HP Midnight Light

- July 1978, 7 - Godric's Hollow Potter House

"I don't know if Sirius told you, but last summer we met three Death Eaters." When Hyacinth and James prepared balloons for the engagement party together, he said suddenly, "But Sirius Insisting that they weren't real Death Eaters, because - uh - two of us took three of them."

"I don't think Death Eaters are that powerful at all. And you are already at the top level of Hogwarts students. Look at those two idiots, Goyle and Crabbe." Hyacinth sat on the soft carpet , she was responsible for helping James bundle the balloons into bunches.

"Crabbe and Goyle are not idiots, Hyacinth." James laughed, "We broke through Crabbe before and secretly practiced a spell on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. That's no ordinary curse—Fiendfyre , do you know what that is?"

Fiendfyre is one of the most evil forms of black magic.Hyacinth was taken aback, a balloon slipped out of her hand, and she reached out to grab it back quickly: "I always thought Crabbe was just a big, simple-minded guy with well-developed limbs!"

"He's much smarter than the troll. Crabbe and Fiendfire... I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes." James stared at the golden and red balloons with fascination, "By the way, the four of us still Lily has already applied to Dumbledore to join the Order of the Phoenix, I hope he will agree."

"He must agree with 1." Hyacinth finally left Hogwarts early, and she felt a little guilty towards Dumbledore.

At this time, Sirius came in behind Mrs. Potter, who had just been sent to decorate the ceremony.Mrs. Potter greeted James: "Go and arrange the balloons, time is running out, and the guests will arrive soon. By the way, Sirius used a wonderful trick to turn the leaves of the bushes into gold." Brown, I'm sure that would go well with the color of the balloon."

"Thanks, buddy." James happily directed the balloons to line up out of the house, and Mrs. Potter sent some cookies to Hyacinth and Sirius: "You've been busy for a long time, take a break. Then she went into the kitchen to inspect the engagement cake, and Sirius sat down where James had been, and reached for a cookie from the plate on the coffee table.

"James just told me that you met Death Eaters last year. You never told me such an exciting thing." Hyacinth said proactively, "He also said that your application to join the Order of the Phoenix should be done by Deng Xiaoping. Bullido to approve?"

"Yes, Dumbledore must personally review everyone." Sirius glanced into the kitchen, Mrs. Potter was busy putting the final decorations on the cake, and he said another thing without warning, "I Already told James—I'm going to be moving out in a while."

"move out?"

"Yes, last year my Uncle Alfard passed away, and he left all the property in his name to me. Of course, he was also removed from his name. My mother is really a dead person." Sirius said sarcastically , "All in all, I can't live in Potter's house for a long time. One is that James and Lily will get married in a year, and I don't want to continue to see them getting bored; two, if Dumbledore agrees that we join the Order of the Phoenix, The Porter House will be the target of public criticism."

"But where are you going?" asked Hyacins. "Do you have a house to live in?"

"No, but my uncle's legacy is enough for me to settle these little things." Sirius said lightly, he paused, and continued slowly, "Actually... well, if you want, you can move here Live with me. I mean, it's such a big house anyway, you know I'm more of a crowd—" he said incoherently.

"Live with you?" Hyacinth raised her head, her stomach sank suddenly.Sirius hurriedly said:

"No, no, this is just a small suggestion...it doesn't matter if you have other plans..."

Hyacinth's heart was beating like it was about to burst, did Sirius mean that?She asked again blankly: "Live with you?"

"Uh... yeah... live with me..." Sirius lowered his head and stared at the toe of his shoe awkwardly, he understood the series of stupid things that James did back then.

"Do you mean that?"

"Ah—I think, yes." Sirius fiddled with his shoelaces endlessly, "Unless you want to pretend you don't understand."

Fireworks exploded in Hyacinth's brain: "Oh... well... maybe we could live in London, I mean, I know that better."

"Are you willing?" Sirius suddenly trembled, as if Hyacinth had attacked him with an electric prod, "Are you serious?"

"Yes, I am," said Hyacinth, stammering, "if you mean it."

For the first time, a silly smile appeared on Sirius' face, as if someone had suddenly torn off that haughty mask, and suddenly, a real boy appeared in front of Hyacinth's eyes.Now, anyone can easily see through what Sirius has tried to hide in the past year or two.

"Really? Then where do you like? We can live in the city center, or a quieter town on the outskirts," Sirius continued, "or where you lived before?"

