HP Polar Night

The first semester of Hogwarts was coming to an end soon. During the Christmas holiday, Agares was invited to attend the banquet at Malfoy's house, so he boarded the express train and returned to London.

The Malfoys are busy with the banquet this time, and there are still many appointments to attend before Christmas.

Agares was taken back to the manor by Dobby, the house elf of the Malfoy family.

The manor is deserted, with only the peacocks in the garden for company.Draco went to the banquet with his parents, and Agares had dinner alone.

Early the next morning, there was a knock on his door.

"Good morning, Draco." Opening the door, it turned out to be Little Malfoy.

Draco raised his chin and said proudly: "Didn't Hogwarts teach you what hard work is? With all due respect, it's already ten o'clock in the morning. You just missed our breakfast."

Agares leaned against the door and tried to open his eyes: "Oh, that's a pity, I was going to get up early to pick some roses for Narcissa and come back to decorate the table."

Draco glanced at him up and down, wondering: "What did you do yesterday? Why did you look like you didn't wake up?"

Taking advantage of the holiday, Agares finally managed to bring out a copy of "A Brief Interpretation of Black Magic" from the forbidden book area. He was obsessed with this book almost all night, causing Dongfang Xi to fall asleep after a while. No wonder he was listless.

But Agares would not talk about this matter, he just found a reason to fool Draco.

"Hurry up and tidy up and go downstairs. Mom asked the people from the Tuofan clothing store to bring a dress over this morning and want to try it on for you." Originally, it was enough for Dobby to inform about this kind of thing, but Draco asked several times. I haven't seen Agares for a month, so I got up early in the morning to find him.It's a pity that Agares slept until ten o'clock. Could it be possible to develop the habit of sleeping in after going to Hogwarts?It was terrible.

By the time Agares went downstairs, he had returned to his usual posture.

"Nacissa, long time no see, your brilliance is still beautiful." He walked over and hugged the elegant and noble witch gently.

"You seem to have grown a little taller." Narcissa took him to look around carefully and came to a conclusion.

Agares looked at himself. "Yeah, that's really nice." He was very happy about it.

Draco was sitting on the other side of the sofa doing wizard puzzles, but in fact, he couldn't wait to share with Agares what he had seen and heard from each other over the past few months.After waiting for his mother to finish greeting Agares, Draco pulled him aside, ready to ask all the hundred questions he was curious about.

Narcissa sat on the side with a smile, watching the two children chatting happily there.She couldn't help but think of Draco's growing up from a baby in the past ten years.Looking back, I realized that since the age of 6, Draco has never been as excited as he is now.Perhaps it was the education of the Malfoy family that allowed Draco to learn from his father how to restrain himself and how to observe etiquette at a young age.

Most of the children who once surrounded Draco were warned by their parents, and lost the innocence that children should have.And the two children of Crabbe and Goyle's family were too simple, and she also knew that Draco only regarded them as followers.

Only after the arrival of Agares, a cousin who has a blood relationship with Draco, who also comes from a pure-blood family with a long history, is intelligent and gentle.To Draco, it was like a gift from Merlin.It was no wonder that when Agares was in school, Draco always stood by the window, expecting the great great owl to bring letters from afar.

Before Christmas, the Malfoys maintained the rhythm of attending a banquet every night, always away from home.Some of these banquets are more important, such as gatherings with some big families abroad or powerful wizards, they will bring Draco, but some are not particularly important, or are not so suitable for children to appear on the stage, Draco would stay at Malfoy Manor.

That's what he'd done in previous years, when Dobby the house-elf was with him, but this year with Agareth Black, his cousin, Draco preferred to stay at home.

During the day, when the sun is shining, they play in the snow-covered meadow.Use magic to build a few snowmen who can walk and play wizard chess, ride a broomstick to have a snowball fight, and compete who can draw a dragon on the snow first...

If it was too cold outside, Agares would take Draco to stay in the living room with a warm fireplace and a table full of snacks.Draco would use Agareth's wand to test the spell, and if the spell was unsuccessful, Agares would teach him some tricks, and Draco was most excited at this time.

The happy time is always extremely short, and in a blink of an eye it will be Christmas Eve, the day when the Malfoy Manor will hold a banquet.

Since Draco is about to enter school next year, this year's Malfoy Manor banquet is considered to be the largest in ten years.A few months ago, the Malfoys had already started to write invitation letters and sent them to celebrities and wizards all over the world, and even the more famous wizards in the British wizarding world had been invited all over the place.

Such as high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Magic, wizards of the Wizengamot Court, members of the Hogwarts board of directors, internationally renowned potion masters, winners of the Merlin Medal, etc., even though many of them may not be able to attend the appointment, it is roughly estimated based on the reply , No matter what, there must be three to four hundred people coming to the banquet.

The manor is divided into two areas, the hall is the dance party for adults, and the living room on the second floor is the site for children.At that time, Draco and Agares will be responsible for entertaining the little wizards.

