[HP] Guardian

Chapter 40

In the evening, after Harry had changed into his dress and looked for something to eat, Ron was still looking at himself in front of the long mirror in the corner with a horrified expression on his face.There was no getting around the fact that his gown was like a skirt.Desperate to add a little manliness to the gown, he cast a cutting spell on the folds and lace.It worked, at least the lace was gone, but he wasn't doing the job right, and the collar and cuffs were still fringed.Harry raised his wand to help him readjust, cast a brand-new spell, and pressed his dress robes.

"Thank you very much." Ron looked left and right, at least it gave him the confidence to go out.

"I have to go first, I can't let my partner wait for me" Harry waved to him and abandoned him happily "Don't come too late"

When Harry went downstairs, the girls stared at him all the way. He didn't tie his hair up today, but he tidied up his messy hair. He didn't wear glasses. The green silk embroidered flowers on the neckline and sleeves reflected in the light With the same luster as his eyes, he has a gentle and jade-like temperament, which attracts many sideways glances.

"Hey! Luna." The foyer was crowded with people, and the auditorium didn't open until eight o'clock. He didn't expect Luna to come so early.

"Hello, Harry." She was wearing a shiny silver dress without any strange accessories, but the color matched Harry.

A group of Slytherin students came up from the underground common room.Malfoy was at the head, in a black velvet gown with a high collar.He saw Harry right away, and when he saw Luna, he seemed to have swallowed a hundred flies, and he opened his mouth as if he was gasping for air.Harry smiled at him, and Malfoy walked away staring, still resenting Harry for actually giving him a bottle of shampoo.

The oaken front door was opened, and everyone turned to see Durmstrang's student walking in with Karkaroff, Krum in the lead.A lawn in front of the castle has been turned into a grotto, which is dotted with fairy lights, which means that there are hundreds of living fairies sitting in enchanted rose bushes or fanning statues With wings, those statues appear to be Santa Claus and his reindeer.

At this time, Mag's voice sounded, "Warriors, please come here!"

"Let's go." Harry extended an invitation gesture, and the crowd gasped. Many girls looked at Luna resentfully. They all thought that Harry invited Hermione. After all, she was his friend. Although they were jealous But it's not surprising, but crazy girl... this world is so magical.

"It's Granger, she's so beautiful." Luna didn't care about other people's gazes, she suddenly saw Hermione on her arm.

Hermione walked over gracefully, attracting the attention of many men.Krum reached out and invited her, so Hermione was the second person to encounter the girl's hostility.

"Hello, Harry!" She smiled and waved to Harry, Harry nodded, and Hermione looked at Luna beside him again, a little surprised, but still said hello, "Hello, Luna"

After everyone took their seats in the auditorium, McGonagall asked the warriors and their dance partners to line up two by two, and followed her in.They filed in and walked towards the big round table where the referees sat at the front of the auditorium. The people in the auditorium applauded enthusiastically.

The walls of the auditorium were covered with gleaming silver frost, the ceiling was a starry night sky, and hundreds of garlands of mistletoe sprigs and ivy hung.The four academy tables were gone, replaced by a hundred small lantern-lit tables, with a dozen or so people seated at each table.

Both Harry and Luna kept a low profile. The warriors came to the front of the guest table, Dumbledore smiled happily, and Karkaroff saw Krum and Hermione getting closer, but his face was serious. look.Bagman was wearing a bright purple robe tonight with big yellow stars on it, and he clapped his hands as enthusiastically as his classmates.Maxime had shed her usual black satin uniform for a lilac flowing gown.Crouch didn't come to replace Percy.Harry nodded at him, not intending to talk to him, but to discuss something interesting with Luna.

The dinner started, and he took Luna to the table to order.Harry held his veal steak and listened to the lively conversation around him.Karkaroff and Dumbledore's coming and going; Fleur has already fascinated Roger Davies, what is what to say; Hermione is teaching Krum to say her name; Hagrid is looking at Mark Sim waved his hand; the old bat was wearing a strict black dress robe, with his hands behind his back in a gesture of refusal, staying in the corner, looking out of tune with the atmosphere.Lonely person... Harry lowered his eyes and felt a little worried, but unfortunately he couldn't walk to his side to accompany him. After all, Riddle was about to be resurrected, and it would be a fatal injury for Mr. Spy if they walked too close.

