HP Midnight Light

- January 1979, 10 - Smith Manor

"An appointment with Mr. Greengrass again?" Mr. Smith asked when he saw Aurora coming downstairs.

"Yes." Aurora confirmed, "What do you want?"

"Of course not." Mr. Smith shook his head in denial. "Have fun."

Aurora smiled and was about to go out. Mrs. Smith and her husband stopped her after exchanging glances: "Aurora, Sean and you are very good friends, right?" Mr. Smith left temporarily to leave a conversation for them. space.

"We hit it off pretty well," Aurora admitted.

"That's good. You do need friends to accompany you. Someone like Sean is undoubtedly a good choice." Mrs. Smith hesitated, "We heard that your relationship with Gavin is also... good."

"It used to be." Aurora seemed unhappy, "Now we're a lot strangers, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing, it's just a random question." Mrs. Smith breathed a sigh of relief, and she laughed briskly, "Both your brother and I hope that you can come together with like-minded people."

Aurora didn't notice the loophole in her words, she shrugged and picked up her scarf and walked towards the fireplace.

And at the Greengrass home a few hundred miles away, Gavin is carefully crafting a notebook of newspaper clippings.

Sean didn't mind him being in and out of the study, so Gavin was able to start slowly figuring out everything about the wizarding world on his own.The question he is most eager to understand now is: What kind of world is this?

On the one hand, the wizarding world is far behind the Muggle world.They don't seem to have "technological development".Gavin was once surprised that they still used the ancient communication method of sending messages through birds. Later, he gradually discovered that wizards have no electricity or fuel, and magic is their greatest energy reserve.

On the other hand, the wizarding world is a million times more advanced than the Muggle world.They don't die easily, and the incredible things in the legends—such as the elixir of life—are real things in the wizarding world.All in all, Gavin came to realize just how important magical abilities are to wizards.He further concluded that a person without magical abilities like him would never be accepted by mainstream society.

Maybe Aurora likes this kind of life, but Gavin prefers to stay in a place with a sense of belonging.The Greengrass house always gave him the feeling of being dependent.

"I'm going out today." Sean interrupted his contemplation, he glanced at Gavin who was bored at home all day, "Actually, you can join us if you want."

"Forget it, I can't get in on what you guys are talking about." Literature is not Gavin's interest, and he is not happy to play an awkward role.Why did Sean have to ask him over and over again to join their little date?Is it to show off?

"There is one more thing I want to discuss with you." Sean walked over seriously and sat down opposite him. "I have won the possibility for our parents to be released from prison early, but I need some cooperation from you."

"You say it."

"I contacted St. Mungo, and someone from them is willing to issue a health certificate to prove that our parents are ill. Under such circumstances, if you are willing to write a letter of understanding, they can leave Azkaban...Of course, punishment are still going on, and their actions will be monitored for life by the Ministry of Magic."

It's pretty much the same as bail in the Muggle world.

"I understood."

Sean glanced at Gavin, and he softened his tone: "I know you have no feelings for them, and you may even hate them. But... from my point of view, I hope they can come home—"

"I will write it." Gavin said bluntly, "There is one more thing I want to confirm with you."

"Please tell me." Sean smiled sincerely after hearing Gavin's promise.

"I remember that I was re-added to the Greengrass family tree after the trial and my inheritance rights were restored, but I also remember that the judge seemed to say that there are conditions for my inheritance rights to take effect?"

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Sean's face: "Yes...this is the request of Mom and Dad."

"So I must have a descendant with magical abilities to inherit the property normally?" Gavin said, "This is too ridiculous."

"This is an additional condition for your parents to pay your adoptive father's living expenses." Sean bit the bullet and said, "Of course, if you—"

"I'm not interested in money, Sean, I just think it's weird."

"Gavin," Sean sighed, "Mom and Dad hope you don't have any more entanglements with the Muggle world."

Gavin picked up his clipping book again without heeding it.

Sean hesitated on the spot for a while: "You have to know, Gavin, in a family like ours that claims to be 'pure blood', there are often some unspeakable or involuntary things."

Gavin misunderstood him, remembering the letter involving Vera, which caused Gavin to chuckle contemptuously out of Sean's sight: "Yes, I understand. Sean, you always There are too many imperatives."

- May 11 - Greenwich

"Mr. Black, are you home?" Olivia turned around in despair after calling again to no avail. She had been waiting for almost two hours.In the morning Signus said he would be home for dinner, so she had to be home by dusk, or Signus would fly into a rage.

