HP Midnight Light

- 1979th February 8 - Unnamed Castle, Cumbria

"What should I reward you with, Evan?" The Dark Lord looked up at the person floating above the long table, with an undisguised excitement on his snake's face.

"I don't need a reward, master." Evan whispered, with several fresh wounds on his cheeks.

"Tell me about your wonderful adventure stories," the Dark Lord asked with great interest. "I'm curious how you managed to capture one of the top fighters in the Order of the Phoenix."

"It was by chance, master. We happened to see them on patrol in Diagon Alley, so we improvised to kill them by surprise - Cornelia caused some disturbances on the Muggle streets outside Diagon Alley, and they Sure enough, they rushed over, and we outflanked them and had a brief fight outside the Leaky Cauldron." Evan swallowed, "They are very powerful, Cornelia and I were both wounded, neither of us used lethal Spell, but I realized that the battle line cannot be stretched. Otherwise, it is very likely that they will wait for their backup..."

"go on."

"So I gave Cornelia a wink, and she blew up a Muggle building close to us, and the bricks fell and temporarily interrupted our engagement. She took the opportunity to fire a stun spell at one of them, as if Missed, but at the same time my spell hit another one. I decided enough was enough to disapparate with the incapacitated one—” Evan paused, “the other frantically trying to stop We, one of his spells hit me in the face and another hit Cornelia... but we both escaped in time."

"Great story, Evan, you almost died there or got caught—how's Cornelia?"

"It's okay, she needs to rest." Evan replied, and he raised his head, which made the Death Eaters sitting around the long table clearly see his mutilated right ear. Not everyone can do it for the Dark Lord. At this point, "She will return to serve you soon, Master."

"Don't worry, Evan, I already understand your intentions." There seemed to be a trace of illusory warmth in the Dark Lord's voice, "Let's talk to Gideon first."

He flicked his wand lightly, and Gideon Prewett's body fell heavily onto the stone table with a loud bang, and several Death Eaters seemed startled.Immediately afterwards, iron chains jumped out of the stone table out of thin air and tied Gideon firmly to the table.

"Gideon's brother survived, but we will still capture him next time." The Dark Lord's voice turned cold, "The same goes for the other escaped..."

Signus whispered uneasily, "I'll get Dorcas back, master."

"She has escaped twice and I hope there won't be a third."

A slight cough came from the captive's throat, and he awoke.

"Severus, get the Veritaserum," the Dark Lord ordered grimly. "Now, let's see if Legilimency can bring us some surprises..."

Gideon Prewett's ending was no different from that of several of his colleagues.The cruelty of the Dark Lord was that he didn't bother to give them a happy death with the Killing Curse - unless he did it himself, and he liked to hand over useless captives to his subordinates because they knew how to make life worse than death.

While Gideon can't live but can't die, the Dark Lord is rewarding Rozier and his daughter.

It was a black ring set with a huge emerald.The black base is deliberately carved into the shape of a snake, and the green gemstones are embedded in the snake's eyes. It is as vivid as a real snake.

"Master—" Evan was too excited to speak, "Such a reward is really precious!"

"You and Cornelia deserve it, Evan. The show isn't over yet." The Dark Lord moved his wand, and a slender red light moved slowly around the inner circle of the ring as he moved, accompanied by The sizzle of burning.The eyes of the Death Eaters were all focused on the red light. After a while, the Dark Lord stopped moving, and the sparks flickered and slowly extinguished. A line of newly engraved words was left on the inner circle. The Dark Lord raised his hand to pick it up. Ring, the high-pitched voice echoed in the room, "This ring was cast by me, and I wrote this line myself. It belongs to 'Lord Voldemort's most devout and fearless follower: Rozier', when you see it At this time, you must realize that what you are facing is the top Death Eater in the world, Lord Voldemort's right-hand man—come on, Evan, and take away the glory that belongs to Rozier."

Evan suppressed his excitement and stepped forward to take the ring from the Dark Lord.Unsurprisingly, he earned the throne of the First House next to the Dark Lord at some non-life-threatening sacrifices.

Bellatrix's eyes were glued to the ring, and she suddenly smelled the danger of facing a strong enemy.

- July 8 - Greengrass House

"You have the habit of taking notes in the book." Aurora pointed out the handwriting on the page.

"Ah - yes," Sean replied, "jotting down some ideas. Isn't that unusual in the Muggle world?"

"Not really. But I envy you. Most of my books are rented or borrowed. I have to take care of them so they don't get damaged."

