Wild child

The day after the Defense Against the Dark Arts team's first meeting, there was a huge notice on the bulletin board announcing the dissolution of all student organizations, associations, teams and clubs, all of which had to be reorganized with Umbridge's approval.

For some unknown reason, Hermione firmly insisted that there was no informer among those who attended the party that day, and Fanny soon found herself in a bad situation.Obviously, she became the number one suspect as a person who knew the time of the rally and refused to participate.

It is estimated that either Lavender or Parvati spread the news to the assembly. A small number of people from the three colleges looked at her not very friendly during class breaks and meals, and sometimes whispered about it. Even Ginny did not exception.

But this also allowed Fanny to guess who probably participated in it.

George and Fred, the minority who believed in Fanny, had an argument with Ginny over it, but they were equally puzzled by Fanny's refusal to come to the party.Hermione told Fanny bluntly that she didn't suspect this, but she didn't know if it was an illusion, Fanny felt that Hermione's eyes were a little dodged.

Even though she didn't have time to pay attention now, Fanny could still notice that she was isolated in the dormitory.

It's not the first time anyway.

Since this week, Umbridge has been dangling in the name of censoring teachers in various subjects, and it can be seen that she is quite happy with the fact that the fate of each subject teacher is determined by herself.

The teachers of the several subjects chosen by Fanny seemed to have no major problems, but I heard that the divination teachers Trelawney and Hagrid were in a bad situation.Hagrid still hadn't come back to class, and Umbridge seemed to have plans to make him never go to class again.

On Wednesday night, Fanny sat on the bed reading a book as usual and waited for the lights to be turned off.No one came back until 8 o'clock. Considering Hermione's character of not giving up easily, Fanny didn't think it was strange.The atmosphere in the dormitory will be weird when Fanny is around these few days, and they are happy and relaxed when Fanny is not there.

I don't know where Hermione has chosen to gather, but hopefully they won't be discovered soon.Fanny originally planned to recommend the Room of Requirement to them, but after thinking about it, they wouldn't believe it anyway, and there was really no need for her to show her hot face to others' cold ass.

The kitchen was nice, too, if the twins could remember.The space is large enough, and the elves will definitely be obedient and confidential to take away snacks and tea—the only fly in the ointment is that those delicacies may distract everyone from practicing.

After 9 o'clock, the roommates filed in and discussed excitedly. Even Amelia participated in it. It seems that this common rebellious behavior has played a good role in bringing the distance closer.Fanny endured it and didn't remind them how obvious the collective disappearance was. Looking at the expressions of Lavender and Parvati full of superiority, she knew it was useless.

The advantage of the secret meeting is that everyone is too busy discussing to go to the common room to do homework, and Fanny can go to the common room undisturbed and wait for the checker time to pass.

Those few hours of suffering in the Room of Requirement are like a talisman to Fanny. Thinking about what she is working hard for, Fanny feels that there is nothing to worry about.

Presumably those secret gatherings meant the same thing to Harry, because of Umbridge's existence and the collective suspicion caused by those slanders, he had been in a bad mood since the beginning of school, but now Fanny could actually see him confronting Harry in Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Umbridge smiled kindly.

It didn't last long though, and his hatred for Umbridge quickly escalated after the first Quidditch game.

Ron had unexpectedly become Gryffindor's new Keeper, and in his first match he was...couldn't have been worse.

Gryffindor emerged victorious by a narrow margin, thanks to Harry catching the Snitch quickly with his customary high level.Fanny didn't hear what happened in the auditorium, but it was estimated that Draco's poisonous mouth said something outrageous after the players on both sides landed. She only saw Harry and the twins suddenly rushing towards him.

Fanny unconsciously drew her wand, but before she could make her relationship worse, the group was torn apart.She rushed down the steps only to hear Umbridge announce that Harry and the twins were banned for life.

The loss of Seeker and Beater was almost devastating to the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

Fanny didn't have any quarrel with Draco, which surprised Draco.He seemed to have prepared a whole set of excuses, but was blocked by Fanny's "I can recite everything you want to say", so he could only complain about Hagrid's return.

This matter is really conspicuous, Hagrid's huge body is already eye-catching enough, not to mention his face has almost turned into a ball of meat sauce, except for the big puffy beard, it is almost impossible to tell who he is.

"Looks like Dumbledore's work with the giants isn't going very well, huh?"

