if i am not me

In the warm afternoon, when the students waiting to go home were already bathed in the bright sunshine, in the Slytherin dormitory in the cellar, Harry and Draco were still curled up in their warm blankets and dreaming sweet dreams, and therefore, They missed a news that swept through the school like a hurricane.

Almost everyone, they have been talking about a person since the morning, from his legendary experience as a child to how he managed to keep the Philosopher's Stone from being stolen last night, from what he likes to eat to what he loves The silly girl smiled, yes, all the topics they talked about revolved around our "Boy Who Lived", Neville Longbottom.It's just that our little hero is still lying unconscious in the hospital, so everyone's expressions are mixed with a trace of complex expressions besides joy, often smiling one second, and full of worry the next moment.

Therefore, it can be said that it is a matter of course that the other two participants in this matter - Ron and Hermione are destined to be harassed by everyone who is overflowing with curiosity.People took the trouble to ask them again and again what happened in that room on the fourth floor. At first they patiently told about the experience that was like the plot in the story, but after Neville woke up for a long time, the two again I don't even bother to think about it.

Only Merlin knew how regretful they were when they saw Professor Dumbledore carrying the unconscious Neville to the infirmary - why did they let him enter that room alone, even if they didn't know where to wait at the time what will his...

Neville's usually rosy face was now as pale as the vampire mentioned in the book, and the lifeless hand hanging down made them think that the boy would just sleep like this for a long time.

Fortunately, he just passed out...

When Draco woke up, he found that the dormitory was empty. Except for Harry who was still sleeping, no one else in the dormitory could be seen at all.Stretching, the drowsiness of last night made him sleepless all night, but now that he has had enough sleep, he is full of energy, and he is hungry enough to eat a cow.Quickly getting dressed, Draco rushed to Harry's bedside and pulled back the curtains.As expected, the guy showed no signs of waking up.

After ten seconds of contemplation, Draco put the curtain back and went straight to the bathroom to tidy up.A quarter of an hour later, with a well-groomed appearance, he gently closed the door of the dormitory.

The Slytherin common room is mostly quiet, as the students of their house consider it bad manners to speak loudly, which is rather out of their "aesthetics".Of course there are exceptions, such as when they finally defeated Gryffindor in the Quidditch Cup, or, for example, today...

"Draco, why did you come here? You missed the big news!" Blaise said loudly to Drake who finally appeared in the common room. The loud voice made Delak frowned, but at the moment he was more concerned about what Blaise said. The information released, the news that broke out at this time, could it be Neville and the others...?

"What's the matter?"

Ignoring Draco's frown, Blaise went straight to him, "How about the news that the Philosopher's Stone is in our school?"

"What?" Sure enough...he knew that this matter would not be hidden for a long time, but he did not expect that it would spread so quickly.Fortunately, he was well prepared. Although he was shocked, he quickly returned to normal.Hooking the corners of his mouth, Draco raised his eyebrows to hide the surprised look in his eyes, and said in an interested tone. "Oh—it's really big news, let's hear it."

He secretly admired Draco as the legitimate heir of the Malfoy family, and Blaise didn't want to play tricks in front of him, "Do you know where our 'golden boy' is now? He's lying in the hospital just because of the Philosopher's Stone. Really Unexpectedly, the Sorcerer's Stone is hidden here and there are still people who dare to play with it. I heard that if he and two other Gryffindor first-year students stopped the thief in time last night, the object would have been taken .It’s just that although he saved the Philosopher’s Stone and was seriously injured, he really “survived a catastrophe”. It is said that the situation at that time was a near-death situation, and he survived.”

"How do you know if your so-called 'heard' is true? Don't believe what you hear casually, it will reduce your judgment, Blaise!" Feng Qingyun smiled lightly, and Draco said deliberately , he didn't intend to make any further comments on it, he only knew one thing now, that that idiot Neville was injured.

As soon as someone questioned him, even if the person was Drake, Blaise would still fight for it. "Of course it's confirmed! Perlos said that Dumbledore has already admitted it. Humph, what's more exciting, do you know who the thief is? ——It's Quirrell, our Defense Against the Dark Arts professor! Can't think of it."

