HP Midnight Light

- 1977 August 8 - King's Cross Station, London

Hyacinth pushed the cart to the platform with the flow of people. She always had a bad feeling today: maybe it was because of Mrs. Hopps' interruption in the morning.The newly appointed administrator insisted on waking Hyacinth up to clean up at [-] o'clock in the morning, which he called "the last labor before going back to school".The aftereffect is that Hyacinth's arms are still sore from lifting heavy loads.

A group of junior students laughed and ran past her, and Hyacinth quickly avoided it.Unexpectedly, at this time, someone bumped into her severely. After staggering, Hyacinth raised her head and looked around. There were people all around, and she had no idea who bumped into her just now.

Hyacinth pursed her lips, lowered her head and quickly glanced at the note in her hand, it was given to her by the person who bumped into her just now.

"Don't go back to school!"

A string of awkward fonts, it seems that the person who wrote this string of characters wanted to deliberately conceal his identity.

There was a chill in Hyacinth's heart. She held the note tightly and looked up again. The surroundings were bustling, and no one seemed to pay attention to her actions.Hyacinth hesitated for a moment, but finally picked up the suitcase and walked onto the train.It was obviously a prank, she had made too many enemies last school year, there were a lot of people in Slytherin who didn't want her to go back to school, who knew who was up to it.Maybe one of Beth, Vera, and Alicia.

But when she walked to a box, the sound from inside made Hyacinth stop.Regulus' voice came from the concealed door:

"Do you really think so?"

"If I were her, I would have wisely chosen not to go back to school."

"If it's just because of Parkinson's, then it's not enough." Olivia said, "He dare not make mistakes in school."

"That's not necessarily true, Ollie, you heard the tone of his talking to Signus just now, as if she is an item that can be handed over at will." Cornelia suddenly lowered her voice, "Of course, Parkinson's is just a small part, there are other reasons..."

"Bloodline cleansing?"

"Yes."

"I thought your progress was not that fast." Olivia said.

"Ah - we're ready to go, and no one would mind taking Hyacinth on the knife. After all, a 'pure-blood traitor' whose mother was a Squib, father was a Gryffindor, and grew up in the Muggle world 'It won't end well." Cornelia pondered for a moment, "I hope she can cooperate obediently, so that I may save her from suffering."

"You mean your experiment?"

"Not bad. I'm looking for 'Companion's Tooth', doesn't she just fit?"

"She's broken with us, Leah."

"So what, she has traveled with us before. From the moment she chose to get close to us, she has already been doomed to be a companion." Cornelia smiled softly, "Of course, Ollie, I know you once thought of her as a friend. But that's in the past, and now Hyacinth is parting ways with us."

"I know," said Olivia. "She's just an old playmate to me."

"Very well, you should think so."

Hyacinth held her breath, and she backed away step by step.

Regulus' voice came intermittently from a distance: "...What will Parkinson do to her?"

"Nobody knows," Cornelia replied, "but after what she did to him, things could get out of hand, right?"

The long whistle of the train brought her back to her mind, and the train has slowly started to move.

In a very short moment, Hyacinth made a decision - she quickly stepped back to the door, slammed the door open, and then jumped off the train.

It wasn't until Hyacinth stood at a loss on the street with people coming and going that she realized that she had made a wrong decision.She was supposed to go back to Hogwarts to ask Dumbledore for help, but the act of jumping off the car left her really helpless.After thinking for a while, Hyacinth decided to go to the Leaky Cauldron to ask Old Tom for help.

"Mr. Tom—"

Hyacins knew something was wrong as soon as she stepped into the Leaky Cauldron, but her movements were enough to make the intruders aware of the presence of those in the bar.

"Avada Kedavra!"

A green light flashed, and Hyacinth screamed and stooped to dodge.The Death Curse hit her trunk mercilessly, and she rolled away with her head in her arms as she fumbled for her wand from the pocket of her robe.Hyacinth heard a very distinctive female voice: "Come out, baby, where do you want to hide?"

