HP Starlight

Esther's heart was still pounding when she returned to the common room, not because of Black's cruelty, but because of Professor Snape.

Esther no longer needs to look up to him like he did when they first met.She only needed to look up a little to see his dark eyes.But when he approached just now, Esther felt very small, completely shrouded in his shadow.Esther was very surprised that he hadn't been afraid of Professor Snape since the first grade, why the sixth grade would be so frightened that his heart beat faster.She took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.Then hold up the big notice and pin it on the bulletin board.

After nailing it, she looked at the content carefully and couldn't help feeling a little excited.

Apparition class

If you're 17 or over by 31 August, you can attend a twelve-week Apparition course taught by the Ministry of Magic Apparition.

Those who wish to participate please sign below.

Tuition fee: twelve Galleons.

Esther remembered the time when Professor Snape showed her entourage, and her heart began to beat faster again.She signed her name on the notice, then prepared to drink a bottle of pacifier, hoping that it would also help the fright.

Ever since she learned that she was going to learn Apparition, Leona had hardly stopped whispering in Esther's ear.Orion also talked a little more than usual.Esther only gets a little peace in Care of Magical Creatures class.Hagrid seemed more depressed than last term, and Esther couldn't help asking him what was the matter.

"It's Buckbeak." Hagrid's dark eyes flashed with water. "It's been sued, and if it loses, it will be executed."

"Who is Buckbeak?" Esther asked puzzled.

"A hippogriff." Hagrid looked towards his cabin.

"Oh, the one that attacked Malfoy last time?"

"Yes, poor Buckbeak."

"Fortunately, it didn't affect your teaching position." Esther said pragmatically.

"So Buckbeak should die? Ha, Slytherin through and through, I would have thought you could have a little sympathy!" Hagrid walked into the house angrily, and slammed the door in front of her.

Esther was stunned for a while, then breathed out on his cold hands, and walked towards the castle.

On the first Saturday morning in February, they came to the auditorium for their Apparition lessons.Directors at the Ministry of Magic were reluctant to teach in the playground due to the presence of dementors outside.Esther was delighted, as her weekly Care of Fantastic Beasts had taken her interest in the outdoors.

When Esther and Orion walked into the auditorium, they saw Snape, McGonagall, Flitwick, Professor Sprout and a small wizard standing at the front of the auditorium.The students stood in front of the deans of their own colleges.Leona waved at them, unable to hide her excitement.

When everyone was here, the little wizard said, "Hi everyone, I am the teacher sent by the Ministry of Magic to instruct your Apparition courses, Vikki Tecrosse. Principal Dumbledore has restricted Apparation and Apparation in the castle for us." The magic of Apparatus will be released for an hour, and it is only limited to the auditorium for everyone to practice. I emphasize that you must not Apparate outside the wall, you will not want to know the consequences, so please pay attention.

Now I want everyone to stand up and leave five feet of space in front of them. "

The auditorium suddenly became lively, and Orion took Esther to the back of the auditorium, and happened to meet Leona who was coming over.

"You guys agreed?" Esther looked at the smiling Leona.

"There is a good heart." Leona said with a proud look at Orien, and Esther felt that Orien seemed to blush a little.

"Okay, now," after the auditorium became quiet again, Tycross waved his wand, making an old-fashioned wooden circle appear in front of each student, "The most important thing about Apparition is to remember the three D's! That is, the target, Decide, take it easy!"

Tecross asked everyone to focus on the wooden circle, let every part of the body resolve to occupy that space, and then rotate in place to enter the void state.

Everyone started the first attempt, Esther slowly turned in a circle, and nothing happened.So did Orion.Leona turned a little too hard, and almost fell down when she swayed, but fortunately, Orion next to her supported her.But as soon as Leona stood firm, the two quickly separated.

Everyone tried a second time, a third time... until a student in the front row let out a scream.Esther stood on tiptoe and looked forward, only to see the four deans gathered together, and then a purple smoke rose.Everyone was talking about it, and it seemed that someone had split up.Leona looked at Orion and Esther in horror, and finally she was no longer excited about Apparation.

At the end of the class, all the students had made no progress, which inevitably made everyone feel a little depressed.

