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Esther's mission is to cooperate with Tonks and Sirius who are stationed inside Hogwarts and guarding Hogsmeade.At the same time, when Dumbledore was away, she could take members of the Order of the Phoenix into Hogwarts to strengthen its defenses, which was a trivial job.

Since returning to Hogwarts, Esther has always deliberately avoided meeting Snape, and the other party seems to be avoiding her tacitly.That was probably the end of their relationship, Esther thought sadly.

She puts all her energy into her work, which allows her to forget about emotional trauma.Usually, she would go to the school hospital to help, and in her spare time, she would make potions to pass the time.She made Polyjuice Potion, Blood Tonic, Snake Venom Cure...she made it whenever she thought it would be useful.The room was smoky all day long and smelled like potions.

But despite her best efforts, along with members of the Order of the Phoenix and the Ministry of Magic Aurors, the attack happened.A Gryffindor girl named Katie Bell touched a necklace with dark magic on the way back to school from Hogsmeade, and was severely cursed.

Esther was there when Bell was taken to the school hospital.She chanted a spell to guide her magic power to curb the wandering curse power.But how to strip this power out is a bit difficult for her.

When he was worrying, Snape walked quickly into the school hospital, his black robe rolling quickly behind him.He glanced at the light of the wand in Esther's hand, pulled out the wand, and injected his own magic power into it.

"Cooperate with me," Snape said succinctly.

Esther thought that his cooperation with Snape would not go well.But unexpectedly, their magical powers naturally merged into one.She followed Snape to let the magic power flow, condensing and expelling the dark power scattered in her body little by little.

After an hour of treatment, the dark power has been completely expelled from Bell's body, but the damaged internal organs cannot be recovered instantly.Esther followed Snape to use ancient healing spells in an attempt to rejuvenate the internal organs.

The deep male voice and the light girl are intertwined, giving the spell a special beauty.The warm yellow light from the two stick tips sometimes intersects and sometimes separates, sweeping across the whole body.

Bell was finally out of danger.Snape stopped casting the spell and handed the man over to Madam Pomfrey.Esther also retracted her wand and wiped the sweat from her brow.She was not as proficient as Snape, and she was not as powerful as his magic power. Repeatedly using the spell made her a little powerless.But it's worth it to save a life.

Madam Pomfrey contacted St. Mungo's Hospital, where Katie needed to be treated for a while.Esther was happy to see that Bivis was also on the team.Bivis was also very happy to see her.After briefly checking Bell's condition, he said to Esther, "The treatment was done in a timely manner, and I believe there will be no sequelae. Is this your first aid?"

"It's not me, it's Professor Snape, I just helped a little." Esther said with a shy smile.

Bivis nodded perfunctorily to Snape, and said to Esther, "Go back to St. Mungo's, it's more suitable for you, you have the talent."

"I'll think about it, not now, I have arrangements." Esther rejected Bivis' suggestion.

Soon the therapists took Bell and left Hogwarts.Snape seemed to want to say something to Esther, but after looking at her for a while, he finally left in silence.

After Bell's incident, the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix became more tense and distrusted each other.The Ministry of Magic began to investigate and track people in the Order of the Phoenix, which Moody told Esther when she asked about the situation.Originally Scrimgeour just wanted to find out what Dumbledore was doing, but now even the Weasleys, Kingsley and Sirius were being followed.Moody suspects that the Death Eaters also played a role.He asked Esther to be vigilant about any situation in the school, and asked her not to go out of the school for any reason.

However, the students did not know about these circumstances, only that a classmate was attacked outside the school.The news spread among the students for a few days, and then calm was restored.

Hogwarts is heading into Quidditch season again as the temperature cools.The castle was full of gunpowder again, which reminded Esther of the days when she and Leona were hiding when they first entered school.

On the morning of the weekend, she was checking the status of the blood tonic when she suddenly heard an explosion in the corridor.Esther frowned, opened the door and looked out.A Slytherin fell to the ground, his face swollen with pustules from which green-yellow mucus dripped.The Gryffindor on the other side was not very good either, the hair protruded from the nose and ears, and soon covered the upper body.

Esther walked over and drew out his wand and cast a spell on the Slytherin students, and the pustule disappeared quickly.Esther used another cleansing spell to wipe off the foul-smelling pus on his face, and asked his classmates to take him to the school hospital for Madam Pomfrey to examine him carefully.He waved his wand again at the Gryffindor students, letting the hair fall off their bodies, so that they could see the way to the hospital hospital.

