[HP] The Order of the Phoenix Family

They walked across the grounds in silence, and the lights from the castle gradually brightened.Snape was still floating oddly ahead of Black, his chin banging against his chest.

Hermione broke the silence as they approached the castle entrance.

"We, uh..." She seemed startled by her own voice, and cleared her throat, "Who should we go to?"

"Of course it's Dumbledore." Crookshanks meowed at him disapprovingly as if Ron thought she had asked a particularly silly question.

"But the principal's office is on the eighth floor, we can't just go up like this!" Hermione vaguely gestured to the seven of them. Indeed, Lupine brought three children, a comatose teacher, a wanted criminal and a person who should have died. , is too conspicuous. "There are people from the Ministry of Magic in the castle now, right? What if Sirius is seen by them? And Ron, your legs can't go up the stairs at all."

"I'm fine!" To emphasize the point, Ron jumped and almost fell, and Black helped him up.

"Don't be brave, young man." Black patted him fearfully, maybe with a little guilt, "What do you say, moon face?"

"Hermione's right," Lupine agreed, "someone should have taken Ron and Severus to the doctor first—"

"I said I'm all right!" protested Ron, but they could all see that he was exhausted from just dragging himself up here after a night like this. "You need witnesses—"

"Even if he sees Dumbledore in this state, he will definitely ask someone to look at your injuries first." Lupine emphasized, "It will delay our explanation, and people from the Ministry of Magic may notice at any time."

"But how do we explain it to Madam Pomfrey?" Ron asked unconvinced.

"Just say we met Black," Harry suggested, giving his godfather an apologetic look, who grinned and said, "It's not even a lie." "As long as we explain it before Snape wakes up, I don't think so." There's a big problem."

"I could put a spell on him to wake him up a little later," Blake said, getting a disapproving look from his old friend, "but as long as you see that thing," he didn't seem to have quite given up on killing Pediru's idea, the little man flinched when he saw it, "—Dumbledore will know everything."

"Are you sure he knows Pediru?" Harry asked, and Black grinned ugly.

"As long as he doesn't have dementia to that point." The wanted man said sarcastically, "Our cooperation with him is not just the college table and the principal's seat at dinner."

"I'll talk about that later, there's no time to delay." Lupine interrupted Harry's possible question, "Harry and Hermione took Ron and Severus to the school hospital, and Sirius and I took Pedirou to see Deng Not much. Sirius wears an invisibility cloak until I explain it."

The three children and Black had different degrees of objection to this arrangement, but Lupine's attitude was very firm, and people from the Ministry of Magic, the night watch teacher, and the dementors could appear at any time, and they really couldn't afford to delay.Lupine replaced Pedillo with himself and Black, and Harry took one of Ron's arms, and instantly felt at least half his buddy's weight shifted onto him.Hermione was a little apprehensive about letting the professor levitate in front of her, so Sirius conjured up a stretcher for her to carry. He and Lupine sent Harry and Hermione a section, and the two groups said goodbye at the head of the stairs.After that, Crookshanks walked in front of Harry and Hermione to lead the way, in case there were people or ghosts ahead, its brush-like tail was always raised high, looking very proud.

Madam Pomfrey, in her pajamas, was startled by the sight of them, but it only took a few seconds for her to heal Ron's broken bone and the wound on the top of Snape's head where he had knocked him unconscious.Hermione admirably turns Harry's vague prompts into a whole believable story, and Harry fidgets as Madam Pomfrey distributes them chocolates, secretly worried that Lupine and Black don't have anything to live for. map, and whether their journey to the principal's office was smooth.When Madam Pomfrey walked away, Ron lowered his voice and reassured him that no one knew the castle better than them, and there would be no problem.

Wait, wait, there is still no movement upstairs, presumably they have arrived at the principal's office safely.Harry guessed that if Black was caught, there would be as much fuss as he did when he broke into Gryffindor Tower.He also thought about what it would be like if Black hadn't woken Ron up that night and successfully killed Peter. Would he and Sirius have known each other earlier?But then Sirius would really become a murderer, and he would be imprisoned in Azkaban again... The rage that drove him to Black hadn't completely subsided, and a voice scolded him loudly for not killing Pediru, making him Sirius and Professor Lupine spare the traitor's life, and he can no longer avenge his parents with his own hands.

But Harry knew he wouldn't regret it, it would set Sirius clean, clean, and they—then they could be a family.He'd never have to go back to the Dursleys, he'd be living with his godfather, his father's best friend, how much Sirius could tell him about his parents—

"Harry? Harry! Are you okay?" Ron's voice called him back to reality, and Harry turned his head away, trying to blink back his tears, as both friends looked worried.

