Hogwarts: I'm really not the third Dark Lord

"Want revenge? I can help you."

Seeing this line of small words appearing on the Marauder's Map, Harry was stunned for a moment. Then he glanced left and right. After finding that no one was paying attention, he asked in a low voice, "Who are you?"

After he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a little stupid for expecting a map to understand him.

The next moment, a miracle happened.

The previous line of words disappeared, and another line of words emerged.

"I am one of the producers of this map, you can call me [Wormtail]"

"Uh...well, Wormtail, you just said you could help me?"

Harry said cheerfully.

After saying that, he suddenly felt a strange feeling.

This kind of thing seems to have happened before. Someone seemed to have said that he could fulfill one of his wishes...

Harry asked suspiciously: "Why do you want to help me?"

Peter, who was hiding in the corner, couldn't help but frowned.

Yes, his chosen assistant was Harry Potter.

After seeing the Weasley brothers hand Harry the Marauder's Map, he almost laughed out loud.

As one of the producers of the Marauder's Map, he naturally has some control over the Marauder's Map.

You can make it show what you want to show.

Based on his understanding of Harry, this reckless man should have lost his mind immediately after hearing that he could avenge his parents.

But that's okay, a simple fool can't deal with Granger and the others.

He felt that he should reveal some truth to Harry within limits.

"Because I was one of your parents' best friends during school."

Harry suddenly became excited: "Are you Peter Pettigrew?"

"Uh...you know me?"

"Of course," Harry gushed excitedly, "I've heard of you! You were the first to find my parents after they were betrayed by Black, fight with him, and then..."

Harry's tone became deeper: "They all said you were dead, blown to pieces by Black."

It seems that the big lie I told 13 years ago is still in effect.

That idiot Blake wouldn't have spent 13 years in prison if he had applied for Veritaserum or gone to Dumbledore for help.

Peter laughed.

"Ah, that's right."

"But?"

If Peter Pettigrew was dead, who was talking to him now?

"Of course I am dead, but before that, I used a method to preserve part of my consciousness for a long time, right in front of you on the parchment."

"Like a ghost?"

"Like a ghost."

"Sorry." Harry whispered after a long silence.

He thought of his parents.

Even if they were just ghosts, even if he could only see illusory shadows - even if Peter Pettigrew in front of him couldn't even see his shadow, he really wanted to see them again.

Suddenly, Harry thought about the other three producers of the Marauder's Map. If his parents were good friends of Peter Pettigrew, would they also be one of the producers of the map?

Harry's voice trembled at the thought.

"Was my father also the maker of maps? Prongs, Padfoot or Moony?"

"You are indeed a smart boy, Harry. When you were at school, your father was called Prongs by our group, and Black was called Padfoot."

"Don't say that traitor's name in front of me!"

Thinking that there were still traces of the traitor on the map, Harry wanted to throw the map far away.

After a while, Harry calmed down his thoughts and spoke again: "Can I talk to my father? Just like I am talking to you now."

For a moment, Peter had the urge to pretend to be James.

But this impulse soon disappeared - he knew that he would never be as brave and determined as James.

There is always a time when this disguise is exposed.

So he said, "Sorry, I can't."

"Why?! Obviously you can-" Realizing that what he said was inappropriate, Harry hurriedly made up for it, "I didn't mean that..."

"It doesn't matter, you're right."

"I'm different from James. I'm not as brave, smart, and determined as him. I'm afraid of death, and even more afraid of the emptiness that death represents. So I secretly transferred part of my consciousness to this map, hoping to stay in this world. Leave your mark——"

"That's not the case!" Harry suddenly interrupted Peter, "In my opinion, you are as brave a hero as my father! In order to avenge him, you went to Black alone, didn't you?"

"..."

"..."

The silence lasted for a long time, and new words began to appear on the parchment.

"Thank you, Harry, you are such a good boy, just like your father..."

……

At the same time in the Pig's Head Bar, Severus Snape strode in with a black scarf on his head.

The goat-bearded old bartender glanced lazily at him and looked away.

Snape ignored him and strode to a table in the corner.

There was already another guest sitting there, his whole body also shrouded in a black robe, and a pint of butterbeer was placed in front of him.

The guest slowly filled two glasses with wine and raised his glass to signal to Snape.

Snape snorted and sat down, but did not touch the glass of wine.

"Nice to meet you, my dear old friend."

A slightly oily voice came from under the black robe.

"I'm quite the opposite," Snape scoffed. "I suppose you know how much trouble your son has gotten into?"

"Isn't there you? Severus," the man said nonchalantly, "I believe you can take good care of Draco."

At this point, the identity of the visitor was already obvious. He was Draco Malfoy's father, Lucius Malfoy.

"I don't have that confidence," Snape said. "I suspect that Dumbledore already knows the truth, but he is willing to give Draco another chance-"

"This is where he is doomed to fail." Lucius smiled contemptuously, "A soft-hearted old man is always willing to give a chance to those who have made mistakes..."

Snape's pupils shrank suddenly, and he smelled a bad sign in the other party's words.

If Dumbledore was destined to fail, who would succeed?

"The Dark Lord, has he contacted you?"

Snape's face turned cold, thinking about how to report the news to Dumbledore, and then he heard Lucius say, "The Dark Lord? That loser even more miserable than Dumbledore? He was defeated by a baby. It’s unbelievable that I really believed that he would bring a new future to the magic world..."

Snape looked at Lucius in horror.

Are you drifting off or drunk?

As long as you have a peanut, you won't be so drunk, right?

