Ravenclaw's Sapphire

"Let's just meet at the Three Broomsticks at noon, shall we, Zoe? I read about it in the travel brochure, and the butter beer tastes really good there."

Hermione specially ran over to say hello to Zoe. They were mixed in the crowd, and the surroundings were noisy. People from the four major colleges stood clearly in their own team at the beginning of the assembly, but gradually, the team dispersed. Of course, students are more willing to chat with their friends than those of the same college.The professors in charge of maintaining order didn't treat them very harshly, acquiescing to this kind of controllable chaos. If you know that today is Halloween, you should have a good time.

Next to Zoe was Draco, the boy looked more composed after this period of tempering.Like the high-spirited Gryffindors, their Slytherins also made every effort to win a beautiful victory in the first game of the Academy Cup.If you add gimmicks, you can even use words like "battle of fate" or "battle of rivals", all because the first game is Gryffindor vs. Slytherin.

Draco and Hermione's eyes only met for the first time, and then they looked away tacitly.As Harry's good friend, Hermione naturally couldn't have a good impression of Draco who was always finding fault. As for Draco, he also looked down on Hermione, a girl from a Muggle family.

It's just because of their mutual friends, in order not to embarrass Zoe, they chose to restrain each other.

"Why didn't I see Potter?" Zoe asked Draco after watching Hermione's back until she disappeared on the other side of the crowd.

"I don't know, maybe there is no note. You know that the dean of Gryffindor House is not the same as our Professor Snape, she is too strict." Draco said half-ostentatiously.

"But you must also admit that Professor McGonagall is a good professor." Zoe complained, "As for Professor Snape, he is also very strict in my opinion, he almost broke my brain open and went straight into it. Enriched with knowledge."

"That's also because the target is you, Zoe." Draco said, "I have asked Professor Snape in private, and he has a very good evaluation of you. Don't you always complete his tasks well? ?"

"Really? Don't tell lies to comfort me. He never showed me a good face once."

"Professor Snape probably doesn't want you to relax? I think these adults are always like this, treating us like children who are completely ignorant, and don't plan to tell us anything unless we find out by ourselves." Draco's words were probably While alluding to Lucius, although there is some truth to it, his childish complaint made Zoe laugh out loud.

Draco glared at her, and she had to fight back to burst out laughing: God knows why Draco didn't feel self-conscious about himself at all, you know he was a typical spoiled young master until last year, willful and Arrogant, and extremely annoying (Hermione's countless complaints about this have almost made Zooey's ears callous), completely just a child, and the type that makes people itch.

Fortunately, after a holiday of "training" with Margaret, he now looks much more reliable and less impetuous. Although he is still as defiant as ever, he has finally learned to evaluate others appropriately.

They made their way noisily through the front hall, and at the gate stood Filch—almost one of the most unpopular people in the school, for he was always suspicious and irritable, and wanted to catch everyone A handle on students who were within his sights, and then punished them.

Filch was in charge of checking the list, in order to prevent students who were not eligible to sneak out.He compared each face to their names carefully, and Zoe figured he'd probably wish he could catch an unruly one on the spot, so Filch's Halloween present would be there.

*****

Zoe told Draco that they had to get there before the students flocked to Honeydukes.This is an extremely popular candy store where you can find all kinds of popular and delicious candies, and the store even imports a lot of candies that are not just tasty, but fun (often with a lot of fancy effects)— — Here you can find creamy mints that hop around in your stomach (because they look like toads), edible crunchy quills (put one end in your mouth during class for a sweet Liquid, you can eat the whole pen when you get bored).

Of course, there are some more dangerous ones, such as the black pepper naughty boy named by Luna, which her father likes very much. When you eat it, your nose and ears will breathe fire.

Draco tilted his face, resisting the twitching and helplessness of his mouth.Whether Zooey noticed it or not, he could see it clearly - this girl's eyes were shining!No matter how many valid reasons she had for going to Honeydukes first, it was only because she wanted to go there first.

