HP Midnight Light

- June 1981, 6 - Potter Manor in Godric's Hollow

"James!" Lily screamed hysterically, rushing out of Harry's bedroom. "I can't find Harry! He's not in the crib!"

"What!" James jumped up, and rushed from the kitchen to the second floor like a whirlwind in two steps in three steps. As Lily said, Harry's crib was empty, and everything was there, except that he was missing. Harry.James' face turned pale when he saw this scene, "That's impossible...it's impossible with the Loyalty Curse..."

"No, no, I'm sure no one has ever entered this room!" Lily almost cried——

"Hey, he's here, Lily!" James suddenly turned around with a smile and "picked up" something Lily couldn't see from the carpet. With a slight shake of his hand, Harry appeared in Dad's arms out of thin air, Seeing his mother, he giggled and struggled to throw himself into Lily's arms.

"James!" Lily finally came to her senses, she yelled angrily, and blinked back her tears. For a moment, Lily seemed to want to scold James, but after weighing it for a while, she just stomped angrily. stomped, "James!"

"Harry will inherit Dad's Invisibility Cloak sooner or later, won't he?"

"James—" Lily paused after seeing James' expression, "James?"

"I was wondering," said James, no longer smiling, as he put Harry back on the ground thoughtfully and let him crawl towards the toy, "whether the Invisibility Cloak will allow us to escape from the Death Eaters for the fourth time." .”

"The Fidelity Charm is safe." Lily realized what James was implying, she stepped forward to ruffle James' messy hair, and kissed James' chin soothingly, "We won't use it of."

"The Invisibility Cloak cannot resist spells, but others cannot perceive its power." James folded the Invisibility Cloak a few times and stuffed it under Harry's pillow, "Maybe it will be useful..."

"Speaking of which," Lily said in an obviously encouraging tone after he finished the series of actions, "we can now start planning how to celebrate Harry's first birthday."

"Um... yes." James replied with a grin, pulling himself together. "Of course, we won't be able to invite many people to celebrate together, but we can ask Sirius if he's free."

"Maybe you should write him a letter now." Lily suggested, she kissed James and sent him out of the room, watched James turn into the study, Lily returned to Harry's room, she was on the carpet Kneeling down, Harry stumbled over and smiled at his mother excitedly holding up the toy. Lily pinched his face, perhaps influenced by James, and a burst of sadness suddenly appeared in her heart, "Harry, Daddy loves you and mommy loves you. You'll be fine, you'll be fine..."

- June 6 - Somewhere in the woods

The bonfire crackled.

"Shen Feng has no shadow!"

The opponent blocked Snape's attack.

"It's you." He gritted his teeth and gripped his wand in an attacking stance. The man walked slowly from the dark forest to the place lit by the campfire.

"Where are your accomplices?" Sirius pointed his wand straight at Snape's face. He scanned around, but found no trace of other Death Eaters.

"Where are your accomplices?" Snape and Sirius confronted across the bonfire. "I thought you had gone into hiding in a panic, Blake. I've heard about you, it's a pity—"

Sirius quietly gripped his wand tightly.

"—the death of your good brother," Snape sneered, "and those unpleasant rumors. I hear you're having a hard time in the Order of the Phoenix lately, and I can understand that if I were you If so, I will wisely choose a better path, after all, your surname still has some weight in front of the Dark Lord, but in the eyes of the Order of the Phoenix, it is no different from a criminal!"

The killing intent that flashed just now faded away.Sirius laughed at himself for being too sensitive. He looked at Snape's sallow face: "If I were you, I would honestly surrender as soon as possible."

"Are you here to catch me, Blake?" Snape asked softly, with a smug smile of abhorrence on his face, "I haven't fought you in a long time. You and your friends didn't dare to fight one-on-one before." Fight me!"

"We know how evil you are, Snape."

"Blake!" a cry came out of nowhere, and Snape was startled, a flash of fire shot out from the tip of his staff, and Sirius easily dodged out of the way.Meanwhile Fenwick had strode out of the bushes where he was hiding, drawing his wand, "What did you talk to him about? People say you don't talk nonsense when you're on a mission, which now seems terrible." Not really, I guess—" He draws out his voice, "You are not exchanging information, are you?"

"Passed out!"

Sirius shot back: "Disarm you!"

"Your name is Snape, right? Today I will send you into Azkaban—all petrified!"

One after another, spells were shot across the bonfire at the two warring parties, and strange lights kept flashing in the dark forest.Fenwick had a deep hatred on his face, he kept jumping around and firing spells one after another, but Snape on the opposite side was also quick in action, so Fenwick couldn't catch the opening.

"Go back!" He stared at Snape, but shouted at Sirius, "He's mine, I don't need your help!"

