Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

Assuming that they have internal responses, who would that person be, from the other two schools?Undercover in the Ministry of Magic?Or is it in school, right beside them?"Zoe, Zoe?" Draco interrupted Zoe's thinking. He raised his face, "I'm leaving now, don't you say goodbye to me?"

They gave a hug, and Zoe and Luna walked to the other carriage side by side.Even when chatting with Luna, the suspicion in Zoe's heart did not disappear.

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The old students sat at the tables in the courtyards as usual. Before Zoe took her seat, Padma greeted her: "Long time no see, Zoe." She is a beautiful Indian girl from Gryffindor House. Parvati Petir is her twin sister, and Parvati is Hermione's roommate (stop! Zoe forces herself not to think further.).Although she has had conflicts with her sisters because of some misunderstandings in the past, mainly her sister, Padma is currently one of the few peers in the school that Zoe can speak well with.

"Hey, Padma. How's your summer vacation?" Luna was watching where there were vacancies. Padma made everyone around him move to the left: "Come here and sit, you both are. "She recognized Luna and knew she was Zoe's roommate.And as one of the students who seemed to behave strangely even at Hogwarts, Luna's "fame" was slowly expanding when Luna didn't know it.

Zoe introduced each other to the two of them, and they shook hands and squeezed to sit down.Padma's popularity is very good. From time to time, Ravenclaw students who Zoe doesn't know greet her, and she smiled and greeted them one by one."Why is the opposite row empty?" Luna curiously pointed to a small row of empty seats opposite them, "Someone has sat there, maybe something is wrong." Padma told her "You should also know that Qiu Zhang, the seeker of our school team, was sitting there with her friends just now."

"Well, who is that." Zoe looked at her blankly.She has no interest in Quidditch, and always avoids contact with strangers. Even with her classmates, she may not be able to name several people, let alone Qiu Zhang is one year older than her."You guys, are you serious?" Padma looked at them dumbfounded, because Luna was also blank.

"Unbelievable! Are you all living in your own world!" Zoe looked away slightly. In fact, according to Padma, she belongs to the kind of people who only live in a small world, too vast. On the contrary, her interpersonal relationship will make her confused and confused."She can't be more fascinating than the horned snoring beast." Luna used a standard that ordinary people find difficult to understand to measure the charm of Qiu Zhang.

"You really need to make up lessons. She is a very charming girl. She is kind and tolerant, and has a gentle personality. There are always many people around her. Everyone likes her. And she works very hard on the court. Have you ever been to see her play—no?! I can’t believe you are actually Ravenclaw students...Well, it’s just you, Zoe, you have never been to a game in our college!" Dema said angrily that she was a girl with a sense of honor.

If it weren't for Draco's constant stalker asking her to go, she wouldn't even go to the noisy Quidditch pitch."You must go to see it once this year, and I will take you there." Padma wouldn't allow her to refuse: "But it is said that the Academy Cup will not be held this year, Padma." Zoe leaned back because of Padma. Ma leaned towards her.

"What? Why—" Before Padma could ask, several people walked from the door to the dining table with messy footsteps. They were all Ravenclaw students, and Zoe do not know.But she noticed a nice-looking girl with black hair surrounded by those people. She would have cute dimples when she smiled, but she was not cute, but mature, maybe Because she is very quiet in her gestures.

"Look, this person is Autumn." Padma pointed at the black-haired girl in a low voice, "Hey, are you back?" She greeted those people generously, "Yes, we were at the intersection just now. I met Cedric there. "Choo's attitude is also very friendly.

A girl with reddish blonde curly hair patted Qiu Zhang on the shoulder and winked at her. Zoe could see that the relationship between this girl and Qiu Zhang among the group should be the best, although She herself doesn't like interpersonal communication, but she is good at observation and can see the relationship between people through some details.

Qiu smiled a little shyly, and smiled and hammered his friend's chest, "What if I meet Seid? Don't make fun of me Marietta!" The girl named Marietta grinned and made a grimace, "We Qiu's embarrassed! Said, you are so intimate, will he call you sweetheart when he is alone?" Then she smiled and avoided Qiu's attack, and the rest of the people also laughed out loud. , Qiu's face was half embarrassed and half shy.

Zoe relaxed when they were finally willing to sit in the chairs.It's all because of Padma. She originally regarded these people around her as air, but now she has to watch others perform youth comedies awkwardly.The girl named Qiu was obviously ambiguous with the boy named Cedric, and her friends knew about it, so they would be amused by them.

