Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

"I guess he's just messed up because he's been on the run and it's Hallowe'en or he wouldn't have broken in."

Ron's words were agreed by everyone. Besides, everyone was asking each other the same question: How did he get in?

"Maybe he knows how to stealth?!"

"This is impossible. As long as you have read the book "A Piece of Hogwarts School History", you will know that this castle is not only protected by walls." Hermione said quickly, "The castle was also protected by various Magic, in case outsiders sneak in. Stealth is not. Also, I'd like to see what kind of disguise can fool those dementors. These guys guard every entrance, and if he flies in Well, they'll see too. Filch knows all the secret passages, and they'll seal them up!"

"Who knows, after all, it's Sirius Black, a dark wizard who is second only to You-Know-Who." Ron wrinkled his nose uneasily, staring at the girls' bathroom at the end of the corridor on the third floor. He remembered last semester. Nightmare experience.

Hearing him mention Voldemort, the crowd was silent for three seconds, no one spoke, and everyone walked through the dark corridor on the third floor in silence.

Harry followed Ron pale, with no trace of blood on his face, Black must have broken into the castle to kill him, this feeling is really bad enough.

"Let's be happy, no matter what trick Black uses to sneak into the castle, he will definitely be discovered by Dumbledore, what do you think, Ivan?"

"Maybe!" Ivan said perfunctorily.

He stared blankly at the narrow window on the left side of the corridor, and his eyes fell on the lawn outside the castle, where there was a huge black dog covered in shaggy hair, it was Sirius Black!Not far from Blake, Ginger Crookshanks are sneaking across the lawn.

As if sensing something, Black suddenly turned his head and looked in this direction.

In the next second, following Ivan's gaze, Harry also saw two creatures on the lawn. He rushed to the window and widened his eyes.

"Look outside, do you see something, that big black dog?"

"Harry, you won't see the ominous again, will you?!" Ron leaned over anxiously, and he muttered vaguely, "It seems to be that damn cat!"

"You mean Crookshanks!" Hermione also approached and said worriedly, "What are Crookshanks doing outside the castle? Black may still be in the school."

"Please, Hermione, Black won't kill a cat, he came into the castle to..." Ron stopped abruptly and looked at Harry nervously.

Harry didn't seem to understand what he meant, he said eagerly, "That dog, it was beside Crookshanks just now, didn't any of you see it?"

"It's so dark outside, you may have misread it, maybe it's just a big tree or a rock or something." Ron swallowed, and he saw other people staring at them.

"Impossible, Ivan, did you see it too?!"

Ivan didn't reply, he secretly calculated the distance from here to the lawn outside.

As long as his speed is fast enough, there is still time to go down from here, maybe this is a good opportunity to get in touch with the other party.

"You guys go first, I'll go to the toilet!" Ai Wen said hurriedly.

Under the surprised gazes of the others, he turned and walked into another corridor, running towards the gate of the castle.

When he was sure no one was around, he whispered, "Animagus!"

As soon as the words fell, Ivan's body quickly turned into a black cat. He passed through the deep marble hall at the fastest speed, and slipped out of the castle without a sound.

The cold wind of the night hit his face, and Ai Wen shivered.

Hogwarts Castle looked particularly gloomy tonight. Against the backdrop of the dim moonlight, the strangely shaped statues on the grounds revealed a bit of spookiness. A few bats slid past the low sky, and owls could be heard from time to time.

Dementors loomed around the far wall, where the land was barren, and all plants were gradually withering and dying.

It was impossible for Black to walk in the direction of the wall. Ivan hurriedly turned his head and looked towards the Forbidden Forest. Through the moonlight, he saw the big dog that Black turned into and Crookshanks disappearing in the huge shadow of the Forbidden Forest. Wen hurriedly chased after him.

Just entering the shadows, a figure suddenly jumped out from behind a tree.

It was a surprise attack! ! !

Ivan felt the hot breath coming from the opposite side, and he raised his head to see the big dog that Sirius Black had turned into, baring its one-inch-long teeth and rushing towards him viciously.With a bang, Blake threw himself on top of him with a powerful impact.

Ivan fell down, his body rolled backwards on the lawn, and didn't stop until he hit a big tree.

He was dazzled and felt as if his ribs were broken.

He wanted to stand up, but Black didn't give him the chance. He bared his fangs, stared at Ivan viciously, howled softly, and rushed forward again.

Seeing the huge figure getting closer, Aiwen hurriedly released the Animagus' transformation, and while his body returned to its original shape, he pulled out the magic wand around his waist with his right hand.

A red light flashed from the tip of the staff, hitting Sirius Black.

Black flew upside down and landed in a bush, wailing in pain.

