[HP] The Power of Love

"Professor McGonagall, the first years are all here," said the big Rubeus Hagrid to a tall black-haired witch in emerald green robes at the gate of the castle's huge oaken main entrance.

Regina stood quietly among the freshmen behind him, and like her classmates, looked up at the majestic building in front of her in awe.This will be where she will study and live for the next 7 years.

"Thank you, Hagrid, I'll take them in," said the witch seriously.She pushed the door all the way open, revealing the astonishingly large hall within.

Professor McGonagall led them into a small room off the hall, where he gave them a brief account of the upcoming Sorting ceremony (which elicited a nervous murmur) before letting them line up in two rows. , Filed out of the room and walked outside into the spacious and bright hall.

There are four long tables in the hall, which are now full of students.There was also a long table set up on a dais at the front of the hall, where the teachers sat.

Between the teacher and the students stood a four-legged stool, on which Professor McGonagall was putting a battered, old and dirty pointy wizard's hat.

Suddenly, the hat unexpectedly cracked a slit and began to sing.As for what to sing, Regina couldn't hear it clearly because she was too nervous.Her parents, grandparents, and grandparents didn't ask her which house to enter, but she firmly remembered the rumor that Slytherin was the house with the most dark wizards in history!

— if only she could get into Slytherin too!Well, great-grandmother said that she is a descendant of Slytherin, so her wish should be easily fulfilled, right?

After the hat sang, the first-year students went up to put on their hats one by one. Regina waited nervously until Professor McGonagall took the list and read aloud: "Regina Orange!"

She stepped forward and sat down in a chair, her eyes covered by the wide brim of her hat.She watched the darkness in the hat and waited patiently.

"Aha," said a small voice next to his ear, "another Orange."

"again"?Regina was bewildered, and the hat continued talking.

"I remember your dad, he was smart and studious and Ravenclaw made him a great success. You, uh... you were brave and a good man, Gryffindor would love you Yes. Oh, does it mean that I want to assign the two descendants of Salazar Slytherin to other colleges in a row?" The hat laughed lowly.

Regina gripped the edge of the stool, thinking: No, no, I want to be in Slytherin!

"Huh? Slytherin?" said the hat. "Are you sure? Well, you do have a desire for power and a lot of talent, but your character, you'd be happier in Gryffindor. You don't want to change." Idea? No? Well then. Slytherin!"

Regina happily took off her hat and strode to the Slytherin table.Her classmates waved at her reservedly, and a handsome senior nodded at her with a polite smile, his long platinum-blond hair shining and looking smooth and beautiful.

When Regina sat down, she couldn't help but look at him more than once.Lucius noticed this, and the arc of the corner of his mouth widened slightly, feeling a little proud.Although he already has a girlfriend, but with his outstanding appearance, it is not surprising that he will attract the attention of cute elementary school girls.

Regina thought: Let Severus do the same with his hair later, he's got long hair too - well, mid-length.Well, black looks more pleasing to the eye, and platinum is too flirtatious.

The sorting ceremony was soon over.Regina sang the school song with everyone, and after dinner, she followed the senior Slytherin students to their underground dormitory.

The long dark corridor and the green lights on the ceiling made Regina feel a little depressed and uncomfortable at first, but she soon became excited again: this place fits her imagination of the "Dark Wizard's Cradle" .

"Your personal belongings have been placed in your own rooms." Lucius stopped in front of the semi-circular fireplace in the common room, turned around and said slowly to the freshmen, "Boys are downstairs, girls Upstairs." He motioned everyone to look at the spiral staircase, and then waved his hand to let everyone move freely.

Regina scoured several rooms to find her bed: a four-poster with dark green velvet drapes.Her luggage lay by the bed.She shared the bedroom with a little chestnut-haired girl with freckles on her nose and a commanding air on her face.

"Hi, my name is Regina Orange. What's your name?" Regina said, holding out her hand in a friendly way.

The girl raised her chin and gave her a smirk, then shook her with her fingertips.

"Parkinson." The girl said, "Emily Parkinson." She paused, then asked suspiciously, "I have never heard of a family named Orange in the wizarding world. You moved from abroad ?"

"No. My last name comes from my great-grandfather, who was a Muggle." Regina said with a smile.

Emily was stunned for a moment, and Regina clearly saw a trace of contempt flashing in her eyes.

"So, you are... a half-breed?" Emily stopped packing her luggage.