Probably in order to exercise the two children, Narcissa even gave them the layout of the second floor.However, with the assistance of his assistant Dobby, it was inevitable that the living room on the second floor should be decorated a little too brightly for Draco's liking.

On the night of the banquet, when the time approached 7 o'clock, the fireplace of Malfoy's house was the first to see visitors.

"Oh, my dear Clifford, you are always very punctual." Lucius and Narcissa greeted them immediately. The first visiting couple was Clifford Erlanger, the largest broom manufacturer in Germany, and his third wife.

"My friend Lucius, it's been 3 months since we last met. I'm so glad to receive your invitation. Narcissa is still so beautiful, so this is your young master, Mr. Malfoy, right?" Erland Ge and the Malfoy couple exchanged greetings, and by the way, praised the magnificence of the Malfoy Manor, and Draco's cleverness and well-behaved.

Outside the manor, the wizards who had disapparated got into the Malfoy family's carriage, walked across the lawn, got off in front of the magic fountain, and walked in slowly.

The manor gradually became lively, and you could see wizards greeting each other or having a good time talking with each other everywhere.

The Malfoys were busy among the crowd, and there were always countless people waiting for them to say hello.

When introducing Draco, some people will notice Agares on the side, and Narcissa will introduce them. This is Agareth Black, a first-year student at Hogwarts Slytherin College.

Often at this time, Agares can see something different from the other party's expression.

Curiosity, a sudden realization, a slightly sarcastic laugh, that sort of thing.

He silently wrote down the other person's name and expression, and decided to find out what attitude these people had towards the surname Black in the future.

The number of young wizards on the first floor gradually increased, and Lucius told Draco and Agares to take the children to the second floor.

Agares noticed that besides the Crabbe and Goyle he already knew, there were several children who seemed to have known Draco since childhood.For example, the two girls from the Greengrass family, the girl from the Parkinson family, the boy from the Knott family, and so on.

After going up to the second floor, Draco chatted with other little wizards who were not very familiar, and everyone chose their favorite toys or games and dispersed.A few acquaintances stayed for a while longer.

"Draco, is this your new friend?" The girl named Pansy Parkinson held Draco's arm, looked at Agares, and asked curiously.

Draco introduced: "He is Agareth Black, son of my mother's cousin. Pansy Parkinson, Daphne Greengrass, Astoria Greengrass, Theodore North Teddy, Stephen Comfort, Terris Davies, their father was in business with my dad, we've known each other since we were kids."

Agares greeted them.

Everyone looks very elegant, like little gentlemen and little ladies.

"My dad bought me all the toys from the latest season of Icebeard, and put them on the table over there, as well as all kinds of snacks from Noka, you can choose as you like." Draco showed off with some pride.

Indeed, these two are well-known luxury brands in the European wizarding world, and the table of snacks and toys is comparable to a small Golden Galleon Mountain.When it comes to wealth, the Malfoys have always been quite successful.

Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle had already sprinted towards the snack area with cheers, and Draco seemed so humiliated by this that he ignored them for the rest of the evening.

Fortunately, other little wizards are still very good at etiquette. Although many people are also interested in snacks and toys, especially the younger ones, they can maintain their demeanor and will not fight or do other indecent things move.

In addition to children of similar age, there are also several wizards who are older than them, such as Miles Bletch, Judd Bol, who is in the second year of Slytherin, and Lucia Nevins, who is in the third year.

The older students, like Marcus Flint in Year [-], the Quidditch captain, Terrence Higgs in Year [-], who is a prefect, and Patricia Patricia, also in Year [-] Till, etc., all followed their parents to the adults' prom on the first floor.

Most of the people at the banquet were from Slytherin House, a few from Ravenclaw, only one or two from Hufflepuff, but no Gryffindor.

Several Slytherins in Agareth's year were also invited, such as Cathy Kate and Kurt Mosby.

One night, Agares met many young wizards from different countries and with different family backgrounds.But this delicate-looking black-haired boy did not know that he gradually became the focus of the crowd tonight.

Tonight will be the time for the Black boys to step into the lights.

The author has something to say:

Theodore Nott, a lot of fanfiction will portray him as a villain, well, especially when the protagonist has Draco.

His father is a Death Eater, he is from a pure-blood family, and he is friends with Draco Malfoy. He is withdrawn and quite smart. In "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", Theodore became a One of four Slytherins in the NEWTs potion-enhancing class.

JK Rowling said Theodore Knott was in Chamber of Secrets or Goblet of Fire had a deleted scene at Malfoy Manor.Draco Malfoy talking to Theodore Nott of Slytherin in the garden of Malfoy Manor.Rowling said she actually liked the scene:

"Firstly it shows the difference between Malfoy's home, where Draco grew up, and Number 4 Privet Street; and then because we rarely see Draco talking to anyone he treats as an equal, but he's forced Treat Theodore as such, because Theodore is as pure-blooded as he is and slightly wiser. These two sons of Death Eaters discuss Dumbledore's place at Hogwarts and Harry Potter. Special, about various other things they heard from the Death Eaters about how this baby boy survived the Dark Lord's attack".