Chapter 1018: Draco's Return
Chapter 1008: Draco's Return
In the previous 14 years of his life, Harry had never danced, let alone held a girl's hand.
He squeezed Ginny's small hand awkwardly, "What's next?"
She lowered her head, not daring to meet his eyes, "Put your other hand... on me... on my waist."
Her voice was very soft and could not be heard clearly in the quiet and empty activity room.
Harry moved a little closer to her, "Put... where?"
"Side waist..."
His left elbow was bent, and he placed his hand awkwardly on his left side of his waist. "Is that so?"
"Pfft..." Ginny quickly covered her mouth with her other hand.
Harry awkwardly put his left hand around his lower abdomen and rested it on his right side waist.
Ginny couldn't help but laugh again at his odd posture, "It's my side."
Harry carefully placed his hand on her waist, and her body visibly tensed at the touch.
He quickly pulled his hand back, "Sorry."
Ginny blushed and shook her head, "I'm fine, come on, I'm prepared."
Harry was more careful this time, his hands were almost suspended in the air, not even touching her clothes.
"Follow my dance moves, Harry."
Ginny led him a few slow steps to the right, then a few steps forward, and then was stepped on by him as she stepped back.
"hiss--"
The sound of her gasping startled Harry and he quickly took his foot off the tip of her shoe, "Sorry, I'm so stupid."
This is the case for inexperienced beginners. As long as you practice more, you will definitely make progress.
Watching him tiptoe lightly and land carefully, Ginny couldn't help but slightly raise the corners of her mouth.
"Harry, we need to speed up the dance."
His stiff arms were held backwards to draw a graceful arc, "Uh... I'm not ready yet."
After a sharp turn, he tried nervously to keep up with her dance steps.
"Ginny, slow down."
He turned sharply again, and the red hair swept across his Adam's apple as he turned, making him feel tingling like an electric shock.
"hiss--"
"Sorry..." Harry hurriedly stepped back, trying to distance himself from her, but he forgot that their hands were held together and accidentally pulled Ginny over with him.
After a scream of "Ah", her face was pressed against a strong chest.
"Sorry..." Harry quickly let go of his hand, "I didn't mean to do that."
Ginny stood up quickly and looked down at the tip of her leather shoe that had just been stepped on. "It's okay, my pace was too fast."
Return to the starting position, return to the starting dance steps.
This time, Harry was nervous the whole time, afraid that he would accidentally step on Ginny again.
Their pace was getting slower and slower, slower than an old lady crossing the street, so slow that Vincent and Hermione, who were peeping outside the activity room, wanted to yawn.
"I'm so anxious."
"Yes."
After watching for a few more minutes, the two of them really started yawning.
It seems to be standing still, but there should still be some progress.
After watching for a few more minutes, Vincent and Hermione couldn't bear it anymore and left quietly.
It was also from this night that Harry would practice dance steps with Ginny in the activity room every night.
His mistakes were decreasing little by little, and the pace led by her was also speeding up little by little.
By the Christmas holiday, their dancing steps had finally become a rapport.
Although the tempo is still a bit slow, it is still possible to ensure that the timing of a dance is not wrong.
On the 21st, the first day of the Christmas holiday, a long-lost figure returned to the castle.
After saying goodbye to his parents, Draco walked through the school gate, walking slowly on the soft grass.
His face was a sickly pale color, and he looked even thinner.
When his gaze inadvertently swept across the forbidden forest, his originally calm eyes suddenly burst into endless hatred.
During the nearly one month that Draco spent recuperating at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, he dreamed of the violent Hungarian Treecrest Dragon almost every day.
He relived the moment he was pinched by the huge and sharp dragon claws countless times, watching helplessly as the defense of the mithril amulet was broken bit by bit.
As time passed, this instinctive fear grew stronger and gradually became his nightmare.
If it weren't for his father Lucius who made inquiries from many sources and finally learned the truth of the whole incident from Karkaroff, turning this fear into overwhelming hatred, he would not have the courage to step into Hogwarts again.
"I won't admit defeat!"
Lucius did not tell the whole truth. He concealed the identity of the Death Eaters and blamed everything on a fictional evil dark wizard.
Draco withdrew his gaze and walked into the open castle gate.
The auditorium was still the same, and those familiar figures were all there.
"Draco--" Pansy rushed over from the Slytherin table and hugged him tightly like an octopus.
Maybe it was because his body had not fully recovered, or for some other reason, Draco did not react after being hugged for a long time.
It was not until he was almost out of breath that he used all his strength to break free from Pansy.
"Yo~" Fred and George came over with smiles on their faces.
"Our warrior finally came back~"
"I'm so envious. I'm so lucky to have such a beautiful woman right after I came back~"
When Draco heard this long-lost teasing, his pale face suddenly turned rosy.
"Stay away from me, Weasley!"
The twins patted their chests in an exaggerated manner, pretending to be scared, which made many students laugh.
"My lord warrior, you are so scary~"
Amidst the countless laughs, Draco snorted coldly with a stern face.
He seemed about to say something, but in the end he just walked towards the Slytherin table in silence.
He still maintained his high profile as always, but something seemed different.
The four warriors gathered again at Hogwarts, and newspapers and magazines around the world reported the news as soon as possible.
Also updated was the advertisement for the Nobili brand’s series of magic home appliances officially launched on Christmas Eve.
They had a great timing, as the global wizarding community now sympathized with the injured warriors, and Draco, as the brand ambassador, was the worst injured.
In the face of the overwhelming publicity of the Nobili brand, the Prongs brand is extremely low-key.
After going through so many things, Sirius and Lucius both felt that the person who wanted to provoke a fight between the two families was most likely the lingering Death Eaters.
Voldemort's thoughts became more and more extreme as his soul split and the number of Horcruxes increased. The so-called loyalty is not absolute, and Lucius's act of preserving himself may have been regarded by him as a betrayal.
After Sirius was completely cleared of all charges, the former hero Peter Pettigrew turned back into the unforgivable traitor he once was.
Realizing this, both sides stopped confronting each other, at least not openly.
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