Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Chapter 117 Easter Holiday

On the last Friday before Easter, everyone in the school newspaper office ran out to start a small fire again.

Today is Nash's birthday. Except for Bert, who had to undergo the pain of transformation at night, everyone else ran over. Everyone helped Nash celebrate in a lively manner. It was not until after the game that Moon carried him on his back. The little bundle hurried to the Shrieking Shack.

"Hey, Sirius, Remus, and Bert." Moon said hello to the three of them - or one dog and two wolves. Then he put down his bulging backpack and took out boxes after boxes of desserts and snacks. Meat "Come and eat something, everyone asked me to bring it to you."

Sirius returned to his human form and sat down next to Moon. He grabbed two chicken drumsticks and threw them to Burt and Remus. Then he opened a bottle of pumpkin juice for himself and said with a smile: "Hey, Let me tell you something interesting, Moon. Before I came here today, Remus told me that Whiz Hard Books, you know, the company that published "The Human Heart". Uh, "The Furry Nose" "The Human Heart" is the book about the struggle between wizards and lycanthropy."

Seeing Moon nodding, Sirius took a sip of pumpkin juice and continued, "Their people contacted Remus and said they wanted Remus to write an autobiography. The editor swore that Remus would James's autobiography will definitely rival Gilderoy Lockhart's book on the bestseller list."

Moon looked at Remus with interest, and found that Remus, who had turned into a giant wolf, was rolling his eyes over there - obviously, Sirius had definitely added fuel to his message.

However, he still clapped his wrist and said with admiration: "It sounds very good. Writing an autobiography can not only make money, but also promote the werewolves. Isn't it great?"

Sirius seemed to have found recognition and quickly answered, "That's what I said too! But the problem is, Remus refuses to write anything, and I don't know what he is embarrassed about."

While Moon was chatting with Sirius, he was suddenly distracted by the sudden mention of Gilderoy Lockhart.

Although Professor Greengrass has not had any problems so far, no one can guarantee that the curse of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor who does not know whether it is true or false will suddenly come out one day and give Professor Greengrass an iron fist.If this happens, then he still has to think about it - he can't really let Professor Dumbledore invite Gilderoy Lockhart to Hogwarts as a professor next year.

Originally, the rules and regulations of Hogwarts were mixed, and the Defense Against the Dark Arts classes in previous years were getting worse year by year. Quirrell's stumbling and hemming class could even be considered one of the more reliable ones. Yes.This year we finally got a top-notch Professor Greengrass, and next year he will be replaced by Lockhart. The teaching quality of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class will definitely plummet again.

Looking at it this way, even if the little wizards at Hogwarts have already had a much better life than before, their fate in the future will still be just as bad...

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On the [-]th, the little wizards, who finally had the Easter holiday, boarded the express train home with great joy.

After formally agreeing with Violet on a date to visit her home, Moon, who couldn't stand the warm greetings and chats of her classmates, had to run to the bathroom and hide for a while. She didn't leave until the train started to move. He came out of the bathroom again and returned to the box where Cedric and the others were.

"I think what you said is wrong." Cedric was retorting passionately to Arlin. "Although Professor Kettleburn is a little unreliable, at least what he teaches is indeed useful."

Arlin held the quill candy in his mouth and muttered, "The fact is that if what he taught was really that useful, he wouldn't be like this - look at him, Cedry Well, Professor Kettleburn only has less than half of his intact limbs left."

Moon sat next to Gal, who was carefully identifying Bibi's multi-flavor beans, and bumped him lightly. "Hey, Gal, what are they arguing about?"

Gal raised his head blankly, reacted for a moment, and then said: "Oh, didn't Professor Kettleburn leave a two-foot paper before the vacation, asking us to write about our knowledge and opinions about unicorns? Ya Erling complained twice about the homework, and then complained twice about Professor Kettleburn's unreliable courses. Cedric felt that Professor Kettleburn's teaching method did have some good points, so he started to debate with Arling. .”