She hastily stretched out her hand to pull the door, and what was incredible and pleasantly surprised was that the door was pulled open!

"I'm so stupid." Olivia shook her head ironically, and then became wary again.

The room was dimly lit, and Olivia took a tentative step. At the same time, she noticed a white dress hanging on the coat rack, which immediately reminded her of another name. Olivia almost wanted to Cheers to your own wit: "Hyatings, are you there?"

"Tell me who you are." A hoarse voice answered her, Olivia noticed a wand pointing straight at her from the corner of her eyes, and at some point there was a person standing in a dark corner.

"I mean no harm, Mr. Black."

"answer me."

"Olivia Burst." Olivia slowly raised her hands, "I don't have a wand, I don't have any malice, Mr. Black, I'm here to find you."

"I don't see what a Death Eater's sister can do to come to me." The other party came out of the shadows, and Olivia took a step back in fright:

"You are—"

A mess of long hair hangs down to the shoulders, there are blue-black marks under the eye sockets, sunken cheeks, blue stubble on the chin, and an unnatural hangover smell from the body. The bloodshot gray eyes were still gleaming, and Olivia would definitely have thought she'd run into some drunken Muggle.

"Tell me why you came." Sirius didn't put down his wand.

"It's because of Regulus." Olivia recalled her purpose of coming, and said courageously, "I want to know... can you—"

"I was wondering if you could stop calling me 'you' all the time?"

"I'm sorry!" Olivia glanced at him fearfully, and quickly apologized, "I wonder if you can find a way to meet Regulus."

"Regulus and I have divorced a long time ago." Sirius said hoarsely, "He chose his way, and I chose mine."

"No, you probably don't know..." Olivia shook her head again and again, she had to let Sirius understand the mystery entangled with Regulus, "In the past year, Regulus has become more and more strange .In the beginning he avoided me, all of us. Then the situation improved, but I could feel that there was something hidden in Regu's heart." She frowned deeply, "I don't know what happened What... he often loses his mind and becomes more reticent..."

"Maybe he's getting more and more interested in Death Eater activities?" Sirius said sarcastically. "Another crazy Blake..."

"Absolutely not!" Olivia categorically denied, "You also know who my brother is. When Signus was obsessed with Death Eater activities in the past, he behaved completely differently from Regu now. Moreover, Signus Tell me that Regu didn't make any real moves at all, most of the time he stayed by Bellatrix's side and learned some black magic with her..." When she said the last sentence, she looked at Xi Rees glanced at him, but the other party seemed indifferent:

"I don't see what's wrong with that, your Regulus seems to be learning how to be as good a Death Eater as Bella."

"You don't understand...because you didn't see it with your own eyes." Olivia sighed deeply, "He——he looked like he was troubled by something in his mind."

Sirius let out an obvious sneer: "Does he look as bad as me? - No? That means he has nothing at all."

Olivia looked sideways at the hanging white skirt carefully: "Where did Hyacinth go?"

A string of red sparks shot out from the tip of the wand, and Olivia took another step back in panic. She didn't understand what she said wrong.But when she connected the white dress with the person in front of her, Olivia vaguely guessed something.

"You'd better say something meaningful before I lose patience," Sirius reminded darkly.

"Regu—almost a year ago, when we were still in school at Hogwarts, I ran into Regu in the lounge one day due to insomnia, he was very strange..." Olivia recalled, "He asked Would I drop everything and go with him, just like you. I said yes. But soon he said something like 'we can't do that', 'we don't have to do that'... at the time I thought it was Signus who put too much pressure on him, but since a few months ago, Regu suddenly told me repeatedly that just wait for another year, and everything will be settled by next year. Oh... I I don't know how to make it clearer. But when he said it, it gave me the feeling that he was not talking to me, but talking to himself."

"I'm sorry, why do I feel like he's planning to abandon you?" Sirius asked harshly, "There are too many such deliberate and soothing tactics."

Olivia got angry: "Did you get so dark because you were abandoned? I know Lei Gu, he is not the kind of person who always gives up! We are in love, and we have been in love for seven years, You don't understand this kind of telepathic feeling at all—" Olivia was impassioned, but she accidentally met Sirius' murderous eyes, she stopped her mouth in fear, "I'm sorry, I... May I ask you to break up? gone?"

"No!" Sirius suddenly yelled furiously, and he looked even more frightening, "We're fine! You don't need to ask anything here!"

When he was angry, Olivia gradually calmed down.

