Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

"Very sure, Professor." Moon took out the Marauder's Map from his pocket and spread it on the old man's desk. "You can take a look for yourself. It's in Percy's dormitory. He was still there when I just left the dormitory. "

Professor Dumbledore walked quickly to the table and began to look at the Marauder's Map. "You just mentioned the newspapers collected in the library? Have you checked the newspapers from that year?"

"Yes, Professor. That day I suddenly saw the name of Peter Pettigrew on the Marauder's Map, and I felt something was wrong. According to what you said that day, since he is Professor Lupin's friend, how could he suddenly appear? In the Gryffindor common room? And it was in Percy's dormitory. At first I thought it was just the same name, so I asked a few Gryffindor friends to find out, but none of them knew this person existed. Originally, I wanted to go find Professor Lupin, but before I went there, I suddenly remembered an article I had read about Azkaban."

Moon unfolded the newspaper in his hand. This was indeed the newspaper he had consulted earlier [Note 1]. There was an article about the Death Eaters who were arrested before and after Voldemort's fall.In this article, there happens to be an article that records "Sirius Black", and it is clearly mentioned that Black once bombed a street and killed Peter Pettigrew.

"Then, in order to confirm the authenticity of this matter, I went to the library to check the newspapers around the time when Sirius Black was arrested. Sure enough, it clearly stated that Peter Pettigrew was dead."

Professor Dumbledore looked at Peter Pettigrew's name on the Marauder's Map, and then looked at the article pointed out by Moon. After a few seconds of silence, he said, "Yes, Moon, Peter Pettigrew is dead. And... he has been dead for a long time."

As he spoke, the old man spread his palm and lightly brushed it on the Marauder's Map.As his palm moved, the ink marks on the Marauder's Map began to become scattered, even overlapping each other, as if someone had actually touched them.

When his palm touched the edge of the Marauder's Map, the old man gently raised his palm, and the Marauder's Map returned to its original state. The old man sat back in his chair without saying a word, lowered his head and fell into silence.

It was not until a few minutes later that Professor Dumbledore finally raised his head again and looked at Moon, who had been waiting for him. "I just tried it and there is nothing wrong with this map. That means Peter is really still alive. "

There was no joy or confusion in the professor's eyes, only a penetrating determination. "He is still alive, but he has been hiding for so many years, even in Hogwarts. I think there are obviously some reasons why it is 'inconvenient to reveal'. Moon, I want to ask you, now, we can either find Remus immediately and go with him to find Peter and ask everything. Or, we can also wait until Remus spends this full moon night in peace and then go find him together. Peter; or, we simply don't involve Remus, and just the two of us go to Peter. Which one do you think is better among these three options?"

"If this is really Peter Pettigrew, then obviously Professor Lupine has the right to know." Moon said softly: "Even if I don't consider this, I will choose the first option."

"Ok?"

"As you said, Peter Pettigrew is obviously alive, but has been hiding until now. There must be a reason why it is 'inconvenient to reveal'. If it is just you and I, there is no guarantee that Peter Pettigrew will not hide something, or even Lying. If Professor Lupine were present, his mood would be unstable. In addition, he would not have much defense against me, and my Legilimency would be more likely to succeed. In this way, even if he wanted to conceal it, he would not be able to help it. he."

The old man's eyes narrowed, "You seem to have acquiesced to what happened back then...there was something hidden."

"Yes, Professor." Moon affirmed the old man's feeling without concealment. "I don't know Peter Pettigrew, but no matter what, his actions are not reasonable at all. Voldemort has fallen, and most of the Death Eaters have been arrested. No one who has not been arrested dares to openly make trouble. Today, the remaining forces of Voldemort are far from even some ordinary secret societies of dark wizards. If Peter Pettigrew is really the so-called hero in the newspapers, if he is really He did something heroic, so why is he hiding in the Gryffindor common room? Why doesn't he come out and be cheered and shouted at?"

"No matter how shy he is and how fearful he is of Voldemort, I don't think it's necessary for him to pretend to be dead and hide for 11 years without even daring to show his face."