He picked out a Bibi multi-flavor bean and threw it into his mouth, then chewed the bean with a smile on his face. "I think they both have free time. Speaking of this, Moon, please remember to send it to me for reference after you finish your homework. Thank you very much." "

"..." Moon looked at Gal speechlessly, then pulled out a roll of parchment from his bag, and cast a copying spell on the homework, "Destroy after reading. Remember to change more things, otherwise Professor Kettleburn will Like last time, I’ll let you spend the entire class drying out thestrals’ dung.”

"Don't worry, I know." Gal's happiness doubled again. He contentedly put away the homework that Munn copied for him, and then picked up Bibi's multi-flavor beans there, and stuffed one into Munn's hand. .

Moon threw it into his mouth and smacked the taste - it tasted like honey, so he started chewing it with a smile on his face.

"I dare say that even if another professor were to teach the Care of Magical Creatures class, the effect would not be much worse!" Arlin spread his hands. "I mean, at least other professors won't be like Professor Kettleburn. , you should be looking forward to bringing the fire dragon to class every day. Are you right, Moon?"

Moon took the other Bibi multi-flavor bean handed over by Gal, hesitated for a moment and then said: "I don't think it's right."

Ya'erlin's eyes widened and he angrily snatched the Bibi multi-flavor beans from Moon's hand and threw them into his mouth. "What's wrong? Could there be someone who dreams of bringing fire dragons to class every day?" Really? Even Professor Snape probably wouldn’t be able to do such a thing!”

"Many people who like magical animals are like this. Doesn't Hagrid call the fire dragon 'the grumpy little cutie' every day?" Moon explained: "Besides, if it were a professor, maybe they would not follow suit." You talk about fire dragons, but you are asked to feed lettuce and wipe mucus to Flobber caterpillars every day."

Arlin thought about Moon's words, and finally declared the failure of his debate in disgust.

Cedric laughed there, not realizing that what Moon was talking about was probably the fact that they were about to encounter in the future.

Do you think your Care of Magical Creatures professor can only talk to you about fire dragons every day?

No, he can also let you give the Flobber caterpillar a bath!

But to be honest, maybe giving a Flobber caterpillar a bath would be a better thing than taking a snail for a walk.

When the train finally stopped slowly at King's Cross Station, the little wizards said goodbye to each other, walked out of the platform, and ran towards their families.Moon and Cedric were no exception, and when they went out, their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, and Violet's mother were standing together, chatting with each other.

And Sirius was also standing among them. Obviously, he should have come to pick up Harry. During this holiday, he did not leave on the express train with the young wizards, but went ahead by himself, taking Remus with him. Left school together.

Hesper and Quaid left the station much faster than Moon and the others, because after getting off the train, Moon and the others waited for a few people from Violet's dormitory.

As the little wizards filed out, one family after another left the station. After wishing each other a happy holiday, everyone in the Shafiq family did not stay any longer and walked straight into the street outside the station.

"Let's go home. I guess Edgar is almost anxious at home." Golov said with a smile: "An is watching him at home to prevent him from being too restless and having to run out. During this period After he was banned, he was almost exhausted at home."

Moon could almost imagine Uncle Edgar's impatient expression of wanting to go back to work. He shook his head helplessly, "Just wait. If it comes to May, Rodriguez and the Crow Party will still be there." If there is no action, there is no need for us to continue to defend."

"I think so too." Golov nodded slightly and agreed with Moon's idea. "I have heard about Rodriguez. Although he is indeed smart, he may not really be able to see so far-term and leave so much behind." Foreshadowing. Maybe they deliberately terminated Edgar's transformation just because they wanted to use Edgar to stir up trouble in the Ministry of Magic. It may not be that they really left any back-up plan."

"Moreover, if Edgar is really transformed into a monster like the Crow Dragon, then the Crow Party will inevitably be exposed and make everyone aware of their comeback. By then, they will have no room to hide, It can only become the public enemy of the British wizarding community again - didn't you infer before that the Crow Party had a small plan from the beginning, and just wanted to use the werewolf riots to control the change of power within the Ministry of Magic?"

Moon explained: "That was just a judgment from the beginning. Later, all signs showed that there was partisanship within the Crow Party. Some people wanted to keep the Crow Party hiding behind the scenes. Some people, namely Rodriguez, Some of the representatives wanted to bring the Crows back to life, and that's where the differences in their operations came from."

