HP Midnight Light

"Who used the Cruciatus Curse on her?" Wallis, the chief therapist in Ward 48 of St. Mungo's, came out of the ward and asked Dorcas and Diggle.

"Death Eater. This is a student who was accidentally attacked," Dorcas replied simply. "How is she?"

Wallis nodded and shook his head again. "It's not too bad. Right now my daughter is putting her on a pain-relief potion, and the pain from the Cruciatus Curse will be gone by about this time tomorrow. But I doubt the spell will have any effect on her." Some damage to her memory or other mental aspects. Do you know who cast the Cruciatus Curse?"

"Bellatrix."

"No wonder, every patient she afflicts is worse than the others." Wallis wrote a few strokes in the treatment manual, "Should Dumbledore come later? I need to talk to him .”

"We'll let him go to your office." Di Ge nodded.

"Then you can go to the lounge upstairs and wait for a while, of course you can stay here." Wallis took out his pocket watch and looked at it, "It shouldn't be long, she will wake up soon. But please Do not disturb her, the patient needs adequate rest."

Hyacinth felt that she had a strange dream.

She kept seeing faint images in the intervals of pain—she seemed to return to the dilapidated small building in Greenwich, where she could hear both guitar and piano playing and drunkenness under the poor sound insulation. Han's revelry and lover's respite.Oh, and the poor violinist who lives next door to the White mother and daughter, who earns his living as a street performer and dreams of getting into the Vienna Academy of Music.He always played the same piece of music repeatedly in front of the small window at dawn and dusk.later?Later, he fell in love with a gypsy warbler, and some people said that he was taken care of by the wife of a wealthy businessman, and then one day he suddenly disappeared from the small building...

Sudden pain - Xiaolou disappeared.Hyacinth stood among a group of adult wizards and listened to their argument. Finally, a domineering witch came up to her. Her mouth opened and closed to say something. Hyacinth wanted to say that she could not hear, but with At the same time, she heard the voice of her young self: "Orphanage."

The surroundings returned to darkness, and Hyacinth felt a soft hand wiping her sweat away, which seemed to be a gentle treatment she hadn't experienced in many years.She couldn't help but began to yearn for the warmth brought by this hand: "Mom..." she murmured unconsciously.Immediately afterwards, Hyacinth gradually felt the truth.She escaped the Phantom, but the hand was still—

Hyacinth opened her eyes, and what she saw was a silver nameplate: Pandora Wallis, trainee therapist

She blinked and looked up, a young face appeared in front of her eyes, the man said in surprise: "Are you awake? How do you feel?"

Hyacinth closed and opened her eyes slowly, her vision becoming clearer.She found herself in a hospital room where a blond, blue-eyed therapist was wiping her cheeks and neck with a towel.

"Where am I?" She found herself still in a daze.

"St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries—no, please don't sit up for now. You need to rest." The therapist hurriedly stopped her from getting up, "Do you remember how you came here?"

Hyacinth pondered over this question slowly, her brain seemed to be glued to something: "Did... they sent me here... Dorcas and Diggle?"

"That's right." The therapist smiled, "Do you feel any discomfort now?"

"Uncomfortable? Oh... I got the Cruciatus Curse, which was done by Bellatrix." Hyacinth said to herself, she didn't notice that the smile suddenly disappeared from the therapist's face.Pandora Wallis handed her a glass of water on the bedside:

"Drink some water, and continue to rest for a while. I will call the person who accompanied you to come in."

She was alone in the ward.Hyacinth drank the glass of water slowly, while trying to sort out the ins and outs of the matter.She remembered being hit by Bellatrix's Cruciatus Curse, and then Dorcas and Diggle accompanied her to St Mungo's - what happened in between?She wanted to recall, but a sudden sharp pain in her brain made her eyes go black, and the water glass fell to the ground with a bang.At the same time, the door of the ward was pushed open, Pandora Wallis led several people in, and someone gave a short cry.Hyacons tried to see their faces clearly, but was helplessly plunged back into darkness.

