Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

At midnight, Professor McGonagall brought Quirrell, an older single young man, to his office, chatting about various topics.

From the curriculum planning of Defense Against the Dark Arts, to the review focus of the two exam grades, and finally we even talked about foreign languages ​​in Albania...

In fact, it doesn't matter what the conversation was about, or whether it was detailed or not.

Professor McGonagall's purpose in chatting with Quirrell was simply to keep him in her sight and delay him for a while.

When Snape was invited to tea by the Aurors sent by the Ministry of Magic, Principal Dumbledore sent Fawkes, the fire phoenix, to bring his message.

Although it was true that he couldn't escape at that time, he would return to Hogwarts before midnight at the latest and come back to take charge of the overall situation.

When Headmaster Dumbledore returns to his loyal home of Hogwarts, everything will be fine, Headmistress McGonagall is convinced.

And while Quirrell was focusing all his attention on how to deal with this wise witch, in the Forbidden Forest, Peter Pettigrew was also staying up late and working overtime, performing some of the things the Dark Lord told him to do.

Voldemort asked him to untie the "blood bag" Madago cat, but in fact it had another purpose.

He wanted Peter to have an ambush, preferably a sneak attack from behind on the three little wizards and the magical portrait who were teleported.

"Animagus" magic is amazing.

After transforming into an animal, in addition to retaining human intelligence, wizards using Animagus will be completely indistinguishable from real animals.

Even Voldemort or a great wizard like Dumbledore, if they don't find out the details of Animagus wizards in advance, they actually have no way to distinguish them from real animals.

After Peter Pettigrew turned into a mouse, he found a random grass nest to hide in in the Forbidden Forest, and he became a perfect pretender.

Even if his magic level is not top-notch, he is still an adult wizard. By attacking several children from behind, he actually had an obvious advantage.

Voldemort felt that even if Peter Pettigrew had a high probability of killing the freak in the Slughorn family, he should have no difficulty in killing and maiming the Weasley twins who teleported with him.

But what Voldemort never expected was that Bourne actually saw through his first trick.

Not only did he not run headlong into the trap with the Weasley twins and Sherlock, but he also threw a lot of biting cabbage through the portkey in a very uncouth manner.

They had just been released from their restraints, and they were also holding back a breath of bad breath. As soon as they met, the biting cabbage and Madago cats instantly became red-eyed.

Vegetable leaves and cat hair flew together, and sharp teeth and claws swung together.

Peter Pettigrew, who was hiding in the grass nest, was so frightened that he didn't dare to say a word, let alone a sneak attack from behind - to be honest, he didn't even know who to attack!

After a while, although Bourne also came to this open space through the portkey, he used the "Disillusionment Curse" to hide his figure when he landed.

If it weren't for the fact that when Bourne finally subdued the Madago cat, Bourne broke the disillusionment spell and emerged from the bushes, Peter Pettigrew might not have even noticed that anyone had been in this open space from beginning to end.

Just when Peter was hesitating whether to continue to live, continue to live, or not to live, Bourne touched the nameplate on the cat's neck again, which was deliberately left by Voldemort and given to them by the French Ministry of Magic. The anti-theft device designed by "Cat" disappeared without a trace in front of Peter's eyes in the blink of an eye.

"Sweetie, my luck has gotten a lot better recently -" Peter Pettigrew, who had turned into a human form, patted his belly proudly.

On the way back, he used his mouse form to get on the Knight Bus and picked up a box of donuts that someone had left on the bus.

"——Not only was my food guaranteed, but I also successfully completed half of the task assigned by the Dark Lord... without even having to fight."

He was twirling the wand he had stolen this time and humming a tune, and the forest was suddenly filled with happy air.

He walked slowly deeper into the Forbidden Forest, and from time to time the wand in his hand would emit a "fire", specifically picking out some dry branches and weeds to light.

The vegetation in the Forbidden Forest is quite lush, and if he does this, it will easily form a continuous line of fire.

Because they felt threatened, the animals began to flee desperately. Among them were some ordinary animals that called the Forbidden Forest their home, and some magical animals that had been freed here for hundreds or even thousands of years.

The marten poked its head out of the hole, craned its neck, and sniffed the smoke in the air. Then it returned to the hole, picked up the cubs born in spring and summer, and fled in the direction of the wind.