Golov frowned, but soon gave up worrying about these things.He pointed to the dilapidated trash can in front of him, "We are almost there - don't think about it, Moon, before the Crow Party people make their next move, no matter how smart you are, you won't be able to deduce more things. Instead of worrying about these things, let yourself relax and just be ready to take the next step."

Moon nodded, but Quaid, who had been listening quietly next to him, raised his own question, "If those dark wizards are really such a big hidden danger, then why doesn't the Ministry of Magic just arrest them all? Even if Kang If Nellie Fudge couldn’t do it, couldn’t those previous ministers also?”

Golov sighed, "Things are not that simple, Quaid. Everyone knows that dark wizards are dangerous, but the problem is that the enemy is in darkness and we are in the clear. Those dark wizards have too many places to hide and survive. The Ministry of Magic will never It’s impossible to catch all these people. With the help of magic, if a capable adult wizard insists on hiding, it will be difficult for anyone to find his traces.”

"And, more importantly, things tend to happen like a group of people are caught here, and a group of people are caught there - in every generation there will be people who go astray, pursuing strength, pursuing a long life, pursuing power and prestige... People like this will never be caught. As long as people like this exist, dark wizards will never disappear."

Quaid made a vague sound of understanding and began to think there. Golov finally stopped by the trash can and motioned to the three children about the hole on the side of the trash can. Boots "Here, portkey, let's use this to get home."

The three little wizards understood and quickly found their positions beside the trash can. Then, following Golov's order, they grabbed the boots with their hands.

The world was spinning for a while, just like last time. When the power of the portkey ended and several people landed outside the door of Shafiq Manor again, Moon almost lost his balance again. Fortunately, the tree trunk next to him gave him a support. borrowing point.

"Huh..." Moon shook his head and rejected Quaid's hand to help him. "It's hard to adapt to apparation, but then you have to adapt to the portkey. This is really..."

"Take your time." Golov smiled and patted Moon on the back, waving his wand and opening the door of Shafiq Manor. "Let's go home."

A group of four people walked all the way across the stone road of the manor and went straight to the main building.As a result, just as he arrived at the entrance of the hall, Edgar rushed out from inside, with excitement on his face, "Haha! You are finally back! You miss me so much!"

Owen took a step slower. When he came to the side, Edgar had already held Hesper and Quaid in his arms. Only Moon's hands were still free.So Ouen had no choice but to come up and grab Munn's hand, pulling Munn towards the hall.

Then, when passing by Edgar, Edgar quietly stretched out his hand and pulled Moon over.

Ou En's little face suddenly lost his composure. He looked at Edgar angrily, put his two little hands on his waist, and shouted directly: "Dad! Uncle Edgar is cheating! I agreed to at least kill him." Brother Moon left it to me!"

Golov looked at Edgar dumbfounded. As a result, Edgar, who knew he was in the wrong, had turned his head away, like a little kid who was playing tricks.

Moon hurriedly pulled Edgar's hand off his clothes, and then turned to Owen again.The little guy then showed a smile and yelled again, pulling Munn and running towards the hall.

"You are really more childish than Ern." Golov glared angrily at Edgar who raised his head again, but then he didn't stop himself and laughed out loud.

Edgar stood up and took the hands of Hesper and Quaid with Smiley Face. As he followed Golov inside, he said, "You can't blame me. I finally escaped death. Now that I have regained my life, now that I have met Hesper and Quaid, why don’t you let me express my emotions?”

"Yes, yes, you are right anyway. You have been right since you were a child." Golov took off his coat and put it on his forearm. "You used to use the same rhetoric when you grabbed meat from my plate. When I was a child, An and I You’re robbing things, even when you’re so old, you’re robbing Ouen. I think if any of them have children in the future, you’ll have to do the same with your grandchildren.”

"We are all a family. We can't rob him of anything." Edgar made a face at Hesper, making Hesper laugh non-stop. "It's because Ern is still young, so we have to let him Learn to share.”

"Then you can share some of your wages from now on."

"I do not."

Half an hour later, when the family sat around the dinner table, everyone had returned to their happy appearance.

In fact, Owen would not care about anything with Edgar. In his words, he is already a big boy and he must give way to Uncle Edgar.

