HP Starlight

Esther took a blank parchment from Lupine and stood there. "That's it? Nothing?"

"A spell is needed," said Professor Lupine with a smile. He took out his wand and tapped the parchment. "I solemnly swear that I will do no good."

"That doesn't sound like a good word." Esther curled her lips, and Lupine shrugged cheerfully.

When Esther looked at the parchment again, it was already covered with criss-cross lines, and on the top was written in green cursive:

Moonface, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs

gentlemen who help magical mischief makers

Introducing

Marauder's Map

"I have to say that this is really amazing, but I don't like them, they scolded Professor Snape." Estor frowned.

"I'm sorry about that," said Professor Lupine softly.

"Do you know these people?" Esther asked.

"I think they are just a few mischievous people." Professor Lupine said.

This map is huge, with every detail of Hogwarts castle and grounds drawn.Some small moving black dots are densely or sparsely distributed on the map, and the small characters next to them mark the names.There are offices, bedrooms and some secret passages.

Contrary to what Esther thought, it was drawn on different floors, so there could be no space problem, which means that Peter was beside Harry at the time.But why can't I see it?Esther was very puzzled, even with an invisibility cloak, you can feel it when you stand together. Is there any way to neither see nor touch it?

She searched the map inch by inch. It was true that Peter Pettigrew's name was not there, but there was no similar name either.

"How about it, no." Although it was confirmed, there was a little regret in Professor Lupine's tone.

"I think—" Esther said, pointing to the name he and Lupine wrote together, "the map is correct, and Harry rarely makes mistakes. Maybe the problem is the range." The upper floor and the basement classroom were drawn in a circle, "The map is incomplete, the secret room is not marked, and——." Esther thought about the Room of Requirement, but did not say it.It was the secret base of her and her friends, and it couldn't be said casually.

"The Chamber of Secrets?" Professor Lupine asked suspiciously.

"Yes, Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets. The entrance is in the girls' bathroom on the second floor, that's it." Esther pointed to Lupine, "but the real space is underground, and there is no such space in the map. This means that in some places four The producer doesn't know, it may not be just the secret room, but also some other places. That is to say, not being on the map does not mean that this person does not exist."

"Are you so sure Sirius was wronged? Peter Pettigrew is still alive?" Lupine asked, looking at Esther.

"I didn't say that, I just had doubts." Esther tapped the map and said, "There must be a reason for a person to hide. As for the reason, we have to find them. Can I take him away?" Esther Looking at Professor Lupine expectantly.

"No." Professor Lupine said gently and put away the map, "You can come to me after the full moon, but you can't take it away."

The big black dog can't be found, Peter Pettigrew can't be found, and Blake can't be found, Esther thinks depressingly while lying on the bed.A huge octopus outside the window patted the window gently with the water waves, as if to comfort her.Esther looked at the green light coming in from the window, and seemed less upset in her heart.Slytherins are strong-willed, resourceful, and never give up easily.Esther clenched his fists and closed his eyes.

The Apparition class went well the next day, and Esther finally mastered the Apparating technique perfectly.She became more and more used to the dizziness and suffocation brought by the magic.

On the day of the exam, because Professor Snape was going to give Potions to the third grade, the Slytherin students were taken by Professor McGonagall to Hogsmeade to take the exam with the Gryffindor students.Holding the booklet "Common Mistakes of Apparition and How to Avoid It" in his hand, Esther looked in the Gryffindor team, hoping to find Leona.

"She only had her birthday in August, so she can't take the exam when she is not old enough. Can't even remember her birthday?" Orion expressed dissatisfaction with Este.

"I won't forget to give her a great gift. How about a bottle of love potion?" Esther said with a grin.

"This is the last thing she needs." Orion said bluntly

"Oh, yes, she should need detumescence." Esther said with a meaningful smile.

"You see? We're just—just—" Orion stammered, his ears turning red quickly.

"Don't be nervous, I didn't see it. But Leona's lips are too swollen, don't kiss so hard next time, girls like to be gentle." Esther said mysteriously.

Orion murmured, "But she seemed quite satisfied at the time."