"I guess it's because You-Know-Who's job is going well. You know he can provide giants with something that Dumbledore can't." Fanny didn't look up, "Can we skip this topic?"

There are always disagreements that accompany such topics, and the reason no real fights have erupted until now is because both sides automatically stop at the first sign.

It makes sense that birds of a feather flock together, and even after reading a thick stack of Muggle studies and dating a strictly Muggle-born, Draco's blood philosophy is still the same as Fanny's to Dumbledore's. as strong as your good impression.And although he never explicitly asked Fanny to change his mind, he never gave up any opportunity to show Fanny the dark side of Dumbledore and Muggles.

While feeling helpless, Fanny admitted that this had indeed given her a lot of insight.Not only the stories about Dumbledore, but also the part about Muggles that came out of nowhere shocked her.

She hardly ever opened the history textbook of Muggles. Perhaps in order to downplay the hostility, the content about Muggles killing wizards in the history of magic textbook was briefly summarized.For example, the witch hunting movement, the textbook focuses on the examples of certain witches who are happy to be tied to the execution rack to tease Muggles, and only mentions the casualties as "causing the death of tens of thousands of innocent witches".

But in Draco's data, these casualties are no longer insignificant figures.Fanny had seen torture of all kinds, and the poor women drowned, burned, and whipped to death seemed to be wailing to her through the pages, reminding people that humans were the only creatures that could invent so many ways to kill their own kind.

Only the ancient wizard family that has survived from that time still retains these materials. For the sake of peace and stability, these materials are not allowed to be made public, and hatred is passed down from generation to generation.

Not just history, but reality.More than half of Muggle-born wizards have encountered hostility from their peers before entering school, and about 2% of them will not be able to enter school due to insanity, disappearance or even death.

This also answered a question Fanny had.

"I've read in those old papers about You-Know-Who's blood tests the last time You-Know-Who was in power. Why bother with this when old pure-blood families have their own spells for identifying Muggle-borns?"

"These methods are kept strictly secret, and the families don't know what spells each other is using. I've never heard anyone mention the family he came from, and it's possible that the Dark Lord isn't—well—pure blood , so he may not know..."

"Uh, you're saying that the mysterious man might be Muggle-born? Has anyone tested it?" Fanny was startled. Isn't she afraid that she will be in trouble for finding her own kind?

"If there is... it must not be alive now." Draco was disturbed by what he said. "Anyway, the more likely reason is that the Dark Lord wants to select Muggle-borns who can be used by him. Many Muggles The Birth do have... an unreasonable talent for magic, and hate Muggles even more than we do."

"Well, I can understand that," Fanny said.

"You know how they treat wizards, don't you?" Draco immediately climbed up the pole.

"I don't know. Thanks to the wisdom given by Merlin, my wizard status has not been exposed—ouch!" Fanny got angry, and was immediately stung because of her indecent tone.

"Not every Muggle-born is as lucky as you."

"Don't tell me you're starting to care about the 'Mudbloods' - ss!" The words were rude, and Fanny was unlucky again.

"I don't care about that...I just want you to acknowledge the reality of Muggle brutality against wizards," Draco said stubbornly.

"This really makes me unable to refute. Maybe I should take this thing off and continue discussing this issue with you." Fanny shook her head to get the topic back to the original place, "So the registration of Muggle-borns is just a pretense, and interests are paramount. Style. In addition to protecting those Muggle-borns who "have the right to live", it should also play a role in eliminating the "harmful elements" in non-Muggle-borns. After all, if you want to prove your bloodlines, you have to go to the Register within their sphere of influence and deliver delicious meals to your door."

"...Maybe that's the case. It's been a long time, and maybe it's just for the sake of pure blood." Hearing the sarcasm in Fanny's voice, Draco felt even more uncomfortable.

"Well, maybe I should hurry up and finish this book." Fanny ended the conversation.

In the following time, the two read their own books, and the silence lasted until they left in the early morning.

On weekdays, Fanny slipped into the Room of Requirement after check-in time and stayed until midnight, and on weekends she stayed all day.The same was true on the Saturday before the Christmas holiday. At dinner time, she finally remembered that she could not let herself starve to death, so she went to solve the livelihood problems, and found new problems when she came back.

The door to the Room of Requirement won't open.

When someone is using it, the room will not be opened unless they know what the people inside are doing.The elves know about this house, maybe one or two of them came to get the toilets or something; maybe Dobby sent the drunken elf here again...

"What are you doing here, Fanny?"

