Author: Muduoduomu

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Chapter 13. The dragon who guarded its treasure

"We can't go on like this!" Della clapped the book on the table!

She had been working hard to read these so-called cases! But they were just like Professor Binns' "A History of Magic"! It should be fascinating, but now boring and drowsy.

And wizards lived too long! They had too many cases of creature attacks! The former wizard was too brave to keep the magical creature, like hippogriff, in the backyard like a chicken!

Moreover, he forgot to feed it!

Didn't he deserve to be snapped at the thigh?

The only sentiment on reading those cases was felt drowsy, missed the hot chocolate in the dining room and Fred.

She saw Harry and Ron next to her had the same reaction. Harry was still working hard to pick himself up and read, while Ron had fallen asleep in the book.

She went to the opposite sofa, in front of Hermione was a pile of books as high as a hill. She had been writing her homework for more than two hours with her head down. Didn't she feel tired? Della sat down: "Hermione."

Hermione looked up in surprise. "Della?"

Della: "I think we should do something else about the hippogriff. Is it going to be sentenced to death for hurting people?"

Hermione nodded and sighed, "they're going to cut off its head. I can't imagine how sad Hagrid would be to see it!"

Della had never known so much about the professor. She had only known he was tall and was the first one to bring Harry to the magic world. However, now she even knew that the Rock cake he made was too hard to eat, he kept a timid big black dog, he liked to raise large-size creatures and was emotional.

Hermione believed that knowing more about the defendants could inspire their compassion. She even wrote a defence for Professor Hagrid.

"Maybe we can get others to sign for it." Della suggested.

Hermione: "To sign for it?"

Della: "Yes. It hurt student, so if the court wants to cut off its head, why not use the signatures of students to tell the judge we are not afraid of this big guy and want to save it?"

Hermione seemed to have just thought about it, but she immediately said, "it will help!"

Della was instantly ecstatic, she went to get a roll of parchment and a quill, pushed the two books aside, and said to Hermione, "I'm going to get someone to sign now! I can have the fourth grade, the fifth and the first one as well. You can ask for the third grade."

Hermione pushed back her hair, which was a bit messy in writing homework. She took out the magic hair clips they bought last time in Hogsmeade, and put them high, which revealed her whole face.

Hermione's face shape changed this year. She used to be a round face, but her face grew a bit longer, she suddenly looked like an elder girl. Her eyebrows were compact, which may be due to frequent frowning, giving a serious feeling.

Della found Hermione would be popular if she dressed in cool fashion.

Hermione took out the parchment from her bag and said, "ok, Della. Give me the third grade." She thought about it and looked at Harry, "maybe we can get the second grade as well."

Della thought of one more, "and Hufflepuff." She was sure to get all the signatures of Hufflepuff, because they will sign it without having a look."

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When it was time for dinner, Hermione and Della stoop up and went to their goals.

Harry and Ron both lowered their heads as if to bury themselves on the plates.

Della: "They're as shy as little girls."

Hermione: "Exactly. Sometimes I think I'm playing with two little girls."

Two real girls exchanged a look and to do their own task.

Della wrote a line on parchment: "In order to save the Hippogriff, which gave a punch on Malfoy's arm of SLYTHERIN from being beheaded. Please sign on this parchment."

And she added, "don't tell me someone is as scared as SLYTHERIN about this Hippogriff since it's too big and scary." She drew a grimace at the back and passed it on from Katie.

Katie saw the parchment, smiled and wrote her name on it. One by one, all fifth grades signed. Some said, "oh, give a punch to Slytherin? The Hippogriff must be a Gryffindor." And signed it cleanly.

All the way down, to the fifth grade and back.

Della picked up the parchment and went to Fred. "Hey, sign it."

Fred seized it to have a look, grinned and said, "it's definitely worth signing the name of Weasley."

George signed it on the second, "for Malfoy."

The fifth grade also signed smoothly.

Fred took this parchment to the sixth and seventh grades. Their brother Percy Weasley, wasn't like a Gryffindor, he was so vain.

But he signed on the parchment.

Half table of Gryffindor were busy with two parchments and soon attracted more Gryffindor.

Dick Bush, hiding from his sister, now he ran over and was squashed into the crowd to see what attracted so many people.

His sister saw him and greeted amiably, "oh, I'm looking for you, Baldy."

Dick's hair had grown a thin layer of gold brown hair, which made him quiet cool among the boys of his age.

