sorry i got lost

The 7k-word water-filled chapter...too lazy to take it apart...

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Because it was confirmed that Dumbledore was indeed unwell at the time, the angry parents pointed their fingers at the Ministry of Magic, and Fudge had to withdraw the dementors, but they seemed to know that there would be no good end after going back. After attacking the guarding wizard again, he fled. Minister Fudge had to launch several scapegoats to take the blame. In order to divert the attention of the reporters, he decisively threw the proposal of "improving the social status of house elves" to the public.

In the gloomy Hogwarts cafeteria hall, everyone sat silently at the dining table, there was no appetite at all, only the long table of Gryffindor was a little lively, and Hermione was handing out the "House Elf Welfare Promotion" Association" emblem.

Ever since the house-elfs rescued them from the dementors, Hogwarts students have joined in, and even Slytherins have secretly asked Hermione for badges.

After distributing all the badges, Hermione made an appointment with them to have a party in Hogsmeade Village on Saturday.

Dobby led a dozen house elves busily shuttled back and forth between the long tables of various colleges carrying plates. After the house elves gained attention, they no longer just silently avoided humans and hid in the basement , but gradually began to appear in front of the students openly.

Although the elves except for Dobby are still barefoot and covered with pillowcases and other things indiscriminately, when they serve food, most of the students will nod at them kindly and dare not Say "thank you" and that'll make them stick a knife in their hand or hit themselves in the head with a stick.

"See, that little elf in the lead?" Draco Malfoy pointed at Dobby proudly and said to the other Slytherins, "He used to serve my family, but my father saw that He pursued freedom, so he mercifully gave him a sock, but it was my father who saved you indirectly!"

While Draco was enjoying the attention, Ron jumped out.

"Down with Malfoy! Obviously it was your stupid father who fell into Harry's trick and gave Dobby free!"

"Nonsense!" Draco retorted with a blushing face, "Will my father be fooled by a brainless fool like Potter? You have to choose a decent liar, Weasley!"

"Did I talk nonsense, you know it yourself!" Ron pushed back without giving in, "With your unique bad temper, would you be willing to let a house-elf leave?"

"How dare you insult my family!" Draco pulled out his wand and pointed at Ron, shouting loudly, "I want you to try it!"

Not to be outdone, Ron said, "Come on!" He also took out his wand and confronted Draco.

"what's going on?"

Like a black cloud, Professor Severus Snape hurried to the cafeteria, glanced at the two people who were confronting each other, and began to favor his own college as usual.

"Ten points from Gryffindor, Weasley, if you don't put away your wand..." Snape narrowed his eyes.

Ron's face flushed instantly, and it was almost connected with his hair. He bit his lower lip tightly and trembled all over.Neville, who was closest to him, hastily tugged at the hem of his robe, and Ron put away his wand angrily this time.

"Humph!"

After snorting coldly with disdain, Snape turned his head and glared at his godson, then he waved his robes and returned to his office with a gust of evil wind.

By Saturday, Hermione was off to Hogsmeade early to get ready for the Vomiting party.

In the Gryffindor lounge, Ron was talking to Harry who was lost because he couldn't go to Hogsmeade.

"Don't worry Harry, I'll bring you a gift back, I have to hurry to the 'vomit' party, if I'm late, Hermione will go crazy..." Ron rolled his eyes and complained: "She It's just crazy now."

"I think Hermione is doing a good job, I know how it feels, you know, I'm treated no better than them at the Dursleys."

Harry shrugged his shoulders and said, because nothing good has happened recently, the encounter is unknown, Sirius is going to kill him, the Nimbus 2000 is broken, and the dementors are attacking. The repeated blows have caused the child to have serious pessimism.

"Oh! I didn't mean that!"

"Yes, I understand..." Harry still couldn't lift his spirits.

"Oh~poor Harry~" Fred, one of the Weasley twins, suddenly appeared and said in an aria-like tone.

The other twin, George Weasley, also appeared in front of Harry, "You look so sad~"

"I think you~need some reassurance~"

"So we~ have prepared a magical little gift~"

"This gift is so amazing~"

"So much so that we are a little bit reluctant~"

"But~ we were last night~"

"Consensus ~"

"You need it more~"

The twins you and me aria that make Harry's head buzz.

