[HP] A Brief History of Time

Draco stood in the dark hallway, shaking.Behind him is a closed door of carved carvings, and the aspirants of immortality and power occupy this room.He just walked out of it, and was forced by reality to make a major decision that he couldn't see the way forward.

After a while, he restrained his fear and walked forward step by step while leaning on the wall. This corridor that was once full of family honors could no longer make him hold his chest high.Malfoy's future, his own future, was as dim as the oil lamp at the end of a corridor with the Dark Mark on his arm, not very bright.

He began to descend the stairs to the first-floor clearing, where to his right there was a large portrait.Suddenly, a short-term palpitation hit him. The panic was short-lived, but the heart ached sharply.He stared at the painting fixedly, and an idea came to his mind.He put his hand on the frame of the portrait, muttered a series of spells silently, and watched it disappear into a doorway.

What appeared in front of Draco was a narrow and long staircase.There are two buttery wall lamps on the left and right on the wall, like the dark and cloudy eyes of the giant snake wandering under the feet of the dark devil.Draco felt a sharp gag.

He resisted the weakness of his body, moved his feet, and slowly moved down the stairs.In the dimness, he heard a slight groan, but the sound struck his head like thunder.

"Virginia." He spat out the name lightly. He didn't have time to think about why he suddenly knew this name, but the speed under his feet involuntarily accelerated, as if he was consciously looking for the place where the voice came from.

In a secret room at the end.

Weirdly shaped brackets, paper-like people being hung up, slender pipes wrapped around limbs connected to a sealed earthen jar, and the strong smell of blood in the air.That's all Draco had caught sight of before he fainted.

***

The soft sunlight shone on Draco's eyelids, dyeing his dream world with a bright halo.He opened his eyes suddenly, and saw Virginia sitting on the edge of the bed staring at him with a still childish face, the light-colored bed curtain in the hospital wing swaying gently behind her.This was a scene that had never been seen before, and Draco felt as if he had suddenly descended from a nightmare to a sweet dream.

Seeing him open his eyes, Virginia quickly jumped off the bed, "Are you okay? Madam Pomfrey said you would wake up, she asked me to watch you here."

Draco lay on the pillow, his tightly clenched fingers moved stiffly under the thin quilt.He looked at her with a smile, glanced at the ginger yellow reflected in the window, and asked softly, "Is get out of class over?"

Virginia nodded, walked to the side of the bed full of sweets, snacks and flowers, and found a bottle of refreshment, "Madame Pomfrey told you to drink it when you wake up."

Draco sat up, took the potion from her hand, and accidentally caught a glimpse of her curious eyes.He reminded her softly, "Pay attention, something interesting will happen."

Sure enough, seeing Draco, who drank the potion, puff out white smoke from his ears like the Hogwarts Express, and the blond hair around his ears was blown up by the air current, like two horns, Virginia giggled stand up.

"When I heard the girl's laughter outside the door, I knew someone was cured." Madam Pomfrey came in and said in a reserved tone. She calmly packed a lot of things on the table into cardboard boxes , and put a few new bottles of potions she brought in, "Take your medicines on time. Come on, lads, you can still make it to dinner. It's nothing serious, don't worry about it, and don't feel ashamed. I was frightened last night There are not a few students."

After the two were some distance away from the medical wing, Virginia asked curiously, "Are you really scared?"

Draco's eyes flickered for a moment, then he turned his head to look at her, and said calmly, "Well, I was scared."

Virginia didn't say anything, she frowned her two delicate eyebrows, as if she was thinking about something.

"Will you laugh at me?" Draco asked.

Virginia quickly shook her head, "No..."

"You're going to laugh at me." Draco's voice was full of disappointment.

"I won't." Virginia told him quickly and affirmatively. After thinking about it, she reached out to help him hold the cardboard box with a lot of things in his hand. "You are just sick, and I will help you."

Draco leaned away, "It's not heavy at all," he smiled at her, "as long as you don't think I'm timid... the carton is just a small thing."

"A coward doesn't admit to being cowardly," said Virginia softly.

"They all think I'm bad... people in Slytherin are all bad," Draco said softly, as if talking in sleep, "Vill, what do you think? I want to be friends with you, but I I'm afraid you'll think I'm not good enough for you. I always feel like you're avoiding me. You don't know, I wake up and see you sitting by my bed, and your eyes don't look away. I feel so happy..."

Tomorrow was the Quidditch match between Slytherin and Gryffindor, and Blaise was called away on the way to the medical wing with her for the last pre-match training session.If it wasn't for Madam Pomfrey's request, she wouldn't have sat until he woke up.

Virginia blushed at being so thanked.

She hesitated for a while, and then said softly, "Don't say that. You are too popular...I'm not used to it." She paused, and said very conservatively, "You are not bad most of the time." Then she continued Added, "Most Slytherins aren't bad either."

At her kind evaluation, Draco laughed.

