potions class, Miss Collins."

Esther wondered if he could let himself go if he drank the poison in one gulp.

Half an hour was too late to detect all the ingredients, and Esther was too busy sweating profusely to confirm only three medicines. She wrote all the potions containing the three medicines on parchment and handed them in.

"It's a pity, it seems that other ingredients are quite important." Snape looked at Esther, who was blushing, and wrote a big P on the parchment.

Esther didn't care much about the grades Professor Snape gave her.It was a good deal to calm Snape's anger with a P.She was about to leave the classroom when a junior Slytherin came to Snape and said Malfoy was lying in the school hospital with serious injuries from Care of Fantastic Beasts.Snape gave Esther a meaningful look, got up and went to the school hospital to check on Malfoy.

During the first Protection of Fantastic Beasts class, Esther walked nervously to the edge of the Forbidden Forest.Because of Snape's words and Malfoy's injury, she was particularly worried about the safety of this class.

But her worries were unnecessary, Hagrid was a little listless, and he didn't bring any dangerous creatures.I just taught them how to open the "Monster Book of Monsters" and then walked around in the Forbidden Forest for practice. Unfortunately, they didn't meet any rare creatures.

At dinner, Esther took the seat Orion had left for her, picked up a piece of pie and ate it.

"I heard that Professor Lupine had a Gryffindor boy turn Boggarts into Professor Snape in ladies' clothes in Defense Against the Dark Arts class this afternoon in the third grade." Orion said as he sliced ​​into the steak. While saying: "I haven't seen anyone who dares to make fun of Professor Snape. I don't think the professor will stay long this time. It's a pity, Leona likes him quite a bit. That poor boy will also be in trouble. "

Esther was taken aback, not believing that Professor Lupine would do such a thing.She looked up at the teaching desk, Snape's gloomy face was no different from usual.Professor Lupine was very happy to chat with Professor Dumbledore. Hogwarts made him a lot more active than during the holidays, and he was a little bloody.

However, as a student of Slytherin, Esther was somewhat dissatisfied with Lupine's behavior.Professor Snape is a person with a lot of self-esteem, and this kind of joke is completely humiliating to him.He wouldn't be surprised if he stopped preparing Professor Lupine's wolfbane potion, Esther.

And there are quite a lot of people in Slytherin who like Professor Snape, especially Draco Malfoy.These people are not polite.

But to Esther's surprise, Snape didn't want Lupine to reveal his identity as she expected.A week before the full moon, Snape was still meticulously making the Wolfsbane Potion.This made Est a little admire his endurance.

"Aren't you angry?" Esther helped Snape clean up the cauldron where the wolfsbane potion had been boiled and put it back in place, "will you continue to help him make potions?"

"Want to watch him turn into a werewolf and tear Hogwarts students apart?" Snape hissed through gritted teeth.

"You really care about the overall situation. I don't care if you want to. With so many professors around, even if he transforms, he can't hurt anyone." Esther said with a curled lip.

Snape's expression softened a little, "A real werewolf is not as weak and useless as the Lupine you saw who drank the potion. It is difficult to get out of the body, let alone protect other people." He put The medicine was pushed to Esther, "Go and deliver it to him, I still have homework to be approved."

Esther knocked on the door of Professor Lupine's office with a smoking potion.

"Come in." Professor Lupine's voice.

Esther opened the door and went in, and Professor Lupine was looking at Kabbah in the water tank.

"Oh, Collins, are you here to deliver the medicine? Thank you." Professor Lupine said with a smile.

"You're welcome, Professor." Esther said coldly.

Professor Lupine didn't care about Esther's attitude, and still said gently, "By the way, Collins, I promised to teach you some special spells during the vacation, and I thought of one."

"What spell? To turn Professor Snape into something weird again?" Esther said sharply.

"Are you angry about this?" Professor Lupine looked relieved, "You care about Severus?"

