Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

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Zoe slept peacefully in the second half of the time. She didn't dream of anything, which is rare.She rarely had a complete sleep during the whole summer vacation. Seeing that she could wake up naturally, this even gave her a weak sense of happiness.

"Wake up... Zoe... wake up..."

She could feel someone calling her, but she was sleeping comfortably, so she didn't want to bother.When the voice called her a second time, she pushed her shoulders.She grunted rejection from her throat irritably, patted her hand on her shoulder, buried her face in the direction of the pillow, and curled up her whole body.

"Yeah! Stop, stop..." She seemed to hear the girl's exclamation in her ears, the pillow shook as if she was about to pull away at any time, so she reached out impatiently and hugged the pillow tightly, not feeling the same as usual Too much the same, the pillow seems to shrink in a circle, not only the shape becomes strange, but also desperately struggling.

"Hey, should you say that there must be a daughter if there is a mother..."

She heard another helpless bass, and then her body suddenly became lighter, as if she was floating in the air...not an illusion!Zoe was shocked, quickly opened his eyes, and found that he had been three feet off the ground, was still rising, and was about to press on the top of the car.Hermione looked up at her with wide-eyed eyes. There was also a woman in black in a weird dress in the carriage. Blue light flashed in her palm, and a rune flashed away.

Zoe only felt that her heart was about to explode: she was still in an unprepared state of sleep that allowed a stranger to get close to her outside the school.But suddenly a voice appeared in her heart, telling her: Why resist?Hermione won't let you have an accident...

"Quickly let her down, Professor Barbara!" Hermione opened her arms, like a girl trying to catch the air.She still has blush on her face.Only she herself knows what it feels like to be caught and rubbed against her lower abdomen. She looked at Professor Barbara anxiously. Professor Barbara was trying to help her because she thought she was reluctant to be done that, but she actually It's a misunderstanding...

Although she is really uncomfortable with this kind of thing, she doesn't need to hang Zoe in the air!

"Would you like this?" Professor Barbara's voice seemed to be separated by a layer of fog, probably because she was too tired and too weak.

"It's not a question of whether I would like it or not, Professor! She just fell asleep!"

Professor Barbara paid close attention to her face and found that her worry was not false, so she shrugged and waved her hand, and the blue rune disappeared.Zoe fell out of the air hurriedly, and Hermione hurried up to catch her. Fortunately, Zoe was very thin, and she had not risen too high before, so that Hermione could avoid the embarrassment of dislocating her arm.

Zoe gasped violently. She grabbed Hermione's shoulder in horror, her nails almost pierced into her flesh, Hermione tried not to show her painful expression.After a long time, Zoe relaxed and said hoarsely: "Thank you."

Hermione squeezed a grudging smile and rubbed her shoulders.As soon as Zoe broke free from Hermione, she immediately drew her wand from her arms-she never let the wand go away, just about to chant the opposite, her wand flew away from her hand. It fell straight into the palm of the woman's hand.

Chapter 6 The burned out debuff is a special attack of two levels

"If I were you, I would choose to exercise restraint." Barbara exhorted in her ethereal voice, "This is the world of Muggles. It is against the regulations for underage wizards to use spells."

"Huh, it sounds like you care more about me. I don't even know who you are and what you are doing here." Zoe calmed down quickly after the wand was handed over. She blocked Hermione behind her and blocked the woman's vision. Let her get her wand.

"Zoe, don't be like that, she's not a bad person." But Hermione didn't agree with her at all, just patted her on the back, "She is Professor Barbara at Hogwarts!"

professor?Zoe looked at Barbara in astonishment, and got a weak eye.Seeing her calm down, Barbara handed her the wand again to show that she was not malicious.Zoe took it, with a little embarrassment on her face-knowing that she didn't want to offend a professor, she hoped to make a good impression in these people's hearts, in short, pretending to be good.

