Chapter 206: Confirmation
"The only reason I didn't lose my mind was because I knew I was innocent. It wasn't a pleasant thought, so the Dementors didn't suck it out of my head. This way I can keep my mind clear and know who I am, which helps me preserve my mana. Blake said,
"When the Animagus succeeds, he doesn't need a wand to transform, and the Dementors can't see it, you know. They are aware of human feelings and thus feel how to approach them.
It is more difficult for them to feel the feelings of animals, because the emotions of animals are confused. As long as I become a dog, they can't find me.
But I'm weak, very weak, and without a wand, I have no hope of driving them away from me"
"When Fudge visited Azkaban the year before, he gave me this newspaper. On the boy's shoulder, I immediately recognized himβhe wasn't a mouse, it was Peter. I've seen him shape-shifter countless times, and I'm all too familiar with him.
Then I saw the caption under the photo saying that the boy was going back to Hogwarts... To where Harry was.
If only he had gotten the slightest rumor that the underworld was gathering strength. Once the dark forces are back in motion, he will do something to Harry and hand over the last man of the Potter family to them. If he handed Harry over to them, then, who would dare to say that he had betrayed Voldemort? He will return with honour ... β
"I didn't protect my best friend back then, and I couldn't put their children in danger. I know that I must act, and I am the only one who knows that Peter is alive ... β
"It's as if someone has lit a fire in my head, and the Dementors can't put it out. It's not a pleasant feeling, it's an attachment, but the thought gives me strength and clarity in my mind.
So one night they opened my door to deliver food, and I, as a dog, slipped out of their way.
I was skinny, very thin, so thin that I could slip out between the iron bars. As a dog, I swam back to the mainland. I headed north, and as a dog, I came to Hogwarts.
I've lived in the Forbidden Forest since I arrived at Hogwarts... Except, of course, when I go to a Quidditch match, you fly as well as your dad, Harry. Blake held out his hand to Harry, a look of longing on his face.
"But, Professor McGonagall, they say, you are my parents' secret!" Harry still didn't believe Blake's words.
"Harry, I'm sorry, it's all my fault," Blake said, his expression suddenly lowered, "It's all my wrong decision, and it's all your parents. At first I was your parents' secret, but it seems that one of us leaked it, and Voldemort found out about it.
He sent people everywhere to find my way, and I knew that my identity had been discovered. Dumbledore advised me to find a place to hide, but I knew there was no way I could escape Voldemort except with another Charm of Courage's Loyalty.
I was Jaime's confidential in the first place, and it made no sense to continue to let others be my confidential in a loop. And Dumbledore was already a secrecy at many of the Order of the Phoenix bases, and could no longer be distracted to protect me.
And it was because of Dumbledore's plight that James and Lily asked me to be their secret keepers, rather than being protected by Dumbledore himself.
And if I leave England, too far away from James, the Loyalty Charm will lose its effect. * (Otherwise, Sirius Black would have gone abroad to a faraway flower planter, and Voldemort would not have dared to hunt him down, and the Curse of Loyal Faith would be too buggy.) οΌβ
"I know I'm no match for Voldemort, and that when Voldemort kills me, the Loyalty Curse will automatically expire. I knew that even if I died, I wouldn't put Jaime in danger, so I came up with an idea that I thought was brilliant. I convinced Jaime and Lily to replace the secret with Peter, and to keep it a secret from the rest of the Order of the Phoenix, including Dumbledore, because I didn't think the Order of the Phoenix could be fully trusted.
I think that's the perfect plan, I'm going to lure him away, and as long as Voldemort continues to hunt me down, then Jaime and Lily will be safe. It's just that I didn't expect the inner ghost who has been delivering messages to Voldemort among us.
It's all my fault, I went to see Peter the night they died, to make sure he was safe, but by the time I got to where he was hiding, he was gone. But there was no trace of a fight there, I felt that something was wrong, and I was scared. I went straight to where your parents lived. When I saw their house, it was destroyed, and I saw their bodies, and I knew that Peter had betrayed them, and how wrong I had been. Sirius whimpered like a big wounded dog.
Harry hesitated, a little hesitant, Sirius made sense, but he still didn't know whether to believe him or not.
"All it takes is one conclusive piece of evidence to prove that what Blake says is true." "Remember I told you that at the Quidditch World Cup, I found Malfoy's Death Eaters with a Dark Mark on their left arm. And Karkaroff, I learned from Rita Skeeter, he was also a Death Eater... β
Maple paused, but the thought of Hermione's presence made it impossible to hide it, "Also, Professor Snape, was also a Death Eater. β
"Snape, he's a Death Eater too?" Professor Lupin, Harry Ron, and Sirius Black had a very surprised look on their faces, and Harry and Ron had a very bad impression of Snape, but they never imagined that he was also one of the biggest members of the wizarding underworld.