It's an amazing feeling.It is as if the body is in one place, yet the soul is suspended in the void.The pain gradually faded away, is she going to die?Hyacinth faintly heard a long sigh.But, mother, where are you?

"What's going on here?" Outside the ward, Dorcas asked Wallis anxiously, "Why does she faint repeatedly?"

"Calm down, Dorcas." Albus Dumbledore raised a hand to signal her not to get excited. He just rushed over after talking with the Minister of Magic, looking dusty, "Wallis, these are Are the symptoms expected?"

"The power of the Cruciatus Curse is determined by many factors—the level of the caster and the power he wants to give it; the level of the victim and the degree of determination; the length of time he is tortured and whether he has undergone professional training, etc. These The details can affect the consequences of the Cruciatus Curse." Wallis handed Dumbledore an evaluation report, "The patient received two high-intensity Cruciatus Curse in a very short period of time, since she is not a well-trained Aurors or experienced wizards, so she does have the potential for more severe symptoms."

Dumbledore lowered his head to read the evaluation report, and Dorcas and Diggle gathered to read it together:

【St. Mungo's Hospital Admission Evaluation Report

-Ward 48, Spell Injury Department-

Primary Therapist: Dennis Wallis

Trainee Therapist: Pandora Wallis

Patient Name: Hyacinth White

Age: 16

Harmful spell: Cruciatus

Intensity and detailed description: Two high-intensity attacks in a short period of time.The caster shows no hesitation or mercy, and the caster has not been trained to do the most damage.

Symptoms and detailed description: The patient has mild hallucinations (dreams), accompanied by headaches, intermittent fainting, and memory confusion. It is not yet possible to determine whether the above symptoms are life-long injuries.No serious confusion occurred.

Suggested treatment plan: take medicine and receive further observation after the patient wakes up. 】

"As far as the current situation is concerned, I don't think the patient will have mental problems. Her hallucinations are all things that actually happened, in other words, memories. But this just proves that she may have more serious memory problems." Dennis Wallis explained, "We need to wait for her to be fully awake before doing memory testing. If it is short-term memory confusion, just do simple restoration therapy; medium-term or severe memory confusion needs to be decided on a case-by-case basis. Memory implants, remodeling, and erasure. If it's the misfortune of Perpetual Memory Derangement—I suspect she'll be transferred to the long-term ward."

Not even Dumbledore spoke for a moment.

Diggle stammered, "But...you mean she's going to stay at St. Mungo's forever? Even if it's just a memory problem?"

Dumbledore answered his question: "This is a requirement in the Secrecy Act, Diggle. Wizards with memory disorders are likely to pose a threat to Muggles." He folded the inspection report and handed it back to Dennis Wallis, "What do you think is the most likely possibility?"

"Personally, I don't think that Miss White's illness will be so severe as to be permanently insane," Wallis the therapist replied cautiously, "but it is very likely that she has some common sequelae-such as memory loss, nervousness, and so on."

"That's not too bad?"

"It doesn't count." Wallis sighed, "Fortunately, your people arrived in time, otherwise, if you let the Death Eaters continue to torture, I'm afraid your students will be in trouble."

"Permit me to ask a slightly out-of-bounds question - is this the first recent case of St. Mungo's Cruciatus?" asked Dumbledore.

Wallis nodded. "Very few people who are attacked by Death Eaters come to St. Mungo's."

Dumbledore pondered for a moment, then he shook hands with Wallis: "I see, thank you. I can't stay here for a long time, but I will let Dorcas and Diggle stay with me."

"I can do it by myself, Professor, you need someone." Dorcas suggested in a low voice, "And let the girl accompany you, maybe Hyacinth will relax a little bit."

Dumbledore agreed to Dorcas' request after thinking for a moment, and he turned to Healer Wallis: "Then Hyacinth is begging you, please let Dorcas inform me if there is any situation."

"No problem," Wallis agreed.