Trembling, Hyacinth moved back step by step, and she immediately remembered the owner of the voice she had seen in Black's old house: Bellatrix Lestrange.In the shocking glimpse just now, she vaguely saw the chaos in the bar. What does it mean?Death Eaters have invaded Diagon Alley?

"Shh, shh! Don't scare our little girl..." Bella giggled and walked towards the door, "I saw you, little girl, where can you go? Muggle world?"

Hyacinth stepped back along the base of the wall, when her foot accidentally touched a piece of broken glass, and the friction between the glass and the ground made a crisp sound.Hyacinth's heart was almost jumping in her throat, she turned around and prepared to escape as soon as possible, but the moment she turned around——

"what--"

Hyacinth's scream was stifled in her throat, and she looked in horror at this familiar face in front of her—a werewolf!She heard her heart pounding, and the werewolf licked his teeth, grinning at her like he saw food.

"Okay, okay, she will be your lunch in the end. Now, send our captives up first." Bella ordered with a soft smile, the werewolf's powerful arm firmly stuck to Hyacinth's Throat, she could barely breathe.In the limited field of vision, apart from the terrifying face of the werewolf, there is also the dilapidated Leaky Cauldron. It is not difficult to imagine what kind of catastrophe happened here not long ago.

The werewolf threw Hyacinth to the feet of a man, and Death Eaters in black cloaks and masks surrounded him from all corners.Before Hyacins could move, the man stepped on her hard.

Bella lowered her eyelids and glanced coldly at Hyacinth: "It's strange...how are you here? Huh?" She leaned over and flipped through the pocket of Hyacinth's robe, and took out the paper from inside. strip.Although it had been crumpled by Hyacinth, Bella still saw the words on it: "Ha! So someone sent you a letter." She threw the note aside casually, "Thanks to that person, accidentally Sent us a plaything." She laughed maliciously.

Today the Death Eaters received information that several members of the Order of the Phoenix would meet with their informant at the Leaky Cauldron to exchange information, but when the Death Eaters swarmed in under the leadership of Bellatrix, But he was caught off guard and discovered that this was a trap set by the Aurors—there were no members of the Order of the Phoenix at all, only Aurors who were waiting.They stunned and wounded a few people and then fled quickly. Everyone could see that the Ministry of Magic was testing the details of the Death Eaters.The angry Death Eaters turned their anger on the Leaky Cauldron, making a mess here.When Bellatrix was eager to vent her anger, the ignorant Hyacinth came to her door unfortunately.

"let me go……"

Another hooded Death Eater kicked her hard. "Shut up!" A hand reached up and snatched Hyacins' wand, still loosely held, and broke it mercilessly. Throw it in Hyacinth's face for two quarters:

"Bah!" He spat at her by the way.

This scene was very familiar, the only difference was that last time she faced only three Slytherin girls, but this time it was the truly notorious Death Eaters.

Bellatrix raised her wand, a greedy gleam in her dark eyes: "It's no pity, you didn't need it... Cruciatus!"

An indescribable pain swept through her body, and Hyacinth screamed.It's nothing compared to Betty's Cruciatus Curse, Bella's Cruciatus Curse that makes every bone and every inch of skin ache.Bella laughed out loud, as if she got infinite joy from her painful cry: "Crucio!"

Tears overflowed from the corners of her eyes, and Hyacinth instinctively twitched, groaned, and writhed on the ground, she felt as if she was about to be crushed into powder by Bella's spell.The Death Eaters laughed even more happily. Through the blurred vision, Hyacinth saw that they seemed to be scrambling to raise their wands, eager to use the Cruciatus Curse to calm the anger of being played by the Aurors today.

But at this moment, there were a few small "bangs", followed by a uniform voice: "Damned!" Dense red light came towards the Death Eaters from all directions.

