HP Wizard Age

After Harry asked her how to get along with girls last time, Asteria was very depressed to find that his Occlumency had returned to the original level.

It made her feel like a failure.

She even felt that Professor Snape had some truth in saying that Harry was arrogant.

And the way he looked at her was a little evasive.

She didn't know why until Hermione slipped her a copy of The Quibbler one day.

It wrote in detail what happened to Harry during the Goblet of Fire last year, and which ones were actually revealed to be Death Eaters.

"...Harry Potter said that the Goblet of Fire is a portkey. It is reported that Crouch II pretended to be Professor Moody, tampered with the Goblet of Fire, and took him to an unknown cemetery. He not only saw the mysterious People, I also saw Lucius Malfoy who is a Death Eater, Goyle and other followers..."

Asteria pursed her lips and returned the magazine to Hermione, "Thank you Hermione, I see." She knew that Hermione was just kind.

"Maybe I shouldn't comment, but Malfoy...is really not a good choice."

Astria could only smile and nod.

Because of the content of the interview with Harry in "The Quibbler", Umbridge began to prohibit students from reading the magazine, and checked the students' schoolbags and cloaks from time to time. If they were checked, they would be expelled.

"Miss Knightley, please open your schoolbag. I need to check it." Umbridge stopped her, lifted his chin, and whispered in a high-pitched voice.

"Did someone inform you again?" Asteria said casually, and handed her her schoolbag in a really good-tempered manner, and reminded her by the way, "Professor Umbridge, there is nothing in my schoolbag." No prophecy."

Umbridge was trembling with anger at this sentence, and pursed his lips, the lines at the corners of his mouth deepened.She knew that Knightley was clearly targeting the Veritaserum matter.

How can she not believe that she doesn't know at all!Sly Knightley!She regretted only putting three drops of Veritaserum!

Umbridge stopped her at the entrance of the auditorium. The students were going to have dinner. When they saw her being stopped, they stopped and walked to look at the two of them.

"Let me remind you that professors are not allowed to search students' things. Are you suspicious of our students?" Professor McGonagall hurried over, stood in front of Astria, and put her schoolbag back into her arms inside.

Many of the students whose bags had been searched by Umbridge immediately straightened up, Professor McGonagall said.

"Professor, I am implementing the "No.20 No. [-] Education Order". As the most senior investigator of Hogwarts, I have the right to conduct body searches on suspected students." Umbridge's hand with pink nail polish Arrange clothes.

"Suspected students?" There were so many people blocking the entrance of the auditorium, it was difficult for the professors not to see them.

"I don't know what the students in my college are suspected of." As soon as Professor Snape's voice appeared, there was an empty space next to him.The students who watched the excitement realized that Professor Snape was just behind them.

After Snape finished speaking, he glanced at Draco who had just integrated into the students.It's really rare, just now his godson ran over panting to ask him to come forward, and a Malfoy would have a day to invite someone.Snape decided to make a note of the incident so that he could taunt Lucius well later.

"I don't know what Hogwarts students are suspected of." Headmaster Dumbledore stood beside the long table with his hands behind his back, his tone a little angry - in response to Umbridge's attitude towards the students.

Astria frowned, and she saw Umbridge's already bulging blue eyes were almost out of frame, making her more like a toad.

The matter of searching her schoolbag was still nothing.The students whose schoolbags had been searched by Umbridge were relieved a lot.

……

Different from the lively atmosphere of Hogwarts, Knightley Manor is filled with a depressive undercurrent.

There were more than a dozen people sitting in the quaint hall, besides the three of Knightley's family, there were also more than a dozen different people.

Some of them wore Hua Guo's long robes and exercise pants, some wore short jackets and long skirts with buttons, and some wore strange clothes, with a large copper mirror hanging on their chests.

Everyone also had solemn expressions on their faces, and they were resting with their eyes closed.

A huge transparent ball is floating in the hall, which contains a translucent blue liquid.The sky outside seemed to be smudged with ink, and the color became thicker and thicker. The clouds were churning, and there was a muffled thunder in the depths. The lightning was like the horn of a demon gathering, and a thunderbolt ripped open the clouds and exploded on the flat ground.

The liquid in the transparent ball changed accordingly, from blue to thick and purple to blood red.

