HP Midnight Light

- 1976 August 8 - The Leaky Cauldron, London

"Good morning Tom, would you open the door for me, please?"

"So it's Miss White, okay, please wait a moment." Tom brought a glass of Flame Whiskey to the customer, and led Hyacinth to the back door, "Why didn't Professor Slughorn accompany you to buy books this year? he asked with great concern.

"I'm fifteen, Tom," replied Hyacinth, "and the Dean approved my application."

"Ah... I remember you were not as high as a bar stool when you first came here, time flies so fast. Be careful." Tom drew out his wand and tapped on the stone wall, Diagon Alley appeared in front of them, " Don't forget to have a drink before you leave."

"Of course." Hyacinth waved to Old Tom, "See you later."

Hyacinth officially turned 15 at the end of July, and she immediately sent a letter to Hogwarts.Slughorn was too lazy to waste half a second on her, and when she saw her offer, he approved her request within a day without hesitation.This is definitely good news.Means both Slughorn and Hyacinth are free.

This day means a lot to Hyacinth.Slughorn never gave her an extra minute to take a good look around Diagon Alley. The last time she wandered around to her heart's content was when Mrs. White brought her to buy things in her freshman year.After four years, she finally had the time to walk Diagon Alley from beginning to end.

However, when the door of the vault opened slowly in front of Hyacinth, she realized painfully that she was about to face a serious financial crisis—Mr. Just enough for Hyacinth to go to school.It's a pity that the White family's treasury has been in and out for more than ten years. Coupled with the price changes and other issues, Hyacinth found painfully that Gallon, Sickle, and Nat together would not exceed a hundred.

"Why can't Gringotts consider paying interest?" Hyacinth swept half of the money into the purse with heartache, complaining to the goblin with the lamp beside her.

"What's the interest?" The goblin looked up at her in confusion.

This accident forced Hyacinth to revise her shopping list - there is no doubt that books and robes must be bought second-hand; protective gloves must be downgraded from dragon skin to snake skin, and it would be better to have lizard skin; miscellaneous gadgets Cross it all off the list... damn the Slytherin trio, if it weren't for them, at least Hyacons would have saved the money she had spent on a new wand earlier.

"Hi, Hyacinth!" Olivia pulled Regulus, Cornelia, and Signus out of Gringotts. Get up and hug them.

"Fifteen years old, Hyacinth!" Regulus shook her hand up and down, "Congratulations!"

"Happy birthday!" Olivia pushed Regulus aside with a look of excitement, "Guess what gift we prepared for you?"

Hyacinth noticed that Signus's hands were behind his back, as if he was holding something, she thought for a while, "Gift money?"

"Too tacky!" Cornelia snorted, "Guess again."

At this time, there was some movement behind Signus, and Hyacinth raised her eyebrows: "Could it be a cat?"

"It's all your fault," Olivia immediately scolded her brother, "Didn't you say that the cat won't wake up for a while?"

Signus shrugged and took out a basket from behind: "I can't force it to sleep all the time." Cornelia took it and handed it to Hyacinth:

"We think you need a pet."

"Wow!" Hyacinth looked into the basket and couldn't help crying softly: it was a ginger kitten, which seemed to be just born, and it was stretching its limbs in the basket, looking up at the surroundings. A circle of people around the basket meowed.

"Regulus and Signus both said it would be better to buy an owl, but Ollie and I don't think you'd like an animal with a slapped face," Cornelia explained. She is a girl, only ten days old. The owner of the pet shop said that although this breed of cat is ordinary, it is very obedient and quiet, and will not run around and make noise."

"It's so cute! Thank you!" Hyacinth has no special needs for pets, but who can refuse such a cute kitten?She stretched out a finger and scratched the kitten's paw, which nimbly hugged her finger and gnawed at its new owner with its toothless gums.Hyacins felt like her heart was going to melt.

"Here is the cat raising manual and some necessities." Olivia pointed to a cardboard box under Signus' feet, "However, you have to give our little princess a name first."

"I want to call it Brookshaw." Hyacinth touched the cat's head, and it gently rubbed against the new owner's hand, "My God, it's so cute!"

"Actually, it has other brothers and sisters, but Oli insists that this one is the smartest." Cornelia looked helpless, "I don't understand how she can tell."

Olivia scratched the cat's ears: "Of course it's smart, it already recognizes its owner."

Cornelia couldn't understand Olivia's logic.

"Let's go buy books first." Signus coughed, interrupting the three girls who were teasing cats endlessly, "We have a lot of things to buy."

Hyacinth withdrew her hand reluctantly, and Olivia handed the basket to Signus: "You continue to hold it for us."

"Why me." Signus seemed reluctant. "Others will see Slytherin prefects walking down the street with a basket on their shoulders. You can ask Regulus to take it, and I will carry it." paper box."

