Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

He could see clearly that Hermione was in a coma, not petrified. Her limbs and skin did not show any particular stiffness, her mouth was closed, and her eyelids were the same.

In other words, there is a high probability that the person who turned Hermione into this is not a basilisk. After all, whether in the original work or in the books in the library, there are very clear descriptions, "The gaze of the basilisk will kill people directly." ; In some unfamiliar books, there is the same analysis as Harry's speculation in the original work, "If this kind of gaze is not a direct gaze, then the person who stares at the basilisk will be completely petrified, just like seeing a snake." Like the legendary Medusa."

So...what happened to Hermione?

If the basilisk hadn't hurt Hermione, then there might be only one explanation left - a wizard attacked Hermione.However, the problem is that this is within the confines of Hogwarts Castle, and the diary is indeed lying in Moon's buckle bag. Who else can harm Hermione, a little wizard who has just entered the second year? ?

A name popped into Moon's mind in an instant.

Gilderoy Lockhart.

First, he found Susan Bones inexplicably and told her that the diary was in Moon's hands; and now there was another inexplicable attack in the school. Even if Moon couldn't think of Lockhart's reason for doing this, he couldn't. There is no doubt that he is the biggest suspect at the moment.

From this point of view, he must find Lockhart immediately.

Harry probably noticed Moon's thoughts. He walked to Moon worriedly, tugged on the corner of Moon's clothes, and whispered: "Moon, is it possible that what you said could happen? Is danger starting to appear? Do you understand what is going on, Hermione? I think you could tell me about these things so that we can figure out how to solve them together - I mean, maybe Can I be of some help?"

Moon looked at Professor McGonagall who was accompanying Hermione to the school hospital. After thinking about it, he immediately nodded and said, "It's almost there. I think I can find out the cause of the matter in the next two days. Please pay more attention. I Maybe ask Debbie to send you a message."

"Okay." Harry replied decisively. This time, the expression on his face was not only curious, but also a little indignant.Although Hermione has been having trouble with them since the beginning of this semester, in Harry's view, Hermione is still one of his best friends - a friend, just like Ron and Quaid. Isn't it normal to have quarrels between each other?

Moon didn't talk to Harry anymore. He only had time to wave to Ron, Neville and others who greeted him. Then he quickly walked downstairs and found a place where no one was around to confirm Loha. Special location.

At this moment, Lockhart was still in the staff room, motionless. He didn't know whether he was sleeping or replying to his readers, or dealing with those who had learned about Lockhart's embarrassing story from his own children. Parents’ questions.

Although Mu En did not let the incident be reported in the newspaper, as the young wizards communicated with their families, the incident eventually spread.However, due to the lack of media coverage, many people still doubted this, and only some people questioned Lockhart mercilessly.

Putting away the Marauder's Map, Moon went straight to the teachers' lounge.

In order to reach his destination quickly, Moon obviously couldn't take out the Marauder's Map from time to time and take a look at it. This caused him to miss some things and not notice Lockhart's change in position.Fortunately, when he arrived on the second floor, he noticed the chaos at the entrance of the school hospital, as well as the "Lockhart" and other comments coming from there from time to time.

Then there was an exclamation and a chorus of exclamations that followed.

Moon seemed to realize something. He changed direction, shouted to the little wizards blocking the door to give way, and rushed into the campus hospital.

Lockhart was already lying on the ground.

Beside him, Sirius and Remus shook their heads helplessly and sighed, seeming to be lamenting how such stupid idiots could exist; the corners of Professor Snape's mouth and eyes were twitching, probably half sarcasm and half disdain; others Several professors were also speechless at Lockhart's behavior, which could be clearly seen from their expressions.

Only Professor Dumbledore's face was very solemn. He quickly looked around and did not stop until he found Munn who had just arrived, and waved to Munn.

Moon ignored the comments around him and became the only student to cross the door of the school hospital. Under everyone's gaze, he walked to Professor Dumbledore's side.

"Professor Lockhart just tried to break the curse on Miss Granger." The old man's voice was still smooth and soft. "Then he became just like Miss Granger."

