[HP] The Elegance of the Night

The next morning, Igil arrived at King's Cross Station a quarter of an hour before the Hogwarts Express left.He passed through the thick wall between stations nine and ten and entered platform nine and three-quarters.The scarlet steam locomotive of the Hogwarts Express belched smoke over the platform, which was packed with wizards and witches sending their children to school.

Igil looked around in the crowd but didn't see Draco, but saw the Weasleys. Ginny was standing in the crowd with bright red hair, and she couldn't be more eye-catching. She saw Igil, waved to him.

Igil walked towards her, passing a pillar under which Mr. Weasley and Harry Potter were stalking and talking.

"... Sirius Black couldn't be more vicious than Voldemort, could he?" Igil moved closer to them, just in time to hear Harry's words, and Mr. Weasley flinched at the man's name.

"Harry, I know you are, uh, stronger than Fudge thinks." Realizing that Harry's eyes were not focused on him, Mr. Weasley followed Harry's gaze to find Igil, and he coughed in embarrassment One sound.Fortunately Mrs. Weasley called his name and told him to hurry over.

"It's coming, Molly!" Mr. Weasley said in a panic, Igil nodded to him and left there, and Mr. Weasley seized the last time to explain something to Harry Potter.

Ginny was talking about an interesting topic with Ellie at this time, covering her mouth and grinning. The crowd in Gryffindor was getting more and more noisy, and Igil didn't plan to go over.He found Pansy and Blaise, they had just pulled into the station, and Queen Pansy beat Blaise's head with a fan all the way until she saw Igil before she stopped her atrocities.

"It's saved..." Blaise complained pitifully to Igil, who was severely repaired just one minute later than the agreed time.

"There you are!" Draco poked his head out of one of the windows of the train, pointing to the rear of the train to tell them that Crabbe and Goyle had taken two compartments.

"Hi, hello." Ginny left the Gryffindor group and ran over to greet them. Miss Greengrass said hello to them, and dragged away her roommate impatiently.

Draco poked his head out of the window again, urging them to get on the train quickly. Igil and his party walked along the corridor of the last car to the rear of the train, and the Gryffindor cubs got on before them. In the car, the Gryffindor foursome looked around for seats.Finally, I found a compartment with people not far from the little snakes.

"That group of people came so early, I don't know how to take the seats first." Master Malfoy sneered, and Igil put the luggage on the luggage rack and sat opposite him.

The train started to move, rows of high and low houses were backwards, the sound of little wizards laughing and playing outside the compartment, naughty freshmen were running in the corridor, screaming from time to time—someone brought a strange pets scare people.

"It's raining." Igil closed the car window, and the raindrops formed little uniform water stains on the transparent glass.

"I hope it will stop when we arrive at the station." Draco looked up at the dark clouds in the sky, the rain seemed to be serious.

The "Daily Prophet" newspaper published Sirius' report on a full page. Igil frowned and read it patiently, and then found that it was a waste of time.Uninspired reports, with long quotes from official spokespersons and public speculation.But this is also considered good news, at least it means that the matter has not progressed, and Uncle Sirius has not been caught yet.

"My dad said that the guards of Azkaban will be stationed at all the entrances around the school," Draco said. "I don't understand how the Ministry of Magic would make such a decision."

"This is a big deal, Draco, the Ministry of Magic won't do unnecessary things." Igil said, "Your father should know something."

"Not to protect Harry Potter." Draco pursed his lips and mocked, "He doesn't have to think about being conspicuous this semester, he's already conspicuous."

"Draco, your attitude towards Harry—" Igil keenly felt the gunpowder in Draco's tone. In fact, it was not that he didn't notice it at the door of the Quidditch boutique yesterday, but he just didn't want to join in. Among them, that will only make the chaos worse.

"I'm just not used to it." Draco concealed.

What he really cared about was what happened at the end of last semester. Except for Hermione who was lying in the medical wing, all the four little lions participated in the secret room incident, while Igil went to the snake courtyard but did not take him with him.

Although reason told him that this was the best choice, and that the sole heir of the Malfoy family could not risk his life, psychologically he couldn't accept it.If he was strong enough, Igil wouldn't just tell him nothing.

He has been training himself desperately this summer, and he has never relaxed for a moment. He has to become stronger quickly. At least when Igil is in danger, he will not be easily cursed like last semester, lying in the dormitory. big sleep.

