Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Moon glanced at the wall where the entrance to the Room of Requirement was located. Suddenly, soft footsteps came from one side of the corridor. A young house elf with brisk steps walked over holding a rag and began to clean up. Water stains on the ground.So Moon stopped lingering, put the Marauder's Map into the buckle bag, and strolled downstairs.

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In Wednesday's Transfiguration class, Professor McGonagall lost her temper because someone was trying to turn a guinea fowl into a guinea pig, but accidentally turned the guinea fowl into a big iron ball and looked like a guinea pig. It went straight to the ceiling of the classroom like a cannonball - if the professor hadn't stopped the iron ball with quick eyesight and quick hands, a hole would have been knocked out of the ceiling in minutes.

It will be miserable for those who are taking classes upstairs.

It turns out that the cost of annoying Professor McGonagall was huge. Not only was that person left in solitary confinement, but in addition to Moon and Cedric who could successfully complete this transformation, the other little wizards also had to write a one-foot article. A long paper - the title is "Why Guinea Fowl Was Turned into a Big Iron Ball".

A one-foot paper itself is not long, but if you want to extract a foot-long content on this topic...

That is obviously not a simple matter.

After returning to the common room in the evening, Garr and Yaerlin led almost most of the young wizards in the class to surround the creator of this feat, Ackermann Heimer, and launched an inhumane and crazy interrogation.

At first, the Hufflepuff wizards from other grades were somewhat sympathetic to Ackerman, but once they learned what Ackerman had done, their sympathy immediately disappeared.Just kidding, if they were given such an outrageous assignment by their classmates, they would probably want to strangle their classmates to death.

"Hey! Susan, where are you going?" Just as Moon took Violet to watch everyone's interrogation of Ackerman, a petite figure hurriedly ran towards the common room, and another little figure hurriedly ran out of the common room. The girl hurriedly followed, frowning and asked: "I don't understand, what happened to you recently? Did we do something wrong? Why have you been avoiding us?"

"I'm sorry-" The little girl running in front didn't offer any explanation. She just said this and disappeared outside the common room, leaving her three roommates there feeling depressed.

Moon's attention was completely drawn to it because he knew the girl - and like Tonks, he had met her before going to Hogwarts.

Susan Bones, current Minister of Magic, niece of Amelia Bones.

Moon suddenly understood and quickly tapped Violet's arm. "Weier, ask those girls for me to see what happened. I'll go out."

With such a confusing way of asking for help, even Violet couldn't immediately understand what Moon was going to do.But after these three years of getting along, she no longer needs to ask about such things. Obviously, after Munn comes back, if it is something that can be discussed, Munn will definitely tell her.

So Violet nodded quickly and immediately walked towards Susan's three roommates, allowing Moon to follow Susan's footsteps and leave the common room.

"Hey Susan?! Susan?!"

Facing Moon's call from behind, Susan Bones seemed to have not heard it at all and just kept running forward.In desperation, Moon had no choice but to run straight after her. It wasn't until she turned the corner that she caught up with Susan and stopped in front of her.

"Uh, Fox." Seeing that she could no longer get around, Susan lowered her head and muttered, "I'm sorry, I didn't hear you calling me."

"Just call me Moon." Moon said this to Susan again. "So - why are you running so fast? Is there anything important?"

Susan shook her head, her long, untied hair almost covering her entire face.

In the past, this girl always wore a long braid.

"Hey, it's okay, Susan, did something happen to you?" Moon said softly: "I feel like you seem... panicked."

She subconsciously wanted to shake her head, but soon, under Munn's gaze, she slowly lowered her head, as if she acquiesced.

"So, what's going on?"

"I……"

Susan pursed her lips, took a deep breath, and then said: "I want to go home... The pressure at school is so great, I feel like I can't stand it anymore, it seems... I can't keep up with every class. , I can’t learn all the subjects well.”

Moon was startled for a moment, then immediately frowned tightly.He looked Susan up and down - the little girl didn't seem to have anything on her, she didn't have a bag, and the pockets of her clothes didn't look like they could hold a diary.

"Then do you want to talk to me?" Moon took out his pocket watch and took a look. "It's not curfew time yet. Maybe we can find a quieter place to sit in the castle and have a drink or something. You can also Take the opportunity to talk to me about these things, maybe I will have some solutions, right?"

"...Okay." Susan hesitated for a few seconds, and finally nodded, then looked up at Munn.

The moment their eyes met, Susan felt that Moon's expression seemed to stiffen for a moment, and then quickly recovered.