Dumbledore got up and was about to leave. He looked at Pandora and laughed: "Professor Sprout talked about you a while ago, and she regretted that you chose Charms in the end... Come on, Diggle, We must go. Hyacinth will be in your hands, Dorcas."

As an ordinary Slytherin student, Hyacinth's disappearance did not cause large-scale fluctuations, and many people did not even notice it.But someone else found out——

Although James appeared calm on the surface, he had already complained to Lily in private: "Padfoot is so stupid, I almost have to convince him. But every time he talks about Hyacinth, he insists on In a hurry to do homework... By the way, where did Hyacinth go? I almost wondered if she was really eaten by a giant squid."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Lily frowned, she looked back at Sirius who was playing cards with Remus, "What is Padfoot running away from?"

"Maybe I just feel that my self-esteem has been hurt." James expressed disdain, "I was turned away before I had time to confess... Then I saw Hyacinth and Parkinson go to the Three Broomsticks together... I said that Hyacinth doesn't like Parkinson, but he just can't figure it out. I can't stand it anymore, Lily, and I'm going to educate him." Sirius was playing a new round of cards, James Walked over and snatched all the cards from his hand, and waved to Peter, "You come to play for Padfoot."

"What's the matter." Sirius glared at James dissatisfied, "Lily is still there, why are you looking for me?"

"You know why—come on, take a step." James suddenly wanted to hit Sirius on the head with a bat, and he cornered Sirius, "Hyase didn't come this semester at all. Gwartz."

"Who is Hyacinth?" Sirius looked at him innocently. "You're talking nonsense, Prongs."

James almost picked up a candlestick.

"Okay," Sirius raised his hand in surrender, "then what do you expect me to do? Write to the Muggle Orphanage to ask about the situation? Sorry, that should be Parkinson's job, after all he-"

"I thought we'd made things clear, Padfoot." James rolled his eyes at Sirius, "Edmund Parkinson was just wishful thinking."

"It should be easy to melt a girl's heart with his momentum."

"Be serious!" James glared at Sirius, "I suspected she might have dropped out—"

"Yeah, it's very possible." Sirius folded his arms, "Why would she come back, come back to see those unpleasant Slytherins? Or come back to see the even more unpleasant me? Come on, Prongs, this is all you're overthinking. Hyacinth doesn't want to see me—"

"Don't interrupt. But she didn't drop out!" James emphasized, "Lily went to ask Slughorn, and he said she was still on the Slytherin list, but Dumbledore told all the teachers in person. Ruth won't be coming back to school for a while."

"Slughorn really can't control his mouth. Half of the gossip in Hogwarts is updated by him."

James almost roared: "Sirius!" Peter, who was not far away, flinched in fright.He lowered his voice: "Don't pretend to be a ghost, we have explained these things clearly during the summer vacation."

"Yes, you think Hyacinth likes me. But it's all just speculation on your part, and she probably hates me. You see, I'm arrogant, I bully Snape, I always make Hogg The innocent girls in Watts are heartbroken, and in her opinion, I'm the dumbest bastard in the world, right?" Sirius paused, "That's why she said those things to me, she didn't want to talk to me at all. There's more intersection."

"You're both very self-deceiving, and you're a better match for that. She just said that to you because she thought you wouldn't like her, and girls are like that. So, believe me, it's time to It's time for you to come out—"

"That's still your idea, James."

"Yes, that's right. Because you are a coward and coward, you dare not take the initiative to ask Hyacinth what she thinks, so you have to listen to my nonsense here." James said sarcastically, "I can't see it, sir Feet, under your dignified appearance hides a cowardly and evasive heart, even the Dark Lord knows what 'love' is better than you—"

"Lock the tongue and seal the throat!" Sirius suddenly pulled out his wand and pointed at James, "Since when are you considered a top-notch emotional expert?"

"Don't do anything!" Lily, who had been observing the situation, was the first to stop between the two of them. She broke the spell for James, "Is there anything you two can't talk about?"

