The weather was still cold in early March, and the sudden strong winds made the temperature only seem lower.
Ronald looked at the absent-minded Draco beside him, and didn't say what he had planned to mock him with.
"Harry, you should really look at this Malfoy guy, I suspect he's been cast with the Imperius Curse."
Harry, who was still in bliss, glanced back hastily.
Seeing Draco's expressionless eyes, he asked with concern: "Draco, are you alright?"
"I'm okay!" Draco smiled faintly after recovering.
There were many things hidden in his smile, such as maturity, bitterness, and alienation.
But Harry didn't notice these emotions, so he excitedly asked the two: "Guys, what should I say when I see Sirius in a while?"
"It's too bad, he was supposed to enjoy the sun and the beach in the south, but for me, he risked being caught and came back."
Harry said this, but there was no trace of guilt on his expression, it actually looked like he was showing off.
"Look, my godfather would risk his life for me!" This is what he probably wanted to express.
And really, Ronald Weasley immediately showed envious eyes.
"Sirius is so kind to you, Harry, I wish I had a godfather like him!"
"Hey! We're friends, and Sirius will be nice to you as well."
As someone who never had a relative who cared about him, he was enjoying this a bit too much.
Suddenly, he realized that he hadn't heard Draco's voice for a long time, so he turned to look behind him, and saw that Draco was far behind.
"Draco, what happened to you today?"
"No, nothing, just thinking about something in my mind." Draco shook his head and said.
Ron sneered: "Come on, you think I don't know why you are like this?"
Draco was taken aback, looking at his deadly enemy standing in front of him.
"Hmph! Isn't it because you didn't become Harry's hostage? Harry and I have been best friends living in the same dormitory for four years. How could you be comparable to me?"
"Ron, don't say that!"
Harry tugged on the other party's sleeve, and said to Draco anxiously: "Actually, I didn't know about the hostage situation."
"I also learned from Ron later that Headmaster Dumbledore called him and the others without telling the champions."
Draco breathed a sigh of relief.
He secretly thought that he was worrying blindly, how could someone as stupid as Weasley know what was on his mind.
But… Since both of them misunderstood him.
It's better to take advantage of this misunderstanding to get that matter done.
"Don't worry, I won't be angry about those insignificant things."
"You don't care? That's an opportunity to participate in the Triwizard Tournament. Do you know how I fought those mermaids underwater?"
Hearing Draco's disdainful tone, Ron started his tirade immediately.
"I knew it was not going to be that easy being the hostage, so I kept my wand up my sleeve."
"Sure enough, those mermaids actually wanted to tie us up, I drew out my wand to fight them underwater, then more and more of them arrived, at least 50 of them."
Watching Ron's exaggerated body movements, Draco looked even more disdainful.
"Stupid Weasley, it's okay for you to deceive other people with these words, but aren't you ashamed to say these lies in front of a champion?"
"In addition, I want to remind you that I know two champions, and I know more about the underwater situation than you."
"All I know is that someone was still sleeping when everyone's been brought out of the water and the other hostages had awakened long ago!"
"Draco Malfoy, who are you talking about?" Ron shouted with a red face.
This matter is his weakness, so as long as someone mentions it, he will explode.
Harry stood in front of the two of them and tried to persuade them to stop: "Please stop fighting guys, let's hurry up and find Sirius!"
Draco pushed Harry aside forcefully, walked up to Ron and continued.
"Do you think that people really believe in those bragging stories of yours? They just think that the fake stories you tell are not that bad and just listen for entertainment."
"It makes me laugh to see the way you smugly tell lies every day, Weasley, do you know what you look like these days? You look like a clown!"
"Shut up!" Ron shook his fist angrily, but Draco dodged the fist and drew his wand at the same time.
Looking at the two people who are at odds, Harry dropped the schoolbag in his hand and came in between the two of them.
"Have you had enough trouble?"
"Harry, this is none of your business, get out of the way!" Draco snapped.
Ron echoed: "Yes, get out of the way!"