"Then let's go." Moon smiled at Susan, and then said: "Let's go to the school newspaper office. There should be no one there right now - unless Peeves has collected something wonderful tonight. Gossip, but I think the possibility is very small."

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As Moon said, the school newspaper office was empty at this time, with no one around at all.Susan, who came here for the first time, was obviously very curious about everything. Although she was in a low mood, she still couldn't help but glance left and right, as if she was hoping to find something interesting here.

Moon got her a bottle of Coke - in fact, when he came here this year, Gal packed a lot of Coke in his suitcase, but Moon felt that he might not be able to keep up with Yaerlin's consumption, not to mention the school newspaper office. Everyone else here was also very interested in this drink from the Muggle world, so he brought several boxes over in his own buckle bag.

Of course, there are more prepared in the Werewolf Night Bar in Hogsmeade, which will definitely be enough for young wizards like them to enjoy themselves.

After chatting for a while, Moon quickly understood where the “pressure” Susan mentioned came from.In fact, the blame cannot be placed solely on the other professors. Her main source of pressure is Gilderoy Lockhart.

Yes, Susan Bones is also a fan of Lockhart, and she is such a die-hard fan that she hardly needs to buy textbooks.Because she already had almost all of Lockhart's books before the start of this semester, and she even bought a few of them in beautifully packaged special editions.

But in just the first week of school, Lockhart was almost confirmed to be at least half a liar. His strength did not match his fame at all - even the stupid little wizard would not think so. A wizard who would be hung by a Cornish elf could perform so many of the feats he wrote about.

During the first two days of school, Susan talked a lot about her excitement.In fact, this is completely understandable. Just like Moon, if he suddenly heard that Jay Chou was going to teach him how to write songs, he would be so happy that he would be giddy.

But the problem is that Jay Chou can really write songs, top-notch ones, and will not be proven to be unworthy of his reputation like Lockhart.

Lockhart had just been exposed on the front foot, and Susan, who was most excited about Lockhart's arrival, received a huge blow on the back foot.And that's not all. Many of her classmates also started teasing her. Especially in the first two weeks, almost every time they had to go to class, they would tease Susan.

In the eyes of other little wizards, this may be just a funny joke, and even Susan herself thinks so.

But after talking too much, Susan began to feel more and more sad.

Why has to be this way?Like everyone else, she was only attracted by Lockhart's books and honors. As an ordinary little wizard, she had no ability to seek the truth. She had never even seen Lockhart. How do you know Lockhart is a braggart?

She just worshiped the wrong person. She was already very unhappy. Why did she have to be laughed at by others using those words over and over again?

Yes, it is ridicule. In fact, there is only a thin line between many jokes and ridicule.

She also took the initiative to say not to mention these things again, but the effect was very poor. Only a few people remembered it and stopped making similar jokes.The others seemed to agree to her request, but from time to time, they would still say those words suddenly.

This is what really makes Susan feel stressed.

She had been feeling the pressure since her aunt Amelia Bones took over as Minister for Magic last year.Originally, she was just an ordinary little wizard, with average grades, average looks, and average clothes. She was completely no different from all the little witches in the school.But not long after her aunt became the Minister of Magic, starting from the summer vacation, Susan realized that there were vague comments around her, and even her own family began to have higher demands on her.

She was really sad. It was obvious that none of the changes happened to her. It was obvious that she was still the same Susan Bones as before, but why did she have to bear the consequences of the changes that happened to others?

The more Susan talked, the more excited she became, and in the end she couldn't help crying.

Moon sighed, wanting to tell Susan the truth directly, but he knew very well that if he told Susan all this straightforwardly, Susan would be hit even harder.

So he had no choice but to comfort Susan, and then said softly: "Don't worry, at least I will go talk to your classmates. In less than two days, they won't do that to you again. Just kidding. As for the situation at your home... Well, I think maybe we can go to your aunt's house for Christmas? If your aunt tells them personally and asks them not to put too much pressure on you, maybe it will be more effective. Okay, right?”

"Is it really okay?" Susan timidly raised her head and looked at Moon. Her eyes were slightly red and swollen after shedding a lot of tears, and she looked like a frightened rabbit.

"Don't worry, it's just a little effort." Moon handed a few more tissues to Susan, "Don't be sad, you did nothing wrong."

Susan sniffed again, then nodded heavily.Although Moon hadn't done anything yet and was just talking, her burst of tears was still successfully controlled.

At least she felt like someone else was trying to help her instead of hurting her.

