Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

"Morning, Assistant Blake."

Gordon thought... No, Sirius's heart skipped a beat [Note 1], Assistant Black?Professor McGonagall is obviously a little unhappy.

Thinking of this, Sirius immediately raised his eyebrows, and while poking the fried eggs on the plate, he said with a smile: "They were so noisy just now, and there were no rules at all. Did you just see that building outside?" The statue of the Pumpkin Knight? That doesn’t look like the work of professors. Did one of your students make it?”

The corners of Professor McGonagall's mouth trembled, as if she wanted to laugh but quickly held back. She glanced at Sirius and scolded: "They said they have no rules, and you are not much better yourself. Hurry up. Eat, don’t think I don’t know you have class in the first period in the morning.”

Sirius responded and began to eat quietly. Professor McGonagall glanced here again inadvertently. For a moment, he suddenly felt a little dazed, as if he had seen someone who was very similar but very different from many years ago. The figure is the same.

At that time, Sirius was hardly so behaved when eating.

To be precise, at that time, Sirius Black was trying hard to get rid of the "Black feeling" in himself because of conflicts with his family. He was rebellious and resistant, and was willing to follow family traditions in everything. The teachings come in reverse.

And now...

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[Note 1] I think most readers should know the meme "Gordon's heart skipped a beat." This meme comes from the character in the Batman series, James Gordon, who has this homophonic meme because of his last name.The reason why this joke is played here is because Sirius in the Harry Potter series of movies is played by Gary Oldman, and Gary Oldman happened to play James Gordon in the Batman series of movies.

Chapter 45 A Different Sirius

Professor McGonagall didn't know whether this was good or bad. In her opinion, Sirius seemed to have become... more stable than before, but the stability was very limited. He still had the frivolity of his youth. and recklessness and pride.

But he is already in his thirties.

Just as the thought came to his mind, Professor McGonagall suddenly realized that although Sirius was indeed 30 years old, he had spent almost one-third of his time in Azkaban in the past thirty years.Being able to be calmer than before and still acting like a young man... is actually a good result.

Resisting the thought of sighing softly, Professor McGonagall lowered her head and continued eating her breakfast.

In fact, what Professor McGonagall didn't know was that Sirius himself had thought about these things, and even talked to Remus about it, and what they talked about was far deeper than what Professor McGonagall thought.

They talked about what happened back then, what it would be like now if Peter Peddie was really blown to death by Sirius like that; they talked about what it would be like if they cleared Sirius' grievances, but Peter Peddie If Lu Que had not been arrested, what would have happened now?

Moon was also listening, but he did not tell the two of them the answer he knew.

What will happen?Just like in the original work, even if Sirius's grievances were washed away and everyone close to him knew that Sirius was wronged, what would happen?As long as Peter Pedillo is not arrested, it is absolutely impossible for the Ministry of Magic to release him - with Peter Pedillo in exchange for Sirius, this is called catching the real murderer and rehabilitating Sirius; but without Peter Pedillo coming, In exchange for Sirius, releasing Sirius would have been a simple misjudgment back then.

Redress and miscarriage of justice may seem to be just two different words, but to the Ministry of Magic, they mean a world of difference.The reputation of rehabilitation has both positive and negative aspects. Most of the positive points fall on Fudge, and most of the negative points fall on the person who sent Sirius to Azkaban.But what about misjudgment?The reputation of misjudgment is only negative, and Fudge is equivalent to being slapped in the face.

So the result is that Sirius successfully escaped from prison, but was unable to be cleared of his grievances because of Peter's escape. He could only imprison himself in Grimmauld Place. After finally seeing Harry again, he was still forced to live in a small number of places. Stayed with Harry for a few holidays to see him.If you want to go out with Harry on the streets, you have to turn into your own Animagus form. The person who accompanies him most at home is actually a house elf who is full of resentment for his obedience.

Ten years of living in Azkaban had already blocked Sirius' path to maturity. All he gained from these ten years was endless depression and self-blame.What happened to James Potter's family tortured his soul day and night, and the endless dementors in Azkaban were destroying his spirit all the time.And he was in self-exile in such a cage.

As a result, the ten years of imprisonment in Azkaban ended, but he saw the next prison outside. He still couldn't walk out into the sunshine, still couldn't continue the fight and adventure he longed for, and still couldn't take Haha with him. Leigh did what he wanted to do with Harry.

