Golden glitter

On the surface, the summer of 1992 was not much different from countless previous summers.

At the end of the term, the Gryffindor students went home happily, in contrast to the depressed Slytherin - they lost their house cup at the last moment of the school year because the headmaster made an extra Lanfen added a few hundred points, and they jumped from the last place to No.1.But being Slytherins, they always do something about it.

In the summer vacation of 1992, at Malfoy Manor, after listening to Draco's narration, the atmosphere of the family was very dull.

Watergate was the first to break the silence: "Success by breaking the rules will come at a price sooner or later."

Narcissa answered, "This is harming that child."

Lucius snorted coldly: "All Dumbledore needs is a savior to fight against the Dark Lord, all he needs is to know how to rush forward."

Draco curled his lips: "Stupid, ignorant Potter, but he can't take it easy."

After thinking for a moment, Minato turned to Lucius: "Father, what is the existence of the house-elf contract?" Lucius looked at him suspiciously, and so did the others. After all, no wizard has ever paid attention to the existence of house-elves.Minato continued: "There is an elf in the contract form at home, which is a bit weird, I'm worried..."

That day's conversation decided that only the masters of the Malfoy family knew, not even the elves of the manor, and then the book-buying day chosen by the Malfoys arrived.

On August 8st, Gilderoy Lockhart's book signing was extremely crowded.Harry and the Weasleys made their way to the door of the bookstore, they needed textbooks for next term.Lockhart smiles, speaks, signs autographs, sells books at the front desk, and then he finally sees his true purpose for being here for so many days.

He stared at it for a few minutes, then jumped up suddenly, exclaiming cheerfully, "Isn't this Harry Potter!"

The crowd immediately moved out of the way, and everyone was chatting excitedly in low voices.Lockhart parted the crowd, came up to Harry, grabbed his hand and pulled him forward.Lockhart pulled Harry to the audience and smiled brightly: "Here I am honored to tell you that the famous Harry Potter came here today just to buy his own book. For this reason, I will present Harry Potter with my own hands. Complete set of books signed by me."

Lockhart put a stack of books into Harry's arms, then put his arms around him and faced the camera: "Smile more, Harry," Lockhart said through his dazzling teeth, "together, You and I deserve the front page of the paper." (Ron snorts from below and looks away.)

Harry managed to squeeze his way out of the crowd and ran into another person he didn't want to see—Malfoy.

"Ah, oh, yo——, it's Arthur Weasley." Lucius stood there, ignoring Harry, but spoke to Arthur, only with a sarcastic expression and an annoying tone.

"Malfoy." Mr. Weasley nodded indifferently. After all, he was his colleague and boss in the Ministry of Magic.

But obviously Lucius didn't want to let him go: "I heard that the Ministry of Magic is very busy now, those extra tasks..." Lucius paused, his tone dancing strangely, "I hope they will pay you overtime pay right?"

Without waiting for Arthur to speak, he reached into Ginny's cauldron and found an old and battered "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration" among Lockhart's shiny new books. "The obvious answer is no," he went on. "My God, it's an insult to wizards to not even have enough money to support themselves."

Arthur gritted his teeth angrily, "You..." You talked for a long time, but your face just turned red like his few hairs left.Arthur gave up the verbal victory over Lucius, and Gryffindor had no advantage over Slytherin in this regard.He thought he pounced on it, like a bear, being a Gryffindor was supposed to do things the Gryffindor way.

Lucius noticed it when Arthur was accumulating energy. As soon as he moved, Lucius took a light and delicate step to the side, and by the way stretched out a foot on the path that Arthur must pass.Then, unable to stop, Arthur rushed towards the bookshelf not far behind Lucius. After shaking twice, it slammed on Arthur, pinning him down completely and disappearing.

Lucius gently brushed off the non-existent dust on his robe, and listened to the discussions around him in a happy mood:

"Oh, it looks like it hurts," Wizard A gasped.

"I think so too. But Weasley hasn't moved at all, so nothing will happen." Wizard B, who was still a bit conscientious.

"Malfoy's action just now was too beautiful, elegant, calm, and hit with one blow." The little noble with a bit of vision.

……

The onlookers and discussions did not gradually dissipate until the tall half-giant arrived and parted the crowd to dig the knocked-out Mr. Weasley out of the pile of books.Lucius had already quietly left, and no one noticed that a little water was drying in Weasley's daughter's cauldron.

The Malfoy family gathered in the distance showed a sly smile. Although a bottle of doom potion didn't have much power, it was enough for Potter and the Weasleys to keep busy for a while.

Sure enough, the residents of the Burrow during this holiday were very unlucky: Mr. Weasley’s application to search the manor of the Slytherin nobles was rejected, so he had to write a report to review himself, fifty inches long; Mrs. Sly found that even Mrs. Weasley was in a bad mood; Percy always made mistakes in his homework, and he always lost his temper for this; finally this difficult summer vacation ended, King's Cross Station, Ron and Ha Leigh was trapped outside the platform again, and then the two Gryffindor cubs who couldn't stay idle, the speeding car, the Whomping Willow, and the Potions professor finally arrived at the school in tatters; it's not over yet, because the speeding car, Wei Mr Sly was suspended for malfeasance and faces unemployment.The Weasley family was gloomy, and the only survivor was Ginny Weasley, but as the owner of the item mixed with potion, would she really be unaffected?

