HP Midnight Light

-February 1979, 9-

"Lily?" Hyacinth whispered, "What time is it?"

She groped to find Lily, but there was no one beside the pillow, only the cold silk at her fingertips.

Hyacinth opened her eyes, and it took her a second to wake up fully.Then she sat up: this is not her bedroom!

Neither the carved bed nor the chandelier was Hyacinth's style, and she was horrified to discover that she was no longer dressed in the clothes she had slept in.That's not all, what really made her realize she was in danger was the handcuff on her left wrist - the other end was bound to the post at the end of the bed - and the fact that she didn't have a wand.

This was by no means a surprise that Sirius was preparing, if it was, she would definitely kill him.

"Sirius?" Hyacinth called softly, she was dully aware that the sky was getting dark outside the window, what does it mean?She slept all day?Or is it not yet dawn?

She jumped out of bed, the chains jingling.Hyacinth lowered the chains as low as she could on the rug so they wouldn't rattle, and she checked the windows first: locked, no way to see out.She found that there was also a bathroom in the house, and Hyacinth looked down at the chain. Her prisoner seemed to have considered her range of activities.

With Sirius' teaching, she quickly thought about the identity of the person who took her - this person knew her, and probably knew Sirius as well.He or she is not a Death Eater, but pure-blooded, and judging from the decoration, he or she must come from that kind of "ancient and noble" family. Besides, this person also intends to imprison her, otherwise why bother to leave her a a bathroom?

Hyacinth couldn't help shivering, and she rushed to the door without hesitation - there was only one person who met the above conditions - but before she could touch the door, someone opened it from the outside.

"you're awake."

"It really is you! What do you want to do this time?"

"Go back to bed." Edmund ordered calmly, "You can't get out."

"What are you crazy about?" Hyacinth retreated to the window, struggling to free herself from the handcuffs.

"Don't waste your time." Edmund casually put the tray he was carrying on the bedside table, and walked towards Hyacinth——

"Don't come here!" she screamed.

"Okay, I won't go." Edmund stopped obediently, "You can't get rid of it, the magic handcuffs will not obey anyone's orders except the master, if you continue to struggle, it will only get worse and worse. tight."

"I've already found out." Hyacinth sneered, "Where is this?"

"My home."

Hyacinth moved over to the edge of the bed, where at least one lamp was a more offensive thing.

"Let me go," she demanded.

"Impossible." As expected, Edmond replied.

"Where's Lily? Where's the others?"

"She was just given a Stunning Charm."

"Why do you always pester me? Parkinson, there are so many people in this world for you to choose from!"

"Unfortunately, I'm not interested in other girls except you." Edmund touched the tray lightly, "You need food."

"How do I know what's in there?"

A strange tenderness crossed Edmund's face: "No, believe me, there's nothing inside."

"What time is it now?"

"You slept all day and it's night now."

Sirius must have gone mad.Hyacinth cast an anxious glance out the window, why hasn't he been found yet?

"No one can find this place." Edmund said as if seeing through her thoughts.

"I don't want to eat, leave me alone."

"No." He rebuffed, "You have to—"

She immediately grabbed the lamp and threw it at Edmund.

"Armor protection!" Edmund subconsciously used magic, and the desk lamp was hit by the armor curse and shattered.This was the moment Hyacinth had been waiting for. She jumped onto the bed and grabbed the biggest piece before Edmund:

"Put down your wand," she ordered, pressing it against Edmund's neck.

Edmund didn't move.

"Hurry up!" Hyacinth exerted a little strength, and the thin shards pressed against Edmund's throat, and she could make him suffer a little with just a little swipe.

Edmund hesitated, then dropped his wand on the bed.Hyacinth picked it up with her left hand:

"Open the handcuffs."

"I can't open it without a wand."

They were deadlocked for a few seconds. When Hyacinth was wondering if the chain would allow her to leave the room, Edmund suddenly continued:

"Put this thing down, Hyacins." He pointed to the shard of the lamp. "You'll hurt yourself."

Hyacinth thought he was strange: "Stop pretending to be a ghost."