As a result, his frivolity disappeared, his freedom and ease were covered up, and the depression brought out of Azkaban was still tormenting him like maggots on his tarsus, without any relief or relief.He began to become silent and depressed. This constituted calmness on the surface, but what about inside?Reckless, even irritable and irritable.Only when he was with everyone, especially Harry, could he feel happy and relaxed again.

He spent another two years in wandering emotions, and finally achieved eternal relief.

How can such an answer be expressed?Moon still preferred to hear the answer Sirius told Remus at that time. Sirius said that no matter what the outcome was, he would never regret it.

Moon thought it was pretty good, and it couldn't be better like this.

Leaving Azkaban three years in advance, no longer needing to hide around, no longer needing to lock oneself in Grimmauld Place, no longer needing to endure the dislike of being with Kreacher all day long.Instead, you can walk openly under the sun. You can go to relax to relieve depression and get to know yourself again. You can take Harry to find a place with beautiful scenery to secretly ride a broomstick. You can even come to Hogwarts as an assistant teacher. See you at any time. To old friend Remus and godson Harry, as well as many new friends and old acquaintances.The false charges have been cleared, and all that is left is to reconcile with yourself.

Although he doesn't seem to have the maturity that he should have shown originally, he is more like the young man he was, frivolous, reckless, proud and free and easy. He just knows how to consider the consequences of doing things, and he is no longer so completely resistant to himself. There are some qualities in him - not mature enough, but still able to move forward, which is better than the original pathological and false maturity, which will only slowly push people towards self-destruction step by step.

For Moon, everything was fine, except for feeling a little sorry for Professor Snape.

He really didn't expect that Professor Dumbledore would agree to let Sirius be an assistant teacher in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. To be honest, Moon understood Professor Dumbledore's intention of doing this-Sirius's arrival could emotionally comfort Lem. Si, in fact, can also form a connection with Remus. Through the so-called vacation, relying on the rotation of the two people to clear Remus's suspicion as much as possible, so that Remus can reveal his identity as a werewolf as late as possible.

However, this is also a flaw of Professor Dumbledore. He sometimes ignores some things too easily. He talks about love, but he himself often ignores the emotions of others.

It is true that recruiting Sirius to be the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts can make Professor Lupine's life easier and make the crisis caused by the Ministry of Magic's decree that will take effect in more than two months smaller. However, Deng Professor Bullydo apparently forgot that Sirius almost killed Professor Snape back then, and the "knife" he used to kill Professor Snape was none other than Remus Lupin [Note 1].

Recruiting Assistant Lupine was enough to make Professor Snape swallow a fly. Now that Assistant Black was added, Professor Snape did not go on strike because of his extremely strong psychological endurance.

If it had been Moon, he would have probably smashed all the windows in Professor Dumbledore's office with stones.

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[Note 1] Refers to when Sirius Black told Severus Snape about the secret passage under the Whomping Willow and tricked Severus Snape into arriving at the Shrieking Shack on a full moon night. in things.

Chapter 46 Farewell and Choice

"Some of the things about Chen Sesame and Rotten Millet will pass if you don't mention them today or tomorrow." Moon sighed and said in a deep voice, "But what about some of them? If you don't mention them today or tomorrow, they will pass away slowly." It just became a sore and started getting worse.”

Although the person he was talking to was not Sirius, Remus or Professor Snape, when he said this, he did think of the conversation he had with Sirius and Remus that day. I remembered the things about those few of them.

"So, my evaluation is that you'd better speak out and solve it. You can't hold everything in your heart and think about ignoring it and letting it go away. Maybe people will be too stubborn to refuse. What about disappearing? After all, many problems cannot be ignored at all. Before talking about it, you can also ask your mother first. This is the best way. If she doesn’t want to hear it, stop talking about it. If she wants to hear it, , just tell her. When she can't make up her mind, it's only natural that you make your own decision."

Moon sighed again while talking to Randall.

Tired, so tired. Professor Dumbledore has a problem, Professor Snape has a problem, Sirius has a problem, and now Randall also has a problem. If they continue like this, Moon feels that he is about to have a problem too.

He couldn't say that he himself had problems a long time ago.

"Well, thank you, Moon." Randall stretched out his hand, seemingly wanting to shake Munn's hand to express his gratitude, but as soon as Moon raised his hand, Randall withdrew his hand and changed the handshake to a Big hug.

"It's not that, it's not that, I didn't do anything, I just gave you a few words." Moon patted his shoulder, "Go and pack your things quickly, before it's too late."

Randall nodded vigorously, turned around and ran away in a hurry on two legs.

In fact, the conversation between them lasted less than 2 minutes, but the content of the conversation still made Moon feel a little stressed.

