The Little Superman of Hogwarts

"Harry, you've really become confident!" Ron said first: "It's like losing my brother. Although it was a bit hard at the beginning, I feel like I'm better than before now!"

Harry, Ron, and Cedric had some common ground in certain aspects, so it didn't seem so bad.

Just like that, after chatting for a while, Kerry decided to tell him about Sirius.

"Harry, you actually have a relative, did you know?" Kerry said.

"What?" Harry looked incredulous.

"Sirius Black—your father found you a godfather before you were born." Kerry explained: "A very good wizard! The last male member of the Black family."

Harry Potter looked completely stunned, as if he had been hammered: "I don't know at all, no one told me!"

"Hagrid didn't tell you either?" Kerry asked.

"Hagrid... wait... it seems that at one point, he let it slip!

I remember, he mentioned the name once!" Harry suddenly recalled a distant memory: "It was when I was in the first grade, he mentioned the name."

"Unfortunately, I still have to tell you... your godfather has always been locked up in Azkaban prison!" Kerry explained: "Some complicated reasons led to him being regarded as a Death Eater, but unfortunately, he is now dead…

Just a few days ago…"

Kerry carefully chose his words and slowly told Harry.

Harry was stunned. He didn't expect to hear about his godfather for the first time like this.

Harry stared at Kerry, trying to find evidence that Kerry was joking, but unfortunately, Kerry looked serious and didn't look like he was joking at all. Harry suddenly felt like he had been hammered deep inside.

"My godfather?" Harry looked up at the sun, talking to himself.

"Oh my!" Ron exclaimed from the side, with a hint of sympathy in his tone, and patted Harry on the back.

Cedric also remained silent, he could only put his hand on Harry's shoulder and pat him gently.

"I'm fine…" Harry said: "Can you tell me the story of my godfather?"

Kerry nodded and, according to what he knew, told Harry some famous stories about Sirius in chronological order.

Sirius's family, Sirius's birth and family, all the way to some interesting stories from his student days. From time to time, some humorous stories were interspersed, making everyone laugh and relieving a lot of the atmosphere.

Kerry stopped when he talked about Voldemort killing Harry.

"Why don't you continue?" Harry asked with tears in his eyes.

"What I'm going to tell you next is a very cruel thing." Kerry said, "I hope you can hold on."

"Of course!" Harry clearly realized that his friend was going to tell him some secrets about his parents.

"I said before that the Marauder's Map in your hand was made by 4 people!

Now listen to my explanation—

The creators of the Marauder's Map are: Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Sirius Black, and James Potter. They invented it together."

Hearing this, Harry and the others looked inquiringly. Kerry nodded and continued: "That's right, Remus Lupin is our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher this year, Professor Lupin!

And James Potter is your father, Harry!

In addition to these two people, there is also your godfather, Sirius!

And the last one is—Peter Pettigrew!"

Kerry paused deliberately here. At this time, there was a burst of startling commotion from Ron's pocket.

Kerry glanced at it, revealing an obscure smile, and pretended not to notice, continuing: "The Marauder's Map is a tool specially used by the four of them to achieve pranks!

After bedtime, they often transformed into animals to explore everywhere, so they knew a lot about the underground passages of Hogwarts!

Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and James Potter were all Animagi, and Remus Lupin…

Regarding Professor Lupin, please allow me to talk about it later, this is a little secret of Professor Lupin!

They created the secret passages they discovered into the Marauder's Map. The map is written with the names of these creators, and they use nicknames known only to each other, which represent the animals they transform into:

Moony represents Professor Lupin…

Wormtail refers to Pettigrew, who transforms into a rat, which is also his Animagus form.

Padfoot refers to Black, who transforms into a dog!

And Prongs—Harry, your father is an Animagus, James Potter, who transforms into a stag! Prongs represents antlers!"

After Harry heard that Sirius's Animagus form was a dog, he suddenly felt like he had been struck by lightning.

He recalled the dark eyes on the first day of school… that was Sirius's shadow left behind while secretly observing Harry.

Harry had glanced at it inadvertently in the dark, and of course he felt abnormal, but the Dementor appeared quickly, causing Harry to leave those eyes.

"I think I should have met my godfather." Harry recalled: "It was a big black dog, right?"

"Yes! Sirius's Animagus form is a big black dog." Kerry said.

The four people sat silently for a long time, waiting for Harry to digest this information.

After being silent for about five or six minutes, Harry raised his head and asked: "Then…

You just said he was in Azkaban, so what's going on?"

Kerry smiled and took out his wand—the metal wand Hercules, and then took out a finger wand, which he made himself, and put it on the index finger of his left hand.

"Voldemort got a prophecy about you back then. In that prophecy, you will be the one to defeat Voldemort!" Kerry said: "So all the Death Eaters were desperately looking for you, that savior sent by heaven!"

"In this context, your father and mother had to stay in a house under the Fidelius Charm.

You know what the Fidelius Charm is, right!"

Harry thought for a few seconds, and then Cedric said the spell: "Fidelius Charm!"

"That's right!" Kerry nodded: "This is an extremely complex spell!

It uses magic to hide someone's secret forever in the soul of a living person!

The secret is hidden in the heart of the chosen person—the Secret-Keeper—so it will never be discovered—unless the Secret-Keeper actively reveals it.

As long as the Secret-Keeper does not reveal it, even if thieves put their noses against the glass of their living room, they will not see them."

Hearing this, the faces of the three people besides Kerry changed drastically. They all realized the problem. As long as this Secret-Keeper did not reveal the address, then Harry Potter and his parents would be safe forever!

But now they are dead… which means…

"The Secret-Keeper of the Fidelius Charm betrayed them!" Ron's eyes widened.

