Chapter 28 – Returning to School
The Christmas break passed faster than I ever remembered. Maybe it was because Quincy was there with me. On the last day, just before we were to travel back to Hogwarts, Father called me aside, giving me a little, furry, knapsack-like bag.
"Everything is in here. It is enough for two rituals, so use them wisely, son!" He instructed me with a stern voice. "You will have to procure a magical beast for it... Do you have any ideas?"
"The Forbidden Forest at school," I answered immediately.
"Mhm. That should do... But before you go in there... I would start at the library."
"True, we need more information about the forest." I nodded, but he just continued as if trying to speak in a riddle, making me feel... curious.
"Check the history of Hogwarts first. I would... focus on Salazar and the years between 1940 and '45... This is only a hunch! It came to me as I was looking for your ingredients... You have to look it up inside the school's library; in the outside world, almost all clues were... wiped out."
"O... Okay..." I answered weakly, trying to think about its meaning, but he continued as if nothing had happened.
"One more thing. This ritual is still untested...."
"I will test it on Draco," I said before he could continue. "I already have a vague idea of what I want to do with him. Don't worry!"
"Watch out for him!" Father warned me, and his tone was serious. "His dad has fallen out of HIS grace... their family, even if they don't want to admit it, is tethering on the edge of being expelled from the Death Eaters!"
"You can be expelled from them?" I asked, furrowing my brows... I never heard about something like that, but then it clicked in my mind.