A year ago, after the battle at St. Mungo's, I don't know if it was because of Forrest Dempsey's death. Randall's mother also had a feeling in the dark, and she actually died in St. Mungo's. Under the care of therapist Mungo, she managed to hold on for another year - but during this whole year, the lady was actually in a state of exhaustion, just in a coma without waking up.

Until today, 10 minutes ago, Professor McGonagall suddenly arrived at Randall's Charms class, found Randall out, informed him of the incident, and asked him to go back to his room to pack his things and set off directly later. St. Mungo's.

Randall rushed all the way to the Slytherin common room, but happened to meet Moon, who had finished the ancient runes class early and finished class 10 minutes early. This led to the conversation between the two.

In fact, Randall only asked one question.

"Should I tell my mother exactly what happened to Forest Dempsey last year?"

Randall knew that his mother was about to pass away. The therapist at St. Mungo's told Randall directly that today would most likely be the last time his mother would wake up. Whether it was physical or mental, his mother had already reached the limit. .That's why he was so hesitant. He didn't know if his mother would leave without regrets or full of regrets if he told her about Forest Dempsey.

There were some words Randall didn't say, but Moon could see that he was not only worried about his mother, he was also worried about himself.For the whole year, Randall has been keeping these things in his heart. He has never come to see Moon, nor has he gotten close to other people in the academy. He has never told anyone about his experience with Forrest. Thoughts and thoughts in the year since Dempsey's death.

So Moon asked him to say it was for his own good and his mother's.Randall needs a place to talk. As for his mother, whether he will listen to it without regrets or with regrets is a decision that should not be made by Randall, but should be made by Randall's mother. Come and do it.

After watching Randall run away, Moon took out his pocket watch and checked the time, and then quickly walked downstairs.

It will be time for get out of class to end soon, and in a short while, the little wizards who have been hungry all morning will be released from the classroom, break into the auditorium, and start to "viciously" carve up the food on the table.

Moon was not worried about not being able to find a seat or not getting food after going to the auditorium. This was not a Muggle university, where people would line up at the window and rely on the aunt to serve the food.What he was worried about was that if there was meat and mashed potato pie today, he would suffer a big loss if he went too late and didn't get to eat it.

Ever since Moon shared a piece of meat-stuffed mashed potato pie on the table for the first time last Friday, he has been amazed by this seemingly ordinary food - not necessarily how delicious it is. , mainly because he is inexplicably attracted to Munn.Therefore, he almost immediately started visiting various places to find out what it was.

The person who finally gave him the answer was Gall, the most famous foodie in the entire third grade of Hufflepuff. Yes, it was only then that Moon finally realized that he seemed to have done something stupid to seek the far away.Moreover, when Gal gave him the answer, he also included a small additional message: the meat and mashed potato pie is not made every day in the Hogwarts kitchen, but every Monday and every Thursday. Once, and it's only available for dinner on Mondays, and only for lunch on Thursdays.

Today was Thursday, and it was lunch time. If it hadn't been like this, he wouldn't have written as fast as he could to answer all the questions in the ancient magic text class quiz, and then ran straight away in a hurry Come to the auditorium.

What for?Isn’t it just for this pie?

Otherwise, he is really not used to the feeling of rushing to the auditorium on the first floor alone after class. His roommates and Violet are all taking Muggle Studies classes, and he is the only one who has grown up. A lonely person.

The good thing is not all bad, right?Not only was Munn the first to arrive at the auditorium, but he also ate a full quarter of the meat-filled mashed potato pie on the table. By the time the other little wizards rushed in, he had already eaten it. Feeling full, he started to open the book and waited for Cedric and the others to arrive.

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Until the last class in the afternoon was finished, amidst the less anticipated expectations, the sun set in the west, the moon rose in the east, and the night slowly fell. Everything was completely silent, and even the sound of the wind became much quieter. .

Why is it not so much anticipated?Because the only first-year wizards who were looking forward to this dinner were the first-year wizards who had not participated in the Halloween dinners of the previous two years. The remaining seniors had no special expectations for today's banquet.

I can't help it. The Halloween dinners in the past two years were so exciting - it was a fireworks display and a costume party. However, this year it was suddenly announced that everyone would have a meal together. It would be really nice for the little wizards to have a sense of anticipation. Ghost.

Chapter 47 Banquet

However, the little wizards are actually quite content. After all, for so many years, the Halloween dinner party has been suddenly interesting for a year or two, and then suddenly boring for a year or two. It does not mean that it is very fancy every year. .What's more, no matter what, there are still a lot of delicious foods to enjoy. At worst, it can just be treated as an ordinary dinner?