"That's right! Someone betrayed them! That's why Voldemort found your parents, and why you have that scar on your forehead!" Cree explained.

"Could it be Sirius? Did my godfather betray my parents?" Harry reacted quickly. He reached up and touched his forehead, frowning. The guess seemed reasonable, but also terrifying!

"Ron, Cedric, what do you think?" This wasn't Cree deliberately keeping them in suspense, but rather wanting to train the two of them.

Ron pondered for several seconds before saying, "I think he's right. As a godfather, he must be a trustworthy Secret-Keeper. If I were Harry's parents, that's what I'd do."

Hearing this description, Harry felt it made sense. However, Ron didn't notice—just after he finished speaking, an uneasy stirring came from his pocket. It was Scabbers moving around. He didn't pay attention and smoothed out his pocket with his hand.

On the other side, Cedric looked at Ron, frowning. He said, "Everyone would trust Harry's godfather, which would make Sirius obviously dangerous!

I don't think that's the right arrangement. If I were arranging it, I would definitely choose someone unexpected, someone no one would suspect!"

Cree nodded in satisfaction. As expected, Cedric was the smartest and the most outstanding leader.

"Harry's parents initially chose Sirius, but soon, Harry's godfather realized the problem. So, he pretended to continue being the Secret-Keeper, but secretly changed the Secret-Keeper!"

Speaking here, Cree stopped. He turned his eyes, his gaze fixed on Ron's pocket.

At this moment, the rat in the pocket was trembling and didn't dare to move. He listened to the conversation of the people outside in horror, feeling like the end of the world had arrived.

Ron initially thought Cree was looking down on his intelligence, but when he saw Cree staring at his pocket, he was also confused.

"Why are you looking at me? I don't think I betrayed Harry's father!" Ron touched his forehead, confirming that he still had a nose and two eyes.

"The names of the four creators on the Marauder's Map naturally all believed that the others were friends they could rely on.

But in reality—Professor Lupin was unable to serve as Secret-Keeper due to his own condition.

Although Sirius served as Secret-Keeper for a period of time, he quickly stepped down.

So, who do you think the real Secret-Keeper was?"

"Wormtail!" "That rat!" "Peter Pettigrew!" Three different voices, but referring to the same person.

Cree smiled and nodded: "That's right!"

"Peter Pettigrew, whom we are used to calling Wormtail Peter!

He became a Death Eater in the early 80s, and after becoming the Secret-Keeper for Harry's parents, he quickly betrayed them.

And made the whole world believe that the betrayer was Sirius!

But Sirius certainly knew that the real betrayer was Peter. He once tried to kill Wormtail, and then an explosion occurred at the scene, and only one of Wormtail's fingers was found!

In the eyes of outsiders, Sirius was arrested for betraying the Potter family and murdering Peter Pettigrew and Muggle bystanders.

Peter Pettigrew, as the deceased, even received a medal of honor!

And his mother received his 'remains'—only one finger."

"Don't you think there's something wrong here?

Unfortunately… how could such a cunning guy like Wormtail die so easily?"

Saying this, Cree stared intently at Ron's pocket.

"The good don't live long, but the wicked live for a thousand years!" Cree said this sentence in Chinese.

"He only lost that finger!" Cree paused here, and continued: "Am I right? Mr. Pettigrew!"

Cree waved his hand, and an invisible shield appeared around, surrounding the entire pavilion.

"Aren't you coming out yet? Pettigrew you little rat!" Cree pointed his wand at Ron's chest.

"Why are you pointing your wand at me? I'm not that guy!" Ron looked angry.

Cedric and Harry seemed to realize something. Their eyes darted rapidly, a sign of intense mental activity.

A thought formed in Harry's mind—

Peter Pettigrew, Death Eater, unregistered Animagus, form is a rat—

Ron Weasley, ordinary student, has a pet rat—Scabbers!

Peter Pettigrew, voluntarily cut off his finger—

The little rat Scabbers has been in Ron's family for more than ten years, which coincides with the time of the Harry family's misfortune, and [that rat also has a missing finger!]

At this moment, Harry felt that he had discovered an incredible secret.

Ron was still confused, and a rat crawled out of his pocket, shaking its body—the little rat, Scabbers!

Cree pointed both of his wands at the rat.

Ron seemed to belatedly realize something and looked at Cree in shock. He seemed to have heard the hidden meaning.

"But no, Scabbers is just an ordinary rat!" Ron defended, as the rat fell from Ron's body onto the plate in the middle of the pavilion.

"Let him go! Let me undo the spell!" Cree then easily took out his wand.

Two beams of blue light spurted out from both wands. In an instant, Scabbers stopped in mid-air, his small gray body thrashing wildly—Ron shouted—the rat fell to the ground, followed by a dazzling flash of light, and then—like a time-lapse of a tree growing, a head came out, and limbs came out too.

After a moment, a man stood where Scabbers had been, cowering and wringing his hands!

Pettigrew lived up to his name, he was a very short man, not much taller than Harry, and much shorter than Cedric and Ron.

His sparse, lusterless hair was messy, with a large bald patch on top. He looked wrinkled, like a fat man who had lost a lot of weight in a short period of time; his skin was dirty, almost like Scabbers' fur, and his pointed nose and beady green eyes still had some rat-like features. He glanced at everyone, breathing rapidly, and was obviously extremely nervous.

Sure enough, there are no wrong nicknames, only wrong names. Wormtail was indeed just a worm.

"I didn't betray James and Lily! Sirius betrayed them!" Such a cowardly person was still quibbling at this point.

Cree didn't respond at all. Harry, Ron, and Cedric were seeing this Wormtail for the first time and didn't believe him at all. Of course, they trusted their partners more.

The four of them looked at Wormtail coldly, and Wormtail's heart sank.