After everything was eaten, Dumbledore stood up and asked the students to stand up too.Then with a flick of his wand, all the tables whizzed away to the wall, leaving an open space in between.He also conjured up a high stage, attached to the base of the right wall, on which stood a drum kit, some guitars, a lute, a cello, and several organs.

At this time, the Weird Sisters rushed onto the stage together, and the audience burst into thunderous applause.They were all very bushy and wore black robes that were deliberately ripped, and they took up their musical instruments.

Harry stretched out his hand to invite, and they walked onto the dance floor with Luna to the music.Harry doesn't like dancing, but that doesn't mean he can't, he leads Luna to dance around, with an elegant and gentlemanly smile.Apparently he didn't know that he had become the focus. The green eyes were set off by the dark green flowers, shining with the light of gemstones, and many people were whispering.

Soon more people were on the dance floor.Some girls deliberately jumped up to him to squeeze Luna, but he led Luna to avoid it.After the opening dance, he led Luna out of the dance floor to prevent her from being hurt maliciously.

"Sorry, I didn't expect them to be so crazy." Harry led her to sit down, and apologized softly, "I'll get something to drink."

"Oh! It's okay, the juice is good." Luna shrugged indifferently, and Harry handed her a glass of fresh juice from the table.

Ron and Parvati approached, obviously neither of them were happy, and Parvati was soon invited away by other boys.Hermione came and sat in the chair that Parvati had vacated.Her cheeks flushed slightly as she danced.

"Are you happy?" Hermione was sprayed with the perfume he gave her, and when she brushed her hair, Harry felt a burst of cool herbal fragrance.

"It's okay, it's just hot, isn't it?" said Hermione, fanning herself with the palm of her hand. "Victor's off to get a drink."

Ron gave her a sour look, "Victor, did he ask you to call him 'Wicky'?" Harry quickly pulled Ron, who was thrown away by Ron.

Hermione looked at him in surprise "what's the matter with you?"

"If you don't know" said Ron meanly "I don't want to tell you either"

Hermione looked at him in surprise, then at Harry, who shrugged.

"Ron, what are you..."

"He's from Durmstrang!" snapped Ron. "He's Harry's rival! Hogwarts' rival! You... you're..." Ron was obviously searching for something that would Powerful words to describe Hermione's heinous crime "You are a friend and enemy, and this is what you did!"

Hermione opened her mouth wide in surprise.

"Stop talking stupid!" She said after a while, "My enemy! Who is the enemy? To be honest... Seeing him coming, who is so excited that he can't control himself? Who wants to get his autograph? Who is in the dormitory?" Is there a model of him in there?"

Ron decided to ignore the words. "He probably invited you while you were both at the library?"

"Yeah, that's right," said Hermione, the blush on her cheeks growing brighter. "So what?"

"How it happened...you mobilized him for 'vomit'"

"No, it's not! If you really want to know, let me tell you, he... He said he came to the library every day just to talk to me, but he couldn't muster the courage!"

Hermione spoke quickly, blushing even more.

"Yeah, huh...that's what he said," Ron said bitterly.

"Then what does he mean?"

"It's not obvious that he is Karkaroff's student, does he know who you hang out with all day...he just wants to get close to Harry...to steal his information...or to get close to Harry and give him a poison curse…"

Hermione was furious, as if Ron had slapped her across the face.Her voice trembled slightly as she spoke.

"Let me tell you something, he never asked Harry a word, never..."

Ron changed tactics at the speed of light.

"So, he wants you to help him figure out what that golden egg means! I assume you met in a cozy library with your heads next to each other..."

"I never helped him study that golden egg!" Hermione was furious. "Never. How could you say something like that... I hope Harry wins the competition, Harry knows that, doesn't he, ha profit"

"The way you behave is a bit weird," Ron sneered.

"The whole Tournament is for everyone to meet foreign wizards and build friendships with them!" Hermione said excitedly.

"No, it's not!" Ron yelled. "It's to win the game!" People turned and stared at them.

"Ron," Harry whispered, "I think Hermione knows what she's doing..." But Ron ignored Harry's words.

"Why don't you go to Wicky, he will be worried if he can't find you"

"Don't call him Wicky!" Hermione sprang to her feet and stormed across the dance floor, disappearing into the crowd.Ron looked at her back with a look of anger and hatred on his face.

