"You should calm down for a while and see how beautiful you are." Hermione couldn't bear Ron's constant nagging.
"That's right. Ron, I have a game tomorrow, let my head rest." Harry also looked at him teasingly.
Ron was about to retort when he suddenly noticed Harry looking past him and behind him.
"You——" Just about to ask
"Lumos!" Harry took out his wand and shouted.
A ball of light flew into the grass behind Ron, illuminating the surrounding area.
"Meow~" Crookshanks' figure flashed past
"Crookshanks! You're running around again!" Hermione scolded sternly.
"What's wrong with you?" Ron was confused by Harry's actions.
"I think I saw Sirius," Harry said, frowning as he stared at the grass.
"Are you sure it's not Crookshanks?" Ivy said
"It's definitely Sirius. I'm very impressed by those eyes," Harry said firmly.
"Then let's go chase him quickly?" Hermione asked
"No" Ivy shook his head, "Looking for Lupin, the werewolf's sense of smell will definitely be easier than us."
"But what if Professor Lupine's actions are discovered by Pettigrew?" Harry worried.
"Well..." Ivy thought for a while, "It shouldn't be a big problem. We have reminded Lupine of this. Even if Peter gets the wand, he will not be a match for the two of them."
"Okay, let's go"
.....
After a while, a dark beast jumped out of a window on the first floor. It instantly flashed into a patch of grass, squatted on the ground and sniffed, then turned into a black shadow and headed straight for the Whomping Willow.
Soon I arrived under the Whomping Willow tree. I put my head up and smelled in the air, then rushed to a hole under the tree.
The Whomping Willow felt someone approaching. As soon as he raised the willow branch and waved it down, the werewolf had already rushed into the cave.
The werewolf hunched his body, got down on all fours, and moved forward quickly in the tunnel. The tunnel was very long, and even at the werewolf's speed, he ran for a while.
Not long after, a flight of stairs appeared ahead. The werewolf jumped up without any worries. This was a wooden house, with a side corridor in front of him, and a closed wooden door in the middle of the side corridor.
The werewolf walked towards the door, held the handle and slowly pushed it open. The moment the wooden door opened, a ferocious black dog pounced on him.
The powerful impact knocked the werewolf over and rolled into a ball in the side corridor. Finally, the black dog stepped on the werewolf's body, and its terrifying big mouth stretched to the werewolf's neck, revealing sharp canine teeth. Two eyes stared at the werewolf.
, the crazy eyes are like black flames, shining brightly in the darkness.
"Nice welcome ceremony" In the blink of an eye, the werewolf under the dog's legs disappeared. Replaced by Lupin.
The black dog stared at him quietly for a while, then let him go and walked towards the entrance to leave.
"Don't you want to avenge James and Lily?" Lu Ping stood up, dusted himself off, and said calmly.
Hearing this, Black Dog turned around instantly, his eyes full of violence. Seeing this, Lu Ping just looked at him indifferently.
After a long time, the black dog's body shook strangely. A man with unkempt hair and ragged clothes sat slumped on the ground.
Lu Ping walked up to him slowly and stretched out a hand. The man also reached out and Lu Ping pulled him up.
"Long time no see, old friend" and then hugged him like a brother.
"It seems that you are having a miserable life." After they separated, Lu Ping said with a smile.
The man in front of him had not taken care of his appearance for a long time, and his facial hair almost covered his entire face. However, he could still vaguely see his thin cheeks.
"You're not that good," the thin man, Sirius Black, mocked back.
"So you ended up changing the secret keeper, right?"
Blake nodded bitterly, "I killed James and Lily."
"You should save these words for Harry."
"I'm afraid there is no chance. He must also think that I killed his parents."
"Old friend, he is much smarter than you and I thought." Lu Ping smiled lightly.
"I don't expect this now. The only reason I am still alive is to avenge James and his wife." Black couldn't listen to Lupin's words at all, and his eyes were filled with hatred.
"The situation is different," Lupine continued, "Harry and the others want to meet you."
"He believes me?" Blake asked in disbelief.
"I said, the situation is different. We will discuss the details after we meet."
Blake was about to answer
"Split into pieces!"
"Bang--!"
Suddenly there was an angry sound outside the house. Then the entire roof was blown to pieces.
"Blake! You can't escape!" Another stern voice came, giving them an ultimatum.
"It's Barty! Transform--go!" Lupine immediately transformed into a werewolf form
"Tomorrow! Tomorrow night! I'll wait for you under Honeydukes!" Black said the last words before transforming.
Lu Ping nodded, indicating that he understood. Then, the two of them immediately got back into the secret passage and left.
.....
The next day, in the restaurant
Firebolt undoubtedly dominated the headlines today. Even students from other houses gathered around it. Of course, except Slytherin.
"Harry! Put it here and show us!" Cedric Diggory shouted.
"Harry, can I touch you?" This is Percy's girlfriend, Penelope Crevat.
"Okay, okay~" Harry responded to them absentmindedly. He was now thinking about Professor Lupin's tracking results last night.
