HP Starlight

Esther looked at the narrow gap in the window, "Would you mind a Transfiguration Charm?"

"As long as you can change back, little bat." Grindelwald said indifferently.

Esther tapped Grindelwald with her wand, turning him into a snake and sending him to the window.I turned into a bat and squeezed out of the gap.As soon as the snake saw the bat, it coiled itself around its body and tightened its grip until the bat was almost hanged.Esther had no choice but to change back into a human form and grabbed the snake's body and tore it off its neck.But in doing so, she also fell from the tower because of the loss of her wings.

Grindelwald, who has turned into a snake, has no human thinking ability, and he instinctively bites Esther's hand.A piercing pain was transmitted to the brain, and Esther was glad that he did not become a poisonous snake.

She didn't let go because of the pain, but clung to him and fell freely until she was almost close to the ground before apparating to the hotel near the airport.This is the place she arranged for herself before.Entering the hotel room, Esther puts Grindelwald on the sofa and transforms back.

"It's been a long time since I had such an exciting experience," Grindelwald said with a glow on his face, "It should be done again."

"Tomorrow, I will go back on a Muggle plane, what do you want to eat now?" Esther ignored him and said to himself.

"What do you think I can eat now?" Grindelwald responded coldly.

Esther took out a bottle of potion and handed it to him, "Replenish some energy first. I'll make some potion for you to recuperate for a while when I go back."

The return trip went smoothly the next day, and Grindelwald, who had taken Polyjuice Potion, did nothing out of the ordinary on the plane full of Muggles.It seems that he really does not intend to engage in any conspiracy.Esther felt a little relieved.

With Grindelwald, Esther can't go back to the Order of the Phoenix or the Weasleys.She's not a secret keeper, and besides, the one next to her is not so safe.Esther wanted to take him to Hogsmeade, but he offered to go to Godric's Hollow instead.

Esther had never been to this place, and there was no way to Apparate there.She had to summon the Knight Bus.Stan Sampak, the conductor on the bus, is still so chatty.Esther was convinced that after 10 minutes in the car, Grindelwald had basically grasped the current situation in Britain, and also obtained some unreliable information from the Death Eaters.Some information has not even been heard by Esther, and she guesses that it is probably due to Stan's wild imagination.

Grindelwald looked much happier than he was on the plane.Unaffected by the sudden speed and slowness of the car, he joined the chat with great interest.Soon Stan's eyes changed from scrutiny to reverence.Esther had to buy two cups of hot chocolate for an extra six sickles, warning Grindelwald to stop giving his demagogic speech while Stan brought them over.

"I haven't started to promote my ideas yet," Grindelwald said innocently, "it's just a normal chat."

"If you dare to break your promise and spread your anti-Muggle remarks, I will send you back!" Esther threatened viciously.

"Haven't you heard of Pandora's box? You can't close it once you open it." Grindelwald said proudly.

"You..." Esther was too angry to speak for a moment.

"Just kidding, why are you so nervous?" Grindelwald said nonchalantly, "I said that I have given up on that idea. I am now an old man who lives with his granddaughter and spends his old age peacefully."

"Who is your granddaughter!" Esther glared at him angrily.

"Then what do you say when you see Dumbledore and members of the Order of the Phoenix? Tell them my identity directly?" Grindelwald asked with great interest.

Esther bit her lip and said nothing.

"I'm Alessio Sommer, your distant cousin from a foreign country." Grindelwald said naturally.

"All right, Mr. Sommer."

"Relatives should directly address each other by their Christian names, little bat."

"That's not possible, sir. Also, please don't call me that, my ability is a secret!" Esther said in a voice almost whispering.

"Oh, illegal—" Grindelwald said with a meaningful smile.

Esther suddenly felt that he had made a wrong choice.It was not wise to bring this dangerous man out.She decided not to talk to Grindelwald as much as possible in the future, and to avoid others talking to him as much as possible.

