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Tonight is the Full Moon.
In the afternoon, it was Potions class, and Professor Riddle Jr. stopped Lupin after class: "I'll be waiting for you in the office at six o'clock." ”
"Yes, Professor." Remus Lupin said.
When he returned to his bedroom, his friend had gone to the kitchen to bring him dinner.
"Here you go." James Potter put away the cloak of invisibility and said, "You're still not coming back tonight, are you?" ”
"Yes." Lupin said that he looked at the time, it was half past five, and he sat down in bed and hurried to eat his dinner. Potter sat next to him, and asked curiously for the hundredth time, "What do you do every time there is a full moon?" ”
Lupin paused, sighed helplessly, and said, "I can't say." James, it's about my family. He has been using this excuse to deceive his friend for four years.
This made him very uncomfortable, and the bread in his mouth suddenly tasted like chewing wax, and after swallowing it in a hurry, he said, "Then I'm out." ”
Potter waved his hand, focusing on the magazine in his hand, which was talking about what Muggle girls would like, and he was trying to please Evans. As for Lupin, since his first year, he would disappear for about four or five days every time the full moon was full, supposedly because he had some kind of bloodline in his family, which involved wizarding family secrets, and Gryffindor students were not curious about it.
Professor Riddle Jr. was waiting for him in his office, and when he came, he said, "Would you like a cup of mint tea?" ”
"No, thank you." Lupin was a little nervous, and although Professor Riddle Jr. kindly invited him to tea, he was not the same as he usually did when he came to class with his friends.
- No one in this world is with him.
"Alright, then we'll go now." Professor Riddle Jr. stood up, and they walked out. It's dinner time at the castle, and almost all the students go to the cafeteria. Along the way, no one was touched.
Every full moon night, the girls' bathroom on the left side of the first floor casts an expulsion spell, and neither students nor professors will approach it.
"Follow me." Professor Riddle Jr. told him.
Lupin nodded, desperately trying to restrain the feeling of wanting to escape, the power of the spell was affecting him.
Walk into the girls' bathroom, which is in disrepair and is rarely used by students, because there is a ghost here, Miss Myrtle, but Professor Riddle Jr. came to school here and moved it there in exchange for a Gryffindor bathroom.
For a young lady who died in the prime of her youth, decades later, of course, a young and energetic Gryffindor prefect is more attractive than an empty bathroom.
Professor Riddle Jr. hissed into the sink, one of the taps being the Chamber of Secrets, where Lupin had to spend the entire full moon night.
There are only two people in the wizarding world who are born with a Parseltongue, and they are none other than the two Riddle Professors at Hogwarts. Lupin stood behind and was in awe of the Slytherin professor. Unlike the gentleness and erudition, humor and wittiness of the classroom, Professor Riddle Jr. was much more terrifying at this time.
Even if it's Blake or Potter, they know that there is a professor in the school that they can't mess with. No matter how eloquent Professor Riddle Jr. usually looked, no one had even seen him get angry, and even if he did, no one dared to yell at him, and I heard that even the Minister of Magic often asked him for advice.
"Let's go inside." Professor Riddle Jr. said that Lupin immediately stepped forward, and the professor waved his wand and cast a bubble charm on him, a huge soap bubble covering him.
The two of them slid down the hose into the chamber without getting dirty. The Bubble Charm was invented by Professor Riddle Jr. when he was in his fourth year, and it is said that it was to facilitate access to the Chamber of Secrets.
The chamber had been cleaned a long time ago, it wasn't damp at all, and there was a large fireplace.
I heard that a long time ago, there was a Salazar Slytherin basilisk here, and it was a thousand years old. When Professor Riddle Jr. came to Hogwarts, he discovered the basilisk and released it, and now the basilisk lives in the Forbidden Forest, and it even has a name called 'Gigi', which is Professor Riddle Jr.'s pet.
Professor Riddle Jr., as he had always done before, personally led him here, and said, "You can be here until the full moon is over, when I will come and take you out." ”
"Thank you, Professor." Lupin sat down in front of the fireplace, and there was a moon clock next to him that could tell him when the full moon was over, and he looked at the moon clock and said, "Professor, go out, it's getting dark." "The moon is out.