Professor Dumbledore did not answer, but after thinking for a moment, he said: "I think what is more worth considering now is how Peter hid in the Gryffindor boys' dormitory."

The old man looked at the Marauder's Map meaningfully, "If it's really what I think... I'm afraid we really have to go find Remus." [Note 2]

Moon looked like she didn't understand what he was talking about, and waited quietly for the old man to make the final decision.

"Let's go Moon, let's go find your Professor Lupin." After more than ten seconds, Professor Dumbledore stood up and adjusted his clothes. "Without further ado, I think I have some questions that I must ask him. "

Moon agreed, put away the Marauder's Map and newspapers, and followed Professor Dumbledore out of the principal's office.

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[Note 1] See Volume 2, Chapter 133. Trivia.

[Note 2] Some book lovers may be curious, so I would like to explain here that Professor Dumbledore does not know that James Potter, Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew are Animagus.In the third volume of the original book "The Prisoner of Azkaban", Remus Lupine once said this incident personally. He did not tell Professor Dumbledore about it when he was a student at Hogwarts. Later, When I came back to teach, I still didn't say anything, and I even blamed myself very much for it.

Chapter 166 Peter Pettigrew

When Professor Dumbledore and Moon arrived at Professor Lupine's office, Professor Lupine was seriously preparing for next week's course.

When Professor Dumbledore personally said "Peter Pettigrew may still be alive", the professor was stunned.

He may have never dreamed that such a thing would happen.

"I...I don't understand." Professor Lupine looked puzzled. "His death was confirmed at that time, and we even found his fingers on that street...I mean, how could he still be alive? "

Moon took out the Marauder's Map at the right time, activated it and placed it in front of Professor Lupin.The moment he saw the Marauder's Map, Professor Luping was a little surprised at first, then he took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled it, and said in a low voice: "Professor, and Moon, could you be... See Peter Pettigrew on this map."

Professor Lupine's words sounded like questions, but they actually seemed like he was confessing something.

At least he didn't even look at the contents of the map.

A look of understanding flashed in Professor Dumbledore's eyes, "Did you four make this map back then?"

"Yes, Professor, I, James, Peter and... Black." Professor Lupine stretched out his hand and gently touched the map, with a look of longing on his face. "We spent a lot of effort to get it." It was even very proud of it for a time. Unfortunately, it was later confiscated by Mr. Filch."

"If you saw Peter up here... then I think he is probably still alive." Professor Luping slowly pushed away his chair and stood up, and then said calmly: "It sounds incredible, but... If it were him, it would indeed be possible to hide for so long."

"Because he is an Animagus, right?" Professor Dumbledore smiled gently. "And James and the others probably learned it secretly in order to be with you on the night of the full moon. Is this how Nimagus changes?"

Professor Luping smiled bitterly, "You are absolutely right, Professor. As expected, nothing can be hidden from you."

"Actually, you concealed it very well. Until today, I only had some guesses. I am not sure. I even think that although this possibility is possible, it is not very big." Professor Dumbledore said with some emotion: "But after we discovered that Pettigrew had been hiding in Gryffindor's dormitory, this possibility was almost confirmed by me. Apart from this method, I can't think of any other possibility that he might have been hiding in that place. Place. I have to say that you were really very good back then, with the Marauder's Map and Animagus, let alone a few students, even adult wizards may not be able to succeed."

"Ha, well, I guess now is not the best time for us to reminisce about the past here." Professor Dumbledore picked up the Marauder's Map on the table. "Peter is still in the dormitory, and it just so happens that Percy There is no one in their dormitory, and if we want to find Peter, now is the best chance."

Professor Dumbledore was obviously right. Even if Professor Lupine had suppressed all his apologies, it would be impossible for him to pour them out to Professor Dumbledore in front of Moon.Therefore, the three of them rushed towards Gryffindor Tower without any further delay.

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When they arrived at the door of the Gryffindor common room, the Fat Lady was showing off her singing voice. If it were the other students, she would have delayed her for a while.But as soon as Professor Dumbledore stood in front of the door, the Fat Madam immediately opened the door after saying hello, without even asking for the password.

"By the way, Remus, Peter's Animagus is..."

"It's a rat, sir."