"This is to make you appear more friendly." Regulus bent down first to pick up the cardboard box from the ground, "Let's go."

"By the way, we haven't told you about Regu's family." When they walked down the steps in front of Gringotts, Olivia said suddenly, "It seems that only Hyacinth is left unaware."

I know, I've also seen the hero and heroine.Hyacinth thought so, but she still asked, "What's the matter?"

Regulus looked unhappy: "My brother ran away from home."

"Sirius? How could that happen!" Hyacinth pretended to be surprised, "Isn't he still going to be engaged to Margaret? What's going on? So suddenly!"

"It was so sudden. He didn't even leave a note." Regulus said sullenly, "He came to the family reunion the night before, and the next morning the room was gone. My mother tried After going through all the methods, I don’t know how he escaped from the old house and where he went.”

"It's really stupid to do this, to betray your own family..." Cornelia sneered dismissively, "But it's fine for him to leave, anyway, he has been an outlier in your family since many years ago. "

"That's true, but he's my parents' eldest son, my older brother anyway." Regulus frowned, "I mean...why did things turn out like this. He suddenly He took an extreme way to announce his break with us."

"Perhaps he will come back after he has figured it out. After all, Sirius has always been rebellious and naive." Olivia comforted gently, "Is Aunt Walburga sad?"

"She acted very nonchalantly, and said that if Sirius didn't hear from him by Christmas, he would be removed from the family tree. But in private, she was very sad, and Kreacher told me that 'Master Sirius broke Mistress's heart." ’, the atmosphere at home in the past few months has been so bad.” Regulus sighed heavily, obviously, his brother’s leaving without saying goodbye was also a blow to him, “My mother believes that Andromeda is the West Rhys set a bad example, plus his Gryffindor friends."

Cornelia's lips twisted into a sarcastic grin at the mention of Andromeda's name - Andromeda, who was expelled for marrying a Muggle, was the eldest daughter of Mrs. Asia's cousin.

"Andromeda will regret her choice sooner or later." Cornelia said disgustedly. "How did a pure-blood, a Black, and a Slytherin degenerate to the point of hanging out with a bitch wizard? Who knows How she went astray has dragged down the statement of the entire Black family."

Sirius' reminder was still in his ears.Hyacinth listened to Cornelia's criticism calmly, without showing any strange expression.And Olivia tried to smooth things over: "This happened many years ago, and Andromeda has been removed from the list long ago, now what does she do—"

"Many years ago? Don't be naive, Ollie! Do you know what that means?" Cornelia's eyes were filled with fanaticism, and she suddenly became excited, "Our attitude towards those ants is too kind. Oh, I Not just mudbloods, but half-bloods and Muggles too. They lure pure-blood youths astray. Yes, wrong-guided. They brainwash our heirs to make blood less pure, these mudbloods Delusion to steal our power and wealth. So you don't know how to do it-indeed, I support pure blood, and those thieves deserve their lives!"

Cornelia announced loudly, and the five fell silent.Hyacinth desperately controlled herself not to refute or show inappropriate expressions. She suddenly realized how similar the frenzy in Cornelia's eyes was to Bellatrix's madness. There was a factor of madness in Black's blood. , How can the Rozier family, who are in-laws, be spared?

In fact, among the five young people standing here now, Signus has already set foot in the field of black magic. He has spent many years sketching out his grand plans and great achievements, and now he is ready to show his talents. In the future, He is bound to become a follower of the Dark Lord; Cornelia has always been a supporter of pure blood, she has a death eater father, and she is also full of respect for her cousin Bellatrix, which seems to have vaguely doomed her future. Lu; Regulus, his identity has already determined that he cannot completely disassociate himself from the Death Eaters, not to mention that he is inextricably linked with so many people; the same is true of Olivia, She is Signus' sister, Regulus' lover, and Cornelia's good friend. She has long been involved in the center of the whirlpool—so, Hyacinth, who has inextricable ties to Muggles, has instead become a The one farthest from the eye of the storm.

But is this necessarily a good thing?Different types will also be repelled, and Sirius is the best example.But Hyacinth is not the first alien to bear the brunt. Her pure blood and status as a Slytherin student will provide her with the last protection. At least she will be safe and sound until the patience of others runs out.after that?By that time, I am afraid that no one in this world can stay out of it.

"Okay, Cornelia, some declarations don't need to be said out loud." Signus broke the silence, his words naturally contained a mature and steady attitude, which allowed him to shake the shock caused by Cornelia He calmed down slowly, "We will meet another person later today, I believe you will benefit a lot from communicating with him."

"Who?" Olivia asked.

"Oh...you know, Ollie." Signus evaded his sister's question vaguely.

Olivia raised her eyebrows - Hyacinth suddenly noticed a subtle change in her attitude towards Death Eaters and black magic after a summer vacation.She neither resisted nor pressed further.Instead, he shrugged: "Do I want to go too?"

