[HP] Flower of Eternal Life

On the last night before Christmas break, the foursome head to the Room of Requirement together, as Will plans to return any papers he found belonging to former students.

"I don't need those things anymore. After all, there will be a 'know-it-all' lady I can rely on." Will's speech with a hippie smile drew a merciless punch from Rose.

"Shut up, William Dursley, you are a fool."

"Yes, yes." Will didn't care about being beaten, but leaned close to Rose's ear and said something that only she could hear, and the latter blushed immediately.

"Never mind." Noticing Esther's puzzled eyes, Albus shrugged, and then cast his eyes on the blank wall on the eighth floor.He walked back and forth in front of the wall three times, and a door suddenly appeared in front of the four students.

This was Esther's first visit to the Room of Requirement, but she had heard it mentioned many times before, according to their herbalism professor Neville Longbottom, who was also Esther's mother Luna My friends said that they used this place as a base to fight against the Death Eaters in the school, and they all miss it very much.

This is a room as big as the Great Hall of Hogwarts. The beams of light cast by the high windows broken on the four walls look like a city with high walls.The rickety piles of broken furniture constitute the skeleton of the city, while all kinds of sundries are the flesh and blood.Thousands of books, bottles and jars full of solidified potions, hats, jewelry, cloaks, statues and even flying saucers, slingshots, rusty swords and axes - in Este's view, this scene is really amazing. spectacular.

"This looks like a good place to hide things." Esther pursed her lips and smiled, commenting with a thoughtful expression.

Albus muttered and replied: "Actually, I did find this place to hide something. Don't ask me what I hid, I don't want to say."

Will took the lead. He took a few steps towards the interior of the auditorium, selected his target, and put all the papers into a sloping, tattered locker, perhaps out of consideration for placing These things outside will soon weather and disappear.

When he was about to close the cabinet door, a black wooden box suddenly fell out of his head, and Albus quickly caught the wooden box that was about to fall to the ground.

"What is this?" Rose frowned slightly and asked this question instead of everyone else. Albus held the wooden box in his hand and looked at it for a moment, then opened the lid of the wooden box with his hands.

The four students held their breath together, and finally Will was the first to exclaim: "Wow, that looks incredible."

There is a flower in the wooden box, the flower carved out of transparent stone has golden and red petals, silver calyx and emerald green leaves, shining under the sunlight, reflecting a fascinating and beautiful luster .

"I think it might be made of colored glaze—an oriental firing technique. I've seen it in books, but this flower looks much more beautiful than the colored glaze in the photo." Rose whispered, she It seems to be attracted by this flower too.

Esther also couldn't look away. She seemed to be able to see many tiny light crystals from the crystal structure of the petals, and each light crystal also refracted countless light beams and split into smaller and smaller parts.

She stretched out her hand involuntarily, wanting to feel whether the flower really possessed glass—or the temperature of a diamond.And the moment her finger touched the flower, a small cluster of light suddenly appeared in the middle of the flower, and then, the burst of dazzling white light covered her vision, her consciousness quickly faded away, and she fell into a dark world. abyss.

"Esther, wake up."

The familiar call woke her up like the first ray of sunlight entering the room in the morning. Esther opened her eyes, blinked blankly, and found that her three friends were looking at her from above her head.

Esther sat up, standing up with Albus' outstretched hand, looked at the other three with a puzzled face, and asked softly, "What happened?"

"It looks like we all passed out after seeing the light from that flower, and didn't wake up until now." Will shrugged, answering as if he didn't care.

Rose followed him and said, "My watch has stopped somehow. I don't know how long we've been here. I think we'd better go back." She looked a little anxious.

Esther lowered her head and scanned the ground, and was surprised to find that there was only an empty wooden box left on the ground, but the flower was gone. Aware of her concern, Albus sighed helplessly, shrugged and replied: "Look Now we have an unsolved mystery, but now that the flower is gone, I think we'd better get out of here."

So they set off for the door of the Room of Requirement and back down the corridors of the eighth floor of Hogwarts.

