Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 241 Quarrel
Harry and Hermione led Buckbeak along the edge of the woods as dusk deepened. Finally, they hid behind a clump of trees from which they could see the willow tree.

"That's Ron!" Harry exclaimed suddenly. A dark figure leaped onto the lawn, his shout echoing in the quiet night.

"Let it go, let it go, Banban, come here!" Then they saw two more people appear out of nowhere.

Harry saw himself and Hermione chasing Ron, and then he saw Ron bend down.

"I've got you! Let go, you stinky cat!"

“That’s Sirius!” Harry said.

The dog's enormous form leaped out from the base of the willow tree.

“Oh! Hey Susie!” Ron greeted Sirius.

This is the name Ron gave Sirius.

Ron waved at "Susie," trying to call her over to see his former pet, Spotty.

But at this moment, "Susie," or rather Sirius, suddenly revealed a fierce glint in her eyes. Her huge claws slammed into the ground, and she leaped up, over Harry, then bit Ron's leg, dragging him like a Chihuahua into the hole under the Whomping Willow.

Then the whistling willow was lashing out with its lower branches.

Harry and Hermione, who were hiding nearby, could see themselves running back and forth, trying to get closer to the tree trunk. Then the tree stopped moving.

“It was Crookshanks that pressed the scar,” Hermione said.

“We went that way,” Harry said. “We went in.”

As soon as they disappeared, the tree started moving again. A few seconds later, they heard footsteps nearby.

Dumbledore, McNeil, Fudge, and the older members of the committee were walking toward the castle.

“Right after we entered the corridor,” Hermione said, “I wish Dumbledore had come with us…”

They watched the four men ascend the castle steps and disappear from sight. For several minutes, there was no one around. Then…

"Lupin is here!" Harry said, just as they saw another figure jump down the stone steps and walk toward the Whomping Willow.

Harry looked up at the sky; the clouds had completely obscured the moon.

They watched as Lupin picked up a broken branch from the ground and used it to poke at the knots on the tree trunk.

The tree stood still, and Lupin disappeared into the hole in the tree root.

Less than two minutes later, the castle gates opened again, and Snape came out and ran toward the Whomping Willow.

Snape picked up the branch Lupin had used, poked the scar, put on his invisibility cloak, and disappeared.

“So that’s how it is,” Hermione said calmly.

"Would Tyella also go in through the castle?" Harry asked. "After Tyella disappeared, I searched the entire castle with the Marauder's Map, but I couldn't find him. Where do you think he's hiding after he disappeared?"

"Why didn't you just ask me directly?"

At that moment, a voice suddenly appeared beside Harry.

Harry and Hermione were startled and quickly drew their wands.

Even Buckbeak was so frightened that it raised its front paws—

“Tiera!” Harry called out coldly.

"Hehe." Tyella chuckled, then patted Harry on the shoulder, walked past Harry and Hermione, and went straight to the Whomping Willow.

However, Tiera didn't poke the knot on the Willow with the branch. Instead, she gently waved her wand, and the Willow froze in place as if it had been frozen.

Then Tiera gracefully bypassed the tangled branches and entered the hole beneath the Willow of the Beating.

After Tiera disappeared, the Whomping Willow came back to life.

"How did he do that?" Hermione asked, puzzled. "What kind of magic did he use? No, where did he learn these spells? Where did he learn such a profound silent spell?"

But Harry just stood there, rubbing the shoulder where Tyella had just patted him—

"His hands are so cold..."

……

Meanwhile, inside the Shrieking Shack, Snape had just taken Sirius's wand and was pointing the tip at him.

Snape was slightly out of breath, but his face was filled with an uncontrollable sense of victory.

“You probably don’t understand how I knew you were here?” Snape said, his eyes gleaming. “I just went to your office to Lupin. You forgot your meds tonight, so I took a big glass. Luckily I did, I mean, I was lucky. There was a map on your desk. One look and I understood everything I needed to understand. I saw you walk down this corridor and then disappear.”

“Severus, you’re wrong,” Lupin said urgently. “You didn’t hear the whole thing! I can explain that Sirius didn’t come here to kill Harry!”

“Two more people will be going to Azkaban tonight,” Snape said, his eyes gleaming with fervor. “I’d like to see how Dumbledore reacts when he hears this. He believes you’re harmless, you know, Lupin, a tamed werewolf.”

