[HP] A Brief History of Time

But no matter how nostalgic the children are for the summer vacation, September [-]st has come.

Early in the morning, Mrs. Gibbs put a small suitcase in front of the marble carved fireplace in the hall of Jasmine Manor. At quarter past ten, a neatly dressed Virginia appeared downstairs. A bespoke wizarding school robe from Lady King's Robe Shop, with her initials elegantly embroidered at the neckline.She looked at the black "cloak" on her body, and missed Serena's beautiful school uniform dress with some reluctance in her heart.

Mrs. Conway looked at the clock on the fireplace and put her arms around her shoulders with a smile, "It's time, dear."

Mrs. Gibbs hurriedly took a crystal jar from the fireplace, and Mrs. Conway grabbed a handful of Floo powder from it. "Platform 9 and 4/3." A green light engulfed her.

Virginia, who had been instructed repeatedly and practiced many times, followed suit, followed by Mrs. Gibbs carrying a suitcase.

The red Hogwarts Express was already puffing out thick smoke, and the platform was bustling with noise.

Virginia hurriedly boarded the first carriage, and Mrs. Gibbs hurriedly handed her the suitcase. Virginia held her pet Ruby in one hand and the suitcase in the other, standing at the door of the carriage. On the steps, he leaned down and kissed Mrs. Conway and Mrs. Gibbs on the cheeks respectively, and bid farewell to them slightly with raised palms.

"Don't worry, Mom."

"Don't forget to write, my dear." Mrs. Conway exhorted loudly and worriedly.

Virginia watched them take a step back to make way for others before turning around and getting into the car.There were people coming and going in the aisle outside the train compartment, and as she squeezed her way, many people would look back at her, and there were even kind boys who wanted to help her carry the suitcase.Virginia rejected his offer, and casually pushed open the box on the right, where a young boy with light brown hair was already sitting.Virginia noticed that he didn't have any college coat of arms on his chest.

"Can I?" She asked politely, but her whole body was already standing in the box.

"Oh... no, no," the boy jumped up like a spring on his ass, stammered at her, and took a moment to express his meaning, "No, I mean I don't mind."

Embarrassed by his exaggerated behavior, Virginia stood there for a while, smiled dryly, then put the suitcase on the stool and sat down.She put Ruby on her lap and stroked her back gently.

Just as the boy across from Virginia was looking at the newspaper in his hand absentmindedly, and secretly glanced at her from time to time, the door of the box opened again.Draco appeared at the door of the box. He looked at Virginia and smiled lazily, "Vill."

This time he was wearing a neat wizard robe, his hair was not treated with pomade, and was covered in a mess on his forehead, like an ordinary male student.

After Draco sat down across from Virginia, the atmosphere in the box suddenly became somewhat restrained.Draco didn't seem to notice that there was another person sitting beside him. He leaned forward comfortably, stretched out his hand and stroked Ruby's hair twice, and explained, "Mrs. Conway asked me to take care of you."

"Thank you, I can do it alone." She waited for a while, seeing that the other party had no intention of leaving, so she glanced out the window and stopped talking.

Draco didn't care about her reticence at all, he leaned back, took out a book from his pocket, and read it to himself.

The trees and fields that kept retreating sharply were being left behind, and the train was heading to a mysterious place.

***

"Hufflepuff—" the Sorting Hat yelled after pausing for a few seconds on Virginia's golden head.

The row of long tables in the middle right immediately erupted into enthusiastic cheers and applause - Virginia immediately knew that this was the long table that belonged to Hufflepuff.

Virginia blushed, took off her hat, jumped off the bench, and sat on an empty seat nearer the front under the guidance of a senior.

"Ginny Weasley!"

"... Gryffindor!"

A beautiful girl with fiery red hair ran quickly to the long table next door, and three boys with fiery red hair embraced her warmly and congratulated her.

Across the noisy long Gryffindor table, Draco Malfoy smiled and raised the goblet in front of her.

The old-fashioned look is really very unpleasant.

"I'm really envious, right? I also want to be the only sister in the family, and the youngest one." Virginia was cursing, when a soft female voice suddenly sounded beside her.

Virginia looked back blankly, "...what?"

"I mean Ginny Weasley," this is a girl with a round face, a high ponytail, and thin light blonde curly hair in front of her forehead, curled up in all directions, she stretched out her right hand , "Letty Protheroe, I am a freshman and have a younger brother, hello."

Virginia couldn't help showing a smile, and reached out to shake her hand, "Hi, you're also a freshman, Virginia...Crackenthorpe....The last name may be a bit of a mouthful."

Lettice smiled at her, "Virginia, you are the most talked about freshman in Hufflepuff, and your last name is only one of the reasons."

"why?"

"The unique talent endowed by the surname." Ladis was clearly in high spirits. She wanted to continue talking, but was interrupted by a crisp knocking sound of glass.

At this time, the sorting ceremony was over.The old headmaster with a pointed hat and glasses with half-moon lenses stood on the rostrum, and the auditorium suddenly fell silent.

Lettice blinked rapidly at Virginia.

Virginia casually listened to the headmaster's short opening speech, and then it was dinner time.Each of the new little badgers was warmly blessed by the seniors of Hufflepuff: Virginia's face was still stained with the lip marks left by some sloppy senior— —For this enthusiasm, Virginia was embarrassed and amused, so she secretly wiped it with a handkerchief dipped in clean water on the table.

Hufflepuff's dormitory and Slytherin's dormitory are on the first basement floor. The prefect leads a dozen or so childish-looking freshmen walking up the stairs along the long corridor covered with portraits. Of the Slytherin students, Draco Malfoy is obviously one of the most prominent.