The Death Eaters were the first to notice the movement. They roared to avoid the spell and quickly started fighting.Bellatrix kicked Hyacinth away, raised her wand and began to fight the wizard closest to her.At this moment, even though she had never seen her before, Hyacinth understood who it was—the Order of the Phoenix.

"Get up, kid! Get in the corner!" a young witch yelled at Hyacinth as she fought off the threatening werewolves.Hyacinth got up on the ground and staggered towards the bar of the Leaky Cauldron.

The lights of fighting spells came and went in the bar one after another. Hyacinth barely walked behind the bar, and then lost her strength and collapsed on the ground.The two Cruciatus Curses cast by Bellatrix were so powerful that she could feel the pain as if her internal organs were being torn apart.Hyacinth gasped and clutched her left arm—the wound from the kick just now was painful—her eyes went black and then white, intermittently accompanied by spells of light of fifty or sixty colors.She closed her eyes to give herself a buffer time, then struggled to get up and look outside.

The sudden attack by members of the Order of the Phoenix was obviously beyond Bellatrix's expectations. She yelled, "Retreat! Retreat!"

After the Auror fight, the Death Eaters were seriously injured. After hearing Bella's order, they stopped fighting and escaped one after another.There were only two incapacitated people left on the ground, and an Order member was checking on them: "Werewolf, dead. This one, Dolokhov—ah!"

The Death Eater, who was pretending to be unconscious, jumped up, cast a jinx and then quickly disapparated.

"All right, Fenwick?"

"Bai Xian." Another wizard threw a bottle of potion to Fenwick from a distance.Fenwick let go of his hand covering his face, and a bloody cut appeared on his face: "Damn Dolohov, let him run away!"

"I don't blame you, who knew he was so bold." A man kicked the werewolf corpse on the ground, "We killed at least one... It's a pity that no one was left alive."

"Are you alright, child?" The witch who told Hyacinth to hide just now found her and came over to ask her situation. Members of the Order of the Phoenix surrounded her in twos and threes.Surrounded by such a group of people, Hyacinth felt a little suffocated:

"I'm okay."

"Drinking this will make you feel better." The wizard who gave Fenwick just now handed her another bottle of potion. Hyacinth took a sip and was surprised to find that her pain was relieved a lot.She took another sip and felt that the pain caused by the Cruciatus Curse was almost gone.At this time, the witch asked:

"Why are you here, son? I remember the Hogwarts Express leaving long ago."

Hyacinth froze for a moment, not knowing how to answer.Fortunately, another person stopped the witch from continuing to ask: "Now is not a good time, Dorcas. The child is very weak, we'd better take her away first, and then contact Dumbledore."

The young witch nodded and grabbed Hyacinth's arm decisively: "Are you ready, child?"

"What...?" Hyacinth just had time to put down the medicine bottle when the witch led her around in a circle.After a short squeeze of pain, Hyacinth gasped and opened her eyes, and found herself standing at the foot of a hill.One by one, members of the Order of the Phoenix Apparated beside them.Dorcas held her tightly to keep her from sliding to the floor.

"Don't talk without our instructions for a while, okay?" the wizard told Hyacinth, "After we meet Dumbledore, he will decide what you should do next."

"Don't talk too much here, Caradoc." The wizard who stopped Dorcas from questioning Hyacinth reminded again, raising his wand vigilantly, "Follow me."

The members of the Order of the Phoenix began to walk down the mountain, and Dorcas and Caradoc surrounded Hyacinth closely, holding their wands to protect her.After walking along a gravel path for about five minutes, they crossed a narrow street that was clearly a Muggle quarter.Members of the Order of the Phoenix walked around to a circular square, and then walked to the street on the other side.Finally, they stopped in front of a run-down Muggle pub.

Caradoc was the first to walk in with his wand held high, and the blue twilight illuminated the furnishings in the bar: "Safe." He announced.Dorcas and Hyacins followed.When all the members of the Order of the Phoenix entered the bar, the wizard at the head rang the bell on the bar and cleared his throat: "Lemon Xuebao and Enderberg."

