Malfoy Rise at Hogwarts

Chapter 10 Flight Lessons
After class, Xie Lin and Daphne were chatting and laughing all the way to the auditorium to prepare for lunch, but they caught a glimpse of a few people surrounded by twos and threes on the other side of the corridor, and through the gaps in the crowd, he happened to see that the person surrounded by the wall was Meredith.She was surrounded by Pansy and several other Slytherin girls at this time.

Daphne also saw Meredith being surrounded, she seemed a little worried, she muttered in a low voice: "My God... she will definitely be dealt with badly by Parkinson's group."

Xie Lin was a little puzzled, "Meredith belongs to the Shafik family, isn't that one of the holy 28 pure-blood families?"

"I said Xie Lin, you are very talented in magic, but you don't know much about the current situation of wizard families, right? The holy 28 pure-blood family was written by Cantanclus Knott in the 30s. In the following 60 years, after the Second Wizard War and many wizard families fought against each other, many pure-blood families declined day by day, and the sunset was over. The Shafik family is one of them. The entire Shafik family that used to be huge and had many branches, now she is the only one left." Speaking of this, Daphne's tone was also a little low.

"As far as I know, the Crouch family is similar. Ever since Barty Jr. was imprisoned, Barty Sr.'s wife also died of grief and serious illness. After Barty Sr. passed away, it is estimated that the Crouch family's disappearance is not far away; the Gore family and the Crabbe family have also retreated in power, so now they have become vassal families of your Malfoy family, trying to gain shelter under the wings of the Malfoy family, and continue the family blood and glory..."

Schelling replied: "So that's the case. As far as I know, Hannah Abbott of Hufflepuff is a half-blood wizard. Maybe the Abbott family she belongs to was forced by reality as you said, and had to withdraw from the pure-blood family, but in any case, it would not fall to the level of Meredith..."

Knowing Meredith's predicament, Xie Lin sighed, and walked up. Although he didn't want to show off, but so many people bullied one, Xie Lin felt a little bit uncomfortable.

Daphne also followed closely behind Schelling, and the two walked towards Pansy's group, only to hear Pansy's voice, "Miss Shafik? My God? I really can't tell!" She blocked Meredith against the wet stone wall with a sharp voice, and exaggeratedly shouted: "But look at the potions you made! You really have no, no, any, talent! I'm going to be scolded by Professor Snape too!"

When Schelling and Daphne approached, Pansy almost pressed her face to Meredith's. She sneered and mocked: "Wow, look at your arrogant look, Miss Shafik! Haha, now you are the only Shafik!"

Schelling could see in the crowd that Meredith blushed. She didn't know whether it was because of anger or humiliation. It could be seen that she was trying to restrain her emotions. Her fists were tightly clenched, and her fingertips were already swollen with blood.But she still held her head up, maintaining her unique and strange arrogance.

Schelling's voice was not loud, but it was heard clearly in everyone's ears: "Hey, Pansy, everyone is Slytherin. Is it interesting for so many people to bully a little girl? Instead of blaming others here, it's better to spend time learning potions well, win points and glory for our college, and let people in other colleges know how powerful we are. Are you right?"

When Pan Xi saw that it was Xie Lin who came to the rescue, she didn't want to have any conflict with Xie Lin, who was equally noble and amazingly gifted in magic, so she could only snort coldly, turn around and leave with a few girls.

When Pan Xi and his group left, there were only the three of them left in the corridor, and the atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

Meredith was ready to endure the humiliation of Pansy and the others, because she didn't have a single friend at the academy, and she knew no one would help her.

When Shafik was left with only one child, she still remembered what her parents expected of her before they died. The honor of the whole family seemed to rest on her alone. After that, although she once wanted to make troubles with her peers, the heavy responsibility of maintaining the honor of the family was like a shackle that bound her. Over time, she became a lonely person and gradually lost the ability to communicate with others.

When Xie Lin and Daphne stood in front of her, the tears came so violently. Even when she received the news of her mother's death, she never wanted to cry so much, but she clenched her teeth and tried her best not to let the tears flow out. She still held her head up and maintained her proud posture. For some reason, she just didn't want these two people to see her cry.

"Uh...do you want to have dinner together?" Scrapping his head, Schelling asked Meredith softly. He didn't know what was going on, but seeing an 11-year-old girl who was about to cry made Schelling a little embarrassed, and he didn't know what to say.Daphne also looked expectantly at this former childhood playmate, showing a rare sincere smile.

Meredith's face was even redder than before, she raised her head and did not look at Schelling and Daphne at all, her hands were still tightly clenched, as if there was some treasure that needed to be tightly squeezed.

Her body was trembling, trembling, but she was obviously trying to restrain herself, she opened her mouth, her voice was a little strange, as if she was trying to hide her crying, "You, you... really... meddle in your own business!"

After pausing for a long time, she suddenly couldn't help it. The last word almost came out with tears in her eyes. After speaking, she hugged the textbook, squeezed Xie Lin and Daphne away, and rushed all the way up the stairs.

The rest of life returns to the dull and repetitive school days.

Regarding the various courses established by the school, now that he has set his own future direction, Schelling decided to focus on specific subjects. Practical potions, spells, and transfiguration were his key concerns, and he decided to study harder; as for astronomy, Professor Quirrell's defense against the dark arts, herbal medicine, and flying, he was perfunctory.