"Here we come." A middle-aged man with his legs crossed opened his eyes and spoke Hua Guo dialect.

When Payne heard this, he pulled out his wand unconsciously, and his palms were already wet in just a few seconds.

More than a dozen streaks of black mist have sprung from the clouds in the distance, dragging their long tails.

Payne closed his eyes slightly, he knew what those were, the Death Eaters and their Dark Lord, they finally attacked the Knightley family!He opened his eyes again, with arrogance and unyielding eyes. He touched the handrail, stood up firmly, and walked out of the hall with a dozen people in the hall.

Almost at the moment when the black mist was about to fall to the ground, the huge magic power from both sides collided with sparks, the fragile flowers and trees in the manor were broken by the magic, and some wooden pavilions collapsed.There was also a dull loud noise in the quiet valley!

……

Hogwarts Hall.

Harry hissed, clutching his forehead in unbearable pain, the scar started to hurt again, and it was as if someone was tearing at his consciousness inside his head, and the fork in his hand slid off the plate with a crisp sound.

In just a few seconds his forehead was wet, and the feeling was familiar, and Harry knew it.

No, Merlin bless, not at this time!

A few flashes of green and red light and figures running among the trees flashed before Harry's eyes, mixed with the food on the long table.

Even if the words of Astria's words flashed through his mind at this time—maybe one day the mysterious man will find himself sitting at the long table in Hogwarts eating with Gryffindor.

No... At least not now, Harry held his head, his expression was a bit ferocious, he couldn't control the tyrannical and angry emotions coming from the other end, he wanted to sweep everything on the table to the ground, and even wanted to yell!

"What's the matter Harry? Is the scar hurting? Could it be... Oh Merlin..." Hermione, who was sitting next to him, quickly put down her fork, her face turned pale.

The moment Harry covered his forehead, Astria also suddenly felt chest tightness and flustered, as if someone had grabbed her throat for a moment, making her a little out of breath.

The magic ceiling began to change, condensing into cumulonimbus clouds, and a huge purple thunder flashed, followed by deafening thunder that rang through the entire auditorium.Many students were taken aback.

Astria stood up abruptly, covering her heart with her left hand, feeling its beating speed.

"Astria...?" Millison turned to look at her, only to find that her face was pale, and her normally gorgeous lips were also snow-white, very ugly.

Draco looked at her for the first time, then immediately lowered his head with his lips pursed to hide the worry in his eyes, and at the same time secretly hated himself for not being able to care about her openly at this time.

"Tick-tock-"

Millicent noticed a group of small drops of water appearing on Astria's table, followed by three or four drops.

Astria found herself crying belatedly, but she couldn't control her tears. This... this is like an early warning... What is the early warning?

Astria's mind was in chaos, but it became clear again. She realized something, but what she realized made her even more frightened and flustered.

She subconsciously looked up at Draco, and when she met those gray-blue eyes full of worry, she realized that she couldn't do this, so she immediately lowered her head, and immediately there were a few drops of water on the table.

Ever since Draco met Astria, he had never seen her cry. One was because she liked to laugh and was optimistic and had nothing to worry about, and the other was that he would not let her cry.

So Draco didn't know what would happen when he met Asteria's tears.

Now that he knew it, there was a needle-like pain in his heart, which made him unable to escape, and made it difficult for him to breathe, as if his soul had been sucked away by a dementor, and he would never be happy again.

Draco's whole mind was lingering on the scene he saw just now - Asteria's eyes were red, and her pale face was covered with tears, maybe even Asteria herself didn't know it, she looked at How helpless and frightened his eyes were.

The sweet juice in his mouth also became extremely bitter, like her tears, sliding down his throat and into the bottom of his heart.

He put down the glass, and the coaster hit the plate with a loud and harsh sound. He didn't notice that the fingertips of his fingers turning white from holding the glass too hard, and he didn't notice that his deep-rooted aristocratic etiquette could also be ignored. break in.

No one cared about Draco's behavior because of Asteria's sudden movement of standing up.Even Blaise just thought it was because of the previous rumors, and he even found a reason for Astria's raised head, because they had a relationship once.

Although Millicent didn't understand what happened to Astria all of a sudden, it didn't prevent her from feeling distressed like a big sister.

