HP Starlight

Ever since Harry, Hermione and Ron told about their abandonment of the Hallows, the atmosphere in the camp has gradually become more harmonious.The cracks that were there soon disappeared.

In the absence of food and medicine, Ron's body recovered very slowly.And his current physical condition is not suitable for Apparation.They had to stay in the field for a while longer, and returned to Grimmauld Place when Ron could barely move.

Esther gave them the map inside Gringotts and added his name to them.She asked them to familiarize themselves with the situation of the Gringotts underground vault first, so that they would not be separated in case of accidents.During the few days they studied the map, Esther squatted outside Gringotts and successfully used the Imperius Curse on a goblin named Vickers.She had learned from Vickers that Gringotts would conduct a routine inspection of all vaults next month, and that the Ministry of Magic would also send staff to participate.Although the goblin is very unhappy about this, Esther sees an opportunity in it.They can open the safe openly during the inspection, and then take the Horcrux without anyone noticing and escape smoothly.

After Esther went back to discuss with the other three people, everyone thought the idea was good.So they set the date for the operation to be the day of the vault inspection.Due to the large number of Gringotts vaults, the goblins will check them in batches.It is uncertain when it will be Lestrange's turn to the lowest level of the vault.Esther decided to use Transfiguration to fake another identity, and then asked Vickers to recommend him to be a dragon feeder, monitoring the progress of the treasury inspection at any time.Dragon Feeders are responsible for feeding the dragons guarding the lowest vault.Since the dragon has been abused for a long time and has a very violent temper, this is a very dangerous profession with great mobility.This is handy for Esther to get away with afterward.The only downside is that the death rate of this position is a bit high. It is said that the dragon had killed a dozen people who fed it before Estel came.

On the first day of work, Esther had a taste of the power of this Ukrainian iron dragon.Although it can't see clearly, it has very keen senses of hearing and smell.It didn't seem satisfied after it ate its own food, but tried to find Esther hiding behind the food cart, looking eager to get himself some extra snacks.The goblin who was in charge of bringing her in watched Esther dodge the scorching dragon's breath gloatingly from a distance, and didn't even shake the jingle piece.Fortunately, Esther was nimble, and quickly pulled the empty cart back while the dragon was taking a breath.The goblin seemed a little regretful, and said in an unfriendly voice, "Congratulations on completing the first day's work, I hope you will always have such good luck."

The security check at Gringotts was slow, and the goblins didn't check into the lower vault until the end of January.After a few more days, Esther finally brought good news to Harry and the others. The goblins will check the last few vaults tomorrow.

They spend most of the night rehearsing their plans and backup plans if the unexpected happens.It wasn't until midnight that Hermione insisted that everyone sleep for a while, so as to ensure that they had enough energy for action.But within a few hours, Esther was awakened by Harry's movement.

"He knows where the Elder Wand is..." Harry rubbed his forehead, cold sweat dripping from his temples, "he found Gregorovitch's house...he's not there...but there's a note...the Elder Wand is there Dumbledore..."

"But Dumbledore isn't..." Ron stammered.

"That means it should be in Dumbledore's grave." Hermione responded quickly.

"Should we go there first? Maybe we can sneak in." Este suggested.

"Are you going to dig up Dumbledore's grave?" Hermione glanced at Esther contemptuously.

"Could the mysterious person let it stay inside intact?" Esther retorted.

Harry rubbed his scar and took a deep breath, "We're not going. We should be going to Gringotts. And I don't think I can dig up Dumbledore's grave just for a wand..."

Harry asked everyone to continue to sleep, but everyone was disturbed by the sudden news and couldn't sleep.Esther recalls Dumbledore's wand, which she never thought was the Elder Wand.No wonder she felt that her spell was surprisingly strong in the Astronomy Tower that night, but it was not so strong after falling from the tower.Because she was disarmed by Draco Malfoy after briefly obtaining the Elder Wand.So now the wand belongs to Draco Malfoy?Wouldn't it be useless for Voldemort to get the Elder Wand?Harry snatched Draco's wand, did he also get the Elder Wand?Is Voldemort at Hogwarts now?Did Snape know what he was going to do?Will Dumbledore's "corpse" be revealed?One question after another came to her mind one after another, almost making her forget about Gringotts' plan.

