Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Hedwig fluttered her wings twice and shook her head. "Then can you tell Harry to change my cage to a bigger one? Also, don't let Kreacher clean my cage anymore. His rag There's a bad smell. And...ah, it's gone, probably, for the time being."

"Okay, I will tell Harry in my reply." Moon nodded slightly. "By the way, do you want to talk to Harry? I can let you communicate with him directly next time."

Hedwig's eyes seemed to be a little bigger. "Then, you don't have to tell him this in your reply."

"I must tell him all this in person! This way, he can remember it more clearly, right?"

"Great idea, Hedwig, I wholeheartedly support it."

So, after receiving Moon's assurance, Hedwig started her delicious meal again, and even took a nap lazily.It wasn't until Moon finished his reply that he slowly flapped his wings and flew away from Shafiq Manor.

Chapter 10 Mr. Weasley’s promotion path

"Well..." Harry comforted Hedwig, who was inexplicably agitated, and opened Moon's reply. "Okay, Moon also said it sounded more like a prank, but it's better to believe that this kind of thing is true. It’s better to be careful if you don’t believe it. So he has already written to Professor Dumbledore.”

Sirius, who was trying to repair an old cabinet, nodded with satisfaction - but it didn't seem like it was because of that cabinet. After all, he had been working on it for a while, but the door of the cabinet still refused to close completely. "Look, I No matter what, Moon must have thought this was a prank. In my opinion, he was a little too careful. There was no need to bother Dumbledore with such a trivial matter."

He slammed the cabinet shut with all his strength, and the cabinet door suddenly closed tightly.

"Ha! I knew I could fix this damn thing!" Sirius put away his wand and was about to get up when he found that the dirty cabinet door suddenly creaked open again.

Harry burst out laughing, and the angry Sirius gave up the idea of ​​repairing it completely. With a wave of his wand, the disobedient cabinet went to the corner to reflect.

"Why don't we let Remus or Mr. Weasley take a look, they might be able to do something."

Harry made his own suggestion, but it was quickly rejected by Sirius.

"Forget it, I can't even fix this thing, and Remus probably can't do anything about it." Sirius collapsed on the sofa angrily. "Arthur might have something to do, but he should have it in the next two days." We’ve started a search, so we definitely won’t have time to come here.”

Sirius was right - but the time for Mr. Weasley's search was not "in the past two days", but "now".

Yes, at this moment, Mr. Weasley was showing off his power to Lucius Malfoy.

In fact, Mr. Weasley knew very well that he would probably not be able to search for anything in Malfoy Manor. After all, other guys might be fooled by his "crying wolf" tactics, but Lucius Malfoy, an old fox, would definitely not. So easy to deceive.Unless this wave of searches is over, Lucius Malfoy will never bring those really problematic items back to the manor.

However, Mr. Weasley would be happy to disgust Lucius Malfoy.

"Ah, look what this is?" Mr. Weasley crossed his arms and stopped in front of a snuff bottle placed in a display case. "I think this thing looks very much like a cursed Muggle object. , right, Lucius?"

Lucius Malfoy had a stern look on his face, and he wanted to directly reply with the word 'no', just like he did two years ago.But the problem is that the Minister of Magic doesn't even have the slightest favorable impression of him right now. Although he will never take advantage of the situation to bully him, he will never be able to protect him.

So he had no choice but to open the display cabinet impatiently, took out the snuff bottle, and said coldly: "You can check it yourself, Director Weasley [Note 1], but please allow me to give you some advice - if you put it All the time of this surprise inspection was wasted on me. I’m afraid it won’t be long before many people get wind of it, making your operation fruitless.”

"Ah, Lucius, are you going to go out and tell the news?" Mr. Weasley showed a surprised expression, but to be honest, it was a bit fake.

Lucius Malfoy's face became even more ugly. He gritted his teeth and squeezed out the word "no" from between his teeth.

But in his heart, he was secretly vowing that when the day came that Amelia Bones stepped down, he would be the first to go to the Weasley family's kennel to "visit" her.

for sure!

In fact, Lucius Malfoy obviously would not report the news, and there was no need for him.Here, less than five minutes after Mr. Weasley arrived at Malfoy Manor with a few members of the Office for the Misuse of Muggle Items, there were already many people who had just retrieved their things from home. Contraband was given away.

Therefore, when Mr. Weasley completed his search of Malfoy Manor for nearly an hour, and then went to other places, the final result was obviously very clear - he found nothing, not even a hair.

"Yes, I didn't find anything." After returning home, Mr. Weasley smiled and poured himself a bowl of soup with a spoon. "I found nothing, that's all."

Fred and George looked at each other and immediately whispered, "Is Dad stupid?"

"Perhaps it was a little bit irritating because things didn't get better after a new minister was appointed."

