[HP] The Elegance of the Night

For the next few days, all the little wizards talked about was Sirius Black, and the rumors about how he got into the castle became more and more mysterious, and the vandalized portrait of the fat lady in front of the Gryffindor common room door had been removed from the wall. Only Ser Cadogan was willing to take her place.He was just as crazy as when he met him on the way to divination class, challenging everyone who passed by.The rest of the time is spent pondering ridiculously complex passwords, which must be changed at least twice a day.

"That portrait is very Gryffindor!" Draco sneered at the training ground, and now the Quidditch teams of the two houses have disputes over the field every time, and they have the approval of each head to use Signature slips at the venue, each other refused to give in.

In fact, Professor McGonagall had talked to Harry about the Quidditch training in the evening, and she didn't think it was a good idea until she figured out how Sirius had sneaked into the castle.But Harry was unusually persistent this time, and they had their first match on Saturday.Professor McGonagall invited Mrs. Hooch to supervise the Gryffindor team's training, and the little snakes laughed at the little lions for hiring a nanny.

As the Quidditch match was approaching, the weather was getting worse and worse. On the eve of the match, there were squalls, thunderstorms outside the window, and the corridors and classrooms were pitch black, so more torches and lamps had to be lit in the castle.It is foreseeable that tomorrow's weather will not be so sunny.

The good news is that Professor Snape was a substitute for Defense Against the Dark Arts that afternoon. Lupine was sick and couldn't come today, which made the lion cubs very frustrated, but the little snakes hoped that he would stay sick.

After 10 minutes of class, Harry Potter opened the door and rushed into the classroom. When he saw Snape standing on the podium, he stopped suddenly.

"Ten points from Gryffindor." Snape said, "It seems that Lupine's discipline is too loose for you, sit down now, Potter." He is always happy with more points.

"Where's Professor Lupine?" Harry stood still, Snape's black eyes shone, and the corners of his mouth widened.

"Another five points from Gryffindor, and if you don't sit down again when I tell you to sit down, it's fifty points."

Harry walked slowly to his seat under Professor Snape's gaze. When passing Draco's table, Harry almost tripped over Draco's outstretched foot, but he just Glaring at Draco, he obediently sat back in his seat, much to Snape's regret.

"We are going to discuss today—werewolves." Professor Snape turned to the last chapter of the textbook and asked, "Can any of you tell me how to distinguish werewolves from real wolves?" He looked around, Gryffindors Sitting silently in their respective seats, motionless, except for Hermione, whose hands were held upright in the air as usual.

"But we haven't learned the chapter on werewolves yet, Professor Snape!" a girl from Gryffindor suddenly shouted, and Snape's face darkened suddenly.

"I never thought I'd run into third year students who couldn't recognize werewolves. I'm going to make a note and tell Professor Dumbledore how backward you are—"

"Sir! Werewolves and real wolves..." Hermione was the first to speak, raising her hand high, and Snape deducted another five points from Gryffindor with a look of disgust.

"It seems that no one in Gryffindor knows, (Hermione didn't raise her hand this time) Black, tell me how to distinguish a werewolf from a real wolf." Professor Snape called out.

"Werewolves can walk upright—the snout is also different from real wolves," Igil replied, and he didn't turn the book from beginning to end, "—the biggest feature of werewolves is that they have long nails instead of claws—they usually They are in human form, and they are weakest around the full moon every month, and they will be on the night of the full moon..." Igil paused for a moment and seemed to realize something.

"Very good, five points for Slytherin." Snape turned around in satisfaction, facing Gryffindor's position, "You should do more previews, Defense Against the Dark Arts is a profound knowledge, you can't always think about it." Rely on the teacher to teach you, especially if he is not reliable yet, now turn the book to page 390..."

After that, the only sound left in the classroom was the rustling of quills copying textbooks. Snape walked back and forth between the desks, checking what they had completed during Lupin's lecture, and Ellie watched expectantly as Snape checked her papers.The man with greasy black hair frowned after reading the neatly written parchment, and threw it in front of the girl.

"It's terrible, the connection of sentences is not smooth," Snape criticized in a sarcastic tone, "Miss Windsor, I suggest you relearn the arrangement of letters."

The little snakes let out a muffled laugh, and Ellie pulled Snape's robe eagerly, her face flushed.

"Professor Snape, please take a look again, I'm writing very seriously." Ellie begged as she put her thesis back into Snape's hands, and all the little wizards looked sideways. I took a second glance at the paper and picked out more problems.But he just raised the corners of his mouth, and before he could say any hurtful words, the red-haired girl quickly snatched the parchment back from his hand, as if anticipating what he would say next.

"Sorry sir, this paper is terrible, I will rewrite it." Ellie suddenly used honorifics, her voice was alienated and indifferent, and even Igil, who had never liked to watch the excitement, put down the quill in his hand.

