[HP] Walk in Thorns and Flowers

Christo breathed a sigh of relief, and just now she looked at Mr. Malfoy, her legs almost went limp.

"Wow——" Ron stepped forward and patted the teddy bear, exclaiming, "It's so handsome, Kelly."

Hermione muttered, tried several spells, but failed to turn the bear back into the book, she sighed: "I thought your Transfiguration had improved? Stupid Kerry." The Weasleys and Mrs. The clerk also tried, but without success, the owner of the bookstore simply asked someone to put the bear outside the store, intending to use it as the mascot of Lihen Bookstore.

"You shouldn't be talking to him, Arthur," said Hagrid, reaching out to smooth Mr. Weasley's robes, almost lifting him up. "This guy is rotten, his whole family is, everyone knows it. Mal The Fu family is not worth listening to. Their blood is bad, that's all. Come on, let's get out."

He said that he had already pushed the Weasley family out, and Mrs. Weasley was very excited. She kept talking about Mr. Weasley's need to set a good example for the children.Hermione had already obtained the request of the Grangers to accompany Christo to see the Muggle world in the last few days of the holiday, but she still needed to buy some stationery, so she also left for the time being.

Christo stayed alone in Lihen Bookstore and waited for the signing session to end. The noisy crowd was all heading towards Lockhart. She simply hid in the corner and opened a book casually.She didn't read a word.She never thought the Malfoys were good people, but she also didn't agree with Hagrid when he said that the blood in them was all bad.At this moment, no one was whispering in her ear, she thought about it quietly, but the doubts in her heart were getting bigger and bigger——Lucius Malfoy's behavior today was really abnormal.She always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't think of a clue...

At some point, the staff of the bookstore rolled up the curtain a little bit, and the sunlight that came in was still hot, but not compelling.

"Hey, what were you thinking?"

The sudden sound startled Christo, and she quickly raised her head, only to find that Hermione had returned, holding a big bag in her hand, with the rolled parchment protruding from the top of the bag.She rubbed her sore neck, glanced around roughly, and the crowd in Lihen Bookstore gradually dispersed.She looked at the watch on her wrist again, it was already 05:30 in the afternoon.

She closed the book and stood up: "Why do you think Big Malfoy and Mr. Weasley fought in the bookstore?"

Hermione yelled: "The self-righteous Malfoy family looks down on the Ron family..."

"What I mean is, one of them is a pure-blood noble, and the education they have received since childhood will not allow them to easily lose their image outside, and the other is a staff member of the Ministry of Magic..."

"Kerry, are you serious? I've never seen any tutors from Malfoy." Hermione looked at her with wide eyes in surprise.Christo could tell that there was some sarcasm in her tone.

"Okay." Christo said perfunctorily, she seemed to have picked the wrong person to discuss, maybe she should ask her brother. "Shall we see how long it takes Gilderoy to finish the signing?" She changed the subject.

There were very few customers in Lihen Bookstore. When they walked to the innermost part, Lockhart was chatting with the reporter of the Prophet, and there were piles of presents piled up on the long table.

"Man, there's something about that sensation in the report." Lockhart's violet eyes sparkled.

Christo hurriedly said: "The photos must never be published!"

The photographer turned his head halfway and gave her an unpleasant look, as if he was very dissatisfied with her little child's intervention.Hermione tugged at her sleeve, signaling her to stop talking.

Lockhart laughed, "That's exactly what I intend to do."

It was almost time for dinner after coming out of Lihen Bookstore, Lockhart took them to an old shop in Diagon Alley to have a feast.The hotel was booked in central London, and after dinner they flooed to the hotel.

Christo didn't like this method very much, and she was willing to give up after several cleanings.When Hermione came out of the fireplace, her flaxen hair almost turning dark gray, she coughed constantly and stood awkwardly on the clean marble floor.

Lockhart came in from outside the door. He had shiny blond hair and neat clothes. He greeted with a smile, "Oh, lovely little girls." Christophe's sapphire blue eyes squinted at the corners of her eyes, aiming at He was quite in a precarious posture.Hermione suddenly realized: "Professor Lockhart was apparated."

Lockhart nodded approvingly, Christo looked at him with a half-smile, but said nothing.

They took the house keys and went upstairs. Lockhart lived in one room, and Crystal and Hermione lived in one room.Seeing Hermione entered the room, Christo stopped and snorted softly at Lockhart: "Gidero, don't allow yourself to be complacent, you have graduated for so many years, and you still can't apparate!" With people!"

Lockhart, who was caught in the truth, coughed in embarrassment, and messed up Christophe's bangs with one hand: "Little girl, you will know how difficult it is when you learn it!"

Kristo curled her lips: "That's not necessarily true."

"Okay, then I'll wait for the day you take me to Apparate." Lockhart laughed loudly, "Go back to your room, rest early today, and tomorrow we will go to the playground."

The first day was the playground, the second day was the Muggle university, and the third day was the Muggle museum... In short, in the remaining days of the summer vacation, accompanied by Hermione's guide, Christophe got her wish.

On September [-]st, Christo reluctantly stepped onto the train, and the Grangers brought Hermione's luggage and said goodbye to their daughter.

Lockhart originally sat in the same car as Christo, but more and more girls were attracted, and Christo couldn't bear the chattering voices, so she dragged Hermione to another car.They happened to meet Ernie and Cedric, and the four of them made a table.

A summer vacation passed, and Cedric grew taller again.He is tall and slender, with a handsome face, and when he smiles, he is handsome.Christo gestured at the heights of the two of them, and couldn't help but lament the unfairness of the Creator.