"What's the matter with you guys?" Remus asked, James and Sirius never touching each other.

James sneered: "I'm making him see himself clearly, Remus. This weak coward doesn't even have the courage to pursue Hyacinth, yet he still claims to fight the Death Eaters with us. I really doubt he will Pushing one of us out as a human shield during a fight."

"James!" Remus stopped in time, and Sirius looked at James sullenly:

"You don't know anything and just gossip here..."

James interrupted Sirius loudly: "Oh, then you really know the situation!"

"Say less." Lily glared at him.Sirius's chest heaved violently: "I'm not like you, I only care about my own limelight and don't think about the other party at all. You won't forget how much Lily hated you back then, right? And your childish behavior? It's time for you to teach me how to conduct personal affairs, eh?"

"Sirius..." Remus and Lily stopped James at the same time, she turned her head and said to Sirius in an almost begging tone, "Why can't you two calm down a bit."

"I remember when I was doing those childish behaviors, you seemed to be actively involved?"

Sirius had nothing to say, he sneered slightly.

"Don't stop me, I'm calm." James broke free and said to the other three, "Which of us knows Sirius who hides himself for some weird and unclear reasons?" ?”

"That's not a weird, unclear reason." Sirius raised his voice and interrupted him, "You said it lightly, you didn't consider whether I have a future with her at all—yes, I said It's not about 'two hostile houses' or anything like that, but if the Slytherins knew I liked her, do you know what they would do to her? At the end of last term they used Crucifixion on Hyacinth Curse, and broke her wand. If they keep finding her with me, do you believe it will be the Killing Curse next time they use it?"

James froze for a moment, Remus and Peter looked at each other, Lily let go of their hand with a pale face: "You never told us this, Padfoot."

"Yes, I didn't. I thought it would be good to end it like this. For her, Slytherin would not use this as an excuse to bully her again. For me—" Sirius choked, "There is nothing to lose."

"You're talking nonsense." Peter interrupted him suddenly, and he retorted in a low voice, "If you really felt nothing, you wouldn't have been out of your wits for so long. We can all see that you didn't have a moment for Hyacinth." Get up." Peter quickly changed the subject to James, "James said that you had defended her when you were in McGonagall's office."

James seemed surprised that Peter, who had been obediently following them, would speak out at this moment. He seemed a little shocked for a moment, but James was James after all, and he quickly turned his head and continued to look at Sirius: " You're stupid, Padfoot, what's the use of pushing her away, it's only going to hurt you both. You should go and protect her!"

"In all fairness, we thought James did a lot of stupid things when he chased Lily," Remus said, "but you're really stupid, Padfoot. Hyacinth obviously likes you, and you like her too. In the end But because of such...unreasonable reasons, they almost parted ways."

Sirius looked away, and said with a straight face, "Hyase doesn't like me."

"Why are you so overwhelmed, Padfoot?" Even Lily wailed.

"He probably felt he couldn't save face," James said loudly. "After all, he was rejected before he had time to confess. According to Padfoot's usual thinking, he must feel that Hyacinth has caused an insult to his personality. All right." Let's all go away. We should buy some presents for Parkinson in Slytherin, he's probably going to be home soon—"

"you shut up!"

"What are you in a hurry for?" James yelled strangely, "Anyway, Hyacinth doesn't like you, so you should treat it as a broken relationship, and the discomfort will recover after a while. Sigh, I want to open Padfoot—"

"Hyacings wouldn't like that Parkinson!" Sirius yelled at James, hopping like a pissed-off kid.

"Why do you care so much, people won't consider you." James quickly replied.Sirius fell silent for a moment, and Remus smiled, "Stop teasing Padfoot, Prongs."

"Give us a reason, Padfoot, 'Hyssings doesn't like me' is clearly not what you really think, is it?" Lily said.