"Healing spells are very proficient. Didn't you take Potions? How come I haven't seen you?" A short, fat, bald old wizard with a big belly looked at Esther with a smile and said.

"No, professor, I'm not a student, I've already graduated." Esther replied politely.

"Sorry, I thought you were a student. I'm Horace Slughorn, the potions professor here. Who are you?" the old wizard asked with interest.

"Esther Collins." Esther smiled and was about to go back to his room.

"What is this? Blood tonic?" Slughorn looked into the room with bright eyes.

"Uh, yes, would you like to come in and sit down?" Seeing that he had no intention of leaving, Esther had to invite him in.

Slughorn happily accepted the invitation, walked in and looked into the cauldron graciously, "Perfect color. What did you add? It smells a little different from the orthodox blood tonic."

"Added elderflower, sir. Strengthens the effect of the moonstone, and also prevents the wound from getting worse," said Astor.

"What an idea, where did you learn this?" Slughorn's eyes brightened.

"I researched it myself, Professor." Esther was a little embarrassed.

"Amazing! You will be very successful in Potions! It seems that you have just graduated, and your Potions professor is Severus?"

"Yes."

"You must be his best student! What do you do now?"

"For the time being, I just came to Hogwarts to help increase security measures. I used to work as a therapist in St. Mungo's, but I no longer do it for some reasons."

"No wonder your treatment skills are so skilled. If you don't like being in St. Mungo's, I can introduce you to the Holyhead Harpies as a team doctor. It's easier and you can travel often. Of course, I think you do independent medicine The teacher is also good, more free." Slughorn picked up several bottles of potions on the shelf and looked at them again, "Such a quality is really rare."

"Thank you, you have appreciated the prize." Esther was not used to strangers chatting with her like this.

"Are you at Hogwarts before Christmas? I'm organizing a Christmas party for the Slug Club. It would be interesting to come and join us." Slughorn said enthusiastically.

"I—" Esther didn't know how to refuse.

"You'll like it," said Slughorn selfishly. "Wait for my owl, and I'll send you a formal invitation."

Esther was relieved to finally send Slughorn away.She's not very good at dealing with this kind of people.And he didn't like Slughorn, who replaced Snape as the Potions professor.

A few days later a beautiful formal invitation was sent in through the window by an owl.It was stated on the invitation that a guest could be invited to accompany her. Esther was a little worried. Although he was not on a secret mission here, he could not make a big show of it. There was really no way to find a guest to go with him.

Would you like to try inviting Severus?A thought flashed through her, and then she smiled wryly in her heart.

The night before the holiday, Esther took a small glass jar upstairs to attend Slughorn's Christmas party.There is a small golden fish in the small glass tank.But if you tease the little fish, it will turn into twinkling stars and scatter, as if shy.But after a while the stars will condense again, still turning back into that little golden fish.

This is the advice Dumbledore gave Esther the last time before he left school.He asks Esther to conjure up such a Christmas present for Slughorn.Although Esther didn't understand why, she still did it.

Coming to Slughorn's office, Esther found that it was decorated in a festive atmosphere.The ceiling and walls were hung with hangings of emerald and crimson and gold.There is a golden lantern in the middle of the ceiling emitting light, and there are real elves twinkling in the lamp.The musical instruments in the corner are playing music by themselves, and the tinkling mandolin sounds light and agile.

Esther came earlier, and there weren't too many people in the room.House-elves dragged heavy silver trays through the crowd, bringing delicious treats and drinks to everyone.

"Good evening, Professor Slughorn." Esther greeted Slughorn with a smile, and showed him the fish tank in his hand, "Thank you for your invitation, I will send you a Christmas present in advance, I hope you I like it. You can try to tease it."

Slughorn placed the fish tank on his desk with great interest, and nodded to the little fish's head with his fat fingers on the edge of the tank.The small fish swam quickly around and scattered sparkling stars.

"Oh, dear!" said Slughorn in amazement, "interesting magic. Is this you?"

"Yes, Professor," Esther replied.

After a while, the stars condensed and turned back into small fish, swimming around in the glass tank.Slughorn exclaimed again, "Maybe I should have accepted Dumbledore's offer to teach at Hogwarts a few years earlier. You remind me of my favorite student before." Slughorn's eyes were a little Wet, "Are you a Gryffindor too?"

"No, I'm Slytherin, Professor." Esther said with a smile.But he had already realized in his heart that Dumbledore had a purpose for letting himself do this.

