HP Midnight Light

- July 1977, 7 - Old Potter House in Godric's Hollow

"So how many people have written back to you?"

James Potter sat on the carpet happily opening the newly arrived letters: "Oh, a lot. Almost everyone who received the letter replied-almost every Gryffindor gave an affirmative answer, However, more than half of the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs also agreed with our plan. The rest said that they need to consider it, and only a few people explicitly rejected it. It seems that most of them have something to do with Slytherin... James snorted displeasedly, "Do you want to read it?" He handed the letter to Sirius, who was leaning on the armchair, who yawned and took it and flipped through it:

"So we can start selecting members?" He raised a thick stack of envelopes in his hand, "What rules do you think we need to set up to limit the number of people?"

"I hate rules," James declared, but he sat down to the table and picked up the parchment and quill.

"Yes, but we need to take this seriously." Sirius sat up, adjusted his clothes casually, and walked over to James to watch him write.

"First, we only accept people in the sixth and seventh grades who have performed well in the OWLs." James wrote "Bosworth's Legion Recruitment Rules" in cursive letters on the top of the parchment.

Sirius added: "Second, we only accept people who are brave, loyal and intelligent."

"It could be expanded upon—'Second, we only accept people as brave as Gryffindors, as loyal as Hufflepuffs, and as wise as Ravenclaws'," James scribbled, "Part [-] Three, you must clearly understand the purpose of your joining and our purpose. That is to say, you must apply to us after careful consideration.”

"That's right, we can't let those who are only passionate to join. Repeated hesitation and regret are often not a good thing." Sirius thought for a while, "Fourth, family background is not important, so everyone must respect each other and will each other on an equal footing."

James raised his head and glanced at Sirius: "Birth is not that important, Padfoot. Anyone who can't figure it out is an idiot."

"Sometimes there are quite a lot of idiots, every college has some." Sirius thought of Hyacinth for no reason, and he quickly shifted his attention, "By the way, you seem to have another one owl."

"Oh, this is the one for Moonface." James hastily opened the window to let the owl land. He couldn't wait to unfold the letter and read it with Sirius, but there was bad news in the letter: Remus' mother was sick and hospitalized , he and his father have been busy taking care of her alternately.Judging from the wording, it seems that the situation is not good.

"It's better not to remind him of the troubles of the wizarding world at this juncture, right?" Sirius broke the silence and asked, while James tidied up the parchment: "Yes, we can draw up a draft first , Wait until we get back to school to talk about these things, which can be more efficient."

Sirius looked out the window: "So, do you want to go around this afternoon?"

"Of course, but you'll have to wait until I finish writing Lily."

At this moment Mrs. Potter called them to lunch from downstairs.Sirius couldn't help teasing James: "I remember you wrote that letter all night, right?"

"Please, Padfoot, you won't understand. A letter to a girl deserves careful consideration," James retorted. "Here it is, Mother!"

The Potters always welcomed Sirius' visits with the utmost enthusiasm.Since he escaped from Black's old house last year, the Potters had no problem thinking of him as their second son.Fremont Potter was rumored to be a master of fighting in his early years. He always took the trouble to tell James and Sirius how to subdue their opponents in the shortest time:

"...Never hold back in a fighting ring, because you never know what your opponent will do. I still remember when Ignatius came to provoke—"

"Okay, okay, you have to dig out those old sesame seeds and rotten millet every time." Euphemia Potter waved her wand and brought the lunch to the table, "James, Sirius, Mrs. Bagshot will be in the afternoon There is a tea party in her garden, would you like to come with us?"

James and Sirius naturally agreed, but this is not the case: Mrs. Bagshot is certainly a very powerful historian of magic, but everyone knows that she seems to have become old and confused in recent years, not only always calling "James" became "Jamie," and kept repeating that Sirius reminded her of a distant grandnephew of hers.While Mrs Bagshot's tea parties often feature prominent figures, it's clearly more fun for 17-year-old James and Sirius to wander the streets, study new tricks around the room and play on broomsticks.

We must find a chance to slip away.James said to Sirius with lip language.But Mrs. Potter, dividing a large piece of salmon on his plate, warned: "Don't try to sneak away, boys! There is a family you must see this afternoon."

"That's right. James, Sirius, you know the Prewett Brothers?" Mr. Potter interrupted, "If you want to get Dumbledore's approval, you have to listen to the advice of his capable generals." .”

"But Dad, I remember you were still talking about how you taught Ignatius who came to provoke me not long ago? So you will fight with Brother Prewett this afternoon?"

"Don't make fun of your dad about this, James. I can testify that you and Sirius together can't compete with your dad when you were young for three minutes in the dueling ring."

"'Young days'? That's a thing of the past, isn't it?" James nudged Sirius. "We can say that to our kids in the future—parents like to brag about being young." How awesome, though much of it is made up—”

"James!"

