New Professor at Hogwarts

"What's going on?" Professor McGonagall looked at the potholes in surprise.

Dumbledore's expression was unusually solemn and he said, "I'm afraid there is a battle taking place here."

"Fight?" Professor McGonagall was quite surprised. This was Hogwarts, and it was just outside the Gryffindor lounge. Who would start a fight here?

Xia Ran took out the wand and patted the dust on the edge of the hole on the wall. To be able to make such a hole in the stone wall, the wizard who cast the spell must have used a powerful magic spell.

I wonder how Sirius is doing now. Who did he fight here just now? Peter Pettigrew?

"Sane!"

Dumbledore waved his wand at the Fat Lady, who suddenly woke up from her trance and looked blankly at the wizards outside the painting.

"What's the matter, Dumbledore?" the Fat Lady asked confused.

Lupine asked: "Fat Madam, don't you remember what happened just now?"

"What happened?" The fat lady became more and more confused.

"It seems that the Fat Lady was cursed at the first opportunity." Dumbledore's eyes were solemn.

Snape said gloomily: "It must be Sirius Black."

"What a fierce battle!" A bad laugh suddenly came from above.

It was Peeves, the prankster among the ghosts of Hogwarts. He was jumping up and down on the heads of several people. Seeing this scene after the battle, he was even more happy than usual.

"What did you say, Peeves?" Dumbledore asked calmly. The smile on Peeves' face softened a little, and he was no longer so presumptuous. He did not dare to laugh at Dumbledore, and changed to a flattering tone. , but it doesn’t sound much better than the ridicule just now.

"Sirius Black, and a red-haired wizard. Aha, both of them wanted to enter the Gryffindor lounge, and they got into a fight. It was the red-haired wizard who made the first move. It was really fierce. , each move is fatal, both sides want the other's life!" Peeves still said happily.

"Fat Madam..."

"She was cursed by the red-haired wizard from the very beginning. She couldn't see anything. She's so pitiful." Peeves said hypocritically.

Xia Ran frowned and asked: "We can understand Sirius breaking into the Gryffindor lounge, but the red-haired wizard? Who is he? Why did he also take the opportunity to break into the Gryffindor lounge?"

He felt that the change in the plan was the red-haired wizard. Who was he? There was no such wizard in the original time and space.

"That is really a cruel wizard. The moment he saw Sirius, he cast it without saying a word..." Peeves paused deliberately and said, "Avada Kedavra!"

"Do you recognize the red-haired wizard? Peeves." Xia Ran asked again.

"I don't know!" Peeves smiled and said, "But I happened to pass by and saw it. Sirius was at a disadvantage and seemed to have been hit by a few spells. The red-haired wizard is really strong. The notorious Sirius, isn't it? His opponent! If some students had not come forward, Sirius might have died in the hands of the red-haired wizard, but he also escaped before Sirius."

"I will not pursue such a vicious villain." Peeves added at the end.

Xia Ran's face was solemn. How many spells had Sirius been hit by? Since he was able to escape in front of several students in the end, it was probably not a fatal spell, such as Avada Kedavra, or a dark magic spell such as the Cruciatus Curse. He was experienced and should have temporarily suppressed his injuries. .

However, Xia Ran was still a little worried, but it was not the time to leave now, so she had to hold back her temper and listen to Dumbledore's orders.

Who is that powerful and vicious red-haired wizard?

Several people entered the Gryffindor lounge and took a look, but found nothing, so they turned back and the Fat Lady's portrait closed automatically. After hearing Peeves' story, the Fat Lady's face was full of horror.

Dumbledore comforted him a few words and took several teachers back to the auditorium.

"The teachers and I need to conduct a comprehensive search of the castle." Dumbledore told everyone, as Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick closed several doors in the auditorium. "For your own safety, I'm afraid you can only live in We’re spending the night here, and I hope the prefects will guard the entrance to the auditorium. I’ve entrusted the president of the Boys’ and Girls’ Student Union to take charge of the management. If anything unusual happens, report it to me immediately!”

After that, he said to Percy who was very proud and serious: "Send a ghost to deliver the message."

"Okay, Professor." Percy puffed out his chest proudly.

Dumbledore stopped talking and was about to leave the auditorium, but suddenly said: "Oh, by the way, you need..."

He waved his wand lightly, and long tables flew to the edge of the auditorium, automatically standing against the wall. With another wave of his wand, hundreds of soft purple sleeping bags appeared on the ground.

"Sleep well." Dumbledore said, then walked out and closed the door.

The auditorium immediately erupted in chatter, and the senior students told everyone what they had just seen.

"Everyone get into your sleeping bags, hurry up!" Percy shouted, "No more talking, lights out in ten minutes!"

Harry, Ron, and Hermione grabbed three sleeping bags and dragged them to a corner.

"Do you think Black is still in the castle?" Hermione asked worriedly. They didn't know about the red-haired wizard.

"I wish he stayed in the castle." Ron said, "That way the professors can catch him directly. With so many teachers and professors, how can Sirius escape? If he still stays in the castle."

"Fortunately, he chose tonight. We are not in the tower, but attending the banquet in the auditorium." Hermione said happily.

"I think he is on the run and has no sense of time." Ron guessed.

Harry said nothing. He didn't know what he was feeling. Angry? Happy? Maybe a bit of both.

Around them, other students were asking the same question: "How did Sirius get into Hogwarts?"

"Maybe he will apparate and appear out of thin air all of a sudden!"

"Or he disguised himself and deceived the dementors."

"Maybe he flew in on a broomstick!"

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There were all kinds of speculations, but Hermione seemed a little annoyed and whispered: "Please, haven't they seen "Hogwarts: A School History"?"

"What does this have to do with anything?" Ron asked in surprise.

"Because the castle is not only protected by walls, but also has various magic spells, and Apparition is prohibited in Hogwarts," Hermione explained.

"Okay, time's up, stop talking, turn off the lights now and go to sleep!" Percy said loudly, the lights went out in response, and the surrounding area suddenly became quiet, except for the buzzing sound from time to time, obviously from the little wizard who was close to him. They spoke quietly, but after a while they lost their voice.

Silver ghosts were floating around, and from time to time the prefects were talking seriously about something.

Harry didn't know what he was thinking at the moment. The murderer who killed his parents was at large. He even broke in tonight and planned to kill him. However, he could only sleep here, unable to do anything. At strange times, he will faint directly.

He turned over and buried his head under the pillow, secretly telling himself that he must kill Sirius with his own hands to avenge his parents?

But at the same time, he had another question in his heart, if I really caught Sirius, could I really kill him?