struggle

At breakfast a few days later, Draco was at the long table in Slytherin, yelling deliberately loudly that his father would come to Hogwarts today to kick out those low-class people who were not worthy of being teachers, saying He kept squinting at the Gryffindor table from time to time.Harry wanted to stand up angrily, but Ginny held her down and shook her head at him, then, in his puzzled eyes, he showed a meaningful smile to George and Fred.

When the twins saw Ginny's eyes, they immediately had identical smirks, made an "OK" gesture to Ginny, and then left the long table as if nothing had happened.When they passed the long table of Slytherin, the two of them waved their hands indifferently, and then left the auditorium.However, the moment they stepped out of the auditorium, Draco jumped up suddenly: "Pansy, help me to see, what's on my body, why does it feel prickly and itchy?"

Pansy hurried forward and helped him blow and dust, but then she screamed herself: "Oh, no, Merlin, why am I the same?" She kept shaking her robe, It's just that such a shake, instead of stopping her own tingling, made the Slytherins around her feel uncomfortable.For a moment, the faces of the people on the long table in Slytherin were a little tangled. Their usual aristocratic demeanor prevented them from scratching their itch in public, but the tingling feeling made them really feel very sad.

Ron stared at this scene dumbfounded, and then turned to Ginny, who smiled slightly and lowered her voice: "Weasley's latest product, Tickle Powder, scratches and itches, and is highly contagious. If you want to get rid of it, you can only go to Take a cold shower and change your clothes." Hearing Ginny's explanation, Harry showed a pleasant smile: "Ginny, tell George and Fred next time, I'll order a pack of this new product." But this time, even Hermione didn't object aloud, she just took another piece of bread and bit it to cover the corners of her upturned mouth.

It's just that, despite Harry's eager anticipation that Lucius would be delayed by something, he arrived at Hogwarts on time in the afternoon.Draco and his father glanced at the golden trio and Ginny who accompanied Hagrid to the door of the principal's office with the same haughty eyes, and then walked in together.Hagrid glanced at them slightly uneasy, and followed in under the encouragement of the four.

Harry insisted on waiting for Hagrid to come out, so the other three could only guard the door of the principal's office with him, waiting anxiously for the result.After a while, the door of the principal's room was opened, and Hagrid leaned out, "Harry, Principal Dumbledore asked you to come in and talk about the situation at that time." Harry's eyes rolled Liang, nodded excitedly, immediately rushed into the door, and the remaining three looked at each other for a while.

Ron coughed uncomfortably: "What kind of situation is this? Is Hagrid in danger or not?"

"It should be fine." Ginny looked at the office door, and replied casually, "Since Principal Dumbledore asked Harry to testify, he should believe Hagrid." Hermione also nodded fiercely beside her. .Hearing what the two of them said, Ron finally exhaled a sigh of relief, and imitated the two of them, leaning against the wall relaxedly.

However, Ginny then withdrew her gaze and lowered her eyes, covering up the thoughtful look in her eyes.If Lucius really came for Draco, then he should not have agreed to allow Harry to testify, otherwise the testimony would definitely benefit Hagrid and would not achieve his goal of firing Hagrid.And if it wasn't for Draco's request, his purpose of coming to Hogwarts would be a bit intriguing.

When the door of the principal's room was opened again, the slight "click" sound awakened the three of them instantly.Hermione and Ron hurried to catch up, while Ginny did not change her posture, but raised her head slightly, watching the movement over there.A beaming Hagrid came out and patted Harry on the back at the same time: "Harry, thank you, thanks to you I can keep this position."

Harry was almost staggered by his push, and he avoided Hagrid's hand as quietly as possible, but the joyful smile was very sincere: "Hagrid, it wasn't your fault in the first place, Headmaster Dumbledore It also said that you just haven't mastered the teaching method very well, and you are a little hasty, and it's not intentional. I'm just telling the truth, as long as you are fine."

Draco, who was following them, had a gloomy expression on his face. He deliberately squeezed between Harry and Hagrid, gave Hermione and Ron a vicious look at the door, and then ran out quickly.Ron's face was full of complacency, and he stepped forward to pat Harry on the shoulder, motioning him to look at Draco's back, and made a contemptuous gesture at him who had already run away.Hermione gave them a half-amused, half-annoyed look, then headed for the stairs first.