"But you don't seem to be able to deal with him." Sirius gradually couldn't suppress his anger, "Shenfeng Wuying!"

Snape staggered back a step, but before Fenwick had time to give chase, Snape had thrown an Armor Charm, and they watched as he Apparated and fled.

"Coward!" roared Fenwick, "come back and finish this fight with me!"

"He has already escaped." Sirius reminded coldly.

"Yes, because you wasted precious time by patronizing him chatting—"

"If you hadn't interrupted me, I might be able to subdue him when he was distracted," Sirius declared. "You may have your plans, Fenwick, but you should listen to me here—I'm It's the one who takes the lead."

"Stop talking nonsense, Blake." Fenwick turned to Sirius, and there was only the two of them here now, with undisguised disgust in his eyes, "Maybe others will believe your nonsense, but I don't ...I don't believe the things you made up at all...I still remember Marlene's last words..."

"My backup is not you." Sirius did not put down his wand, he ignored the strong provocation in Fenwick's words, "Why are you here?"

"I'm glad I switched shifts with Podmore, otherwise I wouldn't have discovered your other side." Fenwick said through gritted teeth, "Chatting with Death Eaters..."

"I didn't!" Sirius turned around in annoyance, "If you have to pester this question every time, then I don't want to waste time—"

"Do you have nightmares, Blake? You dream of her—"

Sirius was distracted for a moment.

"Avada Kedavra!"

"Armor protection!" Fenwick growled, taking the time to goug out Sirius sharply. "Why are there more Death Eaters here?"

"Did you think Snape would act alone?" Sirius gave a short laugh and quickly jumped into battle. He wasn't sure if it was the Death Eaters who came and went or the rescuers brought back by Snape, they all wore The hoods made it impossible for him to see who it was, but one of them took off his disguise on his own initiative.

"So it's my crazy cousin." Sirius almost laughed out loud, "How many years have we not seen each other?"

"Shut up, you traitor." Bellatrix approached her cousin, her mouth hissing like her master, "You don't deserve to call me cousin, you're a disgrace to the whole family !Show me what that old trickster Dumbledore has taught you - Cruciatus!"

"It seems that your master didn't teach you many useful things, Bella!" Sirius laughed and avoided her Cruciatus Curse, "You can learn more from him!" He kept jumping to avoid Kai Bella's spell, but at this moment a dangerous green light flew past his ear.

"Get rid of him!" a deliberately disguised voice ordered.In an instant, a trace of hatred flashed across Bella's face, and Sirius immediately understood who this person was:

"Passed out!"

——There is no one other than Rozier who can make Bella so resentful.

"Avada Kedavra!" Evan Rozier yelled.

"Except your weapons!"

After a few short rounds with Evan, Sirius realized that the Death Eaters would definitely have the upper hand in this battle. Those who are more powerful in combat.If he guessed correctly, the Lestrange brothers might be among those wearing hoods.But what made the Death Eaters decide to send a hardcore force against two members of the Order of the Phoenix?

"We must retreat!" he shouted at Fenwick, stepping back.

"If you want to go, go!" Fenwick's eyes were red, he was fighting with three Death Eaters, "I will never be a deserter!"

"Now is not the time to be a hero!" Sirius could even smell the danger quietly pervading in the darkness, "We don't know if they will have more reinforcements!"

Fenwick's answer to this was a crisp: "Thunderbolt explosion!" And the Death Eater opposite him also shouted something hoarse.

At this moment, many things seemed to happen at the same time - a huge fireball exploded in the center of the bonfire, the heat wave rolled, Sirius felt himself being thrown up, he vaguely heard people screaming and cursing, he wanted to say a spell , but the wand has already been taken out of his hand.Then, before he had time to think any more, he hit the ground hard.

"Damn..." Sirius felt a warm liquid flow from his head, and he fell into a coma before he felt the pain.

-after one day-

"Are you ok?"

"Forks?" Sirius blinked with difficulty. "Prongs?"

"It's right there." James straightened up after staring at those bewildered gray eyes for a while, "he was probably knocked stupid."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Lily scolded, and she came over with a bottle of steaming potion, "Drink this, Sirius, and you'll feel better."

"Where am I?" Sirius asked before James could hand over the potion.

"my home."

He almost choked on the potion, and Sirius sat up: "Godric's Hollow?"

"Yes, brother, calm down." James forced him back and poured the remaining potion into his mouth. "Now this cottage is a refuge for the four of us."

"Fenwick—"

The smile Lily was trying to maintain had already given him the answer.

"James?" The effect of the potion was immediate, and Sirius regained consciousness bit by bit. The last memory in his mind was the vision slowly blurred by blood, and that group of people...the group of Death Eaters, they Slowly gathered around the campfire... "Did they take Fenwick?"