After getting off the car, Est found that Grindelwald seemed to be very familiar with this small village.He walked through the quiet street to the small square in the middle of the village.In the middle of the square was an obelisk, and Grindelwald stopped suddenly when he walked past the stele.

"It's not the same as before," he murmured.

Esther walked over and found that the stele had changed and turned into a statue of a family of three: a man with disheveled hair and eyes, a beautiful and kind woman with long hair, and a man sitting in his mother's arms. infant.

"It's the Potter family. James, Harry's father, really looks like Harry. Lily, Harry's mother. That baby is probably Harry." Esther looked at the beautiful witch seriously and said .

Grindelwald looked at it for a while, then continued to walk towards the back of the church.Behind the church is a cemetery.Grindelwald seemed to find his target without much effort, and stopped in front of a tombstone.

Esther followed and saw the inscription on the tombstone:

Candra Dumbledore and daughter Ariana,

Where the treasure is, so is the heart.

Esther raised his eyes and glanced at Grindelwald, who had restrained his usual relaxed expression and became deep and solemn.Esther left silently, leaving space for him.Obviously he has a deep relationship with Dumbledore, but this is not what he should inquire about.

Esther went on and finally found the tombstones of James and Lily.Their names are engraved on white marble tombstones.

James Potter,

Born on December 1960, 3,

Died December 1981, 10.

lily potter,

Born on December 1960, 1,

Died December 1981, 10.

The last enemy to eliminate is death.

Esther watched the scene in front of him coincide with the scene seen in Snape's brain.It was as if the black robed wizard was kneeling beside her, and the silver doe nestled against the tombstone.

"You look sad." Grindelwald suddenly said from behind, startling Esther.

"Harry is my friend." Esther said, using Occlumency to suppress her emotions.

Grindelwald didn't ask much, and led her away from the cemetery.

"You go find a house, and I'll go to the bar for a drink. Remember to pay me later." Grindelwald ordered generously.

Esther once again complained in his heart about his wrong decision of bringing people out as soon as his brain got hot.Esther searched for a long time, and finally found a house on the hillside that was about to be abandoned.Although it is a bit far from the village, but the view is good, from here you can overlook the whole village, of course, the main reason is that the price is cheap.

She spent the afternoon rearranging, strengthening, and adding defensive magic to the house.Moved my belongings from 12 Grimmauld Place again.After everything was cleaned up, smoke was already rising in the village.Esther reluctantly went to the bar to help Grindelwald pay for the drink, and took him back to the house on the hillside.

"Good taste." Grindelwald sat down in front of the fireplace panting.The day's fatigue had made him weaker, but he was still in a good mood.Esther boiled a bottle of potion for him, and cooperated with the spell to help him recover.

She told Moody and Molly her new address so they could keep her informed.I went to Diagon Alley to replenish some potion ingredients.Then began to nurse Grindelwald.

Probably because of his strong magic power, Grindelwald recovered very quickly. His teeth and hair grew out successively, and he could vaguely see his former heroic appearance.

"I need a wand." A week later, Grindelwald gave Esther a new problem.

"Ollivander, the wandmaker, is gone, and there's nowhere to buy it," said Esther.

"That's even better, we can get an unregistered wand." Grindelwald looked at Esther brightly.

"You don't want to steal one, do you?" Esther looked at Grindelwald's non-joking look, and reluctantly took two cups of Polyjuice Potion, picked two dull-colored hairs from the small box, and threw them into it. Pass the old man a cup.

After the transformation was complete, Estella apparated him to Diagon Alley.

Since Voldemort's public activities, Diagon Alley has lost its original prosperity.The windows on both sides of the street were tightly covered by notices posted by the Ministry of Magic.Pictures of wanted Death Eaters stalked the windows.People on the street hurried past those photos, not seeming to dare to look up.

Florin Fusco's ice cream parlor had its windows nailed down with wooden slats.The front of the store was seized by dilapidated small stalls, with crooked cardboard signs hanging:

Amulet: Effective against werewolves, dementors and inferi.

