"Trapped on the covered bridge" "
Peter Pettigrew is here to catch Harry, and there's another Death Eater!"
"Sirius is injured!"
Hermione explained in a panic, until Felix put his hand on her shoulder, "Calm down, Granger, I just have one question," he stared at her and asked seriously, "Are we still in time?"
Hermione blinked, "Oh," she stammered, "Of course, that's why I came back, we still have... about an hour."
"Yes, you used a time turner." Felix said calmly, "We'll talk while we walk, where do you think we should go now?"
"Hagrid's Hut!"
Hermione answered without thinking, Felix nodded, he tapped Hermione's shoulder with his wand, she found herself blending into the surrounding environment, the same was true for the professor, she realized that this was the effect of the Disillusionment Charm.
"If we want to do something, we must first hide ourselves," said Felix.
They rushed all the way to Hagrid's hut. Felix first asked the question that concerned him the most
, "Did you see the ending? I mean, did you witness any serious consequences, such as... death?"
"No, I only saw them trapped on the covered bridge, and a large number of Dementors attacked them. The Ministry of Magic also sent out a group of Aurors and some students."
"Aurors from the Ministry of Magic? How did they get here?"
"The woman in pink, her last name is Umbridge! She was the one who summoned the Dementors and notified the Ministry of Magic!" Hermione said sharply.
In the pumpkin patch behind Hagrid's hut, a hippogriff snorted. It raised its head alertly, and its nose kept sniffing the air.
"Buckbeak, relax, we have met before." A gentle voice said.
"Oh, it's me, Hermione, I fed you." This was a trembling female voice.
Buckbeak looked at the air blankly. It recognized the owner of the voice, but it couldn't see anyone, which made it kick the ground a little irritably.
The window of Hagrid's hut suddenly opened, and a voice said, "Who's outside?" Then a furry head poked out of the window. It was Hagrid.
He glanced out the window vigilantly. Felix and Hermione hid behind the big pumpkin. With the cover of the Disillusionment Charm, Hagrid could only see Buckbeak's restless look. He shouted in the direction of the Hippogriff: "Don't let strangers get close, Buckbeak!"
Hagrid retracted his head, and his roar came from the house: "Speak clearly, Peter! Why did you hide in Ron's house for so many years and lead people to attack Harry!"
A shrinking voice said: "No, it's not what you think. I'm worried about Harry. He is in danger... I have to take him out of school!"
Lupin said in a gentle voice: "It's strange. If I'm not mistaken, your escaped friend is wearing a Death Eater hood."
The shrinking voice stammered: "That's, that's a disguise..."
Outside Hagrid's hut, behind a big pumpkin, Felix asked Hermione: "You can tell me what happened now."
Hermione sorted out her thoughts and said, "This afternoon, Harry came back from the Quidditch field. It was about five o'clock. It was Professor McGonagall's request that he couldn't train too late."
"I know about this, but you're here too?" Felix asked. As far as he knew, Hermione wasn't very interested in Quidditch training.
"Well, we agreed that it was a serious mistake. We planned to visit Hagrid. In order to avoid being discovered, I was going to carry Harry's invisibility cloak."
In fact, Harry and Ron were tied up too tightly and wanted to go and chat with their friends. For this purpose, they prepared in advance and covered themselves with invisibility cloaks.
"Then what?"
"We heard movement at the edge of the Forbidden Forest. It was a conversation between two people. They discussed who to take Harry to." Hermione paused, "But later we found out that they wanted to take Harry to the mysterious man."
"And one of them was Peter Pettigrew, that's it."
"Yes..." Hermione said sadly, "They mentioned Harry's parents and Neville's parents. They said a lot. The other person mocked Peter Pettigrew as a coward, saying that he betrayed the Potters and still wanted to be a good person."
"Who is the other person?"
"I don't know, he's wearing a hood," Hermione shook her head, "he should be a Death Eater too."
Felix said thoughtfully, "No wonder we couldn't find Peter Pettigrew for so long. I thought he could keep his composure. Now it seems that he should use this time to find his old master, and he has a companion..."
Hermione continued, "Harry thought this was an opportunity. He wanted to sneak attack these two people and force them to tell the truth. We were almost successful. Three stunning spells were cast on Peter Pettigrew, and he passed out without any resistance. But,"
she widened her eyes, "the other man counterattacked quickly. His spell was fast and powerful. We were no match for him. Ron's leg was injured. We could only rely on the trees in the Forbidden Forest to keep retreating..." "
The situation was very urgent. The tree trunk in front of us suddenly came alive, like a whopping willow, and its branches tied us up."
"The Death Eater let down his guard. He proudly said that he would take Harry to the Dark Lord, who would be resurrected, and he would be the biggest contributor!"