"Okay! What the hell is it?"

Afterwards, the twins handed the "Marauder's Map" to Harry and explained how to use it.

"You don't give me such a good thing!" Ron was angry, "I'm your younger brother!"

"Oh~ my dear brother~" George reached out and rubbed Ron's head, and was slapped open by him.

"Harry needs it more now doesn't he? And~"

"Harry's stuff, isn't it your stuff?"

"Your rose-like friendship!"

"Be steadfast and unyielding!"

"No distinction between each other!"

So Ron was persuaded...

After the Weasley brothers left, Harry also came to Hogsmeade village with the help of the Marauder's Map and the Invisibility Cloak. Because Hermione's party was full of people, he didn't go to it, but went alone. People wandered around Hogsmeade village.

In the Three Broomsticks, the recently well-known "Know-it-All" was surrounded by a group of Hogwarts students, and she enthusiastically told everyone about the plan that she and Dobby had discussed together.

"Because the house-elf has become a habit of being enslaved, and according to Dobby, leaving after being given clothes by the master is a kind of contract that goes deep into the soul, so if you have house-elves at home, please don't give them They have money and clothing, and that will make them feel bad."

"If we want to improve the status of the house elves, we can only slowly and subtly, such as giving them some small rewards after work, an apple pie, an unused crystal ball, or something else, and , although we can't give them clothes, but we can make the pillowcases and sacks they wear neat and beautiful..."

"I found out in "The Unknown Side of Fantastic Creatures" that the relationship between the earliest house elves and wizards was not what it is now. In the beginning, they existed like assistants to wizards. In Muggle psychology, there is a saying called "Stockholm Syndrome". It probably means that after a long time when a person is kidnapped, he will develop a good impression of the criminal or something... I think the house-elf will become like this , should be about the same reason.”

After Hermione finished speaking, she took a sip of the butterbeer set in front of her.

"But, what benefits can we gain by doing this?" a Ravenclaw asked, and after seeing the contemptuous looks cast around him, he waved his hands repeatedly and explained, "I mean, how do we convince ourselves Parents and those grown-ups treat elves kindly? Although everyone pays more attention to the existence of house elves because of that incident, what will happen after the influence of this incident gradually fades?"

"As expected of Ravenclaw, who is famous for his wisdom, he considers issues comprehensively..." Dobby, who had been standing by the side without saying a word, finally said, "I can answer this question for you, you should have discovered that it was I who Bringing other little elves to resist the dementors, because of the long-term slave life, most of the little elves have lost their autonomy. They can do many things better, but just for the sake of the master's words. With the credo of "everything", they will only complete orders meticulously, never do less, but they will never do more. Especially when encountering emergencies, they are completely at a loss... "

"Ah! That's right!" said a pure-blooded Hufflepuff. "There was a time when the spell on my locker went wrong, and my father didn't know it, and asked our Mary to take something from it. Obviously at the time All it takes is a Restoring Charm, but Mary thinks she broke the locker and beats herself so badly that she ends up going to hang herself." said the Hufflepuff The student shrugged helplessly.

"That's it," Dobby nodded and continued, "So it's good for you to treat the house-elves kindly. In addition, it's better to let those house-elves communicate more, as long as you take care of this matter." Just assign it to them as a job, for example, let them come to Hogwarts to chat with me for an hour or something."

Dobby finally threw out the most important link.

Afterwards, everyone expressed their opinions and then dispersed.And Hermione went straight to the library, because too many things happened recently, and she hadn't finished her homework. The only good news is that Buckbeak's trial date has been postponed because the Ministry of Magic is very busy. So she didn't have to be busy preparing testimony for Hagrid for the time being.

In the gloomy atmosphere, Christmas ushered in, and the naughty divination professor Sybill Trelawney also attended the Christmas lunch. , Harry and Ron, who had been sniffing at her, became nervous. Even Hermione and Professor McGonagall just squirmed their lips and said nothing. Because of the dementor incident, this professor who likes to predict the death of others seems to be In the upswing of the career.