"Ron, calm down." Harry patted him on the shoulder and stood up. "Luna, I'm sorry, if you don't mind, I can take you back first."

Luna nodded, she obviously didn't want to stay in this weird atmosphere.

"Where's H-M-Eun?" Krum came to their table, two bottles of Butterbeer in hand.

"Don't know," said Ron stubbornly, looking up at him. "You lost her, didn't you?"

Krum's face darkened again.

"She said it was a bit hot, so she should go to breathe, you can look around." Harry said to Krum, ignoring Ron's blank eyes.

Krum nodded happily and thanked him, then turned around and went out to find Hermione.

"It's so late, a girl, you'd be ashamed to make Hermione go away in anger." It was time for Ron to learn his lesson, so Harry chose to push, but obviously Ron was still not convinced, and Harry didn't plan to talk to him, Lead Luna out of the auditorium.

"Boys are really weird, they are so annoying even though they care about it." He and Luna walked up the stairs, Luna's ethereal eyes sparkled with puzzlement.

"Well...he's a bit stupid" Luna turned her eyes to him and nodded in agreement.

"Thank you for your backup dancer today, and I'm sorry to have brought you into such an unpleasant situation." Stopping outside the Ravenclaw common room, Harry thanked politely and expressed apology.

"I'm very happy, thank you for your invitation." Luna smiled and didn't care about this unpleasant farce, "You should go to persuade me, then goodbye, good night"

"Okay, good night." Harry waved to her, said goodbye to each other, and turned to leave.

He felt the position of the old bat, and was with Karkaroff. He guessed that the old bat was in a bad mood tonight, so he transformed into a fox in the corner and slipped into the cellar again.Harry waited for a long time but did not see the old bat come back. He let out a sigh and turned back into a human form. He waved his hand and lit the fireplace. He pointed to the chair and transformed it into a chaise longue. Lie on the recliner and fell asleep.

It was already two o'clock in the morning when Snape came back, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw the little troll curled up on the couch, his dress dropped on the floor.Snape frowned, he was going to wake up the little troll, but when he got closer, the black eyes of the little troll under the light of the fire made him change his mind.He picked up the little troll's dress and transformed into a blanket to cover him.Harry turned over and opened his eyes in a daze. Obviously the fire was too dazzling. He muttered a frown and shrank his head back into the blanket, leaving his hair messy outside.

Snape resisted not throwing him out, sat back on his chair, took out the book and the long-prepared potion from the drawer, and continued with the pages he hadn't read during the day.This book was given to him by the little troll, a tome of potions that contained many strange formulas.Why do you say it's strange?Because there are poisons, antidotes, and curse potions in it, and some even copied random potions.This is a handwritten book with messy fonts, including runes, ancient Roman scripts, ancient Egyptian scripts, and some scripts that even he can't recognize, but English is the majority, but the fonts are retro, obviously the original version of the book Because it should not be written by modern wizards.What interested Snape the most was that this wizard had a lot of experience, which he wrote casually in the book, which could give him a lot of inspiration.

[Don't attack him, Nagini, don't bite him] Snape woke up from the book with a rapid hiss, he looked up, and the little troll was calling indistinctly with his head up short of breath, full of His head was sweating profusely and his expression was painful, obviously he was in a nightmare.

[Nagini, leave him, don't touch him, get out] Harry accidentally fell asleep while waiting for the old bat to come back this time, he didn't clear his brain as usual.Instead of breaking into Voldemort's sight, he dreamed of the scene where the old bat died in the Shrieking Shed.He wanted to wave his wand, but his hands didn't listen. He shouted at Nagini to order, but Nagini didn't listen. He yelled anxiously, watching the old bat being bitten by Nagini again and again, dripping with blood.Who can save him, he doesn't deserve to die, he can't die.

"Potter" Harry unconsciously issued a spell, an advanced healing spell, and listened for miracles.But apparently the healing spell in his sleep was not very successful, the powerful magic power suspended everything around him in mid-air, Snape thought that his magic power was rioting, and hurriedly called his name loudly.

"Please... don't die..." Harry heard the voice of the old bat in a daze, thinking it was from someone who was gradually losing temperature, he begged, didn't you promise Dumbledore to protect me?why leave me...