Take stock of Dumbledore's professors, Animagus, true prophets, half-goblins, half-giants, werewolves, plus this one person on the road, it's really all-encompassing.
"Snape, he's a Death Eater, and Dumbledore has him come to be our professor?" Ron disgruntled.
"Dumbledore asked him to teach Harry?" Sirius snarled disapprovingly. The object of his Animagus transformation is a large dog, and his personality is very similar to that of a dog.
"Rita Skeeter said that Professor Dumbledore personally gave him a guarantee, Peter Pettigrew is our internal ghost, then Professor Snape should be Professor Dumbledore's informant, and his source on Voldemort's side should be Professor Snape." Maple said.
Maple gave Snape a fair word, but no one seemed to listen, except for the mild-mannered Lupin.
"Well, whether Professor Snape is reliable or not is Professor Dumbledore's business, I believe that under Professor Dumbledore's nose, he will not dare to have any bad intentions. Neither Professor Snape nor Karkaroff were present at the Quidditch World Cup, and if they also had the Dark Mark on them, then it was certain that all of the Death Eaters had the Dark Mark on them, proving that Sirius Black was wronged. Maple said, agreeing with everyone present, "Maybe we don't have to take a risk to get evidence on them, we can just ask Professor Dumbledore." Since Professor Snape was his undercover agent, Professor Dumbledore must know the answer to this question. β
"Okay." Harry said.
"I'll stay here until you check with Dumbledore." Sirius Black said.
"Since you're going to live here, you need to decorate it." Maple said, turning her gaze to Hermione, and the two of them smiled in agreement, then pulled out their wands at the same time.
"Clean up! Protective reinforcement! With the wave of their wands, the dust on the walls of the house and the stains on the floor were instantly cleaned, and the furniture and beds on the floor were all brand new.
"It's beautiful," Professor Lupin praised, "and you're now more magical than I am." β
"You've won the prize, Professor Lupin!" Hermione smiled happily.
"We're leaving." Harry finally said goodbye to Black, and that alone made Sirius Black very happy.
Maple and Hermione left with Ron and Harry's apparitions, and Professor Lupin stayed behind to catch up with his old friend, and as they left, they seemed to see Lupin and Blake hugging each other as if they were brothers.
Things are wrong, the pointed fork is gone, the wormtail has become a traitor, and the author's former four-person partner of the Living Point Map is only Moon Face and Big Foot, they must have a lot to talk about.
"I really envy Professor Lupin, although he is a werewolf, he still has two good friends who are like each other, not only did he not dislike his identity, but he also learned Animagus for him." Maple looked at the screaming shack and couldn't help but sigh.
"My father learned the Animagus because of Professor Lupin?" Harry asked curiously.
"After being bitten by a werewolf, you will become a werewolf, and the child you give birth to will also become a werewolf, and there is no antidote. Professor Lupin was bitten before the wolf venom potion... β
"What is a wolf poison potion?" Ron asked.
"Invented by Damcos Belby two years ago, it allows werewolves to remain sane during their transformation during a full moon, and the wolf poison potion is to be taken a week before the full moon of each month. For this he was also awarded the Order of the Order of the Merlin. Hermione seemed to have obsessive-compulsive disorder, and now that she wasn't in class, she still couldn't change her appetite for answering questions.
"Yes, before the invention of the wolf poison potion, the werewolf had to become a true wolf once a month. When they become wolves, they will attack everything around them like a real wolf, even their loved ones. β
"After becoming a werewolf, Professor Lupin would not have been able to attend Hogwarts. But it was only later that Dumbledore became headmaster, and Professor Lupin had a chance to enter Hogwarts. The beating willows, the screaming shack, and the secret passage were all built to allow Professor Lupin to go to school properly.
Once a month, Professor Lupin is secretly sent out of the castle and sent here to transform. The tree was planted at the entrance of the tunnel so that no one would touch Professor Lupin when he turned into a wolf.
The transformation without the wolf poison potion is painful, they develop a frantic urge to bite other species, and when away from the crowd, they will even scratch themselves and bite themselves. Hogsmeade heard the noise and screams of the screaming shack, which were actually from Professor Lupin at the time. β
"That's how the legend of the haunted screaming shack came from." Ron suddenly realized.
"At school, Professor Lupin made three good friends, Sirius Black, Harry's father, and Peter Pettigrew. It is impossible for Professor Lupin's three friends not to notice that Professor Lupin disappears once a month, and Professor Lupin makes up various reasons, but they are later discovered by Harry's father.
Professor Lupin was terrified, fearing that they would ignore him if they found out about his werewolf status. It's just that they didn't expect that instead of giving up Lupin as a friend, they also learned Animaji for Professor Lupin.
