Chapter 54 Dementors

Suddenly, there was a short and piercing sound of squeaking, and in the dark carriage, only the blurred black outlines of each other could be seen.

Betty wiped a clean spot on the window glass, looked out, and seemed to catch something passing by in the corner of her eyes, and said in a slightly flustered tone: "There seems to be something moving outside."

"Luminescence!" Draco's wand suddenly shone brightly, illuminating the entire carriage.

At this time, another commotion sounded from outside. It was Harry Potter's carriage, which seemed to be roaring with words like quiet, don't move.

Betty waited and waited, and finally couldn't help but went to open the door, wanting to see what was going on outside. Seeing this, Winnie wanted to stop it, but it was too late, the door had already been opened by Betty, and after the door was opened, what she saw was a An image they will never forget.

Under the light of the flickering fire, there is a black thing wearing a cloak, whose height reaches the ceiling. Its face is completely hidden under the scarf, and its body is floating in mid-air. , It is difficult to even breathe.

Winnie watched it stretch out a gray, thin and scabbed hand from under the cloak, emitting a shimmer, and struck in Betty's direction.Winnie's mind froze, she wanted to move, but her body didn't listen to control, her brain seemed to stop functioning, she opened her mouth, trying to make a sound, but all the words were stuck in her throat,

Seeing the picture in front of her, Betty was frightened and fainted.

The black thing paused, as if aware of Winnie's gaze, retracted its hands into the folds of its black cloak, and then took a slow breath, as if trying to suck in all the surrounding air.

A chill suddenly swept over her whole body, and Winnie felt that her breathing was about to condense. The chill penetrated the skin and flowed to the limbs, until it reached the heart.

At this time, a hand hugged her tightly from behind, covered her eyes, and her whole body was pulled back and fell into a hard chest. Winnie could feel the hand holding her Trembling slightly, obviously also afraid, but the other party is obviously also afraid, why should he protect her?

Before she had time to think about the answer, her whole body was already shrouded in darkness, submerged in the cold, and her ears were filled with noisy voices, screams from a distance, mixed with fear, fright and pleading.

Before she was about to lose consciousness completely, Winnie heard a strange man's voice, "Call God for protection!"

Then a layer of thick white mist surrounded her, bursts of warmth dispelled the cold piercing into her skin, and swam inside her body...

"Winnie!"

In a daze, she seemed to hear an anxious voice calling her name.

She struggled to open her eyes, but she subconsciously reached out to block the glare of the light. Just as she was about to sit up, her shoulders were suddenly pressed, pushing her back, and at the same time, a very domineering voice came from above her head: "Don't move!"

Winnie blinked in confusion, only then did she realize that she was pillowing on Draco Malfoy's lap, and the other person's face seemed to be a bit uncomfortable, with a pale complexion, thin lips tightly pressed, and thin sweat on his forehead .

"How do you feel?" An unfamiliar male voice suddenly sounded from the upper left.

The owner of the voice was wearing an extremely worn-out wizard robe, with a sickly face and a tired look. Even though he was still young, his light brown hair was already mixed with several white hairs.

"I'm Remus John Lupine, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher." Lupine said kindly with a smile on his face.

Winnie subconsciously wanted to push the glasses up, but when she stretched out her hand, she found that her glasses were gone, but this was not the point, because she thought of a very important thing—Betty!

Winnie sat up suddenly, just this time, dizzy, almost slipped from the seat to the floor, but fortunately Draco caught her in time.

"Idiot, I didn't tell you to stay still!" While speaking, Draco forcefully pushed Winnie back onto his lap.

"Betty..." Winnie said, feeling uncomfortable, covering her forehead.

"She's fine. Your friend just fainted from shock and will wake up soon. She's sleeping next to you now." Lupine moved a few steps away so that Winnie could see Betty.

Winnie turned her head slightly, and found that Betty was really lying opposite her, with a very stable expression, so she believed that Betty was fine.

"Here, you need this, you'll feel better after eating it." Lupine took out a piece of chocolate from his body, broke it into small pieces, handed it to Winnie, and then broke another piece to Draco, "You too."

Draco frowned and seemed reluctant to take it, but finally took the piece of chocolate under Lupine's gentle gaze.

Winnie bit down a small piece of chocolate, and the sweet and greasy taste immediately filled her taste buds, and she immediately felt a lot better.

"That thing in the cloak just now is..." Winnie was about to ask, but Lupine had already answered her.

"That's a dementor, from Azkaban." Lupine hid the strange emotion in his eyes, and at the same time, another voice sounded again, "Professor Lupine, Harry is awake!"

"Sorry, I have to go there first. If you feel unwell, you can find me. Remember, eating more chocolate will be good for you." Lupine took out a brand new piece of chocolate from his body. Put it in Winnie's hand, then turn around and disappear in front of them.