"So." Professor Riddle Jr. nodded, "If you need me, you know I'll be in office." "He'll stay in the school until the full moon is over, just in case Lupin needs him, after all, there are only three parseltongues in the school, the two fathers and son, and the genius Headmaster Dumbledore. Except for them, no one in the school could enter the secret room, and if something happened in Lupin's secret room, the others simply didn't know how to save him.
"Thank you." Lupin said that he could only say thank you, but could not do anything, and sometimes he even felt that he had been bitten to death by a werewolf as a child, maybe it would be better.
Seeing that he looked depressed, Professor Riddle Jr. thought about it, and with a wave of his wand, the ground instantly turned into a verdant lawn, and the natural environment could make the werewolf feel good and not be so anxious, so that Lupin would not be too painful after becoming a werewolf.
Lupin watched little Professor Riddle leave, knowing that he was the only one left here, and then he waited here for the night to fall, and at that moment, his whole body would be as uncomfortable as cracking, every inch of skin, every bone, every time he prayed for death, but every time he would become human again.
He didn't know when fate would let him go.
Little Riddle returned to the office, and Headmaster Dumbledore always seemed to be able to find everyone in the school, and he showed up in the fireplace, took his monocle and said, "Red, I noticed that you didn't go to the cafeteria, I've had the elves prepare dinner for you." ”
"Thank you, Professor." Little Riddle called the elf to bring him dinner, and it was very hearty.
"So, is Lupin already in the Chamber of Secrets?"
"Yes." Little Riddle looked out of the office window, the night was getting darker, a miserable white moon was slowly climbing up the sky, the child must be changing now, it must be very painful.
Dumbledore seemed to have the same thing in mind, and he sighed, "Well, I'm in the office, and you can find me at any time." ”
Four years ago, when Remus Lupin was about to enroll, his parents led him to Hogwarts. Remus Lupin is a werewolf. He was bitten by werewolves when he was a child, and at that time he couldn't even speak, and he didn't remember the events anymore. Thankfully, the Aurors arrived in time to save him, and St. Mungo's healer didn't let him die like other werewolves bitten children.
But that doesn't mean it's over.
Remus Lupin turned into a werewolf. When he was a child, his parents didn't even let him go out, because they were afraid that he would hurt the children who played with him, and he was always alone.
The wizarding world is helpless against werewolves, they don't recognize werewolves as humans, just like centaurs or giants or vampires, they are all sapient creatures with human intelligence.
And a wizard like Remus who has been bitten by a werewolf, in fact, he has been a werewolf ever since. According to the laws of the Ministry of Magic, he can only use 'it' from now on.
So when the Hogwarts acceptance letter arrived, the Lupins thought they were mistaken, but if Remus could actually go to school, it would be a good thing. They had to bring their children to ask them about it, and also to keep Remus from causing harm to the other children if he did come to school.
Remus Lupin was a child when he was bitten, so Saint Mungo and the Aurors did not reveal his name. When the Lupins brought him to Hogwarts, the headmaster and professors found out about it. This immediately caused quite a controversy among the professors.
Some professors insisted that werewolves couldn't go to Hogwarts, that they were worse than Muggles or half-blood wizards or Squibs, and had anyone ever heard of house-elves going to school of witchcraft and wizardry? Even for security reasons, it is unacceptable.
Headmaster Dumbledore consulted a lot of werewolf information, and after repeated questioning of the Lupins, it was true that as long as Remus Lupin could stay in a quiet place when the moon was full, then he was safe.
"Every Hogwarts Wizard who chooses a young wizard is eligible to go to school here." He said he thought Remus Lupin could enroll.
He persuaded other professors.
It was believed that during the full moon, Remus Lupin could be allowed to leave the school so that he would not harm the other students. The place should not be too close, not too far away, but also far away from the people.
They found a dilapidated house and dug a tunnel to connect to Hogwarts, and Professor Sprout offered to provide an entrance to a beating willow plant.
But Professor Riddle Jr. thought it would be better to find a place in the castle to keep him locked up than to leave him unattended.
"Who can guarantee that no one will run there? If it happens, how do we explain it? He said.