Most of Slytherin's circle is full of ambition and interests, and disguise is a compulsory course.Bad and good are the most inappropriate adjectives to describe Slytherin because they are too simple.

Draco walked down the marble steps with her, and before parting, he took her arm with one free hand, and asked in a serious tone, "Don't run around, Virginia. The school is dangerous recently. Don't have a People walking in the hallway, keep your head down as much as possible, okay?"

Virginia looked at him with puzzlement in her eyes.

"Do you want to hear my explanation?" Draco suddenly softened his tone.

Of course Virginia was curious, but when the words came to her lips, she changed what she wanted to say, "Don't be afraid, Draco."

Draco smiled again, the light in his two blue eyes was gentle and dazzling, "Well, I'm not afraid anymore." He looked at Virginia and said, stretching out his hand to straighten the hairpin on her head, "See you tomorrow , Will."

***

Virginia did not ask how dangerous the school would become, and she did not share this lurid exhortation with her friend Lettice, so the source of the information would have been revealed.

The next day, the danger of the school was verified by the Savior.Virginia couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.This is the most common accident in schools.

But on the fourth day, Hufflepuffs began to be overwhelmed with panic.Virginia heard that a boy in Gryffindor had been petrified like Filch's cat.All kinds of gossip spread along with the messy amulets.

Virginia has always followed Draco's instructions and never walked around the castle except for classes and meals.The experiment with Hermione seemed to be forgotten with the petrification incident, and neither of them mentioned it.The few times she saw Draco, Virginia felt that his face was too pale. Standing with Blaise, the two were in stark contrast.

However, the atmosphere of panic has not faded over time. With "Potter can command a snake" and another petrification incident, Virginia can feel the coldness of the whole castle.

When Virginia returned to the dormitory, Anne was sitting at the desk writing a letter while crying. She watched Virginia come in, stopped writing, and wiped the tears on her cheeks, "Are you going back for Christmas?" , Virginia?"

"I don't know," Virginia froze.She and Mrs. Conway have been at war for several months because of Blaise.

"What middle school do you miss?" Annie asked, sobbing. "I'm going home to pick a good school, a safe and reliable school."

Virginia looked at her in surprise.

"Virginia, I can't stand it! It's okay to be looked down upon if you can't keep up with the class, but will my parents be condemned for being Muggles? Then why did the school send me a notice!...Now Slytherin The monster is going to kill all the Muggleborn...you come home with me!"

Kelsey pushed open the bathroom door and leaned against it, her silk dressing gown hanging loosely over her shoulders.She ignored Anne's crying, and looked at Virginia with a strange look in her eyes, "Your parents are really wizards?"

It was the first time Kelsey had spoken to Virginia in so many days.

Hearing this, Virginia stared at her.

Kelsey sneered and walked towards her bed, "Now is the time to test lies. Only honest people are not guilty, and they will not escape from school with a suitcase in despair."

Annie slapped the pen on the table vigorously, "Can you fix your mouth with a magic wand? It keeps making annoying noises!"

After all, Kelsey didn't want to quarrel with the angry Anne, she grunted a few times, and waved her wand to lower the thick bed curtain.

Annie glanced at Virginia who was standing there, sighed, walked to her bed, pulled out the box, and began to pack one by one, "I was wrong, of course you didn't Danger."

Virginia felt that what she said was superfluous, so she said dryly, "Everything will be fine." She turned around and ran out of the dormitory quickly.

It is also the basement, and the bedroom corridor leading to Slytherin has a completely different style compared with the warm Hufflepuff. It is as cold and damp as a snake den.

Virginia's original courage gradually dissipated, and her steps also hesitated.She stopped uneasily, finally admitting that she was hot-blooded, and now she was finally scared.

"Who are you?" The voice of a boy with a somewhat hoarse voice sounded behind her.

Startled, Virginia turned around.

"Hufflepuff," the tall, tea-red-haired boy glanced sharply at the badge on the front of her school robe, "are you lost?" His tone seemed to be saying Hufflepuff. It's justifiable for such a stupid mistake to happen.

Virginia flushed.

"It's mine, Pol." Virginia's familiar voice came from behind him, and her nerves immediately relaxed.

Draco's tired face appeared in front of Virginia, and he looked at her with a slight condemnation, as if asking her why she was running around.

Pohl shrugged, looked back and forth between the two, showed a cynical smile, made a gesture with his hand to show that he understood, turned around and left.

"I'll take you home." Draco held out his hand.

Virginia couldn't say anything, and the dark corridor that had made her shudder just now seemed to have retreated from the frightening atmosphere.

"Draco," a girl with a fox face came over and called them back, but she didn't say anything, and she looked straight at Virginia with her amazing bright eyes.

"Don't piss me off, Pansy." Draco took Virginia's hand and led her closer to his side, his tone was colder than Virginia had ever heard before, "Put away your insidious things." Thoughts, all—I know."