After a dreary lunch, Hermione took Professor McGonagall to the Gryffindor common room and confiscated Harry's Christmas gift—the Firebolt without any information.Ron, who was already upset because of Crookshanks' attack on Scabbers, had a big fight with Hermione. Although Harry knew that Hermione was good to him, he couldn't accept it emotionally, so Hermione stopped. Show up in the public room, spending time preparing for Hagrid's testimony and "vomiting" projects.

After the start of the new semester, Harry finally got back the Firebolt on the eve of the game against Ravenclaw. He was trying to take this opportunity to reconcile with Hermione, but another incident happened where Spots disappeared, leaving only a pool of blood. thing, and it turned out that Ron and Hermione had a complete falling out.

The cold war between the two lasted until the exam week. Even if Gryffindor defeated Slytherin and won the Quidditch trophy, the two of them could not say a word.

"After the exam, I have to go to Buckbeak's hearing." Hagrid's protection of magical creatures exam was very simple, so he was able to find time to talk to Harry, "Are Ron and Hermione still arguing?"

"Yes...the two of them are not willing to bow their heads first." Harry shrugged his shoulders after looking at the Flobber caterpillar in his box, and said helplessly: "Actually, as long as one of them admits his mistake first, it will be fine." ..."

Hagrid glanced at Ron and Hermione, who were sitting at the two ends of the students, patted Harry on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, it'll be fine!"

Harry's last test was the divination exam. After enduring the weird and uncomfortable environment in the divination classroom and the aggressive questioning from Professor Trelawney, Harry finally finished his divination. When he was about to leave, Terry Professor Laurie made a prophecy with vacant eyes.

"It's going to happen tonight."

"Excuse me?" Harry turned around.

Professor Trelawney didn't seem to hear, his eyes started to move wildly, and he continued to speak in a hoarse voice that didn't belong to him.

"The Dark Lord lies alone, friendless and abandoned by his fellows. For twelve years his servant has been chained. Tonight, before midnight, the servant will break free from his chains and set out in search of his master. The Dark Lord will With the help of servants and aliens, they are stronger and more terrifying than ever before. And the aliens who help the Dark Lord will change the status quo of the entire wizarding world. With the rise of new forces, the wizarding world will no longer be The world of wizards. Tonight...before midnight...no one can stop..."

After making the prophecy, Professor Trelawney recovered and couldn't remember what she said before.

After Harry returned to the common room, he was about to speak to Ron about the prophecy, but he grabbed him and dragged him outside.

"Hagrid is going to Buckbeak's hearing. Let's go see him off. I don't want to be called a guy who doesn't care about my friends by Miss Know-it-all again!" Ron said angrily.

After the two came to Hagrid's cabin to say goodbye to him, Harry tried to tell Ron the prophecy again, but he was interrupted again just as he opened his mouth.

"Spotted!"

With a yell of surprise, Ron shoved Harry away with a sharp shoulder, and grabbed a mouse on Hagrid's desk. It was almost hairless and didn't look like it would live long.

"Scabbard, what are you doing here?" Ron held onto the writhing Scabber firmly, and said, "It's okay, Scabber! That damned cat isn't here!"

After stuffing it into his pocket, Ron said to Harry who was knocked away by him: "Sorry Harry, I was too excited."

"Oh, it's nothing..." Harry rubbed his chest and said, "Since Scabbers was not eaten by Crookshanks, then you wronged her, go and apologize to her."

Ron froze for a moment, and after scratching his hair, his shoulders slumped, "Okay... I missed her..."

They left Hagrid's hut and walked towards the castle. When they reached the open field, they heard the sound of huge feet treading lightly on the ground, and something was approaching from behind.

Harry and Ron turned around to see a large, pale-eyed, jet-black dog leaping at them, knocking Harry to the ground just as he pulled out his wand. After getting up, I could only see the big dog dragging Ron into the Forbidden Forest like a rag doll.

Harry quickly chased after him, it was already late in the sky, he took out his wand and made a "fluorescent flash", and then the light on the wand, Harry saw the big dog dragging Ron into the hole under the Whomping Willow In a wide opening at the root of a tree.

