HP Midnight Light

- 1979 June 7 - 3 Grimmauld Place

Regulus broke into the kitchen at lunchtime, where his parents were eating.Seeing his appearance, both Walburga and Orion put down their knives and forks in surprise and stood up——

Regulus turned pale. He handed the cloak to Kreacher and walked quickly towards his parents: "I'm afraid we need to talk."

"I thought you were..." Walburga frowned, and she gestured.Regulus stared straight at her:

"You don't want to hear what I'm going to say next, Mother."

"what happened?"

Regulus' eyes wandered between Orion and Walburga for a moment: "I want to hear the truth: are you really happy that I joined the Death Eaters?"

"Of course." Walburga said without hesitation, "The Dark Lord will lead us to restore the glory of the pure-blood family..."

"It's more than that, Mom." Regulus interrupted her rarely.

Orion saw something was wrong with him, and he repeated his question: "What happened?"

"Then I'll be straight to the point." Regulus let out a heavy breath, and cut to the point, "Do you all know what an Inferi is?" Walburga and Orion both nodded, They frowned and stared at their youngest son, a lifeless smile appeared on Regulus' face, "A few days ago, the Dark Lord ordered me to try to bring back the corpses of the McKinnon family..." Mentioned He couldn't help but shudder at the task, "I did as he was told, and then the Dark Lord turned them into—into Inferi in front of my face..." There was a sound in his throat In a voice resembling retching, "He asked me to take them—inferi forms—to the dungeon and lock them up. I found them after a day...no, they were gone."

Walburga and Orion suddenly fell silent, and the husband and wife looked at Regulus in horror.He said what he wanted to say, and fell on the chair as if he had lost his strength, trembling slightly.

"Where did he—the Dark Lord—take them?" Orion asked, swallowing hard.

"I don't know," Regulus said softly, "I've seen something even scarier...the other Death Eaters captured a member of the Order of the Phoenix, they...he..." Regulus seemed desperate He searched for the right words, but in the end he only uttered a sentence that made Orion shudder, "That is beyond your imagination and the most terrifying scene you have ever seen in your life."

"Tell me," demanded Walburga suddenly, "tell me what they did to him."

"Do you really want to know, Mom?" Regulus raised his head with red eyes, "they use magic that I can't name, and it's not fatal, but it may be more painful than the Cruciatus Curse... There are medieval Muggle instruments of torture, tearing off the captive’s flesh bit by bit—he’s still alive! Mom! He’s already passed out under the influence of magic, and he’s awakened alive by a new round of torture !Yeah, that's not over yet, and then the Lestrange brothers come on, you know what they're gonna do, right? Have you ever seen any wizard suffer like that? Can you imagine? They didn't Don't treat him as a human being because you can't get information out of him, Veritaserum and Instigmatism don't work... Finally—" He gripped the napkin on the table, "they took the dying captive to the werewolf."

Orion's face was paler than Regulus's: "Then his corpse..."

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be the same fate as the McKinnon family." Regulus replied mechanically.

Even Walburga, who was usually the most domineering, had nothing to say at the moment.

"Are you afraid? Can you imagine?" Regulus asked. "I stood there watching him being tortured, disgusted and terrified, but I had to applaud and applaud along with the other Death Eaters. I I don't know if other people are really enjoying it, but I just want to run away immediately."

"The Dark Lord does this to every prisoner?" Walburga whispered, and she slowly settled back into her chair. "And what did he do to old Burst?"

"Old Bostrode is very lucky, he died happily." Regulus stared at the candle, "You have never seen their courtroom, compared with the things there, Cruciatus can be regarded as an easy torture ...their last prize, Marlene McKinnon, committed suicide in front of the Dark Lord, and he was furious... that day he threw a tantrum and fired the Cruciatus Curse at the Death Eaters..."

"Throw the Cruciatus Curse at the Death Eaters."

Regulus looked at his father: "After Signus failed his last mission, the Dark Lord 'rewarded' him with three Cruciatus Curses."

Walburga said eagerly, "But Bella—"

"Bella is the pride of the Dark Lord," Regulus said. "You know, that doesn't mean we are too."