"I also put a lot of thought into hiding these books. You should know that families like yours and mine are not very tolerant of Muggle culture." Sean said, "So before my parents... I hid them in the corners of the room, and luckily they never found them. Now I can put them on the bookshelves in a fair way."

"Why don't you take your books to school?"

Sean smiled: "Aurora, it seems that you don't know much about Slytherin House."

A trace of embarrassment appeared on Aurora's face: "I'm sorry."

"There's nothing I'm sorry about. All in all, most people in Slytherin House are more hostile to Muggles." Sean observed Aurora's face, but found that she didn't look unhappy, "So you understand, I You can't make yourself look like an outlier, or you'll get in trouble."

"I get it - it's like Muggles hated wizards before the twentieth century," Aurora explained. "That's normal. I mean, it's always easy to go to war when the two sides are on different sides." ,Right?"

"That's pretty much what it means."

Aurora hesitated for a moment: "But... Sean, if you don't mind, can you tell me what happened to the Dark Lord?"

Sean froze for a moment: "How did you—"

"I heard about it by accident." Aurora begged, "I can't ask my brother and sister-in-law, so..."

"Dark Lord——" Sean hesitated under Aurora's ardent gaze, "just like his name, he is a dark wizard. He advocates the theory of blood, expands aggressively, recruits disciples, and is an enemy of white wizards." He said Hesitating and unwilling to continue, Aurora shifted the question:

"I probably understand what blood theory is, but why would someone object to him? Neither your family nor mine seem to have anything to do with him?"

Sean remembered Vera, so he chose to ignore Aurora's second question: "Because... he is a bit extreme, he hates Muggles, and there are half-bloods, hempseeds, and other pro-Muggle people among wizards."

Aurora didn't seem to fully understand, but she was tactful enough: "I see, thank you." She changed the subject, "So, let's go to the library together next Tuesday?"

"Of course. We'd better meet at your house and go together," Sean said.

Aurora smiled: "Great. Then I'll go first."

"You can take this book home and read it, just return it to me next time." Sean said hastily, "It would be great if you could keep it a secret from your brother and sister-in-law."

"I will. They don't care about me, so please don't worry." Aurora declined Sean's kindness, left the study and went downstairs to the fireplace.

"Aurora!" Gavin came back from the terrace outside the living room, where he intentionally waited for her.

"Hello, Gavin." Aurora was reluctant to talk, "I'm getting ready to go home."

"Did you and Sean have a good chat?"

Aurora frowned: "You're thinking too much, Gavin. Sean and I were just chatting about our common hobbies."

"I'm afraid your brother and sister-in-law don't think so."

"What do you mean? I really don't understand. You can't make trouble every time you meet."

He shook his head: "Are you really not understanding or are you pretending not to understand? We don't belong here at all."

"Maybe you should find something to do." Aurora was a little tired of this round-the-clock dialogue every time they met. They always struggled with one issue: Gavin believed that he belonged to the Muggle world and wanted to go back, but Aurora Enjoy life now.

"No, on the contrary, I think you are confused by material things."

"What do you mean?"

"Don't get angry, but I think what I said is the truth." Gavin continued stubbornly, "You like the comfortable and comfortable life with no worries about food and clothing, right?"

"Don't you feel that life is more comfortable now?" Aurora got the answer from Gavin's gaze, "Please, Gavin, why can't you relax and try to blend in? You know this is our home."

"The root cause of my inability to integrate is that my parents abandoned me. It's not my fault. And there has been an invisible generation gap between us and the wizarding world for so many years." Gavin said bluntly, "In their view, we Those without magical powers are not counted among their kind—"

"It's too much for you to say that!" Aurora interrupted him angrily, "My family is very good to me."

"Yeah, they gave you your current life, but that's what they owe you." Gavin glanced upstairs, "What's more, can't you see what they're planning?"

"I'm afraid I can't see it." Aurora said coldly, "You're thinking too much, Gavin. In the past, you seemed to be very easygoing and unwilling to fight, but now you are starting to transform into a rebellious thinker? Interesting .”

"My attitude in the past was out of consideration for my father, but my attitude now is out of consideration for myself." Gavin retorted, "In my opinion, they are not my family at all, how could I let others Daozu?"

"Very well, keep your opinion." Aurora lost her patience, she strode to the fireplace to grab the floe powder, "Goodbye!"

-August 8st - Burstead Manor

"Signus." He stood up subconsciously and vigilantly when he saw Olivia, and Olivia felt a little amused: "I just want to ask you about Regulus' recent situation."

"He visits you every weekend." Signus avoided Olivia's gaze.