After tossing and turning until six o'clock, they finally decided to get up early and start preparing.The weather in February is so cold that it makes people shiver slightly.It was still dark, and the cold wind and light rain hit them, preventing the invisibility cloak from functioning perfectly.Esther puts the Disillusionment Charm on them and leads them through the Leaky Cauldron.

Diagon Alley was a dilapidated place, and Esther was used to commuting to and from get off work every day, but Harry, Ron and Hermione hadn't been here for a long time, and they were unprepared for this scene.

"My God," Hermione exclaimed softly, "how come there are so many beggars."

"Shut up, or we won't even have the chance to beg." Esther warned in a low voice.

The beggars on the side of the road stretched out their hands to Esther when they saw Esther's arrival, begging for a few coins and emphasizing that they are real wizards.Esther ignored them and continued walking, when suddenly a crazy woman among the beggars ran behind Esther.Esther thought that Harry and the others under the Invisibility Cloak had been exposed, and looked back at her nervously.But she saw her grabbing the robe of a man approaching her and shouting like crazy, "Where did my husband and children go? Where did you catch them? They are wizards! They are wizards!"

Esther frowned and didn't want to pay attention.But when she saw the face of the captured man clearly, she changed her mind instantly.This man was exactly the Travers they were looking for, sent by the Ministry of Magic to oversee Gringotts, and they couldn't believe their luck.Esther quickly drew out her wand and silently attacked the crazy woman from behind.The woman was pulled like a broken puppet and hit the stone wall of the nearby shop, unconscious.A few faces appeared in the shop windows on both sides, and the beggars on the street dispersed in a rush, which just covered Hermione's surprised and angry voice.

Esther didn't care, put on a flattering face, walked towards the man, and greeted the man warmly, "Mr. Travers, why did you come so early? Today is the last day, and you are still so conscientious .The Ministry of Magic should pay you a raise for your dedication."

"You are?" Travers looked at Esther warily.

"I'm George Wells, the dragon feeder of Gringotts. We met when you supervised the work of the goblins." Esther said with a smile on his face.

"Oh, yes, it's you, I remembered." Travers relaxed and said with a proud face, "Thank you for what happened just now."

"You're welcome, this kind of trivial matter is not worth getting your hands dirty." Esther smiled innocently, "May I have the honor to go to Gringotts with you? If there is such trouble again, I will I can do it for you."

"Okay." Travers walked past Esther with his head held high.Esther followed him half a step behind, walking along the gravel road towards Gringotts.

When approaching Knockturn Alley, Esther suddenly shot at Travers and stunned him with a spell.Seeing no one left or right, she levitated Travers into the innermost part of a dark alley.

The dark sky played a good concealment role.Harry and the others got out of the cloak.Ron looked at Travers who was lying on the ground, then looked at Esther carefully, and said, "Fortunately, we are on your side."

"Forget about this person, you shouldn't be so cruel to innocent people. That woman's head was bleeding just now." Hermione said dissatisfied.

"How do you gain his trust? This is a Death Eater." Esther plucked Travers's hair and put it into the Polyjuice Potion, then held it up in front of them, "Who is here?"

Harry took the Polyjuice Potion decisively, "I'll do it. Hermione and Ron use the invisibility cloak."

Esther poured a bottle of death water into Travers and hid it for him with the Disillusionment Charm.Then take the transformed Harry into Gringotts from the staff passage.The security guards in the employee passageway have long been controlled by Esther's Imperius Curse, and they have no intention of checking them at all.They walked in unimpeded and came to the inner office.

Seeing Harry in disguise, a goblin frowned in disgust, but his voice was still respectful and polite, "Mr. Travers, I didn't expect you to come so early today."

"Finish work early so I can go back and report." Harry's tone was very similar to Travers'.

"Yes, sir, but I think maybe we should start after Mr. Wells has fed the dragon." The goblin nodded to Esther.

"I'm also very interested in dragons, so it's a good time to visit them. You don't see many dragons in London, do you?" said Harry.