"It's going to hurt her, it's too dangerous for her." Sirius finally admitted, "Not only in Slytherin, but in the future—after we graduate, what do you think will happen? She will join Order of the Phoenix? I'm hunted by Death Eaters every day—"

"The Fugitive is pretty good. Besides, even if Hyacinth doesn't join the Order of the Phoenix, that doesn't prevent you from joining." Remus said, "If you're worried that she won't support Dumbledore, That would be ridiculous. Clearly she doesn't support the Dark Lord, does she?"

"There is absolutely no logic in your words." Peter pointed out the problem.

"She would prefer a more secure environment, and—"

"Don't 'and'. Hyacinth never said that she likes a stable environment, and ah, if she can stay with the person she likes, she will feel safe everywhere, right? The excuses you mentioned are just you It's just my own speculation, and none of them can stand." James punched Sirius hard, "What you have to do is not to avoid her from a distance, but to step forward to protect her, understand?"

"You always knew Hyacinth liked you, didn't you?" Remus asked.

"Not all the time." Sirius said awkwardly, "I didn't realize it until the day she gave me the portrait."

The remaining four people looked at each other, and James sighed: "You are the biggest stupid fool in the world, Sirius."

"Yes, I am." Sirius accepted James' sarcasm readily.

"Stop thinking so much, Padfoot." Remus comforted her sincerely, "Of course you will bring her many dangers, but you don't think you are incapable of solving those dangers, do you?"

"Of course not," Sirius muttered.

"That's good. I really don't understand why you struggled for so long."

"I just feel—" Sirius blushed slightly, "This is very irresponsible to her."

"Idiot!" James scolded angrily, "It's irresponsible for you to hook up with people like this and not stick to it!"

"By the way," Peter interjected, "this series of shams of yours is so wonderful that you can see through them at a glance."

Sirius could not wait to jump into the Black Lake for the rest of his life. He could foresee that in the next year, five years, ten years, 20 years or even 100 years, this matter would become an eternal joke among predators.

"So it's all settled now?" Remus confirmed.

James rolled his eyes: "Almost, the key to the matter depends on what this stupid fool in front of us is going to do."

"Write a letter to the orphanage? I know their address—"

"Don't be silly, buddy, you're a wizard." James winked at Lily, she pulled out a roll of invitations from her robe pocket, forced a smile and handed them to Sirius: "This is Slughorn's next party Invitation letter, you can find out by yourself."

Sirius took it, and then he blinked suddenly and turned to James: "I have a question?"

"What? Don't worry about meeting someone like Regulus, sometimes you have to let go of face—"

"No, no," Sirius waved his hand, and he actually seemed a little apprehensive, "What if it's really me who is unrequitedly in love, what should I do?"

James, Lily, Remus and Peter all looked at him, and no one spoke for a while.

"My Merlin, this man's brain is broken." James looked at Sirius with the same distaste he had for Snape. "Write to St. Mungo, there's a long-term patient here."

"Don't be stupid, no one will refuse Sirius Black." Remus comforted gently, "Even if you wear a bed sheet, you will be the most handsome one—"

"You're disgusting," James protested weakly.

Peter took half a step away from Remus silently, and muttered, "Padfoot, are you afraid that Hyacinth will change her mind and reject you?"

"No!"

"Okay, don't worry about the future. Now your first task is to get the words out of Slughorn." Lily stopped the topic from going off in time, and she looked at Sirius with pity, "Sure enough, those who fell in love People are not normal."

Signus tidied himself up for the last time in front of the full-length mirror. From the mirror, he saw Edmund lying on his back on the bed, as if he was taking a nap at the closing ceremony: "Are you sure you don't want to come? Today is our first assembly since the beginning of school." He said He cleared his throat and asked, paying attention to Edmund's every move from the corner of his eye.

"I'm a bit tired," he replied simply, "I'm sorry to have to be absent."