"You misunderstood," she said. "What I wanted to ask was about Regulus with the Death Eaters."

She asked this question openly, but it made Signus startled.

"He didn't want to talk too much, so I had to ask you."

Olivia sat down on the armchair in front of the desk frankly, which made it even more obvious that Signus was overly guarded.He cleared his throat in embarrassment: "Regulus is fine. He doesn't go out much, mainly helping the Dark Lord and Bellatrix with some things."

"From what you're implying he's not doing well?" Olivia asked, "Is his position among the Death Eaters embarrassing?"

"No, no, his status is fine. Bellatrix is ​​currently teaching him some black magic. It is said that the Dark Lord also intends to focus on training him. I think you can rest assured."

"What's the problem?"

Signus hesitated for a moment, knowing that Olivia couldn't communicate with the outside world, and Regulus obviously wouldn't say this to her.

"Rozier." He decided to tell Olivia, "Their father and daughter have leapt to the number one position among the Death Eaters, which has brought pressure to many people."

Among them, of course, is Bellatrix.

"I see." Olivia understood, and she couldn't help laughing, "It seems that the speed and quality of your receiving messages has dropped a lot compared to before, brother!"

Signus' face darkened instantly, and before he had time to fight back, Olivia smiled and walked out of the door voluntarily.

"Is Signus in there?" Olivia turned her head and found Catherine standing at the end of the corridor watching her silently.

"Yes." She replied.Then, without waiting for Catherine to say more, she walked directly to the other end of the corridor. She didn't like Catherine, and Catherine knew it very well.The terrible thing is that after she married Signus, Signus treated her quite coldly.Olivia finds this ironic: Catherine really rose because of the Dark Lord and fell because of the Dark Lord.

Olivia went straight back into the room, thinking over and over what Signus had just said—unreliable, but her only source of information right now—if Cornelia and Bellatrix didn't deal with it , Regulus will definitely be affected.She could tell that Regulus had been in a bad mood the last few times he had visited, so she hoped she could help him...

A name suddenly passed from the bottom of her heart.Olivia was taken aback by herself.

She must be crazy, but she actually thought that this man could help, and all the clues made her believe that Regulus would be willing to listen to this man.

But their positions are different.

But her original intention was to help Regulus.Standing is not that important to her.

That's it!Olivia almost wanted to leave immediately.Although she lacked a wand and could not communicate, there was no way Signus could trap her if she wanted to run away.

- April 8 - Greenwich, London

"cake?"

"It will be delivered that morning."

"Can I see the sketch again? What if the real thing is not as good as I thought?"

"No, everyone would love a cake with a little black dog on top."

"Have we sent invitations?"

"We sent it all out at the end of July - and they already knew our wedding date."

"Bouquet?"

"You can picture it: white roses, pink ribbons, and a blue hyacinth in the center."

"I'm so worried I'm going to forget the process!"

"It's not that complicated, it's just a small reception after the ceremony."

"Have we already contacted the church?"

Hyacinth finally couldn't help laughing: "Sirius, we already made an appointment together more than a month ago!"

"Merlin, I'm so nervous." Sirius muttered, looking back at his dress hanging on the hanger for the 100th time, "I suddenly feel that I should change the bow tie to dark gray? Maybe that would be better. Lining my eyes?"

"God Sirius, don't act like a stupid dog." Hyacinth laughed, "Relax, it's just a simple game, not to mention that the people who are here are all your friends."

"They'll laugh at me for the rest of my life if I screw up, right." Sirius covered his face in frustration.

"Instead, I think you should worry about James' wedding in a few days."

"Compared with what will be thirteen days later, the wedding of the prongs is hardly worth mentioning," Sirius replied. "Let me tell you a little, Hyacins, what was your wedding dress like?"

"I can't tell you! Why are you exactly the same as James? You can see for yourself after a few days." Hyacinth refused to continue talking about the wedding dress, "Let's review the process again: go to church in the afternoon , and what should I do after taking the oath?"

"Come back here, reception." Sirius said nervously, "James' parents will come and help us make the final arrangements when we say our oaths."

"Very good. Then, the reception is expected to end in the evening, and then what are we going to do?"

"Rush to register before the Ministry of Magic closes."

"Great, and then?"

"Come back and change for the evening, then go downtown. What's the name of that bar?"

"'Potted Plant', that's a strange name, but James says it's the hottest bar in London."

"Whatever. Anyway, we're going to have a good time there all night." Sirius turned over, "I feel like I'm in a dream."

