[HP] This Evil

The second game is coming soon, this time the four players need to dive into the black lake and rescue their companions.I have to say that the sense of audience participation in this game is too poor.Throughout the game, the players were underwater, and the audience in the stands could only stare at the calm surface of the Black Lake in a daze.

Cedric Diggory was the first to surface to save his princess: Cho.Krum took Hermione next, and finally Potter. Delacour had to retire because he was entangled in his calf midway.

This year's Quidditch match has been cancelled, but will continue next year.The players of each academy did not dare to relax, and occupied the Quidditch pitch whenever they had the opportunity.Flint is graduating next year, and Slytherin desperately needs a new captain.

"Catherine, will you continue to stay in the team next year?" Flint came over suddenly after the training ended that day.

"Of course, I'm still three years away from graduation."

"Yes, yes. There are three more years. Can you guarantee that you will not give up Quidditch no matter what happens in these three years? We will recruit new players next year. Can you guarantee to lead them to win the Quidditch Cup? "

"Are you trying to give me the position of Quidditch captain?" Catherine asked straight to the point.

"I appreciate you, Catherine. I have to admit that since you entered the team, our combat ability has improved a lot. I didn't think girls could be batsmen before, but you made me change my mind. ’” Flint was seldom serious, and he frowned, as if thinking of a Transfiguration treatise,

"Last year, I have been giving you extra training, just to see how great your potential is. Fortunately, I found that you have almost unlimited potential. Although I don't want to admit it, Potter of Gryffindor does Is a strong opponent, do you have the confidence to lead Slytherin to defeat him?"

"I have always regretted Potter's absence from the game last year," Catherine replied. "He was an interesting opponent, and I believe he will be defeated by Slytherin next year."

"Now, I need you to promise that for the next three years, no matter what happens, you will lead the Slytherin team in training and competition."

"I promise, Flint," Catherine answered quickly.She likes Quidditch, likes the feeling of flying on a broomstick, and at the same time wants, or covets, the position of captain for a long time.

"Next year's game will be very interesting. I don't need to guess. Gryffindor will definitely let Potter be the captain. It's a pity that I will graduate this year." For the first time, he showed a sad expression, which was a bit scary.

Catherine had always dreamed of becoming a Quidditch captain, and now that her dream had come true, she was overjoyed for days.Didn't care if he got a p on his Muggle Studies paper.She borrowed all the Quidditch materials from the library again, stayed up countless nights, and made a new training plan, preparing to make Harry Potter and Diggory look good next year.If Draco hadn't forcefully dragged her to Hogsmeade, Catherine might have been sitting at her desk all semester.

Hogsmeade is the only wizarding village in England, where wizards can play with their wands without worrying about being seen by Muggles.Senior Gemma really wanted to buy a new house here, but Catherine felt that the houses here were too small.

If only there were only wizards in London.

Since the students of the two foreign schools stayed at Hogwarts for the rest of their lives, not many students visited Hogsmeade this year.The three brooms were empty, and the proprietress stood behind the counter and sighed from time to time. Business is getting worse and worse these days.Catherine and Draco found a secluded place to sit down, and they ordered butterbeer and Yorkshire pudding.

"Cathy, you will be our captain next year, and Gryffindor will definitely be so scared that their legs will go weak." Draco had his usual smirk on his face, as if he had seen Slytherin win Quidditch Three consecutive.

"Flint told me that the captain of Gryffindor is likely to be Potter and we have to be careful. Next year we have a new keeper and we need to develop a backup Seeker. You train the backup Seeker. Okay?" Catherine took a sip of the butter beer and felt that it was too sweet, so she pushed the glass to Draco, "It's not as good as you said, I'm panicking."

"You don't have to worry about the Seeker, just leave it to me." Draco took Catherine's cup very naturally, and pushed the pudding to her, "Try this, this one is not too sweet." The weather in England Always changing, even the wizarding village is no exception.Catherine and Draco were sitting in the Three Broomsticks chatting while admiring the rain from the window.Last year they had already explored Hogsmeade, even the Shrieking Shack, so they didn't have much interest in going shopping this year.The raindrops were crackling on the stone pavement, a bit noisy, but surprisingly pleasant to hear.Two students who hadn't learned the Waterproof Charm were eager to find a place to shelter from the rain, so they hurried into the Three Broomsticks. They were chattering and discussing Victor Krum, and the quiet bar suddenly became noisy.

"What's so good about that stupid guy? Pansy has been talking about him every day these days, and Blaise is so worried." Draco rubbed his ears, and looked at the two girls who just came in with disgust.