"Blue-face, I think you had a better face before." He said, lifting his chin.

Della smiled and drove him away, "it's an adult's business, children like you can't join in."

Dick was angry: "Leave me, remember? We had an agreement! I didn't say a word about you and Fred!" He threatened, "if you stop me, I'll let out the secret of you and your boyfriend."

She began to think about what kind of spells could secretly kill her little brother — it must be nice to turn him into a Toucan.

Della waved her hands in disgust: "forget it, it's useless even you know it. We're protesting against the unfair decision of a court. It's very dangerous, very much." She repeated.

Dick had already exclaimed "Cool" when he heard the word "court".

Although Della stopped him many times, he still pushed his sister away and ran into the crowd to sign on the parchment.

After he went back, more first-grade came to sign.

God! Protest the court! The court of the Ministry of Magic! What a wonderful experience!

She watched as more first-grades poured in.

As she stood back, Fred approached her and said, "it reminds me of how you treat me." He was in mixed emotion, "like dealing with your brother."

Della sent a kiss across the air: "Believe me, you're much more lovely than Dick."

Fred had to accept and returned a kiss as well. Since he confessed the making of Love Potion, he could only hold hands, kissing was not allowed.

He really regretted for his honesty!

After finishing the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and the fist grades, she ran to Hufflepuff with that long parchment and found her brother Hans. "Hans, sign here."

Hans took the quill, signed it and asked, "what's this?" After he finished, Della pushed the parchment on the other curious and raring Hufflepuff on her side.

They began to sign one by one, as if they were taking part in a game. It was until they finished that they finally began to figure out what's written at the beginning of the parchment and what they signed for.

Some regretted, they didn't know it's for the court of the Ministry of Magic.

Some were surprised and passed it to their friends, which attracted more people coming in.

Della shook her head. "Hufflepuff."

At this moment, a pretty oriental girl and another handsome guy came over.

The girl asked, "what's this?"

"Cho," said Della, "a co-sign. We're going to save a poor hippogriff. You're unfortunately, it's locked up before you went to class."

Cho Chang was an oriental girl, pure oriental, not Japanese nor Korean face, in the same year with Della. Although they were sorted into different houses, Della always came to talk to her due to her face.

Cho Chang: "Could I sign it?"

Della: "Sure! Of course!" She looked at the boy next to her, Cedric Diggory, the star of the Quidditch team of Hufflepuff, a cut guy.

Fred disliked him.

Men were jealous, too.

"Of course, also welcome to this handsome guy around you." Della said with a smile.

He moved up smilingly and signed after Cho Chang. Like the celebrity effect, more Hufflepuff were coming.

"I don't think it works." Cedric said.

"I know," Della shrugged, "but it's an effort. You can not only watch it die without doing anything. I would say, the mistake it did would have killed it."

Cedric said, "Magical creatures will be executed if they hurt people, this is the law made by wizard." He went on, "while, in my opinion, sometimes the law is unreasonable."

Della was surprised, "I thought you were a gentle man, and I didn't expect you to be so radical."

Cedric made a grimace like a Gryffindor, "I guess, because I'm a Hufflepuff? But I want to be a Hufflepuff out off your memories. Hufflepuff can be brave, too."

"Of course," said Della admiringly, "oh, you surprised me!" She couldn't help giving Cedric a hug. "You're a good man! Very, very good!"

Cedric held her back and smiled to her back: "Fred."

"Hum." Fred put on an act of clearing his throat, and nodded to Cedric insincerely: "Hello." Then leaving him behind, he asked Della, "done?"

"Almost." She looked at the table of professors. "Do you think I can get the signatures of professors?"

Fred thought a while then shook his head, "Professor McGonagall is out of the question."

Cedric: "I suppose our professor might sign it." He's referring to Professor Sprout, the professor of Hufflepuff.

Fred showed the expression of "why are you still here" on his face.

Cedric chuckled and smiled to Della again before leaving with Cho Chang.

"You didn't have any courtesy right now!" Della said to Fred.

Fred: "Seeing he hugged you, he can leave completely is my courtesy."

"I took the initiative." Della said on purpose.

Fred said with a black face, "…what else can I do with you?" He raised his fist, "I can only beat that guy, till them all remember that you're my girlfriend! If they dare to get close to you, I will be like a dragon guarding treasure to shoot fire at them!"

Della took back the signed parchment. "Let's go, dragon, I'll try to ask professor. Hope it goes well."