"What, Tate. Do you want to touch it too? Okay." Looking at Tate who squeezed in beside him, Harry casually handed over the Firebolt.
"Huh? - Oh, okay, okay -" Tate was stunned for a moment and took the broom. "This is really the best broom I have ever seen."
"Haha~Yes", similar compliments made his ears tingle just for a moment.
"How about you go and take his place for a while?" Ivy, who had been watching, joked.
"What am I going to do?" Ron didn't want to wade into this muddy water.
"Don't you understand, brother? We talked about it all the way last night," Hermione also teased.
“I don’t want to be looked at as a monkey.”
"Everyone -" Suddenly, Dumbledore opened the door and entered the auditorium. "Please be quiet. I want to announce something."
The auditorium immediately became quiet, and the little wizards sat uprightly in their seats.
"The Quidditch match originally scheduled for the morning has been postponed to this afternoon."
When this news came out, the whole world exploded. The young wizards were whispering, wondering if Black had done something good again.
"Quiet--!"
"One more thing. All classes this morning are cancelled."
"Yeah——!" Compared with not having to go to class, those are not important.
"But -" Dumbledore hadn't finished yet, "the scope of activities of all students is limited to the castle."
"Ah——!" The ups and downs happened so fast that the little wizards could hardly react.
"There will be dementors searching outside the castle. So don't try to sneak out." Dumbledore looked at everyone seriously.
"Okay, gentlemen and ladies. I wish you a pleasant meal."
After saying that, Dumbledore left directly.
"What's going on!" Hermione asked in surprise
"Something happened. Let's go find Professor Luping." Ivy stood up and walked towards the exit.
"Harry! Harry!" Ron called to Harry and followed him.
I quickly arrived at Professor Lu Ping's office. By coincidence, Lu Ping just opened the door and came out.
"Lou——" Hermione just said one word
"You guys go in first and wait for me. Dumbledore wants to see me for something, I'll be right back." Lu Ping interrupted her directly, gave her instructions, and left.
Ivey and the others were also very obedient and waited quietly in the office.
After a long time, the door was opened
"Professor, what's going on?" Hermione greeted him eagerly.
"I found Sirius last night. But something went wrong," Lupine said slowly.
"Sirius was discovered?" Ivy asked
"Yes and no," said Lupine. "I found him in the Shrieking Treehouse in Hogsmeade last night."
"The Screaming Treehouse? Isn't that a haunted house? And it doesn't even have an entrance," Ron wondered.
"It's not a haunted house. When I was in school, I would go there every full moon night. The ghost screams that people heard were actually my howls after I transformed. Its entrance is not in Hogsmeade Village, but in
Below the Whomping Willow. That Whomping Willow was also planted specifically for me to prevent students who don’t know the truth from approaching.”
Ivey then asked "What then?"
"I succeeded in gaining his trust. But before I could say anything more, people from the Ministry of Magic surrounded the Shrieking Treehouse."
"Ministry of Magic? Are you sure you are from the Ministry of Magic?" Ivy frowned.
"The person who attacked first was Barty Crouch. I'm 100 percent sure it was his voice."
"Is it possible that someone else used magic to imitate it?"
"No," Lupine affirmed. "Dumbledore just told me that the Ministry of Magic received an anonymous letter last night. It said that Sirius Black was in the screaming tree shed."
"Peter Pettigrew," Ivey said in a deep voice, "Only the Marauder's Map can understand your movements so accurately."
"I think so too" Lupine nodded.
"Have you seen the letter? Is it possible to trace it back?"
"The letter is with Dumbledore now. I have read it. But unfortunately, shielding magic was used on it."
"Where's the handwriting? Can you read it?"
"It's not Peter's handwriting. But it doesn't rule out that he deliberately changed the handwriting."
"I'm more inclined to think he found a puppet," Ivey said.
"Puppet? Imperius Curse! Just like Ginny?" Harry said excitedly
"right"
"Can you find out who it is?" Hermione asked.
"It should be a certain student. The scope is too wide, and the Imperius Curse is hidden. It is basically impossible to find it."
"What's the current situation in the Ministry of Magic?" Ivy asked again
"The Ministry of Magic destroyed the Shrieking Treehouse and discovered the underground passage. They suspected that there was more than one secret passage. Black might have quietly entered Hogwarts through other passages."
"So today we are going to thoroughly investigate Hogwarts?"
"right"
"Can they find it?" Ivy looked at Lupin
"It's hard to say," Lupine thought for a while, "If the professors at Hogwarts don't participate in the search, there is a high probability that they will not be exposed."
"Dumbledore can help with this."
"I know, and I will ask for his help."
"Um"
"..." The room suddenly fell into silence
"The situation seems to be getting more and more complicated," Ron sighed after a while.
"Give me some time to think about it." Ivey has no clue at the moment.
"There's no rush," Lupine smiled. "Black has not been exposed, and Peter is still at Hogwarts. Time is not that pressing."