The goblin didn't look very happy, "You can see it when you check the lowest vault later. But don't go there now, a hungry dragon is very dangerous."

It seems that they have to act separately, but fortunately they also expected this situation.Esther nodded to the goblin and Harry and left the office.She walked slowly towards the freezer so that Ron and Hermione could follow her.

The cold storage is a relatively safe place, and Hermione's voice came over as soon as she entered, "I hope Harry won't reveal his secrets." She was a little worried.

"Let's worry more about ourselves. We're going to meet a hungry dragon. I hope he won't find us before he's full." Ron's voice was a little nervous.

Esther chose a few frozen whole sheep and put them into the trolley, and pushed them to the entrance of the lane, where a goblin was waiting for him.Esther deliberately and slowly loaded the trolley onto the roadway trolley and tied it up.Hermione and Ron sneaked into the lane car while she was moving it.

"Why are you moving so slowly today?" the goblin said impatiently.

"I drank a little too much last night, and I can't use my hands today." Esther said.

The goblin smiled wickedly and said, "I hope you will have some strength to feed the dragon. But if it gets extra food today, maybe it will be safer when checking the lower vault."

Esther ignored him and used an Imperius spell decisively as he climbed into the car, and the goblin became dazed and submissive.

"I'm still not used to seeing you use black magic as naturally as breathing. The Imperius Curse is one of the three unforgivables!" Hermione's voice came from the air behind her.

Esther shrugged nonchalantly, "Are you going to send me to Azkaban?"

"Come on, Azkaban doesn't care about little things like the Unforgivable Curses now," said Ron's voice.

Esther sat down on the car without haste.The car jerked away, and she heard an exclamation somewhere behind her, but it was quickly drowned out by the rattling of the car.The small car shuttled forward in the alley, and Esther had adapted to this speed in the past few days.Soon a screeching car reached the finish line.

Esther used a spell to levitate a frozen sheep and walked towards the dragon.The giant dragon let out a roar, and a hot dragon's breath sprayed over. The residual heat of the flames turned the ice on the frozen sheep into water, which fell drop by drop.With a flick of her wand, the sheep flew past.The giant dragon was not satisfied with the food. It flapped its wings and almost filled the space of the lower vault, and the iron chain was rattling.Esther quickly hid behind the stone pillar, and another flame flew past where she had just stood.

"You've been living like this for a month? You never said the job here was so dangerous." Hermione's voice seemed to be approaching.

"Go back!" Esther said sternly, "Stand with that goblin, just because the dragon can't see you doesn't mean it can't feel it either! Stay away!"

Esther waited for a while to see if there was no movement, and then a second sheep floated over and threw it to the dragon.The dragon sniffed the food on the ground vigilantly, and after a short temper tantrum, it opened its mouth and tore the food with its thorn-like long teeth, and swallowed it.

After throwing all the sheep over, Esther went around to clean up the dragon's excrement at the furthest distance.After feeding and cleaning, Esther was relieved to return to a safe place.

After resting for a while, there was another rattling sound on the track, and another roadway car drove down from above.Harry's Travers came out of the car following the two goblins.

"Mr. Wells, is the dragon ready?" asked the leading goblin.

"Okay, sir." Esther replied respectfully.

"Very well, let Karl take you up, it's none of your business." The goblin supervisor said.

Esther bowed slightly, and went up the track in a car with the goblin she had cast a spell on.On the way, Esther gave Carl an order to help him send the trolley back to the cold storage, and then he turned into a bat, got off the track car and flew back to the lower floor.

Harry and the goblins had bypassed the dragon and entered the vault.Esther flew over cautiously from above.The giant dragon probably didn't pay attention to her because it was just full.She flew back to where no one noticed, cast herself a Disillusionment Charm, and tiptoed in Harry's direction.The goblins go from vault to vault and replenish their unique spells.

When opening the penultimate vault, Esther heard Harry ask abruptly, "Is that the sword of Gryffindor?"

"That's none of your business, Mr. Travers," said the goblin grimly.

Esther thought that it should be Lestrange's vault, and the sword was sent in by Snape.She walked over quickly and cast an Imperius Curse on the goblin with a bad face.