After four completely failed Apparation lessons, Leona asked a little uncertainly, "Are you sure that's how you learn Apparation? It doesn't seem very reliable."

"Yes, I asked my mother, and she said that understanding is needed. There will always be a moment when you will suddenly find that you have found the knack." Orion enlightened Leona.

Even though Esther had experience with the appearance of followers, it didn't seem to help.She goes around in meaningless circles every week, waiting for a move that might appear at an unknown time.The only consolation is that although she didn't move, at least she wasn't separated.

Entering March, Esther will usher in a special day, her 17th birthday.This meant that she was considered an adult in wizarding society.

On the morning of her birthday, Esther got up early and started unwrapping her presents.Aunt Connie gave her a pocket watch that was very old but not at all old.The golden case reflects the green light of the lake outside the window, a dozen small diamond-like stars in the dial rotate against the rune symbols on the outer ring, and a golden S in the center of the dial is surging with dark light.

Even though Esther is not a person who pays much attention to accessories, he still loves this pocket watch.She looked at it many times before hanging it in the inner pocket of her wizard robe.

Harry gave her a high-quality portable cauldron, and Orion gave her a small lady's handbag, but the capacity inside should not be underestimated.Leona sent a book "How to Make the Man You Like Fall in Love with You".Esther couldn't help laughing, ever since she burned the love letter from the dwarf on Valentine's Day last year, Leona began to worry that she would not find a boyfriend.

Just when she thought she had finished unwrapping all the presents and was about to get up and go to the cafeteria for breakfast, a notebook with a black cover appeared from the pile of wrapping paper.Esther opened the notebook, and the thin, sharp handwriting surprised her.Only Professor Snape could write such handwriting with such force that it almost cut the paper.She looked at the content carefully, the first few pages were about the improvement of her ice shield magic.It describes in detail the transformation principles related to alchemy, the skills of incantation and the way of releasing magic power.The following content is all kinds of potion information.Esther couldn't wait to find an empty basement classroom and try the improved ice shield magic.

"Frost body protection!" Esther chanted the spell silently with a silent spell, her body was chilled, and the fragmented ice crystals in front of her eyes quickly merged into one, and the existence of the ice layer could not be seen without careful identification.Esther wanted to try the power of the ice shield again.She covered the long table with a layer, and then used a Shenfeng Wuying.The air in front of the table seemed to shake, but the table was unscathed.Esther groaned excitedly.

After breakfast, Leona waited in the foyer for Esther and Orion to go to the Transfiguration classroom upstairs.Esther thanks her for the gift.Leona grinningly nudged Esther to make good use of her gift.Orion glanced at Esther helplessly, and said in a low voice, "The gift she gave for my birthday last year was similar.

"Then she wants you to learn how to make her happy." Esther raised her eyebrows and said.Orion glared at her angrily, quickly turned his head and ignored her.But he didn't notice that the roots of the red ears were completely exposed in front of Esther.

"What is the magic spell for you to celebrate your disappearance today?" Leona saw Auryan's embarrassment, and quickly changed the subject.

It was a way of celebrating coming of age that Orion told them.For his own birthday last year, he had his Patronus Fox circle around Leona several times.

"Ice shield magic," said Esther.

"The one you studied yourself? That's really memorable." Leona nodded.

Esther hasn't decided whether to tell them that he is actually using the ice shield that Professor Snape helped improve.

"Good morning, Professor Snape." Someone behind him greeted Professor Snape.

The three of Esther turned their heads and found that Professor Snape was not far behind them.

"Good morning, Professor Snape." The three greeted in unison.

"Good morning." Professor Snape passed by them expressionlessly, and responded by the way.

"Well, Professor," Esther continued hastily, "Thank you!" She stared eagerly at Professor Snape, her eyes shining brightly.

Professor Snape looked back at Esther, nodded slightly, and strode away.

"Esther, you..." Leona looked suspiciously into Esther's eyes and said, "You don't like Professor Snape, do you?"

"Ah?" Esther was confused by Leona's sudden question, "What are you talking about? He's a professor, isn't he?"

"It's a very bad-tempered professor, Esther. You're already an adult. If Professor Lockhart is a gentle and handsome person, I don't have any problem at all, but Professor Snape can forget it." Leona whispered Muttering to Esther.

