if i am not me

On Christmas night, Hogwarts Castle, decorated with lights and ice and snow, added a touch of romance and beauty in the feather-like snow.On the long corridor dotted with soft lights from countless fairy lights, Harry and Draco felt the atmosphere, smiled and walked towards the auditorium at the end of the long corridor.

Seeing the wooden door getting closer and closer, Harry raised his hand to tease the little fairy flying by, but he raised his delicate eyebrows, and looked at the person walking side by side with inexplicable emerald green eyes. Draco's profile is well defined, but the childish but mature side face is faintly revealed.Sensing Harry's gaze, Draco just slowly stroked his palm with his index finger, and returned a bright smile.

Harry couldn't help curling his mouth from Drake's expression, and looked up at the sporadic crowd with obvious surprised expressions, and he and Drake approached the crowded auditorium together.

By eight o'clock, almost all the people who wanted to attend the banquet had arrived at the banquet hall, and under the premise that the first two warriors had already arrived, the late arrival of the third warrior was particularly eye-catching.

As expected, except for a few people who had already known about it, almost everyone was stunned when the two entered the hall.

Draco was wearing a straight dark blue dress robe, and his platinum-blond hair was extraordinarily dazzling under the light from countless candles in the hall, while Harry was wearing a black dress, which together with his black hair set off his emerald green eyes. His eyes became deeper and deeper.Such two equally handsome boys attracted the attention of everyone present without any surprise, but this was not the reason why they were stunned.The reason why everyone reacted like that was because of a reason everyone should know.But at this moment, they were just two people, and beside them, there were no figures of the two girls who should have appeared.

The silence was momentary, and a few seconds later, a violent hum erupted in the auditorium, the whispers of the students and those around them.

Professor McGonagall, who was in charge of the itinerary for the warriors tonight, walked quickly in front of them in just a few seconds, staring at Draco with sharp eyes, she suppressed her anger and whispered, "Mr. Malfoy, I think Your dean should have told you that as a warrior, you need a dance partner." After she finished speaking, she took a deep look at Harry, who was beside Draco with a calm face, and her lips were drawn into a serious line.

Scanning the audience without a trace, Draco nodded politely to Professor McGonagall, and said in his clear and clear voice, "Of course, I haven't forgotten your instructions. Harry is my dance partner, Professor. "

As soon as the voice fell, the auditorium once again fell into an unprecedented silence, and a moment later, the buzzing sound swept the entire auditorium again.As if he didn't see Professor McGonagall's gloomy face that was comparable to Snape's, Draco just said very calmly but extremely firmly, "Professor, can I sit with my partner now?"

Mag's face turned blue, but Draco still kept his smile, quietly waiting for her answer.

After a long while, Professor McGonagall seemed to have recovered his voice, and said coldly, "Mr. Malfoy, you should know the tradition."

Having known this question for a long time, Draco said calmly, "Yes, Professor. I think we can reach a consensus on this point."

I don't know why this boy said it so firmly, but the current situation can no longer allow them to continue in such a stalemate. Mag's thin lips were already tightly pressed, but he could only snort coldly and say, "I hope you will do like you I'll give it to you as I said." After she finished speaking, she turned around and motioned for them to follow her, and walked towards the long table where the judges were.

From her slightly stiff steps, it can be seen how hard Professor McGonagall is trying to endure her anger at the moment, Harry and Draco secretly looked at each other and smiled, and followed quickly.

At the long table where the warriors were sitting, only the two seats belonging to Drake and his partner were left vacant, so it could be seen that they were indeed late.

The dinner began as soon as the two of them were seated, but Harry looked around, only to find that many people were staring at the empty gold plates and menus in a daze, and didn't do anything immediately.This scene made Harry twitch the corners of his lips slightly. For this novel way of ordering dishes, it seems that Dumbledore still needs to demonstrate it himself.

Sure enough, when Dumbledore took a closer look at the menu on the table and said "ribs" in his clear and loud voice, people understood it clearly and followed suit.

Smiling and picking up the menu in front of his desk, Harry glanced at it. While choosing his favorite food, he felt that Dumbledore was really good. After all, at his age, an old man who can still eat ribs is really better than a dragon. Be rare.

The dinner was peaceful, everyone chatted and ate what was on their plates, and the atmosphere was extremely good.Hermione was talking to Krum, both of them seemed very happy.Fleur was criticizing the decorations at Hogwarts, but his dance partner seemed to only notice her beauty, not the content of her words.

Barty Crouch did not come to the banquet tonight, but his secretary, Percy, came instead.Ron's elder brother was talking with Bagman about topics that only they were interested in, with a proud and humble look.

Harry and Draco tried their best to ignore the exploring sights around them, but they couldn't ignore a few scorching gazes. They saw Snape's contradiction, Sirius' interest and Lupine's curiosity one by one. , so that the two whispered from time to time, showing a few extremely rare smiles.

In this way, after everyone's plates were emptied, the main event of tonight began.

Dumbledore stood up with his usual benevolent smile, and everyone left their seats in a clear way, and with his graceful and calm waving, the layout of the auditorium slowly changed.

The long dining tables disappeared, and what remained were some tables and chairs scattered around the venue. The polished ground in the middle of the auditorium seemed to have become a dance floor.On the empty side, a stage slowly rose up, and the "Very Sisters" group in furry and exotic costumes walked up amidst the deafening screams of the students, and began to scream and twist wildly on the stage.

