HP Starlight

After the space warp squeezed, Esther knew that Snape should have Apparated near Lestrange's house.She listened carefully to the movement around her, and used her ears instead of eyes to describe the surrounding scenes.

"Severus," said a man's voice, "you're late."

"There was a delay on the road, is the Dark Lord coming?" Severus replied calmly.

"It's not here yet, it doesn't look so smooth." The man responded, "Go in and rest for a while."

Esther heard the floorboards creak under Snape's feet, which looked like 12 Grimmauld Place, a very old house.The foyer seemed spacious, and there must have been something hanging on the wall, making a slight noise.

Snape walked to a corner of the living room, pretending to admire a piece of fine silverware.

"Severus." It was Narcissa's voice.

"Good afternoon, Narcissa. So Draco's here too?" Snape said casually.

"Yes, he's upstairs with Bella," Narcissa said.

"I happen to have something to discuss with Draco, can you take me up there?" Snape said.

Narcissa seemed to hesitate for a moment, but soon Esther felt Snape coming up the stairs.Along the way, Esther kept an eye out for that unusual rustling sound.

There was a knock on the door. "Who?" Bellatrix's voice seemed muffled.

"Bella, it's me. Severus wants to talk to Draco," Narcissa said.

The door creaked open.

"Good afternoon, Bellatrix, may I go in and have a private talk with Draco?" Severus said in an elegant and low voice.

"This is my room, you can talk in the living room after Draco goes down!" Bellatrix shrieked.

"Of course, if you don't mind the Dark Lord's plans being heard by more people." Snape said unhurriedly.

After a while Esther felt moving again, it seemed that Bellatrix finally agreed to Snape's proposal.Given a rare opportunity, Esther put all his energy into exploring every corner of the room.

"Draco, do you have any plans?" Snape asked after the door was closed again.

"This is my task, don't worry about it." Malfoy said bluntly.

"You need help, Draco. The security measures at Hogwarts have been strengthened a lot this year, and you can't bring something dangerous into it."

"I wouldn't take anything dangerous to Hogwarts, I'm not a fool."

"That's good. This matter must be done in a secret way, and it must be hit at once, so that no one can suspect you."

"Of course I know, can you stop treating me like a child."

"It's not about size, it's a difficult task even for grown-ups. Let me help you, Draco."

"Someone help me, I don't need you."

"Who? Who can help you? Crabbe? Goyle?"

Suddenly there was another knock on the door, interrupting their conversation.

"The Dark Lord will be here soon, have you finished talking?" Narcissa asked with concern.

"It's over." Malfoy said before Snape could speak.

Esther followed Snape downstairs regrettably, she didn't hear anything, the thing wasn't here.

Soon Snape stood still, as if waiting for something.After a while, a cold and high-pitched voice sounded, "Sit down."

With Voldemort's permission, the Death Eaters sat down in their seats.

"Today's operation is not going well. Obviously, our information about the Ministry of Magic is not accurate enough. Yaxley, do you have anything to say?" Voldemort said coldly.

"Master, we don't have enough contacts in the Ministry of Magic, and it turned out that Lucius was the one who contacted them. I haven't got the full list yet," said the man who opened the door for Snape.

"No excuses, Yaxley, I don't like hearing you pass the buck. It's been two months and you've been so ineffective!"

"Yes, master. I will develop the people in the Ministry of Magic into our people as soon as possible, please give me a little more time."

"Draco, how are you getting ready? School is about to start, are you ready?"

"Yes, Master, I can't wait to get back to Hogwarts," Malfoy said excitedly.

"Very well, Draco, very well. So, Severus, what is the Order doing?"

"The Ministry of Magic has almost taken over the work of the Order of the Phoenix, and they are now fully protecting Potter." Snape replied seriously.

"Where's Dumbledore? What's he doing?"

"He travels between the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts every day. Minister of Magic Scrimgeour meets with him almost every day, probably to discuss protection measures on the way back to school and Hogwarts' defense reinforcement."

"Has he recovered physically?"

"No. He hasn't mentioned it to anyone else, but it seems that after the confrontation with you at the Ministry of Magic, he has not been as responsive as before."

"Very good. Amycus, Alecto, Greyback, keep doing what you like, as much as possible, and keep the Ministry of Magic busy." Voldemort said with a sneer.

Listening to their conversation, Esther suddenly felt something rub against the fabric under her body.Her animal instincts made her shudder involuntarily.Despite quickly controlling herself, she felt Snape's body stiffen for a moment.

"What's the matter, Nagini? What do you want to say?" Voldemort suddenly changed his tone.

