New Professor at Hogwarts

Except for Sirius, who had already expected it, everyone else looked around and saw that in the Gryffindor lounge, which was supposed to be empty and deserted, it seemed that the location of the boys' dormitory revealed something that made everyone... A very familiar name.

Peter Pettigrew!

"What? This is impossible?" Lupine was the first to exclaim, "Peter is obviously dead. He died in the hands of Sirius on that Muggle street twelve years ago."

The corner of Sirius' mouth suddenly twitched twice, and he said in a muffled voice: "I wanted to kill him, but I failed, and he escaped."

"I think this parchment is just a despicable prank." Snape said sarcastically.

For the first time in his life, Harry felt that Snape's words made sense.

Xia Ran shook her head and said: "There are no errors in this Marauder's Map. Peter Pettigrew is indeed still alive. He was the one who betrayed the Potters and tipped off Voldemort twelve years ago."

Dumbledore frowned slightly, seeming to be thinking about something.

"But, Professor." Hermione raised her hand and wondered, "If Peter Pettigrew is still alive, why would he hide instead of standing up directly to receive everyone's applause and tribute?"

"Ha." Sirius immediately sneered, "He doesn't dare! If he admits that he is alive, I will definitely not plead guilty, and he will immediately change from a hero to a rat that everyone calls for beating. Ha, he is originally a A filthy rat."

"You weren't the one who tipped off the mysterious person. Why did you plead guilty? Twelve years ago, you could have defended yourself." Ron questioned.

Sirius' expression darkened, and he said with obvious difficulty: "I think I deserved it. Yes, I did not betray the Potters, but the reason why Peter became their secret keeper was because of my strong recommendation. Although Voldemort was the one who did it and Little Peter was the undercover person, my fault was not small, so when I believed that Little Peter was dead at that time, I was willing to enter Azkaban Prison without making any excuses. Atonement for my sins!”

This is what Sirius has always blamed himself for. If he did not recommend Peter Pettigrew and became the secret keeper, would the Potters still die?

Ron was speechless, feeling that what Sirius said did make sense. So, could it be that Sirius was really the innocent person who was wronged, and Peter Pettigrew was the real shameful betrayer?

Ron was not sure, so he simply stopped talking and looked at Harry. After all, this matter was closely related to Harry.

Harry's expression was particularly complicated, and he looked a little dazed. He seemed to have not recovered yet and didn't know who to believe.

"How did Peter escape from the battle on the Muggle street? Sirius, I don't think Peter will be your opponent." Lupine continued to ask.

"Little Peter is very smart. He had already guessed that I would go find him, so before I could speak, he spoke loudly so that all the Muggles around him heard. Then he used the wand hidden behind him to A powerful spell blew up a street, and he turned into a mouse and sneaked into the sewer. Because he cut off a piece of his finger in advance, everyone including me thought he was dead. I didn't expect him to turn into a mouse and live in a wizard family." Sirius said solemnly.

A mouse? A wizarding family?

In an instant, everyone looked at Ron.

Ron stammered: "What do you think I'm doing? Ha, don't be ridiculous, Scabbers is just a mouse, he can't be that Peter Pettigrew."

"No, Ron, Scabbers is Peter." Xia Ran said, "Why does Crookshanks care so much about that mouse?"

Crookshanks meowed in Hermione's arms.

"There's no cat in the world that doesn't catch mice, right, Harry? Hermione, that's what you said at the beginning, right?" Ron looked at his two friends as if asking for help.

"Ron, don't underestimate this cat. It is very smart and spiritual." Xia Ran said with a smile, "When it saw Scabbers for the first time, it knew something was wrong with the mouse. Scabbers the mouse is Peter Pettigrew's. Animagus."

"You're crazy too, Professor!" Ron said, shaking his head repeatedly.

Lupine said bitterly: "Ron, I have to tell you something."

"What?" Ron felt an ominous feeling in his heart.

"Peter is indeed an Animagus, and his Animagus form happens to be a mouse." Lupine pointed at the Marauder's Map and said, "Wormtail was his nickname when he was young. "

Ron was stunned for a moment.

"Well, Scabbers probably doesn't know that we all know his true identity. As for whether what Sirius and I said is true or false? Let's go to Gryffindor's dormitory in person and take a look. Then won't the truth come out?" Charlotte said, throwing the wands to Harry and Snape respectively.

Snape tightened his grip on his wand, as if he wanted to hex Sirius openly, but in the end he reluctantly suppressed the deepest impulse in his heart.

"What Xia Ran said makes sense, let's go take a look first." Dumbledore said softly.

A group of people left Xia Ran's office and went straight to the Gryffindor Tower. At the entrance to the common room, the portrait of the Fat Lady was still there, but the Fat Lady in the painting was gone.

"She went to the fifth floor and didn't want to come back to this painting at this time. She said it was too dangerous." Seeing the confused faces of a group of people, Dumbledore explained.

Several people climbed through the passage one after another and reached the Gryffindor lounge. Xia Ran asked: "Harry and Ron, we are going to your dormitory, so please lead the way."

Both of them were in very complicated moods. They kept silent and led a group of people directly into the dormitory. They saw an old and weak-looking mouse lying on Ron's bed, sleeping soundly.

Sirius's eyes almost radiated with substantial murderous intent, which seemed to wake up a mouse. He opened his eyes in a daze, and immediately saw a large group of people surrounding the bed, with more than a dozen eyes staring at him, especially among them. The black-haired man full of cold murderous intent.

The mouse trembled and tried to get under the bed.

"I'm coming, Sirius, I'm afraid you'll kill him directly." Xia Ran said, and the wand was instantly aimed at the mouse.

"Come on Banban!"

The mouse flew uncontrollably into Xia Ran's palm. No matter how much he screamed or twisted, he could not resist Xia Ran's spell.

"You're right, Xia Ran, I can't help but kill him." Sirius held the old wand tightly. Judging from his appearance, even if he directly shot the Avada Kedavra to the mouse Scabbers, no one would be able to do it. I feel exceptional.

"Professor..." Ron started hesitantly, "What will you do to him? I mean Scabbers."

"He is not Scabbers, he is Peter, Ron." Xia Ran said, holding up the mouse Scabbers and said, "Look, he is missing a front paw. This is the one that was picked up by the Ministry of Magic more than ten years ago. fingers."

"Squeak!" The mouse was still screaming, looking extremely frightened.