Chapter 17: The Expulsion Crisis
When Calvin and Snape reached the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Sirius was sitting on the ground panting, flanked by two young wizards who had just turned ten years old, and a bunch of large boxes scattered around.
Sirius looked at Calvin as he arrived, and hurriedly got up from the ground, wanting to hug Calvin, "Oh, Merlin's beard, Kaka, let me tell you, this kind of flying car is much more difficult to control than my three wheels. ”
However, Calvin pushed Sirius away, shook his head at him with a serious expression, and whispered, "Sirius, you are so reckless. ”
Snape's temper wasn't so good, and he shook a newspaper at Sirius, "Look at tonight's Evening Prophet." ”
Sirius read the headline in the newspaper: Ford Anglia will fly, Muggles are shocked.
He angrily tried to snatch the newspaper, but Snape shouted in front of him: "Two Muggles in London are sure they saw an old car flying over the post office building." At noon in Norfolk, while Mrs. Hetibellis was drying her clothes. Mr. Angus Fleet, of Pibers, reported to the police. There were six or seven Muggles in total. ”
Snape put away the newspaper and smiled sinisterly, "An Auror instructor, the son of the Director of the Division for the Prohibition of the Misuse of Muggle Items, and of course the famous Harry Potter..."
"Alright Snape, I don't think this has much to do with the two little wizards." Calvin said to Snape with a blank face, and now he was angry that Sirius would do such an outrageous thing.
Snape put away the newspaper and glanced at Calvin, "Even if the kid is exempt from punishment, then I think Blake will be back in his familiar place." ”
Snape's hooked nose was almost touching the tip of Blake's nose, "You don't think you're less than seventeen, do you......"
"Will Sirius be caught?" Harry, who had been relaxed, suddenly became nervous again, and asked Kalvin uneasily, "Will Sirius be caught in Azkaban?" ”
"If you weren't old enough, you should have gone in, Potter. Of course, I can change the punishment method that is more suitable for you, such as ...... Expel. ”
As soon as Snape finished speaking, Sirius pointed his wand at his nose, "Snot! If you dare to do that, I swear, I'll rip off your pants in front of all the students at Hogwarts, for the second time! ”
"Really? I'm going to see if you have what it takes! Not to be outdone, Snape drew his wand, "Auror Instructor Blake. ”
Calvin didn't expect the situation to turn like this in the midst of lightning, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull the two apart, "Snape, Blake, you two are enough." ”
Sirius glanced at Calvin and then removed his wand, and Snape snorted coldly and put it away.
At this time, a thin hand trembled and raised, "It's me." ”
Ron was on the verge of crying, he raised his hands and said, "I proposed it, I proposed that Sirius drive us to school, and it has nothing to do with Sirius. ”
"Stupid courage." Snape spat out a few words coldly, and without looking back, he headed to the edge of the Forbidden Forest to check on the damage caused by the speeding car.
"Let's go, let's go back to the castle first." Calvin's tone quickly cooled, patted the two bewildered little wizards, and then turned back to glare Sirius with a look of chagrin, "You too!" ”
After Snape left, Sirius picked up the newspaper that had fallen to the ground, gradually realized the seriousness of the matter, and asked with some trepidation, "Harry, and Ron, won't they really be expelled......?"
"Sirius, you should keep an eye on yourself first." Calvin said helplessly.
Actually, of course, he wouldn't let Sirius return to Azkaban, but he would have to make Sirius have a good memory. He had expected that after coming out of Azkaban, Sirius would wear off the arrogance of his youth, but it turned out that Sirius was still the Gryffindor child king.
Calvin led the three of them back to the castle through the back door and into his office.
Even though it was just September, Harry and Ron shuddered as soon as they walked into the office.
"Professor Capet, are we going to be expelled?" Ron asked with a sad face, he could almost imagine the horrors of being expelled and returning home.
Before Calvin could speak, there was a knock on his office door, and a dignified lady with unsmiling hair in a high bun walked in.
Harry had seen Professor McGonagall flare up a few times before, but he had never seen her so angry as she was now. Anyway, Professor McGonagall's appearance was strange to Harry. As soon as she entered the room, she raised her wand, Harry and Ron both flinched, and even Sirius swallowed a mouthful of saliva, but she only lit the empty fireplace, and the fire immediately ignited in the furnace.
Professor McGonagall sat the three of them down, their glasses shining ominously.
"Explain."
Ron spoke hurriedly, starting with the station's partition wall preventing them from passing through.
"We can't do it any other way, Professor McGonagall, we can't get on the train."
"Why don't you send an owl to deliver a letter to us? It's easy to think of," Professor McGonagall said coldly to Harry, and then he turned to look at Sirius, who also hung his head, "and you, Mr. Blake, I am not in a position to lecture you, but you really don't behave like an adult. The children can't think of it, and you can't think of it either? ”
"Don't prevaricate me with the same excuses you used to go to school, I warn you, it's not Jaime who sits next to you, it's his child, Harry!"
Sirius's mouth was wide open, speechless.
At this point, there was another knock on the door, and when Calvin opened it, Snape and Headmaster Dumbledore walked into the office.
Harry went numb all over. Dumbledore's expression was unusually serious, his gaze down the bridge of his contorted nose as he looked down at them.
"When I was inspecting the Forbidden Forest, I found that a very precious man-beating willow seemed to have been greatly damaged." Snape was the first to break the silence.
Sirius, as the car was about to crash into the willow tree, left the car in time with Harry Ron and their salute. The speeding car, which lost control, crashed headlong into the beating willow.
"It's good that you're all right," Dumbledore said mildly, "please explain why you're doing this." ”
Harry was terrified, and he would rather Dumbledore shout at them than hear that disappointed tone.
Ron had to repeat the day's experience again, but this time, he said in a desperate tone at the end, "Let's go get something." I think we were fired. ”
"Not today, Mr. Wesley," Dumbledore said solemnly, "but I must make you feel the gravity of your actions, and I will write to your home tonight. I must also warn you that if you behave like this again, I will have to expel you. ”
Then Dumbledore turned around and looked at Sirius with a complicated expression, "As for you, Sirius ......"
"I've written to Minister Fudge, Director Scrimthour, Headmaster Dumbledore. I believe the Ministry of Magic will give a fair verdict. Calvin interrupted Dumbledore.
Dumbledore was not angry, and looked at Calvin through his eyes, "That's the best, Calvin. ”