Regina found her tone of voice uncomfortable when referring to "mixed race".

"No." Regina hesitated, "My parents, grandparents and great-grandmother were all wizards."

"Oh." Emily's furrowed brows relaxed a bit, but her tone was still so contemptuous, "That's okay, it can be regarded as making up for your great-grandmother's mistakes."

"What do you mean?" Regina scowled.Although she was not unaware of many wizards' views on Muggles, as a child of a family that had mixed with Muggles for more than a century, Regina obviously didn't understand the seriousness of this situation before that.

"Marrying a Muggle," Emily raised her eyebrows and said contemptuously, "I'm willing to degenerate."

"boom"!

The students in the Slytherin common room were taken aback as a giant bubble burst out of a girls' dormitory and crashed into the solid wall.Inside the bubble was a terrified girl with tears streaming down her face. Her mouth opened and closed widely, as if she was shouting, but she couldn't make any sound.The transparent bubble bounced back and forth on the wall and the ground like a ball, and the girl trapped inside was quickly knocked unconscious, her limbs swayed in funny shapes without any image, and her clothes were messed up.

The Slytherin students present were stunned. For those of them who cared the most about their appearance, this was a more unacceptable humiliation than actually being hurt.

"Who did it?" Lucius asked in shock as he lowered his head to avoid the roaring bubbles.

"Stop it!" Amidst the screams, the students also dodged around in embarrassment. Many senior students, including Lucius, pulled out their wands and pointed at it with various spells, trying to Let it stop, but unfortunately it didn't listen to anyone, and quickly smashed the sofas, tables and chairs in the Slytherin common room.

Regina held her wand tightly and walked out slowly.She stared at the bubble angrily, pursed her lips and said nothing.

At this moment, the rampant Bubble happened to collide with the opposite wall, heading towards Regina.

"Be careful!" Lucius had a good impression of this elementary school girl he just met, and he couldn't help but reminded loudly when he saw it.

Bubble stopped suddenly one meter away from Regina, as if she had been immobilized. Only Emily, who had already passed out inside, swayed several times due to the effect of inertia, and then not moving.

Several students who were close looked at Regina in surprise.Many of them saw her lips move a moment ago, and then Bubbles stopped—could they be reciting a counter-curse?At her age, this kind of magic is so... impressive...

"What happened?" The door of the common room was pushed open, and Professor Slughorn, the Head of Slytherin House, walked in quickly.He was a fat, balding old wizard with bulging eyes and a massive brown walrus beard.The collar buttons of his black robe were polished to a shiny shine, and his watery eyes glanced suspiciously back and forth between the mess in the common room and the large air bubbles that enveloped Emily.

Regina stood up under the attention of everyone, bit her lower lip, and said aggrievedly: "She insulted my family!"

--I see!

At this moment, everyone showed a sudden look.They were all Slytherins who valued their families the most, so they could understand her feelings.It is very normal for family members to be resentful about being insulted, so they take drastic measures to retaliate and go back.

Although this can't completely offset their resentment towards this impudent little girl who made a mess in the common room and caused them to have to dodge the bubbles in embarrassment, and briefly lost the calmness of the proud nobleman, but now He also hated the instigator of all this—Emily—together.

Lucius straightened the crooked robe silently out of everyone's sight, thinking unhappily: This primary school girl is still a little too tender.A real Slytherin should not be caught even if he did something bad.

"Oh? This is your magic?" Slughorn looked at Regina with interest and said, "So, can you let the lady down now?"

Regina hesitated.She hasn't calmed down yet.Still, getting caught jinxing a classmate was serious enough, and she wouldn't be stupid enough to blatantly go against a professor's wishes under these circumstances.

She raised her wand and poked the big bubble.With just one touch, it shattered with a snap, as if it wasn't real that it bounced vigorously against solid walls and ground.

Emily fell to the ground without any image, and woke up with a thud.But she soon discovered her predicament—what's worse, her embarrassment was exposed to the eyes of so many people around her.She was immediately ashamed and angry, sobbed, and passed out again.

Slughorn hurriedly conjured a stretcher with his wand, put her on it, and levitated: "I'll take her to the medical wing. This one?" He looked at Regina questioningly.

"Orange," Regina muttered.

"Miss Orange, you are responsible for cleaning up this mess," he said. "No one is allowed to help." Slughorn's order meant punishment, but after all, she had just violated the school rules severely.

