Hogwarts Homecoming

Harry poked his head out, staring at the map spread out in Hermione's hands with burning eyes, and then he realized that there was more than one strange thing.

When the time was close to ten o'clock, they were chasing Scabbers down the stairs, but only their names were shown on the map, but there was no Scabbers in the castle. On the contrary, at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Harry saw Hagrid squatting on his bed Inside the cabin, Sirius and Crooked Lynx are in a small square on the map.

And at the back of the house, close to the Forbidden Forest, the names of Malfoy and Peter loomed.

"No time to think about that, Harry."

Hermione closed the map suddenly. She took Harry by the hand and broke into Professor Lupine's office. After leaving the map behind, she hurriedly grabbed his sleeve and squeezed out through the crack of the door.

"The map in Professor Lupine's hand—" Harry said in great confusion, "we left him?"

"Isn't this obvious? Dumbledore has made it clear enough."

Hermione said angrily, Harry wanted to ask something else, but the sound of hurried footsteps on the other side of the stairs and Professor Lupine appearing on the other side blocked his mouth.

Even knowing that they couldn't see themselves, Harry and Hermione's hearts were still pounding nervously, especially Hermione, who had memorized the number before she got the hard-won time-turner from Professor McGonagall. There are hundreds of prohibition regulations related to time magic, and I have seen countless cases of wizards who used time converters incorrectly and caused serious accidents throughout the ages.

Judging from the sequence of events, they appeared here safe and sound, but Hermione still couldn't suppress her nervousness.

What happened next, even Harry, who was used to magic and wonder, could only be described as wonder.

He saw Ron and himself appearing in his field of vision at the same time, just a few dozen feet away from them, they were scurrying to catch up with Scabbers who flashed past in sight, and then, Hermione He grabbed their collars and dragged them behind the tapestry.

Harry subconsciously held his breath, because Professor Lupine had slowly walked over, and Harry looked at Professor Lupine sadly, thinking about what was about to happen, but he didn't need Hermione to remind him, he knew If I really did this, what serious consequences would it have.

Click——

The tired-looking Professor Lupine closed the door of the office, and immediately, the three of Harry behind the tapestry rushed down without a second's delay.

Neither Harry nor Hermione moved under the cloak, quietly waiting for what would happen next.

Only half a minute later, the door in front of Harry and Hermione was suddenly opened, and Professor Lupine appeared holding the parchment. His expression was very different from when he entered just now, and he was completely invisible That slack look.

Lupine grabbed the parchment and rushed downstairs, and Harry knew what he was going for.

When Professor Lupine rushed downstairs, Harry wanted to catch up with him, but suddenly there were hurried footsteps from the far end of the corridor, which forced Harry to stick close to the window opening, suppressing his anxious mood and waiting. The visitor passes by.

It's Professor Snape!

The faster-than-normal walking speed caused Snape's robes to bulge into a cape, and Harry could even feel the chill radiating from Snape as he passed.

Even if Harry didn't want to, he had to admit one thing, without Snape tonight, they couldn't have escaped from the clutches of the werewolf.

"How on earth did Snape find out?"

When Snape's hurried footsteps became softer, Harry, who was almost suffocated, gasped a few times, and then asked impatiently,

"He doesn't have a Marauder's map in his hand. I've been wondering how he found out that something was wrong."

"Needless to say, Harry!"

After experiencing so many things, Hermione was more anxious than usual, she said impatiently,

"That direction is Professor Bryan's office. Professor Snape discovered it through those magical lenses. He must have seen us chasing something. Then, he saw Professor Lupine leaving the office and noticed something was wrong. Then stalked us. Well, let me see, what are we supposed to do now?"

Hermione frowned, thinking, and Harry, thinking about the man who saved them from the dementors.

Who is he?

Harry was silent. In his heart, he hoped that the answer would be as he had guessed, but reason told him that it was impossible.

"--If you don't know what to do, just walk the original way."

Hermione was muttering in a daze, she suddenly had an idea, pulled Harry up and ran downstairs.

The two of them followed the straight path across the campus without detours or delays, so when they reached the pumpkin patch next to Hagrid's house, they hadn't appeared for this period of time.

They had just lurked among the tangled pumpkin vines, on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, when Malfoy appeared without warning and Scabbers was crouching on his head.

"Scatter--"

Harry let out a cry of surprise, trying to get up and rush to catch the mouse, but Hermione threw herself on his back, pinning him down.

"Don't you understand, Harry, we're breaking one of the most important rules of magic right now, and if we're seen, we're screwed!"

Hermione gritted her voice through her teeth.

"Only Hagrid and Sirius—" Harry said a little unwillingly.

Hermione didn't speak anymore, because at this moment, Sirius had discovered Malfoy and Scabbers, just as Hagrid said, Sirius went mad with anger, his size grew instantly, and he walked out of the room after hearing the movement Under Hagrid's gaze, he rushed to Malfoy desperately.

Seeing this situation, Malfoy turned around and rode on the broomstick, and sank into the abyss-like Forbidden Forest without looking back.

"Look--"

Hermione said breathlessly,

"We're here."

That was indeed the case, at this point in time they were attracted by Yaya's barking, and they ran over from the path leading to the school gate.

They have personally experienced the following things, there is nothing to see, Harry said with a sense of loss,

"Peter escaped and didn't show up tonight. If he can't be found, then Sirius--"

"Not necessarily, Harry—"

The wet soil and the dew condensed on the vine leaves made Hermione a little uncomfortable. She adjusted her prostration posture, looked at them who were entangled with Hagrid and wanted to break into the Forbidden Forest together, and said slowly,

"Remember the Avada Kedavra that suddenly appeared in the Forbidden Forest?"

The name of this spell also seemed to have a special magical power. When its name appeared in the pumpkin patch, Harry felt an invisible cold touch his skin, making him shiver for no reason.

He hadn't heard of the spell before, but when Hermione mentioned it, he immediately thought of the green light that made his scar ache at night.

"You think that's what Peter did?"

"Obviously so--"

Hermione said quickly,

"I guess that Peter's original plan was to bring Sirius into the Forbidden Forest. Come to think of it, if he was alone, he would definitely die at the hands of werewolves.

It's just that we didn't expect us to appear later. Professor Lupine and Professor Snape were attracted by us. By accident, so many people knew the truth back then, which must have surprised Peter, but, As long as Sirius died there, there would be no evidence for it. "

Surrendering to Voldemort, killing his parents, lurking beside the Weasleys and Ron for so long, and now, trying to get rid of Sirius, to be honest, apart from Voldemort, Harry has not Hate a person to such an extent.

Not even the bleak night wind lingering on the high ground could quench the fire in Harry's heart at the moment.

The underground struggle of the pumpkin finally came to fruition. Hagrid led them into the Forbidden Forest. What greeted them was a thrilling battle.

And just after they left, under the comfort of the moonlight, a very weak Lupine appeared out of breath, asked Fang Fang for the way, and rushed into the Forbidden Forest.

Seeing that the timing was about the same, Hermione was about to get up and follow, and there was still a long way to go before the place where the battle took place.

But at this moment, Harry was suddenly not in a hurry. He looked around as if he was looking for something.

"What are you in a daze for, Harry, we have to hurry up!"

"Wait a little longer, Hermione, maybe someone else will follow."

Harry also knew that they had no time to waste now, but he didn't move, his face full of anxiety.

"Harry!"

Hermione got up first, lifted the cloak, and stamped her feet angrily.

"It's coming soon, we have to wait—"

Harry followed suit and looked around,

"Perhaps someone else will come."