Madam Pomfrey couldn't care about anything else. She had just been diagnosing Hermione, but was interrupted by Lockhart's kick.After the diagnosis was finally completed, she looked back at Professor Dumbledore and other professors with a confused expression, and sighed: "Sorry, I can't figure out what's going on with her. I'm afraid we have to send her away." Went to St. Mungo's and got treatment there."

Professor Dumbledore glanced at Madam Pomfrey, then turned to look at Moon. The old man and the young man exchanged glances and confirmed each other's judgment.

"It's a pity, Poppy." Professor Dumbledore shook his head at Madam Pomfrey. "We can't send Miss Granger or Professor Lockhart to St. Mungo's, because I don't think... there is no one there who can." To treat them, maybe I have to think of a way myself."

Professor Snape stood aside and frowned - just like all the other professors, but he frowned the fastest.

But he didn't say anything, but took another half step back, with a bit of confusion in his eyes.

"Have you seen what's going on with them? Albus?" Professor McGonagall asked in a low voice, "This poor child..."

Professor Dumbledore nodded slightly, then turned around and said loudly to the little wizards who were still crowded at the entrance of the school hospital and talking non-stop: "Everyone, please go back and do your own thing. I think there are still other patients here. I need some rest, and I’m not suitable to stay in such a noisy environment.”

This was obviously just an excuse for the eviction order. In fact, the few sick young wizards on the other hospital beds were looking at Hermione's bed, and no one was resting or sleeping at all.

But Professor Dumbledore rarely spoke, so the young wizards naturally had no objections. Anyway, they couldn't see anything at the door.Everyone retreated one after another. Harry and Ron still wanted to come in, but in the end they were persuaded away by Moon's eyes and shake of his head.

After all the little wizards had retreated, Professor Dumbledore looked at the other pairs of eyes in the ward looking over, thought for a moment, and then said softly: "Poppy, take care of Professor Lockhart and Grant. Miss Jie, let them stay here first, and don’t try to break the curse with any method. Remember, no method will work. The four deans, and Moon, please come to the principal’s office with me. I want us to We have to talk.”

After saying that, Professor Dumbledore took the lead to walk out. The professors looked at each other, and the four deans and Moon immediately followed. Several other professors and teaching assistants sighed and left the school hospital.

Before they parted ways completely, Moon heard Professor Trelawney tugging at Professor Sinistra's sleeve and muttering, "I knew my prediction was absolutely correct! Someone is leaving us forever! There are aliens living in the school. Terrifying monsters and great malice, Sinistra! The danger is among us! Someone has become a henchman of darkness!"

Professor Sinistra sighed helplessly and nodded. She had no choice but to push Professor Trelawney away and tell her to stop talking nonsense.

He ran all the way to the principal's office again. As soon as he entered, even before Professor Dumbledore had time to sit down, Professor McGonagall immediately said uneasily: "What is going on, Albus, that Granger kid?" Just before she collapsed in the Gryffindor common room, I asked around for the portraits, but none of the portraits saw anyone attacking Granger, and she suddenly collapsed so inexplicably!"

Professor Sprout remained silent, but his expression was also full of worry. Professor Snape also continued to say nothing. Only Professor Flitwick raised his own idea, "Could it be that Miss Granger has actually died?" What kind of curse does it only take effect when you reach the door of the common room? There are not many curses like this that may take effect with a delay, but they do exist."

Professor Dumbledore shook his head slightly and turned his gaze to Moon, "Moon?"

"Dreamweaver Curse." Moon pursed his lips and said in a deep voice: "A question left over from history. Two years ago, Quirinus Quirrell opened a secret room in the school, where some of Voldemort's past memories were left. What’s left behind—”

When they heard the words "Voldemort", Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout all had a look of panic on their faces.

Only then did Moon realize that this was not like the usual conversation between him and Professor Dumbledore. He could call Voldemort whatever he wanted, so he immediately changed his words, "And at that time, Quirinus Quirrell used the mysterious man to leave Those things under the bed cast a long-lost black magic, the Dream Weaver Curse. That spell will make people fall into permanent sleep. Anyone who does not understand the principle and the Dream Weaver Curse cannot fall under the spell. The person who needs to break the curse will be dragged into sleep as well. It’s like..."