"Are you a Slytherin?" Slughorn regretted, "Look what I missed!"

After a while he whispered to Esther again, "I heard you also work for the Order of the Phoenix now?"

Esther nodded slightly.

"This is a high-risk job. If you want me to say that you are still young, there is absolutely no need to take risks. Last time I introduced you to be a team doctor, you can seriously consider it. You know what happened to the Order of the Phoenix when it confronted the mysterious man last time Is that the death rate..."

"Professor," Esther interrupted his whisper, "Of course I know, I was by the side when Emmeline Vance died, and we were on a mission together. I will not quit, otherwise Emmeline will be in vain." Dead. Some things are more important than living."

Slughorn wanted to say something more, but the new visitor interrupted their chat. "Professor, how is everything?" The little wizard wearing glasses who just came in shook hands with him enthusiastically, followed by a tall, thin man with dark circles under his eyes, looking tired.

"Elder, long time no see, come quickly. This is Miss Esther Collins, a very talented young man, we are admiring her little fish. Esther, this is Elder Walpole, I Former student and author of the best-selling Blood Brothers: My Life Among Vampires - this is his friend Bloody."

Esther shook their hands politely, and the vampire gave her a tight squeeze that hurt her hand a little.

"I heard that Harry Potter will be here today, is he here?" Elder looked around looking around.

"Not yet, but soon," said Slughorn confidently.

"I can't wait to chat with him, the legendary 'savior of the world'." Elder said excitedly.

"He probably wouldn't like it when you called him that. He's a modest boy, a little shy, but very pleasant." Slughorn tried to show how familiar he was with Harry.

There were more and more people in the room, and Esther wanted to leave early.But out of politeness, she forced herself to hold on a little longer.She found a quiet corner and took a sip from the elf's hand. It was sherry wine.Suddenly she felt that the room was getting hotter.

"Miss, your taste is so delicious." The vampire Cinnie walked towards her at some point, with a hungry look in his eyes, as if Esther was a steaming roast turkey.

"Uh, that doesn't sound like a compliment." Esther got up and left, trying to avoid Chou Ni.

"No, of course it's a compliment." Xue Ni followed her closely, looking up and down as if looking for a suitable place to bite.

"I think you should be with your mates, not harassing a lady," said a low, menacing voice.

Snape slowly walked over to Johnny, who hesitated for a moment, glanced at Esther again, and decided to go back to Elder.

"I think your seven years of magical education included how to deal with vampires," Snape said deadpan.

"Uh, yes, it would be much easier if it was an enemy." Esther felt a little uncomfortable facing Snape, "But he came to Hogwarts as a guest, so I don't think it would be appropriate if he hit too hard. .”

"Then you're going to wait until he bites you before fighting back?" Snape said sullenly.

But Esther didn't have to rack his brains for an answer, because a hand suddenly grabbed Snape.

"Don't be sneaky, come talk to us, Severus!" Slughorn said cheerfully, wrapping his arms around Snape's shoulders tightly, "I was talking about Harry's special knowledge of Potions." Talent! Of course it is also your credit, you have taught him for five years!"

Snape's dark eyes narrowed. "Interesting, I never thought I taught Potter anything."

Esther couldn't help laughing out loud when she heard Snape's words.

"Ah, by the way, there is also a potion master here." Slughorn noticed Esther and pulled her over, "Like you, Harry, Esther's potion quality is also quite good." Perfect. You should get to know each other."

"We're friends, we've known each other since we were kids," Harry said.

Esther didn't expect Harry to be willing to say that since the last time they broke up at the train station, which moved her slightly.

"Fate is such a magic thing, people of the same talent always attract each other, don't they, Severus?" Slughorn said loudly.

For a moment it seemed to Esther that Snape's spirits seemed to be flagging.But everyone's attention was quickly attracted by the noise at the door.

"Professor Slughorn," Filch said, pulling Malfoy in by the shoulders, "I found this boy hiding in the upstairs hallway, claiming he was invited to your party..."

"Okay, okay, I sneaked in, okay?" Malfoy said angrily, struggling to free Filch's hand.His cheeks were pale and thin, his eye circles were darkened, and he looked out of shape.

Snape walked over to Malfoy and said to Filch, "Let me take him out."

Malfoy looked at Snape defiantly. "Of course, Professor." He gritted his teeth.

With Snape and Malfoy gone, the party resumed its lively atmosphere.Esther felt that she had stayed long enough, and sneaked out of the office while Slughorn was not looking.