Hyacinth couldn't believe what a decision she had just made, her mind was buzzing that she should write a letter telling Ann that she was going to move in with the boy she had a crush on when she was 15...she My head is a little dizzy.Hyacinth thought, when she saw Sirius and his friends from a distance in Hogwarts for the first time six years ago, she never imagined such a day would come!

"... Hyacinth?"

When she came back to her senses, Sirius was looking at her carefully, which made her blush again uncontrollably: "What?"

"I think I should give this to you now—in fact, I should have done that a long time ago." Sirius slowly stretched out his hand, and in the palm of his hand was a locket that was not exquisitely crafted. He explained with some embarrassment, "James, Remus and Peter helped me make this together. However, I did the details myself."

Hyacinth took it and opened it, and inside the locket was a small profile portrait with a line of small words underneath - My Hyacinth - Her hand trembled slightly, and Sirius leaned over to hold hers. He put his hand on his cheek and rubbed it: "Now the prongs have no reason to call me a fool."

"Yeah, you're worse than an idiot now." James pushed open the door and rushed in. Remus and Peter followed behind him. Thumping Sirius on the shoulder, "This is the worst confession in the world, Padfoot! But you finally said it..."

"This stupid dog has wasted nearly a year. If he doesn't speak out, we will speak for him." Remus enthusiastically shook Hyacinth's hand, "Congratulations! Seriously , I never thought that I would see Sirius looking for a girlfriend in my lifetime!"

"I told you!" James let Sirius off for a moment, "I must have been the first to see it! In fifth year! My Merlin, I've never seen Snape look so good in my life. Shocked look!" No doubt he was referring to the incident in Professor McGonagall's office.

"Really?" Hyacinth finally couldn't stay out of the matter, she couldn't help asking in a low voice, "That's why you speak for me?"

"Well, even Snape must have guessed one or two." Sirius had sparkling stars in his eyes, "Only you can be that stupid."

"You stupid dog." Hyacinth muttered.

The news spread quickly, and Lily heard about it as soon as she stepped through the gate of Potter's house. She screamed and rushed up to hug Hyacinth: "Sirius finally did that! You know, although at the beginning When James was chasing me, he was constantly scheming, but when it was his turn, the movement of Padfoot was really slower than anyone else, and I was almost dying of anxiety."

Hyacinth felt that she blushed a thousand times in one day, she quickly changed the subject and pushed Lily into the living room: "Don't forget that today you are the protagonist."

"Oh, yes." Lily straightened her hair quickly, "How do I look?"

"It's very pretty," she complimented.

However, after Lily had greeted everyone, she still couldn't help but come back to Hyacinth and express her emotion: "Hey, I think Hogwarts should open a course called 'Love Studies'."

"Ok?"

"You see, I didn't like James at all, but now I think he's the best person in the world; you and Sirius didn't know each other before, but you got together by accident—speaking of it, How did you like Sirius?" Lily asked.

"Don't be silly, Lily." Hyacinth couldn't control her smirk, "Who would refuse Sirius?"

"Don't get too excited, it's not easy to become someone who matches Sirius Black." A strange female voice suddenly sounded, and the new guest sat down next to Lily familiarly, "Hello , I'm Marlene McKinnon."

Hyacinth preconceived that Marlene's arrival was not kind: "Hello."

"I heard the good news as soon as I came here, congratulations." Marlene said with a stick in her arms, "I didn't expect Sirius to choose you."

"Marlene," Lily tried to defuse the crisis, "we all think they are a good fit."

"Oh, maybe." Marlene looked at Hyacinth, "but I always thought that Sirius would deserve someone more dazzling."

"There are so many people in Hogwarts who wanted to date Sirius, but in the end I was the only one who succeeded." Hyacinth couldn't help but squeeze Marlene, "This is still very revealing."

Marlene's expression turned cold all of a sudden, and she got up without hesitation: "You guys continue talking, I'll go find someone else." Reese next to start chatting with them.

"Ma Lin is like this sometimes..." Lily said with a wry smile. It was obvious that Ma Lin had gone too far just now.Hyacinth shrugged: "It's okay, her personality is quite straightforward."

Of course Lily could hear the sarcasm, and she picked up the dessert plate: "How about another pudding, Hyacinth?"

"Is she jealous of me, or does she despise me?" Hyacinth asked. "It must be both?"

Lily smiled helplessly.

Not far away, Marlene also mentioned Hyacinth: "Sirius, I didn't expect you to fall in love with her."

