Starting Over at Hogwarts

"This is impossible."

Dumbledore immediately doubted the veracity of the incident.

As the headmaster of Hogwarts, Dumbledore had seen Peter Pettigrew's behavior. When Pettigrew went to school, he only knew to follow Potter and his group.

No matter how you look at it...

Neither Peter Pettigrew has what it takes to be the Dark Lord.

Even if people like James Potter, Sirius Black, and Severus Snape want to become the Dark Lord, it is more reliable than Pettigrew Peter becoming the Dark Lord...

Pettigrew Peter...

He could barely be called a decent wizard.

"I know it's hard for you to believe."

Snape took a deep breath, looked at Dumbledore and said in a deep voice, "But I saw him with my own eyes, and he even told me smugly just now!"

"Everything in the past is going according to his plan. Pettigrew is the traitor who really betrayed Lily and the others back then. Everything is his conspiracy!"

Snape simply put out the news he had learned: "Because that idiot Sirius thinks that Pettigrew is a piece of trash and won't attract Voldemort's attention, so he made Pettigrew the secret keeper of the safe house..."

"..."

Dumbledore frowned slowly.

It might indeed be true.

Because after Voldemort and the Potters died, Sirius frantically hunted down Peter Pettigrew, and this reason does make sense.

Snape leaned against the wall weakly, and closed his eyes: "Pettigrew knew in advance that Lily had learned the spell that could sacrifice herself against Voldemort, told Voldemort the secret of the safe house, and let them die together. ..."

Suppressing his own pain and anger, Snape continued in a deep voice: "That despicable bastard... stole Voldemort's knowledge, and now he is more proficient at casting spells without a wand than anyone I have ever seen!

In order to be able to hide himself, he used that idiot Blake to create a fake death for the explosion eight years ago, until now he has gained enough strength to come out..."

"And he no longer fears being discovered."

"Because he no longer fears your power."

"Even he has already arranged the next thing."

"Dumbledore, he has already arranged everything."

Snape slowly opened his eyes, looked at Dumbledore, and continued in a deep voice: "That guy told me that the reason why Voldemort can live forever is because Voldemort made Horcruxes in advance!"

"...horcruxes."

Dumbledore's eyes widened involuntarily.

The appearance of this noun makes everything make sense.

The reason why Voldemort did not die and even came back sooner or later is precisely because he has a horcrux that can keep his soul, infinitely approaching immortality...

If Voldemort's Horcruxes are not dealt with, it means the wizarding world will never be able to deal with the threat of Voldemort's return.

indeed.

Pettigrew's design is exquisite.

Even Dumbledore couldn't find a way to crack it.

If time is wasted now chasing and killing Peter Pettigrew, there is no time to find the Horcruxes. Voldemort may resurrect at any time and make a comeback, which will eventually lead to a catastrophe in the wizarding world.

but…

Not completely invulnerable after all.

Because Dumbledore probably guessed a little bit.

"If it's really a Horcrux..."

Dumbledore fell into deep thought, and continued in a deep voice: "I think I already know what the reason is. I will find a way to solve this matter as soon as possible. As long as I find the clues, I may be able to find it soon..."

"Have you got a clue yet?"

Snape breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and asked a little worriedly: "Voldemort created six Horcruxes,

There is also a secret horcrux that you must know. There are seven horcruxes. It may be dangerous to solve each horcrux. Is this true? "

"Wait... seven?"

Hearing this number, Dumbledore suddenly looked at Snape!

Is this a joke?

Generally speaking, it is very dangerous to create a Horcrux, and that fellow Voldemort has seven Horcruxes!

Even in addition to the so-called secret horcrux, there are six completely unknown horcruxes!

When will he find it!

and…

Destroying a Horcrux is not an easy task!

"so…"

Snape's expression gradually turned ugly, and he said in a low voice, "You don't know...how many Horcruxes did Voldemort make?"

"...Theoretically, making Horcruxes is very dangerous."

Dumbledore, the grey-bearded old man, began to explain the troubles of making Horcruxes: "Every time Voldemort makes a Horcrux, he must divide his soul into pieces. Generally speaking, no one dares to divide his soul into so many parts."

"but…"

Snape clenched his fist violently and slammed it against the wall: "He's a lunatic! We all know he's a lunatic!"

Crazy Voldemort!

Will definitely make Horcruxes recklessly!

The number given by Peter Pettigrew is correct. The murderer who has been pretending to be a coward has indeed made preparations in advance to use Dumbledore!

"Take it easy, Snape."

Dumbledore calmed Snape's emotions, raised his hand and cast a spell to heal the wound on Snape's fist, and then continued: "Perhaps everything is not so bad, what Pettigrew Peter said may not be true , we have to check it first.”

"How to verify?"

"Azkaban."

Dumbledore mentioned a place that terrified everyone in the wizarding world, and the old man said calmly: "Perhaps there really is an innocent man who redeemed his sins there. We only need to ask him, and we know that he betrayed the Potter family." Is the man Peter..."

Yes.

Azkaban has another party.

Sirius Black, supposedly a Death Eater, conjured up a terrifying explosion that murdered Peter Pettigrew and twelve Muggle humans.

Since many people know that the secret keeper of the Potter family's safe house is Sirius Black, they believe that Black took refuge in Voldemort and leaked the secret, which led to the murder of the Potter family.

Moreover, it was old Barty Crouch who carried out the trial of the Death Eaters back then. This guy did not go through normal trial methods at all, and directly threw the Death Eaters into the Azkaban Prison.

Sirius Black wasn't put on trial either.

Even Sirius didn't care about it, he was still at the explosion site when he was captured.

No one has heard from Sirius Black since he was imprisoned in Azkaban.

"Let's go after Peter now!"

After Severus Snape explained to Dumbledore, he immediately remembered the reason why he led Dumbledore to the first floor: "Maybe we can catch Peter directly now!"

Unfortunately.

It was too late after all.

It's snowing heavily at Hogwarts tonight.

From the entrance of Hogwarts Castle to the gate of the school, a row of footprints walking outwards in the snow is clearly visible, Peter Pettigrew has left Hogwarts.

"I'm going to Azkaban."

Dumbledore patted Snape on the shoulder and continued to comfort the Potions professor: "Don't worry, it's still too late for us. First, let's find out the truth about the past..."

"It must be him!"

Snape slowly squatted down, looked at the row of footprints in the snow, and said through gritted teeth, "How could it be possible that a person who hangs out with James Potter and those egomaniacs has always been a coward? He has always been a coward." pretending to be..."

Speaking of this, Snape even found another piece of evidence: "Peter Pettigrew...is a Gryffindor!"

exactly.

Gryffindor was the least lacking in guts.

Dumbledore felt a little at a loss for what to say.

Generally speaking, shouldn't this kind of guy who can make trouble behind the scenes be a student from Slytherin?

All right.

The Sorting Hat may indeed be a bit of a problem.

Because the Sorting Hat also sorted a freshman who could draw the sword of Gryffindor into Hufflepuff House today.