"He is our dean, and if you humiliate him, you are humiliating all Slytherins." Esther couldn't restrain his tone.

"I didn't mean to humiliate him, I promise. Neville is afraid of him, and this is the best way to overcome fear. I hope you can understand." Professor Lupine looked at Esther with sincerity.

Esther pursed her lips and said nothing.

"I think he wants to open it himself, doesn't he?" Professor Lupine raised the cup of chamaejasbane to Esther, and took a small sip. "Ah, it's still so bad, it hasn't changed at all." Lupine knit his eyebrows together and made a troubled expression.

Infected by his expression, Esther looked at him worriedly, forgetting that he was still angry just now. "Need some water?" Esther asked.

Professor Lupine drank the rest of the medicine in one gulp, and after a while he said: "No, I think I've had enough."

"Isn't there a complete cure or a once-and-for-all potion?" Esther asked, staring at the smoking cup.

"Not yet, and even this drug was invented recently. But it's much better than before, and it turns out that it's more painful after being transformed." Professor Lupine recovered his happy expression, "You are really kind, Collins, I really appreciate it. Wondering how you ended up in Slytherin."

"Can't Slytherin be kind?" Esther said unhappily.

"Of course Slytherins can be kind, but they rarely show it. You are different." Professor Lupine quickly explained.

"I only do this when I treat my friends." Esther glanced at Professor Lupine, and added: "And my patients."

Lupine laughed, "Okay, okay. Then your patient has to fulfill his promise. I have seen your Patronus, it is perfect and even has some unique skills. Then do you want to learn how to use the Patronus to send messages? ?”

"Can the Patronus still deliver letters?" Esther was curious.

"Not a letter, but a message. It can bring what you want to say to the person you want to convey." Lupine was very happy to see Esther's interest in this.

"Then how to do it, Professor?" Esther wanted to learn.

Professor Lupine took out his wand and summoned his Patronus, and Esther was surprised to find that it was a cloud of silver mist. "Why doesn't your Patronus have a form?"

"Because I let it not take shape." Professor Lupine didn't hide it.

"Can any form be changed?" Esther asked with interest.

"No, a person's patron saint generally only has one form. Unless he experiences a certain degree of mental shock or emotional upheaval, he will change into another form. But you can hide its form, just like me." Lu Ping explained.

"How many patron saints can be summoned at most?" Esther continued to ask.

"I don't know, I can only summon one. This spell is extremely advanced and difficult. It is not easy to summon a physical form. It will be very difficult to become multiple, and it will also weaken the resistance. Power," said Lupine.

Esther drew her wand and summoned the Patronus too, trying desperately to make it look like a cloud of fog, but was unsuccessful, the bats were still happily tumbling up and down.

"Focus on positive feelings, not specific moments," Lupine reminded her.

Esther fumbled slowly, and seemed to have found the knack, but the bat suddenly became less clear.

"Good job, just practice more. Then I'm going to tell you how to make it talk." Professor Lupine told Esther the basic principle of the curse, and demonstrated it to her again.Then Esther is encouraged to try it out for herself.

Esther has a good comprehension ability, and after practicing a few times, he quickly mastered the technique.She commanded the bat to fly to Lupine and conveyed what she wanted to say in a very clear voice, exactly like Esther's own.

After playing the transfer game for a while, Esther couldn't help but ask, "What kind of animal is your patron saint?"

Professor Lupine froze for a moment, then smiled relievedly, with a slight twist of his wand, the Patronus began to condense into a huge silver four-legged animal - a wolf.

"I'm sorry, Professor. I shouldn't have asked." Esther regretted that she hadn't controlled her curiosity.Professor Lupine is so good-tempered that she always forgets the boundaries.

"It's nothing, you already know about my situation, and there's nothing to hide from you." Professor Lupine was still that gentle gentleman, and he couldn't imagine turning into that horrible creature every full moon night.Esther couldn't help but feel a little sorry.