"Ron!" Harry yelled, trying to follow, but a big branch yanked towards him, and Harry was forced to back away.

Just as Harry was spinning around in a hurry, a big ginger cat rushed between the waving branches of Whomping Willow, and when it rested its front paws on a knot in the trunk, all the branches stood still Moved.

"Crookshanks?" Harry whispered in surprise, holding up his wand, he followed Crookshanks into the big opening.

Through the dark hallway, Harry came to the Shrieking Shack.

In the Shrieking Shack, Harry met Sirius Black, and Professor Lupine came over shortly afterwards. During the conversation with the two, Harry knew that Lupine was a werewolf and learned about the murder of his parents. The truth, when they led Pettigrew Peter out of the tree hole, Harry found that the invisibility cloak he had left beside the Whomping Willow was missing. Just as he and Ron were looking around, Lupine who forgot to take the medicine turned into a ghost under the moonlight. Becoming a werewolf, Wormtail took advantage of Black's turning into a big dog to suppress Lupin, and slipped into the bushes in the form of a mouse.

Lupine, who became a werewolf, fought with the big dog that Sirius turned into for a while, then pushed Sirius away and got into the Forbidden Forest.

"There seems to be something moving over there! Go and have a look!"

Not far away came the voice of a Ministry of Magic Auror.

"Sirius, hurry up! Hide in the Whomping Willow!" Harry panicked and said to the big dog covered in injuries, "The Ministry of Magic is here!"

The big dog who was going to chase Peter Pettigrew growled unwillingly, and got into the tree hole.

Several figures broke through the bushes and appeared in front of Ron and Harry. Besides the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic, Professor Snape was among them.

"Let's see... Potter and Weasley... fifty points deducted from Gryffindor," Snape didn't ask anything, and directly deducted points from the Lion House.

"Listen to me!" Harry ignored Snape and shouted at the Ministry of Magic, "Sirius was wronged! I just met him!"

"You met him!" Snape grabbed Harry's shoulder and pulled him back, with hatred in his eyes, he asked viciously, "Where is he?!"

"He's gone... but he was wronged! Peter Pettigrew was the real murderer of my parents!" Harry shouted without panting, and Ron nodded repeatedly.

"I think your stupid brain is broken!" Snape said. "So bad that you have hallucinations... Peter Pettigrew died 12 years ago..."

"He's an Animagus! He's the one who made Ron's mouse! Sirius came to Hogwarts not for me but for him!"

"Then where is that mouse you call?"

"Just escaped by him..."

"Hmph! I think you're talking nonsense! Tell us now, where did Black escape?" Snape laughed contemptuously.

"I'm not lying! Ron can testify!"

"That's right! We saw Scabbers transform into a small wizard!"

"Gryffindor deducted [-] points for deceiving the professor. If you keep talking nonsense, I will continue to deduct ten points!"

"We didn't lie to you!" Harry yelled, shaking with rage.

"That's right!" Ron slapped his forehead, "Professor Lupine! Professor Lupine can testify for us! He saw it too!"

"Oh?" Snape asked maliciously, rolling up his thin lips, "and where is Professor Lupine?"

"He just turned into a werewolf and went crazy. After fighting with Sirius for a while, he got into the Forbidden Forest..." Ron replied quickly.

"Werewolf?" After searching for a while without any results, the Aurors came back, and happened to hear this sentence, one of them asked in surprise, "Professor Lupine is a werewolf?"

Snape, on the other hand, took a step back and stood aside with a schadenfreude smile on his face.

In the end, Harry and Ron failed to convince the people in the Ministry of Magic what they said, and because they exposed Professor Lupine's identity as a werewolf, he may no longer be able to teach at Hogwarts.Madam Pomfrey thought they were hallucinating from being frightened by werewolves, and sent them to the hospital wing.

"Damn! No one believes us!"

It wasn't until the next day that Harry and Ron came out of the medical wing and saw Professor Lupine carrying a suitcase, talking to Hermione not far away.The two stepped forward, and Lupine took out the Marauder's Map and handed it to Harry.