Walburga suddenly raised his hand to cover his mouth, Orion's lips moved for a moment, and he asked hesitantly: "Reculus, then, is there any possibility that we can..."

"I thought the Dark Lord would lead the Purebloods back to the top!" Walburga whispered, eyes wide.

"I used to think that too, but now our judgment may need to be revised."

"But the Dark Lord—" Orion anxiously wanted an answer, "he trusts our family, doesn't he?"

Regulus did not answer his father's question: "Where is Ollie?"

"Upstairs in her room," said Walburga quickly. "So, she..."

"I'll go up and talk to her for a while," Regulus got up, "I'll send her back to the Burstrod's house tomorrow."

Walburga's hands tightened convulsively on the napkin, and for the first time there was fear in Mrs Black's eyes.She and Orion sat opposite each other, silent, and at the same time felt a sense of desolation.

It's a pity that getting on the boat is easy and getting off the boat is difficult.

"Ollie." Regulus raised his hand and knocked on the door, but when he turned the handle, he found that the door was locked.

"I want to be alone for a while, Regu." Olivia begged through the door.

The recent relationship between the two of them was a bit strange - Olivia was the one avoiding now, and Regulus could easily guess why, but there were some things he had to say.

"No, open the door, Ollie." Regulus persuaded gently, "I have something to tell you."

The door lock was opened with a click, and Olivia appeared in front of him: "Are you back?"

Regulus pretended not to see the tears under her eyes: "Ollie, I'll take you home tomorrow."

Olivia reluctantly held the corner of her mouth, but did not speak.

"I'll make it clear to Signus, and I promise to try my best to convince him to give you back your wand." Regulus reassured, "Grimmauld Place is full of people now, you live It's too unsafe here, it would be best if Signus would release you."

"Do you hate me, Regu?" Olivia asked suddenly, "Because of what Signus did..."

"Signus is Signus, and you are you," Regulus interrupted, "no matter what stupid things he did, you'll always be the one who spilled pumpkin juice on the table in first grade Olivia."

She couldn't help laughing.Regulus then promised: "I promise to see you every week, and if you want, you can come to my house for dinner on weekends, okay?"

"Okay." Olivia nodded, and finally she couldn't help asking, "Are you really all right, Regu?"

"Of course, I'm just a little tired. Bella doesn't let me idle for a moment." He quickly tidied up his expression and replied relaxedly. Olivia didn't continue to doubt:

"If something happens, you must promise not to hide it from me."

Regulus smiled, raised his hand to touch her cheek: "Have a good rest, Ollie."

- July 7 - Greengrass House

Sean threw the letter heavily on the coffee table. The letter written by Vera and forwarded by Cornelia made him very angry.Not to mention the things that Cornelia hinted at.

Gavin had just come downstairs to post a letter - he had grown accustomed to using an owl - and Gavin struck up a kind of "friendship" with some pro-Muggle wizards that Sean couldn't understand.

"Your life was quite leisurely." Sean couldn't help complaining.

Like the Smiths, it was the brothers' parents who went to prison in the Greengrass family, so now Sean has to take on the burden of facing pressure from the Dark Lord and the Death Eaters.

"What's bothering you?" The newly-acquainted brothers didn't have a deep relationship, but they got along quite happily.

"Some trivial things." Sean said perfunctorily, "I'm not at home tonight, can you do it by yourself?"

"Where are you going?"

"The Smith family." Sean replied naturally.

He didn't notice the sudden change on Gavin's face at all.

"Oh?"

Sean stood up and walked upstairs: "I'll be back about...by ten o'clock."

Gavin watched Sean leave with an uneasy expression.He had come to understand that most wizards still looked down on Squibs after all.And he couldn't forget the scene when Aurora and Sean went for a walk in the garden together that day.At the same time, he remembered bitterly how perfunctory Aurora's reply was, but now she was willing to go to Sean's appointment.

Gavin's eyes fell on the letter left by Sean, he moved closer, and began to read the exposed part.

A few minutes later Sean came out of Rozier's fireplace, dusting off the ashes.He would never have set foot here if possible, but now...he had always hated being forced.

