009 The big dog that screams at the shack

"Oh! Oh my God, demons, demons." A woman's frightened voice,

"Don't do that, Lisa, calm down." A man's voice shouted,

"Well, Dementors are better than dreams," Lawrence muttered as he opened his eyes, "at least they won't let me see the picture."

On Halloween morning, the third-year students who had not been to Hogmound were very excited, but for Lawrence and the twins, who were already in the fifth grade, it was just a moment to relax.

"Making money is just about spending money, right?" George ate breakfast with great interest, and he couldn't wait for a rare vacation.

"And some more—not so legitimate." Fred added,

"I'm going to try to walk through the secret passage that beats the willows." Lawrence said, "I wanted to try it last year, but you know what happened, and I never had a chance."

"Go, go, go." Fred said, "Come back and tell us where he's going."

So after breakfast, the three of them walked out of the castle and parted ways, Lawrence went to the beating willow located on the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest, and the twins followed the crowd out of the campus and walked towards Hogmound, the twins had no doubts about whether Lawrence could break through the vicious attack of the beating willow, at most they were worried about whether the beating willow would be burned by Lawrence,

"Okay—'tree nodules' must mean this," Lawrence stepped on the broken step, vigorously dodging a branch of the beating willow, and waved his wand to command a small branch on the ground to poke accurately at the nodule, and the beating willow immediately stopped moving, Lawrence approached the trunk and found a hole in the bottom of the beating willow, he slipped in, and the branch that lost command fell and was shattered by the flexible branches of the beating willow,

The passage was not very large, Lawrence had to bend over to move forward, it was not very comfortable to walk, after a long downhill, the passage began to rise, and after a corner, he saw the dilapidated wooden floor,

Lawrence found that it was a messy room, full of broken furniture, the windows were crudely nailed up with wooden boards, and the sunlight penetrated through the cracks, Lawrence walked to the window, looking out through the cracks, he understood that he had come to the screaming shack in Hogsmeade Village, he looked back into the house, on the dusty floor, there was a clear row of footprints that extended to the door of the room, but it was obviously not human footprints, it was more like the footprints left by some kind of beast,

Lawrence walked out of the room and into the hall of the house, everything was still broken, nothing was intact, he looked at the footprints on the ground, stepped on the crumbling stairs, climbed up the second floor, the footprints walked into the only room that did not close the door and disappeared, Lawrence walked into the room curiously, he wondered what kind of beast had run in,

Surprisingly, the contents of this room were relatively complete, a huge dirty bed with mosquito nets, a dilapidated wardrobe against the corner, and what caught Lawrence's attention was a small round table, which was the cleanest thing in the room, and there seemed to be some words engraved on it.

"'We'll trust each other, Jaime. Potter.' Lawrence crouched down and looked at the words on it and read it, he knew the font very well, it was "pointed fork",

"'We'll help each other, Sirius. Blake.' Lawrence's heart sank, and he was sure that Sirius. Blake is the "big footboard", so he doesn't have many options, should he give the map to Deng Buliduo completely?

"'We'll follow each other, Peter Pettigrew.'" Lawrence struggled to make out his name, the words here had been scraped hard by the claws of something, and from the marks it appeared to be recent, it was 'Wormtail', and it was also the man in the Minister's mouth who had been blown to the point of little finger by Blake, (Note 1)

"'We'll be loyal to each other, Remus. Lupin.' - Huh?" Lawrence was taken aback, it turned out that Professor Lupin was a "moon face"? But he was a little unsure, "Or the same name?"

At this moment there was a low roar from the messy bed, and Lawrence remembered that there might be a beast in this room, and he raised his wand in a defensive position, and a large black dog poked its head out and made a low demonstration,

"Dogs?" Lawrence frowned, he looked at the big skinny dog, guessing that maybe it was accidentally run in the Muggle world, the big dog's gray eyes stared at Lawrence, Lawrence felt that he had no malicious intent,

"Are you hungry?" Lawrence asked, the big dog seemed to hesitate, then nodded, Lawrence fumbled in his pocket and pulled out a chocolate frog,

"No, Muggles seem to have said that dogs can't eat chocolate—hey—" Lawrence paused, and was about to put the chocolate frog back in his pocket, when the black dog jumped up and snatched the chocolate frog from Lawrence's hand, but instead of tearing the package open, he shoved the chocolate frog under the bed.

