HP Starlight

The days returned to a calm state again, but Esther felt more and more nervous.Ten Death Eaters disappeared and Voldemort remained silent, which was very unusual.A few times, Esther couldn't help but want to turn into a bat and go to the old house after the cemetery to check again.But that was Snape's task, what she had to do was to guard the Department of Mysteries, guard Baldur.

Beavis has become worried since seeing the news of Death Eaters' prison escape.Not only him, but even the patients who visited the doctor would chat a few news about the Death Eaters between treatments.People are very dissatisfied with the lack of progress of the Ministry of Magic's pursuit, but few people think that this is a sign of Voldemort's comeback.In other words, everyone is unwilling to admit that this incident has something to do with Voldemort.This made Fudge get his wish.

The peaceful days were broken in March.As soon as she went downstairs in the morning, she saw a group of people crowding at the door of Beavis' office, looking in. Among them were several reporters with cameras.

She squeezed in from them and smiled at Bivis, "The popularity has increased again?"

"They're here to look for you. You've surpassed me now." Bivis said with a half-smile, and pushed her another stack of bundled letters.

"Are you Esther Collins?" one of the witches at the front said sharply, "You said you saw the mysterious man resurrected? Is this true?"

Another wizard said aggressively, "You see that the mysterious man is still alive? I think you are the same as that Potter, a clown who wants to please the public."

"Liar, liar is not worthy of being a healer." The crowd began to make noise, and a few people even cast a spell and broke the potion bottle in the office.

"Stop! What are you doing?" Bivis pushed Estella back and locked the office door with his wand.There was still constant banging outside.

Esther stood there bewildered.Bivis tried to comfort her, "Don't be afraid, the law enforcement team will take them away in a while. I'm here, don't worry."

"What's going on?" Esther asked stupidly.

"I don't know. When I came in this morning, I heard someone say something about The Quibbler, Potter accusing Death Eaters or something," Beavis said.

Soon someone took the troublemaker away.A capable witch said to Esther, "I'm Jesse Wright, striker from the Ministry of Magic's Law Enforcement Department. Miss Esther Collins, we would like to ask you to return to the Ministry of Magic to assist in the investigation. Please come with us."

"What do you want her to assist in the investigation? Can't you ask here? We have wasted a lot of time just now, she has to start working now, and there are patients waiting for her in the ward." Bivis wanted to prevent them from taking Ace away special.

"No, sir. We have already contacted the dean, Mr. Frank, and Miss Collins has been suspended. Her job now is to go back with us and cooperate with the investigation." Wright said forcefully.

Bivis wanted to say something more, Esther shook his head at him, and silently followed Wright to the Ministry of Magic.

Esther was taken to a narrow and dimly lit room.In the center of the room was a modest table with chairs in front of and behind it.There is only one lamp on the table, which is the only light source in this room.

Wright asked Esther to sit on the chair behind the table, "Give us the wand, please, we will do an inspection." She said indifferently.

"I refuse, it doesn't comply with the regulations." Esther leaned back.

"Here I am a rule. If you don't pay, we will take compulsory measures." Wright threatened.

Esther pulled out his wand helplessly and handed it to Wright.Watching the wand being taken out of the room, Esther felt a strong sense of unease.The light on the table is very weak and can only shine near the table.The surrounding walls are in the shadows where the light cannot reach, as if there is something hidden in it, just about to move.

I don't know how long it took, maybe 10 minutes, maybe an hour, and finally someone walked in.

Esther couldn't see who came in, until he sat down opposite him, he realized that it was a man with sharp corners and deep-set eyes.He pushes a cup of tea in front of Esther.

"Hi, Miss Collins. I'm Gary Sullivan from the Legal Enforcement Department. We've invited you here this time to ask if you've accepted an interview with The Quibbler." Sullivan said in a business-like tone.

"What is that? A newspaper?" Esther asked in confusion.

"The Quibbler, a magazine. It published an article that spread rumors that the mysterious man was resurrected. Your name appeared in it, saying that you were there at the time and saw the whole process of the mysterious man's resurrection."