"Agree-"

"Bang!" "Bang!" Mrs. Weasley took a book and pointed it at the two brothers' heads.

"Don't talk nonsense, of course your father has his plans."

That's true, but the children at home looked at each other and all expressed their disapproval.

The suspicions have been raised for so long before, but now a temporary surprise inspection has been carried out, but it is still of no use at all. Will it be useful next time?

Sure enough, the next day, Mr. Weasley started another surprise inspection, and the results were self-evident, to no avail.And after returning to the Ministry of Magic that day, he was immediately scolded by Scrimgeour, who had been promoted to Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.According to the news from the Ministry of Magic, Scrimgeour pointed at Mr. Weasley's nose and sprayed wildly while tearing up all the remaining applications submitted by Mr. Weasley.

Everyone knows that Mr. Weasley's promotion path was also torn apart.

For two whole days, Mr. Weasley didn't even return home. He stayed in his office every day without seeing anyone.When someone bumped into him in the bathroom, they found that he was smelling of alcohol and his hair was messed up, making him look very useless.

"It seems like your method didn't work very well?" At the dinner table at Shafiq Manor, Edgar sighed. "Arthur is in bad luck now. It is estimated that he will not be able to do anything in the next few years." One more step forward.”

Moon suppressed a smile and nodded to his uncle in agreement, then quickly finished his dinner and went back to his room to continue studying the teleportation technique.

Then, under everyone's confused gaze, on August [-]th, Mr. Weasley, armed with an intact search warrant, searched nearly [-] items in succession within an hour with lightning speed. A piece of contraband - he still smelled of alcohol, and his hair was even worse than a chicken coop, but his eyes, which were not very big, were full of sobriety, even full of worry. contented.

This time, the wolf really came.

The cunning Lucius Malfoy also slipped and fell into the net. Although he did not catch any particularly serious prohibited items, a fine was definitely unavoidable.As for the remaining people, there is no doubt that those who deserve to pay will pay for it, and those who deserve to go to jail will go to jail. Almost all the people who appear on the list prepared by Mr. Weasley will not be spared. Only two people were spared due to temporary narrowly escaped death by leaving the UK.

The commendation meeting was successfully held the next day. For the first time, Mr. Weasley enjoyed the glorious moment of being asked questions by a large group of reporters. Even though he was almost middle-aged, he still couldn't help but feel a little elated, and the smile at the corner of his mouth was even more... Didn't stop all day.

The situation was reversed, and everyone really knew this time - it was not Mr. Weasley's promotion path that was torn apart, on the contrary, Scrimgeour used his hearty tearing to tear Weasley's career path to pieces. Mr. Sly carved out a path to promotion.

As a result, together with Rufus Scrimgeour, the two men became headlines in major newspapers' news reports at the same time, and Mr. Weasley also completed his promotion: "level jump" from Director of the Office for the Prohibition of the Misuse of Muggle Articles To the Director of the Office for the Prohibition of the Misuse of Magic.It seems like a flat jump, but everyone knows how big the gap between these two positions is.

Moreover, taking advantage of this wave of east wind, the Ministry of Magic took advantage of the opportunity to officially implement the "Muggle Protection Act" that Mr. Weasley participated in drafting. A considerable number of the objections were caught by Mr. Weasley just a few days ago. Not many people would listen to their objections, and many people were even ashamed to stand up and express their opposition. Therefore, just a few days later, the "Muggle Protection Act" was passed smoothly.

On the day when the "Muggle Protection Act" was successfully passed, a large number of reporters swarmed in again. In this interview, Mr. Weasley said with great satisfaction: "Honestly, I think the biggest contributor this time should be Moon Fox, yes, he is the one you know. You know, the previous surprise inspection worked perfectly, and almost all the key opinions were made by Moon himself."

The wizarding world's various publications once again exploded, and Moon Fox was back on the front page after a few months. The "Daily Prophet" undoubtedly listed all of Moon's extraordinary achievements, and the one that was ranked first was "during 1991-1992, he successfully defeated the Black Wizards of the Crow Party." conspiracy".

The crow gang was naturally pulled out and whipped again.

It's hard.

Moon didn't feel bad, but he did feel a bit dumbfounded, because "The Quibbler" said that Moon Fox was probably a hybrid vampire who had lived for more than 100 years, and he was also a mutated type who aged faster than normal people. Ten times slower.

To be honest, Moon himself was so excited that he wanted to go out and find a vampire to give him a bite.

Of course, it obviously can't be now, otherwise it will take decades for him to grow into an adult.

"Ho! Be careful!" Still at the dinner table at Shafik Manor, Edgar waved the knife in his left hand and picked up a head of garlic in his right hand. "Vampire Moon! If you dare to come near me again, I'll make you look good!"

