HP Midnight Light

- September 1975, 9 - Wood's Orphanage, London

"Are you going to catch a train?"

"Yes. Go to sleep a little longer. Didn't the doctor tell you to rest more?" Hyacinth hurriedly took off the toast in her mouth, "Mrs. Barmer said she left breakfast for you, wait Let the administrator deliver it after you wake up."

An sat on the bed and hugged the quilt, looking very sad: "Why can't your school allow students to write letters to their families?"

"Uh...the rules..." Hyacinth replied vaguely while checking to see if there was anything left behind, "Then I'll be leaving first. Remember to take care of yourself."

"See you next summer." Ann said dejectedly.

"Don't be like this." Hyacinth sighed and came forward to give Ann a hug. "Maybe I will come back this Christmas."

An forced a smile and patted her on the back: "Let's go, don't be late."

"You have to take care of yourself." Hyacinth urged, "Remember to take your medicine on time."

"I promise I will." Ann waved his hand, "Bye."

The whistle of the train came indistinctly through the fog.Hyacinth struggled through the crowd, trying to spot her friends through the windows.

"Hyase!" Cornelia Rozier stood at the door of a carriage and waved to her, "We are all here, just waiting for you."

"I was delayed by something in the morning." Hyacinth explained, "Have you had a good summer vacation?"

"It's okay, although it's just boring at home." Cornelia said while reaching out to lift a box of Hyacinth.

"Thank you." Hyacinth followed her through the overcrowded train aisle, "Is there any big news during the summer vacation?"

"You did miss some, but let's talk about these when we get to the box... Let me go! Please let me go! Ouch——"

"Hiss!" Someone stomped on Hyacinth's foot and then knocked Cornelia against the wall next to her. Hyacinth saw a tall and thin man who looked familiar coming from behind Cornelia. ran by.

"Don't you know how to look at the road?" Cornelia raised her voice and called out the name of the perpetrator accurately, "James Potter!"

"Who are you offending again, Prongs?" Almost at the same moment, a lazy voice came from the box, and a handsome black-haired boy suddenly appeared behind James.

Cornelia's face darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Hyacinth smelled an ominous breath, and she quickly shrank into a corner to avoid the upcoming dispute.

James shrugged his shoulders as if nothing was wrong: "I bumped your little cousin—wait, I seem to have stepped on her friend's foot—so am I screwed?" He said in feigned horror, "Oh, Merlin! I actually messed with Cornelia Rozier!"

"Forget it, Potter." Cornelia sneered, "No one here wants to watch your performance."

Sirius Black glanced at Hyacinth, and then fixed his eyes on Cornelia's face, as if he just saw her: "Isn't this Cousin Leah?" Said in a irritated tone, "Are you all right?"

It's hard to tell whether Cornelia's expression is more angry or more disgusting: "Thank you for your concern, dear cousin. I'm fine!"

"That's good." Sirius said with concern, "You have to take care of James a bit more, he has bad eyesight, and he often doesn't see certain people in certain colleges—"

"Sires Black," Cornelia threatened angrily, "you really think of yourself as a Gryffindor through and through, don't you?"

"Thank goodness." Sirius smiled gratifyingly, "You finally realized this five years after I was sorted into Gryffindor."

Hyacinth couldn't help a laugh, but she turned it into a dry cough just in time: "Let's stop wasting time here, Leah?"

Cornelia gave Sirius and James a hard look, "Let's go, Hyacinth."

"Isn't it?" James said sarcasticly, "If you don't leave, will our play be over?" With a bang, the door of the box was closed in front of Cornelia.

"Let's go." Seeing that Cornelia was about to get angry again, Hyacinth quickly pushed her forward, "It's a shame to argue with them here, right?"

"Have you seen who Sirius is?" Cornelia continued to mutter angrily, "If I tell you, Aunt Walburga should just remove him from the family tree!"

Hyacinth was glad she didn't bother with that laugh she'd just given, while she wisely kept silent.

After this little episode, they soon found two other friends.

"Why are you here so late?" Olivia Burst fiddled with a game of wizard chess, "The train is about to move."

Cornelia was still stern, and Hyacinth had no choice but to reply: "We met Regu's brother, and he made Lia very angry."

Olivia pushed the chessboard away: "Just pretend he doesn't exist, why are you still angry?"

"If you heard what that kid said, you would be angry too." Cornelia recounted what happened just now angrily, "'I often don't see certain people from certain colleges'——Regu, you Be sure to write to Aunt Walburga about it."

Regulus looked over from the newspaper: "Did he really say that?"

"Ok!"

"Naturally," Regulus said, "he's been pissing my parents off at home this summer, and they've pretty much decided he's hopeless."

"I think he is!"

"Don't be angry. Do you want chocolate?" Olivia tried to interrupt by dumping the small bag of chocolates she brought on the table.

"And his three friends - 'Predator', I really don't know what they're thinking about all day long. Isn't that a small prank group? And they act as if they are the saviors!"

Olivia looked at Regulus helplessly, and the latter suddenly changed the subject to Hyacinth: "Has my brother talked to you?"

"No ah."

Regulus raised his eyebrows: "I thought he would be very interested in you."

As soon as the words came out, Cornelia's attention was immediately diverted: "You haven't met him before, Hyacinth?"