The only exception was History of Magic, a subject Schelling decided to study purely out of personal interest.As for the OWL and NEWT exams and future employment?I am the one who wants to defeat the Dark Lord, let the exam go to hell!

The advantage of being a top student is that the teacher will open up some privileges, such as not having to do homework and so on - which makes Draco very envious.There is also the admiration of the classmates. It is very important to have a good relationship with a top student. When doing homework, you can often see people asking Xie Lin for various doubts.

Schelling was willing to give some pointers if he had time, but Daphne was the only one who lent his homework - which made Daphne smug and Draco a little unhappy.

But Xie Lin just coaxed his brother a few words, telling him that this was to safeguard the honor of the Malfoy family, and it was also to make his brother more tempered, so that he could become stronger quickly, and he deceived Draco into joy.

Schelling, meanwhile, would be challenged by someone—say, a certain shaggy-haired lion cub.

Hermione seems to have found that Schelling is the biggest obstacle for her to become the first in the grade, so Hermione is determined to surpass him, not only to answer questions more actively in class, but also to observe how he studies so well after class.So whenever Schelling sat in the library reading, she would secretly observe how he was studying.

It was of no use, however, Schelling's theoretical knowledge was perfect, all he lacked was practical experience, and the magic power to unleash even more powerful spells.And these two can only be accumulated slowly over time, and there is no rush.

As for Meredith, since the last incident, Schelling has invited her to eat and do homework together from time to time. Meredith seems very surprised by this. She thought that after the last refusal, Schelling and Daphne would ignore her again.

In the end, after Meredith's answer of "I'm so long-winded, go quickly if you want to eat.", the small circle of Schelling and Daphne joined a Meredith who held her neck high and had a cold face every day, and became a trio.

Although Meredith had a cold face every day, the corners of her mouth would always rise unconsciously, and after she found out, she forced it back down, making Daphne laugh at her more than once.

Flying lessons start on Thursday - this one is with Gryffindors.

The flying instructor was Ms. Hooch, who had short gray hair and yellow eyes like a hawk's.After everyone took the broom, she sternly shouted: "Okay, as soon as I whistle, you kick your legs off the ground and kick hard. Hold the broom firmly, rise a few feet, then lean forward slightly, and fall vertically back to the ground. Listen to my whistle, three, two..."

However, Neville was too nervous, he was afraid of being left on the ground, or maybe he was eager to prove himself - so before the whistle touched Ms Hooch's lips, he kicked hard and flew up.

"Come back, boy!" cried Ms. Hooch, but Neville went straight up, like a cork spewing out of a bottle - twelve feet - twenty feet.Neville's terrified face looked down at the rapidly receding ground. He opened his mouth wide to breathe, feeling that all the strength in his body had disappeared, and slipped off the side of the broomstick...

Schelling used the Levitation Charm in time, and Neville barely stopped when he was about to hit the ground, and then burst into tears.His broomstick was still rising higher and higher, and then began to drift slowly towards the Forbidden Forest.

Ms. Hooch bent over Neville, her face as pale as Neville's.She turned to the rest of the class and said, "I'll take this kid to the hospital for a check-up, and none of you are allowed to move! Put the broomsticks back where they belong, or you'll be kicked out of Hogwarts before you can even say 'Quidditch.' And twenty points from Slytherin, thanks to Mr. Malfoy for the spell. Come on, dear."

After Ms. Hooch and Neville had left, Draco picked up Neville's Remembrall on the grass, and he held it up, and it glistened in the sunlight.

"Here, Malfoy," Harry whispered.Everyone stopped talking and watched.

Draco grinned grimly. "I'd like to put it somewhere for Longbottom to pick up—in a tree—how about?"

"Bring it here!" Harry yelled, but Draco was already jumping on the broom and taking off.Draco did fly well - hovering at level with the top of an oak tree, he yelled, "Come and get it, Potter!"

Harry grabbed his broom.

"No!" cried Hermione Granger. "Ms. Hooch told us not to move - you're going to get us all in trouble."

Harry ignored her, blood pounding his eardrums.He got on his broomstick, kicked the ground hard, and he was up, air whistling through his hair, robes whirring behind him—a sudden ecstasy in his heart, realizing that he had discovered a skill he could teach himself—so easy, so beautiful.

Just when Harry was about to rush towards Draco, the sound of "Neville's memory ball is flying!" sounded, and the memory ball in Draco's hand somehow fell into Schelling's hands. Sherin said indifferently: "Who is Neville's roommate? Can you help me return this memory ball to him?"

Ron stood up with a face full of anger, and said, "I am, both me and Harry!"

Schelling tossed the memory ball lightly. Ron didn't expect Schelling to return the memory ball so easily.There was another burst of ridicule on the sidelines, and Ron's entire face turned red.

Schelling ignored Ron's embarrassment, looked at the two who were still flying in the air, and said indifferently: "You two are still not coming down? I saw Professor McGonagall walking towards here..."

After Professor McGonagall came over, he saw Draco and Harry who were flying privately, and deducted 10 points from the house respectively, but after hearing about Schelling's handling of the matter, he just added 10 points to Slytherin.This made all the little Gryffindor wizards, especially the well-behaved Hermione, express displeasure at Harry's behavior.

Unlike in the original book, no one knew that Harry just lost his chance to become the youngest Seeker in the history of Hogwarts.

(End of this chapter)