Hesper laughed so hard that he almost knocked over his dinner plate. Quaid, who was chewing the mutton chops, almost choked to death. Dana, who was still young, had his eyes wide open, as if their Moon brother was really It will show its fangs and sharp teeth and turn into a vampire on the spot.

Only Olanda was the best behaved. She stood up on the chair with difficulty and said loudly: "Brother Moon is not a vampire!"

Moon glared at his uncle speechlessly, then took Olanda into his arms and said, "Don't worry, Edgar is joking with me."

An looked at Edgar angrily and amusedly, and was about to stop him when she saw Golov forcibly keeping a straight face (in fact, the corners of his mouth were also twitching), took out his wand, and with a single wave, Edgar was killed. The garlic in his hand exploded into minced garlic, and all of it was splashed on Edgar's clothes.

"Damn it!" Edgar jumped up from the chair exaggeratedly. "So you are all vampires! It seems that I will not escape death today!"

He pulled open his collar and scratched his neck, "Come on! I'm ready to be assimilated by you! Die heroically! Right now!"

Hesper could no longer maintain his ladylike demeanor, and he banged the table exaggeratedly and laughed out loud. Quaid, who was trying to use pumpkin juice to smoothen his throat, was choked again and turned red. face, laughing and hitting his chest hard.

Dana's eyes widened even more. He looked at Edgar and then at the aggrieved Olanda in Moon's arms. An idea flashed in his head and he crawled towards Moon's free left leg. , which shocked Moon.

This time, Golov also failed and couldn't hold back the smile on his lips, so Ann had to do it himself, waving the magic wand to make Edgar's voice disappear completely - Edgar was still chattering and talking nonsense. Ka suddenly became a mime, opening and closing his mouth in vain, waving his hands and feet, and continued his performance plan.

If only everything could continue as it was, really.

Unfortunately, more than ten seconds later, a woman with short dark brown hair appeared at the door of the restaurant, and happened to have a "affectionate look" with Edgar, who had just finished an impassioned performance.

At this moment, Edgar immediately transformed from a "mime star" into a "stop-motion animation character."

What is social death?

Although they had not met this girl yet and did not even know that their brother was already in love, Gorov and An quickly discovered clues from the way the two looked at each other and vaguely got a sense of the relationship between the two.So Golov immediately helped Edgar clean up the smelly garlic paste on his body, and Ann quickly lifted the "ban" on Edgar.

Moon reacted quickly. He held Dana in his left hand and Olanda in his right hand. A sincere smile suddenly appeared on his face and he greeted his aunt.

Edgar's "petrified" state finally ended. He put down the knife still in his hand and rushed forward quickly, running in front of his girlfriend.Then, with his girlfriend's slightly narrow smile, she awkwardly and feebly defended herself.

Well, defending means trying to use long paragraphs of statements to show that you really weren't crazy just now.

…………

No matter how wonderful the summer vacation is, it will eventually end. On August 31, the little wizards have to say goodbye to their families again and board the express train back to school.

Golov happened to be invited to attend an "informal meeting" today, so the person who handled the impromptu family affairs became Ann. Naturally, the person who came to see off Moon, Hesper and Quaid became Edgar and Edgar's girlfriend - Nona Reed.

However, Moon and the three of them didn't care much. In fact, Nona had a very good personality, straightforward and talkative, and very approachable. She was a little procrastinated in doing things, but it would not delay the business.In fact, after just two or three hours of getting along that day, Hesper and Quaid both fell in love with this little aunt. Olanda and Dana were a little uncomfortable with it, and they were always on Moon's side the whole time. Peeping in the arms.

This year we didn’t make an appointment to go together, so after arriving at King’s Cross Station, we quickly walked into platform nine and three-quarters.

"Now we have to wait until Christmas to see each other again." Edgar waved to the three of them, "Ah, it makes me a little happy just thinking about it."

Each of the three children gave him a blank look, and then Hesper grabbed Nona's hand. "Nona, will you come to the manor this Christmas?"

Nona laughed, but did not nod immediately. Instead, she glanced at Edgar and deliberately teased: "Ha, it depends on Edgar's performance."

Edgar raised his eyebrows, "Okay, so you four are in the same group, and I'm the outsider, right?"

After joking for a while on the platform, Hesper and Quaid got on the bus first. On the contrary, Moon stayed on the platform with the suitcase. After the two got on the bus, he accompanied Edgar and Nona. Together we walked out of platform nine and three-quarters.

"Huh? Moon, what are you...?" Edgar looked at Munn curiously.

"Wait for Harry and Sirius, I happen to have something to tell them." Moon explained, and then laughed again: "If you want to go on a date, you can go first. You don't need to stay with me here. Don't worry, I One person can handle it.”