Esther wanted to tease him again, but the dementors guarding the door made her words disappear along with the good mood just now.

They lined up outside the Three Broomsticks to take the exam one by one.It seems that the Dementors had a huge influence on everyone's exams, and many failed them.The examiner is also very strict, leaving a hair will not pass.Esther couldn't help stroking his hair, hoping that they would all leave with him in a while.

Soon it was Est's turn. "Move to the door of the post office, you can start." The examiner said briefly.Esther took a deep breath to clear away distracting thoughts, and silently recited the goal, determination, and calmness in her mind, and then she began to spin.

She found herself entering that narrow void with ease, and emerging on the street.Just in time to see an owl fly by in front of her, she knew she had succeeded.

After taking the exam, Esther waited for Orion, who was at the bottom of the queue, and he was lucky enough to pass.The less fortunate students complained to Professor McGonagall about the interference of the Dementors.

"You should try your best to overcome difficulties instead of making excuses." Professor McGonagall said with a straight face.

The Easter holidays are coming soon.After the holiday, there was the Quidditch final between Slytherin and Gryffindor, and the two colleges broke out with a strong smell of gunpowder again.Gryffindor Seeker Harry has a rocket crossbow, which puts Malfoy under a lot of pressure.In order to keep the Quidditch Cup, Flint did not hesitate to send someone to make trouble for Harry.Gryffindor is certainly not to be outdone.The conflict between the two teams evolved into a struggle between the two colleges.Orion was the one who hurt the most, and Leona had ignored him for a week.He'd spent the whole vacation trying to get Leona to have a word with him, but every time he failed.

"She may never talk to me again," Orion said listlessly.

Esther said nonchalantly, "Just wait until the game is over, we've been doing this for six years, we should have gotten used to it by now."

"I hate Quidditch a little bit now." Orion wrinkled his nose.

After the holiday, Esther hardly went out except for classes and going to Professor Lupin's office to check the map.Because vicious fights between Gryffindor and Slytherin often appeared in the corridor, and it was difficult for her to ensure that she was not biased towards Slytherin, so she simply kept out of sight and out of mind.

Finally on the day of the game, Esther sat in the stands and cheered for his academy team with other Slytherins.Most of the stands were pro-Gryffindor students, but Slytherins never saw any advantage in numbers.The prefects used magic to raise the giant Slytherin flag, Esther nodded to the silver snake on the flag, and the snake swam on the flag with a message.

However, the situation was not good for Slytherin. Although the players tried their best, the score was still far behind.Moreover, Harry's rocket crossbow is indeed unmatched, and he even came from behind and caught the golden snitch before Malfoy.The Slytherins returned dejectedly to the cellar.Malfoy cursed Harry and his rocket crossbow loudly.

"At least it's over, isn't it?" Orion couldn't tell whether he was happy or depressed.

Things are back to normal, and Leona and Orion are back intimacy.

"After this full moon, there's only exam week left." Esther said to Professor Lupine while looking at the map, "What about the holidays? Did Professor Snape say that you would be given medicine for the holidays? Or How about I try it?"

"This school year has been enough trouble for you and Severus. I think I should solve this little trouble myself during the holidays. I figured it out pretty well before, didn't I?" Professor Lupine said calmly.

"Well, if you insist." Esther didn't force it, "But if you need it, you can write to me at any time, and you can come to me. I think I can make this potion independently this year."

"Thank you, Collins. I heard you want to be a therapist in the future. I'm very happy to be your first patient. You will be a very good therapist in the future, I'm sure." Lupine said with a smile.

"Maybe, thank you for your encouragement." Esther was not used to the straightforward praise, a blush crawled from her neck to her cheeks.She quickly dealt with a few words and slipped away.

Near the end of the term, all the professors raised the course requirements, and even Hagrid became more serious.It's just that his attitude towards Esther is still extremely cold, which makes Esther not want to make fun of himself.In fact, Esther heard that Buckbeak was going to be executed, and also heard from Harry that they were helping Hagrid prepare another appeal.But what was the use of openly antagonizing the Malfoys?Since he could influence the Ministry's trial, doing it again wouldn't make any difference.It's better to confuse the fake with the real one... Esther looked at the hippogriff tethered in front of Hagrid's door.