"'Really'? Since when have I ever done something that behaved?" Sirius poked James with a grin.

"Why her?"

"How nice Hyacins!"

"What's wrong with her!"

Sirius blinked: "When she smiles, I feel numb all over." James and Remus showed understanding expressions, and Peter choked on his drink.

But Ma Lin was not so easily fooled: "You should know who she was close to before?"

"That was a long time ago," interrupted Remus.

"It hasn't been long. As far as I know, she had a hot fight with Bostrode some time ago. Bostrode's brother is a well-known Death Eater." Marlene said without doubt, "Don't forget the black magic team That’s what he made of it.”

"What are you talking about? Hyacinth has nothing to do with Death Eaters." James said disapprovingly, feeling unbelievable at Marlene's persistence. "Hyacingus also helped us translate a lot of letters."

"I've wanted to object to you doing that for a long time, letting a Slytherin touch so many important things—" Marlene's chest rose and fell, and she had to force herself to lower her voice, "It's too careless! Have you What would happen if she reported it to Signus or anyone in Slytherin?"

Peter shook his head: "Hyases wouldn't do that."

"She's a Slytherin—"

"Okay, why don't you say I'm a Death Eater." Sirius said lazily, "I have a cousin named Bellatrix, you all know me. I also have a cousin, She's married to Lucius Malfoy. As for my good brother, maybe he's giving advice to the Dark Lord. According to you, I should be the first to be thrown into the Black Lake to feed the giant squid."

"No one cares about these things, Padfoot," Remus said hastily.

"Stop taking your bluntness as your true temperament." Sirius said sarcastically, and Marlene was not to be outdone: "If I'm not wrong, Sirius, you still plan to let her join the Order of the Phoenix, right?" Peter heard this sentence After speaking, he couldn't help but gasped, but Sirius looked at Marlene provocatively:

"It does."

"The door of the Order of the Phoenix will never be opened to Slytherins," Marlene said bluntly.

"It's not up to you," Sirius retorted loudly, "Even if your parents are both members of the Order of the Phoenix, they can't influence Dumbledore's decision."

"Yeah, Dumbledore is crazy to allow a Slytherin who has been pardoned but can't get along in the advanced Transfiguration course to enter the Order of the Phoenix..."

"McKinnon!"

The living room was suddenly quiet, and Lily and Hyacinth turned their heads away.There was obvious anger on Sirius' face, while Marlene's face opposite him was frosty.At this time, James waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, Sirius and Marlene talked too passionately..." He winked at Lily quietly.

"Leave them alone," Lily understood, and she pulled Hyacinth to sit down again. "Tell me what's on Oxford Street."

Sirius glanced at Marlene coldly: "Honestly, McKinnon, I don't see any difference between you and those pure-bloods. You are both narrow-minded and like to judge others by your body."

"It's not a question of parentage, Blake," said Marlene equally icily, "she's been hanging out with a bunch of dangerous Slytherins for so many years. Maybe you all believe her innocence, but I have the right to say no to that." Doubtful?"

"Whatever you want." Sirius sneered, "The only reason why you can treat Hyacons condescendingly is because your parents are the founders of the Order of the Phoenix..."

"Okay, Padfoot." James pressed Sirius' shoulder to prevent him from continuing.

"I don't care who you associate with or live with, but," Marlene took a deep breath, "The Order of the Phoenix is ​​not your Bosworth Legion, Blake, don't bring in people you shouldn't be attracted!"

"You two have gone too far." Remus came out to smooth things over, and he waved his wand to refill everyone's glasses. "Come—for the happiness of James and Lily!"

"We can wait until after your birthday." Sirius handed Hyacinth a cup of chocolate.

"Well, fine, you decide."

They had only confirmed their relationship for a few hours, and Hyacinth felt that the atmosphere between them was a little weird.

Sirius sat down next to her very reservedly.After being quiet for a while, he tentatively asked, "Can I... er... put your shoulders?"

"Oh—of course." Hyacinth adjusted her sitting posture, and she was distracted to find a faint fragrance on Sirius' clothes, "Your clothes smell very good."

"If you like," Sirius said cautiously, "the smell will be stronger if you get closer." After saying this, he laughed himself first, "I think we look like two fools."

"Yeah, relax." Hyacinth leaned into his arms.Oh damn!She used to dare to flirt with punks, why does she act like a novice when it comes to love?Hmm... It must be because Sirius is too temperamental!Hyacins thought she had found a good reason.