"He's a Bulgarian Seeker with a good reputation." Catherine said indifferently, "But I think that's the way it is. Didn't he lose to Digory in the last match? He can't even beat a Hufflepuff. "

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and there were very few pedestrians on the street.I don't know if it was because of the butter beer, but the two girls became more and more excited, and their voices echoed throughout the bar, until a strange young man walked in, and the bar became quiet again.Even Catherine had to admit that the young man was handsome, with broad shoulders and narrow waist, in a traditional gentleman's three-piece suit.The two girls stopped talking about Krum. They lowered their heads in embarrassment, trying their best to be ladylike, and then sneaked a glance at him from the corner of their eyes.

The young man nodded slightly to the proprietress, and walked into the back door of the bar familiarly.Catherine suddenly remembered that she had seen this stranger in her dream.There are some vague memory fragments forced into the brain: the study room, the hoarse voice, the snake...

"Cathy, what's wrong with you?" Draco shook his hand in front of Catherine worriedly.

"Do you know that person just now?" Catherine asked.

"I don't know." Draco shook his head.

Catherine's memory has been getting worse recently. In the most recent history of magic quiz, she actually got a P. Professor Binns was so angry that he couldn't even stand upright—even though ghosts don't need to stand on their feet.Not to mention Muggle Studies, where Catherine's best test was an A.Professor Babuji said with concern that no student had failed the course since she taught, but this year might be an exception.

The worst part was the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Mad-Eye Moody must have held a grudge. He took Catherine first in every class to do various demonstrations.For example, how to fight water ghosts, or the "silence" spell-this is a spell that can shut up noisy people. It must be admitted that it is very useful, especially for Catherine at the moment.

Rita Skeeter took a long vacation, and nearly three months have passed since the "Devil's Daughter" incident, but I don't know why, some people in the school have started circulating this report these days, and some people speculate that Skeeter's leave It's about Catherine.

"Probably Ferrara took revenge on Skeeter," the students whispered in the classroom.At this time, the curse of silence is very cute.On the first day Catherine learned the spell, three Hogwarts students suffered from the spell. Their tongues were tied in a knot and they could only make the sound of "abba aba".A few days later, another article appeared in the Daily Prophet, "The Devil's Revenge," which read as follows:

I believe all of you who follow the Daily Prophet know that our reporter, Ms. Rita Skeeter, recently took a long vacation for unknown reasons.Rita is a brilliant reporter, but she's always getting retaliation for telling the truth.But she is still defying power and bravely exposed the truth. Before today's report officially starts, let us pay tribute to Rita!

Half a month ago, I visited Rita on behalf of all members of the newspaper, but she refused to meet me no matter what.This made me even more convinced that Rita was afraid to go out because of revenge, and she must have been threatened by someone!How ridiculous it is for a reporter to be threatened and hurt for revealing the truth.So, for Rita's sake, and for the Daily Prophet's sake, I was determined to bring this villain out.

However, this villain is very cunning. I investigated for half a month but found nothing, until an anonymous letter arrived yesterday, which solved the mystery.

The owner of the letter stated that Rita was revenged by Hogwarts student Catherine Ferrara, and he also mentioned that Ferrara had studied black magic many times during school and used black magic to hurt her classmates.

I had expected it!The Devil's Daughter: Catherine Ferrara.She used magic in front of Muggles before this year's term started, and nearly exposed our world.

Poor Rita, three months ago she had published an article in Ferrara, and for this she had suffered a terrible revenge!terrible!In my opinion, for the safety of the rest of Hogwarts students, and for Rita's justice, Catherine Ferrara must drop out, we cannot let the devil do as he pleases!At the same time, I strongly recommend that the Ministry of Magic pay attention to this matter.

Published anonymously, the report caused an uproar among wizards, and parents renewed their petition to Dumbledore and the school board to expel Catherine.Even the Ferraras, who never read newspapers, had an owl deliver a letter in the first place.

Catherine:

In view of your recent predicament, we suggest that you go home and take a break from school for a period of time.

Michaelera Ferrara & Alfonso Ferrara

Even Draco was urging her to go home to avoid the limelight.

But Catherine refused all of them.

The school council keeps putting pressure on Mr. Big Malfoy and Headmaster Dumbledore, and now they don't use the "Daily Prophet" to report. There are different news about Catherine in the school every day.Finally, after a boring Muggle studies get out of class, Catherine was invited into the principal's office by Dumbledore.

"Son, I know you've been going through some bad things recently, maybe I can help you." Professor Dumbledore sat behind the desk wearing half-moon glasses. Behind him were portraits of successive principals and deans. Charla Slytherin and former Ravenclaw head Ernest Ferrara stared at Catherine thoughtfully. "But, first, I need you to answer some questions truthfully." Professor Dumbledore continued. He was over 200 years old, but he was still full of energy. "Do you know why Rita Skeeter suddenly asked for leave?"

"I don't know, Professor."