"Why not," Cornelia smiled, "after today you might change your mind and start thinking about what it takes to be a Death Eater—"

"Shhh!" Signus cut him off. "I don't think it's wise to discuss matters in a public place." He looked around warily.

"So what? Are you afraid that someone will inform you?" Cornelia glanced arrogantly at the passing pedestrians, as if no one had heard their conversation just now, "Who would dare?" She sneered He let out a sound, and seemed to think that Signus' words were very funny.

"I didn't want to say that at first, but if you think you can join just by passion, then it's too easy." Seaglass looked at Cornelia sternly, "I don't know your father What's your opinion on that, but for now you might as well delve into magic more, or learn how to act like a knight."

Cornelia made a disdainful voice, and for a moment she almost assumed a stance of not giving in and was ready to continue arguing with Signus, but the appearance of the other two forced her to stop talking: "Narcissa ?” When she saw the two people coming out of the bookstore, Cornelia quickly put on a friendly expression, “Hello, Margaret.”

"It turned out to be Leah. Oh, and Regu and Signus." Narcissa nodded gracefully to them, and Margaret greeted them with a stack of books in her hands.Hyacinth couldn't help noticing that Margaret looked forced to smile, her eyes wandered, and she didn't even have the energy to get close to them. She looked completely wronged and shocked.The most remarkable thing is that she still seems to feel that Margaret has lost a lot of weight-in short, she looks as if she has really fallen into loveless life because her fiancé ran away from home.

But Hyacinth distinctly remembered that when Margaret came to her, she looked almost bright and radiant.Now, she finally realizes that there are so many people who know how to play on the spot in this world-compared with Cornelia's ability to turn faces like a book, Margaret's acting skills are simply enough to sweep the British Academy of Film Awards.

"Narcissa, why are you here?" Cornelia asked enthusiastically.

"I'm here with Maggie to buy books and take a stroll." Narcissa said meaningfully, she looked at Regulus, "Is everything okay recently?" Hyacinth noticed that Narcissa's eyes seemed to be With a bit of condemnation, she couldn't tell for a while whether Narcissa was cooperating with Margaret in acting, or was really arguing for her.

"As always." Regulus showed a guilty expression.Narcissa looked very troubled: "Okay, well, we all need to relax for a while... I will go back in two days, oh, I hope it can help. Sirius is really ignorant--" she Stop the conversation at the right time.

When the topic turned to Sirius who was not present, the atmosphere became visibly awkward.Margaret looked almost shaky, Narcissa reached out to grab her heartbroken, and Regulus grew guiltier - Hyacinth was convinced.

"Lucius is planning to hold a small banquet, and he intends to invite some like-minded people to attend. I wonder if you are interested?" Narcissa cleared her throat.Bring the topic to your husband.

Margaret withdrew her arm, looking distraught: "You guys continue talking... I want to go back to the bookstore and have a look. Miss White, would you like to come together? Professor Slughorn said that your potions are not good enough. How about, maybe I can recommend some books to you?"

Everyone present looked at Hyacinth with complicated and pitying eyes, and she knew it was true without even thinking about it.Slughorn had whispered about her countless times.

"Thanks a lot then," she said dryly, as she made her way away logically.

Margaret took her back to the bookstore, while Narcissa and four others stayed outside to discuss their dark arts.

"I passed Felicia to Sirius," she reported. "He said thank you."

"That's what I should do." Margaret shrugged, showing a sly smile, "As I expected, Sirius did look for you."

"It was a chance encounter!" Hyacinth emphasized.

"What a coincidence." Margaret looked at her with a smile. "London is so big, but you two met by chance. I haven't even run into Sirius once in Diagon Alley in all these years."

"It's quite a coincidence..." Hyacinth said without confidence.

"So how's your date going?"

"Margaret, you really think too much." Hyacinth said helplessly, "We just went to buy a magic wand."

"How did you get to Diagon Alley?" Margaret asked.

"Sirius' motorcycle—"

In the next second, Hyacinth regretted her honesty.Margaret's eyes lit up: "He's carrying you? Merlin, that's too romantic! Is it like being on a broomstick, you need to hold his waist? By the way, what is a motorcycle? ?”

"No, no, no." Hyacinth wanted to bite off her tongue, "I assure you I never touched Sirius!"

"What did you promise me?" Margaret disagreed. "Besides, it's okay for you to do something to Sirius, and you don't have to be responsible anyway. Ah, of course, you can be responsible if you want to—don't go out of your way can."

Hyacinth could make street gangsters frantic in five sentences, but at this moment she could only be blushed by Margaret's words: "Margaret... what are you thinking..."