In Slughorn's mind, a first-year freshman who just entered the school has limited magic skills, so cleaning up such a large mess can only be done manually.Although Regina has just revealed her magical talent, how many students in Slytherin House have not learned a few special family magic?If she knows only these things, there is nothing worthy of his continued attention.

However, when Regina muttered a spell, waved her wand, and in a matter of seconds all the crumbs were set backwards and all the furniture bounced back to where they belonged, Slugger Horn's eyes lit up.For an 11-year-old child, such precise magic control ability is rare.

"That's great!" He exclaimed, with a happy smile on his face as he found another collection with good potential.

Regina slowly calmed down after Professor Slughorn sent Emily to the hospital wing.Only then did she regret her impulsiveness just now.That's right, she was dizzy with anger, otherwise she wouldn't have realized until now that the school rules clearly stipulate that casting evil spells on classmates is not allowed.

—They wouldn't have kicked her out on her first day at school, would they?Regina thought anxiously.

But, Emily speaking of her beloved great-grandparents in that tone, wouldn't anyone be able to resist?

Regina tossed and turned all night in fear of "a teacher suddenly barged in and threw her and her luggage out of the school gate".Thankfully, nothing happened until the next day, when it was light again.

Barely lingering until class was about to start, she stood up with a pair of dark circles under her eyes.Using her magic wand to lightly tap under the two eyes, Regina tried her best to pretend that nothing had happened and went to dinner and class.She felt the eyes of her classmates on her - although there was no particularly strong hostility in it, it was not very kind.Slytherins are vengeful, especially towards those who offend their well-maintained demeanor.Regina had to pretend she didn't know.

This was before Emily came back from the hospital wing and nobody knew she had a Muggle great-grandfather.

But what about Muggles? !Regina was puzzled and aggrieved.She couldn't help thinking about the happy times with her great-grandfather, and she was absent-minded all morning in Transfiguration class.Fortunately, Professor McGonagall taught some magic that she had already practiced at home, so she still successfully completed the content of the class, successfully turning a match into a needle.

Professor McGonagall gave her two points for this, which finally eased the indifference from her fellow Slytherins.

"Regina," Professor McGonagall stopped her when get out of class was over, "please follow me, Principal Dumbledore wants to see you."

--coming!

Regina gasped and nodded reluctantly.

— They don't want to tell me that I've been fired, do they?Regina twirled her fingers and followed Professor McGonagall.

They walked around many corners silently, and stopped in front of a big and ugly monster's head.

"Lemon juice," said Professor McGonagall.This was obviously a code word, because the monster stone suddenly jumped up and made way for a passage.Behind the channel there is a spiral staircase above the channel.As they walked in, Regina heard the wall close behind her.They walked up the stairs until they reached a faintly glowing oak door at the top.Professor McGonagall pulled the brass half eagle and half lion button on the door, knocked a few times, and the door opened silently.Headmaster Dumbledore sat right behind his desk, smiling at them from behind his half-moon spectacles.Professor McGonagall nodded to him as a greeting, let Regina go in by herself, and then walked away.

"Ah, my dear Miss Orange," Dumbledore smiled and stretched out his hand, "Hi, please sit down."

Regina sat nervously in the brightly rug-covered chair across from him.

"Professor Dumbledore, I can explain." She rushed to say almost as soon as she sat down.

Dumbledore stopped her with his hand and smiled.

"No hurry, no hurry. Let's take a look first, tea? Or coffee?"

"...tea, thank you." Regina took a breath and said.A teacup appeared in front of her, which contained more than half a cup of steaming black tea.She picked it up and took a sip.

"Some cockroach pile?" Dumbledore enthusiastically pushed a jar in front of him towards her.

Regina poked her head over at the crawling mass, feeling sick.

"no thank you."

Dumbledore made a regretful gesture, then pushed the jar aside.

"I heard from Miss Parkinson that your great-grandfather was a Muggle?"

Regina flinched.This was a slightly different opening from what she had originally thought.

"Yes," she looked at Dumbledore warily, "What?!" Although I have heard that Dumbledore is a pro-Muggle White Wizard, who knows if there is a gap between the rumors and the facts?If he discriminated against Muggles like Emily, maybe she really had to think about dropping out.

Dumbledore smiled more kindly when he saw her hostile eyes like a little beast with fried fur.

"No no, don't get me wrong," he said, "They all say I'm, uh, you know, a 'Muggle lover'," he said kindly.