"I'm fine." He swallowed and let his voice return to normal, "I just... don't know if things are going well for Professor Lupine and Sirius? Pediru won't escape, what do you think?"

"It's going to be all right, he can't escape," said Ron firmly. "The truth will be revealed soon! Have you thought about—"

At this moment, there was a soft thud from the side, and they all looked back—Snape opened his eyes.At first he didn't seem to know where he was or why he was lying there, then he looked back and saw Harry and the others, sat up immediately, and found nothing, his wand was in Harry's pocket.

"Where's Black?!" he growled angrily, and Harry thought it best not to give him his wand back just yet.

"Professor Lupine is in the Headmaster's office with him and Pedillo." Hermione replied timidly. "I'm sorry, Professor, but there is something about this—"

Snape seemed to have only heard the word "Headmaster's Office", and he jumped out of the hospital bed, staggering a bit, seemingly dizzy.Madam Pomfrey stopped him as he rushed to the door.

"You can't go anywhere tonight!" said the school doctor angrily. "You guys are lucky to save your life from Black! Especially you, Severus—"

"They did it!" Snape yelled, Madam Pomfrey froze, and he took the opportunity to push her away, "They still have that werewolf, who's allied with Black—"

Before Madam Pomfrey could react, a corner of the Potions Professor's robe disappeared from the door of the ward, and he must have ignored the school doctor's subsequent call.Harry jumped off the chair and tried to follow, but he was not so lucky and was blocked by Madam Pomfrey.The school doctor was confused and angry, as if determined not to let any patient through that door again tonight.

"Get out of the way!" Harry tried to squeeze past her. "I really have something to do—"

"No, Potter! No!" Madam Pomfrey pushed him back to the hospital bed like a disobedient cat. "You guys better explain to me what Professor Snape just said-"

"It's okay, Harry, Professor Lupine and Sirius must have explained it clearly to Dumbledore." Hermione also grabbed Harry.

"What if he believed Snape?" Harry asked.

"Explain what?" Madam Pomfrey asked.

"Unless he's too old to trust Snape and not Professor Lupine," said Ron, "Pediloo is actually there!"

Hermione started telling the furious school doctor about the truth of the night, which probably took her twice as long because of Ron's frequent interruptions.Later, Madam Pomfrey grabbed her chest tightly, and began to say that she also remembered the group of James Potter and Sirius Black. She probably believed Hermione's story, but to be honest, haha Leigh didn't care at all.He has been listening to the movement outside the school hospital with his ears upright. If necessary, he will undoubtedly testify...

As the clock ticked toward five o'clock, Ron and Hermione dozed off in their hospital beds and armchairs, but Harry was not at all sleepy.Instead, there seemed to be a hundred claws scratching in his stomach, tormenting him so much that he wanted to rush out of the hospital immediately, find Dumbledore and Sirius, and find out what was going on, and whether Sirius was free again.He's going to have a home, with his godfather.Sirius is innocent.They are going to live together.

His mind was filled with this thought, and Harry could no longer wait quietly. He walked around in the ward and walked to the window to look out.It was almost dawn and hours had passed since they left the Shrieking Shack.Harry was about to return to his original position when he saw a thick puff of black smoke rising from the Forbidden Forest. It didn't disperse, but drifted away from the sun.Harry squinted hard, and it took him a long time to recognize the dementors from the Forbidden Forest.

Before he could think about what this meant, a group of footsteps entered the school hospital, and Harry hurriedly woke Ron and Hermione.

"Mr. Dumbledore!" said Madam Pomfrey in a piercing voice, "and, oh..."

"This is Sirius, Poppy." Dumbledore said gently, and Harry's heart rose to his throat.

"Oh... so..."

"It seems that Harry and the others have already explained to you that Sirius is innocent." Dumbledore said, walking in together with Sirius and Lupine, "Mr. Fudge came to take away the real murderer Peter? Pedirou, he was reluctant, but agreed to cancel the hunt for Sirius immediately. Severus also retired to his office to rest. Besides, I think everyone will be happy to find that a dementor around the castle there is none left."

"So..." Harry took a few steps slowly towards them, Dumbledore's blue eyes were as sharp and bright as ever, Lupine was tired but happy, as if he had been ten years younger, and Sirius, skinny and ragged, The scruffy look looks even worse under the lights.

Harry stared at him, and the ex-wanted man stepped up to his godson and smiled uncertainly.

"I'm free." The man was a little nervous, "Is it—"

He couldn't finish because Harry threw himself on him.His ribs were slamming into Harry's face, his frame was so thin that the boy's arms could easily be crossed behind his back, and he stinks like he's just fought a tough battle with the filthiest thing in the world.

Then Sirius raised his arms and responded with an even stronger hug, and Harry didn't care about anything else.