Chapter 78 Maggie's Day (1)
Why was he a quarter of an hour late? The seniors must have thought that they had been fooling around with him for too long.
But this time, I actually saw that he had been out of shape for several days, so I pretended to be angry and called him away. It took me a lot of effort to realize that he was worried about his little sister.
He always has a serious face, and is very determined and hardworking in walking his own path, but it is precisely because of this that when he reveals his inner warmth and tenderness, people are particularly moved.
The only bad thing is that he always takes things to heart and likes to handle everything by himself.
After the joy of playing faded away, Penelope thought of Percy's frown in the empty classroom. As she touched Maggie's slippery snake body again and again, the guilt, resentment and heartache in the young man's eyes also surfaced before her eyes.
You have to do something yourself.
Thinking of this, Penelope frowned and looked a little melancholy, but these emotions were quickly interrupted by Maggie's snake tail circling around her wrist.
This snake is so sensitive.
Eloda and Alian, who were beside her, were complaining about the stage play in Professor Lockhart's class. Penelope pursed her lips slightly and stroked Maggie in her hand. She stared in amazement at the little snake that seemed to be comforting her.
Several small figures appeared under the tree outside the focus of her sight. The familiar red color made Penelope focus her sight unconsciously. The moment she saw the girls' figures clearly, Ginny was pushed hard to the ground.
Penelope stood up suddenly, quickly put Maggie in Eloda's hands, and immediately ran over there.
Eloda, who was handed the little snake, had not yet reacted. She and Ariane stared blankly at Penelope walking towards a place in the distance where only a few small human dots could be seen. After looking at each other, they stood up and walked towards Penelope.
Maggie nestled safely in Eloda's arms, his yellow eyes staring at Penelope's long brown hair that was bouncing again. When Eloda and Aryan didn't notice, he rarely spit out his bright red snake tongue twice.
Coincidentally, Maggie knew that there was a first-grade flying class today, and the time was basically the same as every time Penelope came. After the actors were gathered, all they had to do was set up the scene and write the script.
The silent Ravenclaw girl who is often bullied, the brave Gryffindor girl with a strong sense of justice, plus a few children who will cause minor troubles. There is no need for Maggie to add any more settings. She just needs to magnify the things between them to a level that will attract enough attention.
Although he couldn't completely control these wizards with his eyes like he controlled Muggles due to magical limitations, he had used his snakes to hypnotize and induce the actors in the past week, and he could stage this show in front of everyone with just one 'signal'.
"Bullying classmates is a very bad behavior! You run here during flying class, where is Professor Hooch?!" When I got a little closer, I heard Penelope's unsteady but loud voice asking.
"Colin fell off his broom, and Professor Hooch took him to the infirmary," Ginny, who was helped up by Luna, looked up at Penelope, who had an angry face. She pointed at the shoes with shoelaces hanging from the tree, "They threw Luna's shoes up there, and snatched my broom when I was about to fly up."
Aryan had already walked up to the few people at this time. She first took a close look at the girls who were all covered in dust. Luna's dust was mainly concentrated on her knees and forearms, while Ginny's dust was more on the back of her waist. After just a few glances, she roughly reconstructed what had happened.
Surrounded by the three prefects, the four boys dropped their brooms in fear. Their faces turned pale, and they stood there trembling, unable to utter a word.
Ravenclaw, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and a Hufflepuff, this is the most troublesome situation.
While Penelope was scolding them, Eloda identified their college based on their clothes. She and Arian looked at each other, and after getting a slight nod from each other, Eloda determined the solution to this incident.
"Just tell the professor about this later. You all should be put in solitary confinement for doing something like this during class!" Eloda interrupted the conversation while Penelope had finished lecturing the four boys and they were whispering apologies.
Although there are regulations on how many points should be deducted for school bullying, the concept of how many points should be deducted is quite vague. Even if the points are deducted in the middle, it will cause dissatisfaction. Especially in this situation where there is one's own college and other colleges are involved, it is best not to get involved in this mess, so as not to be unpopular with both sides.
Anyway, it's class time now, so of course we should blame the professor for anything that can be blamed on him.
Having served as class leaders for two years, Eloda and Aillian have become qualified veterans.
Aryan performed the cleansing spell very well, and she was also considerate enough to pass Maggie to the two girls to please them.
But it was hard to say whether the indignant Gryffindor or the still dreaming Ravenclaw looked sad.
What happened next was a natural progression. The four boys admitted in front of Professor Hooch that they had been bullying Luna on a regular basis, and Ginny, who had spoken out, was the one who was affected.
Although Ginny didn't look like someone who would be bullied, it was curfew that time, and the fear of losing points was probably reflected on her pale face.
Penelope wanted to pursue what Percy had told her, but after thinking it over, she suppressed the thought and just stared at the boys with an even colder gaze.
finished perfectly.
Looking at Huo Qi taking her students away after scolding them and issuing a detention notice, Maggie added silently in her heart.
"Female President, you are not honest." Looking at Professor Huo Qi's back, Eloda tilted her head back slightly and said to Aryan in a teasing tone.
"I didn't do anything." Aryan touched Maggie who had returned to her shoulder.
"Professor Hooch and we see something that is not on the same level." As she said this, Eloda nudged her lightly with her elbow.
"There are two Ravenclaws this time, and I'm not hiding anything." Aryan laughed nonchalantly.
Even though I pushed the matter onto the professor, it would be better to have as few points deducted as possible.
Eloda also smiled and did not continue the topic. When she saw Penelope's hesitant look, she patted the school girl on the shoulder and said, "This is a little biased of Alian. In fact, I think this is a good technique. After all, you are only in your first year. Penelope, you will slowly find the rhythm."
"..." Penelope frowned. The image of Percy, who always looked serious, flashed through her mind. She did not respond.
Maggie had no interest in their conversation. His clear yellow snake eyes quickly glanced at the patterns flashing on the ground, and then he lay on Aryan's shoulder obediently as usual.
It seems that the actors behind the scenes also made a good exit.
Next, it was the same as usual. After spending the afternoon with Aryan and being fed dinner, he returned to Snake's Tail to wait for Della, who was helping Snape, to come back.
There was no need to go to the Forbidden Forest recently, as everything that needed to be arranged had already been done, and apart from observing Ginny, Maggie could be said to have had quite a bit of free time.
Today, Della returned home just before curfew again, but compared to her usual fatigue, she felt an indescribable strange pressure on her body.
What's even more bizarre is that this time when she came back, she opened the original cover of "Breaking with the Female Ghost", Lockhart's popular novel!
"Shi-ya (what are you doing)?" Maggie asked in confusion.
"I'm enjoying Professor Lockhart's wonderful writing." Della said softly. She looked at Maggie and spoke to him without using Parseltongue. "Before the get out of class ended today, Lockhart asked us to draw lots using the characters in his book. The one we draw is the character we will play on Friday."
"He also didn't allow us to change the roles privately, claiming that this is a chance for every unknown person to shine. I don't have any objection to his statement, but..." Della opened the book and pushed the extra chapter to Maggie, "I drew the heroine of the love fairy tale "Ghost Girl", and the hero is Draco."
'To the elusive moonlight'
Looking at the cursive title of the extra chapter, Maggie's pupils erected and her tongue lolled out unconsciously.