[HP] The Elegance of the Night

At dinner time, Hogwarts's luxurious dining room is decorated with colorful decorations by hardworking house elves, and there are beautiful Halloween decorations everywhere, a thousand bats fluttering on the walls and ceiling, and another Thousands are like low clouds, hovering and flying above the dining table, making the candle flame in the pumpkin's stomach flicker.Delicacy pops up on golden plates, just like at the beginning of school feast.

Igil was cutting a piece of grilled tender steak, when Professor Quirrell suddenly rushed into the restaurant, his turban was crooked, and his face was full of horror.

"The troll—in the dungeon—thought you should know." He walked over to Professor Dumbledore's chair, gasped, and then fell on the floor and passed out.

"Prefect," Dumbledore said with a few piercing pyrotechnic explosions from his wand, and the chaotic crowd in the dining room fell silent. "Lead the students of your college to the dormitory immediately!"

The little snakes of Slytherin had already lined up in an orderly manner, and they didn't even forget to pack easy-to-carry food such as sandwiches.Igil rolled his eyes when he saw Draco put the fruit pudding and plate on his hands with the shrinking spell.

this kid...

He watched Draco amusedly directing the first-year students calmly, but suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong, Igil?" Draco, who was walking beside him, felt his pause immediately.

"Ellie Windsor, she's still at the library." Igil regretted it a bit. Although he said something heavy, he didn't expect the girl's tolerance to be so low. She is still in the women's toilet next to the library on the fourth floor. Crying inside, no one will open the door...

"Oh, you don't mean to!" Draco asked in surprise.He blocks Igil's way to express his disapproval.

Igil looked around, and the little snakes were whispering about the giant monster and the stupidity of Professor Quirrell, but they didn't pay attention to this side.His eyes fell on Draco again, and he explained to him in a low voice: "You take them first, I will go to Professor McGonagall, and I will follow in a while."

Well, looking for Professor McGonagall is a wise choice, as long as you don't be impulsive.Draco let him go with peace of mind, and took the little snakes back to the cellar.

Igil found Professor McGonagall who was about to go to the underground classroom among a bunch of professors, and he explained the situation to her.Professor McGonagall was surprised.

"You mean Ellie Windsor is on the fourth floor now!" The already serious expression became more serious, making Igil nod his head heavily, indicating that what he said was true.

Professor McGonagall explained the whereabouts of Professor Flitwick next to him. Igil found that Professor Dumbledore was not here. He should have checked the security of the Hogwarts defense network, but Professor Snape was not there.

Professor McGonagall took Igil upstairs together, and said to him: "You'd better follow me closely, it's not safe to be alone, I will send you back to the Slytherin lounge."

Yigil followed obediently, and the journey was safe, nothing happened.They walked up the stairs to the third floor, only a few steps away from the fourth floor.But at this moment, there was an earth-shattering explosion from downstairs, a bang!Igil felt the ground shaking under his feet.

"Oh, Merlin! Something must have happened." Professor McGonagall exclaimed, turned and went downstairs, ignoring to tell Igil to follow up, she thought Igil would understand.

But Igil just cast a complicated look at her back...

In the women's restroom on the fourth floor, Ellie Windsor sat on a toilet bowl and sobbed weakly. Her hands were tightly clenched into fists to cover her mouth, and the uncontrollable sobs still overflowed...

"Windsor, are you there?" She heard someone knocking on the door, the voice was soft and sticky, it was Igil Black.

"What are you doing here, isn't it enough?" Ellie choked up with aggrieved words, and she felt even more uncomfortable in her heart.

"Ellie Windsor, listen to me, it's very dangerous here now! Professor Quirrell said that a troll has come in, did you hear the noise just now?" Igil knocked on the door hurriedly, he was usually so gentle, Calm, it's hard to think that there is such an anxious side, which makes Avery really feel that he is worried about her.

But is this possible?

He'd been calling her a Mudblood just hours before, what an insult... Ellie hesitated.

She had never been so humiliated before, the girl wept bitterly, and sobbed angrily outside the door: "You don't need to worry about me, just let me die here."

There was a sudden silence outside the door, and the girl's heart sank. She only spoke angry words, and no one could understand the pain of death better than her.

The blood splashed everywhere like a blooming flower, the pain was only for a moment, but the body that imprisoned her soul gradually became cold, the biting cold was more painful than death.She just realized that she was dying little by little in fear, and the cries around her became smaller and smaller, and finally she couldn't hear anything.