Hyacinth nodded, and silently reached for a piece of chocolate.

"It's strange...but you belong to Slytherin after all." Cornelia quickly found a reason for herself.

At this time, Olivia tapped the chessboard in front of her at the right time: "Come to play chess, Leah? Bet on a box of Honeybee Duke's sugar quills."

"Okay." Cornelia finally showed a smile, "I would like to accept the bet."

In the end Cornelia won.Before getting out of the car, Regulus stopped Hyacinth: "I didn't mean what I said just now, it was just for—"

"—to get Leah's attention away."

Regulus smiled: "Just don't take it to heart."

"No." Hyacinth promised.At this time, Regulus' friends were calling him from afar, and Cornelia and Olivia were waiting for Hyacinth in the carriage.

"See you later."

"See you!"

"What did Lei Gu tell you?" Cornelia asked as expected.

"It's nothing." Hyacinth said casually, "He asked me to advise you not to get angry with Sirius again."

A trace of embarrassment appeared on Cornelia's face: "I don't have one!"

Where she didn't see, Olivia winked at Hyacinth.

At this time, a carriage speeded up and overtook the girls' carriage, and there were happy conversations in it.Hyacinth saw a black-haired boy whose face was not clear sitting in the compartment through the gap in the curtain blown by the wind.

"That's Snape and Evans."

Olivia took a look: "Yes. It's a miracle that their friendship lasted for five years!"

"Didn't everyone say that Snape had a crush on Evans?"

"It's already an open secret, and Snape is still unrequited love." Olivia told her, "Signus told me that Evans has actually been estranged from Snape a lot during this time, Probably because... All in all, unless Snape himself punctured the window paper, Evans probably wouldn't take the initiative to sever ties with him."

Olivia's brother, Signus Burst, was a year ahead of them. He was the current prefect of Slytherin, and it was said that he was also a popular candidate for the president of the student union.Olivia inquired a lot of gossip and anecdotes about the seniors from him.

"Don't Snape have any idea?" Cornelia didn't hide her disgust at all, "She's a Mudblood!"

Olivia snuffed out her words in time: "Anyway, sooner or later the two of them will part ways, it's just a matter of time."

Hyacinth brought the topic back to gossip: "Didn't it be said that Potter wanted to chase Evans? But because of Snape, Evans has always hated him."

"But who would choose Snape over Potter? I mean...he doesn't look very good." Meeting Cornelia's questioning gaze, Olivia explained calmly, "I said That's the truth. Aren't James Potter and Sirius Black the most popular boys in school?"

"Second." Cornelia emphasized reluctantly, "There is more than one person who is better than them."

Olivia turned to Hyacinth: "I haven't asked you if you had a good summer vacation yet."

"That's it." Hyacinth replied, "It's actually quite busy."

"If it's possible, I really hope you can move to my house." Olivia said, "Signus shuts himself in his room all day and doesn't know what he's doing. I'm almost bored to death."

"Don't be joking, that doesn't comply with the regulations." Cornelia poured cold water, "Even if you really did that, the school will intervene."

"I just said it casually, eh——" Olivia, who had been looking out the window, suddenly had a bright light in her eyes, "Regu! Regu!" Passing the slightly swaying car curtain, Hyacinth saw that there was indeed a person who looked like Leigu inside.

but--

"You mistook the person, Ollie." Hyacinth reminded in a low voice, and Cornelia's expression on the opposite side became ugly again.

"Hey, that girl seems to recognize Padfoot as his younger brother." There were already clear laughter from the car, and James Potter's loud voice easily reached their ears, "My God, this Could it be a new way to strike up a conversation?"

"Shut up, Prongs. Why are you talking so much today?"

"Maybe it's because of being aggrieved. Lily deliberately pretended not to see James today."

"You are so annoying, Moonface." The curtain of that car was completely lifted, and James poked his head out from inside, "Little girl across the way, your Regulus is not in this car! But If you give me five Galleons, I can sell you the private photos of Sirius!" He still whistled.

"You keep making it up." Sirius replied, "You don't even have a camera."

"Damn predator!" Olivia yelled angrily as she slammed onto the car curtain.

From the moment James Potter spoke, Cornelia's expression changed subtly, and now she couldn't help but burst out laughing: "You and Regu have only been separated for less than 5 minutes, Ollie! "

Hyacinth felt that James was a genius: "I'm going to tell Regu about this! Absolutely!"

"Bet or not, Hyacinth?" Cornelia asked, "Do you think Regu will be jealous of his brother?"

"Leah!" Olivia's face was so red that it was about to explode.

"Don't deny it, Ollie." Hyacinth said, "Didn't someone say you were Lei Gu's little girlfriend when we were in the second grade? You two hurry up and decide on the name, don't let us Don't worry about it."

"Hyase!"

"In what year do your pure-blood families usually get engaged?"

"Fifth grade."

"That's next year."

"So it's not far away, we're going to start thinking about what gifts to give."

"You two better not have this day." Olivia's ears were so red that she was about to bleed, "Otherwise I'll laugh."

"I don't care." Hyacinth replied, "Anyway, now you can only be laughed at by us."

"I'll give you two five Galleons each," Olivia almost begged, "just pretend nothing happened."

"Absolutely not!" Hyacinth and Cornelia flatly rejected it.

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