Together [HP]

For some time after that, Hermione didn't mention the common cold or her activities group again, and she seemed determined not to tell Jacqueline what she'd named the group.But Jacqueline knew they were going well because Hermione slipped her a brass Knut one day while she was doing her homework in the library.

Although Jacqueline was a little confused when she got it, Hermione explained to her, "To prevent you from spending it." This made Jacqueline feel that she was discriminated against by Hermione.

As they had discussed, the number on the Nat would change, and it would heat up as it changed.So, that is to say, Jacqueline, while not part of the group, is fully aware of when the group meets.Whenever she thinks about this, Jacqueline thinks how easy it would be if she knew the place where they met and went to make an informant.But, that's just thinking about it.

The Quidditch game has gradually become the center of people's discussion. The first Quidditch game in November is Gryffindor vs. Slytherin.However, this is not something that Jacqueline has to worry about. Her practice with Yuna is getting more and more difficult. Yuna seems to want to let her master the memory modification technique perfectly before Jacqueline's birthday.Although she often said that it took years of practice, Jacqueline's robes were soaked every time she left Yuna's office.

"That's the end of our practice." On October 10, the eve of Halloween, when Jacqueline collapsed on the floor of Yuna's office disregarding her image, Yuna finally let her go. She handed a bottle of potion to Jacqueline and watched her drink it. "Tomorrow night, come to my room after dinner."

On Halloween night, the school provided a big meal as usual, but Jacqueline was a little bit clueless.She really wanted to finish this dinner quickly, then go to Yuna's office and officially become the heir of the Graham family.

"You look a little out of your mind." Pansy touched Jacqueline's arm while eating a bloody apple pie (the elves poured strawberry jam on it).

"Today is very important to me." Jacqueline couldn't help saying to Pansy.

Pansy glanced at the Gryffindor table, "Ah, yes, today is your birthday."

"It's more than that." Jacqueline said with a little excitement, "After tonight, I will be the official heir of the Graham family!"

"Are you going to wear that ring?" Pansy asked a little surprised.

"I'm going to wear that ring!" Jacqueline said excitedly.

"I'm so happy for you." Pansy nodded vigorously, "Really!"

"I know!" Jacqueline waved her hand vigorously, "I've always wanted to wear that ring."

"Does this mean that I will kneel and salute you from now on?" Pan Xi joked.

"Oh please!" Jacqueline laughed.

The Halloween dinner was finally over under Jacqueline's infinite anticipation. Everyone's stomachs were full and there were a lot of candy stuffed in their pockets.After Dumbledore announced that they could disband, Jacqueline got up quickly and hurriedly walked towards Yuna's office with Pansy's blessing.

When Jacqueline knocked on the door of Yuna's office, Yuna, somehow, was already waiting in her office.

"Come in," Yuna said.Jacqueline opened the door and walked in, she was immediately stunned.The originally spotless floor was now full of presents, big and small, with different packaging, as if someone had moved half a magic equipment shop in.

"These were brought over by the owls in the afternoon." Yuna glanced at the ground, "They probably knew that your room would definitely not fit, so they sent them to me. You can take them apart slowly, now ,come over."

Jacqueline moved her feet carefully, tried her best to step over the scattered gift boxes, and walked in front of Yuna.Yuna watched her for a moment, then took out a red ring box from a desk drawer.The moment she saw the box, Jacqueline involuntarily held her breath.Her heart seemed to be about to jump out of her chest.

Yuna didn't seem to notice her strangeness, and slowly opened the ring box, a shield-shaped ring inlaid with aquamarine lay quietly in the ring box.

"Jacqueline? Una? Arthur? Hongas? Graham," Yuna said calmly, "After you wear this ring, you are the heir of the Graham family. If you are lucky, you He is our next patriarch."

Jacqueline squeezed her fingers so hard that her knuckles turned white.

"Before that, I have to tell you about your obligations and rights. You have the right to enter the secret room of the Graham family and study, you have the right to handle all news related to the Graham family, and you have the right to treat Graham Make a decision on the future of the Mu family. But!" Yuna's voice suddenly became serious.

"I don't expect you to win glory for the Graham family, but you have no right to discredit the Graham family. You have to avenge our family's hatred. You have to pay back the kindness we owe. Jacqueline! You can do it right?" Yuna asked sharply.

Jacqueline looked at Yuna firmly, "Use my whole life."

Graham, revenge must be repaid, and kindness must be repaid.