She went outside the castle to inspect the school security.Yingying white snow leaves a string of lonely footprints.Esther walked around the castle wall and went to the Forbidden Forest to check again.

In the cold winter, the Forbidden Forest is warmer than the ground.She explored along the path Hagrid had blazed, all her senses vigilantly sensing the movement around her.The Forbidden Forest seemed a little too quiet tonight, but she didn't find any intruders after going around.Just when Esther returned to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, he suddenly heard a rustling sound behind him.She quickly looked back into the depths of the Forbidden Forest, and a deer came out of the bushes.

Esther put down her wand.Is it the deer that sent itself out of the forbidden forest five years ago?A sense of intimacy rose in Esther's heart.Maybe it was hard to find food in winter, so she met herself again. While guessing in her heart, she changed the apple in the dormitory and handed it to it.But the deer neither ate nor approached her, but just looked straight at her.Esther reached out a hand to touch it, but it took a step back, avoiding Esther's hand.Maybe not the old one, Esther thought disappointedly.Suddenly Lu Youde yelled at her, looked back and yelled again.Esther followed its gaze, and couldn't see anything in the pitch black.

Esther released the lighting spell, a figure flashed behind the tree, and then a strong light attacked, which was quickly blocked by Esther, and the deer let out another cry and ran into the nearby dense forest.Esther hid behind the tree and threw a stun spell and missed it, and the other party quietly emitted a cyan light, which flew over Esther's hair.

Both of them hid in the shadows to wait for the opportunity, and neither of them would make the first move.Suddenly a group of birds flew up in the woods not far away, and the two attacked each other at the same time like an order.Rays of light shuttled back and forth among the trees, and the sound of explosions sounded around.

There was a sound of dog barking. "Who's there?" Hagrid rushed over with Fang Fang.

"Hagrid, there are intruders." Esther quickly moved towards Hagrid.Seeing Hagrid's joining, the people on the opposite side hid again.Hagrid and Esther searched cautiously, and a bone-chilling chill gushed out from the depths of the bushes, quickly sweeping Hagrid and Esther.

"No, it's a dementor!" Hagrid yelled in despair.

Esther knew that Hagrid had been in Azkaban and was very susceptible to the dementors.She quickly summoned the scattered Patronuses to protect her and Hagrid.

The silver light of the patron saint shone in the air, causing Esther to take a breath of air.The dense dementors floated in the air, constantly squeezing the protection range of the patron saint.Esther had no choice, and unleashed another full Doe Patronus.

The dementors quickly dispersed, and behind the layers of shadows, a man of medium build quickly ran towards the gate of the Hogwarts grounds.Esther chased after him without hesitation.

Slughorn's Christmas party seemed to have just ended, and the wizards came out of the castle in twos and threes, preparing to leave Hogwarts and apparate away.

"Stop him!" Esther yelled at the crowd.

But none of the wizards responded to her, but screamed and ran around.The dementors gathered again from the air and attacked the crowd.Esther had no choice but to give up the chase and command the silver doe to scatter the dementors approaching the crowd.

The doe galloped happily between the sky and the earth, trailing a long trail of silver light behind it.The spirit monster fled in a panic after being hit, and scattered in all directions.Soon two different giant four-clawed animals joined in the hunt for the Dementors, and it was Tonks and Sirius, who were on guard outside, who came to help.After a while, the dementors were finally wiped out, and the doe briskly ran back to Esther and raised her head at her, as if showing off her achievements to her.

"Merlin! What happened just now?" Slughorn said, looking at the Patronus Doe with lingering fear.

Sirius also saw Esther's Patronus, showing nostalgic expression, "Is this your Patronus? Is it a doe? No wonder Harry always said you are like his relatives. Her mother's Patronus Also a doe."

"No, it's not a doe, it's a horse." Esther dismissed the patron saint's light in a panic, caught Snape's complicated expression from the corner of his eyes, and quickly changed the subject, "When you came in just now, you saw someone running out ?"

"Someone has Apparated, but I don't see who it is." Tonks naturally took up the topic, glanced at Esther without any trace, and said, "Is there something wrong with him?"

"He attacked me in the Forbidden Forest. I guess he was going to destroy the defensive circle so that the dementors could come in." Esther said quickly, "He may have come in among the guests, you can take a look at the guests Who is missing in it, Hagrid and I went to the Forbidden Forest to find the places he damaged, and repaired the defensive spell." After speaking, Esther hurriedly ran towards the Forbidden Forest.