"I think," she said, "that we might consider adopting a more Muggle-like lifestyle. Well... I've heard before that magic uses leave traces, so if we can minimize the amount of magic we use, maybe we It will be safer too."

Sirius frowned: "But we still have to use some housekeeping spells. I mean, we can't use magic at all."

"Yes, I mean we don't need to use magic for everything," Hyacinth added.

"It makes sense, we can try." Sirius was a little excited, "Live like a Muggle!"

"There is another thing." Hyacinth hesitated for a moment, "I heard a little bit of your conversation with Marlene..."

"Don't listen to her nonsense, she just has a ridiculous prejudice. The real choice lies with Dumbledore, he will allow you to join the Order of the Phoenix." Sirius said immediately, "Look, you are in Bosch Those things that Voss Legion have done are no worse than anyone else, and the grades in the so-called Transfiguration Advanced Class cannot stop you from joining the Order of the Phoenix—"

Hyacinth interrupted him softly: "Sirius, actually I don't intend to join the Order of the Phoenix..."

Sirius shook his head again and again: "Don't because of Marlene—"

"I don't want to put you in a dilemma." Hyacinth said earnestly, "And actually I have something else in mind."

"Oh?" Sirius looked a little surprised, "Tell me quickly."

"I'm going to contact the Squibs who have infiltrated the Muggle world and persuade them to take part in the fight against the Death Eaters. Although the Squibs have no magical powers, they can pass information between wizards and Muggles, and become part of the Ministry of Magic." Eyes mixed in with the Muggle world."

As soon as she finished speaking, Sirius made an admiring voice: "This is a wonderful idea!"

"Really?" Hyacinth was a little suspicious, "Don't lie to me."

"Really genius! No one ever thought of making Squibs the eyes of wizards!" Sirius said, "There are only two problems. One, you have to find a way to find those Squibs; two, you have to try Convince them."

"It's going to be difficult. But I'll do it seriously." Hyacinth was glad she got the compliment. "I have some scattered thoughts, but it will definitely take time to sort them out..."

"I'm sorry, you two, I didn't mean to interrupt your time, but it's already time for a break." James poked his head halfway down from the stairs, "By the way, do you two live together, or Separate? Cough, life is short, enjoy yourself in time."

"Why do you have the nerve to say that?" Sirius asked back, "Lock the tongue and seal the throat!"

- Same day - Castle of the Dark Lord, Cumbria

Regulus endured the pain and withdrew his arm, and there was already a clear Dark Demon mark on it: "Thank you, my master." The Dark Lord raised his hand and stopped Regulus from saluting:

"I've been worrying about one thing recently, Regulus, I want to hear if you have any good ideas."

"Owner?"

"I want to conduct a small experiment, and I need one person to cooperate. But the experiment will inevitably bring some pain, and I can't bear to let my loyal followers bear it. Therefore, I am thinking, maybe I can Replace humans with some magical beings. Like veela, goblins, banshees...but they're cunning and can't be trusted, so do you have any ideas, Regulus?"

Regulus's heart moved: "Have you considered using house elves?"

"House elves? Oh, yes, they are loyal and reliable. But you also saw, Regulus," the Dark Lord waved his finger at the huge castle, "there is only dust accumulating here, but no ancient creatures come Clean for me."

"I can provide you with a house-elf, master." Regulus realized that his opportunity to serve the Dark Lord had come, and he knelt on his knees without hesitation, "The servant of the Black family is available for you Send it. It is docile, obedient and loyal, as long as you give me an order, I can bring it."

"Oh, Regulus, I did not misunderstand you." The Dark Lord said, seemingly moved, "The Black family really lives up to its reputation. Go and bring me a house-elf, the great Dark Lord I will definitely give you an equivalent gift."

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Note:

1. The "Summer Vacation Death Eaters" incident mentioned by James comes from the prequel written by JKR. There are two specific time points: 1977 and 1980, the eve of Harry's birth.The first one is used here,

2. Crabbe's Fiendfire: Many years later, Little Crabbe burned himself to death with Fiendfire - "Death Hallows"

3. Alphard: Although the translation is generally "uncle", he is actually Walburga's younger brother.

4. Marlene McKinnon's parents: They are privately regarded as members of the Order of the Phoenix, which is not clearly stated in the original book.

5. Regulus certainly didn't know what Voldemort was going to do when he offered Kreacher.

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