The portrait of Sachara Slytherin gave a satisfied smile.

Catherine was sure that Dumbledore would not use Legilimency and Veritaserum on the students, so she chose to lie without hesitation, but she was still a little nervous.

She had read Alastor Moody's book, and she was absolutely sure that it was a book about the Dark Arts.In other words, the content in the "Daily Prophet" about "Ferrara is studying black magic" is actually true.

"My child, no matter who you are, I want to help you." Dumbledore folded his hands on his chest, and his white beard grew to his knees.

"Professor, the Daily Prophet is completely slandering me." Catherine took a deep breath and said, she didn't dare to look directly into Dumbledore's eyes, so she put her gaze on Sachara's portrait.

"Yes, the "Daily Prophet" often publishes some false statements." Dumbledore nodded invisibly, and then suddenly changed the subject, "About 20 years ago, a student once privately studied black Magic, and with great success, but she was not fired, do you know why?"

Catherine shook her head anxiously, she vaguely felt that Dumbledore might know something.

"Because she has never used black magic to harm others." Dumbledore said earnestly, "She studies black magic to resist. Magic exists for protection, not harm. Controlling violence with violence cannot solve the problem essence."

Catherine was silent. Regarding Rita Skeeter, her only loophole was that she was too proud and excited at the time, and did not hide the fact that she was a "murderer" from Draco and Daphne.But Draco certainly wouldn't betray her, and Daphne probably wouldn't either, because it wouldn't do her any good.So Catherine didn't understand what went wrong, and someone wrote to the "Daily Prophet" anonymously.Most importantly, half of what was said in that letter was true.She was studying the Dark Arts, but never told anyone, not even Draco.

"Ah, it's time for dinner, let's go to dinner. I heard that there is delicious roast pigeon today, you have to go early, otherwise you will be finished by other students." Dumbledore said suddenly, and he resumed his usual kind and kind manner Looking at it, he peeled off a piece of lemon candy and put it in his mouth, leaned on the back of the chair, narrowed his eyes comfortably, and tapped the copper armrest of the chair with his fingers unconsciously.Just a second before Catherine put her heart back in her stomach and was about to leave the office, he said again, "I'll wait for you here, kid."

Catherine pretended not to hear clearly, and left without looking back.

The fermentation of the Skeeter incident made more and more voices of dissatisfaction in the school. Some people even made "Ferrara get out of Hogwarts" badges and distributed them around the classroom. Quarreling or fighting with students from other colleges.Professors in various colleges kept emphasizing that Rita Skeeter should not be discussed any more, but to no avail.Beauxbaton's students were all walking around the Slytherins, but several boys in Durmstrang had developed a strong interest in Catherine.They create a little "chance encounter" from time to time, but in most cases, besides meeting Catherine, they can also meet Draco Malfoy, so they can only leave resentfully.

Alastor Moody also called Catherine into his office one cloudy afternoon, and the professors had been paying particular attention to her lately.

"You are a very talented witch, but obviously you are in some trouble now. I think you can go home and rest for a few days, and come back when no one in the school discusses this matter." Moody put a fake With one leg resting on the stool and one hand leaning on a cane, "I believe you will learn more when you go home."

"Professor, I don't think I did anything wrong." Catherine said firmly.It was Rita Skeeter who started the slander, and she just got back with revenge.

"When everyone thinks you're wrong, even if you're really innocent, you're a sinner unless you have the power to shut them up forever. Understand, brat?" Moody's face was covered with scars, in The dimly lit Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom looked even more frightening.

Strange to say, when Professor Lupine was teaching last year, this office was always filled with golden sunlight, and it was always warm even in winter.But this year, there is often an unpleasant smell of potion here, and it is dark all day long, the curtains are never opened, and the box in the corner makes strange noises from time to time.

"Professor, I will never leave Hogwarts." Catherine replied that she has many things to do this year, such as preparing for next year's OWLs exam, making a new Quidditch training plan, and preparing to participate in next year's Slater Lin girls prefect election.

"I said you should go home!" Moody impatiently tapped the ground with his stick.

"I'm not going back." Catherine had always been stubborn. She couldn't figure out why Moody always paid extra attention to herself, as if she was a Slytherin Harry Potter.

"Stubborn kid." Moody stared at Catherine with a half-smile, and suddenly changed his words, "Well, since you don't want to go back, forget it. Let's go back to your dormitory."

Catherine couldn't believe that Alastor Moody was so talkative today, but she couldn't miss the opportunity. As soon as she heard that Moody let her leave the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, she immediately turned and walked towards the door, but she hadn't taken a step yet. , fell to the ground.

Moody raised his wand and looked at Catherine who was unconscious on the ground with complicated eyes.After a while, he opened the door of the office, stopped a passing student, and asked him to help invite Madam Pomfrey.