Suddenly there was a rapid knock on the door, the bats and giant wolves dispersed instantly, and the flickering light dimmed.Esther walked over to open the door, and there was a vigilant Professor Snape outside.

"I thought the full moon was coming early." Snape glared at Esther, then at Lupine. "Have you finished your medicine?"

"Yes, Severus, thank you very much." Lupine handed him the empty glass. "Miss Collins is asking me about your reputation."

"I didn't know that Collins was still meddling. You'd better go and look around the corridors. Mr. Weasley, the head of the Boys' Union, complained to me that you had evaded the duties of the prefect for the third time. He hoped that I could replace him. Drop you." Snape said, frowning at Esther.

"That's because he added three more inspections for no reason. The dementors are still outside the gate. If they come in, I will show up in time." Est said angrily.

"To prevent problems before they happen, we still have to follow the instructions of the student union chairman." Professor Lu Ping persuaded.

Esther pouted, walked past Snape, and began to inspect the corridor.

Although there are fewer courses in the sixth grade, it is not easy at all.The esoteric class content, the endless practice of silent spells, and a lot of homework, plus the brewing of wolf's poison with Professor Snape and the work of the prefects.So when Flint, the captain of the Quidditch team who was relegated, invited Esther to return to the team, Esther refused decisively.

"Don't you miss the days of flying?" Orion was a little bit sorry, he still hoped that Slytherin would win, and he believed that Esther would definitely win as a Seeker.

"I don't miss it, I have a new interest now. And I don't want to repeat a grade." Esther didn't tell Orion that he could become Batfly at any time.She hadn't actually told anyone about it except for Snape, who had checked her memories and found out.

They could go to Hogsmeade once before Halloween, and everyone was excited about it.Except for Esther, because it conflicts with the time to boil the Wolfsbane potion.She applied to stay at the school, which Percy was happy with.Because this is a rare opportunity to go out to play, the prefects are not willing to miss it, but someone must stay in the school to maintain order in the lower grades.If someone offered to stay, it would save him from persuading others.

After saying goodbye to Orion, Esther went to the basement office and began to process the aconite skillfully.This time, the dosage was very large, which kept Esther busy for a while.Professor Snape tried increasing the dose so he didn't have to do it every day.After all, there is more and more work, lectures in class, homework after class, the Quidditch season starts, and after Christmas, we have to organize apparition studies and prepare for exams in all grades.As the dean, he has to personally participate in every project, so he doesn't necessarily have time to make potions every day.Esther can't make such a complicated potion independently.He can only choose to do a little more at a time, but too much storage is also a problem.

Esther divided the finished potion into two cups and was about to take one of them to send up, when Snape stopped her.

"I'll deliver it today." Snape said briefly, took the cup in Esther's hand and left.

Esther is a little weird.Counting the days, probably today or tomorrow will be the day of the full moon, and I may not feel at ease about the effect of the medicine after increasing the dose. I should watch him drink it myself, Esther thought to himself.

The weather at the end of October was already very cold, and there were dementors guarding outside, so the lower grade students stayed in the castle obediently, no one ran around, and Esther's work was relatively easy.After a brief tour, she went to the library to borrow a copy of "A Simple Introduction to Alchemy" and read it. This was an extra reading content left by Professor Snape, and she was required to finish reading it within two weeks.Alchemy involves the transformation of matter, which is quite interesting to read, and Esther feels that the transformation of her ice shield protection spell is also very helpful.

At the Halloween dinner in the evening, after Esther was full, he sneaked out of the auditorium to find a place where no one was there and turned into a bat to find Stone.

"I thought you were thrown away by the master." Stone approached her enthusiastically. "You seem to be older than last year?"

They chatted while flying up and down, teasing the students from time to time and having a great time.

"This year's weather is really bad, cold and cold, and a group of new monsters wandering in the Forbidden Forest from time to time." Stone said to Esther during the break.