"Muggle lovers?" Regina said reflexively, "like 'cat lovers'?"

Dumbledore's expression froze on his face.Why does this sound so awkward...

The old and the young stared at each other for a while.Dumbledore's smile came to life again, and he graciously admitted, "Forgive me for my slip of the tongue. But I didn't mean any harm, I just wanted to say that I respect and support your attitude towards Muggles. I think it's very good .”

Regina tilted her head slightly, looked into his smiling blue eyes, and said hopefully, "That is to say, you agree with my actions? You are not going to fire me?"

"Oh no. Of course you won't be fired. However, what you did to Miss Parkinson was very wrong. I'm afraid I'll take 5 points off Slytherin for it, and you'll be in labor service for weekends this month Of course, you also need to apologize to Miss Parkinson."

"If she apologizes to me first," Regina said quickly, "for the insult."

Dumbledore smiled at her stubborn face.

"Of course, Professor Slughorn will arrange these things," said Dumbledore. "Ah, I almost forgot to tell you that Miss Parkinson's inappropriate remarks also cost Slytherin five points."

Regina frowned suspiciously at the old man who was blinking at her cheerfully, always feeling as if something was wrong.

"that's it?"

"Yes, that's it." Dumbledore couldn't help laughing again.He stood up, walked over to Regina, and patted her head kindly, "Have a nice day, Miss Orange."

Does this signal that the conversation is over?Regina stood up with some uncertainty, and said "oh".

Regina looked at Dumbledore for a while, and found that the old principal did not intend to start a new topic, so she stopped entangled.She smiled and said: "That's good, I thought you called me here to expel me. Although my grandfather also received magic education at home, he became a powerful wizard without going to school. But my parents still I think it’s better for children to go to school when they reach their age.”

"Oh?" Dumbledore's blue eyes flickered again.He seemed to want to ask something, but he didn't say anything after that. "I'm also glad that Hogwarts has not lost a gifted student like you." He ended the meeting politely.

Regina thought about it for a long time afterwards, but she couldn't figure out what Dumbledore wanted to ask her for.However, there are too many facts in the new school and new environment that can attract the attention of an 11-year-old girl. Since her impulse did not cause serious consequences, she gradually stopped taking it to heart.

The rumor that Regina had a Muggle great-grandfather spread after Emily recovered.Fortunately, there are not only students from pure-blood families in Slytherin College, in fact, mixed-race students are not uncommon.And Regina's parents are wizards, she is actually considered pure blood.Most of the students thought that although she did not have a prominent family background, it was obviously exaggerated for Parkinson to classify her as a mixed race, and it was purely self-inflicted that she was treated like that by Regina.Moreover, Regina's magical talent gradually revealed during this period is also very eye-catching. In a place like Slytherin that advocates strength, her proportion in everyone's hearts is obviously higher than that of Emily with mediocre qualifications—not to mention The latter's family is not that noble, it can barely be regarded as a declining pure-blood family.Coupled with the fact that Slytherins are not as fond of gossip as Hufflepuff is, and they are not as keen as Gryffindor to pay attention to other people's affairs as their own. After a few months, everyone put this It was forgotten in one fell swoop.

As for Emily, her parents came to the school to protest once, but Dumbledore suppressed them by some means (after all, Regina didn't really hurt her, although she was bumped into a mess, but in a thick under the protection of air bubbles, just a few light bruises, Madam Pomfrey's potion will be cured almost immediately. She stayed in the hospital wing all night just because she was too frightened), Emily All he could do was mutter a few words behind his back.However, she had a psychological shadow because of this, and she didn't dare to live in Regina's dormitory, so she could only squeeze into a seventh-grade girls' dormitory based on her relationship with a senior.

Regina thus had a nice one-person dormitory.

It is worth mentioning that Mr. Slughorn, head of Slytherin House and professor of Potions, seems to like Regina, especially when she shows off her potion making skills after she and Severus after.

The old professor warmly invited her to his "Slug Club" several times.Although Regina was not a party animal, she found it interesting to get to know a lot of famous people in school.And she sensitively found that after she got the invitation, the attitude of the students around her was obviously much better.Regina breathed a sigh of relief.It wasn't that she didn't worry about Severus after she was truly aware of Slytherin House's discrimination against non-pure blood wizards - she knew better than anyone how eager he was to enter this house.But if after he came in, he found that he was facing the situation of being isolated by his classmates because of his background, how miserable it would be!Fortunately, although her classmates were arrogant, on the whole, their attitude towards capable classmates was fairly fair, which gave her confidence again.Regina had no doubts that with Severus' outstanding talent, he would be able to stand out in the highly competitive Slytherin house and win everyone's approval with his real ability.Besides, isn't there still her, she will help him.