Just thinking about it, Parvati's voice came.Fanny saw her, Lavender, and Amelia appearing side by side in the corridor. The three of them had doubts on their faces, and she guessed who was using the room now.

Because they want to avoid Quidditch training, their meeting time is not regular.In normal times, the time to go to the Room of Response with Fanny is basically staggered. It is estimated that this time it was scheduled to be on the weekend and happened to collide with Fanny.

Luckily for them, the castle was being decorated on Christmas Eve, and the prefects were all busy - I heard from Ron that they often had to avoid being strangled to death by Peeves with ribbons - so Draco showed up late today, otherwise this Crashing is worse.

Hermione is really good... how did she find out about this place?Asked those elves?

"The walls of Hogwarts seldom have such a large blank space. It feels strange, so I will check to see if there are secret passages or something." While thinking about it, Fanny spread her hands, "This is an old habit of mine. "

"Find anything?" Amelia asked.

"No, I've actually passed by a few times before. It's so strange." Fanny said confused.

"That means it's just an ordinary wall, dear girl." Parvati said sarcastically, "Be careful, Umbridge issued another decree against exploring secret passages at noon today."

"What are you doing next to this 'ordinary wall'? Are you helping Filch paint the wall?" Fanny suddenly slammed up a little angrily.

"What does it matter to you?" Lavender asked.

"Then what am I doing here is none of your business?" Fanny asked back, "I still plan to sleep in this corridor tonight. Does anyone have any objections?"

"I said, do you have..." Parvati was anxious.

"Hey, you're all here? What are you doing at the door? Oh..."

Ron's roommates, Dean and Neville, came from the other end of the corridor. The two boys also looked hesitant when they saw Fanny.Dean probably thought that he had slipped his mouth just now, and his face was still guilty.

The more people come, the worse it will be.Fanny smiled knowingly: "Five people on a date? That's fine, you guys still know how to play."

"Hu……"

"Be careful, Amy." Fanny interrupted Amelia's defense with a blank expression, "Your boyfriend is my 'brother, bro' Oh, it's too much fun."

After finishing speaking, Fanny turned and left, leaving the five stunned people looking at each other.

Playing hooligans is always very useful at critical moments, Fanny looked down the stairs while controlling herself not to laugh too obviously.After walking a few steps, he met Draco who was running upstairs. He was very surprised by Fanny's appearance.

"Fanny? Why do you..."

"Ah, I didn't wait for you just now, and I was thinking of going down to find you." Fanny looked at Draco, her eyes did not flicker, "I'm afraid that Professor Sprout is waiting in a hurry. After I made an appointment with her today It’s better to have a plan to help out in the greenhouse on weekend nights.”

"...Okay." Draco nodded reluctantly, and asked again, "Why don't you make an appointment during the day?"

"Uh, because I really like Xiang Yueying and An Tan. They only bloom at night." Fanny gave Draco a playful wink, "It's only two nights, you won't be so lonely that you will run off to find sex." Are you having fun?"

With a coquettish expression and a soft tone, Draco's heart stopped beating, and his face felt a little hot.This girl always has a way of keeping him at bay.

"...No. All right, that's it..."

Draco's back looked like he was running away, and Fanny waved her hands with a smile and watched him walk away, then her expression and hands sank.

The speed of entering the state was faster than she imagined, and lying had become an instinct she couldn't get rid of.The fact that she lied to Draco made her feel like her guts were full of lead, but she was able to hold on until the end of the conversation.

Fanny always has sugar in her pocket, and everyone thinks she has a sweet tooth.But the fact is that sugar is the easiest to carry. After living in the orphanage, I don’t know where the next meal will come from, or whether there is any life. Fanny always has food around her at any time to feel at ease.

Fanny never wore a skirt and never had her hair down until fourth grade.Because long hair will be caught, skirts are inconvenient to move and easy to be caught, these will become hidden dangers, and showing gender characteristics is also a sign of weakness.That's why she always wears Muggle tracksuits under her robes.

Fanny always chooses dark-colored clothing, because it is resistant to dirt, and it is not obvious if it is stained with blood, muddy water or other stains.

Like lying and fighting, these are the usual parts of Fanny's life like eating and drinking, and they dominate her subconscious mind.Whether Fanny likes it or not, she will never get rid of the traces left by the orphanage.

