Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 346 Professor McGonagall's Wish

After Astoria Greengrass left, Tiera looked around—

"Aha." Tiera chuckled and walked toward a brown-haired, green-eyed girl.

The girl's name was Vivian Cooper, a fifth-year student in Ravenclaw, who had once consulted Thiella for a fortune telling.

Tiera knew Vivian Cooper had fallen for her the moment she touched her hand.

After all, who wouldn't love the innocent, cute, clever, and dashing Tyella?
“Beautiful Lady Cooper,” Tiera said with a smile, “would you like to dance with me?”

Vivian Cooper wore an expression of being flattered and shyly yet boldly took Tiera's hand.

Because girls develop earlier during puberty, Vivian was much taller than Tiera, and when they stood together, it looked like an older sister with a younger brother.

The next dance music started, and Vivian, holding Tierra's hand, danced boldly and unrestrainedly on the stage.

A few minutes later, the dance ended, and Tierra quickly released Vivian Cooper's hand and bowed politely.

May madness depart, and may reason endure.

"What?" Vivian Cooper asked with a grin.

“No, it’s nothing.” Tierra sighed, turned and walked towards the next girl.

Hannah Abbott, Cho Chang, Ginny Weasley, Laura Madeira, Fleur Delacour...

And there are also Professor McGonagall, Professor Sprout, Professor Trelawney...

They all received invitations from Tierra.

Professor McGonagall seemed to have had a little to drink, appearing slightly tipsy. When Tyrell invited her over, Professor McGonagall chuckled and then slipped her left hand into Tyrell's right palm—

"You jumped terribly just now!" Professor McGonagall said with a grin after pulling Tierra back.

This was the first time Tierra had ever seen such a flippant and relaxed smile on Professor McGonagall's face.

Even when she's smiling, Professor McGonagall always keeps her lips pursed.

But tonight, Professor McGonagall seemed to have completely let loose, grinning and laughing at Tierra.

"You are truly the most talented little wizard in the history of Hogwarts!" Professor McGonagall said happily, then reached out and gently ruffled Tyella's hair, looking at Tyella with loving and tender eyes.

“Thank you, Professor McGonagall. I will definitely continue to work hard for—” Tierra said.

"Haha, enough with the platitudes!" Professor McGonagall interrupted, then gave Tierra another tight hug—

“As long as you’re happy,” Professor McGonagall said with a smile. “As long as you’re happy… Although you can be a real nuisance when you’re causing trouble, as long as you’re happy… as long as you’re happy… as long as you’re happy…”

Professor McGonagall held Tierra in her arms and whispered something in her ear.

As Professor McGonagall embraced her, Tierra suddenly felt her body stiffen slightly, and a tingling sensation spread from her heart.

Just then, the eccentric sisters began to play their instruments again, and the melody of a soothing waltz began to float above the auditorium.

“But your dancing is absolutely terrible!” Professor McGonagall suddenly released Tierra, then roughly grabbed both of Tierra’s hands—

"Your dancing is absolutely terrible, absolutely terrible!" Professor McGonagall seemed to have reverted to her usual self, reprimanding Tiera with a stern air.

Tierra: ...

The tingling sensation disappeared instantly.

"One, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three..." Professor McGonagall held Tierra's hand and awkwardly swayed her from side to side.

"Your hands, Tyella, your hands! Place them on my waist," Professor McGonagall suddenly said sternly. "Dance properly! Gryffindor is a revered house in the wizarding world! I will not allow your disgraceful dance to tarnish its reputation overnight!" Tyella: ...

Professor, are you drunk? I've already defiled you.

"Get moving! Step with your left foot! Step with your left foot!" Professor McGonagall sternly reprimanded.

“And your right hand! Your right hand must move at the same time!” Professor McGonagall added.

“Yes! Yes! That’s it, good! Now raise your arms! Yes, slowly raise them!” Professor McGonagall said again—

For some reason, Tierra found the waltz exceptionally long; his muscles were tense, and he felt like a puppet being manipulated by Professor McGonagall.

A few more minutes, or perhaps tens of minutes, passed before the waltz finally came to an end.

"Look, you danced very well!" Professor McGonagall chuckled after the waltz ended. "Now there's only one last step. A gentleman should..."

Tierra rolled her eyes resignedly, placed Professor McGonagall's left hand on her right, put her other hand behind her back, took a step back, and bowed deeply.

"Hehehe!" Professor McGonagall laughed again, reaching out to pat Tierra's shoulder repeatedly, then ruffling her hair. "See? You're jumping really well, aren't you?"

"May madness be gone, may reason endure," Tierra quickly said.

"And I wish you happiness too! Tyella, I wish you happiness too!" Professor McGonagall's alcohol-fueled brain clearly didn't understand the meaning of Tyella's words, but at least she understood the word "wishes," so—

"May you be happy and joyful, Tiera!" Professor McGonagall said kindly.

Tierra: ...

“Sigh…” Tierra sighed, “And I wish you happiness too, Professor McGonagall.”

After dancing with Professor McGonagall, Tierra went to invite other girls—

But this was not easy, because as the night went on, the number of people in the auditorium dwindled.

This forced Tyrell to eventually find Harry and Ron sitting on the Great Hall stairs and drag Harry into a dance riddled with mistakes—

Clearly, they had a slight disagreement about who should perform the male steps and who should perform the female steps.

The two of them jumped around in a chaotic manner. Sometimes Tierra's foot would trip over Harry's leg, sometimes Harry's hand would trip over Tierra's arm, sometimes Harry would step on the hem of Tierra's robe, and sometimes Tierra would accidentally knock Harry's glasses askew.

The two of them were wrestling like two monkeys. Normally, or even hours earlier, Harry would have been blushing with embarrassment knowing how badly he was jumping, but now—

"Ha ha ha ha--"

"Hahahaha-"

Every time they made a mistake, Tierra and Harry would look at each other and giggle.

These two mischievous boys would even tickle each other.

Fortunately, Professor McGonagall had already gone back to her room to rest because she couldn't hold her liquor. Otherwise, if she had seen Harry and Tyrell dancing like this, she would have definitely grabbed their ears and scolded them in annoyance.

Finally, the dance ended, and Harry and Tyrell bowed to each other in a very convincing manner.

“May madness be gone, may reason endure,” Tierra said.

"Huh?" Harry paused for a moment, then habitually mimicked Tyella's words, "May madness be gone, may reason endure."

“Thank you, Harry, thank you.” Tyella smiled and bowed again. “Thank you.”

Thank you, Lu Yu, for casting your January vote.
Thank you, Admiral Dailin, for casting your vote in February.
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(End of this chapter)