[HP] The Elegance of the Night

The low score given by Karkaroff caused an uproar in the audience.Gryffindor's reaction was the most violent, and they threw the fireworks in their hands directly towards the referee's seat.But none of these colorful things landed on Karkaroff's body, and a layer of magic barrier between the stands and the referee's seat blocked them.

"It's not fair! Four points? You disgusting, eccentric guy, you gave Krum ten points!" Ron Weasley yelled the loudest, Hermione and Ellie pulled him together, It didn't let him rush out.

"Quiet!" Dumbledore stood up and raised his arms towards the audience behind him. The head of the Boys and Girls Union and the prefects performed their duties at this time.

"Dumbledore, your students are a little excited, ahaha..." Karkaroff seemed not to know that he caused the commotion, he turned his head and smiled at Bagman next to him... "Ludo , please announce the result of the game."

"Sure enough..." Draco raised his eyebrows, his tone revealing a bit of complacency, "I guessed it earlier, Karkaroff doesn't like Potter, he hates him to the core."

Igil knew what Draco meant, that Karkaroff had been a Death Eater, but when the Dark Lord fell, he shamefully sold many of his talents in exchange for his freedom.Even though it has been more than ten years, this land is still not his shelter.On the one hand, the white wizards like his confession, but on the other hand they hate his betrayal, and the Death Eaters, if one day the power of the Dark Lord can make a comeback, they will definitely be willing to get rid of him with their own hands.

All the scores came out, Draco ranked first in the first round, Harry and Krum tied for second, and the silver-haired beauty with Veela blood fell last.Fleur Delacour was shivering pitifully in the cold wind, her skirt was completely wet, and there were burn marks on it.Although she looked embarrassed, the boys' gazes became hotter than ever when they stared at her.

Madame Maxime waved her wand to dry the clothes on her body, and then asked a boy from Beauxbatons to take off his coat and put it on her body.

At the end of the game, Dumbledore asked the deans of the four colleges to organize the students to return to the castle in an orderly manner. The warriors had to stay, because Mr. Bagman still had something to say to them about the following items.

"Igil, wait for me here for a while, I'll be out soon." Draco carried the golden egg and Igil walked against the crowd to the outside of the big tent, the Gryffindor trio and the half-blood The giant Hagrid was waiting here, and there were a few other wizards from other schools, who were probably friends of Krum and Fleur.

Not long after Draco got into the tent, Mr. Bagman came briskly. He looked very happy, as if he himself had successfully crossed a fire dragon just now.The wizards along the way smiled at him kindly, because he scored high for the Warriors.But Igil knew that on the one hand, Mr. Bagman was flattering Draco, who had a handle, and on the other hand, he still had a fluke mentality for Harry's gamble to become the champion.

"You all did a good job!" Once inside the tent, Bagman praised the warriors.He very briefly explained the time of the next game: 2:24 am on February 09 next year.This means that the Warriors will rest for a long time, and they have more than three months to prepare for the next game.

"You look down at those golden eggs you hold in your hands, and you'll see they can be opened... See the seam there? You have to unravel the clues provided in the eggs - that will tell you what the second item is After explaining what he wanted to say, Bagman asked everyone to disperse on the spot, and when Draco left the tent, he exchanged a meaningful look with him that only the two of them could understand.

Not long after Draco entered the tent, Charlie Weasley came sweaty to say goodbye to a few young wizards at Hogwarts. The first game was over, and he had to leave as soon as the task was completed.

"Charlie, are you coming home this Christmas? Mom said you haven't been back for a long time, and she misses you very much." Ron asked his brother, pulling his brother. The big shiny scar burned by the fire, the Weasleys have always disapproved of Charlie's study of dragons, which is a dangerous profession, Charlie has a very high talent in Quidditch, and not becoming a Quidditch player has always been in their hearts Pity.

"It's too late, a few little dragons will be born next month, I will remember to send a gift to my mother." Charlie regretted that he hadn't been home for a long time, "I'll probably be free in February, so go home I wrote to you before."

