[HP] Aunt of the Savior

"I... I didn't realize at all..." Harry took the card from Lupine's hand in disbelief. "I mean, the handwriting is clearly..."

"Harry," said Lupine, with a hint of reproach in his voice, though he didn't blame him directly, "it's just a very simple mischievous charm, which has the effect of changing one person's handwriting to another's at will. look."

Harry stared at the card, biting his lip in frustration.It never occurred to him that this incident was a trap from the very beginning.Now that I think about it, Aunt Jody and Professor Snape jointly gave him a gift every year, and he never received a Christmas card signed solely by Aunt Jody herself.

At this moment, the door of the Pig's Head Bar opened, and Sirius walked in with big strides and an angry expression on his face. "Tell that coward to slip away again."

Harry's expectant face quickly collapsed: "I obviously cast a petrification spell on Wormtail, but when those dementors gathered around, he suddenly regained his mobility and turned into an Animag S."

"Maybe it's because those dementors have weakened your strength, causing the Petrification Curse to lose its effect." Sirius looked at the frustrated godson, and reached out to rub his messy hair, "Never mind, Harry, you are still a child , the magic power is still growing, and the power of the spell is not enough."

"Although we let Wormtail go again this time, but," Lupine said with deep fatigue, "I think we now know how he escaped from Azkaban in the first place. Those dementors can't sense it." to the wizard who turned into an animal, otherwise they wouldn't have been all around Harry at the time."

"However, why are there suddenly so many dementors gathered around here?" Harry finally asked the question about the dementors. "Before Christmas, didn't it mean that the Ministry of Magic had temporarily given up on keeping the dementors stationed in Hogsmeade?"

"That's what we want to know too," Lupine said softly. "Harry, are you feeling better? We'd better go back to Hogwarts first, if we can."

A manic and gloomy expression flashed across Sirius' handsome face, a Sirius that Harry had never seen before.Concern was evident on Lupine's sickly face.

Harry looked at the two adult wizards suspiciously, keenly aware that they probably didn't intend to tell him anything, so he shut his mouth obediently, and followed Sirius and Lupine back to the Gryffindor tower.

Seeing Harry disappear behind the portrait of the fat woman with his own eyes, Lupine finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, we happened to see Harry leaving Hogwarts on the Marauder's Map." Sirius said with lingering fear. "It's really the biggest prank I've ever gotten in my life."

It was a coincidence that they arrived at the Hog's Head in time this time.Originally, Sirius excitedly came to see Lupine to look at the Marauder's Map early in the morning because he had other plans, but he didn't expect to see Harry's name disappear at the school gate.If they hadn't accidentally seen Harry leaving the school alone on the Marauder's Map, they wouldn't have run to Hogsmeade early in the morning and rescued Harry just in time when a group of dementors were attacking him. Harry.

"Fortunately, it's today." A wry smile appeared on Lupine's face, the full moon was coming soon. "Sirius, what do you think is going on with today's incident? We know Wormtail well, he is not someone who can come up with such tricks."

"Yes." Sirius' expression turned into that gloomy look again.Sirius and Lupine glanced at each other, and they both saw that the other had exactly the same thoughts as their own. "That's what bothers me, and I don't want to say that to Harry, but..."

——But this kind of trick is indeed more like the handwriting of a certain Slytherin.To arrange such a plan, first of all, Harry had to take advantage of Harry's yearning and trust for Jody, and he also used the Firebolt generously as a cover, so that everyone did not expect that such an expensive gift would be a smoke screen.Undoubtedly, the person who set the trap knew Harry's personality and hobbies very well, and knew very well that it was unlikely that Harry would take the initiative to show this card to the school's professors.If it weren't for Harry's ability far surpassing that of ordinary third-year wizards and wearing an invisibility cloak, he might have been brought to Voldemort by Wormtail now.

It was possible, or most suspicious, to devise such a plan, were the two people Harry trusted most: Jody and Snape.This made Sirius and Lupine tacitly refrain from expressing this guess in front of Harry.

"I don't know if I should continue to trust him...them." Sirius finally couldn't help it. "Moonface, I know I shouldn't think so. After all, they saved Regulus' life. We misunderstood them more than ten years ago, and they treated Harry..."

"Very good." Lupine added the phrase for Sirius, who was unwilling to say this comment himself. "I think so too, even though we've all seen Severus's temper still so... But Harry can obviously feel that he cares, so he trusts him. I also feel that Severus is He really cared about Harry. Besides, I don't think Severus would have been so patient with Harry if it wasn't for Jody. After all, Harry looks too much like James, doesn't he? I am unwilling to maintain the most basic friendly relationship with you."