She pulled out the small silver knife that Asteria had been holding all the time, and whispered, it turned out that Asteria held it too tightly, and the serrations at the end of the small silver knife cut her tiger's mouth.

Astria, who was drawn out of the silver knife, didn't care. She still stood there and turned to look at the professor's seat.

When Dumbledore received her tearful and pleading eyes, his heart shivered. He immediately looked in the direction of Gryffindor, and when he saw Harry clutching his forehead, he immediately put down the fork, still not knowing why. Professor McGonagall whispered a few words, and immediately disappeared in his seat amidst Professor McGonagall's more solemn expression and Professor Umbridge's vicious eyes.

Astria was finally pulled down to sit by Millicent. Knowing that it was not a good time to ask questions, Millicent patted her on the shoulder.

The Slytherin long table didn't know what happened to her, but just looked at her curiously.

It had already started to rain outside, and the big raindrops hit the glass above the auditorium, making crackling noises, and several lightning bolts flashed across the magic ceiling.The atmosphere began to become damp and sticky unknowingly.Dinner time is quickly over.

Astria has wiped away the tears on her face, but her eye circles are still red.

The juniors followed the prefect back to the lounge as quietly as chickens.

Asteria stood in the dormitory not knowing what to do, she now wanted to leave Hogwarts and go back to her home.

There was a sound from the window beside the bed. Usually, Astria could notice it vigilantly, but now she was in a mess.

But Bara raised her head vigilantly, and the feathers on her head exploded.After seeing the person coming, he retracted the hair that was about to stand up, and flew to Astria to hug her.

Just as Astria turned around, she was embraced by a moist embrace.

Feeling familiar people, Asteria still couldn't hold back the tears, one drop after another fell into Draco's neck.

It was obviously cold, but it burned Draco's heart.

"Draco..." Asteria called him with a low whimper, her voice was trembling and thin, with obvious helplessness.

As long as she thinks about that incident, she can't stop being afraid. She clearly knows it, but when it really comes, when it really happens, she still has no way not to be afraid.

"I'm here." Draco hugged her tightly and patted her on the back to make her feel better.

"I'm afraid... my family..." Asteria told him intermittently while crying.

Draco's heart sank a little bit.He understood Astria's words—the Dark Lord had attacked the Knightleys.

He changed his movements and pressed against Astria's forehead. Her face was already covered with tears, and the broken hair on her forehead was already wet and sticking to her face.

Draco didn't know what to say, his father must be there too.If Astria hadn't trusted him to like him, I'm afraid she would look at him with that kind of resentful eyes now.

No need to think about it, as long as he has that thought, he will feel uncomfortable.

He helped her wipe away the tears little by little, and after kissing the end of her eyes, he hugged her even tighter.

At this time, the bedroom door rang, and the sound was urgent.Asteria raised her head with tears in her eyes, touched Draco's face with her hand, and spoke a little fast, "Although I am scared, I am much better with you. Draco, you...don't think too much , no matter what, I trust you to like you." After she finished speaking, she sniffed, and with Draco at this time, she really felt much more at ease.

Although the timing was wrong, Draco still felt sweet in his heart, he hummed lightly, and kissed her on the mouth.

Because there were people outside the dormitory, Draco jumped out of the window very fast.After Draco was no longer in sight, Asteria quickly closed the window, ran to the door and opened it.

"Asteria, Professor Snape is looking for you." It was Millicent who knocked on the door. She was studying below and was worried about Astoria who was going upstairs. A junior sent a message to the dean to find Knight. profit.She came right away.

Astria's heart skipped a beat, she nodded to Millicon, and immediately left the cellar, as expected, she saw Professor Snape standing there with a sullen face.

"Follow." Professor Snape glanced at her red eye circles, and said only one sentence.

It was not the Potions Office, but the Headmaster's Office.Astria's heart was raised at once, and when she was standing in the principal's office, she realized that there were Professor McGonagall and Harry, Hermione, and Ron.

Harry sat on the ground, covered his head when he saw her, and bumped into Fox's shelf next to him, "Asteria! Your brother..."

After hearing this, Astria only felt that a muffled thunder blasted in her ears, which made her a little hard to hear, and her whole body was also shaking, and her heart suddenly froze...