Professor Dumbledore, who was walking at the front, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "It really suits Peter's character. I think he must have suffered a lot in order to successfully learn the Animagus."

"Indeed." When he mentioned this, Professor Luping also laughed. "He almost went crazy several times, and he was completely frightened."

Professor Dumbledore looked back at Professor Lupin meaningfully, "Remus, I think you might want to read more of Moon's articles in the school newspaper if you have time. He sometimes writes about things related to friendship. I have read several articles about how friends get along, healthy friendships, unhealthy friendships, etc., and they are all very well written.”

Professor Luping nodded thoughtfully, then turned around and glanced at Moon, who smiled awkwardly and had nothing to say.

You can figure it out for yourself, why don't you have to look back at me? It's so embarrassing...

Professor Lupine seemed to have picked up on Moon's psychological activities. Of course, it was more likely that he was thinking of some past events, so he smiled to himself and continued to follow Professor Dumbledore silently.

"We're here. Percy's dormitory is this one." After arriving at the destination, Moon stopped the two of them and did not speak. Instead, he imprinted text on the metal page that he carried with him and showed it to the two of them.

The two understood each other, and Professor Dumbledore stood at the door, while Professor Lupine went to the side and pulled out his wand.

"Alohomora (unlocking spell)." With Professor Lupine's wand pointing, the wooden door of Percy's dormitory suddenly rolled back. Professor Dumbledore was even more quick-sighted, and he stared at Lying Down the moment the door opened. The mouse on the bed waved the magic wand, and a silver-white chain flew out from the tip of the wand, tying up the mouse tightly.

At this moment, Moon clearly saw the fear in the mouse's eyes.And the next moment, under the continuous tightening of the silver chain, the fearful mouse twisted its body and turned into a wizard:

With his short stature, bald patches of gray hair, pointed nose and small eyes, even at first glance, it makes people think that this guy looks a bit like a mouse - which is exactly in line with his timid character and the anima of a mouse. Gus.

"Peter Pedillo. [Note 1]" Professor Luping looked at Peter with a complicated expression and was the first to call out his name.

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[Note 1] Peter Pettigrew is the Chinese translation. Peter’s real name is actually “Peter Pettigrew”, that is, Peter is his name (so Professor Dumbledore and Professor Lupin both called him ‘Peter’ earlier) ), and 'Pettigrew' is his last name. If he is called correctly according to the Chinese translation, it should actually be Peter Pettigrew.However, 'Pettigrew' is not the name of a certain star (unlike Sirius, which is indeed Sirius). Therefore, in this book, Peter Pettigrew's real name is "Peter Pettigrew" in the Taiwanese translation. Peter Pettigrew It is a commonly used name for everyone, similar to a nickname.

Chapter 167 Exposure

If there were X Hus in the British wizarding world, Professor Luping might be tempted to take out his phone and post a question:

"How does it feel to have a good friend who has been dead in your mind for more than ten years suddenly appear in front of you alive?"

It's a pity that there is no X in the British wizarding world, and no one can answer Professor Lupin's question.And more importantly, the Peter Pettigrew who appeared in front of him was not just a good friend who had been dead for more than ten years.Because Peter Pettigrew was also a hero at the same time, a hero who died for their common friend, a hero who also died at the hands of their common friend.

Moon didn't have as complex an idea as Professor Lupin, nor did he need to.He had long known everything Peter Pettigrew had done back then, and when Peter Pettigrew turned into a human form and the fear and confusion in his eyes could no longer be concealed, Moon had already taken the opportunity to use Legilimency.

In the eyes of many uninformed little wizards, Legilimency is a kind of magic that can read people's minds.However, in fact, real Legilimency is much more complicated than they thought.

For wizards who are good at Legilimency, they can often touch the other person's thoughts and sense the other person's emotions through eye contact.In addition, if you focus on activating Legilimency on someone, although the other person will be aware of it, the effectiveness of Legilimency will be stronger at the same time. The caster can even blur or fabricate some memories and scenes. Influences the target of his spells, sending them the wrong message.In addition, for legilimens masters, they can also use legilimens in fierce battles to understand the spells that the opponent is about to cast, and to stop and counterattack before the enemy's spells are successfully cast. [Note 1]

Years of restraint and training have already made Moon's Legilimency ability reach an extremely strong level, and none of these three methods of use is a problem for him [Note 2].In addition, Peter Pettigrew was cowardly by nature and was not very good at Occlumency, so in almost a moment, Moon successfully invaded Peter Pettigrew's memory.