"You're here." Cornelia greeted, "If you don't mind, we must negotiate as soon as possible. I have another visitor later."

"I also really want to make a long story short." Sean replied angrily, "Let me confirm again, from the meaning of your letter, as long as we have a child, right?"

Cornelia's smile froze: "You can't say that..."

"Don't whitewash it too much." Sean laughed.

"Vera is fine. Didn't you take her to the Slug Club party before?"

Sean was amused by her words: "Parties and sex are two different things."

"It's not that painful, is it?"

"Are you willing to sleep with Signus?" Sean ran on in a bad mood, Cornelia glanced at him sharply, Sean shrugged, "Compare your heart to heart, do you understand my feeling?"

"Don't waste time arguing with me." Cornelia has never talked with Sean, she just wants to complete the task quickly, "So, you agreed?"

"According to my understanding - we don't need to have a romantic relationship, we don't need to get married, we don't need to be responsible for her, as long as we have a child, right?"

Cornelia only needs to match up, and their subsequent development has nothing to do with her: "Yes."

"Very well, then I'm leaving." Sean didn't want to stay for a second.

Cornelia thought Sean was ridiculous.He thought he was begging for mercy, but in fact he was no different from other people who begged the Dark Lord to let him go. If Sean was really a stubborn person, he should have refused to join the Source of Life project!

The second visitor arrived quickly and did not keep her waiting.

"Is there something that must be said in person?"

Regulus also gave a straightforward answer: "I have a request."

"what?"

He sighed: "If—I mean, if, one day, I unfortunately die or are taken away, can you cast an oblivion spell on Ollie?"

This is an unusual request.

"Did you have some bad premonition?" Cornelia saw his strangeness.

"No." Regulus denied, "just in case. You should also be able to see that if something happened to me, it would be very difficult for Ollie to get out of it. I don't want her to waste the rest of her life on Tears and grief, so just think I'm saving for a rainy day."

Cornelia nodded: "Are you sure you want her to completely forget you? It's not fair to Ollie."

"I hope she's doing well." Regulus said, "I know it's selfish." He paused, "But now you can probably understand how I feel?"

Cornelia agrees: "I don't feel that way about Barty Jr."

"It's too early to make a judgment now." Regulus rarely suggested seriously, "If you are suitable, then don't waste time."

Cornelia frowned: "You are very strange today, Regu, what happened?"

"I just think," Regulus replied slowly, "no one can tell whether the sun will rise first tomorrow or the accident will come first."

- 7 July - Regent Street, London

"That one is more flattering."

"But this one is more dreamy."

"How about," suggested Hyacinth, "you bought them all?"

Lily touched the two wedding dresses reluctantly: "My mother is right, the first troublesome decision a woman makes in her life is to choose a wedding dress."

"I thought it was choosing a husband." Hyacinth pointed to the third one, "Will you try that one again?"

"No, I can't push myself further into trouble," Lily grumbled, "Why did you make up your mind so quickly?"

A paper bag was already placed at Hyacinth's feet: "Uh...maybe it's because I'm decisive?"

"Just this one." Lily made up her mind and chose the wedding dress with tails, "We still have to pick out wedding shoes."

"Marriage is more trouble than I thought."

"After all, it's only once in a lifetime." After they walked out of the bridal shop, Lily pointed in another direction, "Did Sirius tell you about Dorcas being raided on Oxford Street?"

Hyacinth nodded: "Fortunately she escaped...how is Dorcas now?"

Lily shook her head solemnly.

The Order of the Phoenix had lost five members in just a few months - counting Dorcas who is completely out of shape now - everyone was in danger for a while, lest they would be killed at their doorstep one day and be caught off guard.Although Dorcas didn't take revenge like Ma Lin, her pretending to be strong made her feel even more uncomfortable.

"My parents don't want to go abroad to hide from the limelight." Lily complained when they were trying on shoes, "James and I tried to persuade them to no avail, and they didn't want to go to Potter Manor to hide, saying they didn't want to leave Our own house. We wanted to put a defensive spell on their house, but the spell can't work at such a distance."

"Did you tell them how dangerous it is now?"

