HP Midnight Light

In November, Slytherin defeated Ravenclaw in their first Quidditch match.

"The next match won't be until next February." The Slytherin lounge was bustling with people celebrating, Hyacinth said, "I don't know who will win, Hufflepuff or Gryffindor .”

"I hope it's a Hufflepuff," said Cornelia, "or we're in trouble—hey."

Olivia and Regulus walked into the waiting room, and the latter was quickly pulled away by his teammates to celebrate, while Olivia walked directly towards them.

Cornelia's smile was slightly awkward, and Hyacinth looked at the two of them in turn: "What's the matter? It's been so long, why are you still awkward?"

"It's nothing." Olivia turned to Cornelia, and before she could speak, Cornelia took the initiative to say:

"I will never say something like that a second time! I'm sorry." She said with rare solemnity.

Olivia opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something more, but in the end she just shook her head and sat down next to Hyacinth: "It's okay, I didn't worry about it... What were you talking about just now?"

"It's about the competition." Hyacinth handed her a bottle of butterbeer. "I hope it's Hufflepuff who advances."

"Yeah." Olivia frowned and said, "Every time I play against Gryffindor, Regu's condition is very bad."

"It's inevitable." Cornelia agreed, "As long as Sirius is still swaying on the court, it will be difficult for Regu not to be distracted."

"Part of Regulus' pressure comes from his parents." Olivia looked at Regulus who was surrounded by the crowd, "They still hope that Sirius will change his mind and not go astray... even they lowered It doesn't matter if Sirius still insists on his Gryffindor status, as long as he supports pure blood."

"Why does this sound so strange?"

"'Noblest and oldest Black is ever pure,'" Cornelia recited. "That's why."

"Do they think he's going to turn into a pure-blood traitor?" Hyacinth asked rhetorically.

"Maybe it could be worse..." Olivia said, cutting off just in time for Regulus to walk across the crowd.

"Excuse me." Regulus smiled and clinked glasses with them one by one.

"Congratulations, Regu," said Hyacinth, "this game is really exciting."

Regulus smiled, and then extended his hand to Olivia: "Want to go for a walk?" Olivia glanced at the group of Slytherins, with a look of hesitation on her face, Regulus urged Said, "Leave them alone, Travers is going to try to get some wine from the Three Broomsticks, and I don't want to hang around drinking with them."

Olivia laughed, and she waved briefly to Hyacinth and Cornelia before leaving with Regulus.If nothing else, they probably won't show up until dinnertime.

Hyacinth shook the half-empty glass: "Did you find out what happened in the Forbidden Forest later?"

"No." Cornelia finished her butterbeer with a slurp, "but I'll figure it out sooner or later. I don't believe it's such a coincidence that there's just a stag hiding in the bushes? Tricking a kid!"

She stared fixedly at the fire dancing in the fireplace, and Hyacinth quietly drank the remaining butter beer: "I'll go to the library to return a book."

"When will you be back?"

"do not know."

"Okay then." Cornelia yawned, "If you're going to have dinner, call me, I'll go back to the dormitory and sleep for a while."

Going to the library to return books was just an excuse. Hyacinth originally wanted to go to the Forbidden Forest in private, but she changed her mind after seeing Olivia and Regulus by the lake from a distance.

Olivia and Regulus were slowly walking along the Black Lake towards the direction of the Forbidden Forest. While chatting, they picked up a few pebbles from time to time and made beautiful splashes on the lake.Not knowing what Regulus said, Olivia's laughter faintly reached Hyacinth's ears from a long distance away.

Seeing this situation, she wisely changed her way and took the road leading to the back hillside.

Few people, other than first-timers, come to this hillside.There's nothing here but a single Whomping Willow.The Whomping Willow was planted a year before Hyacinth entered school. At first, the students were very enthusiastic about its appearance, but since a student who was too curious was beaten two years ago, After Liu tidied up, the students completely lost interest in this unfriendly tree.

Hyacinth found a leeward place on the hillside and sat down, and took out the parchment she had picked up in the Forbidden Forest from her pocket.She spread it out, but there was nothing on it like countless times before.

She'd tried spells and revealing inks, could it really be a blank parchment?

Hyacinth turned it over in a puzzled manner, and tapped it with her wand again without giving up, but there was still no change.After thinking about it, she simply took out a small piece of pencil from her pocket, and made a sketch of the swaying Whomping Willow in the light of the gradually dimming sunset.

"What are you doing hiding here?" A voice suddenly came from above her head, and Hyacinth raised her head suddenly, and found that James Potter had squatted on a high rock at some time, staring at him with his head tilted. She finished more than half of the sketches in her hand.

Hyacinth frowned in annoyance: "What are you doing hiding there?"

James grinned, and jumped to the side of Hyacinth with a plop: "Can we discuss something?"

"No." Hyacinth categorically refused. She folded the parchment and stuffed it into her pocket. "Could it be that Leah didn't care about the planetarium with you, and you feel sorry instead?"

James let out a "huh" laugh: "Smashing Rozier's planetarium is obviously to eliminate harm for the people, okay... hey! Wait a minute!" He stepped in front of Hyacinth, "seriously Yes, let's discuss something."

"What?" Hyacinth stared at him alertly, "I'm going back to the castle."

"Can you...uh..." James suddenly hesitated, Hyacinth looked at him suspiciously, and he gritted his teeth, "Can you give me your painting?"

Hyacinth's eyebrows were completely tangled together.

"Oh, don't be like this, I don't mean anything else." James scratched his hair in distress, "Anyway, you can give it to me, and I can pay for it. How about five Galleons?"

"Five Galleons can buy a big box of candy at the Duke of Bee—"

"That's ten Galleons!"

"No, Potter, never." Hyacinth crossed her arms, "My painting is definitely not worth five Galleons, and you look like a fraud."

"Then you're thinking too much, White. I promise I just love your drawings."

"I don't believe it, Potter." Hyacinth stared at James, the idea gradually forming in her mind, "Is there any story in that parchment?"

James was taken aback: "You think too much."

His expression had already betrayed his heart, and Hyacinth shook her head: "Whatever you say, anyway, I have to take a step first. Goodbye."

"and many more!"

"Potter, don't waste my patience." Hyacinth warned, "Otherwise I might hand this parchment to Cornelia when I go back."

"What did you leave her for?" James asked back. "Well, to be honest, Sirius sent me."

Hyacinth stared at him suspiciously.

"He's very interested in Muggle things, so..." James shrugged, "Even if you sell him this pencil at a high price, he will agree."

His expression didn't look like he was lying, but judging from the previous experience of Hyacinth dealing with James and others, things were definitely not that simple.

"It's easy for you to ask for this piece of paper," Hyacinth made a request in a flash of inspiration, "give me the note with the fake signature."

James' eyes widened.

"How?" Hyacinth took out the folded parchment from her pocket, "Deal?"

"Deal." James squeezed out two words between his teeth and whistled softly, and Remus immediately came out of his hiding place.

"It turns out that you already have a plan." Hyacinth said meaningfully, and Remus looked a little embarrassed, "Bring it here."

Remus handed her the note, and after confirming that it was correct, Hyacinth returned the parchment she had picked up to James: "By the way, Cornelia is very interested in the Forbidden Forest."

The delighted smile that had just bloomed on James' face froze instantly.

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