Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 66 Shame
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In the stuffy room, Harry, Ron, and Hermione told Hagrid about Snape.

But clearly, Hagrid was prepared this time.

No matter what the trio who were penalized said, Hagrid simply wouldn't believe them.

Suddenly, they heard a scraping sound coming from inside the iron pot.

"It's Nobo!" Hagrid excitedly threw down his plate, put on a pair of thick cotton gloves, and carefully placed a pale yellow egg the size of a rugby ball on the table.

The dragon egg had just been placed on the wooden table when it suddenly cracked open. A small dragon covered in slime pecked through the shell, crawled out, and wobbled as it tried to stand up.

This little dragon isn't actually pretty; it looks like a crumpled black umbrella. Its thorny wings appear particularly large compared to its thin, dark body.

It also has a long, big nose with white nostrils, horns on its head, and protruding orange-red eyes.

It's hard to imagine that this little one will grow into a majestic fire dragon.

The little dragon sneezed, and a few sparks flew out of its nose.

“It’s beautiful, isn’t it?” Hagrid murmured. He reached out a hand and stroked the little dragon’s head. The little dragon bit his finger, revealing its sharp, long teeth.

“Good heavens, look, it recognizes its mother!” Hagrid said.

"How fast did Norwegian Spinosaurus grow?" Hermione asked.

Hagrid was about to answer when his face suddenly turned pale.

He leaped up and ran to the window.

"What happened?" Harry asked.

“Someone was peeking through the curtains just now, it was a boy… running towards the school,” Hagrid said uncertainly.

Harry darted to the door and peered outside. Even from a distance, he was certain he wouldn't mistake it.

It's Malfoy!

Harry is certain.

Malfoy saw the dragon, and them.

They arrived at Hagrid's place right after finishing dinner in the afternoon, and before they knew it, curfew had passed.

"Oh no!" Hermione suddenly realized.

The four young wizards hurriedly ran back to the castle from Hagrid's hut.

Before leaving, Tierra asked Hagrid for the dragon eggshell and a bottle of dragon egg liquid.

Don't be fooled by the fact that dragon meat has become as common as steak in the magical world.

That's because adult dragons are huge. The meat produced by one dragon is enough to feed hundreds of wizards, and the wizard community only has eight or nine thousand people in total.

Because he came in a hurry this afternoon, Harry didn't bring the Invisibility Cloak.

So the four young wizards had to hurry back to the Gryffindor common room.

but……

"Oh, look, look."

Just as they stepped through the gates of Hogwarts, they saw the warden, Fitch, quietly emerge from the darkness.

Malfoy stood behind Fitch with a smug look on his face.

Fitch led them to Professor McGonagall's study on the second floor, where they sat without saying a word. Hermione was trembling.

Harry's mind raced, conjuring up numerous excuses and reasons to defend himself, and he even concocted some lies to try and get away with it, but he found that each one was less and less convincing than the last.

He didn't know how they could get out of this predicament, so Harry looked helplessly at Tyella. He noticed that Tyella still had that faint smile on her face, and felt a little calmer.

Surely Tiera has a way.

Harry thought to himself.

“I can’t believe it was you guys, especially you, Tierra, and Hermione. You’ve always been law-abiding kids! How could you be wandering around the Forbidden Forest so late? Filch said you just came back from the Forbidden Forest! Don’t forget it’s well past curfew! Explain yourselves.”

This was the first time Hermione couldn't answer her teacher's question. She stared down at her slippers, motionless like a statue.

“We were wrong, Professor McGonagall.” Tierra apologized sincerely. “We shouldn’t have stayed out so late, especially past curfew, wandering around the Forbidden Forest. We just wanted to see our good friend Hagrid, but we realized that even with Hagrid there, the Forbidden Forest was a very dangerous place for us, and could very well have killed us. I assure you, Professor McGonagall, this will be the last time we break the rules. We have deeply realized our mistake. We are sorry!”

After saying this, Tiera bowed deeply.

Children always find various reasons for their mistakes, then show how helpless they are in making mistakes, or how justified their mistakes are.

But adults don't want to know why you made a mistake; they just want to know if you've realized it.

So Tierra bowed and apologized directly, at least to show the proper attitude and let McGonagall know that she had realized her mistake.

As for guarantees...

He wasn't bound to the Unbreakable Curse by Mag, so what was he afraid of?

Sure enough, McGonagall's expression softened considerably after Tierra said that.

But McGonagall still reprimanded her sternly, saying, "I'm furious."

"Therefore, each of you will have forty points deducted."

"Forty points!?" Hermione's face turned deathly pale instantly. If she hadn't been holding onto Tyella because of her nervousness, she probably would have fallen to the ground by now.

They lost 160 points in one go. This dropped Gryffindor to last place. In just one night, they destroyed all of Gryffindor's hopes of winning the House Cup.

Harry felt a sudden emptiness in his heart, and even Ron, who was usually carefree, seemed to look a little embarrassed.

Only Tyra remained calm, while Malfoy smiled smugly.

“All five of you will also be punished with confinement!” Professor McGonagall continued.

"Wait, Professor." Malfoy stepped forward, somewhat puzzled. "I just heard you say... five people?"

“Yes, Mr. Malfoy.” McGonagall looked at him coldly. “After all, you also broke the school rules, didn’t you? Going out during curfew.”

Upon hearing that Malfoy would also be punished, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were not much happy. They returned to the Gryffindor common room in a daze.

Harry didn't sleep all night. Tyrell, who was reading "The Plague" under the covers, could hear Harry tossing and turning in the dark.

Hermione must be the same.

The morning of the second day was the hardest for them.

When most Gryffindor students got up, ate breakfast, and passed by the giant hourglass that recorded the House Cup scores, they thought something had gone wrong.

They discovered that their college had suddenly scored 160 points less than the day before.

Then, the news slowly spread: Harry Potter, the famous Harry Potter, the hero of two Quidditch matches, had actually caused them to lose so many points!

He, along with three other foolish first-year students.

Harry, who was once one of the most popular and respected figures in the school, has now suddenly become the target of everyone's hatred.

Even the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students didn't give him a friendly look, because everyone had been hoping to see Slytherin lose the House Cup.

Wherever Harry went, he always felt that people were pointing at him and saying insulting things to him without lowering their voices.

On the other hand, whenever he walked past the Slytherins, they would always clap, whistle, and cheer.

"Thank you, Potter, you've done us a great favor!"

(End of this chapter)