After these people sat down, they converged a lot. Originally, they wanted to talk a lot, but they were told by Qiu to keep their voice down for the sake of others. Her words made Zoe's impression a lot better, at least this girl There are still other people in my heart."How about, is she a very nice girl?" Padma bit her ears. Although Zoe is still not used to it, he did not retract this time.Although thankful to Padma for her kindness, she does not intend to do anything.

Chapter 32—Things Beginning to Transform

"Zoe, have you talked to the ghosts of Hogwarts?" Luna looked at the ghosts that were coming and going and floating in the air with dim eyes. Zoe looked up at these silver-white, illusory bodies. Something, shook his head.

Nick, who is almost headless, is the ghost of Gryffindor. He and the fat monk in Hufflepuff are both ghosts who are very enthusiastic about students. Nick is now chatting with the students at the Gryffindor table. At the end of the day, Zoe only took a look and then retracted her gaze, because she saw Potter again, and naturally she saw another person she didn't want to face now.The fat monk looks chubby as he is called, with a gentle personality, with the kind of honesty and kindness characteristic of a typical Hufflepuff.

"Ghost? Actually, I don’t know how to meet Ms. Gray. As you know, she is the representative ghost of our academy." Padma interrupted, and she also looked around, "I dare say that she and Slytherin’s blood Ren Barrow’s difficulty is comparable. Even if you can find her in an empty classroom or lounge, and greet her, she will not talk to you cordially, and she rarely participates in college affairs. I’ve noticed before. Until she just came out for a while every year, then disappeared."

She pointed at the ghosts still in the hall one by one. The Blood Man Barrow just stayed alone some distance away from the crowd. He was a scary man, his body was splashed with silver blood. , Staring hollowly at the void, not knowing what he was thinking.Even in the hustle and bustle of the auditorium, he felt lonely.

"Well, listening to you, why do I always feel that Ms. Gray has a similar feeling to people I know..." Luna took a moment to think about it, and suddenly realized when she turned her attention to Zoe. Pointing at her, "Ah, I found it."

"Hey, don't point at me!" Zoe pushed her hand away, laughing and crying. "If Zoe could choose to retire halfway, would you leave immediately?" Padma also looked over with interest. Looks very interested in Luna's question.

"Yes." Zoe murmured a little impatiently by the two people.But when they showed the expression of "it really is so", Zoe's face suddenly distorted: "I don't want to eat in such a happy environment at all, before. You see, I have always chosen to stay with others. It came alive by the way of distance, but being left in a place where there are so many people can only eat alone, and you have to watch others laugh and play. It is too painful, it is better to become an ornament over there. "Padma Weiwei looked away because of guilt. You must know that she was also a member of the group that was afraid of Zoe. Even when they rejected Zoe, Zoe chose to close herself. Not that it makes sense that they reject others at will.

"Hmm, but those are the same ideas." Luna asked again as if she didn't understand, "Is there any difference between now and the past?" Zoe frowned, "Luna, I am very Make sure you did it on purpose." Luna returned her innocent look, very sincere, and Zoe became confused again, and the words were still spitting out, "No, it's not because of you and me. Are you together...Don't let me say such embarrassing things!" She blushed and stood up.

"The sorting ceremony is about to begin, Zoe?" Padma smiled and pointed to Professor McGonagall who got up and left. Every year, different professors move the sorting hat. This year it looks like Professor McGonagall."I'm going down the wind, it's noisy and hot here, it's terribly uncomfortable!"

"It's a pity. Why didn't I talk to her in the first year?" Padma sighed, "It would be nice if I could be friends earlier, don't you think?" Luna retracted her stare and almost stared. The headless Nick nodded.

*****

"Zoe, I have made arrangements. You will be eleven years old after September next year. Go to Hogwarts to study." Dumbledore said gently, looking at the little girl who buried himself in the pile of books. .This is his office, because Zoe doesn't like going back to Siegel's old house, unless he goes outside of Malfoy's house, he basically hides in his office.

"...I don't want to go, Dumbledore." After a long time, after stopping turning the pages, Zoe's cold voice came. "This is enough for now. You help me go to the library to borrow books and I will study directly here. If you don’t understand, it’s good to ask you. Or mean there are other wizards in this school who are more powerful than you? This is impossible, you are the best wizard I have ever seen!"