Hiding from the professor and his family, they secretly learned the Animagus, a dangerous magic that required a wizard who was extremely proficient in Transfiguration. It's hard to imagine that they could do this for their friends, they started in their second year, and without the help of their professors, without the help of adult wizards, and without the potions master to make shape-shifting potions for them. It can be said that they are taking a great risk to do this. Maple sighed. In this respect, he was ashamed of himself, with Snape providing him with the best potions, (the success rate of different quality potions for the transformation of Animagus is different, and the success rate of Animagus's transformation is different, and the hands of Snape are naturally the best) and the Hogwarts Order to escort him, although it is unfortunate to be silent, but it also provides him with enough magic for his transformation.
The four were silent for a few moments before Maple continued: "Luckily, they succeeded, and it took them three years to finally complete the Animagus. β
"But how does this help Professor Lupin?" Hermione asked, looking a little confused.
"They couldn't be with Professor Lupin in human form, so they accompanied him in animal form. Peter Pettigrew becomes the smallest animal, the Mouse, and has a knot scar at the base of the beating willow that can make the tree still, and Peter Pettigrew can use his small body to burrow under the beating willow and press the scar.
Sirius and Harry's father turned into a big animal, one into a big dog, the other into a tall stag, able to intimidate werewolves. And so, once a month, Sirius sneaks up at the Screaming Shack in an invisibility cloak, and then accompanies Professor Lupin every time he transforms into him. Maple had finished, and Harry couldn't calm down for a long time.
"It's an enviable friendship, but Harry, your relationship with Ron is no worse than theirs." Harry looked at Ron with a satisfied smile on his face. Ron laughed, but was a little embarrassed, he was still a little jealous when Harry became a Hogwarts Warrior, and now he was a little ashamed compared to Harry's father.
"Professor McGonagall!" They didn't stay long at Hogsmeade before returning to Hogwarts and heading straight to Professor Dumbledore's office, where they bumped into Professor McGonagall, whom the four of them hurriedly greeted.
"Ah, it's the four of you, aren't you going to Hogsmeade?" Professor McGonagall had a rare kindness, and probably half of them were Triwizard Tournament warriors.
"We're looking for Professor Dumbledore," said Professor McGonagall, looking like they were going to get into trouble again, "It's Harry, and he wants to ask Professor Dumbledore a question about his parents." β
"What's the problem?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"It's Harry's privacy." Maple said.
Seeing that they looked like they wanted to hide it from her, Professor McGonagall was a little angry, and Maple hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Professor, this time it's definitely not something like the Philosopher's Stone, it's really a problem related to Harry's parents, and Harry can go alone, we won't go." β
"The principal is in the office, and the password for his office is a cockroach pile." Professor McGonagall's expression twitched unnaturally as she said this, apparently having some difficulty accepting Dumbledore's eccentricity.
"Thank you, Professor." Harry thanked.
After saying goodbye to Professor McGonagall, they went to the door of the Headmaster's office.
"Cockroach pile!" The stone monster at the doorway immediately came to life and jumped to the side, revealing an entrance.
Harry entered through the entrance on the wall, and Maple and the others waited outside. After Harry entered for a while, the entrance to the wall closed, and the stone monster returned to its original place.
Harry stepped up the spiral stone staircase, which slowly ascended on its own, and led him to a gleaming oak door with a brass knocker.
"Harry?" Dumbledore had a surprised look on his face, but beckoned Harry to sit down.
"Professor Dumbledore, I would like to ask you a question, do Voldemort's Death Eaters all have a Dark Mark mark on their left arm?" Harry asked.
"Harry, yes!" Dumbledore had a look of surprise on his face, he didn't know where Harry had learned this, but his face was more of a joy than a reproach.
"It's true." Harry seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard Dumbledore's own answer. Only then did he realize that he also wanted his godfather to be innocent.
Harry looked up and saw Professor Dumbledore staring at him.
"It's Maple, Professor, he's the one who found out." Harry said. There seemed to be a strange magic in Dumbledore's eyes, and Harry couldn't help but tell the truth.
"He did what happened at the Quidditch World Cup, no wonder." Dumbledore said with a smile.
"I can't hide anything from you, Professor." Harry said.
"It's amazing, a great idea to sneak up on all the Death Eaters and the Ministry of Magic rescuers under the name of Voldemort." Dumbledore exclaimed. Seeing Maple's performance, Dumbledore seemed to see hope for the future of the wizarding world. Dumbledore felt that his body would have no problem holding on for a few more years, as long as he guarded the wizarding world for a few more years, and when Maple grew up, he could let go of his burden.
Harry hesitated, but because of his trust in Dumbledore, Harry told Dumbledore about Sirius Black.
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