"This dress is obviously not suitable for this season. There is also a lack of popularity in the room. And you look so... bad." After Sirius suppressed his emotions, Olivia whispered, "What happened? ?”

"It's better to ask your brother than to ask me." Sirius panted and pushed his long hair behind his ears irritably. He seemed very annoyed by his irritability just now.

"I'm not a Death Eater, I don't even care what they do." Olivia asked in a low voice, "Where did Hyacinth go? Did she leave you? Or did something bad happen?"

"Are all your premonitions so negative?" Sirius asked with a sneer, "Why don't you think on the bright side? Maybe she just went on a trip."

"You didn't put a defensive spell on it, and you didn't even lock the door!"

Sirius' sneer slowly faded: "I don't need it anymore." For the first time, he showed a clear look of remorse, and Olivia blinked.

"The last time I spoke to her, she asked me what I would do if the relationship between Cygnus, Regulus and Cornelia collapsed one day. Her prophecy came true... You see, now I'm under house arrest by my brother, and I haven't seen Leah for a long time, and even Leigu seems to be drifting away from me." Olivia had a pale smile on her face, " And the question I asked her back then was: 'If one day they stop trusting you, what will you do?'”

"Your question didn't come true." Sirius seemed afraid of mentioning Hyacinth, and he retreated into the shadows, as if retreating to a place where he felt at ease, "According to what you said, you think Regulus has something hidden in his heart. some things?"

"Yes."

"If you can see it, Voldemort and the other Death Eaters should know it too?"

Olivia froze for a moment.She quickly sensed the danger: "No, I don't think things are that bad...Recently almost all Death Eaters' energies have been focused on the conflict between Leah and Bella, and Regu spent most of his time only with Bella. Ra stayed together. And I was the one who cared about Regu the most—"

"It's just the best scenario you can imagine."

Olivia bit her lip and said nothing.

"How did you find this place?" Sirius changed the subject.

"I ordered my house-elf to get your address from the Ministry of Magic and have it bring me to Apparate."

"There are so many loopholes in the Ministry of Magic."

"so you--"

"I don't have the energy or the mood to speculate on Regulus' boyish thoughts right now." Sirius said bluntly, "You might as well tell him directly that you either work for life or die. He can't give Voldemort a copy." The resignation report is enough."

"Can't you really talk to him?" Olivia begged, "I can connect you."

"No." Sirius refused, "I'm not Dumbledore, I don't like being a lobbyist or a counselor. You've found the wrong person, I can't help you, I can't even help myself."

"You must know about your father--"

"Little girl, I'm different from your Regulus. I'm not as patient and gentle as he is, and I don't like to listen to others talking about the Black family." Sirius made a gesture of seeing off the guests, " If your purpose is to let me chat with my cowardly brother, then you are very wrong."

- November September - 11 Grimmauld Place

"The mistress is downstairs, crying very sadly." Kreacher came to report to Regulus.

"I see, thank you." Regulus put down his quill. As the only legitimate male member of the Black family, he had to follow Walburga's request and write a letter to everyone who sent condolences. .

Now he put down the letter and went to find his mother in the drawing room.

Walburga is sitting on the sofa and looking at the wedding photos of her and Olaine crying. Orlaine will always be irreplaceable to her, there is no doubt about it.

"Mother." Regulus reported cautiously, "I have written all the replies."

"He killed him," Walburga said in a nervous low voice. "The Dark Lord killed Orion."

"Father's death... was actually an accident." Regulus had to remind cruelly, "Mother, you can't tell anyone what you just said, understand?"

"Didn't the Dark Lord react to this?" Walburga asked crying, holding Orion's favorite gold ring. "Isn't he apologetic or guilty?"

Regulus didn't intend to tell her, and the Dark Lord simply said it was hard to hear the news.

"No more accidents can happen to you, Regulus." Walburga suddenly grabbed Regulus tightly, "You must not have any accidents, you know? You have to be good, good... Mom only has you ’” The haughty Mrs. Black finally dropped her mask after losing her husband.

Regulus was heartbroken: "I know, Mom."

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Note:

1. The title of this chapter "Walk with Me" comes from the movie of the same name.Here is irony, referring to the Greengrass brothers who seem to be in harmony with each other, the Black brothers who are erratic, and the Black couple who are separated from life and death forever.

2. When Sirius said "another crazy Blake" he was actually referring to himself.

3. Orion and Regulus should have died in the same year, and Orion should have died after Regulus, which has been modified here.

4. [Olaine's favorite gold ring]: Sirius threw it away in "Order of the Phoenix".

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