[HP] Astringent

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

"Don't try to play any tricks. We'll get the dementor to give you a little kiss first, and then we'll see who this little beast is, isn't it just right." There was a crazy light in Snape's eyes, and he seemed to lose Common sense.

Vanessa looked at him worriedly and said, "Severus, if what they say is true, we can't do this to Black."

"No? There's nothing wrong with that. He's just a fugitive, and I'm assisting the Ministry of Magic in catching the prisoner. What's wrong with me?" Snape grinned darkly, "None of them should think about it." escape."

Blake looked at him fearlessly: "Okay, kill this traitor first, I just want to see him die."

Seeing the same madness in their eyes, Vanessa shuddered.

"Severus, calm down," Vanessa said. "If what Black said is true, he can't die."

Snape looked at Vanessa, and for the first time in this room, he turned his gaze to her.His eyes were filled with hatred and threats. He had never looked at her like this, as if she was the one who killed Lily.Rather, those who stop him from taking revenge are hated by him like murderers.

Vanessa's heart twitched violently, her eyes were slightly hot.She raised her head slightly, blinked her eyes, and said as calmly as possible: "Let him go..." Let yourself go too.

"Vanessa Weasley, I warn you..."

"Can you tell whether you are going to kill Black now because he betrayed someone else, or because it was a joke back then?" Her voice was only lip-synch, but Snape understood the meaning in an instant.

Snape pursed his thin lips and lowered his wand a few degrees.

"If it proves that what Black said is true, we can't touch him." Vanessa raised her voice, "Dumbledore would not want that result, and neither will Lily Potter." The last thing she should do What she wanted was to bully him with that name, but she had to.

"If...if you dare to tell a lie, you don't want to get out of here alive." Snape seemed worried, and cast a binding spell on Black, and Black was bound into a mummy, unable to move anymore.

Black didn't care about Snape's threat, and excitedly urged: "Quick, let's get started."

It is against the justice of Gryffindor, but the experience of wild adventures has taught Vanessa that after catching the prey, it must be incapacitated first.During Ron's wailing, she personally used the Shattering Curse to break Scabbers' limbs.

"What if it's just Scabbers?" Ron's face turned pale, but his eyes were as red as his hair.

"I promise I'll fix it." Vanessa asked Snape helplessly. "Do you have any anesthetic?"

"If you don't start again, I'll end them both myself." Snape regained some of his sanity, his wand was still hovering between Black and Scabbers, and his bright black eyes glanced at Ron, "Death Curse It's painless."

Ron was too scared to talk anymore.

It was rare for Black to agree with Snape. He was dissatisfied with Vanessa's being too cautious, and shouted: "Crookshanks will help us keep an eye on him. It's really smart. I knew I wasn't a dog the first time I saw it. After gaining its trust, it has been helping me catch that traitor."

Hermione suddenly realized: "No wonder I couldn't find Crookshanks today. No wonder we saw Crookshanks crawling into the Whomping Willow with Scabbers in his mouth. It turned out that you directed it."

Crookshanks seemed to take credit, ran over, and squatted next to Banban.

"Ready?" Vanessa said. "One, two, three!"

Her wand glowed blue and white, and for a moment Scabbers hung in midair, its little black body writhing wildly, before the mouse dropped to the floor.Another blinding flash, and then, like a quick shot of a tree growing: a head appears on the ground, limbs stick out; a moment later, a man appears where Scabbers had been.

Crookshanks growled, the hair on his back bristling.Lupine and Black, unable to move, just stared at him.

The man was short, not much taller than Harry, and his thin, light-colored hair was disheveled, with a large patch of baldness on the top of his head.He looked at Harry timidly, pleading in his small mouse-like eyes.

"Long time no see, Peter, I didn't expect to see me again." Black wanted to rush over like a dog, but was restrained by the wrapped belt.

"Sirius... Remus... Long time no see, my old friends." He wanted to move towards the door, but the broken limbs couldn't move at all, like a big bug.

Vanessa looked away in disgust.

"Blake said you killed my parents?" Harry began.

"No, it's Sirius Black who betrayed James and Lily, and now he's trying to kill me." With watery eyes, he looked at Harry pitifully, "Help me Harry, it's him! It's him !"

"It's my fault!" Black smiled strangely, "I believed in the wrong person, and James and Lily also believed in the wrong person. When we learned that Voldemort was going to kill them, we made a perfect plan. Curse, hide Harry and them, only I know where they are, not even Remus knows about the plan."

He laughed wildly again: "I am the one who wants to change the plan. I guess Voldemort will think I am the secret keeper. We can replace the secret keeper with Peter without anyone noticing, and let me lure Voldemort and Death Eater away." What a perfect plan, isn’t it, Biddy, how did your master find James and the others? Tell me!” His eyes narrowed dangerously into a line, and a cold light radiated from him.