"Is it a dementor?" Esther asked.

"What is a dementor?" Stone obviously hadn't heard the correct name of this monster.

"Humans call that black-robed monster floating in the air by name," Est explained.

"It's called a dementor. You know a lot about it." Stone said adoringly.

"Dementors are dangerous, stay away from them." Esther was worried about the safety of Stone, her only bat friend.

"Don't worry, they don't seem to be a big threat to us. I suspect he can't even see me. I tried to fly past him once, but he didn't respond. It's just too ugly." Stone said proudly .

"That's not sure, it's better to be careful." Esther patted Stone with his wing membrane, telling him not to look heartless.

"Of course I would, but a new big black dog in the Forbidden Forest is really scary compared to a dementor. I bet he'd have to be the size of a bear, and sometimes he's accompanied by a big ginger dog." Cat. Has eaten several companions," Stone said.

"Is the Forbidden Forest so dangerous now?" Esther planned to go in to collect medicine.

"Yeah, didn't you realize that I stopped inviting you to play with me this year? It's really not safe." Stone nodded seriously.

The banquet was over, and Esther mixed into the Slytherin team with a heavy heart.Stone's news put her in a bad mood.

Back in the common room, everyone was still making loud noises.

"Quiet!" A stern voice was like an off button, instantly quieting the public room. "Everyone come back to the auditorium with me, I mean everyone! Esther and Orion are in charge of checking whether there is anyone left in each dormitory, and the rest will go with me first." Professor Snape ordered.Everyone looked at each other, no one knew the reason, and no one dared to ask the angry Professor Snape.

When Esther and Orion rushed to the auditorium, they found that not only Slytherin, but other colleges were also in the auditorium.

Dumbledore stood at the door of the auditorium and told everyone that all the teachers were to search the castle and the students were to stay in the auditorium overnight.The chairmen of the male and female student unions are in charge of management, and the prefects guard the entrance of the auditorium.After Dumbledore conjured hundreds of sleeping bags with his wand, he went out and closed the Great Hall door.

The auditorium became lively in an instant, and the Gryffindors chattered about what happened just now.

"The portraits of the Fat Lady have been torn to shreds... Sirius Black did it... Peeves himself said..."

"Everyone get into sleeping bags!" Percy began to command. "Come on, no more talking! Lights out in ten minutes!"

But the whispers continued after the candles were all put out, which annoyed Percy.But what can be done?Even Esther wondered what was going on.

"So you haven't seen Sirius Black?" Esther looked at Leona through the silver light on the ghost's body, which made Leona's face paler.

"Yeah, it's a good thing we didn't see it, didn't we? Otherwise I might be dead by now." Leona said nervously.

"Very likely! To be honest I've never seen anyone destroy a portrait like this. He's probably gone mad," said Nearly Headless Nick, the ghost of Gryffindor.

"But he entered the castle just to destroy a portrait?" Esther thought it was illogical.

"He probably wants to go in, you know, Potter's bedroom is inside." Orion said seriously.

"It's impossible for him not to notice that the auditorium is so lively, unless he came in from the Astronomy Tower." Este said.

"Perhaps he wants to sneak into his dormitory first, and do it before he is ready." Orion analyzed.

"Will a murderer who blows up a street and kills so many people be so thorough?" Esther still objected.

"You tore up the portrait when you couldn't answer the password? It's considered careful?" Leona said with some dissatisfaction.

"I just find it very strange. Since he can sneak in, why doesn't he just do it directly. If he wants to kill people in Hogwarts, does he still want to retreat? Anyway, we will all die together. It's better to choose a corner of the corridor with fewer people."

Everyone fell into silence again.An hour later, Professor McGonagall came in, and Percy hurried over to report to her that everything in the auditorium was normal.Professor McGonagall patted Percy on the shoulder, which straightened him even more.