Suddenly Esther seemed to see a ginger-yellow thing flashing past the edge of the Forbidden Forest from the corner of his eye.Esther suddenly remembered the ginger cat that Stone said was with the big black dog.She found a reason to ask Hagrid for leave, but Hagrid didn't bother to talk to her and asked her to go back to the castle by herself.Esther quietly walked behind a thick tree and turned into a bat to look for the ginger figure just now.

She flew in the Forbidden Forest for a long time, and even missed the time to deliver the potion to Lupine, but she still didn't find it.She even felt that it was just her own illusion.

"You finally came to see me in the Forbidden Forest?" Stone suddenly flew over from nowhere to catch up with Esther.

"I've been here many times, but I haven't seen you." Esther was glad that he wasn't eaten as he thought.

"Oh, by the way, I moved, and I forgot to tell you." Stone said belatedly, "I moved to the depths of the Forbidden Forest, and rarely come out. Because I have to pass through the territory of the acromantula, come out It's a dangerous trip."

"Then why are you still moving in?" Esther said to him, thinking that it was not easy for him to survive till now.

"It's more dangerous outside, the big cat and the black dog are going to eat up this piece!" Stone yelled.

"Do you know where he is? Can you show me there?" Esther's eyes lit up when he heard the news about the big black dog.

"Are you going to die?" Stone said in disbelief.

"Let's fly higher, it's okay." Esther encouraged him.

"Well, you must do this." Stone reluctantly led Este into a dense forest.

The tall trees blocked the light that wasn't much, Este squinted his eyes and looked around, trying to figure out his position.

"It's right below. He often walks around here." Stone flew around Esther, landed on the highest branch and hung upside down to rest.

Esther fell beside him, looking in the direction of Hogwarts, facing the Gryffindor tower.She memorized the location silently, hoping to find it quickly the next time she brought Harry in to see the black dog.

After regaining some strength, Esther moved down bit by bit. After Stone persuaded Esther several times and saw that Esther was unmoved, he gave up taking risks with her and left alone.Esther has already flown near the ground, but there is still no trace of the big black dog. Maybe it is not here today, Esther thought to himself.

Suddenly she subconsciously felt that she was being watched by something.She accelerated sharply and flew upwards in a curved direction.There was a gust of wind whistling in her ears, and a big ginger cat rushed past her, almost knocking her down from mid-air.

Aster fearfully flew to a higher place and kept a safe distance from the big ginger cat.The big cat stared at her warily.Esther recognized that it was Harry's good friend Hermione's cat, whose name seemed to be Crookshanks.

Esther landed on the tree and stared at the cat, and the cat looked at her.After a long time, it finally gave up and meowed twice into the bushes.A big black dog came out of the bushes.Esther was so excited, finally found it, she thought happily.

Crookshanks saw the big black dog come out and meowed a few more times towards the tree, then jumped onto the tree trunk and began to climb up.Esther shrank nervously behind the leaves, she knew that the cat was targeting herself.

The black dog looked up at its movements, stood up with two hind legs and put its front legs on the tree trunk, but it was still far away from Esther.

Crookshanks nimbly climbed up a few more steps, and it seemed that he would not give up until he caught Esther.Esther didn't dare to move.Crookshanks climbed a few more steps and meowed.The big black dog suddenly changed its appearance, its hind legs became thicker and its body became longer and longer.Finally the black dog disappeared, replaced by a haggard man with sunken eyes.The prison uniform on his body has been torn into rags, and his body is dirty. If he hadn't reached out to hug Crookshanks, Esther would have thought he was a dead man.

Sirius Black!Esther almost fell out of the air in fright.She quickly hid in the canopy of the tree, her claws tightly grasping the branches and her heart jumped up.She found Blake, and she had to notify the professors as soon as possible.

Black, unaware that he had been spotted, was still helping Crookshanks, who had climbed too high, down from the tree.

