The little life of a platinum darling

The second time Harry saw Sirius Black was the next morning.

It was rare for him to be locked in the house without having to make breakfast early, and he was comfortably nestling under the thin quilt to enjoy the sunshine that was not too harsh in the morning.

Unprepared, a big black dog half the height of a person suddenly jumped from the window into his room.It shook its head, then looked at Harry.Its fur was tangled in pieces, some were long and some were short, and the whole body was covered with dirty stains.

Harry was startled badly when he saw him.Although this big black dog was so thin that even the fur couldn't cover his protruding ribs, his head seemed to be very weak with his head down.But its ability to crawl up to his second-floor room, and the sharp teeth exposed in its slightly parted mouth, made it impossible to ignore its danger.

He immediately raised the wand that had been kept by his side.There is no big thing in his room that can be used to attack, so although it is stipulated that minors cannot use magic outside the school, but in order to save their lives, they can't care so much.

Seeing him like this, the big black dog seemed to tremble a bit, then shook its head and hurried towards him.

Harry took a few quick steps back, then glared at it menacingly, wishing it would stop.

The Big Dog seemed to sense the tension in his voice, stopped when he stepped back, and then backed away a few steps himself to show Harry kindness.

"You..." Harry felt that the big black dog seemed harmless, so he boldly bent down and looked at it.

The big dog noticed that he was not so nervous, wagged his tail flatteringly, and then walked towards him. What Harry didn't realize was that he suddenly became a big living person!It was Sirius Black who stood outside the garden yesterday and claimed to be his godfather.

"You're an Animagus!" Harry tried to keep his surprised voice down so that the Dursleys downstairs wouldn't hear him.Otherwise, if they rushed up and found Sirius, then he would definitely be in trouble.

"Oh, of course!" Sirius said with some pride in his tone, yes, he has always been proud of this, you must know that not everyone can succeed in Animagus: "Your father and I, we are all Animagus Magus."

"That big black dog...is really cool," Harry said, and he looked at Sirius with some envy. He was also very envious when he saw that Prof McGonagall could turn into a cat, "but you have not been to the Ministry of Magic. Going to register?"

"This..." Sirius seemed a little embarrassed. He scratched his already tangled hair and made it even more messy: "We really didn't think about doing this at the time. Fortunately, I didn't Do it. Otherwise, I might never see you again. But it doesn’t matter whether you are registered or not, isn’t it? What matters is what you do with this ability.”

Harry didn't intend to dwell on this issue, what he cared about was another question: "Sirius... can I call you that?" Suddenly he got a godfather, and he felt a little speechless.After getting consent, he continued, "Yesterday I heard Aunt Petunia say that you are a murderer and you just escaped from prison. Is this true?" He asked a little uneasy, and his eyebrows frowned.

Sirius had expected him to ask this question, so although he was nervous that Harry would refuse to listen to his explanation after he answered in the affirmative, he still could only Sighing, he said, "I did just escape from Azkaban, do you know Azkaban?" He looked at Harry.

Harry nodded, he knew that place, he had read about it in the book, it was guarded by countless dementors, it is said that the people who lived there would be tortured to madness after a short time: "I asked yesterday My friend, I didn't tell her I met you, I just said your name and asked her if she knew you. She told me something about you, the newspaper said you killed with a spell Thirteen Muggles died in a street, and it is said that it was the dark magic that Voldemort gave you, and many people said that you were Voldemort's right-hand man. You also killed those who pursued you."

Sirius listened to him quietly at first, but visibly trembled with anger when he said Voldemort, and jumped up when Harry said "your hunters": "They fart! What Call my hunter! I'm hunting him! The betrayer! How could I just believe him! It's all my fault! It's all my fault Harry... If I didn't believe him, maybe you Parents...they...James and Lily, they won't die!"

When Harry heard that the death of his parents was involved, he also became nervous: "What happened? I want to know!" No one has been willing to explain to him in detail what happened at that time. Things led to the death of his parents, even Dumbledore, he didn't know whether they didn't understand or didn't want to tell him, but now, the person who could tell him what happened back then was standing in front of him.But he still didn't forget to remind him: "Be quiet, your voice can't be heard by them."

"Harry, you have to calm down and listen to me," Sirius suppressed his emotions, nodded, and then said, "This is also the reason why I desperately escaped, I originally wanted to be in Azkaban, Repenting for the wrong things I did, I can only punish myself there... even if I..." He waved away the shadow that suddenly appeared in his eyes, and then continued: "At that time, the Dark Lord—forgive me for being used to calling him that That person, the habit since childhood has been difficult to get rid of, although James and the others have always asked me to call him the mysterious man - at that time, he was planning to kill your family. So Dumbledore gave us an idea, with utter loyalty Curse, do you know what that is?"

Harry nodded, showing that he knew this.