Edmund's eyelashes trembled, and he insisted: "We can discuss it and put it down first."

"It was you who locked me here." She reminded, "Now you worry about whether I will cut my fingers? And you come to give me food in a hypocritical manner?"

"You didn't feel it at all?"

"What?" Hyacinth felt puzzled.

Edmund's eyes fell from her face to her belly: "You are pregnant."

Hyacinth was completely stunned.Edmund quickly pulled the shards out of her hand, took his wand and cast a cleaning spell to remove the shards of the lamp from the floor.

"Are you crazy—" She temporarily forgot about being imprisoned, and looked down at her stomach, which was as flat as ever, and there was no sign of new life growing.

"It's still small." Edmund watched her movements.

Hyacins ignored him.It took her a while to digest the news, and then she was overwhelmed with surprise.Sirius would be very happy if he knew, but——

"No, no," Hyacinth turned her head, "How do you know?"

"Of course I know." Edmund replied softly, "That's my child."

Hyacinth glared at Edmund: "You are very ill."

Edmund waved his wand, and a faint, mist-like golden substance floated out from the tip of the wand. It floated over and attached to Hyacinth's abdomen through the clothes, and then gathered little by little. Form into a shape like a bean.

"You saw it." Edmund whispered, "The blood test spell."

This must be fake.The sense of surprise was replaced by the feeling of falling into an ice cellar, Hyacinth denied:

"You're lying. That can't be, I know very well... er... if I have a child, who's father it is."

"The blood curse cannot go wrong."

She would rather believe that Edmund had used the wrong magic, or that he was simply Sirius in disguise.

"You don't have to lie to me like that."

"Of course you don't have to believe it. You will have to believe it when you see the baby in a few months." Edmund said calmly, pointing to the dinner plate, "You can also try to go on a hunger strike, but in the wizard In this world, even if you don’t eat, I have a way to ensure that you won’t starve to death.”

"I'm not going to stay here and get caught."

"Just give it a try." Edmund looked at the furnishings in the room. "More changes will be made here soon. I did miss a few times, but there won't be any more."

He didn't say anything more to her, turned around and walked out of the room.Hyacinth heard a distinct snap of the lock.

She rushed into the bathroom and lifted her clothes and looked at her stomach repeatedly. There was no way a child was hiding there.What's more, in the past period of time, she didn't have any reaction that could be related to "pregnancy", and she didn't even gain a little weight!No no no, after all, she hadn't touched anyone but Sirius!

- November 9th - Ministry of Magic

Several members of the Ministry of Magic who were in a hurry to go to work hurried to the entrance of the Ministry of Magic.

Accompanied by a neat row of red lights, they all fell to the ground unexpectedly.

"Hurry up," Rodolfos ordered, and the Death Eaters stepped forward one by one and dragged the unconscious staff into the side alley. With a hair, plunged into the compound potion, "Remember, our target this time is only the Wizengamot."

Today, some prominent members of the Wizengamot will testify at a hearing on the floundering Squib Rights Act.

In Death Eater's favor, Dumbledore was not involved in today's hearing.

ten o'clock in the morning.

"Parkinson." Amelia was calling to her clerk, "Several Wizengamots are on leave this morning, please register the list."

"Yes, Ms. Burns."

"What's the matter with your wound here? What kind of animal scratched it?" Amelia was taken aback, and she gestured: There was a deep wound from behind Edmund's ear to his neck, Similar to scratches, it looks frightening.

"Oh—sorry, I'll take care of it before the trial." Edmund noticed, "Yeah...it's a pet that is not tame." After he registered the list of absent members of the Wizengamot , quickly came to the bathroom, and applied a small amount of white fresh cream to the wound.

Half an hour later he arrived at the courtroom, where most of the people had already arrived.Edmund came to his place and spread out the shorthand notebook. There was no doubt that it would be another dull day as usual.

"... Now, witness No. [-] is invited to give his testimony."

Edmund glanced at the No. [-] witness beside him, he seemed a little nervous.

The door of the courtroom opened, and Edmund conjured up an armchair for him and was about to return to his seat. At this moment, he suddenly noticed that the hand of witness No. [-] was tightly holding the wand in his pocket.Under the cover of the robe, no one could see it except Edmund, who was close at hand.

