[HP] Astringent

The exam week was finally over, and there were very few students taking the Muggle Studies elective, so Vanessa used these few days to get almost all grades on the exam papers.She revealed to everyone the two key points of the exam: the principle of generators and the application of wired signals, and some people still failed to answer the questions.Surprisingly, Neville got No.2, second only to Hermione, close to full marks.This doughy boy is not a fast learner, but he is extraordinarily careful.

There was a knock on the door, it was Ron.He carried the huge cage and said to Vanessa, "Auntie, thank you for the cage, I think I should give it back to you."

Vanessa remembered that Banban was lost and never found again.

"Take it, maybe it will come in handy soon."

"Are you going to foster Dahei in our house?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Vanessa was overjoyed.

Harry's Patronus Charm was beginning to take shape, and the horse-like and wolf-like figure gradually became clear in the white mist.Thinking that he would not be able to practice during the holidays, he decided to go to Lupine and try again while he was free before the holidays.

He knocked on the door, but no one answered, tried to twist the handle, and the door opened.He thought that Lupine must have gone out on some urgent business and would be back in a while.Besides, he was quite familiar with Lupine, and he didn't feel that there was anything inappropriate, so he just sat in the office and waited for him to come back.

Lupine's office is very simple, the books on the bookshelves seem to be second-hand, and there are several old boxes under the cabinet, which contain Grindelwald, Red Hat and Boggart, all of which are magical creatures for their exams.

The parchment spread out on the table caught Harry's attention, and he recognized it - it was the Fire Point Map.He knew he shouldn't go there, but he couldn't control his curiosity.

A map of Hogwarts was drawn on the sheepskin, and countless dots moved in the castle.Harry was taken aback: Lupine could use this map.Then he saw the point belonging to Lupine come out of Hagrid's cabin, and there was another person beside him - Sirius Black.

Those old conversations came flooding back.

"Professor Lupine, why did Snape say that I got the Firepoint map from the creator?"

"Because whoever made the map was probably trying to lure you out of school."

Could it be... Lupine has been deceiving him!Harry was furious.

He rushed back to the common room, where Ron was playing wizard chess with Seamus.Hermione just ran down the stairs and said in a panic, "Who has seen Crookshanks?"

Ron still didn't like the murder of the spotted cat, and said nonchalantly, "Maybe it was eaten by a dog."

"Ronald!"

"Stop arguing." Harry interrupted them.

"What's the matter, Harry?"

Harry pulled Ron and Hermione into a corner: "I see Black!"

"What did you say?" Ron and Hermione exclaimed together.

"Be quiet, I didn't see him with my own eyes. I saw it on the Huodian map."

"Maybe the map is wrong," said Hermione.

"The Huodian map can't be wrong." Harry firmly believed this for no reason, "I'm going to make sure now. You wait for me to come back, and if I haven't come back in half an hour, you go to Professor Dumbledore. "

Ron suggested: "Man, this is too dangerous, we should find someone to accompany us. How is Professor Lupine?"

"Professor Lupine is with Black."

"What did you say?" Ron's eyes widened. "This map must be wrong."

Hermione said thoughtfully, "Harry, we're going with you."

Vanessa was not idle for a moment, after grading the test papers, she started writing "The Biography of the Mysterious Man".The editor kept urging her to write a new work, so she simply sorted out the manuscript and prepared it for publication.After all, it was published in the United States, and American readers are not as taboo about this name as the British.

She moved her stiff cervical spine for a while, rubbed her astringent eyes, and suddenly heard a few barking dogs, which were particularly abrupt in the silence.She opened the window and looked, and there were a few figures beside the Whomping Willow, which disappeared in a flash.

Vanessa felt a little uneasy, put on her coat, and came to Hagrid's cabin.

The lights were off in the house, and there was no sound.The students were about to leave for the holidays, and Hagrid was busy making sure the carriage was safe, and would be back very late.She walked towards the Whooping Willow, and saw a figure disappear in front of the Whomping Willow.She ran over, and the Whomping Willow seemed petrified and motionless.

She saw a tree hole the size of a person under the tree, and without thinking about it, she got in.After entering, there was a tunnel to the end. She kept crawling forward, and she could still hear someone walking in front of her.After going through the winding tunnel, he got out of the cave and walked into a house.

Vanessa couldn't tell whether she was still in Hogwarts or not. She surveyed the empty room and found a door open on the right, leading to a dark corridor.She lit her wand and walked over lightly, and there was a person standing at the end of the darkness.

The man turned around alertly, pointing his wand at her, and the specks of light were enough for her to recognize the person in front of her—Snape.Until he could see her face clearly, he slowly lowered his wand and made a quiet gesture.

There were creaking voices above his head, and Lupine's voice was particularly loud: "You see, Sirius once made a joke on him and almost killed him, and that joke has something to do with me..."

Needless to say, Vanessa knew who he was referring to.

Then a strange hoarse male voice said with a sneer, "He deserves it. He was sneaking around and looking around, wondering what we were going to do. He hoped that he would get us fired."

She felt that the voice and tone were inexplicably familiar.

Lupine continued calmly: "Severus is very interested in where I go every month... Sirius told him: as long as you touch a long stick to the knot on the trunk, you can follow me into the tree hole; Reece thought it would be, oh, fun."

Vanessa suddenly understood who that person was.