"Sorry, Professor... I was too extreme." She bowed her head and apologized, Professor Barbara waved her hand, letting her go: "Nothing, I was wrong too. I thought you were offending the girl when I saw your actions. After all..." It's not without criminal record.Professor Barbara let the last few words disappear into the air without letting the two girls hear them.

She drew out her magic wand again and wrote her name in the air with a light belt."Barbara...Professor Black." Zoe was taken aback. She knew better than Hermione what the surname Black represented. It was one of the few wizarding families that still insisted on a pure-blood marriage. Know that Draco's mother Narcissa was named Narcissa Black before she married.

Barbara frowned and said dissatisfied: "Don't call me Professor Black, it sounds terrible."

"Uh..." Hermione poked Zoe's waist and whispered in her ear: "She asked me to call her by her name directly."

"Professor Barbara." Zoe murmured, and Barbara retracted her wand with satisfaction: "Very good. I think you should know why I am here, Zoe Siegel."

Zoe actually had some clues when she told her name. After all, she had only received a reply from Dumbledore before. She wouldn't forget it right away, but she didn't expect the one in Dumbledore's letter that could help her. People would actually choose to meet themselves on the train.Perhaps this is also a good place. The train is a box. Just pay attention and cast a few small spells to prevent Muggles from hearing things that shouldn't be heard.

But this was also the worst time, to know that Zoe hadn't revealed to Hermione, and now Hermione was standing behind her, making her pretend not to hear it.Hermione was obviously interested in the topic, and she asked Barbara naturally as if raising her hand to ask questions in class.

"Professor Barbara, can I ask what you are talking about?"

Taking advantage of Hermione's inability to see her face, Zoe winked desperately at Professor Barbara, hoping she would not tell her story.She didn't think Hermione would leave her alone, but the point was that Hermione would definitely choose to help. Once she knew Zoe's troubles, she would definitely not choose to watch.

Even if she doesn’t even know the truth, it’s impossible for Hermione to spare any extra energy this semester to do other things. Zoe just looks at her class schedule, even if she can take all the courses. It will consume all her physical strength and energy.

But Professor Barbara simply ignored her request for help, and said relaxedly: "Professor Dumbledore asks me to help Siegel alleviate the pain, so that she will not be tortured by the pain of splitting her brain to go crazy."

Hearing what Professor Barbara said, Hermione looked at Zoe condemnation: "You are not only insomnia, you are hiding it from me!" She did not wait for Zoe to reply, but looked at Professor Barbara eagerly, "I can Do you do anything, professor?"

Professor Barbara's godless eyes kept rolling over the two of them. Zoe swore that she was absolutely right. Professor Barbara smiled, a fleeting smile."I will test Siegel's state first, and I will find you if I need it."

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The three of them sat until the end of this train in Provence. They had no luggage. The most bulky thing was probably the bag on Hermione. Zoe helped her carry the bag so that she could free her hands and use the one hanging around her neck. Camera taking pictures.They are not walking fast. There are large lavender fields on both sides of the road. Occasionally, when the wind blows, the entire lavender field will sway like waves, and the flower spikes will stretch out to the end of the line of sight.The air is lingering with a strong floral fragrance, but not only does it not make people feel annoying, but it will rejuvenate the scent of lavender.

When getting off the train, Professor Barbara once said to them goodbye tonight, and left with Apparition, not knowing where he was.The two spent ten minutes and finally left the mysterious professor behind. Hermione was immediately fascinated by the magnificent scenery. Regardless of the hot weather outside, she showed her tenacity while studying. Shoot.

But every time she takes a photo, she has to confirm how the photo is taken, “I think the windmill in this photo doesn’t match my background. I should make the windmill bigger in the photo... to the right, It’s more coordinated. What do you think, Zoe?" Or "Oh my God! I'm completely smacked, the light is too bright, I will find a location where the photo will not be overexposed." Then he pulled Zoe Dong Running westward, she also instructed her to stand in various directions to try.