"Your false praise really makes me blush, Zoe." Dumbledore walked over with a steaming drink with a smile, and shook the top of the book until a pair of slender hands took it over." Every young wizard who has reached his age should go to school to learn. They learn knowledge and spells, but this is not to say that the school can teach you only these things. We go to school, more to learn to live with others, To communicate and collide with others, and finally find what you want...This is the reason I think the school exists, and it is also the greatest wealth that Hogwarts can bring to us."

"...What's the meaning of that." Zoe sneered. She lifted her head from the book, but her sea-blue eyes contained the complexities that children of the same age should not have, such as anger, disgust, ridicule and sadness, and many more. Disorganized things, like injured cubs roaring, "What's the use of going to Hogwarts? I'm not even allowed to buy magic wands. It's no different from criminals who are deprived of their rights... Yeah, they Isn’t it just treating me like a criminal? Cold attitude, endless conversation... Maybe in a few years they won’t be able to bear it anymore and throw me into Azkaban and slowly rot..."

"I will fight for it." Dumbledore squatted down and looked at her, looking at her tolerantly and firmly. "I voted for Cornelius Fudge. He is a conservative but gentle man. He promised me. After he is elected, he will correct Barty’s excessive terms, and he will also take the initiative to improve your treatment. We are about to discuss the results of your purchase of the wand. He is willing to make these promises because you have performed well over the years. There has never been an error..." Dumbledore paused and decided to skip something that happened.

"I know that you are very painful these years. I will not justify this treatment, but we have to continue... Let others understand that you are an innocent and kind good girl. That's why you have to go to Hogwarts, Zoe. ."

"But that's no use! I'm fed up with the constant gossip and pointers in my ears forever. They pretend to be who I am and decide what kind of attitude to treat me without authorization. They never Willing to look at me, think I am pitiful and contemptible, don’t you! Even at Hogwarts, nothing will change. Oh, Voldemort’s child, just these few words can make people avoid me!" Yi suddenly broke out. She dropped the cup on the ground with red eyes, the drink was spilled on the floor, and the carpet became dark. Even the books she had always protected well could no longer be pityed, she grabbed the one in front of her. This book, angrily smashed it into the pile of books stacked in front of him, watching the pile of books collapse, raising a cloud of dust.

She fell into a frenzy, grabbing almost everything in the range and throwing it around. Fox, who was still standing on the shelf and closed her eyes, flew up to the dome because the shelf was knocked down by the debris, and flew to Zoe in anger. Tweeted.The paintings in the frame also retreated. They would rather find another frame to hide first than waiting for something to damage it.Dumbledore's cabinets and bookshelves were all affected, and the neatly arranged parchment rolls on the bookshelves rolled to the ground one after another.Dumbledore just stood by, letting Zoe throw things with his red eyes, even if the little golden statue he liked was broken, he didn't frown.

After a while, when the surroundings were completely messed up, the tables fell, the shelves fell, and there were not even a few places to stand. After a storm passed, the office became messy, and Fox was halfway through the destruction. When he flew away from the window, because Zoe ignored its complaints at all. It was frightened and probably wandered outside for a long time.

Dumbledore rubbed the bag on his forehead painfully. He didn't know what bounced off the wall and hit his forehead directly, but Zoe didn't suffer any injuries because of his small size. She felt all over her body. The energy was exhausted. She liked to shrink in the house and didn't often go out and walk around. The physical strength was terribly poor. The reason why she was able to cause such a big damage this time was only because she was completely overdrawn in anger.

"How about it, do you feel better?" Dumbledore asked calmly. When Zoe looked back at him, he had a bag on his head, but he still treated her with the generous attitude that Zoe knew best.

"Why do you never blame me Dumbledore?" Zoe asked in a low voice, covering his face.

"Blame is something that should be prepared for children who don't know that they have done something wrong. You know that you have made a mistake, and you show remorse while trying to correct it. For children like you, what is needed is not blame."

Dumbledore approached her and felt her trembling when he held her wrist, shaking so badly, as if she couldn't stop unless someone else helped her stop, trembling all over his body.He supported the little girl, gently patted her on the back, and then held her tightly in his arms.

Chapter 33 Entrance Ceremony for Freshmen

"So painful, Dumbledore, so painful..." How many years have passed since seeing her again?He used to laugh a lot, his emotions and sorrows were always on his face, and he would say something straightforward.But I don't know if it was from a few years ago, she began to force herself to become strong, and when she was wronged, she would only say that she didn't care, and she would endure to stand up if she was injured.No longer cry in front of others, nor willful at all, behave like an understanding and good child every day.