Edgar gave in to this.

No way, Edgar can always be shockingly confident in these matters.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to have a snowball fight with the children without having to pull out his wand.

"So, Violet and her family are going to be guests next Wednesday?" Golov looked at Moon. "Then do you want to invite Ms. Euphemia?"

"Violet's grandma?" Moon shook his head, "No, they should come with Ms. Euphemia by then."

"Okay, then I will ask Buffy and the others to pay more attention to the arrangement of the manor in the past two days." Golov nodded lightly and said happily: "It's good. I was still thinking about when to invite them over as guests. Come on, after all, we have disturbed others, so we must reciprocate politely."

"What's more, she is Moon's little girlfriend." Edgar raised his head, winked at Moon, and said teasingly, "Yes, Moon."

"Eat your food, Uncle Edgar." Moon curled his lips, "Don't forget, you promised to bring a girlfriend back, but I haven't met her in person yet."

Edgar was choked when he heard this, and then shouted loudly, "She's just a girlfriend. I'll bring her back to you tomorrow to see bulabula..."

For a moment, the entire table was filled with cheerful laughter.

There was no way, who told him that it was really impossible to bring his girlfriend back tomorrow, after all, he couldn't leave Shafiq Manor at all now - if he hadn't understood this, Moon wouldn't have used this matter to fought back.

The whole family sat together again, eating, chatting, exchanging trivial matters with each other, and exchanging words from time to time, just like at Christmas.

However, compared to that time, an invisible cloud had completely slipped away from Munn's heart unknowingly.

Chapter 118 Easter Gift Package

The deafening thunder suddenly destroyed the silence of the night, and the dazzling white electric light spread crazily across the sky. It soon drew thin and dense traces like a large net, and then quickly disappeared.

The rain has not fallen yet, but the gradually lowering air pressure and the howling wind are heralding the arrival of heavy rain.

Outside the cemetery of the Shafiq family, Rodriguez stood there quietly until more than thirty seconds later, a series of explosions sounded one after another, and twenty black wizards from the Crow Party wearing feather pattern robes appeared in front of him. beside.

Then he put away his long pipe, took out his wand, and pointed at the silent cemetery.

"vigillExitiumn!" [Note 1]

Dark gray threads began to spread outward from the tip of Rodriguez's wand, and in just a few breaths, the entire cemetery was wrapped in it.

The next moment, invisible power began to emerge around the cemetery - it was a protective spell set around the cemetery. However, after touching the dark gray threads, the power condensed by the protective spell But as if it had encountered ice and snow with a red-hot iron, it began to slowly melt into pure magic power, and then disappeared, no longer able to stop others from intruding.

Until he could no longer feel any obstacles, Rodriguez twisted his wrist, put away the wand, and allowed the dark gray threads to disintegrate. At the same time, he pointed at the cemetery with his left hand, "Go look for it, and let me know if you find it." I."

The twenty dark wizards of the Crow Party all had pitch-black leather masks on their faces, leaving only their emotionless eyes exposed.Even after receiving Rodriguez's order, they did not show any emotion, and no one even answered. They just walked quickly into the cemetery and dispersed.Throughout the entire process, each dark wizard remained silent, like twenty robots.

Three minutes later, the twenty black wizards from the Crow Party walked out as they were and regrouped behind Rodriguez, just as they did before entering the cemetery.

"Not in there?" Rodriguez frowned slightly. He pulled out his pipe, lowered his head, took a deep breath, and then exhaled a large amount of black smoke.

"Boom!" The dull thunder sounded again, and the first raindrop fell from the sky. At this time, Rodriguez seemed to have thought of something, and he raised his brows, with a look on his face. A contemptuous smile.

"You guessed that I had a back-up plan on Edgar Shafiq's body, so I hid the body, right..." Rodriguez thought, taking another puff of his pipe, and the little red light shone in the dark night. It seemed particularly eye-catching. "Gringotts, Hogwarts, or...really in Shafiq Manor?"

He opened his mouth to spit out smoke, and the black smoke seemed to be alive, lingering around him.

"Go, bring Fudge here, let's go to Shafiq Manor."

