A ruined Hogwarts

After returning to the dormitory, Owen fed the kitten some milk and then went to bed to rest.

While he was falling into a deep sleep, he felt a tightness in his chest. In his dream, a basketball kept bouncing on his chest. He couldn't catch it and kept making strange noises.

Owen opened his eyes with difficulty, feeling like he had just fallen asleep. The little kitten he brought back, Tanuki, was jumping around in front of him, sometimes stroking his cheeks with his paws, and biting his chin with his baby teeth.

"What?" Owen rubbed his eyes, opened the curtains of the four-poster bed and looked outside. It was hard to distinguish between day and night under the black lake, but the other three beds were empty, and it seemed that it was already dawn.

The feeling of hunger in his belly also reminded him that it should be three o'clock in the morning by now.

Little Kitty Tanuki bit Owen's finger anxiously and frantically motioned for him to get out of bed. Then, it jumped off the bed first, meowing and spinning back and forth.

"What happened?" Owen likes cats, so he naturally knows that this sign does not mean he is hungry. He quickly put on his clothes and followed the stumbling figure of the kitten and Tanuki out of the dormitory.

"Good morning, Owen, you came back very late last night." Harry was thinking about his Potions homework in the lounge and raised his head to say hello.

"What, you really found that fax machine?" Draco looked over with gray eyes.

"No." Owen's face darkened.

"Ha, I said you couldn't find it." Draco held the back of his head and leaned lazily in the armchair, watching Pansy and Daphne play wizard chess, gesticulating in a drawl.

"Good morning, Owen. Oh, Pansy, please stop listening to Draco's random instructions. You have lost four games in a row!" Daphne said helplessly.

"I didn't expect your chess skills to be so good. I underestimated you, Daphne." Draco said solemnly, never admitting that he was a bad chess player. "I'm going to be serious, Pansy, listen to me." Yes, I will definitely win next time!”

Pansy nodded with a smile, took back her chess piece, and started the next game of chess with great interest.

"You've said this three times." Daphne breathed out, looked at Owen and said, "Owen, do you want to come over and play chess? Huh? Do you have a cat?" She looked at the man who was pulling with her baby teeth with bright eyes. The little cat wearing Owen's clothes.

"This is a catnive, and he has no knowledge." Blaise glanced at him and said mercilessly.

Daphne glared at him, her cheeks bulging slightly, then she smiled at Owen and said, "I know you have always liked cats, but now you are finally willing to keep a cat?"

"We just met by chance." Owen looked at the anxious little guy on the ground and said with a smile, "It has been very anxious. I followed it out to check the situation."

"I heard that cats can sense danger and good and evil. Is there any suspiciously dangerous guy here?" Daphne joked.

"Huh?" Harry looked up warily. Recently, due to the issue of branching into different hospitals, he has some persecution paranoia and always feels that the danger is directed at him.

"You're overthinking." Owen spread his hands to Harry. He knew exactly what this guy was thinking, and all he could say was that all of Harry's thoughts were written on his face.

He said goodbye to everyone, held the little cat in his arms and walked out of the lounge, followed its guidance to the first floor, and left the castle.

The rain has stopped, the grass field is a bit muddy, and the dark green grass blades are covered with crystal water droplets. The Forbidden Forest in the distance is shrouded in mist, the jungle is glowing with a deep indigo color, and the sky is clear and blue.

Catnives led Owen across the field, aiming directly at the Forbidden Forest.

"Are you going to find your mother?" Owen looked at the unweaned kitten Nizi and touched its head and its surprisingly big ears.

"Meow--" Kitty Tanuki raised her head and meowed softly, with human sadness and pleading in her round golden pupils.

"Hey! What are you doing? Stay away from the Forbidden Forest!" Just as Owen was about to walk into the jungle, Hagrid's loud voice came from a distance. He turned around and saw a huge figure chasing after him with long strides.

"Good morning, Hagrid." Owen waved to him.

"Oh, it's you, Owen." Hagrid looked at him with a headache. "Didn't I tell you not to go into the Forbidden Forest? Especially since a unicorn was injured last night. Something terrible has come in..."

"It's this little guy who wants to take me there." Owen held up the kitten Nizi in his arms and said with a smile, "I think it probably got separated from its mother and I bumped into it."

"Nives, there are about a dozen of them in the Forbidden Forest, but they all live alone, so it's hard to meet them." Hagrid carefully stretched out a thick finger and tapped the little guy's head. He smiled involuntarily and narrowed his eyes. The little cat tilted her head and looked at him. Instead of being frightened by the other person's rough appearance, she gave him a friendly bark.

"But this little guy can lead us to find its mother. They are very good at finding paths and finding things." Hagrid glanced at Owen and said in a negotiating tone, "How about you give it to me? "

"How about we go together?" Owen pointed to the inside of the Forbidden Forest with a smile, "I found it."

"Okay, stay with me and don't run around." Hagrid pulled out a huge red umbrella from his back, held it in his hand, and blew a loud whistle. His big dogtooth rushed over from his wooden house, circled around Hagrid, and almost knocked Owen down.

After throwing a piece of fire paper at Yaya with lightning speed, the frightened big dog took the lead and got into the jungle. Owen and Hagrid also followed in, following the lead of the cat.