She lip-synced to Snape in disbelief, "The other is Black?"

The light illuminated Snape's profile, and with a malicious gleam in his dark eyes, he nodded.

Vanessa felt the blood rushing to her forehead, and her hands and feet were cold. A murderer and You-Know-Who's most loyal servant was on top of her head, and he probably didn't have a wand yet.And Lupine was by his side, still free to tell stories.It didn't take much thinking to understand that Lupine had defected and sided with Black.All those involved knew that Lupine couldn't be telling Black, the only possibility was that Harry was up there too.

Vanessa raised her wand and was about to go upstairs when Snape grabbed her wrist.Vanessa struggled a few times and Snape impatiently pulled her behind him, blocking her path.

Lupine was still talking: "When your father heard what Sirius did, he followed Snape and pulled him back, risking his own life. But, Snape saw me, At the end of the tunnel. Dumbledore forbade him to tell anyone, but since then he knew what I was..."

"No wonder Snape didn't like you," said Harry slowly, "because he thought you were in on the joke?"

As Harry spoke, Snape let go of Vanessa and walked slowly up the stairs.He just quietly stood behind Lupin, held up his wand, and said grimly, "Yes."

Hermione screamed, Black jumped to his feet, and Harry jumped up, as if electrocuted.

"You may not understand how I know you're here." Snape spoke quickly, a little out of breath, but he had an uncontrollable sense of victory on his face, "You forgot to take your medicine tonight, Lu Ping. There's a map on your desk, just look at it and I'll understand it all, I see you're all here."

"I was too careless and forgot to collect the map, which involved both you and Harry." Lupine said eagerly, "But I can explain that Sirius didn't come here to kill Harry, and you didn't hear it all. "

"Two more people are going to Azkaban tonight. Dumbledore believes you are harmless, a tame werewolf. I'd be interested to see what he will say when he knows all this."

"You fool," Lupine said mildly, "can a student-level complaint send an innocent person to Azkaban?"

boom!Snake-like bands erupted from the end of Snape's wand and wrapped themselves around Lupine's mouth, wrists and ankles.Lupine lost his balance and fell to the floor, unable to move.Black roared and rushed at Snape, but Snape's wand was pointed directly between Black's eyebrows.

"Tell me why," he whispered.

Blake didn't move.At this time, people can't judge whose face has the deeper hatred.

Hermione took a hesitant step towards Snape, stammering a little nervously: "Professor Snape, there's nothing wrong with listening to what they have to say, is there?"

"Miss Granger, you are already in danger of being temporarily suspended from school." Snape said indifferently.

"I……"

"I don't think it hurts to listen to what they have to say."

Vanessa walked up the stairs and stood beside Snape.

Lupine was lying on the ground in a panic, and Ron's leg was injured on the other side, so he could only sit against the wall, holding Scabbers who was struggling constantly.Harry and Hermione stood beside him, and Crookshanks crouched on an abandoned round table not far away, staring intently at Scabbers, ready to go.And Blake stood in the middle, his clothes were ragged but very clean, his face was thin but not embarrassed, his eyes were shining brightly, and he looked a bit of a down-and-out nobleman.

Snape shouted: "Vanessa, what's going on here has nothing to do with you. Even just this once, don't try to meddle in your own business."

Vanessa's heart sank and she stopped talking.She knows that she will always be excluded, whether she loves it or hates it, there has never been a figure of herself in the past world.

Harry suddenly yelled: "Professor Weasley, he... Black is a big black."

"What did you say? My big black is Black! He's the Anima Argus?"

Vanessa never imagined that she was the one who brought Blake into the school.Recalling Lupine's strange behavior, he was furious: "Lupine, you already knew that, didn't you?"

Despite being trapped, Lupine nodded with difficulty.She never suspected him, and he turned out to be Black's accomplice.Black looked slightly ashamed, he took two steps forward, and stopped under Snape's threat.

"You're... well, fine." As she spoke, her wand also shot out a few strips, binding Black up, but not gagging him. "It's about me now," she said.

"Vanessa, wake up!" Blake looked at her. "I spent many times with Harry, but I never hurt him, did I?"

"Maybe you didn't find the right time. We are all here at ordinary times. It is impossible for you to defeat us without a magic wand."

"You know I always like to follow Harry, I'm protecting him!"

"You can save these words in hell." Snape still pointed at Black's face, and a few sparks appeared from the tip of his wand, "No matter what you say, it will not affect what I am going to do next. Revenge The taste is very sweet, how I wish I was the one who caught you!"

"That joke has worked on you again, Snape."

The malice on Snape's face became more obvious, mixed with sarcasm and deep-rooted hatred.Vanessa knew that what he really hated was that Black betrayed the Potters and ultimately killed Lily.

Black snarled, "As long as the boy takes Scabbers back to the castle." He shook his head in Ron's direction, "I'll go quietly with you!"

Banban bit Ron's finger hard, and Ron let go of his hand in pain, and Banban nimbly slipped towards the corner.Before long, Harry, Hermione, and Vanessa almost cast the Cage Curse at the same time.Banban was imprisoned in a small space, unable to move.Vanessa lifted him up with her tail, no matter how hard it struggled, it couldn't bite her hand.

"Is Scabbers also an Animagus?"

"That's right, haha, look who he is! Our old friend!" Black laughed hysterically.