Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

After thinking about it, Moon's movements were not slow. He put down the water glass, snapped his fingers, and slowly opened the window, leaving an opening for Fox to pass through.

Fawkes didn't chirp, and just walked in with his legs. Those two steps even looked like Professor Dumbledore's shadow.

After it walked in, the letter that was originally held in its mouth was also thrown onto the table.

Moon picked up the envelope, opened the letter, and started reading.Fox looked around Munn's bedroom, and finally chose the target above Munn's bookshelf. He fluttered his wings and took off, and began to comb his feathers.

But before taking off, it glanced at Moon's desk for some reason.

A few minutes later, Moon finally finished reading the letter sent by Professor Dumbledore. While lamenting what happened to Professor Greengrass, he called Buffy and asked the elf to prepare some herbs.

Fox saw that Munn had no intention of replying, so he flew back to the desk, glanced at Munn in a very humane manner, then leaned down and pecked Munn's desk twice.

"Huh?" Moon was stunned and quickly looked at his desk, but it was empty and flat, and it didn't seem like there was anything that would attract Fox's attention.

As if he realized that Moon was not awake, Fox walked around the desk twice, then suddenly got inspiration, walked to the edge of the desk, and changed his target to the drawer handle under the desk.

Now Munn finally understood.

Although Fox pecked at the table board last time, this time he looked at the armrest of the drawer. But in fact, if the upper table board of the desk is ignored, the position where Fox pecked previously should be exactly facing the inside of the drawer.

He opened the drawer curiously, and there were piles of useless knickknacks inside, such as various Christmas gifts from some people, some scattered greeting cards, and a few interesting but useless items. Small coins, two spare quills at home...

"——!" After scanning these things one by one, an idea suddenly popped into Moon's mind.

Sure enough, the next moment, Fox jumped into the drawer and pushed the two greeting cards aside with his paws, revealing the black stone pipe underneath that had been lying quietly in the drawer for a long time.

Yes, it was the one Tonks gave him in first grade.

After he got this thing, he also studied it for two days, but this pipe was quite "soft and hard, don't eat it". It couldn't be taken apart, there was nothing hidden inside, and the magic was not effective on it, so later Mu En simply threw this thing into the drawer, planning to think about it again when he had the chance.

He did think about showing this thing to his uncle or Professor Dumbledore, but since this thing was stuffed into the drawer, Moon basically didn't think about him, so the matter gradually faded away. .

Unexpectedly, Fox found him today.

Moon looked at Fox with curiosity, and Fox looked at the pipe with curiosity, as if an immature child had seen some novel and interesting toy.It stared at the pipe for a while. It wasn't until Buffy returned to Moon's room, put down a small bundle of herbs, and left again that Fox finally tentatively tapped the pipe with his beak.

Immediately afterwards, Moon was surprised to see a dim light on the pipe, and then quickly disappeared without a trace.

Now Fox became more playful. He quickly pecked the pipe twice more, and the faint light that had just disappeared immediately came on again.

"Duh-duh-duh-duh..."

Moon watched the interaction between Fox and Pipe with amusement. Fortunately, no one could hear what was going on in Moon's house. Otherwise, others would most likely think that Moon had a squirrel in the house - this Now I am knocking acorns one by one.

However, what is regrettable is that except for the glimmer, no matter how much Fox touches it, the pipe no longer shows any other reaction.Therefore, after playing for a while, Fox lost interest, jumped back on the table, gently smoothed the long feathers on his wings, and then began to raise his head and wait for Munn to feed him.

Moon took out his pipe and put it aside, picked up a herb and handed it to Fox's beak. Fox pretended to be reserved for a moment, and then started eating slowly.

After eating two herbs in a row, Fox was finally satisfied and refused the next delicacy presented to him.Moon estimated that Fox was probably full, so he opened the window for him.Fox crowed softly, touched the back of Moon's hand with the side of his head, then turned around, spread his wings, and flew out just as he came, disappearing into the night sky again.

Looking at Phoenix's retreating figure, Moon couldn't help but feel a little envious.