"Ah, ah, Remus Lupin, my old friend -" Peter Pettigrew had just said his first sarcastic words when he immediately let out a groan.

"This?" Professor Lupine, who had been staring at Peter, immediately realized something. He turned to look at Professor Dumbledore, but found that Professor Dumbledore was also looking at Moon. This shocked him even more. He even forgot to say anything to stop him.

Of course, this stop was completely unnecessary, because within a few seconds, Moon had already withdrew his eyes and said coldly: "It's the same possibility as we thought before, Professor Dumbledore, Peter... Pedro is a complete liar. He was the one who betrayed James Potter and Lily Potter and framed everything to Sirius Black. I think Professor Snape boiled the Veritaserum before This time it comes in handy."

The corners of Professor Lupin's eyes twitched twice, and then he suddenly turned his head to look at Peter. He even pulled out his wand in excitement and pointed it at Peter's forehead. "Peter! Is what he said true? You betrayed James." With Lily?!"

Peter Pettigrew also came back to his senses. Panic completely occupied his mind at this moment. In almost an instant, he subconsciously made up a lie, "No, no, no, I didn't! I didn't! He lied! That boy is Lie! He must be a relative of Black! He is slandering me! Remus, dear Remus, you have to believe me, you have to believe me..."

Professor Dumbledore had been watching everything quietly. Until then, he finally said with some sadness and self-blame: "Peter, after so many years, I thought you had found the courage, but I didn't." What comes to mind is that you have completely gone astray. Could it be that, even in the face of me and your old friends, you still have to cover up the truth with lies instead of facing it calmly? "

Peter Pettigrew's begging for mercy stopped in an instant. Professor Lupin took a big step forward angrily, but finally stopped his arm about to wave the wand under the restraint of reason and said, "Follow us to the Ministry of Magic. Go to Azkaban! Peter! Peter! How could you—how could you!”

"Back then, James Potter finally changed the secret keeper of where he and his wife were hiding. Judging from Peter Pedillo's memory, they originally planned to use Black, but later the secret was changed to Pedillo. ." Moon said next to him: "As a result, Peter Pedro presented the Potters' hiding place to Voldemort, and planned his own 'heroic sacrifice', blaming everything on Sirius Black. After all, in It seems to everyone else that Black is the secret keeper of the Potters' hideout."

Professor Dumbledore said nothing, while Professor Lupin gasped heavily and his arms dropped weakly.Peter Pettigrew was shaking like chaff. He finally woke up and understood that he had no way to escape.

Even if he were an Animagus, there was no way he could escape from Albus Dumbledore, there was no doubt about that.And after knowing the truth, even Remus Lupin, his former best friend, would only personally throw him into the arms of the dementors.

No one can save him, his master, his Dark Lord himself does not know where to survive.

After surviving for ten years, he finally met the ending he deserved just like the boy in front of him said.

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[Note 1] This is not the author’s personal creation. Each type can be traced in the original work: there are many examples of the first type of eye contact. Voldemort can easily tell whether others are lying, Queenie can read other people’s thoughts, etc. etc.; there are many examples of the second type of activating Legilimency. For example, Snape recited Legilimency aloud to read Harry's memory, and Voldemort used his connection with Harry to fabricate scenes to induce Harry to go to a mysterious place. Department of Affairs, and it is also mentioned in the original novel that Voldemort was once keen on fabricating false illusions to torture his victims; as for the third type, in the sixth part of the original novel "Half-Blood Prince", Snape used this method to deal with Harry , see Chapter 28 "The Prince's Escape" for details.

[Note 2] The reason why the third use of Legilimency written here was not seen in the two contests with dark wizards this semester is because Forest Dempsey and others A dark wizard is also good at Occlumency, and there is a certain gap in the magic power between Munn and the two, so this technique applied to combat cannot work smoothly.

