Everyday Players at Hogwarts.

Chapter 259 Lupine
Harry felt very embarrassed. In front of Ginny, his admirer, he was like a little doll, being held tightly in Mrs. Weasley's arms.

His pockets were stuffed with freshly baked ham pies, and he felt as if he had a hot-water bottle tied to his thighs.

Fortunately, Ron and Draco had already disappeared in the green flames one after another, so they did not see this scene.

"Harry, you should go." Mrs. Weasley wiped her eyes.

Harry couldn't help but look at the Weasleys, Fred, George, Ginny, and even Percy with red eyes.

He couldn't get enough of it. This was the place he called home, just like Hogwarts, and his family was here.

Harry forced his head to turn towards the fireplace. "Number 12, Grimmauld Place!"

The feeling of the Floo Network was so amazing that it even made him temporarily forget the sadness of leaving the Burrow.

He seemed to be sucked into a huge water pipe.

His body seemed to be spinning rapidly... The whistling sound in his ears was deafening... He tried desperately to open his eyes, but the swirling green flames made him dizzy... Something hard hit his elbow, and he clamped his arms tightly, but still kept spinning... Now it seemed as if cold hands were patting his cheeks... He squinted through the glasses and saw only a series of oven doors flashing by in a blur, and vaguely glimpsed the room outside the fireplace... The delicious food from lunch churned in his stomach... The chicken pie in his pocket seemed to be about to fall out... He hurriedly closed his eyes, praying that it would stop quickly, and then - he fell face down on the soft carpet.

It didn't look like a carpet, but more like a quilt, which must have been prepared by Sirius in advance.

Harry held his eyes and tried to look around.

This is also the kitchen, which is completely different from the Burrow. It is luxurious and spacious. There is even a long wooden dining table not far away, which can be used as a bed - enough to accommodate the entire Weasley family!

"Harry, are you okay?"

"This is not like you."

"Fortunately, I have this blanket."

"Hello Harry." Ron, Draco, Sirius and another unknown man said respectively.

The man looked quite young, but his light brown hair was already mixed with some white hair. Although he was wearing a luxurious coat, it still couldn't hide the frost on his face.

"Hello, my name is Remus John Lupin."

"You can just call me Remus, or Lupin." He noticed Harry's look and said gently.

"What about you?"

"Who are you?" Harry asked hesitantly.

"I am tortured once a month." Lupin said in a casual tone, as if he was talking about what to eat tonight, "I am a werewolf."

Draco and Ron couldn't help but take a few steps back, then moved a few more steps, vaguely seeming to block the path for Lupin and Harry to come into contact.

"Hello," Harry said politely, totally unlike Ron and the others.

He believed in his father and Sirius, and their friends would naturally have the same trust from him.

"You have a pair of good friends!"

"I knew it. You're worthy of being James' son." Sirius hugged Harry with satisfaction and showed a strange look.

Harry felt that it was not like he was looking at his godson, but more like he was looking at a friend who had returned from the past.

Lupin's eyes had a similar look, with a hint of surprise on his face, the surprise of being accepted by his friends again.

Ron and Draco didn't seem to care at all.

"How I miss it! James - no, Harry."

"You know, Harry, when I was a child I was deliberately bitten and turned into a werewolf by the werewolf Fenrir Greyback."

"And it was because of Dumbledore that I was able to enter Hogwarts." "Do you know the Shrieking Shack in Hogsmeade?" Lupin asked suddenly.

Harry and Draco shook their heads, but Ron nodded.

"You don't miss James at all. He sneaked away to Hogsmeade with us in our first year." Sirius sighed.

"The reason why it is called this name is related to me, and the spread of this rumor was also fueled by Dumbledore." Lupin said with a little reverence.

"Hey, didn't James and I contribute as well?" Sirius said dissatisfiedly, while carefully skipping the name.

"That's not even the point," said Lupin gently. "Being a werewolf is very painful. I stay away from people when I want to bite, so I bite and scratch myself. The villagers hear all those noises and screams and think they are hearing the sounds of a particularly fierce ghost."

"I heard that even now, although there hasn't been such a sound in this house for many years, the villagers still dare not approach it." Lupin smiled mischievously.

"That's it. So there are no ghosts." Ron, who was well-versed in gossip and eccentric knowledge, sighed in disappointment.

"Yes. That was the most painful time for me. But with Hogwarts and the company of my friends, it's not bad."

"In order to prevent your father and his friends from knowing that I am a werewolf, I make up all kinds of stories when I disappear once a month. I tell them that my mother is sick and I have to go home to see her. Also, my uncle has died and needs a funeral, etc."

"But your father and the others still found out, but they didn't stay away from me."

"In the fifth grade, they learned how to become Animagus and transform into animals."

"This way, they can stay with me even when I'm a werewolf." Lupin smiled happily.

"So, that Peter turned into a mouse," Ron said suddenly.

Lupin looked embarrassed and puzzled. He didn't know how Ron guessed that Peter's Animagus was a mouse and mentioned him at this time.

When remembering Jaime, mention the name of the traitor who killed him.

He looked at Ron seriously for the first time and began to wonder if this was really Arthur and Molly's child?
"He knew that because I mistook his rat Scabbers for Peter at Hogwarts."

"It's embarrassing, I never said that." Sirius made a face.

"Why can they be with you in wolf form when they turn into animals?"

"What is my dad?" Harry asked confused.

"Werewolves are only dangerous to humans."

"There is a Whomping Willow in the secret passage to the Shrieking Shack. It appeared in Hogwarts because of me."

"Peter became the smallest animal that could get under the Whomping Willow's striking branches and press the knot that made the tree still."

"So they can go through the secret passage to the Shrieking Shack to find me."

"Sirius and James turned into very large animals, able to deter werewolves."

"Harry you can guess from his nicknames, your father and Sirius are Prongs and Padfoot respectively." Lupin said with a smile.

"My father is a deer, right? Only deer have horns that look like forks, but I don't know what exactly he is." Harry said after thinking for a moment.

"A stag," said Lupin.

"So that's what stag means, what kind of deer is it?" Harry was speechless.

"Typical Ravenclaw, James is a moose, the largest kind of deer," Sirius said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)