Hermione teased her from the side: "The Creator has not wronged you except for this."

Cedric looked at her for a moment, his beautiful eyebrows were not straight: "I always feel that there is something different."

"Do you think Keli is not as pale as before?" Ernie put his hand next to Christo's. The two siblings used to have similar skin colors, but now they are very different.Christo quickly withdrew her hand, and shouted in embarrassment: "Brother!"

Ernie continued nonchalantly: "Didn't you go to Ireland with Professor Lockhart, and when you first came back, it was like rolling in a pile of coals. From the upper reaches of the Shannon River all the way down, Keli didn't dare Tell mom she hiked through the local forest."

"Hiked through the local forest?" Hermione exclaimed, and the chocolate frog jumped out of her hand. "Kerry, you told me you were on vacation! Tell me what happened?" With a persistent face, Cedric seemed to be very interested, so Christo had no choice but to leave the thrilling part and pick something interesting to say.

This said, when the train stopped, Christo drank five glasses of juice.When they reached the Great Hall of Hogwarts, they had to separate and go to the long tables of their respective houses.As soon as Christo sat down, she lay down on the table and took a nap.

Hermione looked around for a moment, then stood up abruptly and left.

After a while, she brought the bad news that Harry and Ron didn't seem to show up.

"I remember they were actually following us." "We were helping Ginny with her luggage," the Weasley twins explained.They don't look worried. "Ginny might have seen them."

But Ginny is now waiting for sorting.Hermione and Christo looked at each other, both seeing anxiety in each other's eyes. "The house-elf warned Harry not to go back to school, saying there was danger waiting for him." Hermione's face was very ugly.

Christo had no choice but to comfort her: "It's impossible for two big living people to disappear on the train without anyone noticing, right?" Although she said this, she wondered if Harry and Ron didn't get on the train at all. train.She thought for a while, then continued, "Maybe they're just having a lively chat with a certain ghost..."

But they waited until the Sorting Hat was put on the three-legged stool, but they didn't wait for Harry and Ron to appear. Instead, Christo saw Malfoy on the Slytherin side waving at her and pointing to the entrance of the hall.She didn't want to talk to him at first, but she saw that he had stood up, and Professor Snape was walking in front, his black robe billowing, and he had to take a step to keep up.

Christo quickly greeted Hermione and followed her out.

Professor Snape stopped when he reached the entrance hall. He ordered with a blank expression: "I just went to check the garden and found that the school's Whomping Willow was injured. Now go and collect the parts that can be used as medicine." Malfoy's His face suddenly collapsed: "Professor, can't we wait until the party is over?"

Professor Snape straightened his face: "Does Mr. Malfoy want to wander around the campus late at night?"

Malfoy waved his hands quickly, and reluctantly left with Christo with his head down. "I don't know why the professor didn't go in person." He muttered dissatisfiedly after he turned the corner and couldn't see Professor Snape anymore.

"Probably there are more important things." Christo said perfunctorily, her anxiety was getting bigger and bigger, and she didn't know whether the injury of the Whomping Willow had anything to do with Harry and the others.

The Whomping Willow planted on the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest has a violent temper, and no matter what hits it, it will be beaten by the branches of the willow.Christo remembers Cedric's serious face when he told her about it. She didn't take it seriously at the time, but now she is deeply impressed.

The moon was bright tonight, illuminating the path we had taken so clearly, and Hagrid's cabin glowed faintly in the dark shadow of the woods.It was quiet all around, only the chirping of chirping insects, which was completely different from the enthusiastic cheers coming from the castle.There was no one around, Christina was a little scared, she leaned towards Malfoy.

Malfoy glanced at her with a very impatient expression, and said in a low voice, "Follow me closely, don't delay my dinner."

Christo took out two chocolate frogs from the wizard robe: "Here you are." She spread out her palms, and the two chocolate frogs almost completely covered her palms.Malfoy took one with a look of disgust.Christo just thought it was funny, obviously he was also hungry.

About 15 minutes later, the silhouette of the Whomping Willow appeared in their field of vision. "Be careful not to touch it." Christo reminded softly.Malfoy looked at her incredulously: "Why did I go there?"

Christo held her breath in her throat, and it turned out that she was counting on her.She felt a little offended, Slytherin selfish bastard.She took off her backpack, threw it on the grass, rolled up her sleeves and rushed over.

Slap, a branch as thick as a grown man's arm was really drawn towards her cheek, she was shocked——

"I just found out today that McMillan's IQ is negative."

She was grabbed by the collar by Malfoy and dragged back. The strong wind from the branch blew her bangs into a mess. She hurriedly broke free, turned around and retorted: "I just—" She suddenly saw Malfoy had a pale face and shut his mouth. It was true that she was too reckless just now.

Malfoy continued mockingly: "You just forgot to bring your brain when you went out."

"you--"

"The Whomping Willow was injured, so now it will attack as soon as it gets close to its territory." He looked at Christophe provocatively, drew out his wand, and pointed in the direction of the Whomping Willow, "You won't forget last semester You just learned the Flying Curse—the stumps of the Whomping Willow fly.” What they wanted were the shoots and the tips of the branches.

Christo took out her wand in embarrassment. When she looked up, her pupils constricted for a moment: "Merlin's socks." She pulled Malfoy and ran away, putting armor on both of them, and the debris splashed everywhere It hit an invisible barrier and was bounced off.The place they had just stayed was immediately buried by a huge shadow that fell from the sky, and the rising soot made them cry.

"My God, what on earth made Whomping Willow hurt like this!"

There are branches almost half a person's height stacked on the ground, and the pavement is as wide as five strides.