In fact, during the Animagus process, he really wanted to become a big bird that could fly freely in the sky.

Unfortunately, this idea did not come true in the end. Instead of turning into a bird or even something that could fly in the sky, he turned into a bear.

He had some doubts in his heart before. Whether it was his desire for the outside world and freedom in his previous life, or his longing for the sky and the unrestrained wind, birds should be more important than a bear. It's what he desires.

However, the recurring nightmare just now made him suddenly understand something.

He really longed for that kind of free flight, longed to soar up and defy the blue clouds.However, in comparison, that desire is not his strongest and most urgent need.

The real desire in his heart, which he has gradually forgotten in the corner of his heart, is to have sufficient security, to be able to protect himself, to make himself strong and powerful, so as to protect himself from others - Just like the person in his previous life who gave him life and then deprived him of it.

Moon sighed softly, stood up, closed the window again, and drank all the water in the cup.

I hope I can sleep peacefully until dawn this coming night.

Chapter 5 Dumbledore's resort

That same night, Moon finally fell asleep on the quilt and fell asleep again, but Violet, who was far away from him, couldn't sleep.

She bit her lip and watched as the light that read "Insomnia" lit up on the pocket watch in her hand suddenly dimmed, and what reappeared instead became "Sleep".

In fact, Violet had been holding this pocket watch for a while. Originally, she was only woken up by the sound of the unclosed window shaking in the middle of her sleep, wanting to see what Moon was doing.As a result, when he opened the pocket watch, the light dots on it clearly indicated that Moon was having a nightmare.

Violet thought it was a little funny at first. Really, this was the first time she realized that Moon could have nightmares.

But after the light spot stayed on for almost 10 minutes, she began to worry again.

Although I don’t know how long a person would have nightmares under normal circumstances, from Violet’s point of view, if she stayed in a particularly terrifying and scary dream for 10 minutes, wouldn’t she be frightened out of her wits?

Fortunately, just when she was about to use her pocket watch to wake Munn up from his nightmare, the light that represented the nightmare finally faded away.

Violet finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then watched the light spots change one by one - Moon was getting up, Moon was drinking water, Moon was reading a letter, Moon was with Buffy, Moon was lying down Got off...

After seeing with satisfaction that Munn had fallen asleep again, the little girl put down her pocket watch. Then, just three seconds later, she suddenly raised her hands to cover her face.

Violet, Violet, what on earth are you doing!

She felt like she was like an agent in a movie at this moment, quietly installing surveillance and bugging devices on Moon, and then taking them out from time to time to take a look, keep an eye on him or something.

She was obviously ashamed, but as soon as she saw the pocket watch, she couldn't help but want to see what Moon was doing.

The girl pulled the corner of the quilt and rolled twice on the bed until she rolled up into a cute big caterpillar, and then completely pulled the quilt over her head.

No, you have to find a place to hide, and you must not be discovered by others.

Violet didn't need to look in the mirror to know that her face was definitely red right now.

As a result, it was not until the early morning of the next day that Violet returned to her sweet dreamland.

On the other side, as if they had made an appointment to "sleep in shifts", while Violet fell asleep, Moon also left Shafik Manor with Edgar and came to the place where he and Professor Dumbledore were staying. Appointed location - Southampton.

There were not many pedestrians on Southampton Street in the early morning. Only a few old gentlemen and old ladies who had gotten up early for a walk could be seen in the distance. Apart from that, the only living thing in sight was It was the little gray bird flying slowly across the sky.

"Are you sure this is the right place?" Edgar looked at Moon suspiciously, with a somewhat tired look on his face. "I don't have any other objections, but it doesn't seem like Professor Dumbledore exists here. You Could it be that you remembered the wrong place?"

The sea breeze in the morning brought a slight chill. Moon wrapped his coat tightly and looked around, while responding: "This is it. Professor Dumbledore only said about NO. 20, and may not arrive today. It's okay, he said before He said that he would prepare a hotel room here, and he had already sent the key just two days after the summer vacation. You go to work, uncle, and I can do it by myself. "

"Okay..." Edgar patted his forehead and tried to wake himself up a little bit. "Then if you have anything to do, please contact us immediately. Also, don't bully people. I'll withdraw first. You have to go to the Ministry." Come and see what is going on, is it worth Shacklebolt’s early morning notification to rush me to the office..."