As he walked deeper, Hagrid earnestly warned Owen not to enter the Forbidden Forest recently: "Last night, the centaurs informed me that there were red sparks lighting up in the Forbidden Forest. I was afraid that someone was in danger inside, so I searched the whole forest. Late. A unicorn was injured. Although it was not serious, the thing that would attack the unicorn was definitely an evil creature... I saw a shadow from a distance, and it seemed that the thing could fly..."

Apart from that, what Hagrid asked the most about was Harry. He was always worried that Harry would be bullied in Slytherin.

Owen responded while paying attention to the road under his feet. He felt more and more familiar, and it seemed to be consistent with the direction he was heading last night.

After the heavy rain, the animals in the Forbidden Forest left their nests one after another. Birdsongs were heard in the forest, and a few giant spiders occasionally crawled on the ground. Owen even saw two Hippogriffs taking a leisurely walk. With Hagrid and Fang around, none of the magical animals showed any aggression, and the journey was very peaceful.

Finally, Owen found that they had arrived at the place where he met Kitten Tanuki, and they were still heading in the direction last night, almost to the place where he met Quirrell.

"Huh? The unicorn was injured in front last night." Hagrid frowned and glanced at the little guy in Owen's arms worriedly.

"It seems that it followed me last night and hoped that I could take it forward?" Owen touched the head of the cat, "It's just that we encountered Quirrell on the way, and it and I were taken away. . This little guy was really frightened and fell asleep directly after drinking the milk..."

They quickly passed through the high ground where the unicorn was injured, and the heavy rain had washed away all traces of it. After walking for a while, Yaya suddenly whined at the bushes ahead.

The little kitten struggled to jump out of Owen's arms and flew towards the bushes in front of him. His soft cry became long and sharp, like a baby's cry.

Soon there were echoes one after another in the bushes, and several little heads of different colors poked out from the branches and leaves one after another.

There were actually six kittens hiding inside. It seemed like they had been soaked in the rain all night, and their screams were a little weak. A female cat the size of a normal house cat lay lifeless in the bushes, with several kittens huddled around it.

"Oh, poor guy, it's dead." Hagrid's eyes turned red. He picked up the body of the female cat and examined it, and found a deep wound on her neck. "I think this is not an accident, but man-made. Maybe it's the thing last night... these little guys came here from the nest in the rain."

"That's it." Owen sighed softly and stroked the heads of the kittens one by one.

The two buried the body of the female cat and looked at each other for a while. Finally, one person walked back holding a few kittens.

"They haven't been weaned yet and can't live independently yet. We need to take care of them for a while." Hagrid's loud voice echoed far through the forest.

The two returned to Hagrid's hut and placed the seven kittens in Hagrid's temporary nest, letting them get close to the boiler to keep warm. The soft cries of the kittens and raccoons made Owen's heart melt.

What a Dark Lord, what a Philosopher's Stone, nothing more important than a cat!

Hagrid poured a large basin of milk for the kittens and nuggets, and wanted to take them out of the nest to drink milk. However, he accidentally squeezed one of the kittens until it meowed, and he almost dropped it in his haste. on the ground.

"I'll do it," Owen said.

"Oh, okay." Hagrid wiped his forehead. He was not very good at taking care of such a fragile little guy, although as a magical animal, the cat nives were definitely not fragile to ordinary people. If it was taking care of animals like rough-skinned and thick-bodied snails, that would be what he was good at.

Seeing Owen taking good care of the little ones, Hagrid hesitated and said: "How about you..."

"I can't take care of you." Owen shook his head reluctantly.

"Okay, I'll find someone who is good at it." Hagrid walked out in a hurry, forgetting to say hello to Owen.

Soon, he came back, with Professor McGonagall beside him.

Owen clearly saw that when Professor McGonagall saw the group of cute little guys, a bright light flashed in her usually serious and calm eyes. Well, it feels like the cat sees a tasty treat or cat teaser.

"Ahem, no problem. Hagrid, and Mr. Shafiq, just leave them to me." Seeing Owen staring at him with a strange expression, Professor McGonagall coughed lightly, and his expression became meticulous again.

Owen's lips murmured. He wanted to say, "It's okay to take the cat away, but you have to turn into a cat and pet it for me first... Well, he didn't dare to say it for fear of being beaten to death."

Professor McGonagall waved her wand, and several cats and their nests levitated beside her. At this time, the little kitten Nizi who had been following Owen all night struggled to jump down and walked toward Owen with elegant cat steps.

"Eh? She wants to follow you." Professor McGonagall raised her eyebrows, "They don't admit to others easily."

"Really?" Owen also glanced at the little guy in surprise and whispered to it: "What, you haven't been frightened enough this night? Do you want to continue to find some excitement?"

Little Kitty Tanuki raised her head proudly, turned around and pointed her butt at him.

"She can understand you. As long as you treat her sincerely, she will become an amazing partner." Professor McGonagall looked at Owen sharply, seriously assessing whether he could become a qualified owner. After a long time, she reluctantly nodded her head with satisfaction.

"Well, it's an honor." Owen smiled brightly and picked up the little kitten, "Then you'll call Melete."