"I—can I read that article?" Esther wanted to know a little more about the situation so he could know how to deal with the current situation.

"Sorry, that magazine has been banned from the Ministry of Magic."

"Well, I haven't been interviewed by "The Quibbler." Esther chose to distance herself as much as possible, and didn't want to confront people from the Ministry of Magic.

"Since this is the case, on behalf of the Ministry of Magic, I hope that you can give a speech in front of the public, telling everyone that "The Quibbler" falsified the news about you without interviewing you. And clarify to the public that the mysterious man's resurrection is just nonsense It's a conspiracy." Sullivan smiled at Esther, but this smile made Esther feel no warmth.

"Sir, I can't do this. I haven't read the report. I don't even know what The Quibbler is. I don't know what to say." Esther still tried to pull himself out of the matter.

"I've said it before, you just need to tell the magic world that the resurrection of the mysterious person is nonsense." Sullivan restrained his expression and became stern.

"So what kind of reputation is just an excuse, right? Because I was mentioned in the article, you want me to be manipulated and used by you like a puppet." Est pointed out his purpose sharply.

"So you are also part of Potter's party, and you are also promoting the horror of the mysterious man's resurrection?" Sullivan narrowed his eyes dangerously.

"I didn't, I said I wasn't interviewed!" Esther exclaimed.

"Do you think it matters whether you are interviewed or not? What matters is that he said you were there. You have to choose a side, the Ministry of Magic or that Potter." Sullivan walked up to Est and said.The tall figure cast a huge shadow over Esther, making her feel very oppressed.

"I'm just an ordinary wizard. The Ministry of Magic should protect me instead of threatening me. I'm not standing on either side. I want to go back and give me back my wand." Esther grabbed the arm of the chair and tried to stand up.

"Not yet." Sullivan pressed Esther's shoulders and pushed her back into the chair. "I'll give you some time to think about it, accept my suggestion, and give a speech, which will be good for you." After speaking, Sullivan withdrew, and the room returned to deathly silence.

There was no reference in the dim room, and Esther couldn't tell how much time had passed.She sat there calmly, at least outwardly.She listened hard to the movement around her, trying to get a little bit of helpful information.But nothing could be heard, the room must have been cursed.

Esther guessed that it had been a long time this time, because her legs were a little numb from sitting.She looked around, wondering if she should get up and walk around.The door opened again, and the man's footsteps were still heard.

"What is Miss Collins thinking?" he said indifferently.

"I'm going back," Est said.

"As long as you agree, you can get out from here."

"You are illegally detained!"

"We are asking you to assist the Ministry of Magic."

"Compulsive."

"As you wish."

Esther glared hard at Sullivan, who looked at her impassively.

"You can't keep pinning me like this." Esther said calmly.

"Actually, I can. I can also put you in Azkaban for assaulting a Ministry of Magic employee. As long as I get a little wound on my way out—" Sullivan smiled viciously.

"Despicable." Esther couldn't think of a better adjective.

"Whatever you say. Now I'll ask you again, can you make a speech in public to clear up the rumors." Sullivan drew out his wand and played with it.

Esther had a bad premonition, and she shrank back, trying to press herself against the back of the chair as much as possible.

"Of course we hope you're voluntary, but you can't always waste time, right?" Sullivan pointed at Esther with his wand, "Out of body!"

A pale sense of happiness filled Este's mind.This feeling has no way of knowing where it comes from, and it has no specific destination, it just lingers in the mind like a fog.Esther stared blankly at the man across the table.

Sullivan took out a parchment manuscript and handed it to Esther, "A reporter will interview you later, so you can just follow what is written on it, understand?"

Why, the voice in Esther's head was shouting, but another answer sounded in his ear, "Understood."

She was dragged into another room by Sullivan, fighting with the Imperius Curse for control of her mind along the way.There were many people in the room discussing in low voices, and from time to time, lights flashed to take pictures of Esther.