Yuna looked at Jacqueline, she nodded, and took out the ring from the box, "Your left hand."

Jacqueline stretched out her hand, and Yuna put the ring on Jacqueline's index finger, and the ring shrank slightly to fit Jacqueline's size.Jacqueline looked at the ring with joy. The light blue slightly green aquamarine was inlaid in the center, and the circle around the gem was engraved with "Graham" in gold.

"You still have a lot to learn." Yuna let out a long breath. "From next month, your monthly pocket money will be halved to only 150 Galleons. In addition, I will take you to start handling our family's affairs. If you do well, there will be Reward, and if you do something bad, I will deduct your pocket money."

"I will do my best." Jacqueline said firmly.

"Very good." Yuna nodded in satisfaction. "Now, I can explain to you why Dumbledore brought the mysterious man back to life. If you want to know, please sit down first."

Jacqueline pulled away the chair in front of Yuna and sat down.Yuna put her fingers together and put them in front of her mouth. She thought for a while and asked gently, "Do you know Horcruxes?"

"Horcrux?" Jacqueline repeated, shaking her head. "what is that?"

"It's an object that holds part of a wizard's soul. Some dark wizards hope to gain immortality by creating horcruxes. Because, as long as all the horcruxes of a wizard are not destroyed, as well as his own body, the wizard will be Able to use Horcruxes for resurrection."

"How are these Horcruxes made?" Jacqueline asked.

"Killing people." Yuna said calmly, "Killing people is a very evil act that will split a person's soul, and wizards who want to create Horcruxes use this destruction to store the split souls in a container. "

"So, Dumbledore thinks that the mysterious man created a Horcrux?" Jacqueline paused and continued to ask, "This is why Dumbledore always thinks that the mysterious man is not dead?"

"It's not a Horcrux." Yuna stared straight ahead, she looked a little worried, "Dumbledore...he's not 7% sure that the mysterious man made a Horcrux, or that he wanted to give me this I think he split his soul into [-] pieces to create six Horcruxes, because seven is the most magical number. But," Yuna frowned slightly, "Dumbledore doesn't think so , he thinks," Yuna paused, "he thinks that it is possible that the mysterious man created an extra Horcrux unintentionally, and he himself may not even know it yet."

"So Dumbledore thinks that instead of being on guard all the time, not knowing when the mysterious man will make a comeback, it's better to take advantage of this opportunity... But I still don't understand," Jacqueline said, "Then why Dumbledore didn't confirm this matter earlier matter, and then destroy these Horcruxes?"

"He tried to look for it." Yuna looked at Jacqueline again, "After I knew about it, I also sent people to look for it. But, I can only say that these things are not easy to find. And horcruxes are generally protected by powerful black magic, and to destroy a horcrux, it must be a substance so destructive that the horcrux cannot repair itself again."

Jacqueline suddenly thought of the diary that had been destroyed by the basilisk's fangs in the basilisk's chamber. "Can the teeth of the basilisk destroy the Horcrux?"

Yuna nodded, she stood up, walked to the pile of presents piled up like a hill, and picked up a small box on top. "Okay, you have enough to digest tonight. Besides, today is your birthday, we don't need to continue discussing such serious issues. Come, take a look at the present I gave you."

"Thank you, Mom." Jacqueline took the box, and she opened it. Inside was a platinum watch. There were no hands on the dial, only a few stars running.There is still a name engraved on the strap, but because of the severe wear and tear, it is completely invisible.

"I'm afraid even your grandfather doesn't know whose watch it is," Yuna said. "We only know that it has been passed down from generation to generation. It should have belonged to Raymond, but..."

"thanks Mom."

"You'd better take everything else down here," Yuna said as she walked back to her desk, "I don't think your dad gave you anything safe, it's been ringing a few times. "

Jacqueline was sitting on a chair, unwrapping presents on the floor, and Una was right, James had given her a pocket watch, a pocket watch with hands.It's just that the shape of this pocket watch is a dragon, and it will spew out a ball of fire every time it is on time.The greeting card that James sent with his gift was completely charred.

Sean and his wife gave Jacqueline an Auror badge.Rufus gave her a necklace pendant in the shape of a snake.Moody's gift was much simpler, he gave the black magic detector directly to Jacqueline.Aberforth gave her a key, a key to the bedroom room on the second floor of the Hog's Head.

Flamel gave her a small, portable, self-stirring crucible.The Harris family gave her a large box of assorted French pastries.

