[HP] This Evil

"I can't believe it! You missed the Snitch just like that, Malfoy!" Flint dragged Draco out when he found Draco back in the lounge, "Don't think your dad is the school trustee, I dare not kick you out of the team, young master like you, what else can you do other than spend your family's money! Idiot!" Flint kept reprimanding, Draco rarely didn't talk back, just face Standing there expressionless, his eyes were lowered so that people could not see his emotions clearly.

"If something like today happens again next time, I will definitely kick you out of the team!" Flint left angrily after finishing speaking.

Catherine walked slowly to Draco's side, and before she had time to find Senior Gemma to dry her hair, she followed Flint and the others out again.

"Do you also think I depend on my dad to get into the team?" Draco asked, his voice low. "That Granger said so, and Flint said so, do you think so too, Cathy?"

Catherine was about to speak, but was quickly interrupted by Draco.

"I didn't, Cathy, you know, I didn't," he said.

"Our family is too dazzling, Draco." Catherine moved a little closer to him, "No matter what we achieve, in the eyes of others, we rely on our family to get them. Cecilia was in Germany last year. When the Ministry of Magic was in office, everyone thought she was relying on Ferrara, but in fact, our parents didn't know about Cecilia's appointment until a month later."

"You don't think I got into the team because of my dad?" Draco was standing in a corner in the dark of the cellar.

"I never thought about it like this. You and I passed the selection and trained together."

"Really?" Draco continued, he was very skeptical today.

"I will not lie to you, Draco, you are my friend, and I will not lie to my friend." Catherine continued.

Draco stared at her for a while, and suddenly stretched out his hand to tug at the loose braids hanging over her shoulders, "Why haven't you dried your hair yet? I'll go with you, Cathy."

The next morning, when Catherine goes to class, the professors bring the sad news that a first-year Gryffindor, Colin, has been attacked like Mrs. Norris - he has been petrified.The professors didn't even teach the class, but repeatedly emphasized to the students not to go out alone at night, and ensured that Colin would be fine, because Professor Sprout was already cultivating mandrakes that could cure petrification.Most of the students felt a little worried, after all, it was a student who was attacked this time.Half a month later, Gilderoy Lockhart proposed to hold a fighting club to teach students some spells to protect themselves, and Dumbledore actually agreed.In view of the shadow of the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class this semester, except for some girls, the rest of the people are not willing to go.Then he took the bone out of Harry's arm during the Quidditch match, and who knows what stupid things he'll do at the club.But other professors urged the students to take a look. In the words of Professor Flitwick, "There is still Professor Snape in the club, nothing will happen."

So on a Thursday afternoon, as students from various houses, mostly juniors, gathered in an empty classroom, Lockhart stood at a long, long table, wearing a wig and a The pink dress of the nineteenth century, repeatedly checking whether the students could see him, and after getting an affirmative answer, he introduced his assistant to the students: Professor Snape.Professor Snape was sullen, with his wand in his hand, as if thinking of a jinx to silence the person in front of him.

"Okay, Professor Snape and I will give you a demonstration. You must watch me carefully."

Both he and Snape raised their wands like swords in front of their eyes as a greeting, and they each took five steps back.

Lockhart held his wand in an exaggerated pose, but just as he showed his white teeth, he was knocked away by Professor Snape's "Expelled Weapon".

But he didn't dare to be embarrassed at all, "Okay, good demonstration, I think you can all see that I let Professor Snape deliberately, because I was afraid I would hurt him. 'Ammunition' is Do you understand this spell, who will try it now?" He searched among the crowd and looked at Harry, but before he could speak, he was interrupted by a small voice, "Professor, Can I try?" Lockhart had to look away from Harry, looking for the voice, and he was a little disappointed when he found that the one who just spoke was a slightly fat girl with light freckles on her face and withered hair , but he still pretended to be happy, "Great, what's your name?"

"Mary Johnson," said the girl.

"Okay, come on, kid, so who wants to practice with Miss Johnson?" Lockhart began to search the crowd again, "Would you like to, kid?" He looked at Catherine, although it was a question, but Obviously unable to refuse, "Okay, Professor."

"Teach her well." Daphne whispered, and Pansy also nodded to Catherine rarely.

Mary smiled politely as she saw Catherine climb up the table, she no longer froze at the sight of her or Draco the way she had in first year.

"Expelliarmus." Catherine and Mary said at the same time, and then their wands flew into each other's hands. It was a perfect demonstration, but there was a little disappointment in Mary's eyes that others could not detect, and she thought she would do better good.