"Okay, okay, I don't care if you have a bad stomach." Lawrence shrugged, but he was secretly wary that if he had attacked his right hand with a wand, he might have lost his wand (Note 2)

"You did this?" Lawrence pointed to the scratches on Peter Pettigrew on the round table and said, "I don't know if a dog needs to sharpen its paws, but I shouldn't destroy it."

The big dog barked twice in anger, and it showed its sharp teeth, which Lawrence guessed were at least a foot long.

"I was going to bring you something to eat," Lawrence raised an eyebrow, "so forget it—?"

"Woo-" The big dog paused, as if at war with heaven and man in his heart, and finally hunger prevailed, and he hung his head and grabbed the quilt to vent his hatred.

"Hah—" Lawrence smiled, checking the direction of the window to make sure it wasn't facing the village, Lawrence waved his wand to pry open the planks on the window, "I'll bring some food later."

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It took some time for Lawrence to bring food into the open window, then reseal the window and return to Hogwarts through the tunnel, and when he found the twins in the crowd returning to school, the three of them walked into the hall together.

The walls of the hall have been taken over by various jack-o-lanterns, bats are flying around the ceiling, bright ribbons are floating in the air, Halloween meals are as delicious as ever, even the third-year students who have tasted each candy for the first time at Duke Honey's candy store can't help but eat each dish several times, the ghosts' performances are also interesting, Gryffindor's resident tower ghost, Nick's clumsy performance of the almost headless strangulation is a big hit,

Everyone was happy that night, and it wasn't until they returned to Gryffindorta's portrait of the fat lady that Lawrence realized something was wrong.

"Let's go, let's go, I'm the student council president," Percy's voice came from the crowd, and he managed to squeeze next to Lawrence, who was already standing at the front of the crowd, "Can't everyone forget the secret word - Lawrence?"

"Portrait, Percy." Lawrence looked at the badly damaged portrait of the fat lady, the canvas hung loosely, and the fat lady was nowhere to be found.

"Go and ask Professor Dunbulido to come over—" Percy shouted sharply, and there was a commotion from the crowd, and soon Dunbulido came, and the crowd made way for him to walk through,

"We must find her," Dunburydo turned to look at the teachers who were rushing over, "Professor McGonagall, please go find Filch, and we're going to search every portrait in the school—"

"Good luck—" Peeves giggled and burst out of the wall, looking at the panicked crowd with great amusement (Note 3)

"What do you mean, Peeves?" Deng Buliduo looked up at him and asked, which made Peeves's smile retract,

"Oh, Mr. Headmaster, she's such a mess," Peeves said, bowing and feigning respect, "and I'm sad to see her running in the fourth-floor landscape and hiding in the woods—so pathetic—pathetic—

"Did she say who did it?" Deng Buli asked,

"Oh, yes, Mr. Headmaster, she wouldn't let him in, he was angry—you know." Peeves circled the air in a big circle, "That Sirius. Blake."

Lawrence looked at Deng Bulido's serious expression, and he secretly decided that he would go to Professor Lupin tomorrow and decide whether to give the map to Deng Bulido.

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Author's Note: Lawrence, don't play with food – no, don't abuse animals.

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Oops - I'm just now realizing that if I click on all the comments, I can't see the system comments sent by the tip...... For the cover, wait for QaQ when I'm free

Note 1: To be honest, I think Peter Pettigrew's translation is weird...... Peter_Pettigrew, Taiwanese translation: Peter. Pediru, but after I think about it, I'll forget it and continue with Peter Pettigrew.

Note 2: Dogs should not eat chocolate, as the ingredients contained in it can cause harm to them (depending on the amount ingested and the size of the dog) and may be fatal.

Note 3: Actually, I think Peeves may have come on purpose to report the news, the fat lady escaped on the fourth floor, and there is no reason why Peeves would return to the entrance of the Gryffindor Tower on the sixth floor, right? Of course, it could simply be that he had nothing to do......

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