Esther tensed her body nervously, she guessed that it was Voldemort's snake that passed by just now.Snakes are one of the bat's predators and are likely to find themselves sensitively.

"Go ahead, I'm sorry I couldn't bring you food today." Voldemort said in a rare gentle tone.

Esther breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that Dumbledore's spell was used to paralyze the snake, and he was not discovered.

Coming out of Lesterledge's house, Snape brought Esther back.Esther stretched her wings stiffly on the sofa and took a long time to change back from the Animagus form.

Dumbledore remained in the house waiting for news from them.He was not surprised to hear that the item had not been found.

"Okay, Severus, you go back first. It's been too long, Peter Pettigrew should be suspicious." Dumbledore said.

Snape nodded slightly, without looking at Esther, he got up and left.

Esther watched in pain as the last corner of the black robe disappeared behind the door, before retracting his gaze.Dumbledore and Grindelwald were looking at her, which made her a little embarrassed.

"I should go too. Gellert, don't forget our agreement." Dumbledore looked sharply at Grindelwald, who nodded perfunctorily.

After Dumbledore also left, Grindelwald raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and said with a hint of sarcasm, "So that Snape is the reason why you decided to go to me? His vision is really bad."

"It has nothing to do with you." Esther said loudly to Grindelwald in embarrassment.

"I'm your uncle in my current identity. I'm just concerned about my granddaughter." Grindelwald said with a chuckle.

"There is no one else now, so don't pretend to care about me." Esther responded angrily.

"What are you looking for at Lestrange's house?" Grindelwald asked casually.

"A gadget of black magic. Since Dumbledore didn't tell you, then I have nothing to say." Esther said bluntly.

"You are always so defensive, how can I help you?" Grindelwald made an innocent expression.But Esther didn't get sympathy.

Ever since Grindelwald was brought out, Esther's Gallon was rapidly depleting.It turned out that Kreacher delivered meals every day or went to Weasley's house to eat and drink, but now he has to take care of food, clothing, housing and transportation by himself, and Esther is a little stretched.She finally planned to use the money in Gringotts left to her by her mother, but how to get it out was a problem.She only remembered that her aunt had told her that there was a vault left by her mother in Gringotts, but she didn't tell her how to get in.Now she has also lost contact with her aunt, and there is no way to ask her if she wants to.

Suddenly she had a flash of inspiration, maybe she could ask her mother directly.She went back to the house and took out the resurrection stone and turned it around three times, and Wen Tina's figure appeared in front of her.

"Son, what difficulties are you encountering?" Wen Tina said gently.

"Mom, I—" Esther was a little hard to speak, but the financial situation forced her to ask her mother for help, "I'm a little tight—"

Wen Tina stared at her, "Go to the vault, it belongs to you."

"I don't know how to get in." Esther felt that once he spoke, he seemed to have no worries.

"Remember the gold watch that Aunt Connie gave you on your 17th birthday? It's a token of the Shafik family, take it to Gringotts, the goblins know what to do." Wendina said softly.

Esther found the gold pocket watch and stroked the gold S on it.This turned out to be Shafiq's token. It turned out that my aunt had entrusted the Shafiq family to her when she was an adult.Suddenly the watch weighed heavily on her heart, which made Esther miss her aunt very much.

The next morning, she came to Gringotts with a gold watch and asked to enter her vault.Soon the older goblin at the counter came to show her the way with a small jingling leather bag.

"Bogorod is at your service. Dear lady, this way please." The goblin bowed and said to her, "It's been a long time since no one has been to Shafiq's vault. The vaults of ancient families are all on the bottom floor. Please follow me."

Bogorod opened the door, revealing a narrow and steep stone corridor inside.The torches on both sides illuminate the inside brightly.There was a small railway going down the stone corridor, and as soon as Bogorod whistled a small cart rushed towards them along the railway.Esther climbed onto the cart following Bogorod's example.She just sat in the stroller and rushed out.

The passage of the railway is winding like a maze.Bogorod was not driving at all, but the cart was moving by itself, turning the sharp bends like a windmill and choosing the side road.Although Esther often turns into a bat to fly and has a good sense of balance, he is still dizzy by the car.The rattling sound was deafening, and the colder it got below.Esther didn't know where he was.

Finally, the car stopped on the corridor at the bottom.Esther got out of the car with a pale face, watched as Bogorod took out two tinkling small metal utensils from his bag, and gave one to himself. "It's a jingle piece, and there's a fire dragon guarding the front, so we have to use this to get through," Bogorod said.