"...Okay, then I don't need to explain it again. I was originally the keeper of the secret, and I can guarantee that I will never tell where James and the others are. But if I am caught by those guys, if they treat me I'm not sure I can defend against magic like insanity. Then one day, the man found me. His name is Peter Pediru, and your dad and I have always regarded him as a good friend, and we have been using In a dormitory, we study and play together, and we can all trust him as if we trust ourselves. He told me that if he were to be the secret keeper, but if it was rumored that the secret keeper was me, then the Dark Lord would Go after me with all your strength, and even if he catches me, your whereabouts will not be leaked, and your parents will be safer. And after I listened to what he said, I felt that he was very right."

"So you changed the Secret Keeper to him?" Harry felt that he had roughly guessed the direction of the matter, and then he tried to piece it together: "But after he became the guarantor, the news was known by Voldemort, so after being After he was caught, he chose to tell Voldemort where my parents were? Or was he originally Voldemort's subordinate, so he was the secret keeper in order to be able to tell Voldemort this information?"

Sirius nodded with a sad face: "I don't know which reason it is, but I believe in the latter one more. If he was caught, then he couldn't have been so free at that time, and he is still alive and well. The Dark Lord will surely kill him when he tells the location."

"Then why did they arrest you into Azkaban? You just said that you hunted him, so he is this Pediru, right? Why did the Ministry of Magic say that he was hunting you? And that he was a hero? And You said he is still alive, isn't he dead?"

"I thought he was dead!" Sirius suddenly became irritable, his eyes were red and he gesticulated: "I cast a spell at him, I used Reducto (shattered bones) - I think you know a little bit This spell - I don't know why it exploded, and then I thought maybe he did it on purpose. Then the Aurors came and they grabbed me screaming. I told them to get Pediru, But the guy they sent over there reported back at this time that Pedilou was blown up with only one finger left! I really thought he was dead like that. I think it's time for me to atone for James and Lily now It's time... I thought about it and followed them to the Ministry of Magic's interrogation waiting room, thinking maybe I need to repent for my mistakes in Azkaban."

"But that won't be of any real use at all," Harry retorted him, "No matter how much you repent, they can't be resurrected again, all you can do is to make up for your mistakes, and then try to make yourself Better life than confession. And you're my parents' best friend aren't you? I'm sure my parents would never want to see you in that dark cell like this. They want their friends too able to do well."

"Yes..." Sirius covered his eyes with his hands, "but when I realized that what I should do is not regretting uselessly there but doing something, I was imprisoned without a trial. Into Azkaban. I can't justify myself...and I can't come out...the only thing I see every day is dementors, I can't tell them I'm innocent, they can't communicate with me."

"No trial? Why?" Harry's eyes widened.

"Yes," Sirius said, "at that time, under the temporary decree of the magic cloth, the Death Eaters in the war could be sentenced without trial. Because there are too many Death Eaters, they cannot be tried one by one."

Next, Sirius told Harry how he saw that Pedilu, who had finally become an Animagus with their help, appeared next to the Weasley family in the form of a mouse—yes, The Daily Prophet brought by the Minister of Magic—only then did I know that Peter Pedilou was not dead.Then by accident, he found that he could escape the dementors with Animagus, and managed to escape.

"So Sirius Black taught you the Patronus Charm you used on the train yesterday?" Feverret asked him.This can be explained.

"Well," Harry nodded, "he taught me a lot during the holidays that I didn't learn in school."

"But aren't minors not allowed to use magic outside of school?" Neville was puzzled by another question.Although he was still very skeptical of Sirius, after all he saw that grandma seemed to hate Sirius very much, so he was more convinced that Sirius was a bad person, Harry suddenly told him that Sirius was a good person, how could he He couldn't accept it all at once, but he didn't say it.

"I don't know very well," Harry answered him, "I don't know what he did, but one day he told me that it doesn't matter to use magic now, and I have been studying with him every day since then, and I have never seen him." No one came forward to take care of it, and I didn’t send me a warning letter or anything like that. As you know, Feveret, I received a warning letter from the Ministry of Magic because of Dobby during the last summer vacation, but This time they didn't respond at all."

Feveret frowned and thought for a moment.Sirius is the eldest son of the Black family, and the Black family has been passed down for so many generations. It is not surprising that there are some special magic or objects that have not been handed down to the outside world.Basically, Harry’s words plus what his father told him, so that even if he hasn’t read the original book, he should choose to believe Sirius’ words. At least most of them should be right, but it’s not ruled out that some parts may be blocked due to emotional reasons. exaggerate.But did Harry believe it so easily?He thought about it, and asked, "You didn't doubt whether what he said was a lie."

"Of course." Harry nodded without hesitation: "I don't dare to trust him completely, but after getting in touch with him for a long time, I have a deeper understanding of him. I feel that if the behavior he has shown for so long If it’s not fake, then it shouldn’t be lying to me. So most of me are more willing to believe him.”