"Just like Gilderoy Lockhart just now." Professor Flitwick suddenly realized.

However, Professor McGonagall's brows furrowed even more tightly. "Isn't Quirrell already dead? Could it be that the Dream Weaver Spell can find someone on its own and take effect even when the caster is dead?"

"Theoretically, no." Professor Dumbledore said softly: "Although the death of the caster cannot cause the creation of the Dreamweaver Curse, that is, a bloody spider-shaped creature, to disappear directly, without the order of the caster, Creations of the Dreamweaver are incapable of any attack."

Professor Snape spoke for the first time, "So... either Quirinus Quirrell is not dead, but is in good health; or..."

He lowered his head, hiding his fleeting fear from others.

Professor Dumbledore took over Professor Snape's unfinished words, "Either, the Dreamweaver Curse was not cast by Quirinus Quirrell, but was already hidden there, and was just used by Quirrell in some way. Activated or awakened. In other words, the Dream Weaver Spell does not belong to Quirrell, its real caster... is Voldemort."

"The mysterious man is still alive?" Professor Flitwick's voice became a little sharp. "How is this possible?! Hasn't he been killed by Harry Potter——"

"It's a pity, Filius." Professor Dumbledore interrupted Professor Flitwick directly. "So far, all the evidence shows me that Voldemort is not only alive, but also plotting his plan." Come back. Although I don’t know why he used the Dreamweaver Curse to attack Miss Granger, I think there is certainly his reason and trick in it.”

The principal's office fell into silence.

Voldemort is still alive. This is simply the most frightening news in the past ten years, and now, it has been revealed by Albus Dumbledore.

Except for Professor Snape, the other three professors were somewhat unable to accept this fact.

After a long time, Professor McGonagall was the first to break the silence. "What does this mean? Albus, the mysterious man used a weird spell to attack an unknown student. Could it be that he has made a comeback and is preparing to attack Hogwarts?" ?”

"No matter what he wants to do, Minerva, first of all, we should call him by his first name;" Professor Dumbledore turned his head and looked at the weakening Phoenix that was napping on the shelf. "Secondly, we must respond. .”

"Minerva, please prepare to post notices in the castle immediately. During this period, the castle must enter full martial law. All professors must patrol the corridors every night. It is strictly forbidden for any little wizard to wander at night. Severus , Filius, Pomona, I need you to organize the professors to regularly check and protect the castle's guardian magic every week, just in case. Next, I have to go to the Ministry of Magic, There are some things that I need to discuss with the minister, and I also have to find answers to some things, but it won’t be long, a week or two at most. During the two days when I’m not here, the school can only be left to you for the time being, Mi Leva.”

Professor Dumbledore arranged everything one by one, and finally said to Moon: "Moon, if you have anything to do, just do it, I mean, anything. Also, please remember that I am in the semester The ‘most important thing’ I told you at the beginning.”

The professors agreed one by one, and no one questioned Professor Dumbledore's arrangements, especially those who questioned Moon's arrangements. In the past two years, Moon came to the principal's office every week for classes, which was very important to the professors. It is not a secret. Everyone has long felt that Moon is the last and most important student of this old man.

"What if I blow up a bathroom in the school..." Moon thought for a while and decided to break the almost stagnant atmosphere a little. Although the current situation is a bit bad, it shouldn't be that bad. "Approximately how much compensation should be paid to the school?"

The other four deans stopped suddenly as they were about to leave the office. Professor Snape glanced at Moon with disdain, and the three professors also showed dumbfounded expressions.

We're gearing up for war, and you just want to blow up the school bathroom.

No wonder he is a student of Albus Dumbledore, who is even more out of place than his teacher.

Professor Dumbledore finally had a smile on his face. He looked at Moon and said cheerfully: "There is no need to compensate, but if you can't give me a reason that is enough to convince me, I will let Spoon Professor Lauter will punish you by cleaning all the bathrooms in the castle."

"Okay, then I'd rather be fined." Moon shrugged. "It seems that the 'everything' you just mentioned does not include blowing up the school's bathroom."

"That's right, Mr. Fox, not included." The old man blinked, "Unless blowing up that bathroom will lead to serious consequences."