A string of wind chimes hanging on the bar suddenly rang, and then the door to the back kitchen on the right side of the bar clicked.

The wizard stepped forward and unscrewed the door, and Dorcas pushed Hyacinth, who hurried after him.

The first thing you feel upon stepping through that door is darkness—pure darkness.Immediately afterwards, Hyacinth suddenly found herself surrounded by layers of people, including the members of the Order of the Phoenix whom she had just met, and a few unfamiliar faces.Without exception, they pointed their wands at Hyacinth. She looked around in amazement, only to find that even the wizard at the head was among them.Then a hand came out of the darkness and pulled her, and Hyacinth staggered, and realized that she was standing in the hall, with Dorcas beside her, surrounded by warm lights, and the door behind her, Where did the members of the Order of the Phoenix come from?

"Now you can talk." The leading wizard led her to the dining room, where a long table was placed, and he motioned for Hyacinth to sit down, "This is the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, and I am Edgar Good to meet you, Burns. It was a defense of the Order of the Phoenix just now, I will go to Dumbledore now, and Dorcas will continue to explain to you."

"Finally I can breathe a sigh of relief, can't I?" Dorcas waved his wand, and two bottles of butterbeer floated out from the cupboard. They sat down at the long table one after another, "I'm Dorcas Meadows, that's Benji Fenwick, this is Caradoc Dearborn...and Dedalus Diggle. "

Hyacinth nodded indiscriminately. It was hard for her to believe that she would meet so many top white wizards: "I am Hyacinth, Hyacinth White."

"You're really unlucky today. The Aurors evacuated the whole of Diagon Alley to ambush the Death Eaters. Fortunately, we have a backup." Dorcas sighed, "Why are you there?"

"I missed the Hogwarts train." Hyacinth had to start lying, while sitting on pins and needles waiting for Dumbledore's arrival, "What will happen when Professor Dumbledore arrives?"

"I think he will talk to you first to judge your condition. Even some adults can't handle the two Cruciatus Curse. The potion you drank just now can relieve the aftereffects of the Cruciatus Curse in a short period of time, but maybe You still need regular medical treatment."

"At the Leaky Cauldron today," Hyacinth paused, "Why are there werewolves?"

Dorcas silently exchanged a painful look with the rest of the Order.Fenwick answered her question, his bleeding had stopped, leaving only dried blood and a scar: "This confirms Dumbledore's guess... The Death Eaters have colluded with the werewolves."

"We shouldn't have said that," Dedalus Diggle reminded in a low voice.

At this time, footsteps came, and the restaurant was suddenly silent.The one who walked in first was Edgar Bones, who had gone and returned, and behind him was Albus Dumbledore in a maroon robe.Seeing him, members of the Order of the Phoenix stood up from the table one after another.

"Good evening." Dumbledore greeted everyone cordially, but his expression was very serious, "I have listened to Edgar's account of what happened, and you have done a good job... Now everyone can relax and rest You don’t have any tasks until tomorrow morning.” Dumbledore sent the others away in a few words, and then took a deep look at Hyacinth, “Come with me, Miss White, I think we need to change to a more comfortable place conversation."

Dumbledore took Edgar Burns and Hyacinth into the living room next to the dining room. After everyone sat down on the soft sofa, Dumbledore shared a cup of hot water with each of them. Tea.

"It's not easy for you today, Miss White," said Dumbledore. "I'm afraid you will have to stay here for a while, and we won't know how much the Cruciatus Curse has done to you until this evening when the effects of the medicine wear off."

Hyacinth clutched her teacup tightly and nodded.

Edgar Burns coughed lightly: "Miss White, after you walked into the Leaky Cauldron today, did you notice anything worth noting? Like seeing anyone you know?"