"So you'd rather like a liar with no accomplishments than a brilliant genius." Esther retorted, "Although Professor Snape's words are harsh, he is still very reliable when there is real danger."

"Ha, look, you really like him! The book "One Hundred Manifestations of Love" describes the same state as you are now!" Leona said pretending to be profound.

"I think you should read less books like this, otherwise I'd think you lost your mind when you Apparated last week." Esther said dissatisfied.The heart was beating fast.I just respect Professor Snape, even admire, but definitely not like, Esther emphasized in his heart.

Although Esther insisted that there was absolutely nothing abnormal about her feelings for Professor Snape, Leona's words still rang in her mind from time to time.This made her feel guilty every time she saw Professor Snape.Even after Professor Snape finished brewing the wolfsbane potion, he left the office quickly, fearing that if he walked too slowly, he would be discovered by Professor Snape if he behaved abnormally.

There was a lot of activity in the auditorium this morning.Everyone around the Gryffindor table didn't know what they were looking at.Esther walked towards Leona, wanting to ask what happened.

"Harry got a fire broom, the fastest broom so far." Leona was so happy that the corners of her mouth kept turning up, "Today's Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, we will win. "

Esther walked over and took a look. It was a nice broom, with a smooth streamlined broom handle and shiny gold letters engraved on the top. "Who sent it to you, Harry?" Esther's eyes seemed to be on it.

"There is no card, but the professors have checked it, and it's all right." Harry whispered to Esther.

Esther nodded, but was puzzled.She knew that Harry had never had any relatives and only a handful of friends, so it was strange that he could send him a fire at such a large price without leaving his name.

But Esther didn't think about it for a long time, because the Apparation class for a while required a high degree of concentration, and she didn't want to throw her arms and legs aside to scare others.And both Leona and Orion had already had a successful experience of moving, she had to work harder.

Professor Snape walked past her, and she stared at the wooden circle in front of her so that she could not think about it.Finally, she felt something. As she turned around, the surrounding air instantly became crowded, and it became difficult to breathe.She tried her best to think about the circle in her mind, and finally the oppressive feeling disappeared, and she stood in the circle panting heavily.It finally worked.

After getting started with this magic, it becomes much simpler.Esther's confidence was boosted after her first experience, and she made another two successful moves before the end of the get out of class, one of which was only a small mistake: she moved into Leona's circle, and the two collided.

At breakfast the next day, the Gryffindor table was still the busiest, and the protagonist changed from Harry the day before to his friend Ron.

"I heard that Black broke into the Gryffindor dormitory yesterday. Because Longbottom of their college wrote all the passwords for a week on paper, and it happened that the note was picked up by Black. Ron Weasley said he was holding a knife Standing in front of his bed, but scared away by his own screams. Leona told me." Orion saw Esther looking at the Gryffindor table curiously, and explained to her.

"You mean he ran away without even one being injured?" Esther opened his mouth wide in surprise.

"Yes, it's very strange. Maybe his mind is out of order, and he doesn't know what to do when he finds out that someone is wrong." Orion guessed wildly.

"I think if it's really abnormal, we should kill them all. A lunatic will consider right and wrong and the consequences?" Esther thought about it.She felt that this was very unusual.

Because of Black's arrival, the castle security measures have been raised by another level.The prefects' evening rounds are extended until midnight.Esther is so tired that she just wants to sleep.

"I'd rather meet him now and let him kill me." Esther walked in the dark corridor of the castle, and said to Orion in a depressed manner.

"Shh, there's a sound ahead." Orion alerted Esther to lighten up.Carefully walk in the direction of the voice.

"Mr. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs greet Professor Snape and—" It was Harry's voice, which Esther heard a little better.

"Go on." This time it was Professor Snape's voice.

Esther suddenly wanted to leave quickly, she didn't want to meet Professor Snape at this time.

"—and ask him not to use his long nose to sniff other people's business," Harry went on.

"You disrespectful little..." Professor Snape was visibly annoyed.

"Professor." It was Lupine's voice.

"Oh, Lupine, are you out for a walk under the moon too?" Professor Snape turned and lit Professor Lupine.