"What if Voldemort is hiding in the school bathroom waiting to murder me?" Moon said with a pun, but unfortunately no one understood what he meant.

"Then you should tell me which bathroom it is." Professor Dumbledore stood up and straightened his robe, "so that I can go and solve this problem myself."

The atmosphere did get better, albeit only a little.Next, the four deans went about their business almost immediately. With Fox's cry, Professor Dumbledore also disappeared into the office.

Moon patted his buckle bag. Based on the current development of the plot, it seemed that he had to speed up.

At least, Mr. Basilisk in the secret room has to find another place to hibernate before things go bad again.

Chapter 35 Training

In the quiet jungle, a gray, fluffy and dull gray forest owl flapped its wings and soared into the sky, making a long circle around the two giant trees next to it.

The eyes of the handsome young man on the ground were covered with a piece of folded black cloth. At first glance, it seemed that he had some problem with his eyesight. Generally speaking, people with such visual defects usually have good hearing.

Sure enough, the next second, there seemed to be some sound coming into his ears, so he suddenly started to move.

Running, accelerating, until he was completely in a sprinting state, his body was strong and agile, like a cheetah in the jungle.

Then he hit a tree.

"Damn...Debbie!!!"

That's right, the boy who suddenly came into close contact with the big tree was Moon.However, at the moment, he no longer looked as handsome as he did before. He was lying on his back on the ground, and his left hand was still rubbing the big bump that he had just knocked out a second ago.

"Didn't I say... you have to remind me of the obstacles in front of me. Trees are an obstacle to me. Can you understand the obstacle? It's anything that will block me and prevent me from passing. Anything that will affect me Everything that comes to my way is an obstacle, and you have to tell me of their existence so that you can help me avoid them."

"Woo~oh~..." Debbie, who had already established a spiritual connection with Munn, landed next to Munn. She stared curiously at the black cloth on Munn's eyes, "Moon can go around~ , isn’t Moon able to turn corners?”

"I can go around it, Debbie." Moon sat up with force, sighed in his heart, and then explained feebly: "But, my eyes are covered now, just like a blind person." Understand? After you close your eyes, can you still avoid a big tree blocking the front? Remember, I need your reminder, so that I know that I should go around it instead of hitting it directly. To be honest, I thought I must have looked like a wild boar just now.”

"Moon is not as tall as the wild boar." Debbie jumped twice. "The wild boar is not as tall as the moon. Moon, the moon is taller~"

For a moment, Moon couldn't tell whether Debbie was praising herself or mocking herself, "...then I really thank you."

"Oh~oh~you're welcome."

This time, Moon sighed directly from his mouth - the sigh in his heart was no longer enough to express his speechlessness.

But unfortunately, what else can I do with the birds I raise?

You can't stew the meat and eat it, right?

So Moon had no choice but to crawl up from the ground. While treating his forehead, he randomly patted the dead branches and leaves that might be on his body, and said to Debbie in his heart: "Come on, Debbie, let's continue. , I have to work overtime to practice in the next few days. Remember! Remind me to avoid obstacles! If you don’t remind me, I won’t know that I need to avoid them! Remind me!”

"Oh~oh~I got it, dried meat~dried meat~dried meat~"

It wasn't until Moon took out the dried meat from his pocket and threw it up, and Debbie took it into his mouth one by one, that they finally started their training again.

then……

Then it was time for Moon's fancy tree-bashing performance.

Collision, another collision, the fourth collision... bumping while running, bumping while walking. At the back, Moon himself could almost remember the specific locations of the trees around him, but Debbie was still a little sluggish.So much so that until the end, Debbie's highest record could not exceed "guiding Moon to avoid more than five trees in a row."

As for how many times Moon hit the surrounding trees in the process...

Anyway, Moon himself was knocked unconscious long ago and lost count. [Note 1]

In this way, two hours later, Hagrid, who was standing outside the woods and eagerly waiting, finally waited until Moon came out.He looked at Munn, who was dirty and even stained with sporadic blood, and his eyes suddenly widened, almost as if Munn could see clearly in the darkness.

"Hey! Moon, are you okay? You don't look very well. What's wrong with your eyes? Is it serious?"