"I don't want to maintain any friendly relationship with him... I don't care at all whether he intends to serve Voldemort for the rest of his life or come to help us as a spy." Sirius said with an unhappy face. "But Harry cares."

"Maybe we should talk to Dumbledore," Lupine suggested. "I want to hear what Professor Dumbledore thinks about this trap, and about those dementors. Maybe Dumbledore can find out what's going on."

Sirius nodded reluctantly in agreement.They walked towards Dumbledore's office together, unexpectedly they met Snape who they were talking about just now in front of the monster statue guarding the headmaster's office.

"Severus." Lupine nodded friendly to Snape. "Thank you for the potion this month too."

Snape shrugged: "I only considered doing this from the perspective of being responsible for the safety of the teachers and students in the school."

"..." Sirius snorted coldly, and stopped Lupine, "Maybe we should wait a while before visiting Dumbledore."

"I think, even if you don't come, Dumbledore will call you." After Snape said the password (lingonberry cream ball) with an unhappy face, he waited for the spiral staircase to descend slowly. , said in that unhurried tone of his that always so disgusted Sirius. "Of course, for Harry Potter."

"For Harry?" Lupine glanced at Snape, noticing that his brow was furrowed even tighter than usual, and he looked in a bad mood.He was a little surprised: Dumbledore already knew about this?

"Or should I say, for your old friend Wormtail?" Snape cast a sidelong glance at Sirius and Lupine, and walked up the spiral staircase.When he heard footsteps coming from behind him, he couldn't help but twitched the corner of his mouth mockingly.

As many people have said, Dumbledore seems to know everything.Not only Sirius and Lupine, but even Snape didn't understand how the old headmaster who had been staying at Hogwarts knew that Harry Potter was attacked behind the Hog's Head pub in Hogsmeade village, And luckily escaped in time.

"How is Harry now?" Dumbledore asked immediately after motioning them to sit down.

"It's all right, Sirius and I just sent him back to Gryffindor Tower." Lupine replied with some concern. "However, I don't know if the dementor reminded him of some bad things..."

The moment Snape heard these words, Snape's lips pursed a little tighter.Every time someone brought up the deaths of the Potters, he felt a thorn in his heart being stabbed and stirred deeper.

"Then why did Harry go to Hogsmeade today?"

Lupine put the bait card in front of Dumbledore, and told in detail how Harry was tricked into going to Hogsmeade, and how Harry met Wormtail.When talking about Wormtail's successful escape again, Sirius and Snape rarely showed unwilling expressions at the same time.

"Jordy and I did give Harry a Firebolt, so we didn't think anyone was using that gift as a trap," Snape said, glancing at the fake card. "But since someone changed the card, I think we should check the broom, at least to make sure Harry Potter doesn't die from falling off the broom and breaking his neck."

Sirius glanced at Snape with mixed emotions.Snape's offer to check the broom seems very interesting.He raised his eyebrows and said provocatively, "Of course the broom needs to be checked, but Harry has inherited James' flying talent. I believe it is impossible for him to have an accident on the broom. This is different from some people."

Snape smiled ironically, "Looks like I need to remind some people that Harry Potter fell off his broom last year."

"That's because that much..."

"Cough," Dumbledore cleared his throat, not loudly, but enough to silence Sirius and Snape, who were about to start arguing. "As for the inspection of the Firebolt, we can hand it over to Mrs. Hooch and Professor Flitwick. They should be able to confirm whether this gift has been tampered with. Until then, Remus, you'd better keep the broom temporarily. "

"Okay, Professor." Lupine nodded.Dumbledore was no doubt very considerate in giving himself custody of the broom and not putting Snape in charge of checking it.Whether he and Sirius suspected Snape or not, now he can completely remove the suspicion.

"Then, let's talk about those dementors. I have always opposed the use of dementors by the Ministry of Magic to guard Azkaban, but most people disagree with me. However, for Voldemort, dementors It's his natural ally." This time, Dumbledore's usually kind face showed obvious anger, and his blue eyes no longer looked kind and happy, but became cold and sharp. "I've just contacted Fudge, and he doesn't admit that he sent the dementors to Hogsmeade today. That is to say, the dementors are not completely under the control of the Ministry of Magic. Or at least the Minister of Magic Now that the dementors are starting to get out of control, that probably doesn't bode well. Worse still, Fudge refuses to admit that there are dementors out of control."

The atmosphere in the room became more solemn, Snape couldn't help reaching out his hand through his clothes to hold the position of the Dark Mark on his left arm, and whispered, "He... is coming back soon..."

"Voldemort will return sooner or later," said Dumbledore clearly and firmly, "but no matter how many times he can make a comeback, sooner or later he will fail completely."