Starting Over at Hogwarts

"This is impossible."

Dumbledore immediately doubted the truth of the matter.

As the headmaster of Hogwarts, Dumbledore once saw Peter Pettigrew's behavior. When Pettigrew went to school, he only knew to follow Potter's group.

No matter how you look at it...

Neither Peter Pettigrew has what it takes to be the Dark Lord.

Even James Potter, Sirius Black, Severus Snape who want to become the Dark Lord are more reliable than Peter Pettigrew becoming the Dark Lord...

Peter Pettigrew…

He can only barely be called a decent wizard.

"I know it's hard for you to believe."

Snape took a deep breath, looked at Dumbledore and said solemnly: "But I saw him with my own eyes, and he even told me smugly just now!"

"Everything in the past is going according to his plan. Pettigrew is the traitor who really betrayed Lily and the others back then. Everything is his conspiracy!"

Snape neatly put out the information he had learned: "Because that idiot Sirius thinks that Pettigrew is a piece of trash and won't attract Voldemort's attention, he made Pettigrew the secrecy keeper of the safe house..."

"…"

Dumbledore frowned slowly.

This thing might indeed be true.

Because after the death of Voldemort and the Potters, Sirius went after Peter Pettigrew like a madman, and this reason does make sense.

Snape leaned against the wall weakly and closed his eyes: "Petitstar knew in advance that Lily had learned the spell that could sacrifice herself against Voldemort, told Voldemort the secret of the safe house, and let them die together. …”

Snape endured his own pain and anger, and continued in a deep voice, "That despicable bastard... stole Voldemort's knowledge, and now his wandless spellcasting is more proficient than anyone I've ever seen!

In order to be able to hide himself, he used the idiot of Black to create a fake death escape from the bombing incident eight years ago, and it was not until now that he got enough strength to emerge..."

"And he's no longer afraid of being discovered."

"Because he no longer fears your power."

"Even he had already arranged the next thing."

"Dumbledore, he has already arranged everything."

Snape slowly opened his eyes, looked at Dumbledore, and continued: "That guy told me that Voldemort can live forever because Voldemort made the Horcrux in advance!"

"... Horcrux."

Dumbledore's eyes widened involuntarily.

The appearance of this term makes everything make sense.

The reason why Voldemort didn't die or even came back sooner or later was precisely because he had a Horcrux to keep his soul, infinitely approaching immortality...

If Voldemort's Horcruxes are not resolved, this means that the wizarding world will never be able to resolve the threat of Voldemort's return.

indeed.

Pettigrew's design is exquisite.

Even Dumbledore couldn't find a way to crack it.

If time is wasted in pursuit of Peter Pettigrew, then there will be no time to find Horcruxes, Voldemort may resurrect at any time and make a comeback, which will eventually lead to a catastrophe in the wizarding world.

but…

After all, it is not completely invulnerable.

Because Dumbledore probably guessed a little.

"If it's really a Horcrux..."

Dumbledore fell into deep thought, and continued: "I think I already know what the reason is. I will find a way to solve this matter as soon as possible. As long as I find clues, maybe I can find it soon..."

"Do you already have a clue?"

Snape breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and asked with some anxiety: "Voldemort has created six Horcruxes, and there is a secret Horcrux that you must know, seven Horcruxes, solve each Horcrux There may be danger, is that true?"

"Wait... seven?"

Hearing this number, Dumbledore suddenly looked at Snape!

Is this a joke?

Generally speaking, it is very dangerous to create a Horcrux. That guy Voldemort actually had seven Horcruxes!

Even in addition to the so-called secret Horcrux, there are six completely unknown Horcruxes!

When will he find out!

and…

Destroying the Horcrux is not an easy task!

"so…"

Snape's expression gradually became ugly, and he said in a low voice, "You don't know... How many Horcruxes did Voldemort make?"

"...Theoretically, making Horcruxes is very dangerous."

Dumbledore, the gray-bearded old man, began to explain the trouble of making Horcruxes: "Every time Voldemort makes a Horcrux, he must divide his soul into pieces. Generally speaking, no one dares to divide his soul into so many parts."

"but…"

Snape clenched his fist sharply and slammed it against the wall: "He's a lunatic! We all know he's a lunatic!"

A lunatic like Voldemort!

He will definitely make Horcruxes recklessly!

The number Peter Pettigrew said was correct. The murderer who had always pretended to be a coward had already made preparations to use Dumbledore in advance!

"Take it easy, Snape."

Dumbledore soothed Snape's emotions, raised his hand and cast a spell to heal the wound on Snape's fist before continuing: "Perhaps everything is not so bad, what Peter Pettigrew said may not be true. , we have to check first."

"How to verify?"

"Azkaban."

Dumbledore mentioned a place that terrified everyone in the wizarding world, the old man said calmly: "Maybe there really is an innocent who redeemed his sins, we just need to ask him, we will know that the Potter family was betrayed. Is the person Peter..."

Yes.

Azkaban also has a client.

Sirius Black, said to be a Death Eater, used magic to create a shocking explosion that murdered Peter Pettigrew and twelve Muggle humans.

Since many people know that the Potter family's safe house keeper is Sirius Black, they believe that Black turned to Voldemort and leaked the secret before the Potter family was killed.

Moreover, it was old Barty Crouch who carried out the trial of the Death Eaters back then. This guy simply threw the Death Eaters into Azkaban Prison without going through normal trial methods.

Sirius Black was also not tried.

Even Sirius himself doesn't care about it, he was still at the scene of the explosion when he was arrested.

Since Sirius Black was imprisoned in Azkaban, no one has heard of him.

"Let's go after Peter first!"

After Severus Snape explained to Dumbledore, he immediately remembered the reason why he led Dumbledore to the first floor: "Maybe we can catch Peter directly now!"

Unfortunately.

After all, it was too late.

It snowed heavily at Hogwarts tonight.

From the gate of Hogwarts Castle to the gate of the school, a row of footprints walking out in the snow is clearly visible, Peter Pettigrew has left Hogwarts.

"I'm going to Azkaban."

Dumbledore patted Snape on the shoulder and continued to soothe the potions professor: "Don't worry, it's still too late for us. First, let's find out the truth about the past..."

"It must be him!"

Snape squatted down slowly, looked at the row of footprints in the snow, and gritted his teeth: "How can someone who mixes with James Potter's group of megalomaniacs always be a coward? He has always been a coward. in disguise..."

Speaking of which, Snape even found another piece of evidence: "Peter Pettigrew...but a Gryffindor!"

Exactly.

Gryffindor is the least daring.

Dumbledore felt like he didn't know what to say.

Generally speaking, shouldn't this kind of guy who will do things behind the scenes be a student from Slytherin?

All right.

The Sorting Hat can be a bit of a problem.

Because the Sorting Hat also assigned a freshman who could draw a Gryffindor sword to Hufflepuff today.