"There are intruders!" Another goblin responded.Harry decisively cast an Imperius Curse on him as well.Both goblins fell silent.But the vault door was closed, and they were locked in with the goblin.Fortunately, Hermione and Ron followed Harry closely and were not locked out.

"Luminescence!" Hermione lit up her wand and said a little irritably, "Very well, Harry, you are as good at using dark magic as Esther."

"I just don't want him to close the door," said Harry, "but maybe my spell isn't strong enough..."

"Yeah, you have to be ruthless. You have a strong desire to control. Make him obey your determination." Esther lifted the illusion spell and appeared from the darkness.

"Is this Lestrange's vault? There are so many things." Ron looked at the gold and silver treasures piled up to the ceiling and sighed.

"It should be, since there is the sword of Gryffindor, it should be this." Esther said listening to the surrounding voices.

Harry also saw the sword, "Bring it here first."

"Don't touch it, that sword is fake." Esther discouraged.

Harry looked at Esther suspiciously, but chose to trust her instead of asking.He shifted his gaze to the rows of gold and silver vessels, "Okay, then let's look for that Horcrux, a golden cup with a badger on it."

"Is this it?" Hermione asked, picking up a nearby glass.But soon he screamed and threw the cup on the ground.One dropped cup turned into two, two turned into four, and soon the transformed cups spread all over the floor, and it was impossible to tell which one was the original one.

"It burned me." Hermione stared at her blistered fingers.

"Answer me, what's going on here?" Esther turned her wand on the goblin.

"A trap specially designed for thieves. All items have been added with a fire spell and a copy spell. Once someone dares to steal something that doesn't belong to them, they will be crushed to death by the treasure." The goblin showed an evil and proud smile.

While the goblin was explaining, Ron let out another scream.There were more than 20 more plates on the ground.

"It's really difficult." Ron said miserably, looking at the burnt shoe.

"Let's all hold still," said Hermione, grabbing Ron.

"Looking up high, the sound seems to come from a high place." Esther let out the light from his wand, illuminating the upper rows of shelves.

"There!" Harry exclaimed excitedly.Just as he was waving his arms and pointing to the highest point, he accidentally knocked down the pile of Gold Galleons.In an instant, a pile of gold coins surged on the ground like a rising tide.The temperature of the vault suddenly rose.

Ron grinned his teeth from being burned, he held his breath and asked, "How do you get it so high?"

"The golden cup is coming!" Hermione tried the summoning spell, but it didn't work.

"Back back, you all back to the door, and watch the goblin." Esther said.

Harry and Ron retreated to the door, inevitably bumping into something again.There are more and more treasures on the ground, almost drowning the two goblins.Hermione and Ron each pulled the hot squawking goblin out of the treasure.

Esther turned into a bat and flew up and hovered in mid-air, finding the target and rushing towards it.The moment her front paws and wings hugged the golden cups, countless golden cups jumped out from under her.She quickly transformed back into human form, clutching the golden cup and falling from the shelf.The treasure piled up around her, and she felt as if she had fallen into lava.She will probably be scalded to death here, she thought regretfully.Suddenly she heard an incantation, "Fuchsia!" She felt herself being lifted upside down in the air by her ankles.It is really uncomfortable to be hung upside down with a human body.She got used to it for a long time before she found Harry's position and threw him the golden cup in her hand.

"Put me down," Esther said.

"The golden clock has fallen!" Harry helped Esther break the spell.

The moment it fell, Esther turned into a bat and flew back to the door.

Harry took the goblin's hand to open the door of the vault, and the treasure poured out like a flood, pushing Harry and the others out of the door.Esther flew over their heads and landed in a safe spot.

Ron pulled Hermione to stand up first, and then anxiously picked up the pile of treasures, "Where's Harry? Has Harry come out?"

"I'm here," Harry also tried to stand up, "the jingle piece is buried."

"Jing Dang Pieces are flying!" Hermione's summoning spell worked, and a metal object with a ring of iron plates flew from a pile of treasures.Ron was quick to catch it before it hit Hermione.

"Let's go now," Esther urged.She directed one goblin to stay here, and asked the other goblin to follow them around the dragon and prepare to make a car to go up.