"Start." Sullivan's voice sounded in Este's head.Esther picked up the parchment in his hand and read in a hollow voice, "About the news about the resurrection of the mysterious man reported by "The Quibbler"..."

Suddenly she stopped.Her brain had won, and despite Sullivan's voice urging desperately inside her head, she remained calm.Since she couldn't hide...she felt a little more determined.

"The thing about the resurrection of the mysterious man is true." She said calmly.In an instant, the pause button seemed to be pressed in the room, and then fierce voices erupted from around.Sullivan pulled Esther angrily and led her away from the bright room.After dragging and dragging all the way back to the small room, Sullivan threw her into the room and closed the door.

"It seems that I still underestimate you? Huh? Can you resist the Imperius Curse?" Sullivan showed a fierce expression, "Then what do you think of this? Heartbreaking!"

Esther screamed.The pain pierced into the bones spread to every inch of her body, making her roll on the ground unceasingly.Cold sweat quickly drenched the green healer's robe.

"You asked for it, Miss Collins. You killed yourself and me, you know? I'll lose my job or even be punished, and you'll be sent to Azkaban!"

Another heartbreaker, Esther thought the second one would get used to it, but it still hurts the same, or even worse.Esther couldn't make a sound, or maybe she couldn't hear herself.

The door slams open, the spell stops, but the pain is carved into Esther's body.She was still twitching and lying on the ground, her eyes were open but she couldn't see clearly.After a while, she regained her ability to think, and the first thing that came to her mind was the absent eyes of the Longbottoms.

The people who came in didn't know what they were talking about, and Esther could only hear the chaotic and noisy voices.Then Esther was dragged off the floor and put back on the chair.

"Miss Collins, on behalf of the Ministry of Magic, I apologize for the harm you have suffered. This is Sullivan's personal behavior, and we will review him. This is your wand, and you can go." A man wearing a monocle said the witch to her.

Esther picked up her wand and quickly walked out of the small room without saying a word.There were many people surrounded outside, and Kingsley stood at the outermost edge of the crowd.Seeing Esther approaching, the crowd moved out of the way.Esther felt that his image was really not good-looking, so he quickly buried his head low and got out of the crowd.When passing by Kingsley, she heard a vague voice, "Go straight back to Grimmauld Square." Esther nodded slightly and walked straight past him.

Drowsily, Esther Apparates to Grimmauld Place and finds it night.She crashed into Order of the Phoenix headquarters in a panic and found her luggage in the foyer.

Sirius was very happy to have someone to keep her company. She just heard the movement in the hall and said on the stairs, "Tonks sent your luggage. She said you were just taken away, so she packed it for you." , nothing was lost."

But when he saw Esther's situation clearly, he hurried over to support her and said, "How did this happen? Didn't Tonks say you were only under investigation?"

Est shook his head.She felt very tired and didn't want to say anything.Sirius escorted her upstairs to a bedroom, gave her a worried look, and turned to leave the room.

Esther curled up tightly on the bed.Her nerves were still throbbing, making it hard for her to fall asleep, but she didn't bother to get out of bed to grab a bottle of sleeping pills.

I don't know if I can go back to work in St. Mungo's, and Esther can't help but wonder if someone will harm Mr. Bird again. I'm on duty tonight, and I don't know who will take my place...

Slowly Esther's consciousness began to blur, but he didn't really fall asleep.She felt a little cold on her body, even though she wrapped the quilt tightly around her body, she was still cold.She took out her wand and tried to light the fire in the fireplace, but her arm was limp and weak, and the magic power could not gather at the tip of the wand.She let her arms slump on the bed in frustration, and stopped making unnecessary attempts.

At midnight, there was the sound of pattering rain outside the window.Esther suddenly heard footsteps approaching him while he was half asleep.Although she knew she was safe in the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, her instinct still made her hold her wand tightly and point to the door. "Who!" she asked hoarsely.

"It's me." A familiar deep voice replied.Recognizing that it was Snape's voice, Esther let out a sigh of relief and put down her wand.Snape walked up to her and asked, "How are you feeling?"

