[HP] Flower of Eternal Life

They once thought that Hogwarts was a strong fortress that would never be broken, but the facts proved to them that this perception was completely wrong.

That night, Albus was awakened from his sleep by a loud noise, he got up in a daze, shook Will who had always been a heavy sleeper on the bed next to him, then opened the door of the bedroom, and happened to see Rose and Esther ran towards their dormitory.

"My God, why are you still wearing pajamas, change quickly, we have to meet in the lobby!" Rose's slightly pale face showed a flustered expression, which made Albus even more puzzled.

"What happened?" What kind of situation would require all teachers and students to gather in the middle of the night?

"They said that Voldemort broke into the school with his Death Eaters." Esther answered in place of Rose, her expression was so calm that Albus didn't realize her at first How serious are the facts stated in his words.

He stood there silent for a moment, and then rushed back to his room at once.

Ten minutes later they assembled in the lobby.The brightly lit auditorium was not only packed with students, but also many members of the Order of the Phoenix—they were all gathered around the teacher's bench, discussing something seriously.

Because all the students were whispering uneasily, they couldn't hear the voice from the teacher's table, Will and Albus exchanged glances, and the two of them sneaked towards the teacher's table together.

"Come back! What are you trying to do!" Rose wanted to stop them at first, but after seeing Esther following the pace of the two boys, she could only catch up with her companions helplessly.

At the end of the long table in Gryffindor, they managed to barely hear the adults talking.

"He's here to find that weapon, isn't he?" Lily Potter opened her emerald green eyes wide, looking around in horror at the faces of the Order of the Phoenix.

Sirius Black nodded, and replied darkly: "The letter he sent said so--'Hand over that thing, or I can't guarantee the safety of the students, given that there are so many in this castle. underage students, you should know what the best options are'."

"But that doesn't mean he's capable of breaking into this school, does it? Hogwarts has such strong protection, maybe he's just bluffing?" A tall, round-faced man the children didn't recognize Cutting into the conversation, he wrung his hands, looking irritated.

And Arthur Weasley on the side immediately picked up the conversation: "I think our top priority is to hide the students in a safe place, or at least send them out of the school. We can't take the risk. The Dark Lord really They will attack the children." He paused, lowered his voice and continued, "Part of Hogwarts' protection system is supported by the Ministry of Magic. control, it is very likely that this barrier no longer exists for him—”

"I don't think so." James Potter interrupted Arthur stiffly, and continued, "What if this is a trap? If we let the children leave the castle, they will easily fall into Voldemort's hands, and he can rely on children to threaten parents who have not obeyed him, after all, he has done this once before."

His words sparked a moment of silence, Lily clutching her husband's arm in pain and hanging her head, while Sirius patted his good brother on the shoulder, seemingly at a loss for what to say.

"He means that Voldemort took Uncle Harry?" Rose said in a low voice, her eyes widening as she looked at her other friends. "I think that's probably why this world is different from ours." Here is the reason!"

Esther seemed to understand what she meant, and nodded slightly: "If Voldemort didn't choose to kill Uncle Harry when he was one year old but took him away, then he wouldn't be hit by the rebounding Killing Curse, Still can continue his dark reign."

Rose tugged her wine-red hair anxiously, stared straight at the ground and said, "Maybe we are facing a completely dire situation. Voldemort was in his prime during the First War, and even Deng Bullido was helpless about this, and perhaps it could barely be called evenly matched, but it was only barely. If Voldemort hadn't been defeated by Uncle Harry, he could completely dominate the wizarding world within a few years, which is what we are now facing Right status quo."

The four children fell into silence, and no one could say anything, but the adults seemed to have made up their minds. When Dumbledore appeared in the auditorium, they immediately went up to greet him and told them results of the discussion.

The evacuation begins.

The students rearranged in the auditorium according to their grades, and marched towards the castle in an orderly manner. They were going to leave the school through a secret passage leading to Hogsmeade village. However, the third-year students had not had time to evacuate, and a silver-white The wolf-shaped Patronus burst into the auditorium over the heads of the students.

Then it opened its mouth and shouted in Remus Lupine's voice, "They're coming!"