Moreover, in fact, the Sorting Hat may not necessarily put him in Slytherin... It doesn't matter even if the worst situation really happens.She will teach an unforgettable lesson to those who dare to bully the people she covers!

Regina clenched her fist and swore secretly in her heart.She studied harder. Apart from the textbooks, she almost forgot to eat and sleep and taught herself all the spell books that could be borrowed in the library.If you want to be a big sister and take care of others, you have to have strength, right?

Perhaps because of the Slytherin blood flowing in her body, Regina has made great progress in magic, and she is even better at how to precisely control magic power.Soon, even other houses knew that this year's Slytherin freshmen had a genius who could use magic skillfully that most of the senior students could not.

On this day, Regina stayed in the library until the lights were turned off, then hurriedly packed her schoolbag and headed to the Slytherin basement.There was no one in the campus, and the road was dark, only the sparse torches on the castle could barely illuminate the gravel road under her feet.Regina didn't care, nor was she afraid.She has been used to this road for the past year, and she will never fall even if she is in the dark.As for security—in Hogwarts Castle, right under Dumbledore's nose, it was a question that didn't even need to be discussed.

Regina didn't take out her wand, but she still gestured with her hands imitating the gestures when casting a spell, muttering and practicing the spell she just read in the book, and soon came to the gate of Slytherin House, the In front of the damp bare wall that hides the big stone gate.

"Huh? What's the secret word?" Regina suddenly remembered that today was the day to change the entrance code, and she got up too early because she didn't have a roommate, and she didn't get notified of the new secret word.

It wasn't the first time this had happened, but it didn't bother her.Regina shrugged indifferently, looked around without hope, and as expected, she didn't see any Slytherin classmates who could help her through the door.So she walked to the corner and ordered to an unobtrusive stone snake coiled there: "Open the door."

The little snake obediently opened the door for her.Regina walked in and the door closed behind her.

Lucius came out of the shadows in shock.He is the prefect, and today it happened to be his turn to help the professors watch the night, but just as he went out, he realized that he had forgotten something, and when he came back to get it, he happened to see Regina standing at the door frowning.He originally wanted to go out and tell her the new password, but saw her walking towards the corner.Lucius was curious to see what she was up to, so he didn't show up.The result was a great shock——

If he heard correctly, what Regina said just now was not the pronunciation of the password at all, but a hiss that made him feel familiar and scared!

Lucius walked quickly to the wall and found the inconspicuous little snake sculpture, his face became even paler.

He had only heard this similar language from one person—the one whom he adored and feared so much that he dared not even mention his name!

——Regina, she is also a Parseltongue!

Lucius has always had a good impression of Regina, and appreciates her hard work and talent, and even plans to introduce her to his powerful master when she is a few years older—at this time Today Voldemort is still busy with the preliminary formation of the Death Eaters team, and his external image is still positive and bright, and he has not committed murder in front of the public unscrupulously.Lucius firmly believed that this lord could lead them to usher in the most glorious golden age in the history of the wizarding world, and he naturally thought that being favored by the Dark Lord and serving this great lord was a very promising thing .He felt sure that Regina would appreciate him for that.

But before tonight, Lucius had no intention of recommending Regina up now.He is also very cautious. After all, Regina is still young now. Although she seems to have some potential, who knows what will happen in the future?It is not uncommon for people who grew up to be mediocre when they were young.Moreover, she seems to have an ambiguous attitude towards Muggles, so she may not be suitable for developing into their team.

But now, after discovering that Regina also possesses the special ability of the Dark Lord—Parseltongue—Lucius couldn't calm down.He remembered that the adult also showed powerful magic when he entered the school.Does Regina have the potential to catch up with the Dark Lord?

Lucius was stunned by the idea, and he figured he'd better report it to the Dark Lord.He seemed absent-minded all night and dispatched an owl early the next morning.If Regina is strong enough to really gain great power in the future and become the Dark Lord's right-hand man, she will definitely not forget his recommendation.

——It's a pity that he hasn't graduated yet, and he hasn't had the honor to officially become a member of the Death Eaters yet.Otherwise, as long as he pressed the Dark Mark on his arm, he could conveniently report directly to Lord Voldemort himself.Lucius thought regretfully.

