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Draco entered the Room of Requirement once more, in recent months he had managed to get to the seventh floor and use the room, the problem has always been to repair the Vanishing Cabinet.
After Draco located the Vanishing Cabinet on the first floor, he was able to successfully take the cabinet to the seventh floor during the first game of the Quidditch season between Slytherin and Gryffindor with help from Crabbe and Goyle disguised as first-year girls.
He had already studied the other cabinet in Borgin and Burkes during the visit he made to the store during the summer, but when he saw the problems of the other cabinet that is in Hogwarts, he began to despair.
From what he discovered the cabinet was formed by five wooden cores (Mahogany
Maple, Pine, Hawthorn, Dogwood) and three magic core (Thestral tail hair, Thunderbird tail feather, Horned Serpent horn) and to restore the balance between these different magical properties, as well as going through the cabinet's protection spells to avoid sabotage, was a very big challenge for young Malfoy.n
And it was with dirty clothes, dark circles of nights badly asleep, with an empty stomach and dry throat, that Draco Malfoy, with his fist shaking and holding his wand, missed once more the spell he was trying to make.
"No, no, no, not again," the boy whined, lowering his wand to resume the spell.
He tried to inhale and breathe deeply, but the only thing that managed to inhale more dust, he wanted to stop doing it though now his father and his mother depended on him, the Dark Lord's emissaries were clear about what would happen if he continued to fail.
"Cough, Cough, come on, Draco again," the boy told himself as he began another attempt.
Crash!
Just as Draco was leaning over the cabinet, some student or Peeves knocked something heavy down the hall, Draco was surprised and dropped his wand inside the cabinet, as he was in the middle of a spell involving eight cores of different magical properties, the sudden drop of the wand caused an explosion that sent Draco away.
Boom!
Before completely losing consciousness through falling and loss of blood, he had two pieces of wood piercing his body, Draco crawled out of the room for help.
"Hey!" Said a voice.
- cough, cough, now Draco's cough was accompanied by blood and as he crawled in the hall of the seventh floor, he saw the only person who did not want to see running towards him and Draco had to say the only sentence he did not want to tell him.
"Help me," Malfoy said before he lost consciousness.
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"Potter, let's figure out how you're going to introduce me, if possible I wish the people in my house would not associate with you right away," Daphne said, whispering.
"Okay," said the boy, whispering too.
They were walking slowly down the aisles of the castle until they reached the dungeons, as they combined what story they would say.
"Any idea, Potter?" you need to help me here too, with more words, besides "Okay," said the girl glancing at him now.
"Um, could you be a foreign friend?"
At that moment, the couple arrived at the entrance of the main hall, a group of girls were waiting for Harry's arrival to see who had been chosen or if any of them would be the "chosen".
When Harry and Daphne were seen by the girls, several disillusioned and hurt glances suggest on their faces, as well as audible whispers.
"Why did not he choose me?"
"Oh Merlin! It's a veela!"
"Why did he go and join such a filthy creature!"
"Seeing she of course he would not choose one of us, he must have been bewitched."
Seeing that the reactions were making a worrisome turn, Harry decided to get out of there as quickly as possible, he noticed Daphne looking at the girls with an expression that she had found something unpleasant.
As Harry approached the space reserved for the party in the dungeons, he noticed as they walked down decorated corridors that the two were very close to other students who were also going to the event, this made Harry not resume the conversation they were having before about how to combine the stories of who Daphne would be and how they met.
As they entered the party venue that was amply decorated for Christmas, Harry and Daphne found Professor Slughorn at the entrance to the party welcoming guests with clothes that could make him confused with a Christmas tree.
"Oho, Harry, what a pleasure to see, come, I want to introduce you to some of my other guests.
Without even looking at Daphne, the Professor pulled Harry and Harry pulled Daphne into the magically enhanced room, and the other guests who were still entering were left with no one to greet them.
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Potter had problems in the simplest social situations, Daphne watched, though she did not consider herself a specialist.
Not that Potter was a problem, as far as Daphne could tell from his gaze, her dress and appearance had taken advantage of any idiocy about rivalry between Hogwarts houses, as Tracey had told her. He was trying to treat her well.
He was being considerate of her not only in appearance, taking her away from the fangirls without her needing to demand it was a good sign that he was at least concerned about her situation, but the situation she was in now after what had happened in the main hall and was ignored by Slughorn was pushing her to the limit.
Potter could not get rid of some idiot who wanted to write some stupid book about his life while she stood beside him without speaking, trying to control himself, when she had the sight of Zabini and Runcorn kissing.
She did not notice the arrival of the vampire, who accompanies the writer, only heard a scream and felt to be pulled by the arm.
"No," Potter shouted as he pulled her to the other side while his other hand broke the cup he held in the face of someone with long teeth.
Daphne took seconds to realize that she had almost been attacked by a vampire, Potter had his wand in a defensive position.
Without any hesitation, all Daphne's anger had found a target, Daphne did not say anything took her wand and began to attack the creature.
"Stupefy, Daphne began to cast spells at once, and to cause the greatest commotion throughout the party.
- Incendio, Stupefy, Daphne began to launch various spells and causing the biggest uproar throughout the party.
"Get down."
"We're under attack."
"Merlin, call the Aurors."
Several guests began to run from side to side, throw themselves on the ground and shout in despair. The party had become widespread fight.
"Glacius," Daphne intoned now toward Zabini and Runcorn, the vampire he had managed to deflect from the first spells was now unconscious on the ground, and Daphne went in search of a new target.
Daphne could not see if the spell hit her target, actually, right after saying "Glacius" she did not see anything, her head was hit by something, just before she lost consciousness.