When they returned to the common room just before the curfew, Susan's roommates were no longer in the common room. Violet was still quietly writing homework in front of the fireplace. It seemed that she was planning to go to the common room today. I will finish the paper assigned by Professor McGonagall tonight.

After bidding farewell to Susan and watching her walk towards the dormitory, Moon walked to the familiar sofa, bent down and took the snowball, which was a little heavier, into his hand, and then sat down on Vallie. Special right: "How was it? Did they say anything?"

"Yeah." Violet nodded gently and said helplessly while finishing this paragraph: "They said that Susan's mood has been very abnormal recently. Every time she can't say more than two words to her, she will immediately change her mood. As if she was alone, even if she was chatting about food at the dinner table, she would suddenly drop the tableware and run away alone from time to time, which made them afraid to continue chatting with Susan. But it seemed to be of no use, even if it didn't If she opens her mouth, Susan will lose her temper for no reason."

As she said that, Violet turned her head and said, "A Muggle-born girl said that Susan seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit - you should know what 'an evil spirit' means, right?"

"Of course." Moon gently scratched Xueqiu's chin and responded, "Honestly, this statement... is not wrong."

"Okay... Is there anything else you need your assistant to help with?" Violet poked Snowball's beard, who was snoring comfortably, and said with a smile: "Are there any other tasks assigned?"

"Well..." Moon leaned back on the sofa, pretending to be embarrassed, "You are so smart, it will be very difficult for Mr. Detective, you know?"

Violet shushed Moon and spoke reluctantly, "How can I be such a self-proclaimed detective as you?"

"Well, isn't it right in front of you?" Moon made a gun gesture with his hand in front of his chin, "Detective Moon Fox is here~"

"Hey." Violet leaned to the side in disgust, but she laughed out loud first. "Okay, okay, Detective Fox, you're pretty good."

"Haha~" Munn also smiled broadly, "Yeah, but speaking of it, I really need your help with something."

"You say it."

"Probably..."

The firelight in the fireplace flickered and danced. Snowball lying on Munn's lap saw that no one had tickled him for a long time. He immediately glanced at Munn and Violet who were whispering in dissatisfaction, jumped to the ground and stretched out his arms. He lazed, then quickly ran to Kelly who was also doing homework on the other side, and continued to enjoy the "service" of the little wizard.

The wind outside the window blew gently, and not long after, two raindrops fluttered and hit the window on the upper wall of the Hufflepuff common room, kicking off the heavy rain that night.

The first rain in late autumn just fell.

At the same time, in a hidden corner of the castle, a pair of huge eyes slowly opened. It spat out the snake letter, looked at the side coldly, and then fell into a slumber again.

Chapter 26 Diary

"Come... come... let me tear... tear you apart... kill you..."

"...tear...tear you apart...kill you..."

"...It's almost time to kill you..."

"Soon……"

"Listen!" Harry's eyes widened, pointing forward, and shouted to Ron and Neville beside him: "It's right in front! Come with me! Hurry!"

He didn't care whether Ron and Neville understood what he was saying. He just yelled twice, then ran forward quickly, turning the corner in three or two steps. , disappeared in front of Ron and Neville.

The two of them didn't react until then and hurriedly ran forward - to be honest, they really didn't hear anything, but Harry had already run away, so they had to run.

So, regardless of what Harry heard, just follow along.

But after the two of them ran around the corner, they realized that Harry had inexplicably stopped in place again, staring stupidly at the statue in front of him, motionless, as if he had been hit by a restraining curse.

"Ha, Harry." The sudden acceleration and deceleration made Neville's words stumble a bit. "What on earth... uh, what on earth did you hear?"

Harry stared at the wall in front of him, swallowed, and said to Neville and Ron in horror: "I heard someone saying that they wanted to kill someone. I swear, I definitely heard it, and it was definitely not my imagination - But as soon as I ran here, the sound disappeared."

Ron went over and looked at the knight statue that had not moved at all, and looked at Harry suspiciously, "So you are saying that it was this statue that was talking just now?"

"I don't know, can this statue talk?" Harry followed up and knocked on the knight's arm. The cold stone made his knuckles feel uncomfortable. "I don't think it can."

"Maybe it's Bloody Barrow." Neville proposed a very possible idea. "He always looks very scary, maybe talking about killing people or something. I mean, if he floats in the wall , won’t we not be able to see him?”

Harry and Ron turned back together, and then their expressions suddenly became extremely frightened, which startled Neville.

