Ancient Warlocks at Hogwarts

After hearing what Quirrell said, Andre looked surprised. This guy actually brought out Regulus to clear Pettigrew's suspicion. He could really relate.

But even if he knew that Regulus was dead, Andre did not dare to say it in front of Quirrell. After all, this matter was related to Slytherin's locket, which was one of Voldemort's seven Horcruxes.

I don't know what went wrong this time. Voldemort knew that Scabbers was Peter Pettigrew. If he discovered that the locket hidden under the poisonous water in the stone basin had also been replaced, he would be in bigger trouble than Pettigrew. .

Professor McGonagall didn't seem to believe Quirrell's words. She looked at him suspiciously, and then said to Ron: "Mr. Weasley, take out your mouse first."

Ron still refuses to admit that his pet is actually a wizard, but he does not dare to resist Professor McGonagall's order. He can only reluctantly take Scabbers out of his coat pocket and mutter: "They There must be a mistake, Banban has lived in our family for more than ten years."

"No mouse can live that long!" Hermione interjected dissatisfiedly.

But Ron immediately blushed and retorted: "That's because we took good care of it."

Professor McGonagall glanced at the red-haired boy and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly.

She took out her wand, and a blue light shot out from the tip of the wand. The mouse floated into the air, its gray body twisting.

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling flash of light burst out from the mouse, just like a big tree that was almost allowed to grow. First it grew a head, and then its limbs sprouted out.

After a while, a short, fat, middle-aged man stood in front of them, shrinking and wringing his hands.

He looked wrinkled, like those in the Muggle world who had undergone liposuction surgery, and his thin hair, coupled with a bald patch in the middle, his pointed nose and watery mung bean eyes, Makes him look less like a good person.

"McGonagall...Professor McGonagall, long time no see." Pettigrew's pronunciation was not very clear as if he hadn't spoken for a long time, and he greeted the Vice Principal of Hogwarts tremblingly. .

"Mr. Peter?" Professor McGonagall asked with some uncertainty. In fact, the dirty, ragged man in front of her did not look like Peter Pettigrew in her impression.

"Yes...it's me." Pettigrew nodded.

"I'm curious, why did you choose to turn into a mouse and hide in the Weasley family for more than ten years after Sirius was imprisoned in Azkaban?" Professor McGonagall asked with a straight face.

"Ah, this...of course." Pettigrew's ridiculous head looked around, as if looking for his backbone. When he noticed Quirrell, he said as if he suddenly realized: "Of course it's because of Regulus. Quirrell, Professor Quirrell is right, I was afraid that Regulus would come to trouble the Weasley family, so I turned into a mouse and stayed with them."

"This reason is unjustifiable." Andre suddenly stood up and sneered: "I have never heard any of the Weasley children say that you have such a good relationship with their family. They don't even know you. .And you are willing to sacrifice your own life and become a mouse just to guard against an unknown Death Eater. Do you think this excuse is credible?"

At this moment, Harry and George also came here trotting.

Professor McGonagall frowned, and she said to Harry unhappily: "Potter, what are you doing here?"

Before Harry could reply, Pettigrew seemed to have seen a savior. He rushed forward and hugged his legs. With tears streaming down his face, he said in a trembling tone: "Oh, Harry, I am you." Uncle Peter! He’s James’ best friend.”

Harry was startled by this scene. He had no idea who this middle-aged man who suddenly jumped out was, but when he heard the name James, he couldn't help but ask: "Are you my father's friend?"

"Of course, of course, I'm James' best friend!"

"Mr. Peter, let's not be too busy reminiscing about old times. We need to find out why you have been hiding in the Weasley family for 11 years." Naturally, Andre couldn't tolerate Pettigrew distorting the facts in front of Harry.

Pettigrew shouted excitedly: "No, no, I really want to protect Arthur's family, you have to believe me! Harry, I went to Sirius for your parents, you have to believe me if."

Harry, who knew nothing about what happened that year, didn't know what to say.

Seeing that this guy was determined to mess with him, Andre had no choice but to continue: "Okay, let's ignore your purpose first, but regarding the fact that you are an illegal Animagus, even if The holder of the first-class medal of Sir Merlin is probably not exempt from the punishment of the law."

This sentence obviously shocked Pettigrew. He looked at Quirrell blankly, as if he was going to defend himself this time.

"This... after all... this is to protect the Weasley family, and..." Quirrell had to stand up and use his stammering tone to speak for Pettigrew: "And... that will Back when the Dark Lord... ruled, I... I didn't think this matter should be pursued."

"Yes! Yes!" Pettigrew suddenly seemed to have gotten the answer during an exam. He stood up excitedly and said loudly: "I didn't mean to hide that I was an Animagus. It was just that the Dark Lord ruled at that time. The wizarding world, that’s why I didn’t register with the Ministry of Magic.”

"Ordinary people would not call the mysterious man the Dark Lord." However, Andre whispered a fact, which seemed to make Pettigrew and Quirrell stiffen.

Just when the two of them were still trying to find a reason to refute, Hermione suddenly said: "Maybe we should invite Professor Dumbledore to come over and deal with this matter."

Professor McGonagall also had a headache about what to do, so she nodded in agreement and said, "That's true, but Professor Dumbledore has something to do at the Ministry of Magic today and will be back later. We can let him handle it in the evening."

"Then...then maybe...let Mr. Peter...stay with me first." Quirrell, who had not spoken since Pettigrew returned to his human form, said in time.

This made Andre immediately feel nervous. Professor McGonagall had just revealed the news that Dumbledore was not at school, and Quirrell couldn't wait to keep Pettigrew. His intentions were clearly revealed.

But there was no room for him to express objections. Professor McGonagall had already nodded in agreement. She turned back to Andre and the others and said, "As for you, Hermione has told me that you have all done it recently. What, I can’t believe it, do you still have the word school rules in your eyes?”

Andre then remembered that he had forgotten to tell Hermione not to tell Professor McGonagall about their night outing and brewing Veritaserum, but it was obviously too late now.

Their headmaster directly gave Percy an order: "Percy, take them back to Gryffindor Tower. They are not allowed to step out of the lounge until Professor Dumbledore comes back in the evening."

"But we are all here to verify the matter about Pettigrew!" George retorted dissatisfied.

However, Professor McGonagall ignored their words. She signaled to the prefect of her college and asked him to take everyone away.

Percy, who had been irritated by Andre just now, immediately looked at him proudly, well, it seems that this guy will definitely strictly implement Professor McGonagall's orders.

In front of so many people, Andre couldn't resist forcefully. He could only obey the professor's wishes and wait until he returned to the Gryffindor common room before looking for opportunities.

As for the others, Harry hadn't figured out the situation yet, and Ron fell into silence. Even though he had witnessed Scabbers's transformation, he still couldn't believe it.

Hermione and the twins have not yet realized the seriousness of the matter. In their opinion, when Dumbledore comes back in the evening, even if there are some twists and turns, the matter can still be solved.