Every hour after that, a professor would come in to check on the situation.Nothing happened in the auditorium, which made the prefects a little sleepy.Leona dozed off lightly against Orion, and Orion was motionless. Esther couldn't help admiring his concentration, and it wasn't easy to make a pillow.

At three o'clock in the morning, even Esther couldn't hold on any longer. She got up and looked around to refresh herself.Percy walked up to her and reprimanded the speaking student, then looked at her again, signaling that she should do the same.She pouted and wanted to turn around and change places.At this time Dumbledore came over and asked Percy about the students.

"Everything is all right here, sir. Has the Fat Lady been found?" Percy asked very politely.

"Yes, but she may not be able to work for the time being. I have found other portraits to guard the hole temporarily, and you can have them move back tomorrow morning," said Dumbledore.

Esther had no intention of participating in the conversation, but due to the presence of Dumbledore, it was difficult to leave directly, so he could only listen to them patiently.

But then Professor Snape also came in.He walked up to Dumbledore and reported, "Principal, the entire fourth floor has been searched, nothing, and Filch said there is no underground classroom either."

"Where's the Astronomy Tower? Where's Professor Trelawney's room? Where's the Owl Shack?"

"I've searched everything..."

"Very well, Severus. I also expected that Black would not linger here."

"Have you ever wondered how he got in, Professor? Remember what I told you before school started," Snape seemed to see Dumbledore's warning expression, but he continued stubbornly, "There is no guilt. Breaking into the school without assistance—it seems—impossible. I have expressed my concern that when you continue to insist—"

Esther knew immediately what he was going to say, and she looked up nervously at Snape, then at Percy, and moved uneasily.

Snape noticed Esther's little movement and stopped talking.

"No one in the castle will help Black break in, I believe everyone here." A sharp light flashed in Dumbledore's eyes, "I have to go down to find those dementors, I said I will notify them after the search .”

"Didn't they come to help, sir?" asked Percy inappropriately.

"Oh, yes," said Dumbledore coldly, "but as long as I am the headmaster, I am afraid that no dementor will cross the threshold of this castle."

Percy thought anything the Ministry sent was good, Esther thought sarcastically.She watched Snape staring at Dumbledore's back with deep resentment.Esther wondered, Snape has always respected Professor Dumbledore, why is he so abnormal today?Just because the Headmaster believed Lupine and didn't believe him?

The next morning, everything was back to normal, and Blake's arrival was as quiet as his departure.There was a lot of discussion, some said he came wearing an invisibility cloak, some said he came by apparating, and some said he came in as a flower.Esther found these speculations a little ridiculous.But turning into a flower is a bit of inspiration to Esther.Maybe it's not a plant but an animal?Just like yourself?

The weekend marked the first Quidditch match, which was supposed to be Slytherin vs. Gryffindor.But because of Malfoy's little tricks to avoid the stormy weather, the match turned into Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff.Esther didn't want to watch the game, it was too cold and raining.But Orion was worried about Leona's safety and insisted on going with her.Esther had to follow them to the stands of the Quidditch match.

A boring game, Esther thought, it's impossible to see anything in such heavy rain.Esther looked around and saw that there was no one on the viewing platform, and there was even a big black dog sitting in the last row.Esther felt funny in his heart. He didn't know who kept the pet, so he probably sat on the seat decently since there were no people around.But when she turned her head, a cold feeling swept over her whole body, as if the rain had penetrated her skin and hit her heart directly.She felt dementors moving in the sky, and Harry was rushing in that direction.

"Call God to protect you!" She shouted with all her strength, and a bat rushed up quickly.A silvery light illuminated a patch of sky, and Esther gasped. Not one Dementor, but hundreds.She struggled to keep her head clear, allowing happy memories to deepen and bats to brighten.It flew back and forth, driving group after group of dementors, and protecting Harry who fell, until he fell to the ground and shattered into a piece of silver light.Esther knelt down on the ground, unable to even feel the cold rain.