"Potter" Snape drew out his wand and stood up, shouting again loudly.Harry suddenly woke up from the nightmare, and things around him fell to the ground. He panted heavily and hurriedly waited and searched until he saw the old bat pointing at him with a wand. He seemed to be relieved and covered it. The face laughed at himself.

"Excuse me," he said softly.

"Are you always like this?" Snape saw that he woke up and sat back down again. He remembered that the little troll had said that he had dreamed of some bad things. He thought that the little troll had dreamed about his parents, and his eyes dimmed. .

"No..." Harry shook his head and didn't want to talk about this topic. Looking at the scattered things around him, he knew why Snape pointed his wand at him. He pulled out his wand to restore the things, and looked down to find that his robe was gone. There was a blanket on him, and he smiled inexplicably in the dark with his face sideways.

"It's three o'clock." He waved his hand to check the time. He got up and walked to the fireplace. He wore a white shirt and a jacket, which looked a bit thin in this season, but he still rolled up his cuffs because he was wet. It was freezing cold all over, and the clothes were stuck to his back.

He cast Drying and Warming Charms on himself, and pointed to the table to create a glass of milk. Seeing that the old bat drank half of the cold tea, Harry pointed to the glass and replaced it with a new one. , Snape glanced at him and lowered his head again.

"Have some tea, go to bed early! I've given you all the books, and I'm afraid it won't escape." Standing in front of the old bat, he mischievously blocked the firelight.

"You can go." The old bat raised his head and glared at him, obviously unhappy that someone would disturb his reading.Harry licked his teeth, turned into a fox in front of him, jumped onto his lap, covered the book tightly, his cunning fox eyes seemed to be snickering.

The old bat stared at him for two seconds, picked him up by the back of his neck, and threw him into the blanket on the recliner, and the hair ball sank into it.

"Go back to your lion's den." The old bat was not in the mood to continue reading after being disturbed by him. He closed the book and put it away, and went into the bedroom by himself.

Harry struggled to get out of the blanket, he changed back into human form, restored the chair and clothes, put on his robes and was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something.

"Going out at this time, isn't it just a reason to deduct points for him?" He rolled his eyes to think about it, and he turned back into a fox again, and tiptoed into the bedroom quietly.

After Snape washed, he turned into the office to see that the things had been restored, so he turned off all the lights and the fireplace, went into the bedroom, changed into pajamas and went to bed, and accidentally touched a lump of warm hair after lying down.

"Potter" Snape gritted his teeth and was about to grab the fox and throw him out, but the fox got smart this time and wrapped his arms around his tail first.

"Not going back yet, do you want to deduct points? Gryffindor..." Just as he was about to deduct points, the little fox anxiously licked his mouth, and Snape was taken aback, his whole face darkened.The fox had night vision. He obviously knew that he was in trouble. He squeaked and quickly buried his head on the side of the old bat's neck. The nine tails wrapped around his whole body, making him unable to move.

"You..." Just as the old bat was about to spray the venom again, the little fox licked his ears wisely, and rubbed his chin with a soft cry.

"Stupid thing..." The fox's voice is very effective in soothing the mood, the old bat has no choice but to "relax and sleep" with the fox

The fox made sure that his expression had calmed down, so he let go of his tail. When the old bat was about to grab him again, he got under the quilt and threw himself into his arms, rubbing against his arm and whining softly, as if acting like a spoiled child. generally.

"Don't move, sleep." The old bat finally compromised. He hugged the fox to his chest and patted his head to signal him to be quiet. Under his chin, he fell into a peaceful sleep.

In the early morning of the next day, Snape woke up from the cold. The hair ball in his arms had disappeared. It was a pity that the temperature gradually dissipated. The cold and clear air made people not want to stay for a moment. He got up, tidied up, changed into his robe, and opened the bedroom. As soon as he opened the door, he found that some little troll had occupied a corner of his fireplace and was eating breakfast.

"Good morning, Professor." He went back to the dormitory early in the morning, changed his clothes, and tied up his hair again. He was reading a book and eating breakfast comfortably.

"En" the air stagnated for a moment, and finally returned to normal in Snape's toneless voice.They finished their breakfast in peace and did their own things, as if everything was the same as before.

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