Ancient wizards return to Hogwarts.

Sirius left, and with him was the "mouse" Scabbers.

The peaceful campus life at Hogwarts continued until Dumbledore suddenly received an owl mail one morning.

"I'm so old, why do so many people still write to me? I don't even have time to have a quiet breakfast." Dumbledore smiled bitterly as he opened the envelope. Then his expression gradually became serious, and at the end, his eyes flashed with real anger.

"Albus, I won't help you reply to those people... What's wrong?" Professor McGonagall first opened her mouth to block Dumbledore's unreasonable request. Then she noticed the change in Dumbledore's expression and asked with concern. asked.

"The whereabouts of Sirius have been found..."

Mag:!

"This is a good thing." Her words came from the bottom of her heart: "He has caused a lot of trouble to the school."

"Peter Pettigrew has also been found." The second half of Dumbledore's words stunned Professor McGonagall.

Mag:? ? ?

"Peter? That boy?! Wasn't he blown to pieces by Sirius?"

"Things are more complicated than you think. In short, according to the letter, Peter Pettigrew just faked his death and escaped. He was the real culprit in the explosion and the betrayal of the Potters." Dumbledore couldn't help but rub his hand. He rubbed his brows. Such a shocking reversal made him a little stunned.

As for whether the content in the letter was credible, Dumbledore thought it was credible.

Because this kind of thing is so easy to find out!

You said that not only was Peter Pettigrew not dead, he was also the culprit back then, so where are the others? If you bring people out, you will be sure of it. If you cannot produce witnesses, you will make things up. This is why Sirius was so desperate that he gave up resistance and was not even willing to defend himself.

Because he also felt that there was no trace of Peter's body left in the bombing. How could he explain this? In addition, the person in charge of the trial at the time was Barty Crouch, so Sirius was eventually imprisoned in Azkaban Prison without trial.

Peter was caught! The truth is only a layer of window paper away from coming to light.

After digesting the news brought by Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall realized something.

"Albus, this letter..."

"Yes, as the chief magician of the Wizengamot, I need to be responsible for presiding over the Wizengamot meetings and supervising the court proceedings. This letter is a 'spoiler' for this bad old man in advance, lest I do it because of my old fool. "Wrong decision." Dumbledore laughed: It's not difficult to guess Henry Greengrass's little tricks, he was playing his cards right.

Dumbledore would not believe one side of the story, but it was enough for him to know about it in advance.

"The letter mentioned something interesting," Dumbledore handed the letter to Professor McGonagall. "Sirius and Peter Pettigrew are both unregistered Animagus. Sirius is a black dog. Peter Dwarf is the mouse - so everything that happened this year can be summed up as a dog chasing a mouse. Minerva, I thought you would come out on top."

Professor McGonagall didn't understand what Dumbledore was saying at first, but when she thought about it, she really wanted to smash the letter into a ball and throw it on Dumbledore's face.

"Okay, I will fulfill my responsibilities from now on, and I will leave the affairs of Gryffindor House to you!" Professor McGonagall said with a straight face.

"Hey - do you know where Peter has been hiding all these years?" Seeing that he seemed to be in trouble because of his quick talk, Dumbledore quickly began to change the subject.

Don't tell me, this trick is quite effective. Professor McGonagall was really distracted by Dumbledore's little trick.

"It actually lives in Weasley's house!" Dumbledore looked around as if he was about to reveal a big secret, and then lowered his voice and spoke out the answer.

Dumbledore: (=w｀=)

Professor McGonagall: Σ(っ°Д°;)っ

This news really shocked Professor McGonagall.

"How disgusting!" was her first reaction.

Who can accept that the pet that he spends all day and night with, and even sleeps in the same bed with, is actually a greasy middle-aged wizard? I shudder just thinking about it.

Professor McGonagall glanced at the Weasley children sitting in the auditorium enjoying breakfast, her eyes full of sympathy: "Poor children..."

Seeing that Professor McGonagall had completely forgotten about the dogs and rats he had just mentioned, Dumbledore breathed a sigh of relief and told Professor McGonagall that he was going to do some research.

Although he already believed it in his heart, he still needed to collect some evidence.

As for where to collect evidence, it’s still very simple...

"Severus, was Sirius among those who followed Voldemort back then?"

Snape, who was confused by Dumbledore's sudden question, frowned. But despite his inner confusion, he answered truthfully: I haven’t seen it.

He was also the one who didn't know that Sirius was on Voldemort's side until the bombing.

"It's perfectly normal, isn't it?" A mocking smile appeared on his lips: "His family..."

Dumbledore didn't let him continue. If Snape really wanted to let go of his rants, Dumbledore wouldn't be able to leave until the Wizengamot court opened.

"What about Peter Pettigrew? Have you ever seen him around Voldemort?"

Snape shook his head again. Although Peter also belonged to James' small group, he didn't have a deep impression of Peter.

He didn't understand why Dumbledore suddenly mentioned a dead man who had been dead for more than ten years, and he couldn't understand why Dumbledore seemed to suspect that Peter was a Death Eater.

"Bring some veritaserum and send it to my office." Dumbledore left without getting the answer as he expected. He wanted to collect further evidence.

The next person Dumbledore wanted to meet was Percy Weasley.

Percy's face suddenly turned pale when Dumbledore stopped him. He turned around and took a deep breath, as if he was about to face a trial.

"professor--"

Dumbledore: "Percy, when did your brother Ron's mouse come to your house?"

Percy seemed to be choked, and it took him a few seconds to react.

"Rat? Oh, Banban! Professor, it's like this. Although rats are not among the three pets allowed in the school, but -"

"I'm not looking for blame, I'm just curious - for a mouse, it seems to have lived a little too long."

Seeing that Dumbledore had no intention of blaming himself or his brother, Percy's tense nerves relaxed. He began to try to remember the time Banban came to his home, and then found that he was not sure either.

When he was a child, his parents gave him this obedient mouse as a pet. Later, his younger brother Ron clamored and wanted him, so he gave it to Ron. Now that he thinks about it, Scabbers seems to be a little too long-lived. How long can a mouse generally live?

After getting the information from Percy, Dumbledore returned to his office, already knowing something.

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