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Lupin also stood on Ethan's side.

He hadn't thought of it just now, but after seeing Ethan's actions, he also understood the reason.

What if this Scabbers was fake?

It wasn't impossible. The appearance was Peter's Animagus form, but in reality, it might not be genuine.

Transfiguration could achieve this, transforming another rat or creature into Peter's Animagus form, while Peter hid himself. This was entirely possible.

At Hogwarts, Ethan had already confirmed that Peter was with Ron, but who said he could only bring one rat?

Now that Ron wanted to leave, Ethan's caution was justified.

This was the only chance. If they let him run, where else could they find him?

"Ron, why don't you just take care of it in here?"

Seeing that Ethan and Lupin both insisted, Harry could only try to persuade Ron.

Perhaps they had considered something he hadn't, which was why they were acting this way.

"I... I... I'll go then."

Ron looked around. No one was speaking up for him, and it was clear they all wanted to keep him here.

Even if he disagreed, he couldn't resist at this moment.

Under everyone's gaze, Ron walked into the small cubicle that Ethan had conjured.

"Peter, aren't you going to release your Animagus form yet?"

Sirius Black hadn't paid attention to Ron from beginning to end. The rat in his hand was being squeezed until its bones creaked.

Just then, Scabbers, who was squeaking wildly from being squeezed, suddenly bit down hard on Sirius Black's thumb.

It could tell that he really wanted to kill it.

But even so, Sirius Black still showed no intention of letting go.

With his current momentum, he would either directly crush Scabbers to death, or it would release its Animagus form and revert to human form.

"Sirius, stop it! You'll crush him to death!"

"Remember what I told you?"

"If you want to get rid of your status as a wanted criminal, you must hand Peter over to the Ministry of Magic. Otherwise, you'll never be able to clear your name and will only be able to live as a fugitive, hiding in the wizarding world."

Lupin grabbed Sirius Black's increasingly forceful hand.

At this moment, blood had already stained Sirius Black's right hand and Scabbers red, and a series of blood droplets fell to the ground, showing how fiercely Scabbers was biting.

Last night, after Lupin brought Sirius Black to Hogwarts, they had talked about many things.

Among them was the matter of handing Peter over to the Ministry of Magic. Sirius Black naturally didn't want to; he wanted to deal with Peter himself.

But under Lupin's persuasion, he still agreed with Lupin's idea.

It didn't matter if he was a wanted criminal, as long as he could get revenge.

But he was the godfather that James had chosen for Harry. With Harry's parents both dead, he had to take care of him.

If he wanted to be with Harry in the sunlight, and even tell the wizarding world that Harry had him behind him, that he wasn't alone, he needed to get rid of his status as a wanted criminal.

In addition, Peter had escaped by faking his death and had even received the Order of Merlin, First Class. If it was revealed that he wasn't dead and was the one who betrayed James, the fact that he killed thirteen Muggles would be a slap in the face to the Ministry of Magic.

After all, the Ministry of Magic had awarded a criminal, a Death Eater who betrayed a hero, the Order of Merlin, which was an indelible stain.

Just for this point alone, the Ministry of Magic would never forgive him and would definitely impose the death penalty, which hadn't been carried out in over a hundred years.

After all, this concerned the Ministry of Magic's reputation, and all of this was to maintain its authority.

Hearing Lupin's voice, Sirius Black's red eyes regained a trace of clarity, and the strength in his hand also weakened a lot.

But Scabbers was still biting Sirius Black's thumb, unwilling to let go.

"You put him on the ground first, and I'll turn him back to his original form."

Seeing that Sirius Black was listening to advice, Lupin also breathed a sigh of relief.

If Sirius Black insisted on killing Peter at this moment, it would be troublesome.

He only had this one good friend left. If he was under the Ministry of Magic's warrant for the rest of his life, it would also be a very painful thing.

Moreover, Lupin didn't want Peter to die at Sirius Black's hands. After all, they were once the closest partners. Handing him over to the Ministry of Magic and letting them decide how to punish him was the most appropriate thing to do.

Sirius Black gasped for breath, used force with his right hand, and threw Scabbers to the ground.

When it landed, Scabbers made a muffled sound, and then rolled more than ten times on the ground before stopping.

Clearly, Scabbers had been badly injured by the fall.

And after this fall, Scabbers lay on the ground without moving.

"Revelio!"

A white light flew out from the tip of Lupin's wand, hitting Scabbers, who was currently unable to resist.

The Revelio Charm was a spell that Lupin also knew, and it worked on Animagi, Human Transfiguration, and Polyjuice Potion.

Under the effect of the Revelio Charm, Scabbers began to return to its original form, and the entire rat was expanding and enlarging.

Until it became a wizard wearing pajamas, but because his head was buried in the ground, his face couldn't be seen clearly.

But Sirius Black recognized him at a glance. This wasn't Peter.

"Who exactly are you?"

Saying that, Sirius Black went over and directly lifted him up, brushing aside the hair that hadn't been trimmed for too long.

"Ron?"

Harry screamed out in disbelief.

What exactly was going on?