"It's okay," Signus adjusted his bow tie and said jokingly, "but don't let me down a second time." Edmund didn't answer, he closed his eyes.Edmund opened his eyes suddenly when he heard a "click" from the door lock:

"Don't let you down again?" He slowly sat up from the bed, lazily combing his hair with his fingers, "Who do you think you are, Signus Burst?" He walked to Standing in front of the full-length mirror where Signus had just stood, he looked at himself. The person in the mirror was not inferior to Signus in terms of appearance or temperament. "Why do you think you will have the last laugh?" He pulled out his wand Pointing at the door lock, he locked himself in the room.

Edmund walked to his wardrobe, casually took out a suitcase, opened it, and took out something wrapped in silk.When he uncovered the silk cloth, there was an ordinary mirror with a long handle inside.A trace of hesitation and anxiety flashed in Edmund's eyes. He held his breath and spoke to the mirror:

"Tell me, where is Hyacinth White?"

After waiting for a few long seconds, the only thing reflected in the mirror was his own face.

"Trash!" This was not the first attempt, and Edmund finally lost his patience.He threw the mirror into the suitcase, and then paced around the room anxiously, "Where are you, where are you..." He returned to the full-length mirror, stroking the faint scar on his neck with his fingers, "Sooner or later you will be my of."

The irritability reduced his vigilance, and Edmund Parkinson did not hear the sound of someone leaving quietly outside the door.

Signus sat down at one end of the long table. This position could easily give people the illusion of being king.

Edmund once sat on his left, and Regulus on his right.But now, the position on the left was vacant, and Regulus was still in place.However——Signus' eyes were slightly cold, but the sternness was perfectly hidden the moment he raised his head.

"Please allow me to re-introduce Cornelia Rosier to you." Signus took a sip of tea, and nodded to the person sitting at the other end of the long table from afar, "She is the best of the knights, the black The devil's darling, from today she has the same rights as me, and when I leave, she will take my place and lead the younger generation. May Merlin always favor you, Cornelia!"

"May Merlin always favor you, Cornelia!" Everyone looked at Cornelia and whispered.

Signus drank the strong tea in his cup, the bitter taste repeatedly lingering between his lips and teeth, he looked at the people sitting around the long table one by one: Regulus, Olivia, Xiao Ai Free, Mulciber, Crabbe, Knott, Gore, Crouch, Aubrey... Every year there are ambitious people, and every year there are people who gradually fade into the background.

You replaced me today.Signus showed Cornelia a senior encouraging smile.Who will take the power from you tomorrow?

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Note:

1. Wallis and his daughter: private establishment.Pandora Wallis corresponds to Luna's mother in the original book (official information only knows her name).I adopted the surname Wallis, which is associated with the "Wallis formula" (the infinite product of pi).I feel that such a sensible surname fits well with Lovegood's emotional painting style.

2. St. Mungo's Ward 48: St. Mungo's ward is numbered. In the original book, Rinaway, his daughter and Lockhart live in Ward 49.

3. Gypsy Flow-Ying: The reason for adopting this weird Chinese expression is that I am afraid of being blocked →_→

4. Young Hyacinth: This scene corresponds to the fact that Hyacinth is unwilling to live with the Prewett family mentioned in a previous chapter.Here she chose to go to an orphanage.That domineering witch is Ron's Aunt Muriel.

5. Nervousness: too sensitive, nervous.

6. Few people who are attacked by Death Eaters will come to St. Mungo: The reason why Dumbledore asked this is to judge the motivation of Death Eaters from another angle-whether they want to torture or kill them as soon as possible, and The focus of their raids is on Muggles who won't come to St. Mungo's or Squibs and Sprout/Half-Blood wizards.

7. Edmund's mirror: privately set.Let's treat it as the brother of the double-sided mirror.

8. Little Avery: Old Avery's son, Snape's classmate.His father, like Cornelia's father, was one of the original Death Eaters.

9. Mulciber: Snape's classmate and later Death Eater.

10: Crabbe, Gore, Knott: The father of those three people in the children's generation.

11. Crouch: Barty Crouch Jr., he is one class lower than Hyacinth and the others, and is now in fifth grade.

12. Aubrey: Bertram Aubrey, who was teased by James and Sirius, they used a curse to double his head.

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