This fact made Fanny feel complicated, but no matter what she lied, she had to be honest.Then Fanny went to ask Sprout to fix the helper's time. Sprout was not unsurprised by this, but a lot of unexpected changes happened to Fanny - from words and deeds to personal temperament From a comprehensive attitude towards learning - she also saw it, so she readily agreed.

"The power of love..." Sprout touched his chin with the scissors, "That French boy had better be worthy of your hard work, otherwise...he might receive a small pot of devil's net as a gift!"

He breaks your heart, I break his neck. Sprout's kind expression said so.

Fanny felt chills for a while, and she shed tears of sympathy for Mark.

"There's no need to be so exaggerated...it won't do me any harm if I try hard, will it?"

"That's right." Sprout turned back and continued the pruning work. "I always thought you were very smart. If only you worked harder."

"Ha, haha..." Fanny laughed dryly.

Fanny worked in the greenhouse until past midnight. After admiring the opening to Yueying for a while, she yawned and said goodbye to Sprout.

Probably this was destined to be an eventful night, just as he walked to the portrait hole, the portrait of the Fat Lady suddenly unscrewed.Face to face with the stern-looking Mag suddenly, Fanny choked in her throat.

It can't be such a coincidence that she is checking the night today... Isn't there no night checking on weekends?

"What are you doing out there in the middle of the night, Sanchez?" McGonagall asked sternly.

"I'll go to the greenhouse to help Professor Sprout." While answering, Fanny saw the twins and Ginny unscrew the portraits from behind Professor McGonagall and crawl out, all of them sleepy in their pajamas.

Mag didn't seem to be in the mood to probe into the authenticity of Fanny's words, so she waved her hand to let the three of them follow and then walked away.Fanny supported the portrait to keep the hole open, and secretly listened to what McGonagall said.

"...he was wounded, Harry saw him being attacked. It's not known yet..."

Who is hurt?Harry slipped out wearing the Invisibility Cloak again?The anxious voices of McGonagall and the Weasley children faded away, and Fanny guessed suspiciously.

"Hey, do I have to stay on my side until you sleep here?" The fat lady was impatient.

The next day, Fanny found that all the Weasley children and Harry hadn't shown up, and she didn't know what happened when she asked Hermione.Neville said it seemed Harry had a nightmare that Ron's father was injured, and they were taken away by McGonagall.

Soon this matter spread throughout Gryffindor, and some people tended to think that Harry had finally gone completely crazy, but seeing that the Weasley children didn't show up, it was not that simple.

If only Harry had been out of his head for making up that big lie.Fanny sometimes thinks so too.

The next day, Professor Sprout didn't have much work to do, so Fanny planned to go back to the dormitory to pick up things and go to the Room of Requirement.At the door, she heard Hermione and Parvati Lavender arguing again. Fanny thought it was another issue about Harry's mental state, but when she heard it closer, she found that the focus was on herself.

"She knows we're at a rally, and has probably found out where we are! How do we know she won't tell Umbridge? Thirty more people will be fired if she betrays us!"

"Fanny won't do that! No matter what you say, I can't just..."

"Just a signature! What's the big deal if she's innocent?"

"First of all, it means we doubt her for no reason. Second, what if one of us is accidentally found out? It's us who got her fired!"

"How did we get caught when no one told us? Besides, she should have stood up against the old hag! And she said she believed Harry!"

After listening to Fanny for a while, she understood that her appearance in the corridor that day aroused the suspicion of those few people.Hermione seemed to have a list of participants, and Lavender suggested that Fanny sign it to make sure Fanny didn't sell them all, and Parvati agreed.Amelia was ambiguous, and Hermione sounded like the only one who objected.

Calm down, Fanny.You know what you want to do and you want to join them.So no matter what, even if you don't help, you can't be the one who drags your feet. Don't forget that you support the resistance.

Fanny turned around at the door and left, she intended to pretend she hadn't heard.But if Hermione did ask for her autograph...we'll see.

Actually lying to Draco about this, Fanny felt so stupid that she had nothing to say.

I don't know if it was Hermione's final outburst that overwhelmed all the objections or something, but no one mentioned the autograph to Fanny face to face.

In the next two days it was the Christmas holiday, and Fanny went home to celebrate the holidays and celebrate Smith's birthday as before.Amelia has been trying to talk to Fanny for the past two days, probably to clear up the misunderstanding of "five people dating"-Fanny is not the only one who will see Smith soon.

Fanny didn't give her this chance until she got off the train. In order to thank her for her defense, let her explain herself.