Snape subconsciously poured the butterbeer into his mouth. It was sweet... yes, this drink does not contain alcohol.

Then who gave you the courage to become so crazy?

Snape stood up to leave. He and the madman had nothing to say.

At this time, a voice from behind made him stop.

"I can see the emptiness in your heart over the years - you also have regrets that you want to redeem, right?"

"...None of your business." Snape said coldly.

But his feet were involuntarily rooted to the spot.

"Death is not the end of the journey. In order to resurrect his lover, the legendary Ramesses II summoned all the wizards in the country and spent 20 years researching seven forbidden spells for resurrecting the dead, which are recorded in the Golden Book of the Sun and the Black Book of the Dead. middle."

"That's just a myth and legend!" Snape said viciously, "After death, people will only go to another world, and no one can escape!"

"Dumbledore told you this, right?" Malfoy sneered, "In fact, as far as I know, there are more than one miracle of resurrection from the dead in history. For truly powerful wizards, there is no such thing as life and death. Clear boundaries.”

Whoosh, whoosh—

Snape gasped and sat down at the table again: "What you said can't be done even by Dumbledore and the Dark Lord, so what's the point!"

"Just because Dumbledore and the Dark Lord can't do it doesn't mean that Lord can't do it either."

Lucius said enigmatically.

"That lord?"

Snape frowned: "You have found a new master?"

"Haha, I would like to become that lord's servant, but a person as incompetent as me cannot stand in that lord's eyes."

Snape felt that the other party was simply crazy: "You have decided to be loyal to him without even seeing him in person?"

There was a hint of fear in Lucius's tone: "There is no need to meet. If you have seen the energy possessed by that adult and witnessed his great layout with your own eyes, you will not have any doubts about that adult."

Seeing Snape's disapproval, Lucius chuckled: "Take Dumbledore, whom you are loyal to, for example. Without that adult taking action, you were dragged to Greece for a month, and even your own school was imprisoned. Even the werewolf invasion couldn’t come back in time.”

Snape was a little confused.

Although Dumbledore didn't return to school immediately, he did come back in time, right?

At least the final result was quite satisfactory.

As if he had seen through his thoughts, Lucius said: "The one you saw that night was not the real Dumbledore. According to reliable information, he was being besieged in an ancient castle in Greece at the time."

impossible!

Snape subconsciously wanted to refute.

Not everyone can impersonate Dumbledore.

This old man, who has experienced two generations of Dark Lords and is known as the most powerful white wizard, puts everyone standing in front of him under tremendous pressure. This sense of oppression is not just polyjuice or other transformation spells. what can be given.

At this moment, Snape suddenly thought of something suspicious he had noticed before.

If facing Dumbledore before would have given people a feeling as if all the secrets had been seen through and there was nowhere to hide, Dumbledore that night was like a dark mist, containing bottomless secrets. , which makes people dare not look directly.

At that time, he only thought that Dumbledore was angered by what happened that night. Now that he thought about it, he had never seen an angry Dumbledore, but he had never shown such a side...

And Dumbledore's reaction at that time was also very suspicious, as if he couldn't wait to get rid of him. After that, Dumbledore rarely appeared in people's sight until he and Kingsley appeared again half a month later... …

The more he thought about it, the uglier Snape's expression became.

Dumbledore said he trusted him every day, but he refused to even let him know about such a big thing?

Lucius observed his words and continued: "You have worked hard for Dumbledore for so many years. Ask yourself, does he really trust you? Or does he just regard you as a useful tool - that adult is different, he He never cares about these mundane tasks, as long as you can give him a satisfactory result, he will have [-]% trust in you."

"..."

After a long time, Snape finally spoke.

"I haven't seen you tonight."

"Of course, my dear Severus."

Snape took a deep look at Lucius, lifted the door curtain, and left without looking back, his figure quickly blending into the night.

……

Sirius Black has been troubled lately.

Although compared to the days when he was digging around in trash cans, he now feels like he is in heaven. Even though his whole dog has gained a layer of fat due to the rich food, and it looks slick, even though he just walks on the road every day. , there will be cute girls feeding him while stroking him with their little hands, even though...

Despite all these, and the suspicion of being a good boy for taking advantage of him, Sirius Black still had to say that he was actually not happy, on the contrary, he was very troubled.

Because of his high profile, that damn traitor, Peter Pettigrew, escaped!Just like he did 13 years ago.

Although he used various methods to make everyone think that he was eaten by the cat named Crookshanks, but if you think about it, you will know how an adult wizard who can learn Animagus could die in From the mouth of an ordinary cat.

This clumsy and cruel trick deceived him once 13 years ago. Do you want to deceive him again now?

Fortunately, he was not alone now. Besides him, there was also a girl named Hermione Granger who was looking for the mouse.

Sirius has never seen such an incredible girl. She is simply smarter than Lily. You know, Lily is already the smartest girl he has ever seen.

Especially the way she looked at him didn't look like she was looking at a dog, but rather like she was looking at a person.

This gave Sirius a creepy feeling, as if the girl had learned the truth.

So, should he find her to confess and then ask her to help him?

Sirius observed that she seemed to have a good relationship with Harry and would not refuse his request.

But in the end, Sirius gave up the idea.

Years of imprisonment and escape have made him grumpy and suspicious.

He didn't dare expect anyone to believe him, and his only thought was to kill Peter, even if the cost was to go back to Azkaban and stay there for the rest of his life.

So, to find a deliberately hidden mouse in such a big castle, the only thing Sirius could think of was a magic prop they made out of fun when they were still at Hogwarts.

That thing called the Marauder's Map.