Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

"Leave that aside, it's almost midnight, why are you still up so late?"

Seeing Ai Wen's question, Hermione's face turned red rarely. Fortunately, the auditorium is very dark, so there is no need to worry about being discovered.

She couldn't tell Ai Wen that she was waiting for him to come back, it was too embarrassing!She hesitated for a moment, then tapped the note lightly with her wand.

"I'm worried. Harry keeps saying that he saw the dog again, which is an ominous omen of death, but this is obviously absurd! And you, you haven't come back, in case something unexpected happens..."

"This little problem is nothing. You forgot that Harry and I entered the Chamber of Secrets last semester. We defeated the Basilisk and Voldemort when we were students."

"That's why I'm worried, I'm afraid you will go to Black alone. Promise me, Ivan, don't do dangerous things again, okay?"

Seeing Hermione's handwriting, Ivan had a weird feeling. Although the other party's words were vague, he could feel the other party's fragile heart hidden under the strong appearance. At this time, Hermione was especially like an ordinary weak person. Girls, people can't help but care.

He didn't know how to answer, the word "good" weighed as much as ten thousand pounds.

Regardless of the current situation or Voldemort who is about to return, Ivan is facing a dangerous and difficult road. It is impossible for him to do nothing, and the result may be even worse.

Ai Wen sighed, raised his head and saw that no one was paying attention to him, he decided to do something...

In the dark, Hermione was nervously waiting for Ivan's reply, and Harry and Ron beside them snored slightly.

Looking at the stars on the ceiling, she unconsciously recalled in her mind last year, when the basilisk in the Gryffindor common room rushed towards them, Ivan hugged himself in his arms with his back to the basilisk that scene.

This image played repeatedly in Hermione's mind, and she thought she would never forget it in her life.

Suddenly, she felt something approaching her.Hermione raised her head and was surprised to see Ivan's sleeping bag rolling towards her quietly.

Ivan rolled to Hermione's side, and he stretched out his hand to pat the other's sleeping bag, which might just make Hermione feel at ease.

Unexpectedly, his hand met another soft and cold little hand in the dark.

In the next second, Ivan found that his hand was being held tightly.

The little hand on the opposite side was trembling slightly, but it seemed that it would never let go.

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At the same moment, in the secret passage leading to the Shrieking Shack under the Whomping Willow, Lupine cautiously moved forward. With the help of his wand to interrupt the faint fluorescence, he looked at the familiar and unfamiliar scenes around him with great concern.

He never thought that he would have the opportunity to come back here, to this secret path that he had walked through countless times.

Everything seemed like yesterday, and he seemed to have returned to the time when he was a student at Hogwarts more than 20 years ago, the best day in his life.

Before coming to Hogwarts, Lupine never had any friends.

When he was four years old, his father offended the werewolf Fenrir Greyback, and out of revenge, the werewolf attacked him. Since then, he has also become a werewolf.

Because of this identity, everyone avoids him, and no matter where he goes, he is greeted with blank eyes and discrimination. Lupine still remembers asking his father why, but his father didn't say anything, just hugged himself and cried silently .

At that moment, Lupine secretly swore that no matter what happened in the future, he would never cry again.

Before the age of 11, his life was gloomy without any color.

Lupine had thought that it was impossible for him to go to Hogwarts like other children, and other parents would not want their children to be close to a werewolf, but Dumbledore gave himself hope.

Dumbledore had a Whomping Willow planted in the school grounds to cover the passage to the Hogsmeade Shrieking Shack.

Whenever the moon is full, he goes there to transform.

This is to ensure the safety of other students, because he was very brutal after transforming, and the villagers of Hogsmeade thought it was some ferocious ghost when they heard the noise and screams.Dumbledore encouraged people to spread such rumors, so people stayed away from the Shrieking Shack and kept everyone safe.

Lupine still remembers the days when he was afraid that his classmates would know who he was, and he kept the secret from everyone.

Every night when the moon is full, he would make up to his classmates reasons to go home to visit his sick mother or other reasons.

Then he came here alone, and became a brutal monster in the Shrieking Shack, wandering, destroying, and roaring in the hut.

Despite his efforts to cover up, several classmates quickly guessed the truth of the matter.

At that time, Lupine felt that he was definitely doomed, that he would be kicked out of Hogwarts and return to that colorless life.

But James Potter, Peter Pettigrew and Sirius Black accepted themselves and became his first friends in life.They even learned Animagus for this purpose, and after the fifth grade, they would come to accompany them every full moon night.

They traveled all over Hogwarts, and under the influence of their friends, Lupine felt that he was no longer as cruel as before after he turned into a werewolf.

If possible, how he wished that time would freeze at that moment.

Chapter 86 Lupine's Memories

Lupine forcefully pushed the door of the secret passage aside, splashing a lot of dust.