Hyacinth thought about it carefully, she shuddered, and shook her head: "I only saw Bellatrix and the dead werewolf." She suddenly recalled the note, but reached out to It was only when she was empty in her pocket that she remembered that it had been thrown aside by Bella, and it must have been destroyed in the exchange of fire, "Professor Dumbledore—"

Dumbledore understood: "Would you mind contacting other people who are on duty?" After Burns took the order to leave, he looked away and motioned for Hayes to continue.

"At King's Cross Station this morning, someone stuffed a note into my hand to warn me not to go back to school." Hyacinth told Dumbledore all the ins and outs of the matter, including what she heard on the train. "I was going to the Leaky Cauldron to ask Old Tom for help, but I met a Death Eater." She hesitated, "Professor Dumbledore, do you think this might be a trap?"

Dumbledore looked at her mildly: "It's true that it might be a trap, but I don't think its purpose is to let you run into Death Eaters, Miss White." He paused and smiled slightly, "After all, Death Eaters Christians have no reason to persecute you."

"My dad was a Gryffindor, my mum was a Squib, and I grew up in the Muggle community—"

"It is true that the group of immature students in Slytherin may reject you for this reason. However, Miss White, I can assure you that in the eyes of the Death Eaters, you are definitely not in the category that they need to deal with "Dumbledore took a sip of tea, "On the other hand, I personally think that sometimes you place too much emphasis on your origin. Actually, I used to know a half-blood wizard who was also a Slytherin, but he was different from you. Yes, his background didn't affect his success in school at all."

"But...but that's not what other people told me." Hyacinth hesitated and said, "They all told me—" Her words stopped abruptly, and Hyacinth suddenly vaguely understood Dumbledore The implication is, "Professor Dumbledore, you mean...are they brainwashing me?"

"This is the most common method used by Death Eaters. One brainwashes the other." Dumbledore said solemnly, "Many wizards who are more mature, experienced, and knowledgeable than you can't stand their threats. I'm glad you didn't Totally brainwashed, Miss White. But that's probably why they don't want you back at Hogwarts."

"Are they afraid that I will go back and interfere with them, or are they afraid that I will keep reminding others?" Hyacinth shook her head, "Then they really think highly of me."

"Maybe it's both. They are more likely to be afraid that you will completely fall to the opposite side of the white wizard, and you will become their biggest hidden danger." Dumbledore raised his hand to stop her thought of rebutting, "You may think you are nothing, Miss White, but not to the rest of Slytherin. You know enough."

Hyacinth couldn't wait to speak: "But, Professor Dumbledore, do you still remember the Slytherin dark magic team I told you about? Since they already have the ability to subdue me and even kill me, why do they still have the power to kill me?" Trying my best to make me choose not to go back? I mean, they can actually control me by force, can't they?"

"You're right, Miss White. That's what intrigues me too—though I'd venture to guess that the man who sent you the letter chose to let you go out of an indescribable pity or kindness. Whatever Whoever this person is, he or she deliberately gave you a chance of life." Dumbledore stared at Hyacinth, "Some people will say that I am too kind, and I like to speculate that the wicked are also good, but I just think that the human heart is always There is light and darkness, even Merlin will be confused by Vivienne, and Mordred was once a hero."

These words seemed to hide more meanings, and Hyacinth couldn't help thinking to herself.At this time, Dumbledore asked again: "May I ask, how is your OWLs test result, Miss White?"

Hyacinth was taken aback for a moment, then she lowered her head in embarrassment: "I'm not very good at Charms and Transfiguration, Professor." Both were P's, and there was an A - Potions.

"Ah... I'm quite sad, Miss White. You may not know that I used to be a professor of transfiguration. But I think your ancient rune and arithmetic divination should be very good?" Dumbledore winked at her , "Sometimes we shouldn't think so much, but follow our heart, Miss White. Only you know yourself best, right?"