The uncle and nephew waved goodbye to each other, and then Edgar apparated and disappeared from the place while no one was looking.

Another gust of cold wind swept over, and Moon bared his teeth, quickly identified the direction, and walked quickly in one direction.

Uncle Edgar has only been to Southampton, but he is not very familiar with it. Therefore, when sending Moon here, he can only choose a place where he has been. There is no way to directly send Moon to the real destination. .

So next, Moon could only find someone to inquire about it.

…………

Compared with well-known cities like London, Southampton, a city in southern England, is actually not very famous. Even if many people who don’t know much about Britain know about it, it’s probably because there is a world-famous Southampton. University.

But in fact, it is also an important trading port in the UK and the center of the entire British shipping industry.And 80 years ago, in April 1912, the famous Titanic began its tragic voyage from here.

Yes, that was the Titanic's first voyage, and it was also the Titanic's last voyage.

Moon, who had used the transformation technique to look like an adult, spent almost half an hour asking around on the street before he finally figured out where he was and which direction he should go.

He didn't know whether it was because he was unlucky or because Southampton taxi drivers didn't like to get up too early. In the past half hour, he didn't even see a taxi.

After walking in circles for a long time, I arrived at Moon in Southampton at around [-]:[-], and it wasn't until almost eight o'clock in the morning that I finally arrived in front of the hotel.

Even if you look at this amount of exercise during Moon's entire summer vacation, it's already an explosion.

"Huh..." Moon wiped the sweat from his forehead, found a remote alley and returned to his original appearance, and then slowly walked into the ordinary-looking, even a little shabby restaurant in front of him. A small hotel on the street.

"jingle--"

A small string of wind chimes hanging on the door made a sound as the door was pushed open, reminding the owner that guests were coming.

"The guest rooms are full. There won't be any vacancies in the past few days." A lazy voice came from the bar. "Sorry, let's find another hotel."

Moon looked at the brown-haired aunt who was sitting at the bar and watching TV seriously. She cleared her throat gently, "Hello, my name is Moon Fox. Someone has booked a room for me here."

The aunt finally reluctantly moved her eyes away from the TV. She looked at Mu En up and down. After a few seconds, she reached out and grabbed a shiny object from the bar, and threw it to Mu En. Well, "Second floor, room 207. If the room next door is too noisy, you can come down and tell me not to knock on his wall. That old vampire has a very weird temper."

"Uh." Moon grabbed the thrown object. "Are you also a wizard?"

"No, I'm a squib." The aunt said with a normal expression, "Otherwise I wouldn't open a hotel here."

Moon pursed his lips, did not speak any more, took the key and went straight up the narrow stairs next to him.

In fact, this hotel not only looks shabby from the outside, but the furnishings and decorations inside are even worse.The best proof is that there are at least some decorative wall stickers posted outside the hotel. However, when he entered the corridor on the second floor, Moon found that the entire corridor was exaggeratedly clean - not to mention hanging paintings, there were not even any walls in this corridor. Not a single empty vase.

It was just a straight corridor, with nothing else but a door.

201, 202, 203...

When passing the door of room 206, Munn heard a short and powerful snore erupting from the room, which almost frightened Munn so much that he jumped up and down.

It is estimated that this is the "old vampire" that the aunt downstairs refers to. Indeed, just from the sound of phlegm in the voice, it is estimated that the owner of the voice is not much younger.

The phlegm content is indeed a bit too high.

The boy's footsteps finally stopped at the door of 207. He took out his key, looked at the shiny key that the aunt had just thrown over, and compared it with the keyhole on the door in confusion.

The key that the aunt just threw was the key to the door.

After coming to this conclusion, Moon opened the door full of curiosity.As a result, the next moment, he suspected that he was playing with Russian dolls.

Whose hotel room door opens one and the other?

