Chapter 235: Christmas
Heavy snow fell on the castle and grounds. Beauxbatons' light blue carriage looked like a large pumpkin in the winter, and the little gingerbread house with frosting next to it was Hagrid's cabin, and the sides of the Durmstrang were smooth and shiny with ice, and the sail ropes were stained with hoarfrost. The house-elves in the kitchen below are busy preparing a variety of flavors of hot stews and sweet puddings.
Christmas is finally here, which means the dance party will start tonight.
"Delivered, buddy!" In a corner of Hogwarts Castle, the Weasley brothers found Malfoy, dragging a large box covered in colorful graffiti patterns behind him. β
"It should work pretty well. Fred patted the box in front of him and said confidently.
"It's just that I still don't know why you want so many invisibility cloaks, even if you need to use them in the competition, one is enough, do you still need to ask us to buy them?" George was still a little puzzled.
"By the way, we made two of the masks you wanted, so let's use them as giveaways, but they will look ugly on your face, so you have to be mentally prepared. β
"Meow... Meow..."A sudden cat meow made the brothers shiver involuntarily at the same time.
A scrawny, gray-furred cat was hanging its paws on the guardrail of the spiral staircase, its bulging eyes staring at them
"Lady Loris, my God, we need to get out of here, Filch might be nearby. Fred said in a panic
"Ask for your own blessings, it's too late to get it back now," George said, turning his head to remind Malfoy.
"These are these things. Sure enough, the janitor, Filch, quickly walked up to Malfoy from the top of a spiral staircase and asked solemnly
"Just a few clothes. Don't you believe me?" Malfoy said, as he was about to open the box, when Filch stopped him from reaching out.
"Not as an example. Filch coughed and said, "Stay away from those two troublemakers." He warned.
"Yes, sir. Malfoy said politely.
Malfoy is probably the best person in the school to have the best relationship with the janitor right now.
A few minutes later, the large box was placed in Malfoy's bedroom.
His table was full of gifts from others, many of which had been delivered by the owl this morning, and the Lucius had passed them on to him in advance, so that they could save some effort.
"Draco, don't you be tempted to sneak open your presents, you won't be able to open them until Christmas. As she said goodbye, Narcissa put her hands on Malfoy's cheeks and reminded him that Malfoy was still a childish child who couldn't resist the temptation of gifts.
As there was still a long way to go before the second event, the Lucius couple would come back to Hogwarts to watch the game at the start of the second event.
As for Pansy, he also gave him a black and well-made tie.
Malfoy tried on a black velvet gown in the dormitory, and it looked quite good in front of the mirror, it is worth mentioning that this is a must-have item that Narcissa has put into his luggage every year since the first year, and it is renewed once a year, but there are too few balls at Hogwarts, so that the preparation of the first three years has been in vain, but it has come in handy this year.
At the same time, he is also mentally prepared to be ridiculed by others, Luna's dress, which can be said to have reached the realm of "beautiful and delicious", will definitely appear at the ball, it will definitely be like throwing a bombshell, causing a sensation.
After thinking about it, Malfoy decided to spend the first half of the day in the library, he still didn't have any sense of expectation for the dance itself, and he wasn't naΓ―ve enough to go to a snowball fight with other students, but when he passed by, he found Pansy leaning against the railing, watching her classmates galloping across the field with envy.
"If your legs still want to get back to normal, get that thought out of your mind. Malfoy looked at Pansy warningly.
She wore a thick purple sweater today, as if she had wrapped her whole body.
"Oh. Pansy replied weakly, with a beautiful silver ribbon tied around her head, and now drooped feebly, as listless as herself.
"But you can change the game. Malfoy snapped his fingers, "Say so." He raised his wand, and the air in front of the tip of the wand suddenly cooled a few degrees, and the moisture in the air gradually condensed, and finally gathered into three small snow-white balls.
The balls floated silently in mid-air, and Malfoy raised his hand again and whispered, "Vasidisi!" and the three balls shot out in response to the "whoosh" like machine guns, hitting an old poplar tree not far away.
The leaves on the branches had already fallen after the winter, and they looked bare, with only a thick layer of snow covering them, and an owl seemed to be awakened by this, and then opened its eyes, shook off the ice slag that had stuck to its wings as it vibrated its wings, and flew away.
"By the way, you can also train yourself to control your magic, it's good, isn't it?" Malfoy looked at his results with satisfaction, power is not the key, and the accuracy has indeed reached a very high level.
"By the way, how did that little bget I made? Your legs shouldn't be cold now. Malfoy's gaze shifted to Pansy's, the boot protruding from the tip of a small pale gold button that seemed to be integrated and radiated warmth, extending from the foot to the calf.
"Well, it's warm, thank you. Pansy nodded obediently, and then imitated Malfoy's spell gesture as she tried to condense a puck.
"Aren't you staying here, Draco, where are you going?" Pansy asked as she stared at the puck as she watched Malfoy raise her feet and leave, and then said to herself, "I guess, you're not relaxed at all, and you're going to the library on a day like today." β
At this time, the white snow covered almost the entire Hogwarts, and Malfoy's figure gradually disappeared into the snowstorm, leaving only a series of footprints that were not deep or shallow, and they were quickly filled with new snowflakes.
Pansy was still trying the spell-casting technique that Malfoy had just taught her, but she either couldn't form or didn't have the right head.
"Vasidisi!" After many attempts, she finally condensed two snowballs from the cold air, and then "Woo" hit the two Slytherin and Gryffindor students with great precision, which obviously led to a snowball battle between the houses.
Seeing that her unintentional actions had caused such "serious" consequences, Pansy was a thief and left the "crime scene" with gentle steps, moving in the direction of the Slytherin common room.
"The warm fireplace is still waiting for me. She thought so, distracting herself from what she had just done, trying to make herself forget what she had just done.