"Tsk, he only uses murder and low-level creatures to create terror. Voldemort's methods are not very clever." Grindelwald said disdainfully.

Although his voice was not loud, the people around him looked at him in horror.

"Sir, keep a low profile." Esther said dissatisfied.

Esther concealed herself and Grindelwald with the Disillusionment Charm while no one was paying attention.She cast another silencing spell on the bell of Ollivander's Wandshop, and quietly opened the door to let Grindelwald in.

Nothing had changed in the shop, the long, narrow wand boxes piled up to the ceiling.

"Ollivander said that the wand chooses the owner. He will let everyone who buys the wand hold the wand for a try, and you will feel the right wand." Esther pulled out a box from the shelf, "Try it. "

Grindelwald slowly opened the box, looked at the wand and hesitated for a while before taking it out of the box.But soon he put the wand back and chose a wand from another box himself.At first he chose very cautiously and slowly, but gradually became faster and faster.One by one he took out his wands and put them back in.The pile of chosen wands grew higher and higher, almost reaching the level of the table.

At last he left a buff wand, and used it to put the others back in place.

"Ollivander's wand is really good, it feels very smooth." Grindelwald said, looking at the wand in his hand.

Esther took out seven Galleons from his pocket and put them in the drawer, "If he was here, he would tell you what material and core it is. Well, we don't count as stealing the money here. Let's go .”

Grindelwald raised his eyebrows, but did not raise any objections.

Grindelwald looked very happy to get his new wand.He wandered leisurely around Diagon Alley, as if he were patrolling his territory.

The only lively shop in Diagon Alley is Fred and George's Weasley's Wizard Wheezes.The huge purple poster on the window is printed with dazzling yellow characters: Why are you worried about the mysterious man?You should be concerned about constipation -- the feeling of constipation afflicts Chinese people!

Grindelwald liked the poster very much, and he went to the store with great interest. "What a good idea," Grindelwald studied while holding a spell-proof hat.

"Sir, would you like one? It's very practical, and even the Ministry of Magic has ordered this product for their employees." A little girl with short blonde hair in a magenta shop robe introduced it with a smile.

"Employees of the Ministry of Magic don't even know how to defend against spells, and still need to use props?" Grindelwald showed an incredulous expression, "No wonder the mysterious people are so confident and make so much noise."

After leaving Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, Grindelwald went to the Outer Clothing Store to choose a suit of clothes that fit him.Tight leather pants with boots, and a black trench coat-style wizard robe over a high-necked white shirt.Esther has to admit that Grindelwald's clothes are good, and believes that if he changed back to his original appearance, the clothes would suit him better.Of course, when it was time to pay, she didn't think so when she saw that she had almost nothing left in her purse.

"Don't worry, I'll pay you back." Grindelwald said calmly.

"Farewell, I'll just spend money to buy peace of mind. Don't go out and hurt people." Esther said nervously.

The satisfied Grindelwald finally returned to the house on the hillside under Esther's persuasion.Now with his wand, Grindelwald fortified the house's defensive spells again, and asked Esther to practice combat with him.

It is not so much a practice as a beating.Este didn't expect this old man who had been in prison for more than 50 years to be so flexible.She regretted using the potion to help him recover.

"Let's rest today." Looking at the disheveled Esther, Grindelwald finally stopped attacking, "Continue tomorrow. Your healing methods are good, but your fighting skills are still far behind. And you should also learn to use black magic attacks , which can help you see the nature of fighting. You are playing like a child playing house now."

"There's no beef soup tonight." Esther rubbed her swollen wrist.

"Of course your reaction speed is very good, and you are also very skilled in using defensive spells. Can today's beef soup be served with dough? I'm tired of eating bread."