"That's enough, don't try to attack me anymore, or it won't be an impediment spell next time!" Ivan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and struggled to stand up while holding the tree trunk with his left hand.

He was panting heavily, and Black on the opposite side was also panting heavily.

For three full seconds, neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere was terribly solemn.

Ivan saw Blake's eyes flashing crazy light from time to time in the darkness, staring closely at the wand in his hand.Muscles all over his body were tense, and he bared his fangs in an attacking posture, like a ferocious beast that chooses to devour people.

"Listen, I don't mean anything malicious, I know who you are and why you are here!" Ivan pointed at Black carefully with his wand, "I just want to talk to you about my friend Harry and Ron..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a rush of footsteps from far to near.

Ivan turned his head hastily and saw a burst of dazzling light. He squinted his eyes and adjusted for a while before he could clearly see that it was Professor Lupine.

"Professor Lupine?!"

"It turned out to be you, Ivan! I heard the sound when I was checking the owl room. What happened here? Why are you outside the castle?" Lupine looked at Ivan in surprise, and said in a concerned tone, "Little Sirius Black has just broken into the castle, it is very dangerous here, Dumbledore asked all the students to gather in the auditorium."

"me……"

Ivan didn't know how to answer, should he tell the other party that he came out to have a pleasant meeting with Black.

Although Lupine was close friends with Sirius Black when he was a student, will he believe that Black was wronged when everything is not revealed? !

Ivan shook his head. Without any real evidence, with Lupine's personality, even if he believed that Black was innocent, the first thing he would do would be to tie up his former best friend and send him to see Dumbledore.

Then, they're going after Peter Pettigrew.

If all goes well, well said!If Peter is allowed to escape, I am afraid that Blake will be sent to the dementor before tomorrow, and what awaits him is a kiss.

This was so bad, Ivan hesitated and decided to hide the truth.

Chapter 84 Lupine's Remorse

Lupine looked at Ivan suspiciously. He didn't know why the boy in front of him appeared outside the castle at this time, which was obviously unreasonable.But he didn't intend to get into the details, just like him, everyone has their own secrets.

In fact, after more than two months of contact, Lupine had a very good impression of Ivan.

In his own class, the other party always answered all the questions in the first time. It can also be seen from the several after-school homework assigned by him that Aiwen has a very in-depth understanding and unique insights into Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Lupine hasn't seen such an outstanding young man for many years, not to mention the relationship between Ivan and Harry is very good, just like he was with James Potter, Pettigrew Peter and Sirius Black back then.

Thinking of Black, Lupine felt distressed for a while. He still couldn't believe that the other party would betray James and join Voldemort. They were obviously best friends.

He shook his head, maybe he had misread the person all along.

Blake was so good back then, but he chose to betray in the end. The smarter people are, the more they care about the gains and losses. In their eyes, friendship is just a commodity that can be exchanged at any time.

So will this boy in front of him be like Blake, betraying his friends for his own benefit? !

Lupine looked at Ivan carefully, hoping to see something from it.

In the next second, his eyes widened suddenly, and he seemed to see a familiar figure in the grass opposite Ivan.

A flash of light flashed from the tip of his wand and flew into the grass, which was empty.

Is it an illusion?

Lupine breathed a sigh of relief, he was very contradictory now.

On the one hand, he wanted to see Black to clarify the whole matter; on the other hand, he was afraid of seeing him, afraid that Black would tell himself how he betrayed James and Lily to Voldemort.

Lupine couldn't remember how many times he had been awakened by such a nightmare.

Twelve years have passed, but he has been blaming himself for why he didn't discover Black's true face earlier, so that he had the opportunity to betray James, and finally killed Peter Pettigrew. wrong.

Lupine originally thought that this sense of guilt would be with him forever, but Black escaped from Azkaban. Everyone said that the purpose of his escape was to kill Harry, the only one he had ever had as a friend. son.

Lupine must not allow this to happen again, which is why he accepted Dumbledore's invitation to return to Hogwarts to teach.He wants to protect Harry, and maybe he can catch Black himself, so that there will be an explanation for what happened back then.

Lupine took a deep breath, now was not the time to think about such things.

"Evan, you should go back to the auditorium and stay with the others." Lupine took two steps forward, and then he stopped suddenly.

He saw that the grass in the grass opposite Ivan was overwhelmed in one direction. There was indeed something there just now. He was not mistaken. It must be Sirius Black's Animagus. He had seen it countless times. I will never forget it in my life.

The boy in front of me has contact with Black, is it just a coincidence, or...

Aiwen knew what Lupine was thinking when he saw Lupine's expression. This was really difficult enough. He didn't know how to explain this to the other party.

However, he didn't have to worry about it right away.

Just when he was hesitating, something crawled out of the grass, and Lupine obviously heard the sound, and another bright light flew over.It was Crookshanks, startled by the sudden light, and rushed into Ivan's arms.

