Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 755: Beast Foot

  Chapter 756 Animal Foot

   Ron Weasley has been in the limelight since the attack, and he himself seems to enjoy being a celebrity. As long as anyone wanted to hear, he was willing to tell them what happened that night, and he also added many "details" descriptions.

   Neville Longbottom, who led to Sirius Black's successful invasion of Gryffindor Tower, was also punished for it. The day after Blake broke into Gryffindor Tower, Longbottom received a roaring letter from his grandmother, and Mr Longbottom succeeded in replacing Malfoy as the joke after dinner.

   However, none of this affected Albert, who continued to live a busy and fulfilling life every day.

  "Give!"

  Albert handed the folder to Katrina after class, "All the papers you want are in there."

   "Thank you." Katrina held the folder in her arms and thanked Albert in a low voice.

   "You're welcome, it was agreed." Albert turned and walked towards Fred, George and Lee Jordan who were still waiting for him.

  "We're going to check the secret passage."

  Fred looked around, made sure no one was listening, and said in a low voice, "We might know where Black broke into the castle from."

   "I've double-checked, the portrait just happens to be out of range of the security guards, and Filch doesn't know there's a secret passage to the outside of the castle." George added, "The old guy recently Many secret passages have been blocked."

  "If Black does enter from there, shall we tell Professor McGonagall about it?"

   As soon as he finished speaking, Lee Jordan noticed that the surroundings suddenly became quiet.

   All three looked at Albert, waiting for the other to make a decision.

   "Let's talk about it! Well, there's no one around, hurry up." Albert glanced at the map in his hand, and after confirming that there was no one around, he urged the three of them to hurry up.

   The portrait was slowly moved away, revealing the passage behind, and the four of them rushed in immediately. George immediately closed the entrance to the secret passage to prevent others from discovering the existence of this secret passage.

   Once the wand was lit, their attention was drawn to the footprints on the ground.

   "There are footprints, we guessed it right." Lee Jordan pointed to some vague footprints on the ground and excitedly announced the good news to everyone.

The    twins once sprinkled a layer of chalk dust in this passage, and although it has been a long time, it is still possible to see if anyone has used this secret passage.

   "Sirius Black really entered the castle through this secret passage," Fred was excited about their new discovery. He walked at the front of the line with his wand in hand, and soon found that the footprints on the ground had disappeared. , replaced by the footprints of an unknown animal. "

   "What footprints are these?" George lowered his wand, trying to make out the footprints on the ground, which were of some kind of animal.

  "cat paw print?"

  "Black turned into a cat?"

   The three of them recalled Albert's last speculation, and said in unison: "Black is Animagus, Professor McGonagall has the ability to turn himself into a cat, if Black can also become a cat. If you were a cat, it wouldn't be surprising to be able to escape from Azkaban prison, I bet the cell over there won't hold Blake. Also, dementors don't have eyes, so even if Blake turns into a cat, they won't be able to. I don't know."

   Albert didn't answer the three of them, silently took out a camera from the deformed lizard's skin bag and took a few pictures of the footprints.

   Several people continued to walk along the passage, and other similar animal footprints were found in the place where the chalk dust had been sprinkled.

   On the way back to the castle, the four of them are discussing this matter, and they even dare to suspect that Sirius Black has turned into a cat and is hiding in the school.

  "Why do you think Blake will become a cat?"

  Albert handed the photos he took to the three friends, "If Blake turns into a cat, he doesn't need Gryffindor's password at all, because no one will suspect a cat, And these should be dog footprints. I can still tell the difference between cat footprints and dog footprints. Look at their pads. If you don't believe me, go back and ask Tom to step on the footprints. You can see the difference with the photos. Just like me As I guessed last time, Bigfoot should be Black, if he is really an Animagus."

   "Maybe, we should go to the library and look up the Animagus records." Lee Jordan suggested.

   "Don't be silly, if you were Animagus, would you register with the Ministry of Magic?" George shook his head and said, "If Black is really Animagus, I don't think he will. This will be announced."

   "I've checked and there are only seven Animagus this century." Albert added: "However, like George said, there must be something missing, because if I were an Animagus I'm not going to register, Nimagus, anyway, as long as it's not used to steal information, it's fine not to be known by the Ministry of Magic."

  "I think we're pretty close to the truth," Fred said excitedly. "If there's a dog roaming around the school, it's probably Blake."

   "It should be a black dog," Albert reminded.

  "Why a black dog?"

  "Because of Black."

   "Oh, that's how it is." George looked at Albert suspiciously and asked, "I wonder if you knew it long ago."

