After the Transfiguration lesson, Professor McGonagall's words quickly spread throughout Hogwarts.
The students got accurate answers and finally felt relieved, and then entered an inexplicable excitement and restlessness. If I had to describe this complex emotion, it would probably be:
Spring is here, everything revives, and it’s the breeding season for small animals.
It may be an exaggeration to say this, but for the Yule Ball, the little wizards really began to compete and show off their magical powers:
The boys began to pay attention to image management. Everyone put on decent robes, and their hair was neatly styled and put on hair wax.
Even Justin, who doesn't like hygiene, has changed the frequency of washing his feet from once every five days to once every two days.
The girls are also working hard to dress themselves up. When get out of class is over, they rarely wear old-fashioned school uniforms. They all put on their most beautiful clothes and dress themselves up beautifully.
Eloise Midgan even smeared thick foundation on her face in an attempt to cover up her acne.
The usual fights disappeared, the rush to the auditorium during lunch time disappeared, and the pranks in the corridors were no longer done. It seemed that everyone had become a gentleman and a lady!
Little wizards are like peacocks with their wings spread, trying to show their best side to attract the opposite sex.
Just showing off is not enough, you must take the initiative, but it is not easy to stand up and invite others to be your dance partner.
Regardless of whether they were boys or girls, they all started to show up in groups with a tacit understanding, and they were almost inseparable including attending classes and eating.
So, everyone began to face a problem:
If you want to invite someone to be your dance partner, you have to do it in front of a large group of people.
Of course, everyone is happy to succeed, but if you are rejected on the spot, it will really be a social disaster for the whole school... You can imagine the pressure.
But as Professor McGonagall said, you have to invite dance partners as early as possible, otherwise all the outstanding boys and girls will be snatched up by others.
Every student has his or her favorite person, and everyone is afraid of being rejected, but they don’t want to see the person they like taken away by others because of their temporary hesitation.
Therefore, after some hesitation and wait-and-see, many students began to take the initiative.
On the way to Potions class, Rolf and the Hufflepuff students were blocked by a group of girls.
Looking at the group of pretty girls, Justin flipped up his hair and said with a smile: "Some of them must be here to invite me."
"Invite you to be my dance partner?" McMillan said with a smile: "Why do you want me? Because you are ugly, or because you don't wash your feet?"
"It's your uncle's." Justin said angrily: "Let's make a bet, just one galleung... Let's see who invites more girls?"
"Okay." MacMillan agreed and said, "Neville, will you participate?"
Neville originally didn't want to participate, not only because his grandma taught him not to gamble, but also because he saw Hermione and Rolf bet, and they lost to him every time, and there were almost no losers.
Neville didn't want to follow in Hermione's footsteps.
However, after thinking about it, this bet is not big and it is still a sure win. Neville hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Okay, but I'll bet on Rolf."
Luofu: "..."
At this time, a girl walked out of the crowd. She boldly came to Luo Fu, her cheeks turned red, she bit her lip and said:
"Scamander...I am a student of Gryffindor House...my name is Misty Carr."
Luofu looked at the girl and asked: "Hello, do you have anything to do with me?"
Misty clenched her clothes tightly with both hands. Even though the young man looked pleasant, she was obviously still very nervous under his gaze.
The girl hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at her best friends. Under their encouraging gazes, she mustered up the courage to say to Luofu:
"I'd like to invite you to the Yule Ball with me."
The Hufflepuff students whistled, and some people looked at the excitement and shouted "Promise her" without taking it too seriously.
"Karl, I'm lucky to be invited by you." Rolf smiled and said, "But I can't agree to it."
Misty looked disappointed, said "Sorry" and returned to the crowd.
Luofu thought that was the end, but unexpectedly, a second girl came out and invited him to be his dance partner. After he refused, someone else didn't give up and continued to invite him... They had obviously agreed to take turns.
Everyone was dumbfounded. They had seen people fighting in wheel battles before, but this was the first time they saw someone inviting someone as a dance partner and engaging in wheel fighting!
Many of the girls had secret admirers. When they saw the person they liked inviting Luofu, they gritted their teeth in jealousy.
And as all the girls were rejected by Luo Fu, many of them started to cry heartbrokenly.
Seeing this situation, they didn't know for a moment whether to be happy that they still had a chance or to be angry...Rolf had broken the hearts of their crushes.
Just as Rove was thinking about how to escape, Snape walked over from the crowd. He glanced at the crying female students in the corridor, then looked at the boy and sneered:
"Scamander, tell me, how many people have you hurt unknowingly! Thirty points from Hufflepuff!"
"..."
Luo Fu was speechless, this can also deduct points... It's your uncle's fault!
Although Snape deducted points, he also scared away the students who were watching and expressing their feelings, thus helping Rove out in disguise.
Rolf and a group of Hufflepuff students hurried towards the underground classroom. When they arrived in the classroom, he found Shirley and sat down next to her.
Shirley was flipping through the potions textbook and saw that Rolf had a somewhat unsettled look on his face, so she asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
Luofu quickly talked about what happened in the corridor just now, and finally said full of resentment:
"Professor Snape deducted thirty points from me, and there will definitely be a lot of female students inviting me after that. If we continue to deduct points like this, even ten thousand points from Hufflepuff won't be enough."
The girl with the ponytail covered her mouth and said with a smile: "I have a way to help you solve it."
"any solution?"
Shirley smiled brightly, winked and said, "I won't tell you, just wait."
Luofu raised his eyebrows and looked at her suspiciously.
At this moment, Snape walked into the classroom, and the two of them quickly shut up, and no one else was talking.
Snape dragged his robes and walked around a pile of cauldrons, staring at the trembling students with his black eyes.
An owl suddenly flew in. It came to the sky above the classroom and dropped a smoking red letter at the feet of Luofu.
That's a howler letter!
This was the first time that Luo Fe received this thing. He immediately thought that this letter might be from those female students who were rejected.
Just as he was about to destroy it, Snape's lazy voice sounded.
"Hold still, Scamander! Let us hear the contents of the letter. I think it may be from some poor girl whom you have hurt."
Snape raised the corner of his mouth and waved his wand impatiently. The letter was opened immediately, and a loud noise filled the entire classroom and shook the dust from the ceiling.
But then, Snape's smile froze on his face like rancid milk.
"Dear...Professor Snape, I am a first-year Gryffindor student.
When I took Potions class for the first time, I was attracted by your straight, sexy hooked nose, greasy black short hair and handsome face. From then on, I became deeply obsessed with you and became your loyal admirer.
.
You are the little prince of potions in my mind - the Slytherin giant - I want to invite you to be my dance partner, I hope you will not refuse...your loyal little lion."
The roaring letter burned, curled up and turned into ashes, while the whole class fell into dead silence.