"Just at this moment, Sirius suddenly appeared. Oh, I almost didn't recognize him. He didn't look much like the one on the wanted poster, but... he quickly started fighting with the Death Eater. After a stalemate, the Death Eater awakened Peter Pettigrew. It was two against one, and Sirius soon collapsed. He lost a lot of blood... Later, Professor Lupin and Snape appeared together. In the chaos, they knocked Peter Pettigrew unconscious again, and the Death Eater escaped in the chaos."
"After that, we went to Hagrid's Hut, bandaged Sirius's wounds, and also wanted to take the opportunity to interrogate Peter Pettigrew."
Felix almost understood what had happened before. However, it is worth noting that from the information revealed by the Death Eater, Voldemort's order was to bring Harry to him alive and to use Harry's resurrection. He tried to think, what kind of magic is this?
...
Hagrid said gruffly, "So, you secretly changed the Secret-Keeper, giving this despicable villain, this traitor, an opportunity to take advantage of it, and he happily reported the secret to You-Know-Who. And you, Sirius, mistakenly believed that the traitor was dead, so you didn't make any excuses because of your guilt."
He made a loud sniffing sound and muttered under his breath. At this time, Hermione in the room said timidly, "Oh ... Mr. Black, but how did you show up in time today?"
Sirius seemed a little surprised, "Uh, you are Granger, right? Because of this..." There was a sound of rummaging through pockets.
"A torn piece of paper?" Hagrid asked.
"This is not a torn piece of paper. It was made by Felix Hepp in imitation of the Marauder's Map. It's a bit crude and can't be compared with the Marauder's Map. I can only see a few key people, but that's enough... I stare at it when I have nothing to do. Today, I accidentally found Peter Pettigrew's name. I thought I saw it wrong. God knows how surprised I was. Then I saw Harry's name constantly approaching him. I quickly contacted Felix Hepp, but there was no response at all! This guy, he promised well!"
"Professor Hepp?" Harry said in a puzzled voice.
"Yes, I was caught by him. Remember, the time when I used Polyjuice Potion to get close to you and was discovered..." Sirius awkwardly explained his unpleasant escape experience.
In the pumpkin patch, Felix thought for a moment and said, "When he asked me for help, I should have been in a safe house, cut off from the outside world."
"Is it the kind that Harry's parents used? Do they need to use the Fidelius Charm?" Hermione asked softly.
"Right."
In Hagrid's hut, Sirius continued, "...That's it. I was detained in the old Black house and couldn't go anywhere. This afternoon, when I couldn't contact anyone, I realized something was wrong. I Apparated near the Forbidden Forest. I used that terrible map to look for a few minutes and finally found you. Peter Pettigrew fell to the ground. I wanted to give him a killing curse immediately and end his despicable life..."
Peter Pettigrew's defense came from the room. He said in a crying voice, "I also wanted to be as brave as you, but he caught me and kept forcing me." Sirius
roared angrily, "So you chose to betray!" The room was in chaos. With a bang, Peter Pettigrew groaned in pain, as if he was hit hard, and he sobbed softly.
Lupin persuaded, "Calm down, Padfoot, we have to let Harry find out the truth."
"I'll listen to you," Sirius panted, "I continued to say that I wanted to kill Peter Pettigrew, but Harry was in more danger, so I joined the battle, and you all know what happened afterwards."
Lupin also explained the reason why he came: "I don't have a replica of the map, but Professor Hepp gave me a gold galleon, which is connected to the Marauder's Map. If Peter Pettigrew appears, it will react. Coincidentally, I was with Severus at the time." "
How did you get together?" Harry asked.
"I came to deliver medicine to Lupin..." Snape said in his unique indifferent voice, "Do you want to know what medicine it is, Potter?"
"I'll tell you myself, Severus. There's no need to hide it anymore. It's wolfsbane potion, Harry, I'm a werewolf." Lupin said.
"What? Professor, you, you are..." Harry asked in surprise.
"Yes, I'm a werewolf. Dumbledore gave me the opportunity to go to school and let me see a wider world. Last year he invited me to work at Hogwarts. He promised to provide free wolfsbane potion. This potion can make me feel better during the full moon. It's hard to get it outside. I want to thank Severus..."
Felix and Hermione waited quietly for more than ten minutes, and the door of Hagrid's hut opened.
Hermione explained on the side, "Next, we will split into two groups. Hagrid will take Ron to the school hospital. The wound on his leg began to fester, so I went with him. The rest of us will take Peter Pettigrew to the castle hall and prepare to hand him over to the Aurors stationed in the school by the Ministry of Magic."
"Isn't that great? Why did the accident happen?"
"It was Umbridge! She secretly set up a large number of detectors in the school to monitor every move of the school. She said all this herself, in order to take credit in front of Fudge..."