He quickly crawled out of the secret passage and into a house, a messy, dusty house.The wallpaper had come off the walls, the floor was stained, pieces of furniture were broken and looked like they had been broken, the windows were boarded up.

This is the Shrieking Shack, Lupine and his friends have been here countless times, and now that Black has invaded the castle, it is likely to hide here.

Lupine sniffed the familiar smell in the surrounding air, and with his wand across his chest, he walked carefully through the dark corridor and up the stair that was about to collapse.

Like the first floor, everything on the second floor was covered in a thick layer of dust.

Not so on the floor, where something had recently walked, the paw marks of a canine.

Lupine glanced down, he was too familiar with this footprint, it was the trace left by Sirius Black Animagus.Blake must have been here recently, and it is very likely that he is still hiding in this house.

Lupine tightened his wand tightly, looking cautiously at a closed door at the end of the corridor.Black might be hiding behind this door, ready to pounce at any moment.Although the opponent didn't have a wand, Lupine still didn't dare to be careless.

He approached slowly, trying not to make a sound, the magic power of his whole body was secretly gathered and condensed, and the tip of the wand glowed weakly.

"Come out, Sirius, I know you're in there!" Lupine shouted standing outside the door, his voice echoing in the empty room.

Nothing happened, there was deathly silence inside the door.

Lupine squinted his eyes, and the next second, his wand quickly emitted a thick red light, and knocked the door out of the room violently.

In the room, there was only a luxurious four-poster bed, and the curtains around the bed were full of dust.There was no one there, only him standing at the door panting heavily.

Lupine put down his wand dejectedly, Black wasn't here, maybe he was there, but after knowing that he saw him tonight, he hid somewhere else.

"Vile coward!" Lupine murmured under his breath.

Black's performance did not match his impression of Sirius. He was not a person who would run away. In his student days, he was the bravest of them all. However, when he knelt down and kissed the side of Voldemort's robe, The courage of the past is probably gone.

Now Black is no longer a brave and fearless Gryffindor, but more like a sinister and cunning Slytherin, or he was originally.

Lupine stood at the door of the room for a full minute, with an indescribable loneliness on his face.

He sighed deeply and turned to leave.But he stopped immediately, he saw something left on the bed, it was a picture.

Lupine walked over and picked up the photo.

The photo shows four boys, from left to right, their school self, James Potter, Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew.

The four people in the photo are smiling so happily, they are all laughing and saying hello to Lupine.

Lupine suddenly felt a little sad. He still remembered that this photo was taken on the lawn in front of the castle gate when they graduated, and each of them took one photo as a souvenir.

When Hagrid collected photos for Harry the year before last, he sent out his own; James’s was lost in the ruins on the night he was attacked, and Peter’s should have been blown into pieces by Black along with himself. broken pieces.

The only one left with this photo is Blake himself.

It was likely that he accidentally left it here when he stayed in the Shrieking Shack before. I didn't expect that Black would keep this photo forever. Lupine thought he had lost it along with the friendship long ago.

Looking at this yellowed photo, Lupine's thoughts went back to the time when they just graduated, the darkest era in the magic world.

At that time, the dark wizards headed by Voldemort were raging in the wizarding world. They openly resorted to violence, spread terror everywhere, killed wizards and Muggles with impure blood in the name of "fun", and even launched a war to overthrow the wizarding world. Pattern of wizard wars.

In that protracted war, Lupine witnessed the death of many people, including his elders, classmates and many kind-hearted people.

The year they graduated was three years before the war ended.They couldn't wait to join the Order of the Phoenix and stand on the front line against Voldemort.

Although Voldemort and his Death Eaters possessed far more power than the Order of the Phoenix at that time.

But relying on the close cooperation of four people, they have stopped Voldemort's conspiracy many times and escaped from his hands.

Lupine had thought it would last forever until Voldemort was defeated.

But in the last year of the war, everything changed.Dumbledore got the news in advance that for some reason, Voldemort was hunting James and Lily's son Harry.James originally planned to fight head-on, but for Harry's sake, they finally followed Dumbledore's advice and hid, using the Fidelity Charm to protect themselves.

Besides Dumbledore, myself and Peter Pettigrew are the only two people who know who James' secret agent is.James chose Sirius Black. He once thought that Black was his closest friend, and he was the strongest among several people.

Lupine also naively thought that this was the best choice.

But he was wrong, they were all wrong!

Less than a week after Black became James and Lily's secret agent, he betrayed them to Voldemort.Voldemort broke into their house that night, he killed them, and somehow failed at Harry!

After knowing the news, Lupine still remembered his reaction at that time. He frantically went to find Black. He needed to ask the other party to understand the truth. There must be something wrong. Why did James and Lily die? .

Until then, he hadn't believed that Black would betray them to Voldemort.

Two days later, Lupine found Black.

But he was one step too late, and Peter Pettigrew found him before he did.