"You fool!" Lupin said anxiously, "Does a complaint from a student really warrant sending an innocent person to Azkaban?"

Bang! Snake-like tendrils burst from the end of Snape's wand and automatically wrapped around Lupin's mouth, wrists, and ankles. Lupin lost his balance and fell to the floor, unable to move.

Black roared and lunged at Snape, but Snape's wand was aimed directly between Black's eyes—

“Revenge tastes sweet,” Snape said to Black. “How I wish I were the one who caught you!”

“Finally, I’ve captured you with my own hands, just as I’d hoped. I could have killed you myself,” Snape said excitedly. “But I’d rather ask the Dementors to do it for me. They’ve been longing to see you—”

"Oh, right, just think about it, a Dementor's kiss, that taste is definitely enough to make you suffer." At this moment, someone interrupted.

“Some people say the scene was too horrible to look at, but I still want to feast my eyes on it,” the man continued.

These two sentences were not spoken by Snape.

Snape was also startled for a moment, then turned to look at the source of the sound—

"Hi~" Tierra waved to Snape while leaning against the door frame.

"Ti, Tiera?"

No one present had anticipated Tierra's appearance—

To be precise, none of the people except Hermione anticipated Tyella's appearance.

When Hermione saw Tyella appear, a light suddenly lit up in her eyes—

It was as if the answer to a math problem that had been troubling her for a long time had suddenly been found.

"Tierra!" Snape took a few steps back to the side, away from Sirius Black, and pointed his wand at Tierra. "What are you doing here?"

“Of course, it’s to stop you from doing something stupid…” Before Tierra could finish speaking, Snape suddenly brandished his wand—

"Collapse!"

"Snape shouted. But Tyella nimbly dodged, then flicked her wand in return.

A beam of red light shot from the tip of Tyrell's staff, striking Snape and instantly knocking him unconscious.

"Ah!" Hermione screamed—

"I knew it!" Hermione suddenly exclaimed angrily, "I knew it!"

Hermione quickly drew her wand and pointed it at Tyella—

"You've been with Black for a long time, haven't you? For a while, Sirius Black was impersonating you, wasn't he?"

"What?" Harry asked in a hoarse voice. "No, it can't be... How, how could this be?"

"How did you find out?" Tierra asked.

“There are many suspicious points about Sirius’s portrayal of you,” Hermione said, “but the decisive evidence is your homework; your handwriting is terrible.”

Tierra: ...

“Sirius’s handwriting is very beautiful,” Hermione continued. “It’s easy for someone with bad handwriting to imitate someone with beautiful handwriting, but if you ask someone with beautiful handwriting to imitate bad handwriting, it will be full of mistakes.”

"So you've been having Sirius impersonate you all this time?" Harry asked angrily. "How could you? How could you!"

Harry almost shouted it out, his chest heaving, "I trusted you so much!"

“It is precisely because you trust me that I am willing to give up my identity to Sirius,” Tierra said, using the word “give up” instead of “trade.”

"You'd rather ask a little brat for help than come to me?" Lupin, now free of his restraints, angrily shoved Sirius. "Did twelve years in Azkaban ruin your brain? Or do you think our past friendship means nothing to you? If you had come to me sooner, this might have been over by now!"

“I didn’t go to him for help, I got caught!” Sirius said. “I was planning to sneak into the Gryffindor common room to catch Peter Pettigrew, but Tyella found out!”

"Where have you been all these days you've been missing?" Hermione asked. "And how did you learn the Silent Charm? Were you taken away by Mr. Lockhart? Did Mr. Lockhart teach you? How did you master it so quickly?"

"Does this mean my freckles are okay?" Ron chimed in.

“Answer me, Tyella!” Harry roared furiously. “Why did you do this! Is our friendship worth nothing?”

“Enough! Because I know Sirius won’t harm you!” Tierra said.

"How can you be so sure? How can you be so certain?" Harry retorted angrily. "Just because of your bullshit prophecy? Have you considered that if your prophecy is even slightly wrong, I might be killed!"

“Yes, because of my bullshit prophecy!” Tiera said. “And you spent more than two months together, and not only did he not harm you, he even gave you a fire bolt!”