This time Drake was really surprised. He knew that the mysterious man might still be alive, and that they were going to help Neville prevent the mysterious man from obtaining the Sorcerer's Stone last night, but he never thought that it would be Quirrell who was finally caught , the timid man who always stutters in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class he teaches.

After listening dumbfounded to a bunch of versions of the news that Blaise babbled on, Draco didn't know how he got out of the cellar.He only knew that the human imagination is really rich enough, although the true story is more bizarre and more thrilling than the unfounded rumors.

Due to the lack of homework, Drake rushed through the crowd to the restaurant a few minutes before the end of lunch time, picked up food for two people on a plate, and walked back to the dormitory at a much faster speed than when he came .At this moment, he needed to sort out his chaotic thoughts with Harry.

After closing the dormitory door, Draco pulled Harry out of bed as soon as he put the food on the table.Regardless of whether Harry's sleepy eyes or brain could keep up with what he said, he told him what he had just learned like crackling beans.

"You say Neville is okay now? Why does everyone know that Neville went to stop Quirrell from stealing the Philosopher's Stone last night? Why Quirrell, not 'the guy'?...” Question after question, Harry It was not easy to understand what he was saying from between the lines of Drake's words.

Swallowing a yawn, Harry grabbed Draco, who was spinning around the bed, and sat him down. "Neville's injury was expected, no matter who they faced, it was inevitable. We should be glad that he met Quirrell, not 'that person' himself. Since Dumbledore dared to set up this situation , he must have taken safeguard measures, so Neville should be fine. As for Quirrell, it is probably either a scapegoat or a puppet of "that person", but the latter is more likely."

"Then you think it's getting out..."

"Hmph, without Dumbledore's instruction, who do you think would dare to speak up?" Touching his smooth cheek, Harry snorted mockingly. Dumbledore was really a good trick, not only destroying Voldemort's plan, By the way, they also trained the "saviors" and improved their reputation. It is not an exaggeration to say that they kill three birds with one stone.

Of course Draco knew the meaning of that cold snort, lowered his eyes, and said thoughtfully, "Neville's fame...isn't it enough?"

Sighing, Harry's heart sank, and what should come is still unavoidable. "If 'the man' is really alive, he will come back sooner or later. At that time, we will need a 'hero'..."

"……hero……"

Seeing the silent Draco, Harry got out of bed without saying a word, got dressed and walked to the bathroom.At such a time, he would not mention anything, nor would he interrupt Drake's train of thought. After all, many things could not be understood just by talking about them. What's more, this was also a good opportunity to train him.

After Harry had sorted everything out, the two quietly began to enjoy today's lunch. After the meal, the two got up and walked out of the dormitory tacitly.Anyway, Neville was still in hospital.

Unexpectedly, in the atrium they ran into Ron and Hermione who were also visiting Neville.The four pairs of eyes stared at each other for a while, then Ron and Hermione suddenly came to them one after the other, pulled the two standing in place and walked towards a remote corner.

Harry and Draco looked at each other, vaguely guessing what they were going to do next.It's just that Ron and Hermione haven't spoken yet, so they kept silent on purpose, just followed silently.

After looking around for a while, Hermione pulled Ron's sleeve after making sure that no one around could overhear them. "I'm sorry." Ron's ears were red, and he looked guilty and sad.Hermione had the same expression, only she was paler.For kids their age, hiding something as big as a good friend is already a bad thing—it's almost tantamount to betrayal.

Harry and Draco suppressed their smiles and let out a helpless sigh when they saw the expressions of the little rabbits who had done something wrong. "Can you explain now?" They held their hands to express their forgiveness.

Seeing that Harry forgave them so easily, both of them found it incredible. While they breathed a sigh of relief, their sense of guilt deepened, so they eloquently explained the whole incident to them in detail.

In the end, Hermione concluded, "...Ron was knocked out while playing chess, and Neville and I had to leave him there. Leaving the room with the troll, Neville and I ran into Snape The level he set up, the person who wants to break through the level deduces the potion bottle to enter the next room and return to the previous room. Fortunately, I happened to study this type of logical thinking problem. After solving the puzzle, Neville asked me to go back and take care of it. Ron went to find the professor, and he went into the next room by himself. I met Professor Dumbledore who came over half way back, and he was in a hurry. That way, Neville was already passed out when he came out of that room with him, and Professor Dumbledore didn't want to say anything more, so..."