"Wait." Rose stopped the boys who were about to leave with a trembling voice, and Esther, like Rose, noticed the strangeness at the first time——

Gone is the tapestry of Troll Barnabas that was supposed to appear across from the Room of Requirement, and in its place there is a mural of a gigantic castle on the wall.

"It's impossible for them to replace a tapestry on the eighth floor for Christmas, let alone a festive mural that is a little convincing, but what does the castle have to do with Christmas?" Rose twisted her hands nervously, she looked Get up and fidget.

Esther looked around the entire corridor, and she noticed a bright light cast by the narrow windows outside the corridor.Has the time passed to daylight?She walked over, gasped at the scenery reflected in her eyes, and hurriedly called the other three students to come over.

Soon, all three fell silent in surprise.

——The meadow outside the window is full of greenery, and the lake in the distance is not frozen. Obviously, it is not winter now.

After a short silence, Albus was the first to speak, his tone resolute and soothing: "I think we should go to Professor Weasley, it's better than standing here. "

The huge castle was empty, and they didn't meet a single student or any professor until they arrived at the Gryffindor head's office.

"I guess it's summer vacation now." Rose looked a little desperate, "We missed the exam, and they will keep us in grades!"

Will patted her on the shoulder reassuringly, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, you are the smartest witch in the whole year, so what's the point of studying an extra half year?"

At this time they finally came to Bill Weasley's office, Albus stepped forward and knocked on the door dignifiedly, and then said loudly: "Professor, are you there?"

There was a "please come in" through the solid wooden door, and the four students exchanged slightly terrified looks, because the voice did not sound like the Gryffindor head they were familiar with.

When the door opened to the inside, they found a man with long auburn hair and a beard was casting curious and puzzled gazes at them across the table.

A moment later, Albus Severus Potter said to his companions in a trembling voice, "I think that may be young Mr. Albus Dumbledore."

"Please sit down." Albus Dumbledore waved his wand lightly, and four very comfortable armchairs appeared in the office. After the four children sat down, Dumbledore tapped his wand again. A small tray appeared in front of him, with a cup of black tea and a cup of coffee on it.

"Black tea or coffee?" Dumbledore stared at the four students with friendly but dignified eyes, perhaps because he noticed that they all wore gold and red ties on their robes.

"Thank you, Professor." Esther picked up the small porcelain cup containing black tea from his own tray, and smiled gratefully at Professor Dumbledore.Her thoughtless action probably put the rest at ease, and they all chose their favorite drinks, and the remaining cups and trays disappeared together.

After they had all tasted their share of the drink, Dumbledore said, "I've never met you at this school, I think it's important to introduce yourself to each other, and of course you all probably know my name? I am Albus Dumbledore, Professor of Transfiguration at Hogwarts, Head of Gryffindor, so young gentlemen and ladies, may you tell me your names?"

"Will Dursley, sir." Will was the first student to give his name, and being a Muggle-born, he was also the most unscrupulous.

"I'm Rose Weasley, hello, Professor Dumbledore." Rose's face was still pale, but she still introduced herself very calmly.

Esther then followed her own name: "I am Esther Snape, Professor Dumbledore, hello, I have always liked you very much." Hearing her speech, Dumbledore smiled slightly, and then He turned his gaze to the last remaining Albus.

Albus' cheeks flushed, but he still managed to say his name: "Albus Potter, sir."

Dumbledore raised his eyebrows, he seemed to understand what Albus's reaction meant, but he didn't pursue it, just said briskly: "Nice to meet you, so now, maybe you can tell me why you Will show up at school the day before school starts?"

The four people exchanged glances quickly, and finally when Rose realized that everyone, including Ashe, was staring at her, she sighed in compromise, determined to start telling the whole story.

"Actually, Professor, we are from Hogwarts in 2020." After successfully speaking the first sentence, the rest of the speech was no longer so difficult. Explains, "We went into the Room of Requirement together to give back what Will took, and there we found an enchanted flower, and when one of us touched it, it burst out Bright light, we came here when we woke up. I think we have gone back to the past through some kind of advanced magic, what year is it now, Professor Dumbledore?"

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