James grinned happily, and Sirius decided to support Mr. Potter after thinking for half a second. He said with a particularly hateful and slow emphasis: "Oh... I don't know that you have given you and Lily a future Such a perfect blueprint was drawn."

This statement worked wonders.James' face turned blue, and Mrs. Potter on the side felt as if she had found a treasure, and immediately proposed happily: "Speaking of which, when will you invite Lily to our house to play? Can you tell me what she looks like? She likes cherries Sauce?..."

"Mom!" James' face flushed immediately, and Mrs. Potter stubbornly continued to ask for more details about Lily. He looked like he wanted to drown in the vegetable soup.Mr. Potter smiled and picked up his wine glass to watch the tug-of-war between the mother and son. He winked humorously at Sirius, then took a sip of the wine, and stabbed James the last time:

"First love!"

Sirius stuffed a large piece of salmon into his mouth at once to barely stop himself from laughing, and James kicked him hard under the table.

- same moment - london woo's orphanage

"Put the tablecloth on quickly." An administrator directed the younger children to work.Everyone can see that there is a feast here tonight-the freshly washed white tablecloths, the carefully wiped tables and chairs show a bright lacquer color, the spotless tableware, the crab meat soup boiled in the pot...and those Carefully decorated items, such as a bouquet of flowers in a glass vase on the table and bundled party balloons.These are all uncommon things in orphanages.

"Is Mrs. Barmer really going away? Never coming back?" asked a small child.

The administrator was unusually silent, she leaned over and patted the little boy's head: "I think so, dear, so we must wish her all the best of luck in the future."

Ann and Hyacinth lay on the stairs watching the busy crowd below.They were also the stars of the parties: Ann's farewell party, Hyacinth's birthday.

"Do you remember our first meeting?" Ann asked sadly.

"You greeted me, but I ignored you?" Hyacinth chuckled softly, "At that time my mind went blank...you understand."

"Everyone feels that way when they first come here." Ann looked at her sideways and smiled, "I was only seven years old when I came here, and I had a high fever. When I woke up, I even thought I was dead. It took me a long time It took a while to get used to life here, but now that I have to leave, I feel a little bit reluctant."

"University will be more interesting, and you will have a home that really belongs to you in the future." Hyacinth said, "We can also keep in touch. After I graduate, maybe we can live closer..."

"You should also go to university in the future, right?" An suddenly asked, "It would be great if you could go to a university with me."

Hyacinth frowned imperceptibly, and Ann's words touched something she had been thinking about recently.But she quickly laughed again: "I'll talk about these things later. Now go and change into your dress, you are the protagonist tonight."

"I don't understand why you bought me such a nice dress." Ann shook her head. There was a very textured silver-gray dress on her bed. It is already unimaginable luxury clothes, "You don't have to spend so much money."

"Okay, okay, don't talk about that, just put it on." Hyacinth will never forget how the knife Ann gave her saved her life.

- two hours later - black house in london

When Regulus raised his head, he realized that he had unknowingly walked to the door of Sirius' room.

He just wanted to get up and walk casually, why did he come here?Regulus turned around indifferently and prepared to go back downstairs. There was a big party in Black's old house tonight, and many guests had already arrived and were enjoying afternoon tea downstairs.As the only remaining heir to the Black family (yes, Sirius was long gone), he couldn't leave for too long.

But some strange feeling stopped him from leaving.Regulus hesitated for a moment, then turned and opened Sirius' door.

Sirius's running away from home is a great thing that the house elf Kreacher loves to see, and it will naturally not clean the room of this "disgusting young master".The Blacks were also willing to forget the eldest son who was unpopular since he was a child, so this door was never opened after Sirius left.

Regulus looked at his brother's room, and the strong Gryffindor color made him frown involuntarily.Cobwebs and dust had started to spread all over the room, and Sirius didn't tidy it up when he left, so now it looked like a mess.

There was a pile of parchment scattered on the table, Regulus walked over and flipped through it casually, a page of modified motorcycle sketches slid out, he picked it up and looked at it, it seemed that Sirius had no idea how to modify this motorcycle Che already has a plan in mind.However, Regulus suddenly noticed two letters of unknown meaning written on the body of the motorcycle: SW. What caught his attention was that these two letters had been altered many times, and H and B could still be seen in the traces. These two letters, and the permutations and combinations are different, it seems that Sirius can't decide what to name it.

Regulus watched for a while but didn't see any new tricks. At this time, Narcissa's voice came from outside the door: "Regu? Regulus?"

Regulus wanted to sneak out quietly and pretended to return to his room, but when he opened the door, he saw Narcissa walking towards him. "Why are you hiding in...the room?" she asked, frowning.

"Just looking around on a whim. Is mom looking for me?"

"Do you still communicate with him in Hogwarts?" Narcissa asked.

Regulus answered impatiently, "No."

"That's good," Narcissa nodded with satisfaction, "Remember, Leigu, he was the one who wanted to leave."