"Is the baby dragon to be born in today's dragon egg?" Draco asked impatiently as he opened the tent, and Harry collapsed one step ahead of him.

"Hello, Charlie!" called the blue-eyed boy, who had just finished greeting the red-haired wizard when Hagrid stalked him.

"Harry, I knew you could pass when Charlie..."

"Yes, yes, Hagrid. Has any of you seen Sirius?" Harry interrupted Hagrid. He didn't want others to know that he had heard about the dragon from Hagrid. Here There are many outsiders.

"I didn't notice...Harry." The lion cubs looked at each other, they just wanted to find him, that fire dragon was really big, luckily Harry wasn't seriously injured.

"He left with Snape, when he was organizing the students to go back to the castle just now." Draco answered Harry's question with narrowed eyes, with a rare friendly tone, "I heard from the godfather that we are going to cook a pot of demons today." Yao, if there is time, he may still have time to help you celebrate, congratulate you for achieving... um, a good result."

If it wasn't someone they knew well, it would be hard to hear the slight sarcasm in Draco's tone. The platinum-haired boy turned his attention to the adult red-haired wizard and asked what he was most interested in now. topic of.

"Nice to meet you, Charlie. Are the baby dragons to be born in today's eggs?"

"No, these are dragon eggs with weak signs of life and difficult to hatch," Charlie said honestly. He was away all the year round, and he obviously didn't know how much conflict his brother and Draco had. , if it is crushed, the loss will be too great."

"Yes, if that's the case, it would be too regrettable." Draco's face was full of disappointment, his sincerity moved Charlie, and Charlie nodded in agreement.Igil guessed that Draco's crooked brain of wanting to move the dragon's egg had been dispelled for the most part at this time.

"How is my Karl I, Charlie?" Draco's intimate name from the beginning made Ron snort, and the little snake had never been so polite when he met him.

"Karl I?" Charlie couldn't react at first, and he paused for a few seconds to understand what Draco was saying, "You mean the Norwegian Ridgeback three years ago, we changed its name, He lived very well there and now we are all called Nobeta."

"Nobetta?" Draco had a hellish look on his face, he thought Karl I was the most suitable for it.

"Yes, it's cute." Charlie smiled, he is always pleasant to those who love dragons, "In a few years we plan to send it to Norway to find a suitable male dragon, I think it will give birth to many healthy dragons." baby dragon, a strong female dragon."

"Ah..." Draco was surprised, and Ron was covering his stomach and laughing, hehehe... Draco glared at Ron fiercely, feeling depressed.

"Charlie, we're leaving!" A wizard yelled in the distance, and Charlie responded and waved goodbye to everyone.

"Goodbye, Charlie," the wizards said to him, and Hagrid followed Charlie because he was called to help with the heavy load.

"They're gone, we should go back to the castle." Draco said to Igil, Charlie's departure made him completely free of distractions.Holding the golden egg, Draco and Igil slowly walked back across the edge of the Forbidden Forest. The lion cubs walked faster than them, and they disappeared into the bushes in a blink of an eye.

"... How did you feel when you faced the fire dragon? How do you feel now, do you think the referee's scoring is fair?"

When the two boys from the Snake Court walked a little further, the figures of the Gryffindor quartet were revealed without the cover of the trees.However, they seemed to be in a little trouble. The female reporter Rita Skeeter stopped the little lion's way with a smile, and quickly asked questions with an open notebook and a shorthand pen in her hand.

"Okay, I can say a word to you—goodbye!" Harry ran to the castle after finishing speaking. The female reporter closed the book helplessly as she saw the group of little wizards gliding faster than rabbits.

"Congratulations, Malfoy!" The smile quickly returned to her face as she found a new purpose.As soon as Draco and Igil came into her line of sight, she immediately lifted the hem of her bright green robe and walked up, "Malfoy, I wonder if you can say something to me? You are right this time..."