Draco still remembered that when he was a child, when Zoe was finally willing to let go of his guard and get along happily in their house, his mother, Narcissa, used a lot of effort to stop her who would rather not eat dinner, but also must The bad habit of eating dessert until full.

Zoe trotted to Honeydukes, and Draco followed slowly.Almost the whole third grade came this time, and it was their first time in Hogsmeade, and the first time was always the most novel.Leaving aside those who have referred to the strategy, those who have experience in senior grades, or students who have already planned, the others were just wandering around at first, which also led to the fact that when they arrived at Honeydukes, there were not many people crowded in in front of the counter.

Zoe hung around in front of each counter with great interest, and kept reaching for the shelves, her arms were soon full of candies. "Zoe, I have to remind you that you bought so much here, how are you going to take it back?" Draco sighed.

"I can ask you to fetch it for me - you will, won't you?" How could Draco say "no"?But he still continued to pour cold water: "Even if there are two of us, it is impossible to bring so many candies back."

"It's okay, I can make an excuse to go back to the castle first!"

Draco had no choice but to shut up, and now Zoe obviously couldn't listen to anyone.

Honeydukes is run by a couple who were amazed to see this little girl come to check out with such a huge pile of candy: "Son, are you eating alone or with friends?" Laco looked at Zoe again, and smiled thoughtfully, "The two of you can't have fun with so many things, right? You can't even hold hands."

Zooey's mind was all on the candy, and she didn't listen carefully to what the other party said.Draco cleared his throat in embarrassment, the world is a lesson, this is all a misunderstanding, they are not the kind of relationship that people imagine at all.

"We have a cooperation with the post office, and we can help you deliver the goods, but depending on the situation, a small shipping fee may be added - is this possible?" The male host also said with a smile. The two of them seemed to have completely misunderstood Zoe and Della Branch relationship.

After the two parties happily reached a deal (Zoe bought more brazenly when she learned that it could be delivered), Zoe held a large portion of Zizi honey candy in one hand and an unopened chocolate in the other. Bite after mouthful, the brisk pace is very intoxicating.

"After eating so much, do you still plan to have dinner?" Draco held more chocolate and a few jelly slugs in his arms. Among sweets, Zoe especially liked chocolate, especially the rougher one Frogs (which are almost only eaten by children), she collected a whole set of magical character cards, only this time Draco admitted that he was actually a little bit jealous of her.

"It's okay," Zooey said vaguely, she hadn't swallowed the mouthful yet, "the sweets are in the other stomach."

Why is she not fat when she always eats so many high-calorie foods?Draco walked forward while thinking wildly.They first went to the condiment magic joke store, which mainly sells some magic props for pranks.Although Draco didn't show it on the surface, he was actually very interested in these interesting gadgets, which was probably a mischievous nature of boys.

Zoe bought two sticky balls. This small pink ball only needs to be thrown on the ground vigorously, and it will turn into a puddle of extremely sticky pink jelly. , the body is still covered with funny pink glue, which can be regarded as a mischievous prop with a relatively wide range.

They also ran to the Shrieking Shack, a building whose dates vary, with some saying it was actually here 100 years ago, and others saying it was actually hundreds of years old.The reason why this building has become a famous tourist attraction is because it is "haunted".Villagers used to hear howling from the hut, sometimes accompanied by banging and scratching at the walls.There are many legends about it, but no one knows what the truth is.Over time, it has become one of the must-see attractions for tourists who come to Hogsmeade.

"Do you think this shack is really haunted, Draco?" Zoe asked the boy, "but I don't think there's anything unclean here."

"Who knows? Even if there are ghosts here, it's not surprising. Look at the weird ghosts in Hogwarts. I think it fits the eerie atmosphere here."

"It's only been a few decades since the Shrieking Shack's reputation was established, but those horrible howls have lasted for several years. Do you think some monsters rested here for a short time and finally left? Already?" Zooey's eyes lit up, she always liked these weird things.

"Perhaps." Draco obviously didn't seem very interested in the legends here.