After everyone took their seats and the door of the auditorium slowly closed, Professor Dumbledore stood up first, apparently intending to say a few words:

"As everyone knows, we originally planned to spend today's Halloween dinner simply. This is because there are many things this year. In the past two weeks, the professors and I have been busy with other work-but, very soon Obviously, some students seem to have different opinions and want to make today's banquet more interesting in their own way."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the auditorium turned to Munn.

"Ahem -" Moon glanced at Professor Dumbledore awkwardly, then stood up, waved and nodded at everyone, as if accepting a salute, causing a burst of laughter in the auditorium.The Weasley twins even whistled in a funny way, and someone at the teacher's desk also laughed inappropriately. Yes, it was Sirius and Hagrid.

"It seems that everyone knows who I am talking about. Hmm, this saves me the hesitation of naming his name." Professor Dumbledore raised his glass with a smile and tilted his head. "Of course, after discovering After that exquisite knight statue, the professors and I also had some brief discussions and unanimously decided that maybe we can do some tricks for tonight's banquet."

"Wuhu~~!!!" Not long after the laughter stopped, the cheers started again. On the teacher's desk, Professor Snape frowned, showing a trace of disgust.

"But not now, ha, I don't know if you are hungry or not. Anyway, I am a little hungry, so just to be considerate of my age, let us start eating." Professor Dumbledore said while As he spoke, he waved slightly.

A sound like a curtain being lifted suddenly came from above. The little wizards quickly looked up and found that the ceiling above suddenly changed from dark clouds to clear skies. But what no one expected was that the professors actually He carefully hid all the bats behind the dark clouds. As soon as the dark clouds dispersed, the bats immediately flapped their wings and flew away, startling everyone.

Immediately afterwards, all the previously lit lights in the auditorium were extinguished, and instead, pumpkin lanterns suddenly sprouted from the vines that grew inexplicably on the ceiling. Not only were the lights dim, but they even seemed to be accompanied by faint sounds. Weird laughter.

As the last jack-o-lantern was lit up, large plates of various dishes began to appear on the table:

Cornish meat pies with oily, crispy crust and fragrant beef fillings, different German sausages with various colorful sauces, brightly colored beetroot soup with rich sweet and sour aroma, served with Fragrant grilled cheese stuffed with cucumber, tomato and meat... There are also big bowls of Swedish meatballs, steaming potato pancakes with a glimpse of oil stars, rich and rich Hungarian soup, and so on.Of course, a variety of steaks, lamb chops and pork chops are also a must.There is no doubt that the house elves in the Hogwarts kitchen today definitely showed first-class craftsmanship and seriousness.

There is no doubt that now, the dinner party has officially begun.

The little wizards began to feast unceremoniously - there was no need to be polite. There were people at the teacher's table drinking and drinking. Except for Sirius and Remus on the far left and Professor Snape on the far right, they didn't even bother to look at each other. Beyond the first glance, everyone else looked happy, especially Professor Trelawney, who looked like she was about to grab a bottle of sherry and drink from it.

Hagrid was also very happy, but it was a pity that he was too big, and it was a bit awkward to sit in that position, and he really didn't dare to move around at will.In the middle of the seat, Professor Greengrass and Professor Dumbledore chose the same copper ring to circle their beards, and the timing of raising their wine glasses was surprisingly consistent.Professor McGonagall chewed the food gracefully, but Professor Sinistra next to her didn't know if she had told a joke. Professor McGonagall quickly lowered her head and covered her face with her hands. Only the trembling of her shoulders could reveal the reason for her laughter. How happy.

Madam Hooch and Madam Pomfrey were also drinking, and it seemed to be the same type of sherry that Professor Trelawney drank. However, Madam Hooch drank more boldly than Madam Pomfrey. , one side has already finished two cups, and the other side has not even finished half the cup.Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout were not drinking. At the moment, Professor Sprout was holding up the fork in his hand and talking nonstop. From time to time, the two of them looked at Ravenclaw together. The focus on Bert at the long table sent a chill down the spine of Bert who was eating happily. He always felt like the two professors were dragging him to do some weird research.

Professor Baburin from the Ancient Runes class and Professor Bubbaji from the Muggle Studies class were also chatting, but judging from their expressions, it was obvious that Professor Bubbaji should be talking most of the time. Professor Bubbaji Listening.This made Professor Kettleburn, who was sitting next to them, a little on pins and needles (most likely because he couldn't get in the conversation and no one was drinking with him yet). However, after a few minutes, he seemed to have finally found his soulmate, because when everyone went up, While watching, he was already toasting with Hagrid and drinking heavily.

