[HP] Mom is always right

"Madame Maxime actually allowed you to stay here? Shouldn't she have given you inhumane and intensive training for the second project?" Blaise asked curiously, fiddled with the fireplace in the common room to let the fire burn Be more prosperous.

"I told her that I have researched the mystery of the second project and found a way to complete it." Louis replied with a smile, while turning to look at Draco: "You don't seem surprised at all."

"Of course, those screams are ghost screams to others, but I think you've guessed it since the first time you heard it, haven't you?" Draco lazily scratched Crookshanks' ears. explain.The only time he went to Durand's house, Louis graciously showed him his book collection. One of the bookshelves was dedicated to collecting magic books he had read when he was a child. It also vividly records their calls, habits and preferences.Draco found it interesting, and flipped through the pages. He still remembered that the page introducing mermaids had a big blue lake and two ugly mermaids drawn on it.

Yes, you read that right, it is ugly.Their skin was iron-grey, their dark green hair was long and unkempt, fragments of fish carcasses were stuffed between their yellow and incomplete teeth, and around their necks were pebbles strung together with thick ropes.At that time, Draco was still wondering whether little Louis would have nightmares for several days after reading it.

They were talking underwater, speaking a human language, hoarse and low and not pleasant, but when one of them sang, everything in the world seemed to disappear, only the moving voice remained forever.But when they suddenly leap out of the water, the wonderful song suddenly becomes a harsh scraping, which tortures the reader's ears and guarantees that they will never forget it for a lifetime.

And the annoying scream from the golden egg is exactly the same as the song of the mermaid on the water in that book.

Louis smiled knowingly, cleared his throat, and suddenly sang——

[Look for us, where our voices sound,

And we cannot sing on the ground.

As you search, think carefully about:

We stole your most beloved baby.

You only have an hour,

seek them out and take them back,

An hour later there is no hope,

For it has vanished forever and will reappear forever. 】

"You sang well." Draco praised sincerely, Louis' voice was very clear, and it was actually a bit light and ethereal like a mermaid's bubbles, and Crookshanks lying on his lap also "meowed" One sound, as if to express approval.

"Is this a clue from the golden egg? What do you mean?" Pansy asked.

"It means they're going to snatch Draco and hide him, and Louie's job is to get him back, or save him," Blaise joked.

"Very likely." Louis patted the platinum boy on the shoulder with a serious face, "Draco baby, you must be careful these days, you'd better practice swimming and holding your breath more."

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Tomorrow is the competition for the second event. Louis was summoned back by Mrs. Maxime, and Draco took Louis' note and walked to the restricted-book area of ​​the library - that is a special benefit for warriors. Principal Deng Bullido autographed, free to enter and exit the forbidden-book area.

And just after he passed Mrs. Pince's inspection, successfully entered and crossed two rows of bookshelves, he soon found Harry sitting on the ground leaning on the bookshelves, surrounded by various books.

""How to Invent a Magic"? "A Guide to Medieval Witchcraft"? What's the use of these?" Draco picked up two of them and looked at the cover, frowning.

"Then what would you say would work? Maybe I could go out and provoke Professor Moody on purpose and have him turn me into a frog or something aquatic." Harry looked up, sarcastically, and Draco Through the dim light, I saw the bloodshot eyes and the two big dark circles in the eyes of the savior.

"It's definitely not going to work," he sighed, determined to pity the boy who was on the verge of a nervous breakdown and ignore his unreasonable troubles. "Mad-Eye won't listen to you, and it would be bad if he turned you into a bird."

"It seems that Durand already knows what the second item is—" Harry rubbed his brows. "Of course, he is so powerful that he can easily defeat a dragon."

"Have you found a way?" Draco sat down next to Harry. Since the "Daily Prophet" incident, they haven't talked to each other much, because every time they speak, there is always something lingering between the two of them. An awkward atmosphere. "You have to at least know how to survive underwater for at least an hour."

"No, these books are useless at all, and there is not a single word in them about how to survive underwater." Harry complained weakly, and closed "Strange Spell Problems and Their Solutions" with a snap, "Merlin , this book is shit, and who wants to make their nose hair grow into little curls?"

"You still have time," Draco reassured him.

"Yeah, there's still time, one more day," said Harry, scratching his hair. "I hate myself, God, why couldn't I have given my mind to cracking the golden egg sooner? I ask Hagrid." I promised not to let him down, everyone believed that I was going to deliver another amazing performance, like in the first project, but tomorrow... tomorrow I probably won't be able to do anything, I have to stand there Throw in the towel, or just jump into the water and drown myself..." just lose the game, lose the triwizard trophy, lose you...

"Don't be so pessimistic," Draco dug out a piece of taffy from his pocket and handed it to Harry, which he had prepared for Goyle and Crabbe. "You're just looking in the wrong direction. I saw a kind of aquatic plant in the book, after eating it, people can breathe in the water, you can..."

"Malfoy, you are here." Mrs. Pince's voice came suddenly, and then she walked to the bookshelf where the two boys were, looked at the books on the floor, frowned, and then turned to Draco Said: "The principal is looking for you, go to his office immediately."

"Okay, ma'am," Draco stood up and straightened his robes, "I'm leaving, I wish you good luck—the book seems to be called "Mediterranean Magical Aquatic Plants and Their Properties", you can ask Ping Mrs. S can help you find it."

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Draco never imagined that he could really be a "baby", and Dumbledore's office became a gathering place for "babes".

