Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor Peter

Chapter 164 The Screaming Shack Incident
"What?" Harry demanded.

"That's it, Harry. When James and Sirius hit it off on the train to Hogwarts, they met Lily and Severus, who were friends before school. James has been watching Severus since then." Si is not pleasing to the eye, and Lily is not pleasing to your father."

"Then how did they get married?"

"That's another sweeter story." Peter patiently explained, "No one is the same. After entering puberty, James first fell in love. He had a good impression of Lily, who was dismissive at first, and gradually restrained himself for her. I let go of my arrogant side and become more mature and stable."

"At the same time, Severus' love for black magic became more and more fanatical. I heard that he and his friends once experimented with a very nasty black magic on Muggle-born classmates. Became a Death Eater, and I killed one of them."

Harry, Ron, and Hermione felt shock wave after wave, and Harry exclaimed, "Snape—"

"Professor," Peter added.

"—he's not only a werewolf, but a Death Eater? Why did Dumbledore ask him to teach?"

"Look, Harry, you have lived among the pure-blood wizards in Godric's Hollow since you were a child, so you have inevitably acquired some prejudices of the pure-blood wizards about this world. Werewolves do not mean evil, and Professor Snape also Not Death Eaters."

"Sorry." Harry lowered his voice, he felt a little ashamed, "I didn't mean that, I know Professor Snape and my father didn't get along, I just didn't think it had anything to do with my mother ..."

"Anyone who is a son of man would be uncomfortable hearing such things, Harry," said Peter, "but things are not going the way you think, and there is no rivalry between James and Severus. things happen because..."

Peter paused for a long time, carefully considering every word, and the eyes of Harry, Ron and Hermione were locked on him, eager to understand the further development of the matter.

"Because Severus Snape is dead."

There was a moment of silent shock, the corners of Harry's mouth quivered slightly, and his face became very pale.

"……What's the meaning?"

"He's dead, that's it, at least we thought so at the time." Peter paused for a while before continuing, "I'm afraid what I'm going to say next will be a bit harsh, but I think it's shameful to ignore the facts and deliberately conceal .”

"The first thing I want to tell you is that Remus Lupine, who has always loved you very much, is also a werewolf."

Harry's eyes widened. Although Remus rarely saw the Potter family in recent years, he would send Harry gifts and cards as much as he could on festivals. Harry never imagined that this kind and gentle man was a werewolf.

"Remus is the gentlest person I've ever met." Peter said, "His very existence proves that wizards' prejudice against werewolves is a complete lie. Wolfsbane potion had not been invented back then, and Dumbledore wanted to make Lymes Si can also receive education, and a Whomping Willow was planted specially for him."

"The Whomping Willow guards the secret passage leading to Hogsmeade, leading to a house known as the 'Screaming Shack'. You should have heard rumors that the Screaming Shack is haunted, but it's just Ly The howl of Muth's transformation on a full-moon night."

"In order to accompany Remus on the night of the full moon, James, Sirius and I all trained as Animagus, we turned the painful full moon night into an exciting 'adventure night', I don’t know how many Once, we wandered around the Shrieking Shack..."

Peter flashed a fleeting smile.

"The good times didn't last long. Remus was frequently taken to the Shrieking Shack by Madam Pomfrey on full moon nights. This incident quickly attracted the attention of Severus. He always wanted to find us who seriously violated the school rules." Evidence so we can all be fired."

"Finally, on the night of the full moon, Severus followed us to the Whomping Willow. He hid in the corner and watched Remus enter the secret passage, completely unaware that I, James and Sirius had already Got his location on the Marauder's Map."

"Sirius told us he was going to expose Snape and give him some flair so he wouldn't sneak peeps at us anymore. James and I applauded, so Sirius took the Marauder map, and one goes around the bushes looking for Severus."

"At this time, Madam Pomfrey came out of the secret passage, and James and I hurriedly put on the invisibility cloak to avoid Madam Pomfrey's only path. Logically speaking, we shouldn't stay there when Remus transforms Near the Whooping Willow, let alone bringing a werewolf Remus out of the Shrieking Shack."

"By the time Madam Pomfrey walked over, James and I could no longer find Sirius, and we don't know where he went. I suggested that James wait for Sirius to return outside the secret passage, and I would turn into a mouse first, Press the Whomping Willow's knot, get into the secret passage and fetch Remus out."

"Everything is going smoothly as before. The werewolf Remus crawled out of the secret passage excitedly following me. The 'Night of Adventure' in the Forbidden Forest is about to begin. Suddenly, the werewolf went berserk—"

Harry, Ron, and Hermione listened intently to Peter's story, and the three of them couldn't help but tense up.

"The werewolf leaped past me, roaring and lunging forward, I turned my head in surprise to find Severus standing dumbfounded in the secret passage, not far behind us. Yes, we went out, he went in , the two sides happened to meet in the secret passage.”

"If I didn't know what would happen next, I might find Severus's reaction a bit funny. He froze with his eyes wide open, and then he screamed, turned around and ran out of the secret passage."

"The werewolf followed him, landed on all fours, and ran. Remus had never bitten anyone before, and every time he transformed, he could only bite his own flesh. He was so hungry and thirsty, seeing Severus , his saliva was all over the place."

"I followed the werewolf numbly, not daring to turn into a human form. Severus ran fast, but the werewolf was far faster than him. Human flesh would never be able to compete with a werewolf. I saw his body from a distance. The werewolf scratched his back, and blood gushed out from the deep wound."

"But he didn't stop. Instead, he stumbled and continued to run out. The furious werewolf howled on the spot, which gave him a little time to escape. Then, they turned a corner and were about to return to the ground. "

"I prayed for his narrow escape, not just for him, but for ourselves. I heard him yell 'swoon', but as I climbed the last short stretch to the exit, his pain The cry nearly shattered my eardrums."

"Even counting the Cruciatus Curse, I have never heard such a terrible cry in my life, an inhuman cry. I came out of the hole under the Whomping Willow and saw the werewolf had thrown him to the ground. , shaking his head and biting his flank."

"He struggled to reach out with one hand, hammered the werewolf's head hard, grabbed the werewolf's eyes, and pulled the werewolf's jaw. The annoyed werewolf let go, and when he turned his head, he tore off the hand that was in the way."

"My God!" Hermione covered her mouth, and both Harry and Ron gasped.

(End of this chapter)