Chapter 397: The First Battle of Werewolf Lupine

The sky is getting darker and darker, and thick darkness covers every inch of land on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. It is obviously a full moon night, but it is not easy to see the moon in the night sky. There are always dark clouds drifting over from time to time. Block the moon.

Chang Chu and Hermione moved quietly and carefully along the edge of the Forbidden Forest, and finally found a suitable bush through which they could observe the situation near the Whomping Willow. Harry followed behind, holding Buckbeak's chain. From time to time, he would turn back and grab Buckbeak to prevent him from running back to Hagrid's hut.

"What should Buckbeak do?" Harry asked in a low voice, accompanied by the sound of chains hitting each other. Buckbeak was struggling again.

"Let's put it in the open space over there first, not too far away." Chang Chu pointed to the open space behind the three of them hidden among the ancient woods, "We can't put it back to Hagrid now. , Hagrid’s carelessness will be exposed. We can’t take it back to the castle. Fudge and the others are still in the castle, waiting for Buckbeak.”

Harry tied Buckbeak to a relatively thin tree and walked over quickly.

"Where did things go now?" he asked.

"Sirius dragged Ron into the tunnel, and we followed." Hermione turned around and explained.

Harry looked towards the Whomping Willow. Sure enough, the Whomping Willow was motionless at this time. It must be that Wright's previous spell had taken effect.

"Then now..."

"Look, it's Luping!" Chang Chu whispered, "Because the moon in the sky was covered by clouds, Professor Luping didn't turn into a werewolf now... he went in."

Harry breathed a sigh of relief and said, "We're all down there now."

"Let's wait for now." Hermione nodded.

The three of them looked at the Whomping Willow intently while holding on to the nearest tree and sitting on the dry ground.

The waiting time was long, and during this time, Harry told Chang Chu and Hermione what happened after he caught up with Sirius.

"Earlier, when I was with Sirius by the lake," Harry said with his hands on his knees, somewhat absentmindedly, "I was convinced that I saw a person. It was that person who drove away the Dementors and used the Patronus to drive away the Dementors. curse."

"Are you talking about Wright?" Chang Chu asked.

"No, I did see Wright's patron saint, but the person I was talking about was not Wright." Harry said, "I was talking about another person. I saw him... maybe it was just an illusion. At that time, my mind not sure……"

"Who do you think that is?" Hermione asked, "Dumbledore?"

"No, it's not Dumbledore, it's -" Harry puffed up his throat, "That's my dad."

Chang Chu and Hermione exchanged glances, with shock and pity mixed in their eyes.

"Um, Harry," Chang Chu carefully organized his words to avoid irritating Harry's fragile spirit, "but your father has..."

"Dead. I know." Harry said immediately, "I'm just telling you what I saw at that time. I also said that it might be just an illusion."

Hermione was still looking at Harry with a strange expression, as if she was worried about whether his mental state was normal or whether he had been too deeply affected by dementors before.

Maybe they should wait a little longer to come back, postpone it for a while, and let Harry rest for a while. Anyway, the time turner can be adjusted back. Hermione thought to herself.

The three of them stopped talking.

The leaves above the head were trembling in the evening breeze, the moon was appearing and disappearing in the floating clouds, and time was slowly moving forward again.

"We're out." Hermione whispered, standing up from the ground with her legs that were almost numb.

The same goes for Harry and Chang Chu.

Wright, "Chang Chu" and "Hermione" emerged from the hole first, then Lupin, Ron and the tied-up Peter Pettigrew, and finally Sirius and "Harry".

"Did you see it? Sirius is talking to me." Harry looked at the crowd over there and whispered.

"Yeah." Chang Chu and Hermione responded at the same time.

"He's inviting me to live with him," Harry said softly.

"That's great..." Hermione said sincerely, and Chang Chu nodded in agreement.

"Dumbledore said that someone has proven Sirius' innocence. I think that should be the credit of Wright, like extracting memories or something. I have seen it at his house before..." A faint look appeared on Harry's face. His smile contained both gratitude to Wright and longing for the future, "When Sirius is free, I won't have to go back to the Dursleys anymore, it will just be him and me."

Chang Chu patted his arm as if relieved.

"We can live in the countryside, a wizarding village like St. Catchpole Village, between the Wright family and the Ron family." Harry looked at Hermione and then at Chang Chu, "That way. You can see the vast sky. Sirius must have loved seeing the blue sky after being imprisoned in Azkaban Prison for so long..."

Suddenly, the moon suddenly appeared from behind the clouds, and the pale moonlight shone on the faces of Chang Chu, Hermione, and Harry. What followed was a long and powerful wolf howl, and Lupine transformed. .

The hopeful expression on Harry's face instantly faded, replaced by seriousness and nervousness.

Near the Whomping Willow, Sirius was transforming into an Animagus form, fighting with Lupine in werewolf form and running towards the Forbidden Forest.

"Let's go, Professor Lupine and Sirius are coming here." Harry said quickly, and was the first to run out from the bushes.

Hermione and Chang Chu followed Harry and ran quickly together.

Soon the three of them ran into a dense forest that they had never been before. They were surrounded by large, thick trees with several people hugging each other. The gnarled tree roots were densely entangled on the ground, making it difficult to even walk.

Harry said somewhat breathlessly: "There it is! Professor Lupin is missing! Then I found Sirius by the lake!"

"Keep your voice down," Hermione whispered. "Have you forgotten that werewolves also have very keen hearing? Professor Lupin may hear us at any time."

"It may be a little late, Professor Luping seems to have arrived at our place -" Chang Chu suddenly looked to the side, and the sound of the werewolf's heavy and slow breathing was getting closer and closer.

Harry and Hermione's hearts instantly rose to their throats. Werewolves were not something third-year students like them could deal with.

Then, Chang Chu's voice immediately became weird: "Well, there's another big thing following him, it's... Lu Wei, hello..."

Under the moonlight, the reflection of the three-headed dog directly enveloped the standing werewolf. The two-meter-tall werewolf Lupine could not even compare to one of Lu Wei's legs, both in height and thickness.

"Woof woof woof!" Lu Wei's three heads shouted in the direction of Chang Chu. Although with his small brain, he still didn't know why Chang Chu, who was still at the Whomping Willow, suddenly appeared here. , but Lu Wei could still understand Wright's instructions just now.

The master has said that if you meet this black-haired girl here, you must protect her!

Lu Wei's size once again expanded a bit.

Then, it pushed the werewolf Lupine to the ground with a paw.

"Ouch-Ouch~" Werewolf Lupine struggled to death, but he couldn't even shake Lu Wei's toes.

If Lupine was still in wizard form, maybe he could use magic to deal with Lu Wei; but now he has become a werewolf, a beast who only knows how to use his physical strength, how can he fight Lu Wei?

Its fangs and claws couldn't even penetrate Lu Wei's fur.

The nervous expressions on the faces of Chang Chu and the other three people who witnessed this tragic situation all disappeared.

"It's really," Hermione swallowed, "it's really terrible..."