Nona wanted to stay for a while longer, but Edgar, who knew his nephew's ability, was naturally too lazy to wait - he was indeed planning to take Nona out to play in the afternoon.

"Are you sure you can handle it?"

"Don't worry." Mu Enyan said concisely.

Edgar nodded immediately and pulled Nona hurriedly out of King's Cross Station. "Don't worry, if Moon can't handle it by himself, there won't be much use for me staying here."

"This..." Nona looked at her uncle and nephew dumbfounded. In desperation, she had no choice but to say goodbye to Munn again, and then left with Edgar.

In fact, Moon didn't know whether Harry had arrived at the station or not - but he was too lazy to ask around in the car again, so he simply waited here for a while.

As a result, not long after, with about 10 minutes left before the express train departed, Sirius, Harry and the "Weasley Army" led by Mrs. Weasley quickly walked into the King's Palace. Stations of the Cross.

"Quick! Children! There's still time!" Mrs. Weasley waved to the others and glanced at her watch in a hurry. "Fred, George, you go first!"

Chapter 11 Departure

Fred and George pushed the luggage cart and rushed forward. As they were about to reach the platform entrance, they suddenly saw Moon standing not far away.The two looked at each other and hurriedly braked - but because they were running too fast, the car did not stop and the person was brought into the platform by the car.

Just like that, the two of them looked at Munn "reluctantly" and suddenly disappeared among the pillars of the platform.

Mu En laughed out loud, and then his attention was attracted by the shouts of the people behind him, and he turned his head again.

"Hi, Mrs. Weasley, Sirius, Percy, Ginny...and of course, Harry, Ron, and Hermione." Moon mumbled out everyone's names in succession, and shouted at everyone in passing. The individual waved his hand and said, "It looks like you are in a bit of a hurry."

Harry and Ron laughed stupidly - in fact, their original intention was that Moon was funny like this, but for some reason, Hermione just felt that the smiles of her two friends made them look silly.

The little girl took a step forward gracefully. Just as she was about to reply, Percy interrupted her and said, "Hey, Moon, why don't you get in the car and come here to sit down."

Moon pulled up the box and took two steps closer to the crowd, "I'm here -"

Fred and George, who had just rushed into the platform, dragged the luggage cart out again, but they looked a little more embarrassed.

"Moon! You killed us!"

"That's right! I hit Nash's box and Fred hit me."

"You have to give us some compensation!"

"For example-" George blinked and turned to look at Fred, "For example?"

Fred's eyes rolled around twice, and when he was about to speak, he was mute when Mrs. Weasley glared at her. "Fred! George! If you dare to threaten Mu with such a ridiculous excuse, Well, I guarantee that you two will definitely have an uncomfortable Christmas this year!"

The two brothers wisely did not continue talking, but they still glanced at Moon together, and then took advantage of the moment before Mrs. Weasley spoke again, turned around and got into the platform again.

"Hey!" Mrs. Weasley was about to rebuke dissatisfiedly, but Ginny quickly pulled her sleeves to stop her. There were already many people around who were looking over. Although they were not aware of Fred and George, disappeared, but the people standing next to the pillar could still easily see it.

"Uh." Moon also quickly spoke at the right time: "Actually, I have something I want to talk to Sirius and Harry, so I've been waiting here for a while to see if you guys haven't arrived yet."

Mrs. Weasley nodded, then patted Percy and Ginny on the shoulders, "Come on, kids, let's go in first, Ron, come on."

Several people entered the platform one after another, and Hermione also pulled her parents into the platform. But in the blink of an eye, only Moon, Sirius, and Harry were left in front of the platform entrance.

"So——?" Sirius looked at Moon curiously, "What is it?"

"As for the matter that Harry wrote to me before, Professor Dumbledore and I have the same idea. After all, Harry has a special status. It is better to believe that this kind of thing is true than to believe that it is not true." Moon said softly. : "So, Harry, you must pay attention to your own safety and protect your friends when you are at school this year, and you must always pay attention to the clues around you. If you find anything - no matter what you find, report it immediately." how am I?"

Both of them were startled by Moon's solemn statement. Even Harry himself muttered and asked hesitantly: "Is the matter so serious?"

"At the moment, we can't determine how serious it is." Moon revealed a bit of the tip of the wand from his sleeve. "But you all know that I have some prophecy talents, and it just so happened that on the day I received Harry's After writing the letter, I did have a bad premonition."

Sirius, who was still a little unimpressed at first, immediately stopped his contemptuous look and frowned. Compared to Harry, he knew more things, so he knew more clearly that Munn's prophecy talent was not 'some'. , but 'a lot'.So he immediately asked: "Are you sure?"

"Very sure."