"I remember that Dumbledore has banned you from coming to the school." Draco squinted at her, and continued to walk forward with the dragon egg in his arms, "I don't need to report you for breaking into Hogwarts without permission. , but you have to give way, you are blocking me."

"Think about it, I can give you an exclusive interview." The female reporter persisted.

"I thought you were more interested in Potter." Draco had no interest in this kind of reporter who only made negative news.

"Maybe you will change your mind soon." After following them for a while, Rita helped her ugly pair of jeweled glasses, and moved her teeth aside through gritted teeth.Not far ahead was Hogwarts Castle, and she dared not openly appear under Dumbledore's nose.

When Draco walked back to the Slytherin common room with the golden egg in his arms, there was another round of cheers and uproar.The little snakes opened the firecrackers, and colorful ribbons and confetti floated everywhere.All kinds of exquisite food and drinks were piled up on the table, and words like "Malfoy is the pride of Slytherin" were painted on the hill-like cake.Bold banners hung all around the stone walls, some with words of praise, and some with pictures of Draco waving to them while holding a golden egg.

Fireworks of various colors sprayed out from the tip of the wand, and raindrops fell back on the little snakes from a height. Pansy took the golden egg from Draco's hand. The golden egg was quite heavy, and she weighed it with both hands. put it on the table.

"Draco, open it quickly," she urged, and the Slytherins couldn't wait to see what was inside.

Under everyone's curious and expectant gazes, Draco took back the golden egg, dug his nails into a circle of grooves on the golden egg, and pried the egg open.The golden egg was empty, with nothing in it - but the moment Draco opened it, a horrific, piercing scream filled the room.

"Merlin, close it!" Pansy covered her ears and yelled. Compared with the voice in the golden egg, her cry was heavenly.Needless to say, Draco had already snapped the golden egg shut.The little snakes let go of their hands covering their ears, and their heads were still buzzing.

"What is that? It's like a female ghost screaming..." After a while, Blaise shook his head and said, he stared at the golden egg and held his chest with lingering fear. At this time, the blood man Baro was expressionless. Floating past him, the cold feeling grazed his body, making him shiver uncomfortably.Blaise paled, regretting what he had said.

"It seems that someone is being tortured! It sounds very painful." Draco, who was holding the golden egg, was the first to be hit by the noise. He saw everyone staring at his golden egg, and smiled brightly, " Don't worry about it for now, the second game will start next semester, we can slowly unravel it."

"Draco, according to the regulations of the competition, you must solve the clues alone." Igil reminded.Draco waved his hand indifferently, he knew that Igil was just talking about it, and in the end he would secretly help him in private.In fact, Draco was never worried that he would not be able to solve the clues of the second competition, because in his hands, he held a trump card leading to victory...

The celebration lasted from the afternoon until one o'clock in the morning. If there were no classes the next day, the little snakes might have continued to celebrate all night long.Back in the dormitory, Draco locked the golden egg in the cupboard, put the snorting miniature Swedish short-snouted dragon on the table next to the bed, and drew the green curtains of the four-poster bed.

At night, he dreamed of Karl I, now renamed Nobeta, which gave birth to many dragon eggs. He and Igil held one in each hand, and then named these unborn baby dragons one by one.Then they flew together in the sky on Karl I, flew over Hogwarts Castle, flew over Malfoy Manor, and flew over many, many places.He didn't remember the dream after that... He just thought it was a beautiful dream.

Early the next morning, he dreamed that he was standing on the deck of a ship that was experiencing wind and waves and was swaying violently. Someone supported his shoulders and swayed with the wind and waves with him.

"It's dawn, it's time to get up..." When he opened his eyes and saw Igil fully dressed, the words of the black-haired boy made Draco completely awake.

"I dreamed of you, Igil!" Draco said as if he had lost something, and then, his face flushed suddenly, and he pulled the quilt over his body.

Under the quilt, his underwear was wet...