Old Blood at Hogwarts

When Aaron saw Harry again, it was already the beginning of the celebration dinner.As soon as he sat down, he started stuffing food into his mouth.He was obviously starving.

"What did Dumbledore say to you later?" Aaron asked Harry curiously.

"He let me know that I am a real Gryffindor." Harry said while stuffing food into his mouth, "Remember the sword I pulled out of the Sorting Hat?"

"Of course." Aaron was deeply impressed by the shining silver sword.

"That's Godric Gryffindor's sword," Harry said. "Dumbledore told me that only a true Gryffindor could pull it out of the hat."

"In addition, I also met Lucius Malfoy." Harry continued, "It was him who secretly stuffed Riddle's diary into Ginny's Transfiguration textbook at Flourish Blossoms."

At this moment, Aaron recalled what happened at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore. He remembered that Lucius indeed put an old book into Ginny's hand before leaving.

"So, that diary has been kept at Malfoy's house?" Aaron asked while thinking about it.

"Yes." Harry nodded.

"I knew it," said Ron on the side, "My father had guessed that Lucius Malfoy was You-Know-Who's confidant a long time ago. I bet that his family must have kept many dark magic items that once belonged to You-Know-Who. "

"But why did he do this?" Aaron asked a question at this time, "I mean, if Mr. Malfoy wants to continue Riddle's unfinished work, why not give the diary to his son? I believe Draco must Happy to contribute to this.”

"Well, I guess he did it to deal with Mr. Weasley," Harry replied with his mouth full of food.

"My dad?" Ron was extremely surprised.

"Yes." Harry nodded.

"What's going on?" Aaron asked quickly.

"Mr. Weasley works in the Department for the Suppression of Misuse of Muggle Articles at the Ministry of Magic." Harry explained, "He has recently been promoting a law called the Muggle Protection Act, which seems to have caused a lot of trouble for the Malfoy family. Trouble. Imagine if Ginny was found to be attacking and murdering Muggle-borns, what would that do to Weasley and his Muggle Protection Act?"

Aaron nodded clearly and said: "That's it."

The celebrations continued throughout the evening.Colin, Justin and Penelo, who had woken up from petrification, also joined in midway.Justin hurried to Harry, held his hand, and apologized endlessly, saying that he should not have doubted him in the first place; Hagrid appeared at 03:30 in the morning and slapped Harry and Ron hard. The shoulders made them unable to eat and fell on the plate of sweets; the four hundred points obtained by Aaron, Harry, Ron and Hermione enabled Gryffindor to successfully defend the House Cup; Professor McGonagall stood up Telling them that the school has decided to entertain everyone by canceling exams ("Oh, crap!" said Hermione); Dumbledore announces: "Unfortunately, Professor Lockhart will not be back next term as he will need to look elsewhere." Return his memory." When everyone heard the news, they burst into cheers, and several teachers also cheered.

"It's a pity," said Ron, holding himself a jam donut, "I'm starting to like Lockhart more and more."

The remaining days of the summer semester were spent in dazzling sunshine.Hogwarts returned to normal, with only a few minor changes: Defense Against the Dark Arts classes were cancelled ("We've had a lot of practice in that anyway," Ron told a sullen Hermione); Hughes Malfoy was kicked off the school board.Draco no longer strutted around the school as if he owned the place.On the contrary, he now looks gloomy all day long and seems to be full of resentment.On the other hand, Ginny Weasley has returned to her lively and cheerful personality.

But during these days, Aaron did something different.He submitted an application to Professor McGonagall to stay in school during the summer vacation.

Hogwarts, like ordinary schools, has two months of summer vacation every year.During this period, students will leave school and go home.In a situation like Aaron's, he could only go back to a Muggle orphanage.Aaron didn't want to go back there. The gossip and the looks always made him feel uncomfortable.He preferred to stay at Hogwarts, even if he was the only one in the school.Therefore, he applied to stay at school during the holidays.

Speaking of which, Aaron was inspired by Riddle to do this.In the memory brought by Riddle, Aaron saw Professor Dippet, the principal at the time, approaching Riddle to discuss his application to stay in the school.

Two days after Aaron submitted his application, McGonagall found him and said that Principal Dumbledore wanted to see him.