Margaret took a book from the shelf and looked at the cover: "I admire you, Hyacinth. At least 90.00% of the five girls in Hogwarts want to strike up a conversation with Sirius, and most of them want to talk to Sirius. Most of them tried to give Sirius a love potion in various ways, and at least half of them had fantasized about having a deeper communication with Sirius—and you, with such a god-given opportunity, did not overstep the limit Half a step, I simply don't know whether I should admire you or look down on you."

"I thought you should be a pure-blood family lady like Narcissa..."

Margaret closed the book with a snap: "I've been selling love potions privately to earn some extra pocket money since the third grade, and those potions are basically for Sirius. So I Only then will I give him the Bliss Elixir—he alone supported my entire business, and the business is booming every year! If one day I can become the richest man in the wizarding world by selling love potions, Then I will take the initiative to buy Sirius a mansion as a thank you. As long as he is alive—even if he gets married and has children—the crazy girls will not let him go for a day.”

"Whoever finally got Sirius with the love potion," Hyacinth was terrified by Margaret's words, "it's definitely not me. You see, I'm so ordinary, even a giant squid thrown into the black lake Won't come to eat me—"

"—you probably didn't take Care of Magical Creatures, giant squid don't eat people."

"You just need to understand what I mean. All in all, I hope your love potion business will continue to prosper. However, Sirius is definitely not interested in me at all." Hyacinth almost swears, "Unless he Aesthetic problems, high myopia, or not so clear-"

"If he's clear-headed, he'll use a smarter way to deal with his family." Margaret looked condescendingly at Hyacinth, "If you eat more good, dress up a little, and use more Beauty potion, it should be a little beauty in a few years... unless you can't think of comparing yourself with Teresa Davis."

Hyacinth took a step back: "No, no, I mean...uh... I'm still very ordinary, right. I'm poor except for my appearance, and I don't have any magical talent, otherwise I wouldn't be rejected. Those three idiots were playing around..."

"If you are short of money, then Sirius is not just right. His inheritance rights ensure that he can drown in the Golden Galleon for the rest of his life. As for magic talent, although your practical level is indeed unsightly, but your Aren’t runes and arithmetic and divination very good?” Margaret narrowed her eyes slightly, “But what you said later, shouldn’t it refer to the incident at the end of last semester?”

"You know?" Hyacinth was taken aback.

"It's heard." Margaret looked very unhappy, "The three of them know how to bully the weak, and they are so self-righteous all day long. It's a pity that no one can take care of them..." Margaret stuffed the book in her hand. In her hand, "I have nothing to do, you just need to pay attention to yourself. This book is pretty good, and it should help you improve your potion level. That old guy Slughorn likes to pick up humble potions all day long." A student came up with something—" She paused, "It was your birthday last month? Consider this book as my birthday present to you."

Hyacinth immediately realized that Margaret should have considered that she might not be able to pay for the book.But she couldn't help but Margaret has already moved quickly to pay the bill.

"I have something to tell you." Margaret said when handing her the book, "If you want to teach them a lesson, you must first become stronger."

The truth is this.Hyacinth had mixed feelings in her heart.But what Margaret didn't know was that they had her back.What could she do in such a controlled situation?

"Besides, sometimes my speaking style is...unserious. Don't mind." Margaret regained her reserved expression. She straightened her robe and prepared to go out to find Narcissa. "Then I'll see you at school." .”

"Margaret," Hyacinth called to stop her, "I'm sorry... for having you come out on the day of the OWLs. I think you may have...disliked Snape."

"That's okay," Margaret reacted, and said nonchalantly, "At least he gave me some good fantasies..." She sighed, "Forget it, you won't even tell me these things. I understand. Just take care of your Sirius."

"He's not my Sirius!" Hyacinth protested, but Margaret ignored her protest and walked out of the bookstore.

Hyacinth was glad she finally saw another side of Margaret.

The author has something to say:

Note:

1. The financial problems of Hyacinth: There is no evidence that Hogwarts charges tuition fees, but books, sundries and clothes are obviously not a small expense.In addition, judging from the fact that Mr. White raised three people by himself and died young, Hyacinth obviously didn't have much money.

2. Cat Brookshaw (Brookshaw): brook means tolerance/stream, and shaw means miscellaneous woods.A tribute to Crookshanks' name Crookshanks (crook and shanks are also two separate English words).There are follow-up stalks about cats.

3. The characters' perspectives on Death Eaters and Muggles depend on their environment.These young people are not wise men like Dumbledore, and they are not yet able to make perfect judgments.

4. What does Hyacinth look like? ——In "Night of Dawn", the answer is flaxen hair and smoky gray eyes. Many years later, Hyacinth obviously has a world-weary and indifferent attitude.

5. I mentioned the ending of the Burst brothers and sisters in the side story of Margaret in "Night of Dawn".Almost no one in this article can die well, after all, the pro-era tone is sad enough.

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