"It's fine," Est said.

But Snape was not so easy to deceive.He reached out and touched Esther's forehead, "You have a fever." He frowned and said.

"Probably." Esther replied weakly.

Snape drew his wand and started the fire in the fireplace. "Have you brought your cauldron and medicine chest?" Snape asked.

"Probably all in that big box. Tonks isn't very good at sorting," Est said.

Snape turned and waved his wand, and the box popped open.A pile of things fell out of it, books, crucibles, potions, medicine chests, various clothes and even a piece of underwear.Tonks probably didn't expect that this box would be opened by someone else, and it was normal for the situation to be too late to clean up.But Esther still felt ashamed for a while, and her already red face turned like salamander blood.

Fortunately, Snape didn't notice this, he just let the cauldron and medicine chest float in front of him, conjured up a table and placed them on it.Then pick the medicinal material rack and put it on the crucible to start cooking.

Seeing Snape's skillful movements, Esther felt relieved.The dense smoke made her feel sleepy, but she couldn't bear to close her eyes.She admired Snape's every move and felt that she couldn't get enough of it.

"Sleep when you're sleepy, the potion will take a while." Snape said without looking up.

"Not sleepy," Esther said against his will. "When can I go back to St. Mungo's?"

"You really want to go back?" Snape raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I'm not Sirius, I have an inheritance to squander. And there are my patients in the hospital." Esther said weakly.

"I thought it was because of your mentor. You must be touched by the way he protects you without hesitation." Snape said, staring at the potion in the cauldron, his voice was unusually calm.

Esther looked at Snape suspiciously, "How do you know he's protecting me?"

"There was a picture in the newspaper of a patient attacking a therapist."

"Didn't the Ministry of Magic suppress this matter? Then no one questioned their detainment?"

"They only reported that you were assaulted and claimed that it was your treatment failure that caused dissatisfaction. So St. Mungo's has suspended you."

"Then no one knows what happened to me at the Ministry of Magic today?" Esther wanted to clenched her fists to express her anger, but her body did not allow her to make such a violent movement.She had no choice but to let go of her hands weakly, and stared blankly at the ceiling.

"Feel wronged?" Snape asked.

Ester was silent, and after a while, she hissed, "I just feel sorry that I resisted the Imperius Curse, told the truth to those reporters, took two more Cruciatus Curses, and they put the matter aside." It's covered up."

With a bang, the stirring rod hit the crucible.Esther looked at Snape, who continued to stir the potion as if nothing had happened, as if the sound just now was just an illusion.

"You still have class tomorrow, go back early to rest, and I will do the rest by myself." Esther thought that Snape was just too tired.She struggled to sit up, ready to take over from Snape.

"Lie down!" Snape ordered.

Esther obediently lay back on the bed.But his gaze remained on Snape.

Finally, the potion in the cauldron turned a clear light blue.Snape bottled the potion and cast a spell to cool it down, then put it in Esther's hand.

Esther propped herself up vigorously, raised the potion bottle and drank it down.The pain and chills in the body were greatly relieved.Esther let out a long breath of comfort, "Thank you, Professor."

"I said, don't call me 'Professor' again." Snape frowned and took the potion bottle back.

"Okay, Severus. Thanks." Esther smiled at Snape and lay back on the bed.

Snape looked at Esther seriously, and reached out to touch her forehead again.Feeling the temperature drop, he obviously relaxed a little.His hand slid down over the brow bone, rubbed lightly on his cheek, and then retracted.

"Severus, can you give me a hug?" Esther said softly.

Snape was slightly taken aback, Esther's shadow reflected in his deep black eyes.He leaned down slowly and put his arms around Esther's back, bringing her body close to his.

Esther's ear was slightly itchy as Snape's long hanging hair brushed against it.Being caressed by his warm breath again, it added a tingling feeling.After a moment, Snape quickly raised his body, pulling away from Estelle.But Esther didn't miss the slight blush on Snape's usually pale and sallow face.

"Get some rest," Snape said quickly.Turn around and stride out of the bedroom.