"I said it. But... people will probably become more or less stubborn when they get old." Lily was obviously worried. "Fortunately, the focus of the Death Eaters' activities is not in the south, so I can relax."

"If you're careful, you shouldn't have any problems." Hyacinth comforted, "Sirius and I have considered moving before, but he thinks it doesn't matter where we hide now."

Lily smiled reluctantly, and she quickly selected a pair of simple and traditional white high heels.Hyacons also picked up a pair of lace-up wedding shoes.Lily changed the topic: "How are you preparing? Is there anything you can do to help?"

"We have nothing special to do, after all, there are only a few guests." Hyacinth crossed off the "wedding shoes" item from the list, "You should receive invitations in a few days." Due to the previous A chain of events, they had to drastically reduce the guest list, Marauder and Lily were the only ones invited, luckily neither Hyacons nor Sirius were looking for a "big" wedding.

"Invitation card?" Lily smiled, "I guess it's rare for Sirius to take something seriously in his life, right? But it's necessary, Hyacinth, you have to do whatever you want. My mother said that the groom must fully participate in the wedding ceremony." In organizing the event."

"You may not believe it, but Sirius is more enthusiastic about the wedding than I am. He even redecorated our house a little bit."

"That must not be the Sirius I know! Anyway, if you want to help, please send me a message." Lily looked at the time, "Ah... I guess they should be here too!"

At this time, the sound of engines whistling sounded from far to near on the street outside.

"Yes." Hyacinth sighed, "They're here."

"Hey——" Lily glared uncontrollably at James, who was jumping off the motorcycle with a smile on his face, "you two will be in the Muggle newspapers sooner or later."

"It's not like we weren't seen by Muggles, and nothing happened afterwards." James argued, "Hyase, what kind of wedding dress did Lily buy?"

Hyacinth shrugged, "You guess."

James turned his head angrily.

"It's for good luck." Hyacinth apologized for James' ignorance. "Well, I promise you'll get your eyes bigger than the Quaffle the moment you see the bride."

"I like that metaphor." Sirius chimed in gloatingly.

"Have you bought your dresses?" Lily asked.They both decided to choose Muggle gowns over wizarding robes.

"Prongs want to buy a red-striped suit and gold tie, the scariest outfit I've ever seen in my life," Sirius sneered.

"Please, James," said Lily resignedly, "we've had enough Gryffindor elements in our wedding."

"The more the better," James argued.

Hyacinth confirmed: "You didn't choose a dangerous style, did you?"

"Don't worry about it, Hyacinth. The whole store is staring at Padfoot, I think that clerk is going to pass out from being so handsome." James said, "He's a male clerk! "

"What are you hinting at me?" Hyacinth replied loudly, "Your affair with Sirius?"

Sirius cast a murderous look, and before James jumped, Lily grabbed him to prevent him from embarrassing him: "Let's go first! See you later."

"Who told you that?" Sirius couldn't bear it anymore, "What about me and the prongs?"

"What are you guilty of?" Hyacinth resisted the urge to roll her eyes, "Someone has already said that. They all said that the reason why you have never had a girlfriend is that you have unrequited love for James."

Sirius had nothing to say about that.

"I have to go to the pharmacy." Hyacinth took out the prescription signed by the Muggle doctor.

Sirius stretched his head to read the words on the prescription: "Why are Muggle medicine names so complicated?"

"Who knows." Hyacinth suddenly started to have intermittent headaches a few days ago. Although it was not serious, it was very annoying.Sirius originally wanted to make some potion for her, but after hearing that the potion would make people's ears smoke, Hyacinth refused firmly.

"Why do you suddenly have a headache?" Sirius was puzzled by this. "Why don't you go to St. Mungo's today?"

"No, no." Hyacinth quickly jumped onto the back seat of the motorcycle, "I swear I will never go to St. Mungo's again in my life."

The author has something to say:

Note:

1. In the original book, Sirius said that the Blacks were afraid after learning about Voldemort's nature, so they said it through the mouth of Regulus.

2. [Hint! ]: Regulus did not agree to Olivia's request ("I promise not to hide it from me")

3. Sean is not afraid of Cornelia.

4. Hyacinth's headache was apparently caused by the Oblivion Charm.

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