On September 1992, 9, at Malfoy Manor, Minato put down the letter he had read, with an unstoppable smile on his lips.Lucius, who was reading the document at the side, saw it, and there was a faint smile in his eyes. His little son often smiles, but not always: "Oh, Minato, what a good thing you are Happy?"

Water Gate raised his eyes: "Yes, Dad, it's a letter from Draco. You already know that Weasley was seen transforming the speeding car. This morning Ron Weasley received a roaring letter from Mrs. Weasley, The sturdy female voice almost dispelled the dark clouds on the ceiling of the Hogwarts hall in an instant. Weasley wished that he could burrow into the ground as a goblin, or disappear like a ball-flying bird, but it was a pity, He's a Weasley with overgrown limbs and none of those magical abilities. Ah, the sun is shining, and it's a bright and beautiful day to salute Weasley.' I'm sorry I didn't get to see that ,” Minato laughed, “I’m starting to look forward to life at Hogwarts.”

Lucius also smiled: "You'll like that," the smile deepened, "but now it's time to start your magic practice today." They were all abused by Lucius.

Lucius dragged the water door and headed towards the practice room, thinking that he would finally get his revenge. He would never forget the training that made him lose his demeanor and caused him to be laughed at by his friends.At the same time, there was another person who caught Lucius' attention, Molly Weasley, who seemed to be more than just a housewife.

On October 10, Minato sat in the living room wearing a blood earl's outfit, next to the black-winged fallen angel version of Lucius and the siren version of Narcissa, and stared at the two as they changed.Such a family, even sitting in the specially arranged dark and gloomy environment, is still so eye-catching.

"What a 'heroic' Gryffindor," Lucius drawled, "they will have an absolutely unforgettable Halloween 'dinner'." Minato's expression was also a bit weird, and he interfaced: "I hope they can come back alive It's really troublesome to be so 'heroic'." Narcissa sat on the side, her face full of schadenfreude.

His eyes turned to the coffee table in the shape of bones, where a piece of Malfoy-specific letter paper was opened, and he could see the following writing: Potter accepted the invitation of Sir Nicholas, the ghost of Gryffindor, to attend his [-]th death anniversary dinner on Halloween , the specific time coincides with the school's Halloween dinner, just thinking about it will make me feel better, I can definitely eat more for the Halloween dinner.Here is my heartfelt prayer to God that Merlin blesses the ghosts' dinner party to their liking and that they don't need a 'blazing fire' to come out.

"Just wait for Xiaolong's letter tomorrow." Lucius ended the topic.

However, before tomorrow, the Malfoy family received a letter from Draco that night. The content of the letter was extremely concise: the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets was opened, a cat was petrified, the three Potters were found on the scene, Considered the prime suspect.A declaration was left on the scene: The secret room has been opened, those who are enemies of the heir, be vigilant.

After 50 years, the secret room is opened again, and all forces are watching.

"The Quidditch season has begun, the first Slytherin vs. Gryffindor," Lucius stated.

"Well, the betrayed house elf has also been found. I have placed a restriction, which is triggered. When the contract on it is released, it will trigger the activation of the restriction." Minato also said what he did.

"Then ignore it," Lucius decided.

"Also let Draco stay in school this Christmas, Potter and the others probably will take action." Minato finally made the arrangement.

The savior Harry Potter was hunted down by Bludgers in the game, and the price of victory was a broken arm, which was then turned into an arm that lost all bones under Professor Lockhart's failed spell.That night, Harry meets Dobby the jumpy house-elf and learns part of the reason for his unlucky year.Meanwhile, a second attack occurs, the victim is Colin Creevey, a Gryffindor first-year student, and no clues are left.

At the end of November, Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Gilderoy Lockhart held a dueling club, Harry Potter was exposed as a Parseltongue, and almost everyone thought he was the heir.Soon, the third attack happened, the victim was Gryffindor resident ghost Nick and Hufflepuff student Justin Fletcher, the whole school was in a panic and almost all left for Christmas.Surprisingly, this Christmas Draco Malfoy chose to stay at school, accompanied by fellow students Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle.

One night during the Christmas holidays, a golden eagle flew away from Hogwarts and returned to Malfoy Manor.The three current owners of the manor haven't rested yet. They opened the letter to read, and then focused on a crystal that fell out of the envelope—a memory crystal, which was used to record what happened at a certain time and place.

After reading the content inside, the whole family had weird expressions, and it was really distorted whether to smile or not.

"As expected of Gryffindor, you have made such a big mistake after making so many preparations." Lucius laughed.

"Draco almost laughed, and he still has to practice." Minato suppressed a smile and complained.