"You... you're lying. You have to trust me, Remus, Harry, you have to trust me. I've lived as Scabbers all these years just to avoid him, to avoid this madman. I don't know about the Loyalty Charm , I'm not a secret keeper either. He was going to kill me 12 years ago because I didn't want to betray your parents and stand on that person's side..."

"Then do you dare to say that name, do you dare to call him Voldemort?" Black looked at the shivering figure contemptuously, and sneered, "You became a mouse to hide from Voldemort's former supporters? I am in Az Caban has heard a lot of things. They all thought you were dead, otherwise they would ask you for some explanation. They all said that you were a liar. Voldemort went to Potter's house based on your information, and he lost his hand there .Not all of Voldemort's supporters end up in Azkaban, do they?"

"If the Death Eaters are looking for me, it's because I sent their most powerful person into Azkaban!"

"Me? Huh, how could I betray Harry's parents? You have liked to make powerful friends since you were a child, so that they can protect you! It was us before, and then Voldemort!"

All the while Harry just listened and said nothing.At this moment, he suddenly came out of the shadows: "Is everything you said true?"

Black looked at Harry sincerely: "Believe me, I never betrayed James and Lily. I would rather die than betray them."

"Mr. Black?" said Hermione timidly.Blake, who hadn't been addressed respectfully and politely in a long time, was taken aback and stared at Hermione. "Then why didn't you escape earlier, sir?"

"I thought he was dead, the traitor was dead, and Voldemort was dead. What face do I have to say goodbye to Harry? If it weren't for my advice, if I were still the secret-keeper, James and Lily might not have died. Locked up Entering Azkaban is my punishment!" Black's voice dropped, and he finally looked like a normal person instead of a barking dog or a hysterical maniac, "But I saw that newspaper, and I saw Scabbers. I recognized him instantly, I was the only one who knew he was alive and I had to kill him."

Harry squatted down, looked at Black at the same level, and nodded: "I believe you."

Pedillo stammered and couldn't utter a rebuttal, Snape was getting impatient and kicked him down, pointing the tip of his wand between his eyebrows.

"Severus...help me, Severus." Pedilu struggled to pick at the hem of his robe, "We are on the same side, right, you don't want to kill me...help me , Severus."

"I can't understand what you're saying." He sneered, green light gathering at the end of his wand.

"Drowsy! Imprisonment quickly!" Vanessa deliberately chanted a spell loudly and knocked Pedilu down. "Since we know the truth, don't make any more complications."

She summoned a silver-white bat and ordered: "Tell the principal, come to the screaming ceiling."

Under Snape's disapproving and ready-to-kill eyes, Vanessa untied Black and Lupine.Black gave Snape an odd look and walked over to Harry.Lupine moved his strangled arm, walked over to Ron and Hermione, and examined Ron's injured leg.

"Do you know what that means?" Black asked Harry suddenly. "Get Peter."

"You're free," said Harry

"Yeah..." Blake said, "but I also, I don't know if anyone ever told you that I'm your godfather."

"Yes, I know," said Harry.

"Your parents appointed me to be your guardian," said Black dryly. "If any misfortune happened to them..."

Harry waited for him to finish, wondering if Black meant what he thought.

"Of course, if you'd like to live with your uncle and aunt, I'd understand," said Blake, "but, well, think about it. Once I'm rehabilitated, if you want one, a different s home……"

There was some sort of explosion in Harry's stomach.

"What? Living with you? Leaving the Dursleys?"

"Of course, I don't think you'd like to," said Blake quickly. "I understand, I just thought I would..."

"Are you crazy?" said Harry, his voice hoarse, like Blake's. "Of course I want to leave the Dursleys! Do you have a house? When can I move in?"

A belated smile appeared on Blake's face, a real one.For a moment Harry could recognize in his face the man whose parents had laughed at their wedding.

Vanessa only glanced at the two people who were immersed in joy over there, and she didn't want to look any more.The brown eyes dimmed, and there was still a vague smile on his face, but the mask of the smile was cracked, allowing Snape to see some loneliness.

"Why? Hesitating between being stepmother to the Miss Greengrasses and being Potter's godmother?" He was merciless in his insults.

Vanessa shook her head, she didn't even have the strength to speak back, and sighed: "I... I went back to my previous home at Christmas. I cleaned out the cupboard and wanted to give it to Dahei, and bought it for him. The bed and the food bowl..." She couldn't go on.

"Professor Weasley," said Harry expectantly, "would you rather..."

"Is everyone here safe and sound?" Dumbledore interrupted in a high-pitched voice.

"Great, Black is here." Fudge followed closely, and walked in, "Harry, come here."

"No, sir, Professor Dumbledore, listen to me, Sirius is innocent."

"Impossible!" Fudge stretched out his hand, trying to catch Harry back, but failed.

Dumbledore said at the right time: "Connelly, I think it's better to listen to what Harry has to say, after all, Mr. Pedillo is lying here."