The next moment, the explosion shook the entire auditorium, and Albus finally grabbed the hands of Esther and Rose tightly, and then fell into endless darkness.

When the dust and smoke cleared, the light from the wand disappeared, and the fighting and screaming died down, Esther lifted herself from where she lay on her stomach.Her head was scratched by a small piece of masonry fragments flying over, but the wound was not serious, only a little viscous blood flowed out.She looked around. Albus and Rose were lying next to her, seemingly unharmed, just passed out, and Will was under the long table a little farther away, with his right arm in the distance. A strange angle was distorted, and at the moment he was curled up and writhing in pain.

Esther raised his head and looked around the entire auditorium. Half of the chandelier fell to the ground, and the other half was crumbling, barely emitting a dim light that could illuminate the entire auditorium. Students fell everywhere, and one wall of the auditorium was blasted out. She suspected that only Muggle gunpowder could do so much damage.

In front of the hole, members of the Order of the Phoenix were gathered behind Albus Dumbledore to confront another group of men in pitch-black cloaks.The number of the Order of the Phoenix is ​​even smaller, because several members have fallen to the ground and died.

Esther's eyes shifted to the people in black robes—the Death Eaters. Standing in front of them was a black-haired man. He looked only in his 20s, handsome and charming, but revealed a kind of A dreadful sense of majesty terrified him.There is no doubt that that person is the leader of the Death Eaters - Voldemort.

"I'm sorry that you didn't choose the obviously better option." The young man spoke, his voice was soft and gentle, as if he was talking about the weather or dinner, "Seeing that my beloved school has become like this, I am very sorry, Professor Dumbledore."

Since Professor Dumbledore turned his back to Esther, she couldn't know what the old man's expression was like now, but his words were full of shocking pain and sorrow: "Tom, you have crossed an unsightly path." A line to cross."

Esther held his breath, and Professor Dumbledore called him Tom?She turned her eyes to the black-haired young man again, and the shadow of the boy who laughed with them not long ago was faintly visible on the young man's face under the light.

Tom Riddle is Voldemort.

What does this mean?At first they saw the name Tom Riddle for the first time because of the paper that Will brought back, and then they traveled through time and space twice because of the flowers created by Tom. All events revolved around this boy. Is it a coincidence or something? A well-arranged plan?Esther couldn't figure it out, there were too few clues, and she couldn't find a convincing explanation.

Meanwhile, the conversation between Voldemort and Dumbledore continued.

"...So it seems that our negotiations have completely broken down." Voldemort raised his wand, his originally handsome face contorted with hatred.

In the next second, scuffle broke out again in the auditorium. The Death Eaters and members of the Order of the Phoenix wrestled together. Countless red, yellow, and green lights flew back and forth in the not-so-large space.A blast spell hit Alastor Moody, he was thrown flying, across the entire auditorium and slammed into the wall, the muffled sound sounded like several bones had been broken, on the other side, several The Death Eaters were also knocked to the ground one after another by the brave members of the Order of the Phoenix.

Esther's breathing stopped.Among the scuffling crowd, she noticed that the hood of a man in black had slipped down, revealing the young and pale face that belonged to her father, Severus Snape.

He was hit by a stun spell from Lily Potter, and his body suddenly went limp to the side, but a black-haired woman who fell on the ground behind him was trying to jump over Snape and shoot at Sirius Black. A curse--

That would hit her father!

Esther quickly drew her wand, concentrating on the spell her father had taught her: Fuchsia!

With a loud bang, the black-haired woman was hung upside down by an invisible force, and her spell shot to the ground and exploded a golden flower.

Esther watched all this trembling, it was the first time she had cast a spell on an adult wizard, but she succeeded, she didn't know what to do next, as if something nasty flew into her Head, humming inside, harassing the Gadfly?

Then she heard a soft call reach her ear through the noise—"Esther?"

Esther Snape turned his dazed head, his dazed light gray eyes just met Tom Riddle's eyes darker than night.

The next second, she saw Voldemort raised his wand towards her, and said a spell she was not familiar with: out of body.

She doesn't know anything anymore.

☆、Chapter 10