Chapter 138: You Want to Blackmail Me?
"Bang!"
The compartment door shook violently as it was struck from the outside, causing the door frame to creak with a teeth-grating noise. Kyle, focused on maintaining the Doubling Charm, was startled and accidentally jerked his wrist upward.
"Ssshh..."
A long tear appeared on the map he'd just finished duplicating.
"I..." Kyle stared at the ruined map, his eye twitching. That was a whole Galleon wasted...
The others were similarly rattled by the sudden noise. Fred, who'd just completed his own Doubling Charm, accidentally stamped the map's image directly onto George's brand-new robe.
"By Merlin's beard! This was my new robe, just bought this year!" George exclaimed, inspecting the map print now adorning his sleeve with dismay. "Kyle, is there any way to remove this?"
"Of course there is, and it's very simple," Kyle replied coolly, glancing at the door. Through the glass, he could see three boys standing outside in the corridor.
"That Harry Potter, giving up Malfoy's friendship for that miserable Weasley. Utterly foolish, just like his parents—ungrateful," Draco Malfoy sneered to himself, punctuating his words with another slam against the neighboring compartment door.