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Daphne slowly regained consciousness, opened her eyes slowly, and saw that she was in the hospital wing by the ceiling she looked and the softness of the bed, did not recognize the voices around the bed and could not even see them through the closed curtains, but at that moment exactly what most intrigued her it was because her felt a smell of mass, lemon and sugar coming from her head.
When he tried to move his arms, he saw that he could not move them, nor his body.
"But what's going on here," she managed to speak in a whisper.
"Ah, Miss Greengrass, I see you're awake.
The place where she was had two beds, one where she was and the other empty and both completely surrounded by white curtains, standing near the other bed, Prof. Dumbledore was sitting watching the figure of the people on the other side of the curtains and continued saying,
"We had to limit yours movements so that later Madame Pomfrey could look more carefully at her situation, meanwhile, how to listen to Mr. Potter is feeding the press with his personal life, and see how it goes.
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With a flick of his wand, Dumbledore made audible the conversation on the other side.
"So Mr. Potter, putting aside the confusion over this attack, who was your pair tonight?" Was it really a Veela?
"Coof, Coof, yeah, it was a Veela, she's back in Hungary, Darbe and I think we're just friends for now."
This statement caused more confusion, one could hear the noise of several photographs being made.
"Is she your "Chosen", Mr. Potter? Asked someone who appeared to be a reporter
"We decided to be just friends for now," Harry said in a clearly embarrassed voice.
"Do you feel embarrassed to relate to a non-human creature?"
"No way! I have a lot of respect and a lot of affection for the ones I met, besides Veelas, I met half giants, house elves, werewolves, centaurs, and I really enjoyed the contact with all of them."
"Where did you and this Veela meet, and for how long?" Someone else asked.
"Ahh, at the Quidditch World Cup, two years ago, and we have since corresponded by letters.
- Stop! This should be a visit, not an interview, who are you? They are disturbing the treatment and rest of other patients too!
Madame Pomfrey arrived from some other treatment, extremely stressed, expelling the reports.
"If you do not leave now, I'll have to call ..."
"Me, the Director."
Without Daphne noticing, Professor Dumbledore emerged from the isolated bed where he stood and looked in the middle of the wizarding reports.
"I believe that this is enough, I would like you all to accompany the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic and leave the premises of the castle, as agreed by Hogwarts, the Ministry and the press.
Daphne heard several footsteps from people coming out of the Hospital Wing, and Madame Pomfrey complaining in whispers, with Prof Dumbledore and Potter.
Out of the corner of her eye, Daphne caught sight of an approaching figure.
"Who would have thought you were considered an unstable Veela, my dear sister?"
One of the people Daphne not wanted to see at that moment, her sister Astoria approached.
"Why are you here? Dwarf troll" said Daphne.
"I am one of Madame Pomfrey's volunteers, in case you do not know, I was rushed because at Professor Slughorn's Christmas party there was widespread confusion. A Veela began a fight that spread through the room. When the Aurors arrived they found two guests with more serious injuries that went to St Mungus and a vampire, a guest and an Auror were detained for investigations. Astoria spoke without stopping for breath."
Astoria liked to consider herself a well-informed person, which in fact an excuse to be gossipy, her glowing eyes toward Daphne was irrefutable proof, Daphne thought her Slytherin ambition was to be the biggest gossip in the world. Which could be good or bad for Daphne depending on her focus.
"Why am I trapped in bed?" And why were these two people taken away? Daphne asked for the good side of her sister's gossip.
"Okay, we did not have time to examine you yet, as Potter said he hit you with a lemon pie, so the Aurors would not do worse, since they had you on target, he cast a spell by directing the pie up your head. As it also had a fall, we think it better to immobilize until a check."
Daphne's expression closed, even realizing that Astoria continued.
"The two people are already taken by signs of being linked to the Dark Lord."
"I've answered your questions, my dear sister, now answer mine," Astoria said, her eyes sparkling with curiosity, "what were you doing at the party with Potter?"
"I do not know very well, Tracey convinced me that this would be good for me," Daphne said tiredly.
At that moment Potter passed the curtains.
"Um, hi Daphne, Astoria,
"Get out of here Potter," Daphne said, conveying all the anger she'd gotten.
"But I…"
"Out"
This time, Potter left quickly.
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"Finally alone," said Tracey.
Ron and the girl were left alone in the wizarding chess room after Harry and Daphne left for the party.
"Well then, I think we should go to our dorms," Ron said.
"Of course not Weasley.
Tracey put her arms around her waist and turned to face Ron.
"Those two were just part of why I was here," the girl said.
"And what's the other part?" Ron said thoughtfully.
"Obviously, the fact that I'm here indicates that I'm interested in the wizard chess club.
"So you want to be a part?"
"At first, yes, but first I'd like you to tell me why you decided to put it on."
"Well, I like wizard's chess. Ron said ashamed.
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"It's a start, but deepen the explanation, please. Said the girl smiling
- Okay, besides enjoying chess, my experience with Quidditch was very unstable, and after the last match decided to leave the team, study more seriously, and do an activity that I enjoy, not to be in the shadow of a colleague very intelligent and a famous and rich colleague. That is the explanation, briefly. Said Ron
"Okay, I like the explanation, I'm joining the club," Tracey said, clapping her hands.
"You really want this?" Ron asked.
"Yes, yes, let's say I want a change in my life as well, and I think even if I'm not good at wizard's chess, I'm going to like the people in it," Tracey said.
"Okay, I'll put your name on the list of 3 names so far.
"Great, Ron, l will love your company, said Tracey giving a goodbye kiss close to Ron's lips.
Without further ado, Tracey left the room and Ron stayed several minutes without moving.