After two weeks of intensive training, Esther himself felt that the spell he cast was much stronger than before.And under the guidance of Grindelwald, Esther's black magic has advanced by leaps and bounds.But correspondingly, she also found that her negative emotions were getting heavier and heavier.Frequent feelings of anger, pain, and hatred forced her to use Occlumency to prevent her emotions from being exposed.

This afternoon, Esther was practicing against Grindelwald, and the defensive spells around the house suddenly fluctuated.

"Someone is coming." Grindelwald stopped spelling and looked down the mountain.

Esther also put down her wand and looked out.It was Dumbledore and Snape.

"Good afternoon, Professor Dumbledore. Good afternoon, Professor Snape. Welcome." Esther greeted him happily.

"Good afternoon, Esther, who is this?" Dumbledore asked Grindelwald.

But before Esther could answer, Grindelwald suddenly raised his wand and shot a blue light at Snape.

Dumbledore had obviously taken precautions in advance, and he quickly swung his wand in defense.Snape also dodged and drew his wand almost at the same time to fight back.Grindelwald pushed away Snape's spell, and a red light with his backhand broke through Dumbledore's defensive shield like a sharp sword and approached Snape.Snape swung his wand wildly to block the attack of the red light, but the aftermath of the spell still made him take two steps back, and the wand came out of his hand.At the same time, a spell from Dumbledore also caused Grindelwald's wand to fly out.

"What are you doing!" Esther growled at Grindelwald angrily, blocking Snape with his body, "Are you crazy?"

"I'm just clearing the way ahead of what we're going to do." Grindelwald said calmly, as if he wasn't the one who did it just now.

"He's not an obstacle, he's on our side!" Esther glared at Grindelwald sullenly.

"If you read what I gave you, you wouldn't say that." Grindelwald sneered.

"Maybe it's a misunderstanding," Dumbledore joined the conversation, "but it seems a little impolite to do it when we first meet. Esther, who is this?"

"Alessio Sommer, her distant relative." Grindelwald answered for Esther, stroking the wand he picked up.

"Why didn't I know she had a relative." Snape stared straight at Grindelwald, and his body was tense, like a wolf ready to attack at any time.

"I only found out recently." Esther replied perfunctorily.She returned Snape's wand with a Summoning Charm and handed it to him, only to find that his right hand was split open by the blow just now, and was bleeding.

Esther's heart tightened, and he chanted the healing spell to Snape's hand several times, allowing the opened flesh to close again, and then cleaned up the blood.

While Esther was treating Snape, Dumbledore looked at Grindelwald carefully.And Grindelwald faced Dumbledore's sharp gaze calmly, even with a faint smile on his face.

"You remind me of an old man," said Dumbledore, watching Grindelwald's every move. "He used to live in Nurmengard, but I heard not long ago that he was no longer there. There was no fight in the room." There was no trace of it, nor was it destroyed. He just disappeared."

Hearing Dumbledore's words, Snape's hand twitched in Esther's.Esther felt Snape's questioning gaze, but she didn't look up.She knew that she couldn't lie to him, she could only procrastinate and face this problem later.

Grindelwald looked very relaxed, "It sounds really interesting. It is said that Nurmengard's defense measures are very tight, and it is amazing to be able to leave so quietly."

"Perhaps he got some help, taking advantage of a simple unsuspecting little girl. After all his powers of demagoguery are well known," said Dumbledore gravely.

"Maybe it's the other way around. He didn't intend to come out, but a little girl asked him for help, and he just happened to be a little interested." Grindelwald smiled playfully, "And I think I can go around Nurmengard without being caught. The little girl I found may not be so innocent or unsuspecting."

Dumbledore looked at Esther, who stared at the ground in front of his toes in embarrassment and said nothing.

"Severus, stay here with Esther, I'll talk to this Mr. Sommer alone." Dumbledore said and Grindelwald walked into the room.

"He's Grindelwald? You really set him free?" Snape's deep voice came from above Esther's head.

Esther nodded resignedly, without speaking.

