[HP] Shh, it's a secret

On the afternoon of the third day, Draco was discharged from the hospital without incident, and then, as he had done four years ago, he soon got the news that Gryffindor had won the Quidditch Cup without Potter.Immediately afterwards, news of Potter's date with the red-haired Weasley would spread like a plague throughout the castle, overshadowing the news of the Dark Lord and the Death Eaters.And what he cared about--

The boy who had just changed out of his hospital gown pursed his lips and strode forward, rushing up the stairs.His two followers, Goyle and Crabbe, followed him panting.He should be glad that Snape had finally released his two bulky friends from confinement.This gives him sentry and backup again, praise him, brave and unyielding...

Bullshit!

Draco groaned and quickened his pace.Around the corner on the eighth floor, Peeves popped out of nowhere, grimacing as usual and trying to put a trash can full of confetti and chalk stubs over their heads.

"Go away." With a flick of his hand, he stuck Peeves upside down to the ceiling of the corridor, so fast that Goyle and Crabbe didn't even have time to sigh.

"Hurry up." Draco said impatiently, the footsteps increased a bit.Goyle and Crabbe looked at each other—

"But Draco...you are fine..." Goyle said hesitantly.

"And the Polyjuice Potion has run out," Crabbe went on to state.

"No need for that thing." Draco said, "Potter is busy dating the Weasley weasel, no one will come here." While talking, they arrived at their destination: the troll danced on the right carpet, and to the left is a blank marble wall behind which - Draco's eyes deepened -

Arrived, Room of Requirement.

After confirming that there were only the three of them in the corridor, Draco walked back and forth three times in front of the blank stone wall, and a brown copper handle suddenly appeared on the wall.Draco turned the handle and pushed the door open.

"Come in." He ordered in that strange room.The two big men outside were taken aback. Shouldn't they be guarding the door?After hesitating for two seconds, the two took steps one after the other.Draco closed the door behind them.

"This...this is..."

"Don't look, and don't move," Draco ordered curtly, "Stay here, and if anyone comes in, make him lie down and get out immediately. I mean 'immediately', understand?"

The big guys nodded hurriedly and stood on both sides of the door with their backs facing the garbage mountain.

Draco nodded in satisfaction, and quickly walked towards the corner in his memory——

Bottles, hats, boxes, chairs... somewhere around here... Draco narrowed his eyes, walking deeper and deeper in this maze of garbage... Stuffed trolls!Yes!He walked around it and his eyes lit up all of a sudden.What stood in front of him was a heavy curtain, under the curtain—he stretched out his hand and pulled it, and the covered thing instantly revealed its true colors—

The Vanishing Cabinet, of course.

Draco stood quietly in front of the one-person-high cabinet. Originally, he was supposed to completely repair it in a week, but there was not much time left for him... Draco took a breath and opened the cabinet door. The wand followed the texture at the bottom of the cabinet, slowly pouring in the magic power, unblocking the links one by one, the process was easier than he imagined...

An hour later, when a blinding red light burst from the bottom of the cabinet, Draco knew he had succeeded, probably.The most sensible thing to do is to conduct an experiment, an overripe apple or an unlucky bird.However, all of these require the support of another Vanishing Cabinet and Bellatrix... So, he can only take a small risk, but not now.

Draco put away his wand and retreated from the disappearing cabinet, closed the cabinet door, and closed the curtain.He didn't leave the Room of Requirement immediately, but walked to a deeper corner.There was something in there...he remembered vividly where he had caught Potter, Granger and Weasley before the war was over.They were looking for something, and now that I think about it, it must be something extremely important, maybe very important to them...

Draco continued walking, and when he was about to turn to the other side in the deepest part of the maze, he stopped.In front of him was a faded cabinet—

A rusty diadem sits on the head of the pockmarked wizard statue on the chest.

He'd seen Potter rush into the flames desperately to get it, and after that, when it shattered, Potter's expression was... disbelief, relief mixed with great surprise, like it was finally But there is something on my mind...

what will it be

Draco stared at the diadem from a distance.It took a long time before he decided to take it off the statue and prepare to hide it somewhere in the garbage mountain.

Potter didn't come looking for it until seventh grade, enough time to figure it out and deal with it, maybe it would be a good bargain.But in any case, it is not wise to carry it with you.In this world, the unknown can always be equated with danger.

His eyes turned around all the hiding places in the vicinity, and finally fell on the faded cabinet directly in front of him.Draco opened it and tossed the diadem in.But just as he was about to close the door again, he stopped.In the corner of the cabinet lay a book, an old and heavy Potions textbook.Apparently, the student who abandoned it had just thrown it in so that a page came unglued and fell out.In the dark, greasy margins of the pages was written—

Crush with flat side of silver dagger, Releases juice better than cutting.

(Squeeze with the side of a silver knife, it is easier to get juice than sliced ​​on the side)

Draco froze.By the time he realized it, he had already picked up the "Advanced Potion Making" and turned to the last page——

ThisbookisthePropertyoftheHalf-bloodPrince. (Harry hid the Half-Blood Prince's Potions textbook in the Response Room because of fear after he injured Draco with "Kamikaze Shadowless")

By some coincidence, he hid it in his robe.

At the door, Crabbe was raising his right hand and saying something to Goyle, looking excited like a kid who got a lot of candy.

"Oh, Draco, come and see, Crabbe...he succeeded." Goyle yelled equally excitedly.

"What is it?"

"Devil fire Draco, it's devil fire!" Crabbe said, and at the same time raised his right hand burning with black and red flames to Draco's eyes as if offering a treasure, "Miss Carlo taught me, I just tried it, it didn't work." think……"

"No! You idiot!" Draco growled.With a loud bang, Crabbe and his burning right hand were blown away and smashed to the floor.The next second, Draco was already holding him against the wall by his collar.The hawthorn wand was at Crabbe's gasping throat—

"If—if I ever find out you're still using this magic... I swear to Crabbe, I'll wring your big head off and kick it like a Quaffle!"

"But... but Draco..." Feeling the shackles around his neck tighten instantly, Crabbe swallowed hard, "Oh, yes! I promise, no! I swear never again! "

The black-red Fiendflame gradually extinguished because it lost the support of its master's magic power, and Draco let go of Crabbe at the same time as the flame extinguished.As if aware of his gaffe, Draco adjusted his collar for Crabbe, who was limp on the ground.

"Sorry, I just..." Draco stood up distractedly, opened the door and walked out.Outside the door he stopped and heard Crabbe and Goyle say—

"OhJesus, Draco said 'sorry' to me..."

"You...you heard that too? I thought it was... oh Crabbe, get your hands off, burnt..."

Early the next morning, after successfully avoiding Filch and his cat, Draco pushed the door of the Room of Requirement open again.A quarter of an hour later, the kitchen at Malfoy Manor—

"Mum, shhh - it's me... I need help... Daddy, I have to see him..."