"So you and the Savior are a couple, man, I should have thought of that," Draco gestured exaggeratedly to the constipated red-haired Weasley, who swelled up to his as red as her hair.

"I warn you, don't talk nonsense," Ron snorted angrily. "Harry and I are good friends. A friendless Slytherin like you won't understand."

"Hey, I'm still here! Pay attention to what you say!" Hermione on the side said dissatisfiedly with her hips on her hips, and Qiu Zhang standing next to her watched the situation here worriedly.

"Victor likes Hermione, Louis likes me, and Cedric and Cho Chang are also a couple, isn't that obvious?" Draco spread his hands and explained very seriously, as if he was Describe the process of making a blind potion, and finally come up with an incomparably correct answer.

What the ferret said was so reasonable that I was speechless... Ron felt powerless, could it all be true?Has Harry been secretly in love with himself?Although being secretly in love with someone, especially being in love with the savior is something to be proud of, Ron still feels very embarrassed-he likes girls, once he rejects Harry's love, he will lose A good friend, what should I do?what to do?

Fortunately, before he could linger for long, Dumbledore and several other referees soon appeared in front of the four of them.

"Ah, everyone is here."The old headmaster smiled and rubbed his hands, "I think some of you have already guessed why you are gathered here - after all, you are the closest people to the warriors, so it is really normal to know some inside stories in advance But that's all."

"Don't worry, you 'babes' are in no danger, those mermaid ballads are just to frighten the warriors so they can finish the race with all their might—I promise." Bagman said eagerly, but Della Coe thought the frivolous fellow's pledge was worthless, so he turned his head to Dumbledore.To be honest, he is not interested in being a "baby" at all, but since the Malfoy family is now in a cooperative relationship with Dumbledore, he has to give the old headmaster some face and convenience, and it is unwise to rush to withdraw .

"Indeed." Dumbledore nodded, his blue eyes fixed on Draco, who nodded in agreement.

"The second project will be carried out on the Black Lake tomorrow morning." Mr. Crouch said seriously as usual, but Draco noticed that his complexion was very bad, the sides of his cheeks were almost sunken, and he was frighteningly thin. "You need to stay in the mermaid tribe in the center of the lake, waiting for the warriors to come and rescue them."

"How do we breathe underwater?" Hermione asked, holding up her hand, as if she were in a classroom.

"Don't worry about this, Principal Dumbledore will solve this problem." Crouch said, "And in order to prevent you from assisting or delivering information to them, you will be unconscious during the time in the water until the warriors take you Rescue ashore."

That's bad enough, Draco thought, turning his head to look out the window at the vast, iron-gray, cold lake, its black and cold bottom as distant as the moon.

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When Draco regained his sanity, he immediately felt that his whole body was completely soaked, and his hair was wet against his forehead, which was very uncomfortable.He tried to open his eyes, and found that Louis was lying on top of him, calling his name in a worried voice while combing his hair with his hands.

"Are you okay?" Seeing that he woke up, Louis showed a big smile.

"That's great, all the clothes are sticking to him," Draco grumbled, blinking a few times in the bright light, recalling the image of the old Headmaster holding his wand at him, "Is it over? Which one are you up to?"

"It should be the first one." Louis stood up, reached out and pulled Draco up, and the latter stretched his cold hands and feet, "All the hostages were still there when I got there."

Draco wanted to ask something else, but was grabbed by Madam Pomfrey. "Come here." She said coldly, wrapped the two of them tightly in blankets, and Draco felt as if he was wearing a restraint that restrained a prisoner and a lunatic.Madam Pomfrey also forcibly poured a hot potion into his mouth, and immediately hot air came out of his ears.

"Go and stay in the tent, it's warm there." She pointed to the back, Draco looked at the black calm lake, and after making sure there was nothing to see, he and Louis entered the tent.

"How did you do it so fast?" Draco asked curiously, "The Enhanced Bubble Curse can only help you not drown."

"I found two helpers." Louis smiled shyly, "You should know that there are many water snakes in the Black Lake, and some of them grow very big."

"You can also speak Parseltongue?" Draco said in surprise, "Are you trying to demonstrate the importance of foreign languages ​​to all wizards watching the Triwizard Tournament?"

"Actually, dragons and snakes are considered distant relatives." Louis couldn't help laughing, he really wanted to help Draco dry his hair, but in the end he just cast a quick-drying spell on his clothes and the blanket on his body. "Fortunately, I moved quickly enough. You looked horribly in the water, with your face blue and your head hunched over your shoulders. I almost thought you were really dead."

"What is the mermaid tribe like?" Draco was very interested in this, and regretted that he fell into a coma at that time.

"It's pretty dilapidated," Louis shrugged. "There are rough stone dwellings everywhere, with algae stained on them... Some of them have gardens and the like, and the mermaids don't look good at all. You were tied up On the stone statue of the Mermaid in the middle of the village square, those mermaids were holding a harpoon or something, but it didn't stop me from taking you away."

"How are the other warriors doing?" Draco asked as he rubbed his hair, wondering if Harry had finally found a way to get into the water.

"Not sure," Louis shook his head. "I let the water snake swim with me. It's very fast, and the lake is dark—but they should all have entered the water."

The two chatted one after another, and it was not until half an hour later that there was finally a burst of cheers outside the tent - another warrior successfully brought the hostages to the shore. Draco opened the tent and looked out, and found Cedric Hogwarts students cheered excitedly as C. and Cho Chang struggled to get up from the lake shore.

"It's two pairs away."