In the evening, as the effects of the medicine wore off, Hyacinth gradually tasted the Cruciatus Curse.First there was a dull ache in the bones and the kicked left arm, and then the pain began to intensify at an incredible speed.After about 5 minutes, Hyacinth felt unprecedented severe pain in her head. She couldn't control herself and began to cry, scream, roll on the ground and hit her head on the table involuntarily.The torture was even worse than at the Leaky Cauldron.

"We've got to send her to St. Mungo's!" Dorcas yelled, crouching beside her, trying to hold Hyacins down from her harming him.

"Help me." Hyacinth begged Dorcas, sobbing, "Give me a Stunning Curse, even a Killing Curse is better than this..."

"Should I give her some more medicine?" Caradoc suggested.

"No, that kind of medicine will only make the follow-up pain more severe. Give her some palliative." Dumbledore appeared at the door, and he ordered vigorously, "Dorcas, Diggle, you go with her to St. Mungo's , if there is any situation, report it in time."

Diggle looked anxiously at Caradoc and asked Hyacinth to drink the palliative: "Can she apparate or use the Floo net like this?" Hyacinth gradually stopped convulsing, but was still whimpering. Crying, Dorcas took her in his arms and patted her on the back.

"No, so you go in another way." Dumbledore called softly, "Fox, Fawkes." Accompanied by a soft cry, Diggle raised his head and found that the phoenix had appeared at some point, Squat on the chandelier and watch them.

"Fox will send you to St. Mungo's in a more stable manner." Dumbledore said briefly, "If nothing else, I will go to meet you after their next shift."

"Dumbledore, do you think it is necessary to report to the Ministry of Magic?" Diggle asked anxiously, "About today's matter." He was referring to the collusion between the werewolf and the Death Eaters, but Dumbledore recalled Hire Sins told him something:

"I'll go and talk to him in person. I know Harold is in a state of distress, but he must take this matter very seriously."

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Note:

1. Benji Fenwick: A deceased member of the Order of the Phoenix.Killed before the start of the original timeline.

2. Dorcas Meadows: A deceased member of the Order of the Phoenix.Voldemort was killed by his own hands before his first downfall.It is said that she and Marlene McKinnon are classmates, and her age is slightly changed here.

3. Edgar Bones: A deceased member of the Order of the Phoenix and one of the founders of the Order of the Phoenix.The whole family was murdered by Death Eaters.His sister, Amelia Bones, was the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement who tried Harry in the fifth book.

4. Caradoc Dearborn: A member of the Order of the Phoenix, who took a photo (the one that Moody showed Harry in the original book) and disappeared six months later.

5. Defense of the Order of the Phoenix: Refer to the setting of Dumbledore's figure in the seventh part of the original book.If the Death Eaters or other intruders saw being surrounded by members of the Order of the Phoenix, they would instinctively use magic spells to resist or speak, and their own people knew that they should not talk nonsense.

6. Dedalus Diggle: A member of the Order of the Phoenix, the seventh part of the original book is responsible for escorting Harry's aunt's family away.Sebastian Diggle, head of the Ministry of Magic's Magical Law Enforcement Department-Archives and Confidentiality Office, who appeared in Chapter 2 of this article, is his grandson.

7. Anderburger: A liqueur produced in Germany, pay tribute to the lost love of GGAD with Lemon Sherbet.

8. Vivienne: The legendary "Daughter of the Lake", Merlin fell in love with her and told her all the secrets about her mana, and finally Vivian imprisoned Merlin.

9. Mordred: The villain in Arthurian legend, but he was a hero in the original Welsh legend.

10. Fox: Since this phoenix is ​​so magical, it shouldn’t be a problem to give it away. 233

11. Harold Minkan: Minister of Magic at this time.

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Attached is Hyacinth's OWLs transcript:

Astronomy: E

Ancient Runes: O

Charms: P

Defense Against the Dark Arts: E

Arithmetic Divination: O

Herbalism: E

History of Magic: E

Potions: A

Transfiguration: P

She should be a liberal arts student...

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