"Harry, are you all right?" Professor Lupine looked over at Harry over Professor Snape.

"No, Professor Lupine," replied Harry, trying to put the parchment away.

Professor Snape snatched the parchment and handed it to Lupine, with a mixture of anger and contempt on his face, "Your specialty, Lupine. I think this one is obviously full of dark magic."

Professor Lupine took the parchment and said gently, "Full of dark magic? Severus, I think it's just meant to insult anyone who wants to read it. It doesn't look dangerous—" Professor Snape wanted to remove the map from Lupin snatched it back from his hand, but was dodged by Professor Lupine, "—but I think you are right, you should check it carefully, as you said, my specialty. Come with me, Harry?"

Snape watched the two leave with a straight face.

Esther poked Orion, signaled him to keep quiet, and left from the other side of the corridor.

When Esther dropped by Harry to herbal medicine class in the greenhouse the next day, she asked him in a low voice, "What did you do in the middle of the night last night?"

"Well, it's a long story." Harry tried to evade.

"Long story short, don't you still trust me?" Esther urged.

"Well, that's a map that shows names, and yesterday I saw a name that shouldn't be there: Peter Pettigrew. He's the one who was blown up to nothing but his little finger by Blake. But he showed up on the map yesterday, Maybe the map is wrong and I didn't see him when I was standing with him," Harry said in one breath.

"Where's the map? Let me see." Esther stretched out his hand to Harry.

"Professor Lupine confiscated it." Harry's spirits sank.

Esther thought about going back to Professor Lupine to take a look, and she thought he would agree.

She sent Harry into the third conservatory, and made her way to Care of Magical Creatures on the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

Hagrid still threw them a few goblins without saying a word, let them study on their own, and read carefully with a thick stack of documents.

Esther was not very happy because of Hagrid's attitude last time, and she didn't want to show any concern this time.She watched absently as the goblin burrowed back into the burrow, thinking about what to say to Professor Lupine.

Finally, when get out of class was over, Esther hurried to Professor Lupin's office to find him.As the full moon approached, Lupine's complexion became worse and worse, but fortunately his temper was still so good.

"Professor Lupine, can you show me the map you confiscated from Harry yesterday?" Esther said straight to the point.

Professor Lupine took out a candy, opened the package and put it in his mouth, heaved a sigh of relief, "I'm afraid not, Collins, I still need to check the black magic on it."

"I don't believe there's any dark magic on it, right? It's just an excuse that you don't want to show me." Esther didn't expect Lupine to reject him, and said a little unhappy.

"Why do you think that?" Lupine asked in a daze.

"Harry is accompanied by a master student. If there was a black magic, I believe Hermione would have stopped him from using it." Esther pouted.

"Hahaha, it seems that Miss Granger's reputation has reached the Slytherins. Well, I'll tell you the truth, I don't want you to see it in case you use it to find Black. I know you have a very close relationship with Harry." Well, I'm afraid you will be in danger because of him." Professor Lupine relaxed a little.

"I just want to see Peter Pettigrew that Harry said," Esther explained.

"Why would you care about this man? Everyone knows he's been dead for years," said Lupine.

"Harry said he was standing with Peter Pettigrew but couldn't see anyone. It's weird isn't it? There are two possibilities: the first map is wrong, the second map is correct, he is there but can't see .That means he is invisible. Of course, we also need to see if the map can be displayed across floors. If there are no floors, then he may be upstairs or downstairs at the time. I need to read the map before I can say. "

"Harry himself said he might have read it wrong," Lupine emphasized.

"It doesn't matter if you get it wrong, I'm afraid that if he gets it right." Esther tried to explain his point, "It's weird for a dead person to sneak around the castle in the middle of the night, isn't it? When his murderer, Black, escaped? And didn't you find it strange that Black was also strange? He didn't hurt anyone in two appearances, especially the second time he was in Harry's room, a man who could blow up a street in one breath, I don't believe he would show mercy to five students. I'm not saying he's innocent, I just find it suspicious."

For a moment, there seemed to be a light in Lupine's eyes, "I can show it to you, but I'm here to see it, and I can't take it away."

"Okay." Esther said happily.