After Lupine left, the carriage returned to a calm state. Although voices from Potter's chamber could be heard from time to time, compared with the bustle there, this side was completely different.

After feeling better, Winnie tried to sit up, but Draco, who noticed her turning over, held her shoulders again and pressed her back.

Winnie stared at Draco above, and now the discomfort just now was gone, and she didn't have the usual proud expression, but instead looked lazy.

"I remembered." Winnie felt that her current behavior seemed a little inappropriate.

Draco raised his eyebrows, paused for a moment before saying, "We'll talk about it when you're better."

"I'm fine." After speaking, Winnie remembered again, but was pushed back the next second.

Draco raised the corner of his mouth, showing a half-smile, and said menacingly, "I don't mind using the Petrification Curse or the Weak Legs Curse on you."

Winnie: "..."

"You should see your face, it's as pale as a piece of white paper." Draco said in a slightly mocking tone.

"But I feel very hot." Winnie didn't quite believe what Draco said. After eating the chocolate, her whole body warmed up, even a little hot.

Draco stared at Winnie silently, and said with an expression and tone that could not see a trace of flaws: "That is your illusion."

"Don't waste your energy thinking about these boring things, close your eyes and rest, we will arrive at Hogwarts in about an hour." Draco said lightly, closing his eyes, as if he was about to rest.

Malfoy is really weird, it's just that Winnie can't think of a good answer to explain Malfoy's current behavior no matter how hard she thinks.

Maybe it was really tired, or the influence of the dementors still remained in her body, Winnie gradually felt drowsy, and her eyelids became heavier and heavier. Finally, she just fell asleep on Draco's lap like this caught.

In a daze, she felt a feather-like touch on her face, both gentle and itchy, she turned her face away, trying to avoid the hideous feather, but she seemed helpless as she couldn't escape no matter what.

Betty thought she must be dreaming, because she actually saw Malfoy gently touch Winnie's face, his eyes were as focused as if Winnie was his most precious thing.

But anyone with a brain would know that Malfoy was a nasty bad boy, arrogant, mean, selfish and tsundere.

Gentle was never the right word for Malfoy, so it must have been a dream.

So, Betty self-hypnotized herself, and soon went back to sleep.

When Winnie woke up, Draco was gone. She slowly sat up and looked at Betty who was still asleep, her mind still in a daze.

"Everyone, the train will arrive at Hogwarts in 15 minutes, please change your school uniforms as soon as possible." The train announcement suddenly rang throughout the train.

After staying quietly for a while, after regaining consciousness, Winnie put the glasses on the table and shook Betty's shoulder: "Betty, we're almost there."

Betty yelled in a daze, then sat up half awake and half asleep, and slowly changed into her school uniform.

After a while, the train finally arrived at the Hogwarts station. After the train stopped, all the students rushed out of the carriage. The scene was really chaotic, like noisy human voices, owls' crowing and cats' meowing cry.

Since the platform was already icy and the sky was drizzling, Winnie almost slipped and fell when she got out of the car. Fortunately, a boy with blond hair next to her kept her steady.

"Thank you." As soon as Winnie stood still, she immediately turned around and thanked the boy.

"No, but you have to be careful, the ground is very slippery." The blond boy smiled brightly at Winnie, his tone was full of vigor, and he felt very sunny.

"Winnie!" Betty, who came to the front, waved to Winnie, signaling her to follow quickly.

"Sorry." Winnie glanced at the blond boy, and before the other party wanted to say anything, she turned around and ran towards Betty.

"First years come here!" Hagrid said loudly, passing many students.

Winnie and Betty followed the others up a rough and muddy road, and then they came to a clearing, which was crowded with many carriages.Winnie and Betty boarded one of them at will, and after the door was closed, the carriage started to drive automatically, stumbling all the way towards Hogwarts.

The speed of the carriage was very fast. In just two or three minutes, they came to a magnificent cast iron gate. There were many stone pillars on both sides of the gate, but this is not the point. The point is that two people stood on both sides of the gate. Tall, hooded dementors stand guard.

Seeing the dementor, Betty remembered her nightmare again, she immediately closed her eyes and hypnotized herself to see nothing, nothing happened.

Even at a certain distance, Winnie seemed to feel a burst of cold air hitting her, just like on the train before.

The carriage passed the two dementors and slowly walked into the gate. After passing through the gate, it suddenly increased its speed and drove towards the castle.

After a while, the carriage finally stopped, and Winnie jumped out of the car carefully, and when Betty jumped off, she reached out to support her.

Following the crowd, they climbed the stone steps, walked past the huge oak door, and entered the bright vestibule.

Winnie looked at the door leading to the auditorium, and when she was about to go in, she suddenly heard Professor McGonagall's voice: "Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, please follow me!"