The oracle bird, which was already asleep on a branch, was awakened by the smoke. It made a shrill cry and flapped its wings to fly towards the forest canopy.

The Bowtruckles, who were catching rhinoceros at night, abandoned their harvest and used their long sharp nails to dig continuously into the ground covered with thick humus, trying to quickly dig out a fire break for the magical plants they protected.

The dwarf pig monsters were running around in the forest "humming", and some pig monsters even hit the trunk of a tree because they ran too fast.

……

Seeing all this, Peter Pettigrew kept laughing "hehehehe", seeming to be very proud of the mess he had caused.

Of course, he would not really make fun of his own life.

After walking for about ten minutes and finding dozens of fire points in the Forbidden Forest, Peter Pettigrew stopped moving forward.

As a former member of the "Marauders" gang, to be honest, he often followed James and Sirius on adventures in the Forbidden Forest when he was in school. Therefore, he is actually quite familiar with the territory division of magical animals in this forest.

He knew that deep in this vast forest lived not only unicorns and Acromantulas, but also sporadic poisonous leopards, poisonous horned beasts, or extremely dangerous magical animals such as fire dragons. exist.

Thinking that the good days are coming, Peter Pettigrew has no reason and is even less willing to take risks.

"Finish work."

Peter muttered something under his breath, then turned around and ran outside the Forbidden Forest.

Unlike other veteran Death Eaters, Peter is actually a latecomer among the Death Eaters, and he does not have a high ranking in terms of seniority.

The reason why he took refuge with Voldemort was actually because he had a strong nature and hoped to get some rewards from the Dark Lord.

However, he took refuge a little late.

He was a Death Eater who only joined the Death Eaters in the latter half of the years after Voldemort's rise, and was arranged by Old Voldemort to join the Order of the Phoenix as a spy - unlike those Death Eaters with "the ability to follow the dragon", Peter Pettigrew has always been They have basically never received organizational dividends.

To put it in plain language, he hasn’t even received his “salary” yet, so why is he trying to kill himself?

"Zhushu, I, after so many years of hard life, am about to make it through. Good times are still to come, so I can't just risk my life like this."

He felt that he had a very fulfilling day: he caused trouble for Snape, released the Madago cat, and set a fire in the Forbidden Forest...

The Dark Lord's order should have been almost completed, and he had no reason to stay in the Forbidden Forest.

After turning into a mouse again, Peter Pettigrew fell on all fours and ran towards Hogwarts Castle like flying. He wanted to run back to the Gryffindor common room, return to that place he knew so well, take off his burdens, and rest.

However, his behavior had long been predicted by the cunning Voldemort.

It can be said that Peter Pettigrew is still on the ground, and Voldemort has already been to the top of the tower.

Moreover, this sentence is still literal.

In the afternoon, Voldemort took Quirrell's second-line car and went to the Owlery built outside Hogwarts Castle.

This is one of the two towers attached to the castle. The other is the Astronomy Tower of Hogwarts, and it is also where the little wizards take astronomy lessons.

The Owl House, as the name suggests, is a place dedicated to raising owls. It houses many owls for teachers and students of the school to borrow.

Borrowing Quirrell's body, Voldemort cast a spell on several owls, making them open their eyes tonight and help him do something that owls should really do besides delivering letters and packages -

Catch mice!

When Peter Pettigrew transformed into the mouse Scabbers, he ran out of the Forbidden Forest. Before he could reach the door of a well-known secret passage leading to the castle, he was locked in the gaze of those round-faced Death Gods in the sky.

They launched a fatal attack on it.

If Bamban was really just a mouse and was targeted by seven or eight natural enemies at the same time, he would be dead tonight.

Fortunately, the mouse Scabbers was conjured by Peter Pettigrew. He is still a wizard at heart, and he also possesses some clever qualities unique to wizards.

"how so!"

Although he was almost at the door of the secret passage into the castle, Peter was suddenly attacked by a swooping attack from a round-faced Scottish death god.

Fortunately, he had foreseen the danger a few seconds in advance and avoided the impact of the owl's claws in time.

However, when he looked up at the sky while running, he discovered that the owl that attacked him actually had several companions.

Because he was too close to Hogwarts Castle, he did not immediately transform back into his human form to drive away the owls. Instead, he kept changing his route and took some detours, and then he found a new secret passage.