  "Well, my prediction for Black turned out to be a black dog." Albert did not deny this, "I didn't tell you directly because I needed evidence."

   "Harry said he once met a black dog," Fred said suddenly.

   "Well, his black dog was regarded as ominous, and he talked to me about it." Albert nodded and said that there was indeed such a thing: "Now it is completely confirmed. By the way, I was in I saw a black dog in the alleys of Hogsmeade."

   "If that was Black, why did he give up killing Harry, and...the attack the other day was weird, I remember you said that Sirius Black was Harry's godfather. "George finds it more and more bizarre.

   "All indications now are that Sirius Black may not be targeting Harry, but someone else." Fred agreed with George.

   "Could it be that Pettigrew Peter?" Lee Jordan said tentatively: "I think that Wormtail should be him, since Black may be Animagus, then Harry's father and little Will Dwarf Peter be all Animagus, I remember Albert once saying that the nickname on the Marauder's map might mean Transfiguration."

   "What was Harry's father?" Fred asked.

  "Stag, Potter's patron saint is Stag. He is very similar to his father, so he is probably also a Stag, which just corresponds to the nickname of the pronged fork."

   "Harry's Patronus?" George's voice rose slightly.

   For some reason, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became a little depressing.

   "How long did it take Harry to summon the physical Patronus?" Fred asked suddenly.

   "About half a year. If he starts training with Professor Lupin, it will be more than a month?" Albert didn't know the exact time.

  There was a strange silence, Fred and George suddenly stopped, put their hands on Lee Jordan's shoulders, and said earnestly: "You should work hard."

   "Shut up, we're discussing Black's business now." Lee Jordan broke free from the twins and forced the topic back, "I'm a little suspicious of Black's suspicions now, after all, dogs generally represent loyalty, it's really hard for me Imagine Blake betraying his friends, would you do that?"

  "No?" Fred and George shook their heads.

   "What if the mysterious person threatens you with your family?" Albert asked suddenly.

   There was a longer silence.

  Yeah, what if the mysterious man threatens with his family?

  "So, the person who betrayed Harry's father might be the dead Pettigrew Peter?" Fred frowned and said, "That guy isn't actually dead?"

  "His code name is Wormtail?"

   "What do you think he would be if he were Animagus?" George asked.

  "bugs?"

   "Obviously not possible, wormtail should refer to the tail like a worm." Albert speculates, "It should be a mouse."

  "Rat?" George repeated softly, and he felt horrified when he remembered something: "Banners! Yes, Scabbers, Ron's mouse is probably Peter Pettigrew."

   "But... how is that possible?" Fred looked at Albert, and his face paled slightly after seeing the other side nod slightly.

   "Don't forget, Scabbers has lived a long time, and that mouse has been Ron's pet since Percy bought a new owl. God knows how long he lived, five, seven, Even longer?" George pointed out the evidence, "I remember Albert mentioning before that the rat had a somewhat unusual lifespan, and joked that selling it to Muggles...would be valuable."

   If Scabbers was really a wizard, it would be really scary.

   However, everything is reasonable, if Scabbers is really Peter Pettigrew, then the person who betrayed Harry's father may be him, otherwise why would a living person pretend to be a mouse for more than ten years?

   Sirius Black apparently found out from the Daily Prophet that Peter was alive, so escaped from Azkaban and tried to kill Peter Pettigrew to avenge his friend while Scabbers was in Harry's dorm inside.

   "If Blake is really innocent~IndoMTL.com~ then should we arrest him for a bounty?" Lee Jordan asked suddenly.

   Another long silence.

   "Catch that guy first, then we can prepare some Veritaserum, or perform Legilimency on him, I think we definitely need to find out the specific truth first." Albert finalized the final decision: "Before that, we have to be ready. I think if Black shows up, he is probably trying to capture Peter Pettigrew. If the guy is really alive, then we can capture Peter and exchange money. If the Ministry of Magic doesn't want it. If so, we'll trade with Blake, and I'm sure he'll be willing to pay a lot of money for that mouse."

   At this moment, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan all stared at Albert in stunned eyes, never expecting this to happen.

   "This is blackmail!" Fred reminded in a low voice.

   "How can this be considered extortion, we spent so much energy and took so much risk, and finally safeguarded the justice of the magic world, we must not return empty-handed!" Albert said solemnly, "Not to mention , Blake itself has a bounty. Before the bounty is cancelled, we catch Blake and we should get the bounty. As for whether Blake is innocent, that's what the Ministry of Magic should worry about. It's none of our business. And you don't want to. Are you going home empty-handed?"

  (end of this chapter)