Lily and James looked at each other briefly, and James turned to him and took a deep breath. "No, we only found a small piece of his body."

Sirius felt dizzy.

"You are not responsible for this," James added hastily. "There was an explosion at the scene, and you were thrown into the bushes fifty feet away. You were lucky to be knocked unconscious under some rubble. You're about to die... The Death Eaters probably thought you were dead, they didn't search the scene carefully, they killed Fenwick in a hurry and then fled... You were dying when the Aurors found you, Dumbledore put You were sent here to be cared for by us. By the way, this is your wand of surviving."

"he died."

"Podmore was supposed to show up as your backup, but something went wrong with Fenwick and his shift, and they didn't tell the follow-up reinforcements that they had switched, so the group of Aurors have been waiting for Podmore to request A signal for support." James shook his head, "Anyway, it's not your fault. You've suffered enough, you almost died—"

"I remember what he said to me." Sirius said suddenly, he stared straight in one direction, his eyes were a little dull, "Not only did he not trust me at all, for a moment...I felt that he wanted to kill me .”

James froze, and Lily slowly stepped forward and patted Sirius' arm comfortingly: "You're safe here, Sirius."

"What he accused me of is still the same... I think, if he is willing to let go of his prejudice against me for a while, he may not have a chance to escape, but he is dead, which means that other people in the Order of the Phoenix will only be suspicious of me. Deepen—" Sirius paused, and then he continued suddenly, "Maybe I should disappear for a while, from the sight of others—"

"Don't do that! At least the Longbottoms, Dumbledore and we all trust you." James said loudly, "I don't care what other people think, but you still have to be our secret keeper, you can't just leave like this It's over!"

"This is the crux of the matter!" Sirius suddenly raised his voice, "Why did the Death Eaters suddenly send so many 'elites' to deal with the two of us? It is possible—I guess—they already vaguely know about me and you The 'disappearance' cannot be separated!"

There was a faint echo of his words in the room, and Harry in the next room burst into tears.

-June 7th - Parkinson Manor

Blake disappeared.

Blake is dead.

Edmund felt that there might be something wrong with his mind, so he picked up the mirror again: "Tell me, where is Sirius Black?" Nothing but a face.

This had only happened once, a few years ago, when Hyacinth was at St. Mungo's, and Edmund had been unable to find her in the mirror either.But this time...he looked up out of the window. Ever since Sirius "visited" the Parkinson Manor that time, Edmund has been using this mirror to secretly monitor his actions.Almost a week ago, he found Sirius appearing in an unknown forest. It was strange that he disappeared unexpectedly after staying there for a whole day and night. Since then, Edmund has never been able to find any information about Sirius. any whereabouts.

With his meager knowledge of Sirius, Edmund never believed that he was the kind of person who would just stay somewhere for a whole week.As for recuperation, one week is enough for an activist like Sirius, not to mention his previous activities were extremely active.Then there is only one situation left—he is dead.

"What are you looking at?"

Edmund was taken aback, and when he turned his head abruptly, he realized that it was Hyacinth standing by the door.

"I seem to hear..." She clenched her lips with a complicated expression, "You are talking..." Her voice gradually dropped, and Hyacinth stared at the thing in his hand without blinking, eyes full of some kind of longing.Edmund once again had a deep resentment towards Sirius in his heart, and he tried not to let his expression cause problems:

"It's just a mirror."

"Mirror?" Hyacons repeated suspiciously.

Edmund handed her the mirror.Hyacinth hesitated for a moment or took it hesitantly. It was an oval bronze mirror with a smooth back and gorgeous patterns around it. There was a line of Latin words she didn't know engraved on the frame: expertcrede

"What does it mean?"

"Youth is fleeting," replied Edmund.

Hyacinth looked at the mirror carefully, but she couldn't see anything strange.Yet she was sure she had heard Edmund say Sirius' name just now. Could he be chatting with a mirror?

"Hello?" she said tentatively.

The mirror reflected a pair of light gray eyes full of uncertainty, but nothing else.She turned the mirror, and her eyes were stung by the reflected light.

Edmund watched her every move in horror. Just as he was looking for a reason to get the mirror back, Hyacinth handed it back to him. Next line: "You should look in the mirror less."

Before he had time to think about the meaning of this sentence, Edmund had already asked, "Why?"

Hyacinth moved the corner of her mouth: "I'm worried that it will be scared to death."

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Note:

1. What James meant was that the cloak could be used to hide Harry in an emergency where they couldn't escape.

2. [Marlene's Last Words]: In her suicide note, she claimed that sooner or later there would be traitors in the Order of the Phoenix.

3. The secretaries of the Potters should have been changed only about a week before their deaths.

4.【expertocrede】: means "believe my word"

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