After explaining the whole thing in one breath, Hermione took a breath before looking at Harry and Draco again, indicating if they had any other questions.

"According to what you said, it's all a trap by 'that person'?" Draco asked knowingly, no matter what he said, he couldn't express that he and Harry had guessed it a long time ago. "But everyone said it was Quirrell who got caught."

"Ron and I thought that Quirrell was a subordinate of 'that man', and that man was afraid that Dumbledore would not dare to come by himself, so he asked Quirrell, who could freely enter and exit Hogwarts, to help him steal the Philosopher's Stone, It turns out that 'he' almost succeeded. Actually we thought it was Snape at first. Please, don't look at me like that, Drake, you have to admit that Professor Snape's behavior is indeed too suspicious. Because of this , we didn’t know we wronged him until the end. Okay, any more?”

"I think we can only figure out the rest of the problem when Neville wakes up." Tilting his head, Harry brushed the drooping hair behind his ears, "I just don't know if that kid will confess..."

Hearing this, Ron and Hermione were startled, not knowing how to answer.Harry shook his head amusedly when he saw them like this, "Don't think too much, I'll just talk casually. After all, he also has his difficulties, isn't it precisely because of this reason that you have endured until now?"

Nodding blankly, Hermione was not as shrewd as usual at this time, and Ron lowered his head as if describing a piece of wood. "That's the end of it." Spreading his hands, Harry didn't understand that he and Draco, who were obviously the most concerned, had been relieved, and why these two people were still awkward. "Okay, don't we still have to see him? If you don't go, hurry up and wait a while, you won't be able to line up."

Neville was in a coma for three whole days before waking up. Of course, the door of the infirmary was almost crushed by the excited students.Relying on their relationship with Neville, the four of Ron got Madam Pomfrey's permission to enter this white and clean space after asking repeatedly.

"Five minutes!" Madam Pomfrey, who regarded the patient's health as everything, said without a doubt, and then gave this precious time to the four children who had already surrounded Neville.Neville looked a little surprised to see the four of them, but more out of genuine joy.

As soon as Hermione and Ron entered the door, they began to chat about various things that happened after he passed out. Harry occasionally added explanations, and Draco smiled slightly and said nothing.However, 5 minutes was too short. In the end, they only had time to tell Neville that there was going to be a year-end banquet at night before they were kicked out of the infirmary by the serious-looking Madam Pomfrey. "He still needs rest, boys."

That night, Neville had to rush alone from the remote infirmary to the auditorium where the banquet was being held. He left late, so when he arrived, it was already full of people.Because it was the last dinner at the end of the semester, the auditorium was decorated with the iconic green and silver colors representing the Slytherin house that won the last House Cup. Huge banner of Raitling snakes.Coupled with the score ratio that has long been familiar to every student, everyone thinks that this is enough to celebrate Slytherin House winning the House Cup for seven consecutive years.

Looking around the layout of the auditorium with interest, Neville found that just as he entered the gate, the originally noisy auditorium suddenly became silent. The sights and sounds that come.Pretending not to notice that people were standing up and staring at him, Neville walked over to the Gryffindor table without turning his eyes, and sat between Ron and Hermione. At this time, he was extremely grateful that Dumbledore also happened to be The arrival of the white-haired old man could not help diverting everyone's attention, and gradually calmed down the chaotic atmosphere.

"Another year has passed!" Dumbledore, who was standing in front of the guest table and wearing a robe with a pattern of stars and moons, said in a low and gentle voice with a smile on his face, "Before enjoying these delicacies to the fullest, I must trouble you to listen to an old man's cliché. What a year it has been! There must be a lot more in your little heads than in the past, and what awaits you is a wonderful summer vacation that will let you Before the next semester comes, digest those things well and free up your mind..."

"Now, we must first conduct the awarding ceremony of the House Cup. The current specific scores of each house are as follows: No.4, Gryffindor, 310 two points; No.3, Hufflepuff, 350 two points; No.2, La Winclaw, 420 six points; No.1, Slytherin, 470 points."