While climbing up the car, Esther vaguely heard a loud noise from above.Ron seemed to have noticed too.He looked up anxiously, and murmured, "Won't you be discovered?"

"It doesn't matter, Harry hasn't changed back yet, just say that you made a mistake and called the police and there were no burglars. They won't suspect that there are goblins around. Hermione and Ron are invisible in the car, they can't see. I will fly up to meet you. "Esther said quickly.

Everyone got ready, and the car swished up the track.Esther quickly spread her wings and chased up, but she didn't fly very high when she saw Harry and the others yelling and falling from above.She quickly turned around and flew down again. "Shock stop!" she heard Hermione yell an incantation.Fortunately, everyone is safe and sound.

"What's going on?" Esther looked at the drenched people and asked eagerly.

"There's an extra waterfall up there that we can't get through," Harry explained.

The goblin seemed to have regained his composure, and glared at them viciously, "You thieves can't escape."

"Out of body!" Before Esther could say the spell, Harry controlled the goblin.The goblin's face became blank again.

Esther took out a small bottle of Veritaserum and poured it into the goblin, "Tell me, is there another way out?"

The goblin shook his head absently.

"They're coming," said Ron, listening to the movement above.

"I have a crazy idea," said Harry. "Let's go out on a dragon."

"Crazy enough." Ron looked at Harry in disbelief. "Are you serious?"

"It seems like this is the only way to go." Hermione was the first to make up her mind, "Let's go back."

"Okay, follow me." Esther couldn't think of a good way for the time being, so he had to lead them back.

The dragon was very irritable when he heard the sound of the jingle again, but he still made way for them out of fear.Harry went around to the back and clawed at the dragon scales to climb up. Ron gave Hermione a hand, and then started to climb up himself.

A large group of goblins had come after them, along with a few wizard guards.Esther swung his wand to untie the dragon's chain, and cast a few more spells to knock down the leprechaun who took the dice.

Without the noise of the iron plates colliding, the dragon revived.It spread its huge wings to demonstrate to the goblins and wizards coming, and sprayed out a fiery dragon's breath, and the goblins were forced to retreat.

"Esther, come up," Harry urged.

Esther saw that Ron had already sat on the dragon's back, raised his hand and blasted the stone wall in front of the dragon.The broken stones hit the dragon's face, which angered it, and it rushed forward, only to find that the power that usually restrained it had disappeared.It rushed forward with more vigor.

The goblins threw daggers and swords like giant dragons one after another, but the dragon scales were extremely hard. An attack of this strength could not hurt it, but made it feel that they were no threat.It jumped up and climbed up the protruding rocks to the upper floor.

"Nuggets three feet!" Hermione released magic from the dragon's back to help the dragon open the way.Harry and Ron did the same.The speed of the dragon's upward climb suddenly increased.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Esther retracted his wand and hid in the corner, turning back into a bat to catch up with the dragon.Gravel brushed past her and nearly knocked her off.Relying on her excellent hearing, she dodged left and right and flew onto the dragon's back.With the help of the magic spell, the dragon opened up all the way and broke through the marble hall.The wizards and goblins who handled the business ran away screaming.The dragon snorted and knocked open the roof, and the cold air poured into Esther's lungs.The dragon raised its head and took a deep breath, then let out a loud roar.Then it jumped into the cold wind, spread its giant wings, and flew high into the sky.

The land is getting farther and farther away, and the air is getting colder.After flying for a while, Esther saw white frost start to form on the faces of Harry, Ron and Hermione.If this goes on, they will freeze to death.Esther crawled between Harry and Hermione, changed back into human form, and said, chattering teeth, "Apparate. Hermione grabs Ron, and I let go on the count of three."

"One." Hermione moved a hand slowly towards Ron stiffly.

"Two." Ron also cautiously freed one hand to grab Hermione, and looked at Harry and Esther worriedly.

"Three." Esther instantly let go of both hands and grabbed Harry and Hermione at the same time.Pull them into the suffocating darkness.

Fortunately, the cold air didn't freeze Esther's head.She thought vividly of the gates of Grimmauld Place.In the next second, the image in your mind becomes the reality in front of you.They are back.