"Professor, I came out to look for this cat. It is my friend Hermione's pet. I saw it run out of the castle just now. I was worried that it might encounter an accident, so I followed it."

Aiwen didn't know if Lupine would believe the excuse he made casually. Lupine looked at Crookshanks carefully for a while, showing a relieved expression.

The two returned to the castle. They had just turned the corner of the foyer when they saw Dumbledore and Snape standing outside the auditorium, talking about something.

"The entire castle has been searched, and there is no sign of him," Snape said in a low voice.

"Very well, Severus, I didn't really think Black would linger," said Dumbledore quietly.

"However, there is one thing I must report to you." Snape said with narrowed eyes. "During the time we were inspecting the castle, one of our teachers has been missing. It is the person I told you about before."

"What are you trying to say, Severus?"

"I mean, do you have any insight into how Black got into the castle, Headmaster?" said Snape.

"Many, Severus, every possibility."

"You remember our conversation, just before term started?" Snape said in a low voice, obviously he didn't want others to hear the conversation.

"Remember, Severus." There was a warning in Dumbledore's voice.

"It seems, almost impossible, that Black can't get into this school without internal help, especially that person is still missing, you know what I mean, I did express my concern, before you accept your fate..."

"I don't believe that anyone in this castle is going to help Black in," said Dumbledore, in a tone that made it clear that this was the end of the matter, so Snape didn't answer.

The person Snape suspected was obviously Lupine. Ivan turned his head and saw Lupine's face was calm, as if he hadn't heard what the two of them said.

"Severus, I must go to the dementors," said Dumbledore. "As I said, we will notify them when we have searched."

"Are they going to help?" Snape said.

"Oh, yes!" said Dumbledore dryly, "but I'm afraid they will never be allowed to cross the threshold of the school as long as I am Headmaster."

Ivan saw Dumbledore walking towards the hall, and when he saw himself and Lupine, he was slightly taken aback, and Snape followed.

"Are you eavesdropping on our conversation?" Snape kept moving his eyes from the two of them, and finally locked on Lupine with a look of hatred.

"Professor, we don't have..."

"Be careful when making up lies, Mason!" Snape shifted his gaze to Ivan, "I have to remind you first, according to the headmaster's order, you should sleep in the auditorium now, not with someone you don't know People who don't know come out of the castle and do something sneaky."

"I..." Ivan was speechless. Snape and Dumbledore were more difficult to deal with than the other. He hurriedly repeated his reason for going out to find Crookshanks.

"Ten points from Gryffindor for this stupid cat." Snape said disgustedly. "Now hurry up and go to sleep in the Great Hall, that's where you should be."

Ivan hurriedly walked towards the auditorium, and when he was about to enter, he turned around and saw Dumbledore, Snape, and Lupine still standing there, not knowing what to say.

Chapter 85 Hermione's Worries

In the auditorium, four college long tables were piled up against the wall, and hundreds of purple sleeping bags were spread on the ground.There was no sound at all, and everyone seemed to be asleep.

Under Percy's signal, Ivan got into a sleeping bag near the door.

The enchanted ceiling, like the sky outside, is full of stars.With the help of the faint starlight, Aiwen saw a slender white origami crane quietly flying over from the corner of the wall. It hovered in the sky for a while, and landed in front of him accurately.

The paper crane made a slight noise and turned into a small silver note with Hermione's delicate handwriting on it, "What did you do, why did you take so long?"

The handwriting is slightly scribbled, and it can be seen that the girl is worried.

Ivan thought for a while, pulled out his wand from the sleeping bag, and tapped it lightly on the note. The black writing on it dissipated like smoke and regrouped into new words.

"I went to Crookshanks, I found it in the grass next to the Forbidden Forest!"

Then he tapped the note again with his wand, and the note quickly folded and turned into a paper crane along the original crease, and flew back to Hermione wobbly.

"Thank you for finding it! But you shouldn't run out of the castle. It's too dangerous. Black may still be hiding in the school. You may encounter him at any time."

"Don't worry, I heard Dumbledore talking to Snape just now. They searched the entire castle but found no sign of him. Dumbledore thought he had left."

"But how did he do it? It's impossible for him to just sneak into the castle and leave without a sound! Various magics have been applied to the castle to prevent outsiders from sneaking in. He must not be invisible or fly in. , maybe some kind of Transfiguration, like the Polyjuice Potion we took last term or..."

Seeing the note sent back by Hermione, Ivan felt that he could not continue the conversation along this topic, otherwise, with the intelligence of the other party, I am afraid that it would not take long for him to guess that Black is an Animagus.

It was inappropriate for Black to be exposed early when he was not ready.