No sooner had he finished than the Slytherin table erupted in cheers and stomping.Harry and Draco were equally squealing with delight, but Harry knew they would stop laughing soon.

"Yes, yes, you performed very well." Dumbledore pressed his hands together, "However, the recent events must also be taken into account." This move immediately made the auditorium very quiet, Slater The smiles of the Lins also restrained a little because of this.

"Ahem," Dumbledore cleared his throat, "we have some points to split at the end. Let me see. By the way..."

"Item one - Mr. Ron Weasley -"

Ron's name flowed out clearly from his mouth, and Harry and the others noticed that Ron's face flushed all of a sudden, like a sun-dried carrot.

"...he won the best game of chess at Hogwarts in many years, for which I award Gryffindor House fifty points."

The sudden surprise made the Gryffindors almost jump up. Even Harry, who was sitting in Slytherin, could hear Percy loudly saying to the people around him: "It's my brother, you know! My youngest brother , successfully passed Professor McGonagall's giant chessboard array!"

After finally everyone calmed down, Dumbledore continued with a constant smile. "The second item—Miss Hermione Granger... She faced the fire and calmly made logical reasoning. I want to reward Gryffindor House with fifty points!"

Hermione buried her face in her arms, and Harry wondered if she was crying.The Gryffindors were all ecstatic, jumping up and down around the dining table, because they had scored a full one hundred points!

"The third item, Neville Longbottom..." Dumbledore said, the name was magical and made the auditorium suddenly extremely silent. "He has displayed fearless courage and extraordinary courage. For this, I would like to award Gryffindor House... sixty points."

In an instant, the Gryffindor's thunderous cheers nearly knocked the roof off.While shouting hoarsely, they calculated the current score in their minds, 470 two points, they have surpassed Slytherin to become No.1.To be sure, if someone were standing outside the auditorium right now, they would probably think there was an explosion inside.The Gryffindors screamed and laughed more than once, and even Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs joined in, hugging Neville, Ron and Hermione until Harry and Hufflepuff Draco watched helplessly as the three of them were overwhelmed by the crowd embracing them.

"That means," Dumbledore had to yell in order to drown out their deafening applause under the circumstances, "that we need to make some small changes to the decor here."

Dumbledore clapped his hands, and almost immediately those green dangling streamers turned bright red, silver turned gold.The gigantic Slytherin snake disappeared, replaced by the majestic Gryffindor lion.With a sneer on his face, Drake looked at the laughing crowd, and turned to look at Harry, who had already been absorbed in eating his late dinner, "So this is the reward."

Swallowing a mouthful of tomato sauce pie, Harry shrugged, "Actually, I think food is more practical." He looked at the other people who were still under attack, and said in a low tone, "Oh...you can What a waste."

Suddenly, their closets were empty, and everything was packed into bulging suitcases, including their report cards - it can be said that there was no suspense, and both Draco and Hermione passed with extremely high marks. In the exam, Ron and Harry's grades were also very good. Neville was also very high compared to the others, but they were naturally a little inferior in comparison.Of course, this was mixed with a notice from the school warning them not to use magic during the holidays.

After boarding the Hogwarts Express train, several people talked and laughed happily all the way and watched the countryside outside the window becoming more and more green and tidy.The train passed through Muggle towns, and they ate bibimbaps and took off their wizarding robes for jackets and jackets.Finally, when evening came, the train stopped at platform nine and three quarters of King's Cross.

It took a long time for them all to get out of the platform, a wizened old guard standing guard at the ticket gate, allowing only two or three people through at a time, so that they didn't appear in large groups at once from behind the solid walls and cause confusion. Melon attention.

As soon as Neville got off the bus, he was taken away by his grandma who was waiting on the platform.Because there were too many people greeting them, the four of them could not see them until they had time to wave.

"I'll write to you." Ron said reluctantly, behind him was Percy who kept urging him.

"Me too." Hermione hugged the three of them one by one, "When the time comes, I'll make you my specialty cookies."

Smiling and hugging Hermione back, Harry said, "We'll be looking forward to it, Owl Contact!"

"Contact the owl." Nodding gracefully, Drake handed the luggage to the house elf who came to pick him up.

Turning around, the four walked out of the ticket gate one after another, where their families were waiting for them.