Professor McGonagall is still as strict as ever, her hair is still combed into a tight bun, and even if she wears a pair of square glasses, she can't hide her sharp eyes. According to her current expression and behavior, Winnie thinks she must be What happened. .

In the auditorium, thousands of candles were suspended in mid-air above the tables, illuminating the entire auditorium. At the same time, each long table began to be filled with students one after another. Winnie and Betty sat in the seats belonging to Ravenclaw. At the table, waiting for the opening ceremony.

As in the previous year, a three-legged stool and an ancient hat were placed in the center of the front of the teacher's desk.

After a while, the sorting ceremony began. The first-year freshmen who were called out sat on the three-legged stool one by one, and put the old hat on their heads.

"Suddenly, I felt very emotional." Betty looked at the group of first-year freshmen, and suddenly felt touched, "We were like this a year ago."

"Is Betty missing?" Winnie's water blue eyes were full of doubts.

"No, I don't miss it at all. I don't want to go through the sorting ceremony that made me so terrified again." Betty stuck out her tongue and shook her head in refusal.

After Betty finished speaking, the sorting ceremony officially ended. Although Gryffindor got more new students this year, there were also many Ravenclaws, at least more than Slytherin.

At this time, Dumbledore stood up from his seat, tapped the glass with a fork, and made all the students quiet: "Everyone, before we formally enjoy dinner, I have something to tell you."

"I think after the Hogwarts Express incident, you all know about their existence. Yes, they are dementors from Azkaban. They searched the Hogwarts Express, although Nothing was found, but in order to assist them in carrying out Ministry of Magic duties, our school will be open and receiving them until the mission is completed."

"I know you're all scared and worried. But don't worry, the dementors will only be stationed at all entrances to the school grounds. In other words, as long as you behave well and don't leave the school without permission, they won't Hurt you." Dumbledore looked at all the students in the school with a serious face. In fact, if he could, he would never let the dementors guard the school, but it was not his turn to make a decision under the order of the Ministry of Magic.

"So, I warn each of you, don't let yourself have any chance of getting hurt, not only to protect yourself, but also to protect your classmates. Once you find a classmate who violates the rules, please notify your prefect or classmate as soon as possible. Professor, seek their assistance, and do not risk yourself alone."

After finishing speaking, Dumbledore paused for a long time, and then changed into a more relaxed expression and tone: "This is the end of the serious topic, and I will announce a happy thing next."

"This year, there will be a new teacher joining Hogwarts." Dumbledore winked playfully, and then said with a smile, "Let us warmly welcome Professor Lupine, he will make up Defense Against the Dark Arts. vacancy."

Dumbledore took the lead and clapped vigorously, and the other students followed suit. In an instant, there was a burst of warm applause in the auditorium.

Lupine stood up from his seat at the teacher's table, smiled at all the students, and sat back until the applause was over.

"Okay, I've finished what I have to say, let's start eating." Dumbledore stroked his long beard with a smile, then sat down and prepared to have dinner.

Winnie watched the golden plates and goblets on the long table filled with food and drinks in an instant. At this moment, she seemed to be really hungry, so she picked up the knife and fork, and enjoyed it like everyone else. Food in sight.

After dinner, under Dumbledore's announcement, they returned to their respective dormitories. Although it had been two months, the appearance of the dormitory was not much different from before she left.

On the second day, after breakfast, Winnie and Betty officially started their long-lost class, and their first class was Professor Snape's Potions class, two whole classes...

Two months hadn't left any marks or brought any changes on Snape. He was dressed in black as usual, exuding a gloomy aura, speaking with the same poisonous tongue and meanness.

Winnie could feel Professor Snape's eyes on her from time to time, which made her very troubled and uncomfortable, because she always felt that as long as she didn't do a little bit wrong, the other party would rush up and give her a meal She sprayed venom, so she was always in a tense state during the whole process of making the potion.

After finally getting through this tense time, Winnie gave Snape a grade with her finished product.

Snape glanced at the bottle of potion, evoked a smile that was not a smile, and glanced at her, that gaze made her a little nervous, and after a while, Snape coldly swallowed it out of his mouth: " Pass (A)."

Winnie breathed a sigh of relief. Although it was only a pass (A), fortunately, it was not a bad grade (D) or below.

"The color is too light. This has something to do with your cutting skills. Obviously, you still haven't fully mastered how to cut into lengths and lengths." Snape said this in a mocking tone.

Winnie stared at Snape silently, even though she looked calm on the outside, she was very disturbed inside.

Snape sneered, then looked away, and said coldly, "Next."

It was lunch time, and as soon as she walked into the auditorium, Winnie heard the news that Draco Malfoy was seriously injured and sent to the medical room.

Winnie was cutting the ham, and then heard the students from Hufflepuff discussing the matter of Malfoy's injury just now. Hearing this, she was slightly distracted.