"Do you know how dangerous he is?" Snape said reproachfully. "He's even more dangerous than the Dark Lord! He'll kill you sooner or later!"

"I know," Esther responded timidly, "but he's useful, he can save Dumbledore, he can save—you—"

"I don't need his help," said Snape irritably. "I'm going the way I choose, and I don't need anyone's help."

"But if you kill Dumbledore, everyone will hate you, and the Order of the Phoenix will kill you!" Esther said, looking at Snape in despair.

"Then let them hate you and kill me if you can! It has nothing to do with you!" Snape shouted avoiding Esther's eyes.

"It has nothing to do with me?" Esther repeated weakly, "You think your life and death have nothing to do with me?"

Her eye sockets were swollen, but she didn't want Snape to see her tears.She turned her back and looked at the dilapidated house, tears distorted the closed door.

The two stood there quietly, as if they were separated from each other in two worlds.

Suddenly the door of the room opened, and Dumbledore stood at the door to let Severus and Esther in.

"Severus, I need your witness," said Dumbledore. "I will make an unbreakable oath with Mr. Sommer."

Snape drew out his wand expressionlessly and pointed the tip between the two of them.

Grindelwald and Dumbledore shook each other's hands, and Snape's wand responded.The tip of the staff turned red, as if a flame was about to move inside.

"Gellert, would you like to join us in my plan to fight Voldemort?" Dumbledore asked calmly.

"I do." Grindelwald said lightly.

The red light from the tip of the stick finally couldn't bear it anymore, and the first tongue of fire spewed out, wrapping around the tightly clasped hands of the two people.

"In the present and in the future, you will not be an enemy of the members of the Order of the Phoenix, and you will not harm any of them in any way, are you willing?" Dumbledore asked.

"I would," Grindelwald said.

A second tongue of flame stretched out on both hands, intertwined with the first.

"If something happens and I have to face death," Dumbledore ignored Grindelwald's angry eyes, "You can't stop, you can't intervene, and you can't take revenge on those who killed me. Is it coming?"

"Albus!" Grindelwald looked at him threateningly.

"Can you do it?" Dumbledore looked at Grindelwald calmly and firmly with blue eyes.

"I will do it!" Grindelwald almost gritted his teeth and said this sentence.His eyes blazed brighter than the flames of his wand.He stared at Dumbledore tightly, and did not let go of Dumbledore until the spell on his hand disappeared. "You want to die that much? To trade your noble sacrifice for the short life of an ant? Do you know, Albus, why I promised you not to take revenge on him? Because even if I don't do it, he won't live long. He will be killed by Voldemort." I think it gives me more pleasure than killing him directly."

Esther looked at Snape in horror, but Snape didn't seem to respond to this, he didn't even look up at the person who predicted his death, but his face seemed a little paler than before.

"I thought that what you said to me before was the truth, Gellert, I thought you had changed. But what you said just now seems to have changed nothing. You still haven't learned to respect life, and you still don't understand the meaning of every life. Equal," said Dumbledore.Esther seemed to feel that Dumbledore was so disappointed for the first time.

"Of course I know that life is precious! Otherwise, I wouldn't have made an unbreakable oath with you. But Albus, you are different, you understand what I mean! You can't expect me to watch him kill you and still be indifferent!" Grindelwald Said coldly.

"Anyway, Gellert, you promised to follow my plan. We've delayed long enough now. Severus and Esther still have important things to do. Today's mission is dangerous. Once If something goes wrong, you may not be able to wait for the day you foresee.”

Dumbledore looked at Esther and continued, "Severus will take you to Lestrange's house today, you just need to stay in his pocket and don't act without authorization. Put a few protective spells around the pockets. Stay calm and don't move around Voldemort, Severus will find a way to get you out."

Esther nodded, forcing herself to forget the unhappiness just now.She turned into a bat and slipped herself into Snape's pocket.A cold feeling came over her, and Esther rolled her body tightly to the bottom of the pocket.