The Lonely Dragon of Hogwarts

"...I really don't know what to do now. Pansy's mother brought Pansy to my manor as a guest during the summer vacation. Pansy and I pushed hard for this. It was originally a good thing, But Pansy's mother behaved...how should I put it...in short, it was ugly.

Everyone finally broke up unhappy.

Even my family's attitude towards Pansy is very bad now.

Dad gave me a severe lesson.It was really harsh, even harsher than that Muggle-born guy who failed Hermione in my last final exam.

My mother was more gentle. She found me and had a long, long conversation with me.

She told me in detail about the gap between the Malfoy family and the Parkinson family, as well as the gap between me and Pansy, and said that Pansy was not suitable for me and they would not allow us to be together.

What she said really made sense.

But I just can't let go, I can't let go of Pansy.

The Yule Ball was coming up and I knew Pansy was waiting for me to invite her, and I wanted to do that too.

But if my parents found out about this, they would be furious!

John, what do you think I should do?

...Well, actually when I asked you this question, I already had the answer in my mind.

I just need some encouragement, you're not even one of my best friends.

It would be best if you could give me some courage.

After all...you know, my parents are really nice when they're good, but they're also really scary when they're angry..."

In the Slytherin common room, Draco was chattering to John.

John, who was sitting next to him, was stroking the nun's wand in his hand.

His expression was as calm as ever, and he seemed to be listening carefully to Draco's words.

But if you observe carefully, you will find that his eyes are a little straight, and he is obviously thinking about other things.

It's been a while since the first project ended.

During this period, John and Michael have been investigating the mastermind behind the scenes and paying close attention to the investigation by the Ministry of Magic.

However, to this day, he still has not made any substantial progress.

Needless to say about Moody.

This guy still lives in seclusion. Except for daily classes, he almost never appears in front of people. Even meals are taken care of by himself while hiding in the office.

At the Ministry of Magic, the Aurors also conducted a comprehensive investigation into the dragon tamer, Bagman, Crouch and others, using almost all legal means including [Legilimency].

The result was that all of these people were proven to have nothing to do with the fire dragon going crazy incident.

This disappointed John very much.

Logically speaking, John should work harder and try to find out the mastermind.

After all, this was about his and Michelle's personal safety.

But now, John's brain was in chaos.

All kinds of thoughts are constantly flying around inside. Let alone thinking of better ways to catch the mastermind behind the scenes, John has difficulty concentrating now.

And the main reason for all this is somewhat similar to the problem that troubled Draco - the Yule Ball!

John is not stupid.

He could naturally hear the hints given to him by Professors McGonagall and Snape.

Both of them hope that he and Michelle can be together, as each other's dance partners, and attend the Christmas dance.

Even John himself had such thoughts in his heart.

He had to admit that he liked Michelle.

This is not the kind of love between friends or siblings, but the kind between men and women...

The question now is, what does Michelle think?

Does she have that good impression of him?

In what name does he want to invite Michelle as his dance partner?

Or in the name of brother and sister?

But in this case, isn’t it a bit self-deceiving?

And if Michelle liked him, would she be disappointed when she heard such an invitation?

But if you treat the prom invitation as a confession and express your feelings to Michelle, what if Michelle doesn't like him in that way?

This is not impossible.

After all, Michelle is so innocent.

In all his interactions with Michelle, John has always treated Michelle like a younger sister. His behavior has never crossed the line, and he has never expressed that intention.

Given Michelle's character, it's very possible that she really just regards John as her brother.

It is also very possible that her love for John is just the kind of love and dependence between 'brother and sister', and does not mean anything like that.

If this is the case, how will Michelle react?

'I treat you as my own brother, but I didn't expect you to covet my body!nausea!Pooh--'

John suddenly had a picture of Michelle frowning and yelling at him with disgust on her face.

Listening to the voice echoing in his mind, a strong sense of shame almost broke through John's [Occlumency] blockade.

This made his heart beat faster, his breathing became rapid, and his hand subconsciously tightened his grip on the wand.

The magic power in his body and the wand in his hand seemed to sense the strong emotions in John's body and directly entered a boiling state.

"boom--"

A bright flash of lightning exploded from the tip of John's staff.

Draco, who was sitting next to John, was blown up and fell to the ground. His face that was originally full of worry was now scorched black, and his hair was standing on end due to the electricity. Wisps of green smoke drifted out from between the hair, and a faint smell of burning could be smelled in the air.

John, who heard the noise, finally reacted.

"Oh! Draco!" He hurriedly stepped forward to help Draco, used magic to clean his face and head, and at the same time fed him healing potion, "Are you okay, God! I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. of!"

After Draco was given several bottles of healing potion, he gradually recovered from his sluggish state.

He held John's hand and said aggrievedly:

"It's not that...it's not that, John. If you find me annoying, you can just tell me and I will leave. You really won't use magic to blast me..."

The muscles on John's face twitched and he quickly said:

"This is really a misunderstanding...or an operational error. I didn't want to drive you away, let alone use magic to blast you!"

"Really?" Draco asked tentatively.

"Really!" John nodded vigorously, "It's absolutely true!"

Hearing this, Draco was obviously relieved, and he said slowly:

"What do you think about Pansy..."

Draco had just finished speaking when the door to the common room opened.

Pansy rushed in at a trot, panting.

Upon seeing this, Draco immediately covered his mouth and looked a little flustered.

But Pansy ignored Draco at all, and instead stammered at John:

"It's not good! John! Alice, she...she..."

As soon as the name Alice reached John's ears, he frowned.

John looked at Pansy in front of him who was breathing heavily and couldn't even speak coherently and said:

"Please calm down for a moment and then speak slowly. What happened to that woman Alice?"