"I heard that Malfoy accidentally angered the Hippogriff when he was in the Protection of Magical Creatures class, and was scratched by the Hippogriff all of a sudden."

"Not accidentally, but he said something insulting. He said the hippogriff was a big, ugly beast."

"No wonder, then it can only be said that Malfoy found it himself."

"Although I said so, I think Hagrid is also responsible. Such a dangerous creature dares to be touched by students. Now I can't help but start to worry about the next protection of magical creatures class."

"Winnie?" Betty called her slightly with worried eyes.

Winnie woke up immediately and looked at Betty suspiciously.

"What's wrong with you?" Betty asked softly.

Winnie shook her head: "I'm fine."

"Really all right?" Betty asked a little suspiciously.

"It's okay, I was just thinking about something." Winnie responded lightly.

"Okay." Although she was still a little skeptical, Betty didn't press any further and continued to eat the food on the plate.

In the next class, Winnie was in a state of absent-mindedness, and even she couldn't explain why she was thinking about Malfoy's situation.

It might have something to do with what happened on the train, and though it's hard to believe, Malfoy seemed to be protecting her at the time, taking her under his wing even though his frightened hands were trembling.

Thinking of this, Winnie bit the pen in her hand tangled, should she visit Malfoy?

It wasn't until the end of the last class that Winnie made the decision to visit Draco in the infirmary.

When Betty knew her plan, she immediately showed a surprised face, but soon asked her to greet her, and then went to help Professor Binns organize the documents.

Winnie had to go back to the dormitory first, and after putting away everything, she slowly walked towards the medical room.

There was no one in the medical room at this time, and Madam Pomfrey was not there either. Winnie looked around, looking for Malfoy's shadow, but before she could find it, she heard Daphne.Greenglass' voice.

Daphne looked at Draco, whose right arm was wrapped in a bandage and suspended in the air, and said angrily: "That damned beast, you must not let it go!"

"Daphne, didn't you have a date?" Draco's voice sounded tired.

"Yes, but for you, I plan not to accept the appointment." Daphne said in a sweet voice, it was rare for her to be alone with Draco, and of course she would not let go of such a good opportunity.

"Don't you want me to stay here with you?" Seeing that Draco didn't express anything, Daphne said aggrievedly.

"As you like." Draco closed his eyes, thinking about what his father said, to be a gentleman, and try to win over Greengrass and Parkinson's daughter.

"Is the pillow comfortable?" Seeing that Draco didn't refuse, Daphne asked happily.

"It's okay." Draco said in a flat tone.

"By the way, Draco, I have a question to ask you." As if remembering something shy, Daphne spoke in a charming tone unique to girls.

"It was during the summer vacation...at your house, I mean, under the tree of your house, you...you kissed me, what does that mean..." Daphne mustered up her courage, blushing, intermittently asked.

Draco closed his eyes and said nothing, he didn't answer Daphne immediately, but when Daphne was anxious to say something more, he slowly opened his mouth and said narrowly: "What do you think that means?"

"I..." Daphne's face turned even redder, and she couldn't say a word after squeaking for a long time.

"Little Miss Einstein, why are you standing here?" Madam Pomfrey looked at Winnie standing in front of Draco's tent with a puzzled expression.

Hearing Winnie's presence, Draco suddenly opened his eyes, completely ignoring his injury, sat up all of a sudden, stretched out his hand to pull the tent away, and saw that petite figure.

At this moment, Draco was delighted, because he never dreamed that this little idiot would take the initiative to come and see him.

Winnie glanced at Draco, who was showing a smug expression at this time, and moved her gaze down to the position where his injury seemed to be less severe than imagined, then she moved her gaze to the side and glared at her with vicious eyes. Looking at Daphne, what the two of them said just now suddenly appeared in her mind, so she subconsciously uttered the words: "I'm here to find someone, but he doesn't seem to be here."

Draco's smug smile suddenly froze, and his gray eyes stared at Winnie in disbelief, as if he didn't quite believe what the other party said.

"It doesn't matter, if you look elsewhere, you will find it." Madam Pomfrey smiled softly without any doubt.

"Well, then I'll leave first." Winnie nodded, turned around, and planned to leave like this.

Seeing this, Draco called out to her excitedly: "Where are you going?"

Winnie turned her head to look at Draco, and said in a tone that sounded emotionless, "Look for someone."

"Who are you looking for?" Draco pursed his lips tightly, his gray eyes fixed on Winnie.

Winnie pursed her lips: "Justin."

Hearing this name, Draco's face instantly turned blue, and then turned gloomy, his gray eyes were full of sternness, of course he knew who Justin was, the Ravenclaw half-breed.

The author has something to say: I am dying QAQ

Look at how fat this chapter is, I am almost flying away ORZ

No, I'm going to sleep...

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