Ginny shook her head, and straightened up to follow, but she heard an aria-like voice like Draco's: "Miss Weasley, we seem to have met once."

Ginny straightened her back subconsciously, and looked up at the cunning platinum nobleman, only to see Lucius playing with the snake-headed staff in his hand, looking at her with probing eyes, and a hypocritical smile on the corner of his mouth: " Ah, I remembered, I saw it once in Diagon Alley, didn't I?"

"Yes, Mr. Malfoy, you have a really good memory." Naturally, she didn't believe that Lucius would simply greet her. After all, the differences between the Weasley family and the Malfoy family had basically reached the point of tit-for-tat. There was no reason for him to stay at the end on purpose, just to say a few insignificant words to her.But temporarily unable to guess his intentions, Ginny could only answer cautiously, waiting for his next question.

"It's really because the encounter in Diagon Alley was so impressive. I left a book with Miss Weasley at that time. Later, I heard that it caused some trouble for Miss Weasley?" Lu Xiu Speaks softly, all the while staring intently at Ginny's face, trying to capture every nuance of her expression.

It turned out that Tom must have given him some mission that made him suspicious, so he went to Hogwarts to test her on the pretext of visiting Draco.No wonder he called her Miss Weasley so politely this time instead of calling her contemptuously little girl.However, after guessing his purpose, she was not ready to satisfy his curiosity, so she still just smiled politely: "It's nothing, it's all over, I gave that thing to Principal Dumbledore a long time ago , I don’t know what happened next.”

"Really?" Lucius also wisely didn't ask too much, but suddenly changed the subject, "I heard from Draco that Miss Weasley's magical powers are very advanced. God spell, and managed to drive away a dementor on the train?"

"It's just a coincidence, it's just a sudden explosion in the face of desperation. I have been studying for a summer vacation under the guidance of Sirius, but I only succeeded once, and I may not be able to successfully perform it again now." Ginny Knowing that he just changed the direction and tried to find out why she had mastered such a superb spell, obviously doubting the relationship between her and Tom.It's just that Tom didn't teach the Patronus Charm, and Sirius' ability can also explain why she mastered some knowledge beyond her ability.

Looking at his thoughtful expression, Ginny knew that he obviously didn't believe her words because of his cunning personality, but she didn't want to talk to him. After all, he was in front of Dumbledore's office. If he came prepared, according to Tom's instigation was intended to break her pretense, and that was not to her advantage.Therefore, before Lucius spoke again, she shook her hand at him: "Mr. Malfoy, if there is nothing else, I will go first. Harry and the others must still be waiting for me." She said without waiting for him Answered, and ran downstairs.

Lucius stared at Ginny's back, and clenched the snake-headed staff in his hand with some uncertainty. Voldemort gave him a task not long ago, asking him to thoroughly investigate Ginny Weasley's situation, including what he had experienced since he was a child.This sudden order made him a little surprised. He didn't understand why his master was suddenly interested in this little girl. After all, in his understanding, the Weasleys were all impulsive and brainless Gryffindors. Worth the effort to investigate.Especially Ginny Weasley, a little girl who is only 12 years old, what can he look up?And in the news that came in one after another, it also showed that she was indeed an ordinary little girl, and there were no accidents or possible adventures in her 12 years of life.

However, Voldemort was clearly dissatisfied with his report, and still asked him to continue the investigation, such behavior made him very puzzled.Until Draco wrote back this time, he mentioned that Ginny released a Patronus on the train to drive away the dementors and passed out.Draco may not understand the meaning of this, and just simply laughed at the fact that Gryffindor, who has always been known as brave, would faint. She was cast by a second-year student, so her magic power obviously far exceeded what she should have at her age, and it also made him wonder if she had any other relationship with Voldemort, which made him care so much about her situation.

So, taking advantage of Draco's request to come to Hogwarts, he managed to meet Ginny with a perfect excuse.However, all his temptations to her were blocked by her lightly, and although she looked like an ordinary little girl with no flaws on the surface, he felt a faint sense of familiarity in her, although It wasn't obvious yet, but it reminded him of the feeling that Voldemort gave him, that kind of casual alienation, which isolated others from probing them, and couldn't see through their true thoughts.

After hesitating for a while, Lucius finally decided to leave here first, after all Hogwarts is Dumbledore's territory.But, he thought, maybe he should really look into Ginny's situation again.

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