Chapter 040
One early morning in mid-December, Hogwarts School woke up from a dream and found that the surroundings were covered with several feet of snow, and the surface of the Black Lake was covered with hard ice.
Elvis was sitting at the Ravenclaw table enjoying his breakfast.
Suddenly, George and Fred sat down next to him with sad faces.
Avis was a little curious as to why the two of them were in a bad mood early in the morning. After their explanation, he learned that they had just cast magic spells on several snowballs, which accurately hit the back of Quirrell’s turban. Then the two of them were punished by Professor McGonagall and had to clean the prize room at night.
In this regard, Ives said that it was awesome. After all, if nothing else happened, Voldemort was now on the back of Quirrell’s head.
I’m sure Voldemort’s nose was smashed off by the two of them. Ives smacked his lips and let go of his thoughts.
The Weasley twins quickly regained their composure, and Fred said with a smile:”Avis, we plan to go to Hogsmeade later to buy some goods. Do you want to come with us?””
“Yes, I heard that Zuko’s Magic Joke Shop has released some new products,” George took over,”I want to buy some, maybe it will be helpful for the development of our new products.”
The twins have a great dream, which is to open a joke shop.
In order to realize this dream, they began to research prank products early, although there is no progress so far.
Ives was a little excited,”Okay, but I have to Waiting for someone.”
From the start of school to now, Ivis and Hermione have basically gone to the Room of Requirement or the kitchen during night outings. Under Hermione’s supervision, he has never carefully visited the hidden tunnels in the castle. Maybe he can do it later. Going to Hogsmeade with Hermione?
Today is a day off. Hermione was tortured by him last night – the two were practicing magic, and Hermione was naturally no match for Ives – still in bed Lie down.
Hermione arrived late with Crookshanks in her arms. Most of the students had already had breakfast, and there were only a few people left in the auditorium.
“Sorry, I got up too late,” Hermione said apologetically as she sat across from Elvis.
“It’s okay,” Ives shook his head.
Hermione put down Crookshanks in her arms. Under Hermione’s care, the little guy’s hair became more and more oily, and there was a tendency to develop into a big orange.
Although he gained a lot of weight , but Crookshanks is still very agile. He jumped off the bench lightly and walked around the auditorium with an elegant cat walk.
While Hermione was finishing breakfast, the twins Ivis and Weasley were chattering away. to explain the actions he was waiting for.
Suddenly, a strange scream sounded in the auditorium
“Banban!”
There was a commotion on the Gryffindor table. The four of them turned around and saw Ron standing on the bench, holding a mouse tightly in his arms. He nervously shouted to Crookshanks at his feet:
“Go away, you ugly monster!”
Crookshanks leaned down and made a hunting posture, ignoring what Ron said. It was still purring angrily towards Ron or the mouse in his arms.
Hermione stood up hurriedly and trotted over. Picking up Crookshanks, she stroked Crookshanks’ fur and comforted him:”Crookshanks, be good.”
Crookshanks changed from his fierce and irritable attitude before, and licked Hermione’s little hand with a meek look on his face.
“O
h my God, Hermione, did you raise this monster?”Ron stood back on the ground and said in surprise.
“Yes,” Hermione said, her tone apologetic,”I’m sorry, I didn’t know about Crookshanks.……”
Hermione’s apology made Ron lose his temper, and he waved his hands hurriedly,”Forget it, it doesn’t matter, nothing happened to Scabbers anyway.”
George and Fred came around, and they poked the mouse in Ron’s arms, surprised. Said:”Scabbers is still so lively and lively.”
Because of the different vision, the two of them just saw that under the threat of Crookshanks, Scabbers actually climbed out of Ron’s pocket and climbed to the top of his head in an instant.
George said in confusion:”How long has Scabbers been in our house?”
“Let me think,” Fred counted on his fingers,”from Bill to Charlie to Percy.……”
“It seems like nine years,” Fred said in surprise.
“Can a mouse live for so many years?”George was confused.
“Usually the lifespan of a mouse is 1 to 3 years,” said Hermione, the humanoid self-propelled encyclopedia. She looked at Ron’s arms with wide eyes in disbelief,”It can actually live nine years? Ives hurriedly added,”Gambia rats have a relatively long lifespan and can live 12 years. Maybe Scabbers is a Gambia rat.””
Hermione cast a suspicious look, and Ives signaled her to stop talking.
Cold sweat was streaming down his forehead. Others didn’t know Scabbers’s background, but he knew it very well.
Scabbers’s true identity is Peter Pettigrew, who once His friend told Voldemort the location of the Potter family, which can be said to be the beginning of the”Harry Potter” series of stories.
When he was desperate, he used a powerful magic to blow up several people. Ten Muggles, and cruelly cut off a finger just to fake their own death.
If their conversation inadvertently aroused Scabbers’ suspicion, the few young wizards present would not be able to fight against a dark wizard.
Several people heard this He nodded slightly and said nothing more.
George patted Ron on the shoulder and said,”Even if Scabbers is a Gambia rat, he probably doesn’t have a few years to live.””
“Yeah,” Fred put his hand on Ron’s other shoulder,”Look at it, it’s missing a toe.”
“Take good care of it,” the two of them sighed in unison. They also had some feelings for the mouse they had raised for several years.
“As an apology for scaring it, how about you let me take him to the Magic Zoo during the holidays?”Aves suggested proactively.
Ron hesitated:”Isn’t this too expensive?”
“It’s okay.” Ives shook his head and acted like I was rich and willful,”That’s it. Harry hurriedly walked in from outside the Great Hall,”Ron, let’s go. Didn’t we agree to play wizard chess in the common room?” Seamus and Dean are still waiting for us.”
With that said, Ron was dragged away by Harry.
It wasn’t until Ron was far away that Hermione said in a strange tone:”Avis, why did you lie just now?”
George and Fred looked surprised.
“The Gambia rat can indeed live for 12 years, but its size is also different from ordinary house mice or voles. They are much larger than domestic cats when they reach adulthood. Scabbers is obviously an ordinary house mouse!”
Avis made a silence gesture and took out the Marauder’s Map to show to a few people.
I saw the names of Ron and Harry walking through the corridors of the castle, but surprisingly, next to Ron’s name There is another name that has always followed him:
Peter Pettigrew
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