Pansy's gift was very weird. She gave Jacqueline a book, a book of "Twelve Magical Weapons to Bewitch Witches".Jacqueline decided to go back and ask Pansy, she didn't seem to need this book.For some reason, when Jacqueline saw the title of this book, Hermione came to mind.

In addition, Fudge, Amelia, and many others sent their cards.

Jacqueline put all these big and small gifts into a box she found from Yuna, said goodbye to Yuna, and walked back to her lounge in a good mood.

She had just walked up the corridor leading to the lounge when she was surprised to see a man sitting in front of the wall leading to the Slytherin lounge.When she got closer, she realized that the person was Hermione Granger, with a book on her lap and a rattan box beside her...

"You're finally back?" Hermione looked over when she heard footsteps, and when she saw it was Jacqueline, she closed the book and stood up, "I was worried that I might miss you."

"Why are you here?" Jacqueline asked curiously. She glanced at the watch Yuna had just given her. It was past twelve o'clock, far past the curfew time.Besides, even if the curfew hadn't passed, she couldn't understand why a Gryffindor would be sitting at the door of their Slytherin lounge.

"I've been waiting for you." Hermione said a little matter-of-factly, "I asked Pansy when is your birthday."

"Oh," Jacqueline nodded blankly, not quite understanding what Hermione was trying to say.

"I noticed you didn't take anything on the train last summer," Hermione continued, "so I wrote to Dobby, hoping he could help keep an eye on your things. When he came back this year, Dobby told me, He left all your textbooks for you, but your Christmas present from last year has been thrown away, and, luckily, the house-elves remember what they found in your room."

Hermione paused, and then she took out the rattan box that had been hidden behind her all this time. She mustered up the courage to hand the box to Jacqueline, and she said, "So I...Happy birthday, Jacqueline Lin."

Jacqueline was a little dumbfounded. She looked at the box in Hermione's hand, which contained a water glass, a music box, a palm-sized parchment book, and four lively models of dragons breathing fire.

"You," Jacqueline only felt her heart tremble, her voice trembled a little, and her internal organs felt very uncomfortable, as if someone had squeezed them all together, "where did you get these ?”

"I asked Pansy where she bought her cup." Hermione murmured to herself with her head down. "It's not difficult to make that music box again. I'm in Hogsmoor for this parchment book." Tokumura saw it once, but these dragon models are a bit troublesome. I asked Harry, and he said that this is the model of the second item of the Triwizard Tournament. So I wrote to Charlie..."

"He is Ron's second brother. I asked him if there is any way to get the models of these four dragons..." Hermione finally raised her face, "These are not very troublesome."

Jacqueline looked at Hermione as if it was the first time she was looking at her clearly, seriously.Everything seems a little different.Hermione's messy brown hair, her eyes, her nose, her mouth, and her bobbing ribcage.Jacqueline thought of the "Twelve Ways to Spell Witches" that was in her box again, and it seemed to be useful now.After all, Hermione is a witch.

What the hell?Jacqueline shook her head hastily, to drive away this somewhat dangerous thought.

"Aren't you trying to make up for your summer vacation?" Jacqueline moved her throat with difficulty, and said a word hoarsely.

"I did make a mistake over the summer," Hermione said loudly, "a very, very serious mistake. I know you probably won't forgive me no matter what I say, but it's not compensation, Jay." Guilin. I never thought of buying you with anything. I just want you to be happy, and I know you like these things, especially these dragon figures."

Jacqueline felt something choke in her throat, and she felt a little hot in her face.Finally, she lowered her head and looked at her toes. "Oh," she replied, "then, thank you for the present, which you gave me, for my birthday." She said slowly, not knowing what she was talking about.

"Now, um, it's past the curfew, and I'm going back to bed... You, you should go back early too. You are a prefect, and you shouldn't take the lead in violating the rules."

Hermione clutched her book tightly, and said in a barely audible voice, "Happy birthday, Jacqueline. I'm so sorry."

Jacqueline still stared at her toes, and waited until she could no longer hear Hermione's leaving footsteps before uttering a syllable from her throat.

She walked into her bedroom, and Pansy was still lying on the bed, reading a book. "Happy birthday," she said when she saw Jacqueline walk in.

Jacqueline didn't answer, she put the two boxes on the bedside table, and fell on the bed without taking off her clothes.

"You look like you're under the Imperius Curse," Pansy said. "What's going on?"

Jacqueline stared at the ceiling tightly for a long time before she said in a voice that seemed to be about to cry, "I don't know."