"Ms. Burns." Edmund reminded his boss softly after returning to his seat, "Pay attention to him—"

"Thunderbolt explosion!" Witness No. [-] suddenly stood up and shouted, pointing at the ceiling. Huge and heavy bricks fell to the ground, and there was a burst of shouts and screams in the courtroom.

"Notify Security!" shouted the Minister for Magic, Harold Minchan.But the door of the courtroom was suddenly blasted open, and several Ministry of Magic staff rushed in. Min Kan showed a trace of relief on his face, "You guys came just in time, let him..."

"Avada Kedavra!"

"Armor protection!" Amelia roared. She pulled out her wand and went into battle without hesitation. Several members of the Wizengamot also stood up and pulled out their wands, but the group of invaders threw some small Small black things that explode as soon as they hit the ground with black smoke.Edmund was in total darkness. He could see nothing, but he could hear screams and spells.

"Be careful, Ms. Burns!" He helped the female boss hide under the table, "Minister, you might..." The Minister of Magic was obviously also on their target.

"Harold," Amelia whispered, "take the passage on the right, and I'll cover you."

She is proficient in silent spells.Amelia waved her wand to release the barrier protecting the minister, and Harold walked down the stairs soundlessly.Amelia can't guarantee that her barrier can completely protect Harold, because she can't see it, she can only feel it——

"There's a man here!" a cry came from the bottom of the stairs. "I've got him! It's Minkan!"

"Harold!"

"No, Ms. Bones, we have to leave from here." Edmund didn't know how many people the other party had, and how much the Wizengamot had suffered. He grabbed Amelia and prevented her from rushing to support the minister. , "Security will be here soon—"

"Disarm you!" Several powerful shouts sounded from the main entrance of the courtroom.Instinctively, Edmund and Amelia got down again, just as the smoke from the Death Eaters slowly dissipated, he saw several Aurors rushing into the courtroom, led by the Longbottoms.

Their disarming spell immediately broke the Death Eater formation, and Amelia stepped forward without hesitation and knocked out the Death Eater closest to the minister.Freed, Minkan jumped to his feet, grabbed his wand and fought back.At this time, Edmund could see that there were about a dozen Death Eaters in the hall who had shown their true colors. More than half of the seats in the Wizengamot were empty, but those who hadn't had time to escape had turned into corpses.

"Order of the Phoenix support will be here soon, Minister!" Frank yelled at Minkan. "They've infiltrated the Ministry of Magic, and we're going to catch them all."

"Dumbledore—"

"Dumbledore won't be here anytime soon, but he's on his way."

Minkan nodded emphatically, knocking out a Death Eater casually.

"Disarm!" A few newcomers flocked to the scene. Seeing this situation, the Death Eaters became more and more ferocious. It seemed that their focus was not on whether they could kill the Minister of Magic. Now, fleeing might be the more urgent matter. .

"Avada Kedavra!"

The Death Eaters fought back and moved towards the door.

"Passed out!"

"Except your weapons!"

"Drill the heart and gouge out the bone!"

"Look out for yourselves!" Minkan yelled. The Death Eaters had begun to abuse the Unforgivable Curse by any means. Minkan was not sure if they would use more vicious black magic if they were pushed too fast, and there was already a corpse lying on the ground. Two unconscious Death Eaters, "Catching them is secondary, no more casualties!"

"They're gone, Minister!"

Once the Death Eaters broke through the siege, it was almost impossible to catch them.

"No—come back, Frank!" Minkan casually touched the wound on his cheek and kicked the Death Eaters on the ground, "Take them back to Auror Command."

Frank reluctantly obeys the minister's order.

"We need to ensure our own safety, and Dumbledore thinks so too." Alice comforted him while helping him tie up the two unconscious Death Eaters, "I know this one, he's Mulciber, Should have just joined the Death Eaters."

"I saw another man just now, named Travers." Another Auror added, "but he ran away."

"At least now we know who they are."