The two tacitly moved away from Harry.
Draco raised his wand without waiting for the opponent to be ready: "expelliarmus!"
Seeing his wand flying high into the sky, Ron was dumbfounded. And before he could react, he was hit by Draco's second spell.
"Depulso!"
Ron flew far away and slammed into the trunk of a big tree.
"Draco, are you crazy?"
Harry looked at the two in bewilderment.
When he saw Draco raising his wand again, he subconsciously pulled out his wand and said the spell: "expelliarmus!"
A red light hit Draco's wand.
Draco's gaze followed his wand to the sky.
That wand was like his friendship with Harry Potter. From now on, they will be just acquaintances.
A bitter smile appeared on Draco's face again.
"Harry Potter!"
He angrily called out the opponent's name.
Catching his own wand before it fell to the ground, Draco said ferociously: "Serpensortia!"
A giant python appeared between the two.
Harry stared at his friend opposite him dumbfounded, not understanding why he became like this all of a sudden.
"Draco!"
"Who do you think you are, Potter?!"
Draco waved his wand, directing the giant python to attack.
The current Harry is no longer the boy who knew nothing in the second year.
Although the grades are still slightly bad, he also learned a lot about spells.
"Protego!"
"Incendio!"
Two spells in a row, one for defense and one for offense.
A raging fire ignited on the giant python!
"Potter!!" Draco tried to look furious as he kept casting spells in succession.
Every time a spell is cast, some outrageous words will come out of his mouth.
"Do you really think I'm going to be friends with you pompous fool?"
"You are just a guy without father and mother, why should you be friends with the heir of the Malfoy family."
His parents are Harry's reverse scales, it is a topic that must not be brought up lightly.
"Draco, you are too much!"
"Harry, as I said earlier, the Malfoys are not good people at all, they are evil Death Eaters!"
Ron stood up and called Harry loudly.
Coupled with the mocking smile on Draco's face, Harry felt even angrier.
But Draco felt it wasn't enough. At this moment Harry was just angry, not to the point of breaking up their friendship forever.
"Potter! I'm so sick of playing games with you and your stupid friends, especially that big stupid Hagrid!"
"Oh~ the half-giant, it's really disgusting!"
Draco looked disgusted as if he had swallowed a cockroach.
"You're not allowed to talk bad about Hagrid!"
"What? Could it be that you really took Hagrid, that disgusting giant, as your father, as the newspapers said?"
"Draco Malfoy, you are too much, you are not my friend!" Harry snorted loudly.
"Oh, that's great, I don't want to play with you anymore, I find that your title of boy-who-lived is not worth much."
"I thought that being friends with you would bring benefits to my family, but unfortunately, your value is too low. Instead of wasting time on you, it's better to chat with Lucas more."
The expression on Draco's face was too much, he seemed to be telling Harry that he was nothing compared to Lucas!
The most intolerable things for Harry.
Draco did it all today.
Called him parentless, slandered his friend Hagrid, belittled his worth, and compared him to Lucas!
Harry's eyes gradually turned cold. Seeing Draco's arrogant face, he sneered and said, "I'm so stupid, how could someone like Draco Malfoy be willing to be friends with me?!"
A gleam flashed in Draco's eyes.
Seeing Harry raise his wand to attack him, he deliberately slowed down by half a beat.
"Expelliarmus!"
"Expelliarmus!"
Harry's spell hit Draco first and he lost his wand again. But he didn't stop with that, he didn't intend to let go of his former friend.
He raised his wand and continued to chant the spell: "depulso!"
The powerful magic knocked Draco into the air.
Looking at the rapidly receding scenery around him, Draco breathed a sigh of relief.
Just at this time, he suddenly felt a hand behind him, stopping him in place. He looked behind him and saw Lucas at a glance.
He froze for a moment, and took a closer look. It turned out that Pansy, Daphne, Blaise and others were all there.
Crabbe and Goyle ran to Draco.
Looking at the anxious faces of the two, Draco, who was sad because he was about to lose his friend, suddenly felt much better.
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