Scabbers had actually turned into Ron. Was this due to the magic cast by Lupin, or had Ron turned into a rat long ago?

Ethan, watching this scene, wasn't too surprised. Anyway, he could confirm that Ron had a problem.

But he hadn't expected Peter to turn Ron into a rat to disguise himself.

It seemed that his attainments in Transfiguration were still very good!

But how did Peter disguise himself as Ron?

He had neither a wand nor Galleons. How did he get Polyjuice Potion?

"Leave it to me!"

Lupin bent down to check on Ron's condition. After confirming that he was only unconscious, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he began to heal Ron with healing spells, all for the external injuries just inflicted by Sirius. To fully recover, he would still need Madam Pomfrey's potions.

But he could alleviate many of his injuries.

As for Ron in the compartment, there was no need to rush now. He couldn't run away anyway.

"What exactly is going on?"

Sirius also looked at the scene with a grim expression, then suddenly turned his head to look at the small compartment that Ethan had temporarily conjured.

He hadn't taken it seriously before, but now he knew he was terribly wrong.

If Ethan and Lupin hadn't been cautious, they might have let Peter escape.

Now, was Peter transformed into Ron?

Or what was going on?

But it must be related to the Ron in the bathroom now. That was the only clue.

At that moment, Harry also squatted down anxiously, looking at Ron, wanting to ask clearly what was going on, but he didn't know how to say it.

With Lupin's treatment, Ron also woke up. When he saw Lupin and Sirius not far away, he couldn't help but shrink back, his face full of horror and fear.

Just now, Sirius had wanted to kill him.

"Stop, stop, what exactly is going on with Ron? Why did you turn into Scabbers?"

Harry supported Ron, constantly comforting him, trying to calm him down.

Seeing Harry, and then feeling that he had turned back into human form, Ron calmed down a little.

"Two weeks before Halloween, I was turned into a rat. At that time, I went to bite you every night, trying to make you notice me, but you didn't notice at all."

"The original Scabbers was a wizard. As for whether he is the Peter you are looking for, I don't know. He was the one who turned me into this."

As he spoke, Ron looked at Harry with a aggrieved expression. He had tried his best to remind Harry, but Harry hadn't noticed at all.

He was under his nose every day, playing happily with the guy pretending to be him.

Hearing Ron say this, Harry was a little embarrassed, because Scabbers always wanted to bite his toes online during that time, making it difficult for him to rest.

In addition to attending classes, he also had to train for Quidditch, resulting in insufficient sleep.

This made Harry once want to get some rat poison to kill Scabbers, but because Ron valued Scabbers, and Scabbers didn't bite him later, he gave up the idea.

It was fortunate that he didn't implement it, otherwise Ron would have been poisoned to death by him.

[Thank you, Boss Fengxiang, for the monthly ticket, thank you, Boss! Deleted].

Chapter 205: Peter's Resistance

"Fiendfyre!"

Just as Sirius opened the door of the compartment, a stream of orange-red flames roared out, and continuous explosions came from inside the flames.

Having experienced Ron's incident, Sirius was now fully prepared.

Realizing that something was wrong, he immediately transformed into a black dog and retreated backward.

Ethan stepped forward, pointing his wand in the air, and a blue barrier rose in front of Ethan.

No matter how fierce the explosion was, it could not break through the barrier at all, at most splashing a ripple.

Sirius also rushed to Ethan's side.

At the same time, he also confirmed that the Ron inside was Peter. He had witnessed this scene more than ten years ago.

It's just that he had a wand in his hand at that time, which could protect his safety in this explosion, but now he didn't have a wand and could only hide behind Ethan for protection.

Lupin on the other side also reacted immediately, came to Harry and Ron, and used a Protego spell.

And took Harry and Ron to Ethan's side. If he hadn't been here, Harry would have definitely escaped death.

At the same time, Lupin was even more disappointed in Peter.

After betraying James, he now used this large-scale destructive spell to involve Harry.

This was the only junior of the four of them.

After arriving at Ethan's side, Lupin canceled the Protego spell and added two more defensive spells to the area.

"Protego Maxima!"

"Fianto Duri!"

Lupin was quite clear about the power of Fiendfyre. Among the commonly used offensive spells, it was definitely among the best.

The most important thing was that Fiendfyre was still a continuous spell.

Now that he had added two defensive spells, even if Ethan's Protego spell was broken, he and others would have enough time to react and defend again.

At this time, the orange-red flames had covered the entire front hall of the Shrieking Shack, and Ethan also used the Protego spell to wrap everyone up.

If the current Shrieking Shack hadn't been transformed by Ethan, and half a meter of granite had been added, with magical power flowing, which could effectively resist spells, it would have been blown into the sky by this Fiendfyre.

But even so, the blue barrier surrounding the people on Ethan's side remained motionless in the explosion.

But Snape, who was outside, was not so calm. Listening to the roar from the Shrieking Shack, and the entire house and the surrounding ground were shaking.

It would be hell if he couldn't guess what was happening inside.

But he just couldn't figure out why!

The three people who went in, Ethan, Harry, and Ron, he knew that.