"Do you want to apply for a reporter at the Daily Prophet in the future? I just want to take two photos and find a place to sit and rest." Zoe is hot and dry, feeling that he is about to be under the warm sun The fainting passed, and she didn't even resist Hermione's fiddling. Hermione was making her stand under a big tree. Taking advantage of the shade, she tried to stop Miss Granger who was getting more excited.

Seeing her fatigue, Hermione was also a little embarrassed: "Wait a minute, will you give me a few more minutes? Finally come out and play, I haven't used this camera to take photos before, this is me Daddy’s new collection, look."

She ran to Zoe and handed the camera over as if offering a treasure: "This camera doesn't need film! And we can check the effect of the photo at any time, it's awesome! You don't need to wait for the photo to be developed to see the image, like this... …" She raised her hand and took a picture of Zoe. "Look, you can record your face."

Zoe had been paying attention to Hermione's clean profile before. The girl was engrossed in debugging the machine on her hand. Her lips opened and closed. When she talked about her pride, the corners of her mouth would draw a slight curve, and her smile was like a flower. The charm that makes people unable to look away.Zoe seemed to be stunned. She didn't realize that she was already focusing her eyes on Hermione. She moved from Hermione's clean neck to her blushing healthy cheeks, and stopped for a moment on the pale lips. , Followed her straight nose all the way up, skipping those smart eyes, Hermione's forehead was covered with fine sweat due to the heat, and several brown hair strands stuck to her forehead.

Why not reach out and help her take it down?She was persuaded by the voice in her heart to lean up, and was about to raise her hand, when the camera suddenly lifted, taking a picture of her stiff and stupid face.

Hermione didn't notice Zoe's abnormality at all, and she didn't even notice that her body shook violently. When she brought the photo out, Zoe had already suppressed all the panic in her heart."How is it? It's great, but it's a pity that sometimes it's not clear."

"Um... okay." Zoe murmured, and then she saw Hermione handing over the camera: "Come on, it's up to you." Seeing that she didn't answer, Hermione looked at herself blankly instead. Didn't you hear what I said before? Take a photo for me too."

Don't say I didn't hear it, the previous memory was like a forgetting spell that worked very well, and was so scared that it disappeared from my mind.Zoe hesitated to take the camera, then Hermione leaned in and taught her how to use it. Zoe couldn't concentrate. She felt that she must be sick, or her mind was not really clear.She couldn't keep herself from paying attention to Hermione's movements.

"Understand?" Hermione looked at her suspiciously, "What's wrong, absent-minded...Could it be that you start to have a headache again?" She hurriedly put a hand on Zoe's forehead, and Zoe thought she might be misunderstanding. Not fever.But she was really weird. Hermione just put her hand up, but she just wanted to avoid it, and the heat on her face couldn't drop, just like she really had a fever.

"I'm okay. Give this to me, and you can stand there quickly." She pushed Hermione to the bottom of a lavender field. At this time, clouds covered the sun, and the light was no longer dazzling. You can stand directly under the flower field. It will feel too bright.

Zoe could only put aside the strange feeling that she had suddenly felt for Hermione, set up the camera, and put her eyes in the viewfinder frame, she planned to take a random shot and the end.But when the girl was standing in the lavender field, leaning her hands on her back and looking to this side with a smile, she seemed very young and energetic, she suddenly didn’t know what to do, and her perfunctory thoughts were left behind. I want to leave her stunning moment in the image forever.Zoe didn't listen to the operation Hermione told her at all, just pressed the shutter intuitively.

Hermione took the camera and frowned, "Not at all. Didn't you debug it before taking it?" She wanted to delete it after she said it.

Zoe stopped her: "It's okay, I want to keep it." She didn't seem to see Hermione's surprised eyes, and whispered: "You can give me a copy later, no matter how it was shot." Then she was eager. He changed the subject, "I heard that everything I took with a Muggle camera would not move, right?"