"You're being too merciless." Draco came over after Catherine jumped off the table. "You could have set fire to her robes or knocked her away with a recoil spell."

"We are just doing demonstrations according to the arrangement of the professors." Catherine said.

Lockhart obviously wasn't interested in their demonstration, so he called Harry up anyway. Harry's arm was already on the mend, but now he hoped his arm wasn't.

Snape let Draco be Harry's opponent, and the atmosphere of the two people on the long table suddenly became a little tense, not at all like when the two girls were just now.

Draco shot before the fight order started, and Harry fell to the end of the table, but then Harry let Draco fall too, and Professor Snape picked him up by the collar Pushed it out again, "Out of the hole!" Draco conjured a snake, which was unexpected to everyone, "I'll fix it, I'll fix it. Lockhart beat Professor Snape Said, but he messed up again. Instead of disappearing, the black snake turned to Catherine. "Venomous snakes of the African desert. Catherine thought quickly, and she saw the pattern on the snake's body, "I have 30 seconds for first aid after being bitten by it. If the timeout expires, even Merlin can't save me."It's too late to pull out the wand now, but I can try to catch it, it must not be as fast as the Bludger. "

Draco was probably also frightened. He raised his wand and wanted to take the snake back, but he found that he would not take back the spell. He wanted to set fire to drive the snake away, and he was afraid that this would anger the black snake or drive Catherine away. Also burns.

Harry walked over slowly. He stared at the snake and made a "hissing" sound. The black snake moved after hearing his words, as if it didn't stare at Catherine any more.It's now!Catherine suddenly stretched out her hand and pinched seven inches of the snake. The students around her suddenly scattered around. They all thought she was crazy.

"Don't move!" Professor Snape pushed away Draco, who was stunned, and held up his wand, "Don't move, just hold on to it like this, and I'll make it pass out."

"Quick hibernation," said Professor Snape.Black Snake suddenly fell into a deep sleep and remained motionless.Catherine quickly threw the snake on the table, the slippery feeling was really bad.

"Come on, we're done for today," said Professor Snape.

Hermione and Ron quickly dragged Harry away, Draco hesitated to catch up with Harry, because he felt that Harry was controlling the snake to attack Catherine, but he was very guilty, after all, he released the snake, And just now he was beside her but didn't do anything, he wanted to stay and see how she was doing, but in the end he still didn't catch up.

"You're nuts, what if you don't catch it?" Pansy tugged at Catherine's robes, as if she'd catch a snake in a moment.And Daphne suggested that she go to see Madam Pomfrey later, what if the snake is poisonous.

Draco hesitated to come over, there were not many people in the classroom now, "Cathy, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, the snake didn't hurt me." Catherine repeated this sentence for the third time.

"I think Daphne is right. You have to go to the medical room. I'll take you there." Before he finished speaking, Draco came over and grabbed Catherine's other sleeve, and pulled her out of the classroom without any explanation. , I don't know if it was an illusion, but she felt that Daphne pushed her.

"I'm really fine," Catherine explained. "I recognize that snake. Its skin isn't poisonous."

"I know it too." Draco stopped suddenly, "So I know Merlin can't save you if it bites you, I... I didn't want to let it out, I just wanted to let a snake with a bit of poison , not that kind of poison, but something happened to my spell." He spoke quickly, a little incoherently, and then slowed down, "I, I wanted to take it back, but I didn't Yes, I...I'm not..." He stammered.

"I don't blame you, Draco," Catherine said, and she was telling the truth, she really didn't blame him.Although the snake was released by him, it was not used to attack her.If you want to blame, you can only blame that idiot Lockhart.

"I failed to protect you, Cathy, I'm a boy, I'm your friend, but I failed to protect you when you were in danger." Draco became a little agitated, his gray-blue eyes tight. Keeping a close eye on Catherine, he is taller than her this year, so he has to look down to meet her eyes.

"I can protect myself. I always protect myself," Catherine said.She and Cecilia have always been like this. They protect themselves because no one else can protect them. Their parents' care is only for research, and they never cry, because even if they cry, no one cares. Time for tears to fix problems.

"But, but... in the future, I... in the future..." Draco stuttered even more, and in the end, he didn't say what he wanted to say, but his face became more and more red, and then he ran away , Said to go to the kitchen to get some apple juice for Catherine.

But you are a girl, you should be protected, and I can protect you in the future.

He wanted to say this, but he didn't say it in the end, because what happened today, he didn't have the courage to say it again.

(Is it true that the second grade Flint scolded Draco in the original book? I haven’t seen it, but Du Niang said there is.)