"Sissy, why did you come to tell me these things?" Regulus stopped and looked at this cousin. Narcissa had always been a contradiction.She married a Death Eater but didn't join the Death Eaters, she was arrogant but not annoying, and even Narcissa could be considered gentle and cute in her girlhood.The most important thing is that Narcissa never showed cynicism to Andromeda, who was also removed from the list... All kinds of clues made Regulus simply ask a question that had been hidden in his heart for a year: "Cissy, what did Sirius do last year?" The day before you ran away from home, did you come to visit with Lucius?"

"Yes." Narcissa gave Regulus a sideways glance, "Why, you don't suspect that I sent Sirius to Potter's house, do you?"

"No, but—" Regulus stared at his cousin closely, "you gave him a bag of Galleons and a broomstick, didn't you?"

Narcissa sneered, and readily admitted: "Yes, I noticed what you said at dinner, 'Only sneaky people like to dig in and out of the attic', this hint is too obvious, Regu .And besides, didn't you write him a note telling him where your mother hid his wand?"

"Cissy, why did you help Sirius?"

Narcissa asked back, "Regu, why did you help Sirius?"

"Because he's gone will be a relief to everyone." Regulus finally looked timidly at Narcissa, "and he's still my brother."

"The only reason I'm helping him is because he doesn't belong here, as if Andromeda is destined to leave." Narcissa had an impeccably indifferent expression, and Regulus tried to distinguish the truth from what she said, but finally found it was useless , "As you said, Sirius' departure is a good thing for everyone."

At this time, Bella's loud laughter suddenly came from downstairs, and Narcissa frowned imperceptibly: "I heard that Signus thinks highly of you."

"Yes."

"His sister..."

"A few days ago I went to visit the Burst Manor, and the Burst couple were very warm to me. I think things with Olivia will go smoothly. So in a few days, I plan to have my parents come to have a formal discussion. What do you think? How's that going, Sissy?"

Regulus' beaming look when he talked about Olivia Burst forced Narcissa to back away from what she was about to say: "Of course...it sounds wonderful."

- Afternoon - Bathilda Bagshot's Garden in Godric's Hollow

"Good afternoon, Mr. Gideon." James looked around, "Isn't Mr. Fabian here today?" In order to distinguish the Prewett brothers, people always use their first names to call the brothers.

"You must be James Potter. Fremont often mentions you to us. Yes, Fabian has to deal with some personal matters today... It's a bit tricky to say..." Gideon Prewett said vaguely .He looked taken aback when James introduced Sirius to him.

"It seems that everyone is shocked by this." Sirius said without interest after Gideon left.

James patted him on the shoulder: "Don't pay attention to this, Padfoot. Everyone who knows you is full of praise, they are just used to seeing people with their first impression when they meet for the first time."

"Where do you want to go for a while? There are too many people here."

"Of course." James understood.

They went around to Bagshot's back garden, which was very quiet.Sirius plucked a dying pansy casually: "So, Prongs, we already have a clear goal, right?"

"Joining the Order of the Phoenix, of course." James whispered, "Actually, I was thinking of something else." He was silent for a moment, "Padfoot, do you really think all Slytherins are untrustworthy? "

Sirius played with pansies: "I don't know. Maybe. There are no Slytherins in the Order of the Phoenix for sure, not now, and probably never will be."

"Maybe they're not in the Order of the Phoenix. Like Andromeda, your cousin, isn't she an exception?"

"The reason for her exception is that she married a Muggle wizard and was expelled from the Black family. As for Slytherin, isn't Snape a good example? Didn't he choose the Dark Lord in the end, even though he has a Muggle father " Sirius threw down the flower irritably, "It's too quiet here, do you want to go back and continue chatting with Gideon?"

"Of course." James didn't pierce the contradiction in Sirius' words, but walked back side by side with him, but James couldn't help reminding again, "But we have to think about Slytherin sooner or later , Padfoot."

Sirius pretended not to hear what James said.

The author has something to say:

Note:

1. The name of the Potter couple comes from the information attached by Rowling on Pottermore.

2. Ignatius Prewett: Brother Prewett and uncle of Molly Weasley, whose wife is Lucretia Black.Given that the Potters are old enough to have children, it is estimated that Ignatius and Mr. Potter should be of the same generation.

3. Regulus I don't think Regulus has ever "hated" Sirius, but he has been living in the shadow of his brother (at Hogwarts), so he let Sirius go, on the one hand relieved On the other hand, he had freed himself from Sirius.

4. Narcissa: In the original book, Narcissa seems to have always been a very contradictory character. Her relationship with Sirius may be lukewarm.As for the gold coins, it can be regarded as a strange behavior under the ambivalence.

5. Prewett Brothers: Molly's brothers, members of the Order of the Phoenix.Both were killed by Death Eaters before Voldemort's first downfall.Among them, Fabian Prewett is the one who had the issue of inheritance division with Hyacinth earlier.

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