"..." Moon threw up a piece of dried rat meat and comforted Debbie, who was mumbling and noisy on his shoulder. At the same time, he shook his head in the direction of Hagrid's voice. "It's not a big problem. It just fell a few times." .”

Hagrid scratched his head, "Do you need me to take you to the school hospital? Are your eyes... okay? Do you want to take them off and let me take a look at them for you?"

Moon lifted up the black cloth a little, and his bright eyes were obviously fine under the light. He said in a dumbfounded voice: "Don't worry, Hagrid, there is really nothing wrong with my eyes. I really just fell." Just a few falls."

Hagrid's originally worried expression became extremely embarrassed at this moment. He smiled and tried to cover it up, but forgot to turn his face to the side, so the cover-up was almost completely ineffective.

"Ha, ah, I thought you had something wrong with your eyes."

Although Hagrid had phrased his words as tactfully as possible (although it was obviously still not very tactful), there was no doubt that Moon understood his subtext.

Hagrid probably thought he had just accidentally poked himself blind in the woods.

"Um...No, thank you for helping me stay here." Moon nodded gratefully at Hagrid. "I'm going back to the dormitory first. Although I don't have to abide by the curfew, I think it's best not to stay outside. Arrive too late so the professors don’t worry too much.”

"If Fred and George can think the same way as you, then I will be grateful." The awkward mood came and went quickly. After hearing Munn's words, Hagrid immediately shrugged his shoulders, and then Then he said: "Do you need me to take you back -"

He didn't finish his words, because Moon, who had already put the black cloth back on his head, accidentally tripped on another stone and almost fell to the ground.Debbie, who had been squatting on Moon's shoulder, seemed completely unaware of this. She stood as steady as a mountain, not affected at all, and even looked ahead vigilantly.

Hagrid didn't quite understand what Debbie was looking at, because Debbie's height and orientation should be facing the castle.

Do owls also admire wizards' architectural art?

"No, no need." Moon stood up awkwardly and waved his hand in the direction where Hagrid's voice came from, indicating that he was fine.

He was indeed fine, at least nothing serious.But at this rate, Moon decided it was time to give Debbie something to do.

There is no way, judging from the performance of this stupid bird tonight, when the time comes to get out of the secret room, Debbie will probably direct him to walk all the way into the mouth of the basilisk and deliver a takeaway meal to Mr. Basilisk - although it contains meat. The quantity is a bit small, but it’s not worth buying one and getting one free, and the meat is very tender.

Yes, the reason why Moon took Debbie to do this seemingly "meaningless" training was to prepare for the secret room.

If you want to deal with the basilisk, it's obviously not as simple as walking into the secret room and slapping the basilisk's head twice.It can be said that the preparations that need to be made cannot be missing at all. Anything missing will make this matter empty talk.

For example, the first thing in the preparation was to ask Harry for help and ask him to open the door to the Chamber of Secrets - to open the door to the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets, one must be a Parselmouth, and obviously, Moon is not a Parseltongue.Animal conversation only allows him to talk to animals, but it does not mean that he can really speak the language of snakes.

Moreover, just opening the door is not enough. After entering the secret room, in order to deal with the basilisk, he also needs a small animal to act as his "eye".The eyes of the basilisk cannot be looked directly into. This is the basilisk's deadly weapon. No one is immune to the supernatural curse.In addition, Moon himself must be able to adapt to this kind of closed-eyes action in advance and cooperate with his "eyes". Otherwise, when the time comes, he can only "see" but can only stand still. He is likely to be injured by inexplicable area-of-effect attacks at every turn.

This is why Moon and Debbie conduct this cooperative blind-sight training.

Although Debbie's little brain does seem to be insufficient, whether it is in terms of obeying orders or better communication, Debbie is actually the best candidate for Moon at the moment.Moreover, the owl is small and can fly, which ensures high enough flexibility and can avoid looking at the basilisk to the greatest extent.

In fact, Moon also considered Sirius and Professor McGonagall at the beginning. The Animagus, who were originally human beings, were obviously able to cooperate better with Moon. Moreover, they were experienced and did not even need Moon to say anything. You can understand what Moon means.In this way, Moon only needs to do his own thing well and practice how to follow instructions and act normally without being seen.