Because he realized that Harry and Ron were not looking at him, but behind him.

Neville turned his head tremblingly, but only halfway when he heard Bloody Barrow's cold, low, hoarse voice coming from behind, "But I'm not in the wall, but behind you." "

Neville jumped up. Sure enough, he saw Bloody Barrow behind him - wide-open black eyes, gaunt and thin face and figure, robes and shackles stained with silver blood...

"Ah!!!!" At this moment, Neville showed an excellent high note that could defeat the Fat Lady. Of course, Harry and Ron also contributed to it.The three of them were all frightened half to death by Bloody Barro. They no longer cared about noises or killings, and ran straight to the front of the corridor.Wherever they passed, almost every portrait was greeted by them shouting and cursing.

Bloody Barro looked at the three little wizards running away speechlessly, sighed, turned around and floated back upstairs - it was too boring, too boring, he might as well go back to the astronomy tower.

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"Huh...huh...huh...so..." The three little wizards didn't stop until they ran all the way to the second floor and Neville slipped on his butt due to the water stains on the ground that came from nowhere. Ron, who was out of breath, said loudly: "I now...I identify with Neville very much. Huh...it's definitely Bloody Barrow...I can't guarantee that he's not...thinking about killing people every day." matter."

"Indeed..." Neville covered his buttocks, shook his wet robe, and said sadly: "He is too scary... Have you seen his shackles? Maybe... maybe it was homicide. Exceptional people would wear it..."

Harry took two hard breaths, and finally spoke after letting his chest feel a little more comfortable: "I don't think so... Well, Barrow floated from behind, not from the wall, and I heard The voice that arrived was also different from Barrow’s voice…”

"Okay..." Ron thumped his chest hard, "Well, no matter what... we have to stay away from him in the future. Fortunately, when I heard that Peeves was afraid of him, I was still right. He has a good impression."

Harry had no intention of continuing to participate in Ron and Neville's criticism of Bloody Barrow's "elusiveness", but continued to think about the previous voice in his mind - just like what he told Ron and Neville, He didn't think that the sound was made by Bloody Barrow.

In view of this, he felt that he needed to find Munn, and now.

So, 10 minutes later, at the door of the Hufflepuff common room.

"Are you sure you can make it back to the Gryffindor common room in time?" Moon looked at Harry in shock. "Actually, you can come to me again tomorrow and tell me about this."

Harry blinked, frowned and said: "But I think this matter is very important, and didn't you say that? No matter what I find, I will come to you immediately. Don't worry, I won't be fooled by Fair Strangely caught."

As he spoke, he unnaturally tightened his bulging robe twice more, as if he was afraid that Munn wouldn't be able to tell that it was his invisibility cloak.

"Okay, you're right, Harry, this is indeed a very important discovery." Moon nodded helplessly. "Don't worry, I'm not trying to prevaricate you, but it's really important. I just think it's important to hurry up." Coming here in such a hurry may cause you trouble."

Harry looked at Moon suspiciously, "Do you want to believe that I heard that strange sound?"

Moon responded in the affirmative as he should, "Of course, don't forget, the last time you were able to talk to Hedwig was because of my help."

"Ha!" Harry clenched his fists hard. "I knew that if it were you, you would definitely believe me. So, is this discovery really important? Can you tell me what is going on? Is that right? Are there any hidden dangers in the school?”

Like a curious baby, he spewed out a series of questions, fully demonstrating why he could become the savior.

"It's very important, but what exactly is going on..." Moon rubbed his chin and looked at Harry, "Well, I still need to think about it a little more, but it shouldn't take long, at least I'll probably have some before Halloween. Got a clue."

"Okay, then I'm waiting for your good news." Harry became more and more excited as he talked, as if what they were talking about was not "dangers hiding in the dark", but a bunch of "hidden Dumbledore lemons" Same as Olaf".

"Don't worry, I will definitely tell you if there is news." Moon nodded slightly and agreed simply and decisively, "Now, it's time for you to return to the common room."

Harry responded with a smile, took out the invisibility cloak from under his robe, and put the cloak on his body in front of Mu En, leaving only his head hanging in the air. "Ah, by the way, Mu En Well, haven't I told you yet that I have an invisibility cloak that my father left for me? Or have I already told you? Forget it - it's not important anyway, now you know, bye~"

In a snap, Harry's head disappeared.

"Ah, this..." Moon scratched his head. Harry, this kid, really likes taking risks deep down.

However, as for what Harry said before, Moon was not surprised at all about the basilisk's voice.