The arrival of this combination made the atmosphere of the dance high, and Harry and Draco listened to their songs with relish like everyone else, and would hum a little along with them from time to time.But soon, after the song ended, the whole hall went dark, all the lights were focused on the center of the dance floor, and the performance of "Very Sisters" became soothing and melodious.

Looking at everything, Harry knew that the opening dance of the warriors had begun.

At this time, except for the warriors and their dance partners, almost everyone sat down at the tables and chairs by the wall.As a warrior, Fleur raised her hand proudly and handed it to her partner. Hermione also smiled shyly, and walked into the dance floor with Krum.Now, all eyes are on Drake.After all, everyone was curious whether he would break tradition and invite his male partner to start the ball.

As if he had guessed everyone's thoughts long ago, Harry looked at Drake's charming raised mouth, and stepped back slightly under the eyes of everyone's doubts mixed with curiosity, while Drake also looked at Harry at the same time. Li smiled softly, lifted his foot, turned around, and left—beautiful and neat.

Pansy, who was next to Blaise, never sat down, watching the handsome Draco walking straight towards her across the dance floor, her bright red lips were pursed upwards, and for a moment, her vanity was infinitely satisfied.

Her appearance was only because of a gamble between them, but even though she knew it was being used, she was being used willingly.

This Slytherin girl is wearing a dark purple tuxedo dress tonight, her straight black hair and rich makeup make her alluring temperament even more charming.Standing with Draco next to her, they really looked like a couple.It's just that everyone knows that, in fact, it is not the case at all.

Standing in the corner, Harry leisurely leaned against the freshly wiped wall, watching his beloved on the dance floor lead the warrior's dance with impeccable steps, every hand raise, every turn was so impeccable .But Harry knew that he was also in a hurry, and Harry couldn't help giggling when he thought of the embarrassing things that happened to the two of them when Draco taught him how to dance.

"What are you laughing at?" Suddenly someone patted Harry on the shoulder, and Harry turned his head to see that it was Pansy's official dance partner, Blaise.Thinking that the current situation was caused by his own insistence, Harry did not answer his question, but said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Blaise."

Shrugging indifferently, Blaise motioned Harry to look at the two people spinning on the dance floor, "What's the matter, you know it's a great honor to be the opening dance partner of the Warriors. Besides, you didn't see Do you see Pansy's expression?" At this time, people on the dance floor have joined in one after another, and the warriors are no longer so eye-catching.

"But you also staggered the opening dance." Knowing that Eblaise's character would never care about these things, Harry also let go of his apology, and said in a matter-of-fact manner.Of course, Blaise wouldn't just walk over and talk to Harry. He glanced at the two people who were still eye-catching even in the crowd. He raised the corners of his mouth wickedly, and suddenly stretched out his hand to Harry, "Then As a sincerity of your apology, please accept my invitation."

Raising his eyebrows quite unexpectedly, Harry's smiling eyes looked up and down at Blaise, who suddenly appeared serious but did not conceal his intentions, as if he had seen through his intentions.Think about it too, as a Slytherin, how could he be really peaceful.

Rolling his eyes, Harry kept smiling and spoke.However, before he could say anything, Blaise interrupted him with a look of "I know you very well", "Come on, Harry, don't say stupid things like you can't, Draco light I went to my place to get medicine twice to teach you how to dance."

These words finally made Harry's expression change, but it wasn't because of Blaise's attitude.

It turned out that the provider of that drug was Brace.Thinking of this, Harry secretly made up his mind, and the target was Blaise in front of him who didn't know what he said wrong.You know, it is easy to get injured if you practice the spell frequently, and the effect of that medicine is really very good.

"I didn't mean to say that." Suddenly, Harry, who had made up his mind, changed back to his previous expression, and said in a neutral tone.

"Oh—then what excuse do you want to use to refuse my invitation?" Blaise watched Harry's expression change again and again, feeling a little smug in his heart.Deliberately raising his arms to put the handsome, dark-haired boy between himself and the wall, Blaise wondered how likely it would be for Draco to jump later if he grabbed Harry's first dance.

Ignoring Blaise, who was getting closer and closer to him, Harry grinned and showed his white and neat teeth, and suddenly smiled and said, "What I want to say is..."

"Brace, dear." Following Harry's words, a snow-white catkin caught Brace's raised arms and patted suggestively. "Aren't you going to ask me to dance?"

Hearing the sound, Blaise noticed that the song had ended at some point, and his dance partner Pansy was standing behind him with a smirk, and there was a strong sense of threat in his eyes.And beside her, there was Draco with a half smile on his face.

"I want to say that your dance partner is here to find you." Harry finally finished speaking, and pushed Blaise's weak hands away, with an undisguised schadenfreude on his face.

Blaise was forcefully taken away by Pansy. Even if she accepted Drake's invitation to the opening dance, as Blaise's partner, she would not allow him to invite other people without permission no matter what the purpose was. Besides, it was Harry.

Just when Harry was laughing at the embarrassed Blaise, suddenly a pair of warm hands took his hand, and the blue eyes of the owner of the hands were looking at him for a moment—— Gentle, unabashed pour out love.

Seeing this, Harry couldn't help trembling slightly, and then he heard Draco's warm voice ringing in his ears, "Harry, am I honored to invite you to dance with me?"