Igil Black, I won't let you get away easily next time, it's not easy to get rid of me.The platinum-haired boy leaned on the backrest and smirked towards Igil who was opposite.

At one o'clock, the witch pushed the food cart to the door of their carriage, and Draco brought food from home.So Igil just bought some snacks such as bibi multi-flavored beans and chocolate frogs.

"My mother's fruitcake and sandwiches." Draco took these foods out of the luggage like a treasure, and the sandwiches inside were still steaming when he opened the insulated box.

"Thank you," Igil took a bite of a sandwich, and the soft toasted bread with salad dressing stimulated his taste buds.

"It's delicious." Igil praised sincerely, Draco's silver-gray eyes narrowed into a line, and he ate his portion with relish.

The train continued to drive north, the rain was getting heavier, the window panes showed a thick sticky gray, and gradually deepened, the sky was getting darker, the train was staggering, and the lights in the corridor and on the luggage rack The lights came on.

The train was getting slower and slower, the sound of the wheels became quieter, Draco looked out through the completely darkened window but it was only darkness, there was something shaking in the darkness but he couldn't see clearly.

"What's going on?" He wondered, the train stopped suddenly with a jolt, there was a bang bang bang sound in the distance, and someone's luggage fell from the shelf.All the lights suddenly went out, and the car was plunged into darkness.

"Could it be that the train broke down?" Igil felt his hands groping for him, and the soft seat next to him sank slightly. "Draco?" he asked, and the person next to him hummed, it was Draco's voice.

"It's noisy outside," Draco said, and there were doors opening and closing in the hallway, and screams from being stepped on or crushed by something.Immediately afterwards, these voices seemed to be stuck in the neck and disappeared suddenly.A chill swept over his body, and Igil felt the piercing chill penetrate his skin and reach his chest, and even his breath would be condensed there. It felt as if all the happiness had disappeared from the world.

"Hoo God——" Draco leaned against Igil, a silver light emerged from the tip of his wand, swaying like fog, "Hoo...God...guard."

With this weak, flickering light, Igil could see clearly what was pasted outside the glass window, it was a monster in a cloak, its face was completely hidden under the hood, and a hand stretched out from the cloak .

Now Draco saw it too, he trembled and pressed against Igil, the glimmer of light at the tip of the wand flickered and disappeared, and the carriage was plunged into darkness again, the only source of light was the hand that climbed up the window , it was shimmering, gray and thin and scabbed, like something dead and soaked in water to rot.

"Hoo God—" Igil pulled out his wand and called out with Draco, a silver light appeared from the tip of both of their wands.

At this time, a group of indistinct Patronuses rushed straight from the rear compartment and expanded along the corridor, and the dementors outside the window receded.

"Just a little bit—" Draco gasped, the light source in front of the wand went out, and he was just a little bit close to completing the magic, together with Igil.He has already seen the vague shape of each other's patron saint.

"It's okay." Igil said, he obviously misunderstood Draco's meaning, his roommate was not celebrating the dementor's escape.

"Draco, you're great."

Yigil looked at Draco with admiration, and the platinum boy's quick response and analytical ability in dealing with the crisis were beyond his expectations.

The lights in the carriage came on, and the sudden light made Igil squint his eyes uncomfortably, Draco sat up straight suddenly, he just found that he had been sticking to Igil.

There were people running around in the corridor, they remembered the scream of the girl they heard in the dark, they left their seats and pushed open the door of the compartment at the same time.

The round-faced Longbottom was walking past their compartment at this time, when he saw the two boys from the Snake Yard coming out of the door, they trembled and walked quickly towards the rear of the car.The Gryffindor foursome's compartment was open, and Igil and Draco followed behind.

In the cubicle was an unfamiliar man with light brown hair who looked sickly and emaciated.This was probably their new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

"Potter, you look fine," Igil said, with Draco sneering harshly beside him.Harry Potter's complexion was not very good, and he was sweating profusely, but he stood firmly.

"You hope something happens to him!" cried Ron, his voice louder than usual from the terror, and Harry waved him to silence.

"Thank you for your concern, Blake." Harry pulled out a smile, "I'm fine, it's Ellie, she passed out."