Chapter 7 Okay, Happy Children's Day!

Zoe stubbornly believes that he must be under an unknown and powerful curse.She is impetuous and wants to leave Provence early and return to the world of wizards, so that she can let someone perform "detecting evil" or "curse breaking" for herself, so that this has affected her daily life. The curse was eliminated, especially when she found that her gaze would always chase Hermione’s back unconsciously, which made her embarrassed and frightened, and she had to look naturally at the moment when Hermione noticed it and looked at it. Move away.

"Don't stay alone, Zoe. You should really taste the wine here." Hermione squeezed out of the crowd and ran towards her with a cup, her cheeks showing a lovely pink. "I just drank a little. , A little bit, you won't tell my mother, are you? They forced it to me... well, I think I was really affected by the party atmosphere, hiccups..., children shouldn't drink... "Hermione is obviously a bit too drunk, almost three times more nagging than usual.She shook the wine glass, her eyes were the kind of dull eyes that are unique to drunk people.

They walked all the way, according to the map to find the town where they were staying. Coincidentally, the town was holding a celebration. Not only the townspeople, they welcomed everyone to join.Zoe wasn't very interested in it, but Hermione was very interested. For safety reasons, she obviously couldn't leave Hermione to wander around alone.

Zoe reluctantly took the wine glass that was about to be poured out. Hermione smirked at her, put her arms on her shoulders and embraced her. When she spoke, the sweet smell of wine came out: "Zoe , Did I tell you that I am happy?"

Zoe tried his best to keep herself from caring about Hermione's closeness, even though she felt that every pore on her body was opening up, her heart seemed to be scratching with 10,000 claws, "What, what?"

"I never thought about receiving Hogwarts... what the school notice means to me, unknown, very charming, sparkling, that owl, I still remember, flying from the window. Coming in, my mother was ironing clothes. She kept trying to get rid of the owl, because she was afraid that the owl's feathers would stick to the clean clothes... What am I doing at that time, let me think... Yes, I was crying …" Hermione’s voice was low, which is very rare, because this Gryffindor little lion rarely shows her weakness in front of people. She is like the sun. Although the light is still very weak, it does shine on Zoe. The road Yi walked forward pulled her forward strongly.

"Because I just finished quarreling with some neighbor girls that morning. They pointed to my nose and said,'You are really annoying. We are suffocated when we get along with you. You can't stop pointing at us just because you think Should we do this? Don’t start getting angry just because we can’t do it, okay? Go back to your bookshelf, proud Hermione Granger, we are different from you, and we don’t want to make friends with top students like you. !'...God it’s been so long, I can still remember every word they said," She covered her mouth, trying to cover the sob from deep in her throat, and a few tears fell from the corner of her eyes. That afternoon I was confused, wondering where I did wrong...I didn’t deliberately treat them like that. Sometimes I can’t restrain myself, but I swear I didn’t look down on them...I fled home, dejected, just I wanted to bury myself, or disappear from the community, and never want to see anyone again. At this moment my mother rushed in and gave me a notice from Hogwarts."

"She was at a loss because she didn't know who would send me the letter, and the envelope had a strange coat of arms. I opened the letter and it said that an unheard of school would admit me, spells, wands, crucibles, these words Appearing in front of me of course, I was frightened, but happy, a magic school! I think I am indeed different..." She lifted those misty eyes, mixed with tears, but it also She narrowed because of joy.

"I have always been the best among my peers. Even at Hogwarts, I must strive to do my best. I am just doing what I think is right. I admit that I am a little proud and feel that I am at the same age. People are special...Fortunately, I can still keep a few friends, not many, but precious...and you, Zoe, a similar but different girl with flexible brains, you are not aware of it yourself. Whenever you confidently expound those weird ideas in class, or work hard to do every attempt you want to do, you are shining, and I will only memorize it by rote..." She yawned and gradually Leaning on Zoe.