In this life, she wants to live, to live well!

Don't leave me... Her heart is trembling, this is what she really thinks, don't... leave me.

I don't want to be alone anymore, living in this world...

"Alahoo!" she heard someone say outside the door.Then the door opened, and Igil Black stood there with a smile. His smile was so gentle and inclusive, as if it could accommodate all her willfulness and unscrupulousness in the past...

"Ellie," she heard him call her, "come with me, you're dangerous alone."

"Why are you looking for me? I thought you looked down on me, a mudblood!" She asked a little foolishly.

"Don't be silly, I didn't say I valued you." The boy turned his head awkwardly, at that moment Ellie actually felt a little moved, moved by an 11-year-old boy?She felt really stupid.

"You called me Ellie, Igil..." She laughed at him, but this kind of ridicule was kind. She felt that someone in this world cared about her, which felt good.

Ellie felt that this world became real, as if she had been dreaming before, and the characters in the dream were all fake, so she never considered their real thoughts.

"Why did you treat me like that this afternoon? I know you're not that kind of person." She suddenly asked him curiously.

"I thought you would understand, Miss Windsor. I overestimated your IQ. You didn't go to Hermione Granger and you cried here..."

"My God... Hermione." Ellie screamed, she actually forgot that today is Halloween, even if today is such a special day, as a friend, she shouldn't leave Hermione who needs comfort, her heart before Completely overwhelmed by the plot.All I could think about was: Today is an important start for the formation of the Gryffindor trio.

"Igil, I think you were right when you scolded me before, I should be in Hufflepuff!" Ellie laughed as she spoke, and Igil was also amused by her words.It's different, this girl... He noticed that the sense of superiority that had always existed in her eyes disappeared, and there was no such arrogance when she looked at people.

"Igil, can you accompany me to find Hermione, she should be on the second floor now, I'm worried about her."

"How do you know she's there? Haven't you been hiding here and crying?"

"..." This is the plot, the plot, but I can't tell you. "Anyway, just listen to me, I have a feeling." The girl said perfunctorily.

Igil was dissatisfied with the answer, and murmured softly, "Strange person!"

The girl's ears were good, and she immediately retorted, "I'm not surprised at all! I'm normal."

But normal people usually don't say they are normal, right? The corner of Igil's mouth curled up.

He was walking towards the stairs, the girl hurriedly followed, probably thinking that he was walking too slowly, she passed him and grabbed his hand and ran up, the pendant she wore for Halloween jingled.

She was indeed a Gryffindor lion, so rude.Igil, whose wrists were all red, slandered.

"Why are you here!" A deep and long cello-like voice that Igil was very familiar with came to me with the magic pressure.

"Oh, Professor Snape!" Ellie, who was running ahead, shrank back, and quickly hid behind Igil, not daring to speak. Igil faced the professor helplessly, blinking innocently.

"Igil Black, I think you need to explain to me why, at this point, you're not back in the Slytherin common room, but alone with a Gryffindor (he shoots Ellie a shot while saying this) Running wildly on the fourth floor regardless of your image, has your noble head been trampled by the troll? Or did the old sorting hat finally make a mistake and put you, a reckless little lion, in the wrong place!"

"Professor, I can explain." Igil swallowed saliva and said cautiously. In front of Professor Snape, very few students could keep their faces intact, even if they were caught.

"I said something unpleasant to Miss Windsor today, and she didn't go to dinner tonight, so..."

"So?" Snape saw Ellie's red eyes clearly. This girl is usually very proud. It must be very unpleasant to make her eyes red like this. Snape could even think of what Igil said What happened to make her cry so hard - Mudblood...

How she looks like her back then.All so proud, because "this word" made her part ways with him from then on.Snape was filled with emotions, and decided to give up the idea of ​​deducting 5 points for each person.

This Blake is really lucky...

"Did you see anyone suspicious?" Snape asked routinely.

"No, Professor." The two children answered in unison.

He didn't expect to find anything useful. He suppressed the injury on his leg, walked down the stairs with great momentum, and the black robe rolled under the strong magic pressure.The movement downstairs just now was not small, he had to go and see.

Professor Snape seems to have misunderstood something... Igil thought.

His leg hurts... Ellie thought.Although she knew that the professor in the original book would be injured today, she actually felt heartbroken when she saw it.This is the real world, he was so strong, so loyal, and his death is the greatest tragedy in the whole book...

Maybe, I know why I came to this world, I am really special...