"What are you doing climbing so high? You'll break it if you jump down from such a high place." Black stepped on a lower branch next to him to get as close to Crookshanks as possible.The cat jumped nimbly onto his shoulders and down his back to the ground.

"If you get hurt, who will find Peter Pettigrew for me?" Black said, touching the cat's head, "Is there any news about that mouse recently? Is he still hiding in the hole and afraid to come out?" Crook Shan meowed back to him.

"Sooner or later, he will be caught, and I will kill him with my own hands." Black's eyes showed a murderous light.

Finally Crookshanks walked away towards the castle, and Black turned into a big black dog again and ran to rest in a tree hole deep in the Forbidden Forest.

Esther flew a little further away and hid behind a tree and quietly released a Patronus Charm.She wanted the bat to bring Professor Snape a message that Black was in the Forbidden Forest, and he was an Animagus.

She watched the silver bat fly away, and she turned back into an Animagus and flew across from Black's tree hole.She hangs herself behind leaves, which makes her hard to spot.

The waiting time was always unbearable. She was worried that Professor Snape would not receive the message, and that Black would leave suddenly.After what seemed like a century, she finally heard footsteps approaching, and then a light came faintly through the gaps in the leaves.

Black heard footsteps almost at the same time, and he got up alertly, hiding himself in the shadows, ready to run away.

Esther flew behind Black, waiting to flank Professor Snape back and forth.

The footsteps stopped not far away, and the Forbidden Forest was suddenly quiet and unreal.

Esther's heart moved, she changed back to human form, drew out her wand, and threw a ball of light towards the place where Black was hiding.

At the moment when the light ball illuminated, a red light shot towards Black's position.Esther was surprised by the tacit cooperation between the other party and himself.Black was blinded by the light, and there was only a momentary pause before the spell hit Black without any deviation.The black dog froze for a moment and fell to the ground.

"Good job, Collins." Professor Snape came over and looked down at the black dog, with a look of revenge.

"What now? Are you taking him back to the castle, Professor?" Esther walked up to Snape, hesitating whether to say anything about Peter Pettigrew.

"Of course I'd like to give him a dementor kiss right here!" Professor Snape gritted his teeth and said viciously, "but no, let's take him back to the castle, not so soon." Blake returned to his human form and hexed him again to bind him tightly.Finally, a stretcher was conjured and Blake was carried on it. "Follow me," he said to Esther, then levitated the stretcher and walked outside the Forbidden Forest.

As soon as they walked out of the Forbidden Forest, Esther saw two people walking towards them, Headmaster Dumbledore and Professor Lupine.

"Headmaster, you've come just in time. I think we can inform the Ministry of Magic that Black is under control and they can send a dementor to give him a kiss." Snape said triumphantly.

"I'm afraid not yet, Severus. There are some questions that need to be verified. I hope you will keep the matter of capturing him a secret, and Miss Collins as well." Dumbledore said seriously.

"You believed Lupine, didn't you?" The excitement on Snape's face faded away, and gradually turned dark. "They're a gang, and he wants to get away with Black. There's no Peter Pettigrew, Blake has killed him! Have you forgotten the homicidal tendencies he showed at the age of sixteen? He tried to kill me, have you not?"

"Of course not, Severus. But I think it's important to confirm. If you want, I hope you can come and listen." Dumbledore said firmly.

Snape's face was darkened in the shadow of the trees.Esther felt that he was not willing to just let Black go.

"I think Peter Pettigrew is indeed alive, Professor." Esther flinched from the cold eyes cast by Professor Snape, but still insisted: "Peter is probably an Animagus, the form It's a mouse. I know you want to avenge her, but what's the point if you pick the wrong one?"

Snape's expression became complicated and deep in an instant.He stared straight at Esther with his dark eyes, without saying a word.Esther thought that Professor Snape was going to take Legilimency on him again, and looked at him calmly, waiting for the dizziness caused by being forced to recall.But nothing happened.

"It seems that Miss Collins also knows something, can you come with us?" Professor Dumbledore didn't really ask for advice, but directly led them back to the principal's office in the castle after speaking.