"Blake?" said the light brown-haired stranger, and Igil introduced himself to him with a salute.Draco did as well, and he didn't need to introduce anyone to know that the gorgeous platinum hair color of the Malfoy family could not be imitated by anyone in the wizarding world.

"I'm Professor Lupine, and I'm honored to be here at Hogwarts this year to teach you Defense Against the Dark Arts."

"Nice to meet you." The two boys in the Snake Court said, "How is Miss Windsor?" After a brief introduction, everyone refocused on Ellie Windsor. Woke up humming.

"Here you are," Professor Lupine broke off a chunk of chocolate and handed it to Ellie, who ate it with a wink.

"Did Harry and I faint?" Ellie's face turned pale, and Professor Lupine broke another piece of chocolate and handed it over.

"Harry's all right, only you're dizzy," said Lupine, and Ellie's face turned pale again, and her body began to tremble.

"You all have some, it's good for you." Lupine handed Ellie another piece, and then distributed the chocolates to everyone.

Draco didn't take it, and neither did Igil. Lupine knew that little wizards in Slytherin were a bit of a clean freak, so he divided up the chocolate and crumpled up the package and stuffed it back into his pocket.

"Since there is nothing to do, we will go back, and the train is about to enter the station." Igil said goodbye to them, and went back to his compartment with Draco.There was still a lot of chocolate frogs he bought, just enough to eat.

"Igil, open your mouth!" Draco sat back on his seat and unpacked the chocolate frog. He delivered the chocolate frog to Igil's mouth. The black-haired boy unceremoniously enjoyed the rare service from his roommate.

"I want more." Igil swallowed the piece of chocolate and opened his mouth, and the platinum boy handed another piece to his mouth.This time Igil took a small bite, Draco quickly retracted his arm, and sent the chocolate frog into his mouth to chew.

Except for the first-year freshmen, all the little wizards entered Hogwarts in a carriage pulled by thestrals.It was raining heavily, and the freshmen of this year rowed their boats and drifted miserably in the wind and rain.

This time, it was Professor Flitwick who presided over the sorting ceremony. Don't underestimate this diminutive wizard. He is the learned head of Ravenclaw House.

Ellie and her party were taken away by Professor McGonagall as soon as they entered the castle. She must have heard about the Hogwarts Express train.

"Welcome!" The sorting ceremony was over, and Dumbledore stood up from the classroom mat, his beard gleaming in the light of the candles.After finishing his welcome speech for the new students, he cleared his throat and mentioned the question of the dementors.

"Currently our school is receiving a number of dementors from Azkaban. They are here to perform the official duties of the Ministry of Magic. They are stationed at all entrances to the school grounds. During their stay here, I must make it clear The most important thing is that no one is allowed to leave the school without permission." Dumbledore glanced around the lions, and the twin brothers of the Weasley family became the focus of care, and they broke into the Forbidden Forest as often as Catch the woods hunter.

"—Dementors don't know what pleas or excuses are by nature. So I warn each of you, don't give them any excuse to hurt you..."

"How can I see that Hagrid is sitting in the position of Professor Kettleburn, he will not take over the protection of magical creatures class." The little wizards whispered below, Draco's guess came true, Dumbledore Lido introduces two new teachers - Lupine and Hagrid.

"No wonder this year's new books are weird. My dad said that the textbooks were normal when he was in school!"

"I care more about the new Professor Lupine than Hagrid," Igil discussed with Draco in a low voice, "it was he who sent out the vaguely shaped Patronus on the express, but this year Dumbledore found a Decent Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher."

"Igil, you should really pay attention to my godfather's face." The distorted expression on Professor Snape's face was beyond annoyance, it was hatred.

"I thought Professor Snape was angry because he didn't apply for that position again." Igil lowered his voice and asked Draco, "What do you know?"

"I didn't think about it on the train just now. Dumbledore introduced Lupine again. I just remembered that my father once said that he and his godfather were sworn enemies when he was a student. Igil, have you heard of the Predator Four?"

Igil nodded, how could he not have heard of it? Regulus gritted his teeth when he mentioned that combination. The members of the Marauders include Harry's father and his uncle Sirius. They have caused more trouble than Gryffindor now. The human group is much stronger.

What trick did Dumbledore want to play by calling Lupine over when Sirius Black escaped from prison?The black-haired boy in the Snake Court lowered his eyelids to hide his exposed emotions.

Don't get caught too easily, Uncle Sirius...