Aaron followed Professor McGonagall to the principal's office.After going up to the eighth floor, they turned a corner and came to the statue of the gargoyle monster that Aaron had seen in Riddle's memory.

Professor McGonagall said to the statue: "Ice lemon juice!"

This was obviously a command, and the monster suddenly came to life, jumped to the side, and the wall behind it cracked in half.Behind the wall was a spiral staircase that was different from what Aaron saw in Riddle's memory.As soon as Aaron and Professor McGonagall stepped up, they heard a roar from behind and the wall closed again.Then, the stairs began to rotate and move upward automatically.They rose higher and higher, higher and higher. Finally, Aaron, who felt a little dizzy, saw a shining oak door in front of him, with a brass door knocker in the shape of a griffon.

They stepped up the stone stairs.Professor McGonagall knocked on the door, and it opened quietly and they walked in.Professor McGonagall told Aaron to wait, then left, leaving Aaron there alone.

Aaron had seen this principal's office in Riddle's memory.Just like what he saw in Riddle's memory, this was a spacious, beautiful circular room, with the walls surrounding it covered with portraits of the former principals, all snoring gently in their respective frames.There was a huge table in the center of the room with claw-shaped legs.On a shelf behind the desk lay a tattered and wrinkled Sorting Hat.

But there are also some places that are different from what he saw in Riddle's memory.Compared to the memory, there are now more tables with slender legs in the room, with many strange silverware on them, spinning and spitting out small puffs of smoke.This filled the room with all kinds of funny little noises.

Suddenly, a disembodied voice came from behind Aaron.He turned around suddenly and saw a gorgeous, bright red bird standing on a tall gilded perch behind the door. It was similar in size to a swan and had a long golden tail. The claws are also very long and golden - it is Phoenix Fox.

Aaron walked up to Fox and carefully extended his hand to it.Fox stared at Aaron for a while, then let Aaron put his hands on it.Aaron gently stroked Fox's feathers, admiring the beauty of this magical creature.

Suddenly, the office door opened and Dumbledore walked in.

Aaron quickly put his hands down from Fox's body and called, "Professor."

"Oh, it's Elf." Dumbledore said, "Sit down."

Aaron found a chair and sat down.Dumbledore also sat down in the chair behind his desk.

"I heard from Minerva that you wish to stay at school during the summer vacation?" Dumbledore asked.

"Yes." Aaron replied nervously.

"Why don't you want to go home?" Dumbledore said gently. "Don't you want to see your old friends?"

"My home is here." Aaron replied, "Besides, I have no friends outside."

Dumbledore looked at Aaron, the tips of his ten slender fingers touched together, and said, "You remind me of a former student. Like you, he also grew up in an orphanage, and he also had no one outside of school. friends, and was unwilling to return to the orphanage during the holidays.”

Aaron hesitated and asked, "Are you talking about Tom Riddle?"

"You know?" Dumbledore was a little surprised.

"Yes." Aaron nodded, "I once saw in his memory that he applied to Professor Dippet to stay in school during the summer vacation."

"So you have also come into contact with Riddle's diary." Dumbledore stared at Aaron closely.

"Yes."

Aaron nodded, and then told him how he got Riddle's diary; how he discovered the secret of the diary; how he sensed that there was something wrong with Riddle and thus became suspicious of Harry; and how he finally investigated the truth of the matter. Read it again.

Dumbledore listened carefully to Aaron's words.After Aaron said everything, he thought for a moment, and then said: "I saw some traces of dark magic on the remains of Riddle's diary that day. I heard Harry say that you destroyed that diary. ?What method did you use to do it?"

"It's the Fire Spell, Professor." Aaron replied slowly.

"The Fire Curse," Dumbledore said seriously, "that is a very powerful black magic. Can you tell me where you learned it?"

"When I first got the diary, I asked Riddle's memory for some magic questions. Then, he taught me this spell." Aaron replied nervously.

Dumbledore stared at Aaron with his blue eyes, as if to see through him completely.

Just when Aaron felt a little uneasy, Dumbledore said: "Mr. Elf, you can stay at school during the summer vacation. But I must remind you that although black magic is powerful, it also has serious side effects. .Long-term exposure to black magic will seriously distort your mind. So you must be careful when learning magic in the future..."