There was an echo from the Dark Lord soon.Bellatrix - already a full member of the Death Eaters' ranks - had written back to Lucius at the order of the Dark Lord, asking him to arrange a meeting between Regina and Lord Voldemort as soon as possible.

In fact, the political success and success in recruiting followers in recent years have made Voldemort more and more arrogant and defiant.To be looked up to by him, a first-year girl like Regina is far from enough.

However, he has been really tired of all kinds of boring political activities and incendiary speeches lately, and the various tedious affairs that he has to deal with every day after the establishment of a large number of Death Eaters have also deeply tortured him. The unstable soul after the split made him more and more unbearable, and his temper became more and more irritable.So, when he knew that there was another Parseltongue in Hogwarts, Voldemort's first reaction was actually: Aha, maybe this little girl can be a good pastime.

If you don't like her at that time... There are too many ways to make a person disappear completely in this world.

Lucius was a little excited after receiving the reply, but at the same time a little uneasy.He was able to get this task, which showed that the Dark Lord paid enough attention to the information he provided, which made him very honored.However, under normal circumstances, when recruiting underage potential members, shouldn't the core members of the Death Eaters first visit the other party's parents, and then take their whole family, including adults and children, into a nest—no, it is to persuade them all To be part of our great cause?

Why did the order of the Dark Lord seem to ask him to abduct Regina secretly by herself this time?

Wouldn't it be for the convenience of cleaning up the traces... right?

Lucius faintly had a bad premonition.However, he didn't have the guts to go against the Dark Lord's wishes, so he had to ignore his few consciences, and found an opportunity to call Regina out for a private conversation—after all, without the cooperation of the parties involved, he wanted to be here at Hogwarts. In such a place, smuggling a student out under Dumbledore's nose is simply a fantasy.

"To meet the Dark Lord?" Regina was astonished.

"That's right." Lucius stared at her expression.Hmm, seems flattered?But that's what it should be... "You must have heard of that lord," he said in a drawn-out tone, "the one who has done many great things..."

"Oh! Of course!" Regina blushed with excitement, not even noticing that she had impolitely planned what Lucius had just said.She covered her face in disbelief and said, "He, that lord, actually he really wants to see me?" Why, is there anything interesting about her? "Could it be you who lied to me!" She looked suspiciously at the handsome prefect in front of her.

Lucius said displeasedly: "Malfoy would never joke about this kind of thing!" Besides, he didn't dare to joke about that lord's name!

"That, that," Regina finally believed him, stood up excitedly, and said, holding hands tightly, "Do I need to prepare anything? By the way, what does he like? Should I bring him some presents?"

"I don't need anything!" Lucius said disdainfully, "Don't you think the Lord Dark Lord needs anything else?" He looked at Regina's bright eyes and flushed cheeks that looked at him trustingly, Finally, he couldn't help the little bit of conscience in his heart, and lowered his voice to remind, "Be careful with your words and deeds when the time comes. My lord already knows that you are a Parseltongue thing."

Regina flinched.

"Oh." She blinked.

Lucius felt that her subsequent silence was very inscrutable, but he didn't know that Regina was actually so admiring that she couldn't speak.

——He even knows this!Obviously never told anyone... This, this is really too powerful!So evil! !

The meeting was scheduled for the day after the test results came out.Students generally take the Hogwarts Express home for the summer holidays at this time.Regina wrote a letter to the family at the behest of Lucius, lying that she would stay at school for an extra day to help the professor organize teaching materials and so on.Regina has always been an honest child in the eyes of her parents, and the little Orange couple happened to be enjoying the two-person world abroad again at this time, so they didn't think much about it.Just let her go to the Evans house to get the key and open the door when she gets home, and they will be back in a few days.

Things went very well.As soon as the holiday was over, Regina followed Lucius back to Malfoy Manor, which Voldemort had been using as his office for some time.The Malfoys seemed proud to have their place in the Dark Lord's sights, and even Regina nodded approvingly when Lucius talked about it in a showy tone.

- so happy!There are only portraits in her bedroom, but Lucius and his family already have a living dark wizard in their collection!

Lucius' father, Mr. Abraxas Malfoy, had evidently lost the integrity that his son had not quite worn out.He had been studying his master's intentions in doing so ever since he had been ordered by the Dark Lord.

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