"I'm no longer your teacher, so I don't see any harm in giving this back to you. This map is of no use to me, and I dare say you, Ron and Hermione will find it Useful."

"Why?" Harry asked in surprise, "You are the best Defense Against Magic teacher who has ever taught us! Why did you leave Hogwarts? Just because you are a werewolf?"

"Yes," sighed Lupine, "parents wouldn't want a werewolf to teach their children, Harry. And they've been more sensitive since the dementor incident."

"It's all my fault! I was deceived by Snape!" Ron was extremely annoyed.

Lupine smiled, patted Ron on the shoulder and said, "It wasn't your fault, Ron. After what happened last night, I think they were right. I might bite any of you People... This kind of thing must never happen again. Even if you didn't leak your words, I will hand in my resignation myself." After saying this, he waved to Harry and the others, picked up his luggage and left.

"Uh... that... Hermione..." Ron opened his mouth, then lowered his head and whispered to Hermione, "I'm sorry..."

Hermione raised her head proudly first, and after a soft snort, she expressed her mercy and forgave Ron.

After hearing about what happened to the two last night, she scratched her hair manically and shouted.

"Damn it! Why didn't you come to me?!"

"Uh...Ron was dragged away by Sirius at the time, I was afraid he would be eaten..."

"I didn't mean that! If only you would come to me directly after being brought back by Snape!" Hermione stomped her feet fiercely, and said that she had a Time Converter, "But this thing only It can be valid on the same day, and after zero o'clock, you can't jump to the previous day!" She rubbed her hair into a mess again.

"No, I don't think it's useful..." Harry said Professor Trelawney's prophecy, "She was in a very strange state at the time, and all the prophecies about Pettigrew Peter were right, but she didn't know What do you mean by the strangers?"

The learned Hermione couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a while, so she suggested that Harry go to Dumbledore to ask.

After Harry returned from Dumbledore, his mood did not improve until he received a letter from Sirius the day before he was about to leave Hogwarts.

When all the students left Hogwarts, members of the fff regiment gathered in the kitchen in the basement.

"Master Yoda, why did we let Peter Pettigrew go?" an elf asked puzzled.

"Didn't Ludwig say that, judging from the prophecy he overheard, Wormtail is the key to the resurrection of the Dark Lord. Only when the Dark Lord is resurrected will we have a chance to enter the Ministry of Magic to steal that magical artifact." Zhang Taiping sat on a chair, pointed to another elf, and replied without raising his head. He was analyzing the invisibility cloak in his hand. The invisibility cloak handed down from the Potter family is worthy of the Three Hallows of Death One, Taiping has been in his hands for so long, but he still hasn't been able to analyze much of the content, and he can cast spells on things like the Marauder's Map on the spot, making it impossible to track the house-elf.

The little elf was still worried and said: "But if the Dark Lord is resurrected..."

"So what if you're resurrected?" Dobby interrupted him, "Even if he rules the magic world in the future, it won't have much to do with us..." After Zhang Taiping's training, Dobby gradually developed some The look of a leader.

Taiping nodded in satisfaction, "Dobby, keep in touch with Hermione during the summer vacation. The most likely place where Dumbledore's Order of the Phoenix gathers is the main house of the Black family and the Burrow of the Weasley family. The information given by Bee is correct, then Kreacher of the Black family is a very important elf. So if you have a chance, you must follow Hermione to meet him."

"Yes! Dobby understands!"

"Then it's over, I will continue to study this thing."

Zhang Taiping waved his hand, put the invisibility cloak on his body, and disappeared.

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ps: Originally, I wanted to try to slow down the progress of the plot...I didn't expect to speed through the third volume...Delaying the plot is also a technical job...(ˉ﹃ˉ)

ps2: As I said, I want to write this volume in a serious direction...

ps3: In the book "Where Are the Fantastic Beasts", there are no house elves. The elves in it are another kind of creature, but it's a fan... you know...

psp: In fact, there are still a few who pinched him in it, but I didn’t note it, because that’s not serious enough... I don’t know if you can find it out ╮(╯▽╰)╭