He was leaning on the banister, waiting for the winding staircase to turn around, and beside him stood two large men, and several Slytherin boys and girls gathered around him and said something with smug faces.The corner of Draco's mouth was smiling, as if he was listening, but his eyes fell on Virginia, who was in the Hufflepuff team, and just meeting Virginia's gaze, the corner of Draco's mouth curved slightly.

Although it was only accidental, Virginia still felt a little uncomfortable being caught. She quickly looked away guiltily, and stared at a painting on the left wall, staring straight at the armored figure in the painting. The knight tightened his grip on his shield, tensing his back.

Seeing her like this, Draco suddenly wanted to laugh, and also wanted to have the urge to cry, he clenched his fists.

"...Draco?" Pansy recalled his wandering mind in doubt, and said with some fuss, "Are you in a trance? What's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing," Draco said quickly, changing the subject, "Speaking of Weasleys, something very interesting will probably happen tomorrow."

Pansy laughed suddenly, "Come on, Draco, you're always targeting the red-haired poor man. To be honest, he's less annoying than the know-it-all."

Draco pouted noncommittally.

"...the Weasley chick," a tall blonde girl next to Pansy suddenly said, her eyes raised high, looking tentatively at a handsome dark-skinned boy next to her, "Brace , I see you have been paying attention to that red-haired chick for a long time today, why, do you think she is pretty?"

Blaise Zabini was taken aback, and immediately twisted his eyebrows in disgust, "Why would I pay attention to a pure-blooded little scum?"

Daphne Dowlingglass added still unwillingly, "I saw you looking in that direction for a long time—"

"Oh, I just saw a familiar person," Blaise shrugged, "I'm not sure who she is..."

"The stairs are here," Draco interrupted him. He stood up straight and watched the handsome Hufflepuff male class leader frequently turned his head and led the new students down the stairs slowly, before taking steps to follow.

Hufflepuff's common room has a very warm atmosphere, with earth-yellow draperies hanging on the surrounding walls, well-arranged sofas surrounded by a well-burning fireplace, and soft cushions.There are all kinds of strange things on the craft shelf in the corner, unknown plants, a pendulum clock in the shape of a badger, animal masks, a small bottle of freshener... There is even a layer full of various snacks.

"Every week's password will be written on the small board next to the fireplace," Alva, the tall and burly female prefect, called out the freshmen's attention loudly, "Now, boys go to the left, girls go to the right, the course The watch and your luggage have been sent to your dormitory, please gather here tomorrow morning!"

On the left and right sides of the fireplace are the doors leading to the male and female bedrooms.

There are only five first-year Hufflepuff girls, so they share a large circular dormitory.As in the common room outside, bright torches burned on the surrounding walls, covered with translucent lampshades, and a large fireplace with bright yellow flames danced at each end of the room.

Virginia found the big bed with her initials on it, and saw Ruby lazily lying on the pillow at a glance. Seeing her, she just raised her round head slightly from her front paws, and moved her two big pointed ears. move.

"Hi, Ruby." Lettice came over from the other side of the bed and greeted Ruby. Her bed was next to Virginia's. She reached out and touched Ruby's arched body. He laughed, "My pet is a velvet." As soon as he finished speaking, a creamy yellow fluffy ball suddenly jumped out from behind Lettice and happily landed on Ruby's round head.

Ruby, who was originally lazy, stood up immediately, shook her head vigorously, and tried to shake off the foreign object on her head with four short legs. That stupid look did not have the original elegance of a Siamese cat. Instead, he tripped over the pillow, and the pussy that couldn't get rid of it was whining happily on its head.

The scene made them both laugh.

"Are you going to write a letter?" another girl, Kelsey Melchett, came up to them and asked them, holding out a stack of fragrant letter paper.She is very fashionable, her brown curly hair is all gathered on one side and hangs on her chest. She took off her original black wizard robe and wore a low-necked silk dress underneath. It's a pity that her childish face and figure make this dress very It's against harmony, but in time, she will become a charming girl, which can be seen from her delicate and lovely face.

"No, thank you," Lettice shook her head, thanking her fragrant letter paper.

"Uh, thank you," Virginia looked at the letter paper Kelsey handed under her nose, as if she would not give up if she didn't accept it, hesitated for a while, and carefully pulled out a piece of paper.

Kelsey then retracted her hand contentedly, but sat down beside Virginia's bed, and said in a very familiar tone, "I have to write to tell Dad that I'm in Hufflepuff, Oh, he works at the Ministry of Magic," she paused, "in the Department of Sports and Sports of the Ministry of Magic, he was promoted to head of the office last month."

Lettice half-raised his eyelids and gave a faint "hmm", "Your father must have a very good future, but as far as I know, none of the office directors of the Quidditch Headquarters in the Sports Department seems to have the surname Melchett. Oh, is it from the club?"

Virginia was completely bewildered by all this and had to keep silent.

Kelsey blushed suddenly, said "It's time for me to write", and immediately stood up and left.

Lettice wrinkled his nose at Virginia, touched Ruby who had been appointed to keep Puffy on her head, and explained, "Kelsey always likes to show off this to others, except that it's annoying and contrived. In addition, she has a good temper, and she will calm down when pushed back."

At this time, another girl passed by their bed. She had long wet hair and was holding a stack of clothes. She pointed to the bathroom shyly and said, "Hi, I've finished washing. Because I washed it when I crossed the river just now." Dirty clothes, so I was the first to go in."

"It's ok."

"My name is Anne. Anne Rhodes."

That night, except for Eleanor Carlyle, a girl who threw herself into the bed early, the other four roommates more or less had a few conversations.

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Touch the girls squatting at the bottom of the pit~ Try to sprinkle the soil