What about the bulbar kidney? [Note 1]

Reluctantly putting away the key that had just fulfilled its duty, Moon raised the key that Professor Dumbledore had sent before and opened the second door in front of him.

Then, the next moment he was stunned.

What appeared in front of him was a forest, to be precise, a pine forest. The white snow covered every tree with a white coat. However, Moon was only wearing a shirt and a thin coat. But I didn't feel the chill at all - in the ice and snow inside, the temperature coming out was actually more comfortable, a bit warmer than outside.

Moon walked into the room in confusion, closed the two doors, and then walked along the path in the pine forest to explore the depths of the "room".

After crossing the straight green pines carrying the white snow, the jade mirror-like lake suddenly became the most eye-catching thing in sight. Every time the snowflakes from the sky fell into it, they would suddenly melt away for some reason. Even if you look carefully, If you look into the lake, you can still vaguely see several big fish swimming indistinctly in it.

In addition, there is a rather beautiful-looking cabin standing on the lakeside.

Moon, who was interested, quickly walked to the door of the wooden house without saying a word, and pushed open the closed door.

There are two rows of full bookshelves, a large standing cabinet, a simple pot stove, a fireplace, a large and comfortable bed, plus a wooden table, a chair, and a bedroom that looks amazing. It’s a soft sofa that I can’t help but want to cuddle up in.

To be honest, Moon didn't believe that the aunt downstairs made these things - even if the aunt was not a squib.

Judging from the ridiculously simple appearance of the corridor outside, it didn't look like this place could be decorated by that aunt.

Moon walked into the room, stretched his waist vigorously, and then fell down on the bed.

Old vampire?Snoring?

If it can be passed here, I, Moon, will lose.

The satisfied boy turned over on the bed and was about to get up when he caught a glimpse of the paper sandwiched between the two pillows.

"Huh?" He curiously pulled the paper out from the middle of the pillow and found that the words on it were clearly written by Professor Dumbledore.

'If you arrive here early, don't be constrained and just enjoy everything here. You can browse the books on the shelves at will. There is food in the cabinet. If you want to take a bath, just go to the hot spring outside. ——Albus Dumbledore'

The big lake outside the relationship is still a hot spring.

Moon gave the note a thumbs up, then threw the note on the table and ran to the cabinet to find something to eat.

Sugar, milk jug, sugar, honey, cakes, tea cans, cakes, sugar…

Moon suddenly felt that his thumb gesture was a bit premature.

He couldn't help but searched around inside for a few times, and finally pulled out two pieces of sausage and a few pieces of pastry.

Should I take Professor Dumbledore to a Muggle hospital for a check-up if I have the chance in the future? Don't end up falling into the hands of Professor Snape and end up being robbed by diabetes.

It's a complaint, but Professor Dumbledore's taste in sweets is indeed worthy of approval. At least these snacks that Moon didn't recognize at all are delicious.

After filling his belly for a while, the boy took out two more books from the bookshelf, then ran out of the wooden house and went to the hot spring outside to enjoy the beautiful morning.

…………

The sun sets, the moon rises, the moon sets and the sun rises, and in a blink of an eye, it’s morning again.

After all, he didn't know exactly when Professor Dumbledore would arrive, so Moon got up early and went outside to run around the lake twice.When he finished his second lap and returned to the door of the cabin, the door had been opened a crack.Moreover, there was a pleasant voice in the room humming a Scottish folk tune. Even if he didn't listen carefully, Moon could recognize that voice as belonging to Professor Dumbledore.

"Professor, are you here?" Moon pushed the door open and wiped the sweat on his forehead with a towel placed on the shelf in front of the fireplace. "I thought you would be here for two days."

"Hmm~" The old man turned his back to Moon and faced the cabinet, where he was reviewing his army of candies. "I can only say that some things are progressing more smoothly than I imagined. Otherwise, I really want to You can only come here on the 21st or 22nd. How about it? It seems you like it here quite a lot?"

"I like it. How could I not like such a comfortable place?" Moon smiled and put down the towel, ran to the bed and packed up his things. "Did you decorate this place?"