The Aurors conversed as they escorted the two unconscious men back.The remaining members of the Order of the Phoenix were inspecting the dead members of the Wizengamot. Edmund found James Potter and Remus Lupine among them.

"Moon face, do you think this person looks familiar?" James asked.

Remus walked over and stared at the dead man for a moment. "I hate to say it, but... I think he's kind of like Padfoot."

"We'd better not let Sirius know," the name James mentioned made Edmund stop, he stayed in the shadow under the Wizengamot seat, and suddenly wanted to know about Sirius Black's recent situation, James Sighing again and again, "That guy is not far from crazy. I think he plans to turn London over and over again—he won't see you?"

"He wouldn't even want to see you, so how could he be willing to see me!" Remus flipped through the nameplate of the deceased, "Orion Black, he should be Padfoot's father."

"Poor board..."

"The Black family will take care of it."

James and Remus worked together to lift Orion's body to a clean place, and now they were standing above Edmund, so that he could easily hear their conversation clearly.

"Is Lily alright?" Remus asked, "Padfoot also said it's not her fault."

"She cried again last night," James replied. "You think Hyacins is still alive?"

"If she's dead we should be able to find the body easily."

"Who would take Hyacinth away for so long and not send any news?" James sighed, "Even if they write a letter asking for a ransom."

"I'm afraid their purpose is not to threaten Sirius."

"Do you think..." James lowered his voice, "Should we go and find him today?"

Remus was silent for a while: "We have no evidence to prove that he has anything to do with Hyacinth's disappearance."

"Did you forget what the board said that night?"

At the end of Sirius' bachelor party a little over a week ago, the Predators four got drunk.James suddenly made a whimsical list of girls in Hogwarts who had been interested in Sirius.Just as he was teasing Sirius with this, the latter suddenly strayed to a name they hadn't mentioned for a long time:

"Sooner or later, I'm going to throw Parkinson into the black lake to feed the fish."

James misunderstood his meaning: "Hey board, even if I made Parkinson's annoyance to you back then, you wouldn't be bothered about it to this day, would you?"

Peter chimed in: "Yes, yes, anyway, you will get married tomorrow."

"And Hyacinth doesn't like Parkinson at all, they only have a glass of butterbeer for each other," Remus persuaded.

"What do you know," Sirius said, "Fork, you're a crow's mouth."

"What's wrong with me!"

"Parkinson has been eyeing Hyacinth for a long time... Oh, I can't be too specific." He drank another half bottle of wine, "If he is here now, I will beat him to the teeth .”

Those were the last words Padfoot said at his bachelor party, and he fell off his chair with a thud.

"You mean—" Remus retrieved Sirius' drunken words from his confused memory, "Parkinson took Hyacinth away?"

Edmund held his breath.

"Even if it wasn't him, there must be something tricky about it. I don't think Parkinson has anything to do with this matter." James continued to lower his voice, "I guess the board was in a hurry so I didn't come to him."

"That's why we couldn't find Hyacinth's body or whereabouts," Remus' heart was beating violently. "Parkinson must want a living Hyacinth."

"And he's hiding her somewhere we can't reach," James whispered. "I'm going to find him!"

He and Remus saw a glimmer of light for Sirius at the same time.

Edmund escaped from the courtroom along the shadows without hesitation.Amelia was looking for him outside: "Oh, Edmund, I was looking for you—"

"I resign, Ms. Burns." He interrupted his boss, ignoring her stunned expression, and said directly, "I won't be coming tomorrow."

He walked briskly down the corridor towards the exit of the Ministry of Magic, then broke into a run as if being chased by a beast.

The author has something to say:

Note:

1. This chain can refer to the one that Harry saw in the courtroom in "Order of the Phoenix", but it is not so heavy.

2. Orion's death was hasty, and it was arranged here to advance Regulus' death.

3. The gun thrown by the Death Eaters is the invisible gun imported from Peru by the Weasley twins mentioned in "Half-Blood Prince".

4. Reasons why Edmund did not resign from the Ministry of Magic in a hurry: 1. The job was obviously beneficial to him; 2. He thought that Hyacinth did not tell Sirius about the previous incident out of shame.

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