When Lupine saw Black on that street, he was surrounded by Aurors who had blown Peter and the entire street of Muggles to pieces a minute earlier.

It all became clear that it was Black who had betrayed James and Lily to Voldemort, and in the ensuing questioning he had killed Peter Pettigrew.

Lupine stood helplessly on the corner of the street. He saw Black laughing wildly there, while he was crying silently in the corner. This was the only time he shed tears after he made a vow not to cry when he was a child.

Chapter 87 Peter's Memories

Bright moonlight crept through the windows into the Gryffindor Tower common room.

In a place out of the moonlight, a short figure was hiding under the chair and shivering.

Pettigrew wrung his hands in a wince, breathing almost out of breath.

For 12 years, what he had been dreading had finally happened.His former best friend, Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban, he broke into Hogwarts, just now, there was even a wall between them.

Peter understood that he had betrayed the Potters to Voldemort back then, and that Black had come to seek revenge on himself, and he wanted to kill himself.

He instinctively wanted to run away, but he didn't know where to hide. He knew Blake too well. Since the other party knew that he was still alive, he would never let it go.

Even if there are hundreds of dementors here, even if the entire Hogwarts is turned upside down, Black will not back down, and he will not stop until he catches himself.This is Sirius Black, a true Gryffindor, a monster who never knew what fear and cowardice were.

Maybe we can have another suspended animation like 12 years ago.

As soon as this idea came to Peter's mind, he was rejected.

This is not the Muggle street 12 years ago, and he is not only facing Black alone this time.

This is Hogwarts, and there are Dumbledore, Snape, Lupine, Professor McGonagall, James and Lily's son Harry, and the boy named Evan Mason in the castle. They are smarter, stronger than themselves, and more courageous than themselves.

It is too difficult, too difficult to fool these people like you fooled Sirius Black!

Besides, after escaping, where can I go?

Those Death Eaters who are still alive will not let him go after they get wind of it. The Dark Lord only failed after hearing his whistleblower back then.

Up until now, Peter still didn't understand why the person who was so powerful that he couldn't even mention his name was defeated by a baby?He didn't understand why he had come to this point when he clearly chose the strong side at the beginning?

Everything seems to have returned to the dot, back to the time when I first entered school 20 years ago.

Peter Pettigrew still remembers the sorting ceremony when he entered the school. He was thin and short and walked towards the sorting hat tremblingly. He put on that hat, the sorting hat that was so big that it covered his eyes, he couldn't see the audience at all. .

He is too scared, it has been like this since he was a child, he can't do anything, he is cowardly, not smart enough, and has no extraordinary magical talent, he is afraid that he will be driven back by the hat, he is afraid to see his mother disappointed again eyes.

"Difficult, very difficult!" The Sorting Hat began to speak in his ear, "You are not a brave child, you don't have enough wisdom, your determination is not firm, and you don't want to work hard. It is difficult to live in Slytherin, without the qualities required by Ravenclaw and Gryffindor, even mediocre but unwilling to stay in the down-to-earth Hufflepuff, let me think about it, you should go Where is it?"

Yes, where should I go?

Having lost her father since she was a child, she and her mother depended on each other. Although the family was poor, her mother still tried her best to buy all the magic tools for herself. She had high hopes for herself. Every night before going to bed, she would tell herself the story of her father.

Peter still remembers his mother's story. In her story, his father was a brave Gryffindor. Even if he was not the strongest, he was fearless. Never been afraid.

Peter could hear from his own mother's tone that she was proud and proud of her father.

"Gryffindor, Gryffindor, Gryffindor, I want to go to Gryffindor, I want to have courage, I am a brave man!" Peter shouted loudly at the sorting hat in his heart, " I want to change my timid and cowardly self, I want to be a warrior like my father, I want to be admired, and I can't let my mother down!"

"Gryffindor?!" The voice of the Sorting Hat was a little surprised, "You said you were going to Gryffindor, well, this may not be the best choice, but I hope you can go to Gryffindor in the future. On the road, find the courage buried deep in my heart."

"Gryffindor!"

Pettigrew Peter under the chair smiled happily. That was the most glorious moment in his life. He seemed to hear the moment when the Sorting Hat shouted out his choice to everyone with a loud voice. I saw my mother looking at me with satisfaction.

But his smile froze quickly. The Sorting Hat was right, he was not suitable for Gryffindor, and all he got in this house was ridicule.

Everyone laughed at him for not being brave enough. Hogwarts studies made him feel pressured. He found that there was no subject he was good at. The professors looked at him with no other emotions except disappointment. requirements are getting further and further away.

He did not find courage in this academy, and he found himself becoming more and more ordinary and inferior.

He couldn't go on like this, he needed someone to help him.

Peter quickly discovered the target. James Potter, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupine are the three best people in his class. The small group of the three of them always shines. Maybe they need a attendant.