"He sent the fire bolts?" Harry seemed even more shocked and angry. "He sent the fire bolts?"

"I thought it was from you! I thought after all the gifts I've given you, finally! Finally, you've given me something decent!" Harry said angrily.

"A decent gift?" Tiera feigned a laugh of exasperation. "What do you mean by a decent gift? Just say you think I'm poor!"

“What I mean is, now that you have a foster father and a bit of money, I thought you’d give me a gift in return!” Harry said angrily.

“You think I’m his adoptive father and love me? Don’t be naive! To him, I’m nothing but a business! I have to constantly provide him with prophecies and writing material in order to earn a living in his house,” Tiera argued. “To him, I’m nothing! I’m just a tool! Just a tool for him to produce prophecies and make money!”

"And what about your present?" Harry asked stubbornly. "What about your Christmas present this year? You didn't give me anything! You don't care about me at all!"

“Your gift is over there!” Tierra said, pointing to Sirius Black. “I sent your godfather to you, and I let you and your only remaining family spend two wonderful months together! Isn’t that a good gift? Don’t tell me you didn’t use that memory as a fond recollection of when you used the Patronus Charm!”

“This…this is different!” Harry said, blushing, as if his secret had been exposed. “You’re just making excuses! You have no evidence that Sirius won’t hurt me! Even if you have a prophecy, you can’t be sure!”

“I’m certain! That prophecy cannot possibly be wrong!” Tierra said firmly, “Sirius is dead!”

Everyone fell silent.

“Sirius is dead!” Tiera repeated. “I saw Sirius die protecting you! In the future! Sirius fought alongside you, but was struck by Bellatrix Rustrange’s curse while protecting you!”

The screaming shed seemed to fall into a terrifying silence all at once.

"Um..." Ron spoke up at this moment, "Does that mean my freckles are okay?"

"Fine, since you want evidence!" Tierra stormed toward Ron.

"What...what are you going to do?" Ron wailed, clinging tightly to Scabbers.

But Tiera snatched it away.

"Let him go!" Ron tried to rush over, but Hermione held him down firmly.

Tierra tossed Scabbers into the air, then pointed her wand at them—

Spotted was suspended in mid-air, its little brown body writhing wildly. Ron yelled, and the mouse fell to the ground.

Another dazzling flash, and then, it was like a fast-forwarded shot of a tree growing:

A head appeared on the ground, and limbs stretched out. A moment later, a man stood where Banban had been, cowering and wringing his hands.

This person was very short, not much taller than Harry and Hermione.

His thin, light-colored hair was disheveled, and his head was so bald that only a few hairs remained.

His appearance resembled that of an obese person who had lost a significant amount of weight in a short period of time.

His skin looked dirty and wrinkled, almost like mottled fur, and his pointed nose and watery little eyes had the characteristics of a mouse.

He looked at everyone, his breathing rapid and weak. Harry saw his eyes glance towards the door and then quickly look away.

“Oh, hello, Peter,” Lupin said cheerfully, as if it were common for mice to turn into old classmates around him. “Long time no see.”

“Little, Sirius, Lupin,” Peter Pettigrew’s voice was also high-pitched, and his eyes quickly glanced towards the door. “My friends, my old friends…”

“I’ll leave this to you guys to handle.” With that, Tierra handed her wand to Sirius, and Lupin picked up the one Snape had left behind, then stood next to Ron.

Harry was shocked to discover that Scabbers was Peter Pettigrew, but he was still furious.

Ron was already stunned into silence—

“Think about it, Ron,” Tierra whispered, “this is the thing you’ve been carrying around for the past few years.”

“Ugh…” Ron’s sweet little voice suddenly turned disgusted.

“You hold him while you sleep, you let him rub against your hands, your body, and your face,” Tierra said.

“Enough…enough…” Ron said weakly, “No…don’t say anymore…”

"You even touched its genitals when you bathed it."

"Mice all have mating seasons. Think about it carefully, has Banban ever rubbed that piece of meat against your thigh? Your arm? Your fingers? Or even your face?"

“No…don’t say it…ugh—ugh—” Ron suddenly vomited.

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By the way, I might update a little later on Sunday because I'm going skiing with my classmates.
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