"However, that Muggle-born named Granger is not easy. Compound Potion cannot be prepared at the level of a second grader." Narcissa pointed out that the only one in the trio was capable.

"Well, although it is a hemp seed, it is good enough. It has both the qualities of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. It must have been ordered by Dumbledore not to enter the Eagle Academy." Lucius analyzed.

"But it can still be placed in the list of collaborators for communication." Minato continued.

So this Christmas, the positioning of Gryffindor's Golden Triangle was decided in a few words by a few Malfoys.

In the new year, the attacks seemed to have stopped, and the students gradually relaxed and forgot about those fears.However, this is only intermittent.Dumbledore has been dismissed by the school trustees because of his inaction for a school year, and then at the end of the semester, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, the last two victims, and then, the heroic savior of the savior Beautiful deeds.

The principal's office, where Dumbledore, McGonagall, Weasleys, and Harry Potter are all here, and Lucius made the final handling of the attack on behalf of the school directors: "So, because Miss Weasley is unhappy, These two Mr. Weasleys (referring to the twins) in order to please their sisters, gave the magic room - how to use the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor. Then Miss Weasley took a dangerous black magic item that did not belong to her, and was arrested Not only did he almost die, he almost killed several young wizards, and at the same time created a year of panic in Hogwarts?!" Lucius' voice was deep and long, and he glanced at the table that was split in two. The ring-shaped metal object reminded him of the black leather diary that was sealed in the manor and then locked in the secret room, "and also destroyed the crown of Ravenclaw, one of the founders of Hogwarts!"

The other people in the principal's office froze at the same time, looking at the unattractive metal ring, oh no, it's a cultural relic now.This is the Ravenclaw relic, the Ravenclaw crown that belongs to Hogwarts treasures like the Gryffindor sword?

Lucius continued to say coldly, "Mr. Headmaster, please give the whole school," and glanced at Ginny, "especially the Ravenclaws," then glanced at Harry, "a satisfactory explanation. I don't want Hogwarts I don’t want to lose the title of the best magic school, and I don’t want any lies or concealment.” After speaking, he brushed his sleeves and stood up, “Also, I took away this troublesome elf.”

"Okay, Mr. Malfoy, send my regards to the school trustees." Dumbledore had a toothache, but he still forced out a smile to see off the guests.Lucius nodded, turned and left the principal's office.

As soon as Lucius stepped out of the door of the principal's office, Harry followed him: "Wait a minute, Mr. Malfoy." Lucius stopped and turned his head.

Harry stuffed something into Lucius' hands: "You forgot something."

After Lucius saw what it was, he threw it out reflexively. It was a smelly sock, and Potter had one bare foot. "Potter," Lucius suppressed his voice, suddenly, he realized something was wrong, and turned to look aside.I saw the elf holding the sock in his hand, his face full of excitement: "Master, the master gave Dobby a sock, Dobby... Dobby is free."

Lucius was furious, he raised his wand and pointed at Harry: "Potter, you actually..."

"Don't hurt Harry Potter." The elf jumped out and stood in front of Harry, with magical lights shining on his fingers.But the magic didn't work in the end, the light of the magic dissipated, and the little elf clutched his chest with both hands, and fell to the ground in pain. After a while, there was no movement at all.

Everyone in the principal's office felt the change, and this is what they saw when they walked out of the principal's office. "What's going on?" The old headmaster asked instead of everyone, and Harry looked at him helplessly.

"It's nothing," Lucius retracted his wand and resumed his usual elegance, thinking that the restriction of Watergate was really powerful, but he said: "It's just that I violated the contract with the house elves and was punished." It was timely enough, I added another sentence in my heart.Without further explanation, Lucius left without stopping.

"I killed it." Harry murmured, falling into the vicious circle he created.

At the dinner at the end of the semester, the attack incident was briefly mentioned, and Dumbledore added hundreds of points to the Saviors as usual, which not only made up for the dozens of points deducted by Ginny, but also allowed Gryffindor to start again from the last day. Jump to be number one.The Gryffindors cheered happily, but this didn't affect Harry at all, just like the long tables of Ravenclaw and Slytherin on both sides.

Harry couldn't be happier, he was still thinking about Dobby's death.It was all his fault, he thought, if it wasn't for him Dobby was still alive.He even felt that the trophy brought back by the prefect was soaked in blood, and following the movements of the lion cubs, it scattered all over the long table.Feeling suffocated, he pushed away the Gryffindor students who were clustering around him, and he rushed out, but the celebration stopped for less than a second before continuing.

It was night, in a dark alley, two figures wrapped tightly around themselves appeared here.The short one spoke first: "Thank you for your hard work, you did a good job." The voice was unexpectedly crisp and clear, and it was a teenager.

"That's right, don't look at who I am." With a confident tone, he raised his head slightly, revealing a pair of forget-me-not blue eyes——Gilderoy Lockhart, a man who should have been lying in St. Mungo's with no hope of recovery people.

"Okay, I'll let you know next time I have a mission." It was the same boy's voice.

"Yes, my lord, I bent down to salute neatly, but the man's attitude was extremely respectful.