"You're alright, I'm the one who looks more like a dream." Hyacinth said jokingly, "If it wasn't for the current situation, I would definitely give all the people who had a crush on you at Hogwarts back then. Send invitations."

"Oh, come on." Sirius muttered dissatisfiedly, "It's just their unrequited love."

There was silence for a while.

"I'm so excited, Sirius," said Hyacons. "Can you imagine—we didn't know each other five years ago."

"Four years ago we hadn't spoken our first words."

"What was the first thing we said?"

"Ah... I forgot. Probably something like 'Hi' or 'Nice to meet you'."

"After a few days, you scared me half to death in the restricted-book area." Hyacinth complained, "Are you secretly following me?"

"Yes." Sirius readily admitted, "I just want to see what book you're looking for."

"I'm helping Regulus find books."

"That fool."

"Ah...a sneaky stalker." Hyacinth snorted, "We met again in the corridor after a few days, and one of you or James smashed my schoolbag to pieces. "

"Well, that's indeed me." Sirius quibbled, "But Snape is also responsible—"

"Margaret liked him."

"She has terrible taste."

Thinking of what happened to Margaret later, both of them fell silent.

"The next time we meet," Sirius said first, "is in the hall, right? Rozier knocked Peter out."

"What the hell are you doing outside? Sneaking around."

"Help Remus solve that little furry problem." Sirius said briskly, "If I remember correctly that day we should be practicing Animagus in the Forbidden Forest."

"In the Forbidden Forest!"

"You must have never been in it. It's not that scary in there, but we didn't go very deep either."

What a predator.Hyacinth sighed silently in the darkness: "But how did you become invisible?"

"Well—" Sirius drew out his voice, rolled over a little more, and rested his chin on her head, "Now I can indeed tell you: James has an invisibility cloak. A secret weapon that has not been discovered for many years."

"But his invisibility cloak can escape Leah's revealing spell and coming spell."

"Yes, that's not an ordinary invisibility cloak, it's an ancestral treasure of the Potter family." Sirius said, "Well, we had another treasure a few years ago, but it was taken away by Filch."

"The Marauder's Map?"

"You still remember. That's right, the four of us marked on the map all the secret passages we found out in Hogwarts all our lives. The map can also point out where everyone is and what they are doing-it Definitely one of the greatest inventions of my life."

Hyacinth was silent for a long time in the dark, and then she broke away from Sirius' embrace silently: "My God, is that map James used to track Lily?"

Sirius buried his head in the pillow and laughed sullenly for a long time.

"He won't admit it, but I bet he did. After all I..."

He stopped talking suddenly, and Hyacinth asked, "What are you?"

"It's okay to tell you." As the wedding day approached, Sirius seemed to reveal more and more of his true nature, "I used that map to spy on you before."

Hyacinth moved a little to the other end of the bed.

"Hey! It's not as crazy as you think - I only use it when you ignore me, sometimes just to see what you're doing..."

"Sirius," interrupted Hyacins, "did I tell you about Parkinson?"

"Parkinson?" Sirius put his hand around her waist, "Aside from having a drink with you at the Three Broomsticks, what else did he do that I don't know about?"

Hyacinth was back in his arms, and the night gave her the courage to tell what Parkinson had done.

"He really did that?" Sirius' voice was cold, he tightened his arms, and finally understood why Hyacinth was so nervous when he saw Edmund that day, "Sooner or later, I will kill him. "

"Fortunately, I have you." Hyacinth said softly, "Anyway, it's over, it's good to have you here now."

"We really should have invited him to the wedding," Sirius said. "Parkinson needs a deep understanding of who you are now."

"He's just crazy." Hyacinth emphasized, "You have to promise me—Sirius, don't go to Parkinson. He has nothing to do with the Death Eaters, so you can't take any risks."

Sirius swore to himself that he would not let go of any opportunity to trouble Edmund, but he still agreed: "Of course. I will be married in a few days, and I will keep my peace of mind..."

"You're saying that while still having trouble with my pajama straps?"

"Can I trouble you to explain it yourself, Miss White?" Sirius lowered his head to find her lips, "This is one of the few nights we get together as an unmarried couple."

The author has something to say:

Note:

1. A large part of Rozier's father and daughter's injuries were deliberately exposed for the Dark Lord to see.

2. [The First Family next to the Dark Lord]: Rozier replaced Lestlance instead of Black.Because technically Black only has one Death Eater and Lestrange has three.Bella was annoyed anyway.

3. The brother-sister relationship between Signus and Olivia has been weakened by a series of actions of Signus.

4. [Attention! ]: "Potted Plant Bar" is actually a bit of an abusive easter egg.

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