Chapter 168 When the game is in progress

Peter Pettigrew's end has been doomed, but before heading to Azkaban, he still has a few days to reflect on his mistakes - although for Peter, it may be difficult for someone like him to really reflect on it. What.

The time left for him was not because of the kindness of Professor Dumbledore or Professor Lupin, but because of some objective factors that had to be faced face to face.

Cornelius Fudge would definitely be happy to overturn Sirius Black's case - for no other reason than the huge reputation that overturning the case would bring him, he would never refuse the matter.In the original book, Fudge was unwilling to overturn the case of Sirius Black, mostly because Black escaped from prison first, which was equivalent to severely humiliating the Ministry of Magic, and Harry and others failed to successfully capture Peter Pettigrew.In this case, if Fudge declares Black innocent, instead of thinking that he is wise and fair, everyone will think that he is trying to cover up his incompetence.

The situation is different now. Sirius has not escaped from prison yet, and the real murderer Peter has been arrested. As long as Peter is brought to Fudge, Fudge will not be happy to use this case to give himself a reputation as "sighted" and "wise and powerful" .

The problem is that in order to give Peter to Fudge, you have to tell Fudge that Peter is an Animagus.And Peter will definitely reveal that Sirius is also an Animagus.In this way, Sirius's problem of illegally becoming an Animagus became his new sin.Although it is possible that Fudge decided to ignore the past grudges and just let Sirius register obediently because Sirius helped him gain reputation.But the current situation was tense and no one could afford to be careless, so Dumbledore decided to go find out first to avoid problems.

Peter was temporarily locked up in Hogwarts like this - there was no need to worry about him running away, with the Marauder's Map in hand, and Professor Lupine, Professor Snape, and Professor McGonagall taking turns guarding him, even if he intervened Even if your wings turn into flying mice, don't let a hair of yours escape Hogwarts.

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The Hogwarts Four-Wizard Tournament is still in full swing. What surprised many people was that on the 27th, the big guy Gavin actually performed very well when answering the questions. Not only did he not hinder the team, but He also raised his hand to allow their team to advance to the next round.Afterwards, even Gal had to admit that he was impressed by this guy.

In the second round of the Gaobushi competition prepared by the Gaobushi Club, another group of teams were forced to fail. Gavin and his team still performed well in this round and even became the favorites to win the championship. .The twins Fred and George opened the handicap as expected. Unfortunately, with Moon's intervention, they had to set an upper limit on the handicap - each little wizard could not bet more than 1 silver at most. Sico.

Of course, even so, the Geminis still made a lot of money, and they were not unhappy. After all, while restraining them, Moon also helped them solve the legality issue.Making less money meant making less money, but they no longer had to worry about being ganked by Mr. Filch.

Interspersed with the Hogwarts Final Four, there is also the Quidditch game.In the third week of February, two teams, Ravenclaw and Slytherin, competed on the field.Of course, the ending was not surprising at all. Slytherin deservedly won with a score difference of 260 points to 40 points.

For a time, Slytherin's strong momentum in the two arenas became a hot topic that everyone in Hogwarts was discussing: Gavin Terra from Slytherin was the favorite team to win the Four-wizard Tournament. Firth is the key man; and on the Quidditch field, Slytherin has also been the champion for a long time, and is very popular every year; not to mention that in several games this year, they are also It was defeated by strength.

As a result, it turns out that no one can mess with milk, and accidents can easily happen if the milk comes and goes. On February 2th, the third game of the Hogwarts Four-wizard Tournament - the Treasure Hunt Competition, the team led by Heathcote Barbary [Note 24], a sixth-year Gryffindor A full ten cards were successfully found; the team led by Ravenclaw's Penelo Crevat [Note 1] successfully found nine cards, and the remaining four teams each shared the remaining 2 cards. .Although Gavin's team worked hard, they only found six cards in the end, not even as good as the other team's seven, so they were unfortunately eliminated. [Note 21]

After the game, Gavin was quite frustrated. He didn't perform well in the third game. The team got six cards, but he actually couldn't find any of them. For this reason, he and several of his teammates repeatedly Apologize.It is worth mentioning that his teammates were some of those who stayed at Hogwarts for Christmas this year, and their teammates did not blame Gavin at all, but instead always comforted him.After all, if it weren't for Gavin, they might not have even made it to the third game.