At the long Gryffindor table, Harry watched a third-year senior and another Slytherin student not far away making faces at each other, and asked Percy opposite him with great joy: "Hey, Percy West! Is Halloween always so fun at Hogwarts?"

Percy chewed the steak with gestures and shook his head, "It's not always like this. In fact, when I was in first grade, the school Halloween dinner was very boring. Everyone just ate the whole meal. But what happened next It has been very lively for several years, especially last year and this year, the atmosphere between the colleges has become much better, and the frequency of fights has also been greatly reduced, so it has become more fun."

Fred squeezed his head over, first secretly tapped Ron on the back of the head next to Harry with his knuckles, and then said to Harry as if nothing was wrong: "Everyone was quite uncomfortable with it at first, at least for me. It's hard to get used to with George, because since second year, we have become increasingly embarrassed to use most of the Slytherin students to do some excessive pranks."

"Fred!" Ron quickly discovered Fred's little trick and shouted dissatisfied: "If you do this again, I'll tell mom!"

Fred shrugged his shoulders with a playful smile, and George came over and added for him: "But later we discovered that when Slytherin students were clearly divided into good and bad, our behavior almost became We are so heroic, even Slytherins are praising us, because our 'super prank props' have better and more accurate targets."

"So." Fred said.

"Do you need us to help you deal with that little bastard named Malfoy?" This is George.

"Guaranteed no one will find out."

"No one will say anything if they find out."

"At least the Slytherins won't say anything."

"To be precise, Fred, most people in Slytherin won't say anything."

"That's right, George."

"So you decided happily?"

"Yes, George!"

The two brothers high-fived each other vigorously, then gave Harry a bared smile and returned to their seats.

"Uh... what just happened?" Harry looked at Ron confused.

Ron rolled his eyes vigorously and complained mercilessly, "Ignore them, they are just like this, they have always been like this. Think about it Harry, I grew up in this kind of environment. To be honest, I would rather the two of them become Someone else's kid, not Percy."

Although Percy, who was sitting opposite, didn't hear clearly, he still raised his head warily, but Harry and Ron had already changed the subject.

Chapter 48 The death scene

Changing the subject immediately was definitely the best decision Harry and Ron had made all day today, not only because of Percy's rising vigilance, but also because they finally discovered something... not so wonderful.

This Halloween dinner was wonderful, but they just realized that Hermione wasn't coming.

Perhaps it was fate, although many things have changed - Harry did not receive his broomstick from Professor McGonagall, and the fourth floor of Hogwarts no longer has the trap door and the evil three heads. Big dog [Note 1], but the two of them still quarreled with Hermione.Most of them are due to some daily trivial matters, such as Professor Snape deducting points for arguing with Malfoy, or for talking back in class (Professor Snape deducted points from Harry because of Sirius's appearance). The points will be deducted even more severely)...etc.

Hermione was always complaining about them, hoping that they could be more honest and patient, and not be deducted points that didn't need to be deducted all the time because of these senseless things.Because in Hermione's opinion, it wasn't worth it.But for Harry and Ron, two little guys who act impulsively and don't like to consider the consequences of doing things, they don't think it's appropriate to tolerate Malfoy. As for Professor Snape, they can I swear by Merlin's photo that they are really enduring it. If you don't believe it, you can watch the video [Note 2].

Besides, didn’t Sirius also deduct all the points they had deducted from Malfoy and the others?

Strictly speaking, we cannot say who is right and who is wrong, or more accurately it should be said that both sides are right and wrong. In short, both sides are naive, immature, and impolite - they are both children in the first place. If they are both Like Moon, then Voldemort can just dig a hole and bury himself.

And then, today, after the Charms class, Ron still said, "No wonder everyone can't stand her. To be honest, she is just like a nightmare."

Hermione still ran away crying, but the two little guys who had seen Hermione cry with their own eyes didn't realize until this moment that Hermione didn't even come to the dinner.

After discovering this, the two of them quickly asked the other students around them casually, and then ran out of the auditorium without looking back as Percy shouted in a low voice - this was not subtle at all, many people I saw it, but no one, including Moon, paid much attention.

Quirrell was stunned. The troll who was supposed to break into Hogwarts today is still making trouble somewhere. What's there to care about? Could he follow him and break into the women's bathroom overnight?