He provided the Slytherin Vault, where a thousand-year-old basilisk had been imprisoned, so what was so hard about keeping a werewolf cub in place?
And there are only three people in this world who can speak Parseltongue, even if Remus Lupin becomes a werewolf, he will not be more powerful than a thousand-year-old basilisk, so there is no need to worry that he will escape.
So it was decided that every full moon, one of the little or Big Riddle professors, and sometimes Headmaster Dumbledore, would send Remus Lupin to the Chamber of Secrets. He would stay there until the end of the full moon, and it was said that it was a secret of the Lupin family, and most of the people would respect the secrets of the wizarding family and would not ask too much.
As the night passed, Lupin lay on the floor of the chamber and felt a warm magic healing his wounds. Every time he turns into a werewolf, he hurts himself.
Then he was floated down to a soft bed, and Professor Riddle Jr. was looking at him with concern: "Remus, are you alright?" ”
He nodded, unable to utter a word, the werewolf drastic changes were enough to drive people crazy.
"Take a break, maybe you'd like a hot soup?" Professor Riddle Jr. waved his wand, and a large silver tray floated in front of him with countless amounts of food.
He was hungry, and the werewolf had a very strong appetite, and he craved fresh meat and blood, but Professor Riddle Jr. gave him all bread or lettuce and fruit.
He ate mechanically, and Professor Riddle Jr. sat next to him and said, "Remus, according to my research, meat can make you miserable, and it will affect werewolves. ”
"Yes, Professor." He said sincerely, "I will listen to you." ”
In the past, wizards only studied how to kill werewolves, but the treatment of werewolves has been stagnant, and even the fact that werewolves usually bite people will not turn people into werewolves has only been discovered in recent years.
Headmaster Dumbledore allowed him to enroll, but Professor Riddle Jr. tried to cure him, and although he probably would never be able to escape the werewolf influence on him, he was still grateful to Professor Riddle Jr.
He didn't say thank you again, but buried his head and ate all the food, and he would transform three or four times in the next few days, and he couldn't do it without enough energy. All he could do was cooperate with Professor Riddle Jr.
"Okay, it's okay, if you eat it again, you'll have a bloated stomach." Little Riddle taught him half the time to make the silver tray disappear, and then conjured up a few more books for him.
"When you're fine, you can read. I'll come back to see you after five o'clock. Professor Riddle Jr. said that and then left.
He reads quietly, and he can stay alone for a long time without feeling lonely. It wasn't until the two-way mirror rang and he pulled it out that Blake grimaced, "Hey, old friend, you look so bad." ”
He immediately laughed, he liked his friends.
"Okay, you don't have to go to class for a week, and when you get back, I'll lend you my notes." Blake whispered, "James went to Evans again, Merlin bless him, I don't think he can date Evans until he becomes an old man, he's so stupid." ”
He said, "Be quiet, if you let James hear it, you won't want to borrow his notes." I think maybe Evans likes James too, otherwise why would she always borrow his notes? ”
"That's because he's so stupid, and Ivan can't bear to make him stupid." Blake said without thinking.
The two of them laughed together, and then Blake said, "Well, old friend, you can sleep, I won't bother you." See you after the full moon. ”
"Goodbye." He closed the two-way mirror and felt that the room was intimidatingly empty.
In the Gryffindor Tower, Potter had just pushed the door in, and Blake closed his two-way mirror and said, "I always feel that Remus is looking worse and worse, do you know of any family traditions that can hurt wizards?" ”
"A lot, I think you could name a dozen casually." Potter fell onto the bed and stretched, "You and I both know that there are many dark and evil traditions among the wizarding nobility, otherwise why would Muggles be so afraid of us?" I think they're at least partially right. Wizards are really not a good thing. ”
Blake frowned and said, "Yes, but that was hundreds of years ago, who still does that?" Remus wouldn't say what it was, maybe he swore he wouldn't, but if it went on like this, I feared he would die before he was twenty. ”
Potter looked at him, "And what do you want?" ”
Blake waved his hand and said impatiently, "We've got to do something." ”
Potter thought to bed with his chin propped up, then jumped out of bed and turned his invisibility cloak out.
"What do you think we can slip into the Chamber of Secrets with it?"
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