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In the Shafiq Manor, the elf Buffy stood at the head of Moon's bed and lightly snapped her fingers. A low hum came from her fingers, waking Mun up from his sleep.

"What's wrong, Buffy?" Moon raised his upper body slightly and turned his head to look at Buffy. Then he suddenly realized something and woke up completely. "Has the protection of the family cemetery been destroyed?"

"Yes, Master." Buffy bowed, "Just as you ordered, Buffy left a detection spell there. Just now, someone destroyed the protective spell of the family cemetery and broke into In the cemetery.”

Moon took a deep breath, then quickly stood up from the bed, went to the desk drawer and took out two letters. "Buffy, go to Hogwarts and give the letters to Professor Dumbledore. If If Professor Dumbledore is not here, go to Professor McGonagall or Professor Snape. Then make another trip to Minister Amelia Bones’s house and give her another letter.”

Buffy responded quickly, snapped her fingers again, and quickly disappeared into the air.

While changing his clothes, Moon shouted loudly after Buffy left: "Lava! Lava! Go wake up my mother and two uncles and tell them that the dark wizard of the Crow Party is here! Then go to Huo Go to Germod's Werewolf Night Tavern and ask the Rishis to contact their contact person to help."

Rava appeared in the room in response, and then disappeared immediately, running to inform Golov and others at home.

Here, after changing his clothes, Moon immediately ran out of the room, and happened to meet Uncle Golov who came out of the study.Moon's eyes lit up when he was about to go find Golov, and he said quickly: "Uncle, hurry up, let's go out for a while. I need you to test whether there is an anti-disapparation spell outside Shafiq Manor."

Golov quickly nodded in agreement, followed Munn downstairs, and walked outside the manor.

Two minutes later, Edgar and An had also arrived in the main hall of the main building, while Moon and Golov happened to return from outside the manor.

"Are the Crows here?" Edgar asked hurriedly.

"It's not there yet, but it will definitely be there soon." Moon explained. "Buffy told me that the family cemetery has been broken into. They definitely went there first to find your body, Uncle Edgar. Rodri Gezi won't know that we actually broke the curse in your body after everything is settled, so he will only think that we hid your body."

"Rodriguez probably thought that I saw that he didn't want the Crows to continue to hide behind the scenes, and thought that I guessed that your 'body' contained the backhand he left behind. That's why they went to spy on the cemetery. An anti-Apparition spell has been placed outside the manor before, which means that their next stop must be the manor. I am afraid that support will arrive slowly, and we must survive their first round of attack."

Golov rubbed his wand, thought for two seconds, and then said quickly: "Ann, you take the other children and hide underground to protect them. Edgar, you go notify other people in the manor and let them Get ready to defend against the enemy immediately. The manor's defense is not much better than that of the cemetery, so I'm afraid it won't be able to stop them. Edgar, Moon, we have to fight them head-on. Moon, Who did you ask for help?"

"Order of the Phoenix and the Ministry of Magic, I have already said hello to them. They should rush over as soon as they receive the news. The focus now is how fast they will come and the range of the anti-Apparition spell they have deployed. How old are they?" Moon glanced at his pocket watch. "It won't take long to search the cemetery. Mom, please take your brothers and sisters down first. They will be here at the manor in about three to five minutes."

As soon as Moon finished speaking, a loud noise that was different from thunder reached the ears of several people - and immediately after, the entire manor faintly shook twice.

Through the open door of the main hall of the main building, Moon, Golov, and Edgar looked outside together. Sure enough, the spell that had been guarding the surroundings of the manor had been completely defeated and was disintegrating inch by inch.

Ann had already rushed upstairs, and Edgar had also run out of the main building. Golov slowly exhaled, tightened his robe, then held the wand and looked at Moon.

"It seems that they have arrived."

The uncle and nephew saw no fear on each other's faces, but only relief.

Moon nodded, and while walking outside with his uncle, he said softly: "Finally, after this time, I should be able to relax for a while."

"Look at how confident you are." Golov laughed dumbly, and while dragging his lame leg slowly walking on the stone road, he joked: "Aren't you afraid that the two of us will be slaughtered as soon as we show up?"

The protective power that shrouded the manor has completely dissipated, and there is only a little remnant of light mist, indicating that that power indeed once existed.