But Dumbledore had also seen her sitting alone in a daze, staring blankly at the void, as if the mask was completely peeled off, but he didn't know what kind of expression to make.Although never mentioned it in front of Zoe once, Dumbledore just pretended to accept her change, and could only care about her from the subtleties to make her feel at ease.

"Why, I am born like this? I came to this world without being blessed at all. Every day I have to meet with visible malice. There are almost no happy things, and I have to endure when it will come. Death...why let me know that if I have to bear all this when I was born, why not let me die before I was born, so that there will be no pain, anyway, no one cares about people like me whether they live or die ..."

"Of course someone cares. You still have us, Zoe." Dumbledore said softly, "...but, Dumbledore, you are because of your grandfather, Mr. Lucius, they only accept me because of family friendship. , Tolerate me. There is nothing that belongs to me. As long as there are no things accumulated in the past, I will become lonely.” After a long silence, Zoe said painfully. This is probably her first time after so long. Tell him the truth once.

"Did you always think so?" Dumbledore sighed. "Sure enough, you have to look for it. Go to Hogwarts, Zoe. Since you don't think you have a friendship of your own, then Go find it, make friends, quarrels and quarrels don’t matter. What you need is to meet more people and find your own way of living. This is something that books and offices can’t give you.”

"No one will accept..." Zoe said weakly. "Don't make any conclusions before you really do it, Zoe. There must be a lot of people who will be hostile to you at the beginning, afraid of you and alienating you. , Stand on the sidelines and watch... But there will be people who are willing to be close to you, willing to get along with you, and willing to pay for you. Such people are called friends." Dumbledore asked, "You don't think that the Malfoy boy belongs to you. Friends?"

Zoe choked. Of course she couldn't say anything negative, but she would get confused from time to time. She felt that Draco just wanted to give her and sympathize with her. Are they really equal?No matter how many times, she is reluctant to think deeply, because it will make her panic, because the answer is always the worst.

"I won't find it... I'm not Dumbledore, how can you make many friends."

Dumbledore was taken aback, because she was amused by her half-puffing remarks, but she was relieved. At least it seemed that Zoe's mentality had improved a lot: "I do have a few old friends...but my friends are too Not much. When I was a student, I was very arrogant, and I couldn’t look down upon a few of my classmates around me.” Zoe opened his eyes in disbelief. There is no compatibility between Dumbledore and the word arrogance. I have never seen a man more humble than Dumbledore.

"You don't think I have been like this since I was born? I also have a naive and stupid past. Although that has pained me up to now, it is also my irreplaceable memory." Dumbledore didn't have much. Say, "Friends are very important, Zoe. You will understand one day that the weight of loneliness is not something ordinary people can bear, because we are all weak people, but this is not a shameful thing. I want You can experience encounters, acquaintances and even parting...I think that is good for you. You will slowly find people who are important to you and things that cannot be compromised for you..."

He didn't get Zoe's response, but he heard the sound of thin breathing in his ears, letting go of the girl dumbfounded, only to find that she was actually asleep.Probably exhausted after the mess, really just a child.Dumbledore rolled up the debris on the ground with his magic wand, and turned into a soft sofa, so that Zoe could lie on it.

"You are not unblessed, Zoe." Although he knew she could not hear, Dumbledore said softly, "You are by no means a child who shouldn't be born. Even if you think the whole world never loved you, I believe it. Everything I have seen, you are blessed and born by love, and you will definitely become a person willing to give love to others."

*****

The night wind blows on the face, dissipating the heat.Zoe stretches her body comfortably, and after confiding her sincerity to others, she always feels itchy and confused. This experience is not uncomfortable. Although she feels uncomfortable, if she gets used to it, is she right? Can you become more straightforward?

"There is no way to imagine such a picture." Zoe sighed, accustomed to this shy feeling that makes his head explode?how could it be possible!But the body is warm and comfortable, and there is a sense of relaxation after something is broken.Although he ran out of the auditorium as soon as his head was hot, it might be a good choice unexpectedly.

She did not leave the castle, but walked slowly along the edge of the gate.She remembered some of the things that happened with Dumbledore in the past. They were all things before the first grade. Just like Dumbledore said, although there are many unsatisfactory things happening, she has become confused, needs to think, and fear. Concerns and concerns have also multiplied, but good things are not without them.

After spending seven years in this school like this, she might find the way she wants to move forward. This is a scene she never dared to imagine in the past.Is she now able to laugh sincerely?Can it not be perfunctory, but to feel good from the heart?