Esther took the jingle piece in his hand and followed the goblin around a corner, and saw a pale dragon chained to the ground, with cloudy pink eyes that seemed useless, and heavy shackles tied to his legs , the thick chain on it is pierced into the stone pile on the ground.Hearing someone coming, the fire dragon spewed flames violently, and the heat wave hit, Este quickly hid behind the corner.

Bogorod waved the jingle piece, and the noise kept echoing in the underground passage, and the sound was amplified countless times.Esther couldn't stand the loud noise and started to ring in her ears.She hurriedly read aloud to herself with her ears closed, and only then did she relieve her dizziness.

The giant dragon backed away when he heard the hoarse roar, trembling with fear.Esther couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic to the dragon.

There are only four or five vault doors behind the dragon.Bogorod led her to the vault a little further in, and he put his hand on the door, which disappeared in an instant, forming a hole.

"You don't need a key. Only the goblins from Gringotts can enter. It's absolutely safe." Bogorod showed an evil smile. "If anyone breaks in, the door will suck him in, and he won't be able to escape."

Esther and Bogorod walked into the cave, and the wooden door closed behind them.Esther flicked her wand and threw a ball of light that lit the inside.Piles of sheepskin scrolls, ancient instruments, armor, inscription carvings, and strange things that Esther didn't know were piled up, leaving only a small space for gold and silver utensils and golden Galleons.Esther opened the scroll closest to her, and inside was a strange figure, like a magic circle.

"How long can I stay here?" Esther asked stupidly.

"You can stay as long as you want. If it takes a long time, I can come to pick you up again." The goblin said respectfully.But the expression on his face made Este hard to believe.She felt that if she didn't go out with him, she might be locked up here for the rest of her life.

Fortunately, the goblin was very patient and did not rush her.Esther opened the scrolls one by one, picked out a few parchments that he could barely understand, packed some gold Galleons and silver Sickles, and planned to go back.

"There are so many ancient families, how many vaults are these?" Esther asked while looking at the next doors.

"This is just the treasury of the oldest family. There used to be many here, but some families died, and the things they kept belonged to Gringotts and the Ministry of Magic, and the treasury disappeared." The goblin smiled maliciously. , and then said, "Now there are only a few left, but the population is not too prosperous, is it?"

Esther didn't trust the goblin even more.

The next day was the opening day of Hogwarts, and Moody arranged for Esther to meet him on the platform to prevent the Death Eaters from attacking him.

Seeing the children happily boarding the Hogwarts Express, Esther couldn't help being a little envious.She misses the carefree days at Hogwarts, which certainly didn't look easy at the time.

Harry was very excited to see Esther.He couldn't wait to tell Esther about seeing Draco at the Borgin Bock Dark Magic store in Knockturn Alley.

"Boggin acted like he was respectful to his dad after he showed him something. I think Malfoy is already a Death Eater, Esther. You have to believe me, both Hermione and Ron think Voldemort is not Will use a student, Sirius doesn't believe it. But I'm sure he's branded. His behavior at Madam Malkin's robe shop is telling, Madam Malkin just touches his arm and he jumps up... ..."

Esther knew that Malfoy was indeed a Death Eater, she had heard it when she and Snape went to Lestrange's house.But she can't tell.Since Sirius didn't know, it means that Dumbledore didn't intend to tell others.This involved his and Snape's plan, and even though Esther didn't know much about it herself, she had to keep the plan safe.

"Harry," she said after a moment's thought, "I think even if he joins the Death Eaters, he can't do much under Dumbledore's watch. Don't focus on Malfoy, please? You have your own business." to do."

"But he's up to something, I'm sure!" said Harry impatiently. "He threatened Borgin to fix something for him, and told him to keep another thing for him, which sounds like a match. He's got to do something, That's a black magic shop! Dark magic is evil!"

"Black magic is also useful, maybe he is just doing research. You have too much prejudice against black magic." Esther has practiced a lot of black magic recently, and some have been poked at the sore spot.

"When did you start speaking for the dark arts? Don't tell me you are also interested in the dark arts!" Harry asked Esther angrily.

"Of course not," Esther lied, "I just want to tell you not to pay too much attention to Malfoy."

The Hogwarts Express whistled and the doors began to close.Harry and Esther broke up unhappy, and jumped on the train that was about to leave.Esther looked helplessly at the departing train, feeling that her last friend was also drifting away from her.

A week after school started, Moody summoned the Order of the Phoenix to a meeting at 12 Grimmauld Place to assign new tasks.

"Beginning next week, we will be increasing the security of Hogwarts. Albus has some business to do away from school. While he is away, we will keep Hogwarts safe. And our work It must be done secretly, and be careful not to affect the normal life of Hogwarts teachers and students." Moody said gruffly.