"Sir, I feel a little uncomfortable suddenly, please allow me to leave the table first." Ellie's flushed face just now was completely drained of blood, and she really looked like she was sick. If anyone pays attention to her drooping eyelids, she will notice Those beautiful emerald green eyes were empty now.Ellie rolled the parchment into a ball in front of everyone and pinched it in her hands. She put the stationery back into her school bag and packed her things. Hermione pulled her aside several times, but she ignored her.

"You do need to go to the medical wing, I approve you to go now." Snape rarely deducted points, and Ellie stepped out of the classroom door with her schoolbag.

"What's wrong with her?" Just when everyone was puzzled, Mr. Filch, the administrator, roared in the corridor: "No magic in the corridor! No playing with fire!"

Snape walked to the door and saw Ellie throw the burning parchment on the ground, and the paper was reduced to ashes under the flames of the spell.

"Have you reached the limit..." Snape smiled wryly. He really was an unbearable man. There were students who confessed to him before, but they all retreated in the end. This girl with the same hair color and eyes as Lily, in After persisting for two years, I finally reached this point.He could feel the hatred on the girl's body before she left, which was one of the reasons why he didn't deduct points.

"Quiet!" Professor Snape returned to the noisy classroom, and the little wizards continued to make notes about werewolves according to the textbook, and no one made any sound.

"Each of you write a paper for me on the method of identifying and killing werewolves. This topic should be written on two parchments and handed in on Monday morning." The bell rang, and Snape gave them homework , holding the book and left the classroom.

"Is that Windsor crazy? The godfather didn't deduct points from her." Draco looked angrily at the godfather's lonely back.Because it was the last class of the day, the little wizards had plenty of time to squander before dinner, and it was foreseeable that this matter would soon spread to the whole school.

"Probably because I expected too much..." Igil recalled the scene when he saw the girl for the first time. He brought two strong bodyguards with him, and spoke with great pride. Perhaps entering the magic world was the worst decision the girl made. .

"Knight's honor." Ellie walked all the way to the door of the Gryffindor common room and reported the password.

"It's still school time, fight for your dignity, girl!" Sir Cadogan said wildly in the portrait.

"Shut your mouth." A dangerous red light flashed in Ellie's eyes, "If you don't want to die, open the door quickly!" Her indifferent tone contained the majesty of a superior, and Sir Cadogan opened the door. At the entrance of the room, he murmured softly, "I'm not afraid of you."

Because it was class time, the lounge was empty, and Ellie went back to the dormitory along the spiral staircase. She found the homework that had not been handed in this month from the drawer and looked through it one by one. dropped on the ground.

"It's all there, this stinky woman!" Ellie's eyes were even more red, and if it wasn't for Snape's sarcasm, he would almost have said.There is one thing in common between these homework assignments and the papers that Professor Snape saw today - the sentences are not far-fetched.But as long as someone observes carefully, he will find it.If you put the initial letters of each line together, you will form a sentence like this - help, I am controlled by a mysterious person.

"Don't provoke me, Ellie Windsor." A flame shot out from the tip of the red-haired girl's wand, and the parchment all over the floor burned into ashes in the flames. The girl's robe was also burning, and those magic flames turned the robe into ashes. The burn was three inches short and went out before it could hurt the skin.

"Think about the consequences, girl..." Ellie smiled brightly when she saw the embarrassed red-haired girl in the mirror.

He is Tom Riddle's 16-year-old memory, which originally existed in an old diary 50 years ago, but now he has found a better home.

The magical function of the Horcrux is that as long as the magic container is intact, the soul fragments inside can control people who approach the container at will. This does not mean holding it in the hand for a long time, which has nothing to do with contact, but emotional proximity.

He used to control Ginny, the girl poured all her emotions into the diary, making herself very easy to dominate, and Ellie Windsor, she had a special feeling for the diary, Tom Riddle started and I don't know what kind of emotion this is, but he can control the girl as soon as she touches the Horcrux.Until he saw the black leather notebook with square fonts.

It was a notebook with magical powers, and Tom Riddle found that it could completely replace the original container and not reject him at all.When he controlled Ellie to petrify Justin Fenrieri and Nearly Headless Nick, he learned this kind of square writing from the girl's memory, and then he realized the great value of the black leather notebook—recording the world The direction of the future, the original ordinary notes have a magical power.

At the end of last semester, his departure was just a little joke with everyone. This memory of Voldemort in his youth, although he became crazy and irrational because of his crippled soul, was not stupid.The Horcrux is his shelter, so he won't be so stupid as to expose his weakness to the enemy. The black leather note in Ellie's arms is well protected.

"Stop making unnecessary struggles, and think about the consequences of angering me..."

The red light in Ellie's eyes disappeared, and she fell to the ground, shaking violently all over her body.

"Woo..." Not even having the courage to cry out loud, the girl curled up into a ball, sobbing softly, "Please..."

If she could choose again, she would rather never receive a letter from Hogwarts, so that she would still be a proud princess and live a carefree life.

At this time, the black leather notebook in her arms emitted a faint, evil black light, as if it was stupid to her, revealing ferocious fangs...