"Oh, Crookshanks!"
Hermione rubbed the big ginger cat's head, looking a little guilty, but still smiling, "How have you been at Hagrid's lately, Crookshanks."
Meow--
Crookshanks licked his paws and rubbed his furry face against Hermione's hand.
Seeing that Crookshanks didn't mean to blame herself at all, Hermione felt even more sad. She took a deep breath, as if to gather her courage, and then turned her head to look at Ron.
"Ron, I think it's time for Crookshanks to come back to live in the castle, you can't"
Halfway through her words, Hermione couldn't continue, because Ron had obviously understood what she said, and his face immediately became very ugly.
"What do you think-"
Harry stared at the little black dog who was a little uncomfortable and said slowly,
"Where did Crookshanks find this dog?"
Because of Crookshanks, the atmosphere between Hermione and Ron became a bit delicate. Neither of them answered the question immediately. It was not until a while later that Hermione blew her nose and suppressed her emotions and said,
"It's hard to say, Harry. Maybe Hagrid found Fang a little lonely, so where did he find it?"
"Maybe we can ask Hagrid," Harry said suddenly.
Ron and Hermione were both looking at Harry, and were surprised by his reaction. The little black dog squatting on the steps seemed unwilling to go to Hagrid. It turned around and was about to run away, but it looked like this now , the sensitivity was obviously not as good as Harry's. As soon as it jumped down the steps, Harry's quick eyes and hands pinched its body, making it unable to move.
Harry threw the Firebolt under the creaking nest to Ron, held the black dog and ran towards Hagrid's hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Although Ron and Hermione were a little puzzled, they saw Harry like this. Decisively, I could only run after him.
The closed door of the hut said everything. Harry looked a little disappointed, but he still looked around without giving up, and found Fang playing with the goblin in the grassland to the west of the hut.
"Hey, Fang!"
Harry greeted loudly, and upon hearing his call, Fang immediately gave up playing with the unlucky goblin and ran over happily, sticking out his tongue.
"Where's Hagrid?" Harry patted Fang's head, "Have you gone on patrol in the Forbidden Forest?"
Yaya shook his head and looked in the direction of the school gate.
"Looks like Hagrid is out—"
Ron and Hermione rushed out from behind. Seeing this scene, Ron shrugged helplessly.
"You seem to care about this dog, Harry?" Hermione asked a little strangely, "Is there anything wrong with it?"
"I can't tell, Hermione—"
Harry was silent for a long time, then he pulled the black dog's head over, frowned and stared into its eyes and said,
"But I feel like I've seen it before, well, it gives me a very familiar feeling."
"Maybe it's just your imagination, Harry--"
Ron played with the Firebolt thrown by Harry. He glanced at the smooth ash shaft of the broom and the flawlessly trimmed branches with longing eyes, and said casually.
"Or maybe you've seen it in Hogsmeade. You know, the villagers living there like to keep dogs, not only to help with hunting, but also to look at their homes and so on -"
"You're right, Ron."
Harry pursed his lips and put the frightened Sirius on the ground. Now they were on the Hogwarts campus. If Harry really found any clues and howled twice, Sirius would not dare to It was determined whether Amosta came faster or the dementors guarding the school gate came faster. Those terrible creatures would not listen to his explanation.
"What are we going to do now, Harry, are you going to leave it here, or are you going to take it back to the castle?"
Hermione asked.
"forget it--"
After a brief thought, Harry shook his head. He didn't like dogs, and he didn't want to get a solitary confinement from Filch before the Quidditch match on the first weekend of school.
"Then let it stay here. Hagrid will take good care of it," said Hermione. "It is Crookshanks' playmate."
The matter of this little black dog can only be regarded as a minor episode for the three Harrys. Tomorrow is the first day of school. Most of their classmates at Hogwarts have returned to school, and Harry finally Using his own Firebolt, even if Blake rushed into the castle at this time, he could not stop his good mood.
After Hermione handed Crookshanks to Fang, the three of them turned around and walked towards the castle. Sirius, who was frightened by Harry, finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Harry walking away. He turned his head away from Yaya's tongue and looked towards the forbidden forest where distant cries could be heard from time to time. His gray eyes revealed the excitement of regaining his freedom.
He didn't notice that above Hagrid's vegetable garden, a panoramic telescope of the same color as the air was flapping its wings and hovering in the air. After seeing Harry return to the castle and Sirius jumping into the Forbidden Forest, this panoramic telescope looked like an eagle. It circled twice in the air, and finally flew towards the west tower with a sharp dive!
The clouds are rolling, the moon is rising and setting, in the dark castle, the bright candlelight shines through the window holes, and the laughter and laughter wandering around the campus make the deep night brighter.
Tonight is the first night since Halloween night last semester that all teachers and students gather in the auditorium to celebrate, and Dumbledore has not come back yet. If he wants to sneak into the castle, this will be a perfect solution for Sirius. The best time.
Scabbers squatted on the Marauder's Map early. He was not interested in the castle filled with people's names. His vigilant eyes only patrolled the circle around the map. But until the little wizards left the auditorium one after another, the lights in the dormitory flickered. The lamps were extinguished one after another, but still nothing was found.
Has Blake really given up on taking revenge on himself?
In the quiet night of the night, Peter stared at the bright moon hanging high in the sky, and he couldn't help but feel a little confused in his eyes.
No, that won't be the case!
But after a moment, Peter said to himself again.
He knows very well what kind of guy Sirius is. People like him will never give up their ideas casually because of difficulties. In the current situation, it is more likely that twelve years in prison have made Sirius more tolerant. , no longer so reckless and impulsive.
And Sirius's changes like this are undoubtedly dangerous to himself.
Peter sighed, throwing away those 'innocent' fantasies from his mind, and lowered his head and continued to examine the map.
Filch was walking around in the corridor on the second floor. Snape left Remus' office and was walking down the hall to the underground space of Slytherin. Professor McGonagall was walking from the normal professor's bathroom to his office. , and Hagrid and Yaya, who were patrolling the courtyard, were also preparing to return to the hut to rest.
Peter followed Hagrid and his dog back to the hut, then turned to look in the direction of the school gate, but suddenly, a name suddenly appeared behind the hut, which shocked Peter's body, and there was a sudden fear in his small black eyes. Come out!
The third floor of the castle, security office.
Amosta, who was leaning on the back of his chair, looked at the single picture spliced together by hundreds of small screens on the opposite wall. The corners of his mouth tilted upward, revealing a slight smile.
"So, what are you going to do, Peter?"
(End of chapter)