This matter also made Moon think deeply. Obviously, his idea was correct.Although some little wizards behave like jerks in school, with vulgar, impolite, and even vicious words, the problem is that this may not be the nature of the little wizard, but that he has been influenced by his family environment since he was born. The bad quality of birth.Sometimes, there may only be an opportunity for them to change for better or worse.

For example, Gavin, Moon once did not even correct his thoughts, but simply punished him and made him shut up for a period of time.But from then on, he really thought about many things during the time when he shut up, realized his mistakes, reflected on some things, and became a "good Slytherin".

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[Note 1] Heathcote Barbary, future acoustic guitarist in the band The Weird Sisters, is now in sixth grade.

[Note 2] Penelo Crevat, who will become Percy's girlfriend, is now in the third grade.In addition, the original book does not mention the specific time when the two got together. It is only known that Percy wrote many letters to Penello during the summer between Harry's first grade and second grade, which means that the two It is likely that Harry officially fell in love at the end of his first year, and this setting will also be adopted in this book.In other words, Penelo and Percy are not boyfriend and girlfriend yet, so they are not competing together.

[Note 3] Initially there were 22 teams. After the first round, there should be eleven teams left. However, in order to ensure that the second round could proceed smoothly, Ian from the Wizard Chess Club organized an on-site voting to select the results. An excellent team with high support rates, sending it to the second round.

Chapter 169 Sirius Returns

In stark contrast to Gavin, there is no doubt that Nathaniel Carlo.Even though Munn had even told him how to solve the dilemma that Munn had set for him, he still went his own way, and even intensified his efforts, quite trying to make things worse.

So Moon naturally gave up on his thoughts and chose to let him fend for himself.

In addition to the third game of the Hogwarts Four-Wizard Tournament, another big event happened on the 24th.

The Daily Prophet was officially published, exonerating Sirius Black and announcing that Peter Pedro was the real murderer.Sirius was acquitted and Peter Pedro was imprisoned.As soon as the news came out, the entire British wizarding world was shocked, but the Ministry of Magic also issued an official statement at the same time. Both the Ministry of Magic's statement and the Daily Prophet article described in detail what happened that year.No matter how shocked everyone is, this has become an ironclad fact.

So, after the uproar, Fudge's reputation was extremely high, and photos of Fudge in high spirits and smiling could be seen in countless newspapers.The officials of the Ministry of Magic who tried Sirius Black back then were all vilified by everyone. Of course, some of them made remarks like hindsight, saying that they had felt that Sirius Black must have something hidden.

For a time, this event seemed to be a carnival, a carnival that belonged to Cornelius Fudge and countless wizards in the British wizarding world.

On the contrary, it was Sirius Black, the one who seemed to be the most rejoicing, who fell into complicated emotions.

Accompanied by Professor Dumbledore, he was taken out of Azkaban and then went to the Ministry of Magic to register his Animagus status.Afterwards, he was able to return home to rest for a few days. Professor Lupine also took a few days off to accompany Sirius in cleaning up the Black family's old house at No. 12 Grimmauld Place, and by the way, he told him about ten things. Changes over the years and so on.

A few days later, Blake arrived at Hogwarts, dressed up again but still looking haggard.

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Sirius Black was somewhat uncomfortable sitting in the headmaster's office at Hogwarts. This discomfort was firstly because he had never liked it here, not since he was in school; secondly, it was because of his... The ancestor was staring at him [Note 1]; the third time he came, it was because he was still a little dazed in his heart.

This kind of trance did not just appear today. In fact, he has been feeling a little trance in the past few days——

Just a few days ago, he was a villain that everyone was shouting about. He abandoned his friends, joined Voldemort, bombed an entire street and killed his friend Peter Pettigrew. He was imprisoned in Azkaban all day long and suffered from the soul-robbing. He was tortured by monsters and tortured in his own heart, and even almost fell into madness several times.