Phoenix

Meanwhile, on the third floor, Draco returned to the Department of Strange Germ Infections. He pushed open the door and saw his father, Lucius, helping his grandfather, Abraxas, lie back down on the bed.

Lucius had learned from Draco that Allen and the others had already left, but he was still a little uneasy. Very carefully, he asked his father, "Father, you didn't make things difficult for Allen Harris, did you? Right now the Harris Family has overwhelming power in the wizarding world. The head of the family, Owen Harris, is Minister of Magic; his eldest son, Albert, is in charge of the Auror Office; his second son, Lenn, is director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement; his eldest daughter, Daisy, is in charge of the Department of International Magical Cooperation; even Owen's sister, Josephine Harris, controls the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures; and then there's his mother, Morgan Le..."

"Of course I know." Abraxas Malfoy closed his eyes, as if he did not want to look at his son's spineless expression. Then he sighed and cut off Lucius's endless chatter. "Lucius, do you really think it's the Ministry of Magic positions that gave the Harris Family their power?"

While Abraxas endured his illness and lectured his son Lucius, Allen's group had already returned to the Harris Family's Tower.

Luna, Allen, and Hermione walked down the spiraling staircase to the very bottom floor of Ravenclaw Tower. Candles floated in the air beneath the ceiling, their soft light spilling outward between them.

After descending the last step, they arrived in a circular hall whose ceiling and floor were made of deep-blue granite edged with silver. Luna walked ahead and pushed open one of the three great doors first, stepping inside. She went straight onto the path