Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

He suddenly remembered that someone said at noon that there would only be fireworks at night unless the professors "went crazy".What he thought at that time was that there was no need for professors to "go crazy", as long as Dumbledore alone "went crazy".

just now……

He just wanted to praise the suddenly "crazy" Professor Dumbledore - he was willing to stay in Hogwarts like this for as long as he wanted.

Chapter 32 Forbidden Forest Secret Shadow 3/3

The excitement brought by the dinner to the little wizards was obviously not easy to dissipate, and even returning to the dormitory to sleep was not enough.

During class the next day, the little wizards were still in a certain excitement and talked about what happened last night - the beautiful fireworks, the boys and girls dancing to their heart's content, the delicious meals... This made the professors have to be serious. Get up and find a few of the most noisy students to teach them a lesson, just to scare the monkeys.

I have to say that this method is indeed effective. More and more young wizards realize their mistakes, or are simply frightened by the professors. By the time class resumes in the afternoon, everyone has completely calmed down.

On Wednesday afternoon, the first year Hufflepuffs had just one Herbology lesson.Today they still have to face their own pot of fresh vegetables. Under the hard care of the little wizards, these fresh vegetables are growing very well.Of course, Moon had enough reason to suspect that Professor Sprout was secretly prescribing a small amount of food for their fresh meat, because judging from Yaerlin's rough treatment, his white fresh food would have been alive to this day. It's a miracle.

When it came to Arlin, he was very absent-minded at the moment, because there was Hufflepuff Quidditch training tonight, and all he could think about was that.For this reason, before the start of the Herbology class, he made an appointment with Moon, Cedric and Gal to go straight to the court after class.

In fact, he was not the only one who was excited, Cedric also seemed very concerned about this, mainly because the first Quidditch match of this school year was going to be held this weekend.Their first opponent was Ravenclaw, a team they were more than capable of fighting.Therefore, everyone in the team is very motivated, and even the young fans become excited.During breakfast, many little badgers got together to discuss what the cheering flag should look like this year, including of course Arlin and Cedric.

"Okay, everyone, put down the fresh white wine in your hands. This lesson ends here." Professor Sprout clapped his hands and said to the little wizards: "The next lesson - if your white fresh food If the fresh flowers survive until next Monday and are still growing well, then I will take you outside the greenhouse and into the school forest to have a look. However, the premise is that you all obediently hand in your homework, a two-foot essay about white A paper on fresh growth environment and care methods. Old rules, leave the greenhouse in order, don’t rush out and bump into people.”

A two-foot paper is not too long, and today is just Wednesday, and after class tomorrow it will be Thursday. They have three or four days to complete this paper, not to mention two days on the weekend.Therefore, the little wizards were very happy. They had heard early in the morning that the seniors in the senior class had said that Professor Sprout would sometimes take them to observe plants in a real natural environment. This time they were finally able to get what they wanted. .

While queuing up to leave the greenhouse and walking through the corridor towards the castle, Moon, who was listening to the discussion between Gar and Yaerlin, habitually looked outside - partly to observe the weather and clouds, but also to see the open landscape. The sight soothes the eyes.

However, just as he looked out, a figure wrapped in a black robe and walking cautiously along the path attracted his attention.

Wearing black robes is a normal thing at Hogwarts, and everyone wears black wizard robes.However, it was not normal to cover your head with a hood on such a sunny day, and the direction the guy was going was very clear - the direction of the Forbidden Forest.

Something was obviously wrong, so I dressed sneakily and headed towards the Forbidden Forest, just to be on the safe side...

Moon patted the shoulder of Gal who was chatting animatedly with Arlin, stopped Cedric and Arlin at the same time, signaled them to wait for him, and then turned around and walked into the greenhouse.

"Professor Sprout."

Professor Sprout, who was cleaning up the greenhouse, heard Moon's voice and turned to look at him and the three people behind him. "Huh? It's Moon, you guys. What's wrong? Did you forget something in the greenhouse?" "

Moon shook his head and explained: "I just saw a suspicious guy, the height of an adult, maybe a senior student, wrapped in a black robe and wearing a hood, sneaking towards the Forbidden Forest. ”

"Huh?" Professor Sprout frowned. She didn't think some bad guy broke into Hogwarts - the possibility was too low, but Moon was obviously not a child who liked to lie or play pranks, so There was only one simple and intuitive possibility left - some students wanted to sneak into the Forbidden Forest.

Thinking of this, Professor Sprout smiled gently, took out two pieces of Honeydukes chocolate from his large pocket and gave them to them. "Okay, I understand Moon, you go to eat quickly, don't worry, I'll go see what's going on."

"Okay, Professor." Moon took the chocolate and left the greenhouse again with his three roommates.

He didn't want to run into the forbidden forest recklessly. If something happened or he was caught by a professor, he would be in trouble.Therefore, to be on the safe side, reporting to the professor is obviously the most appropriate approach.

But he still felt it wasn't enough.

It was already evening at this time. If that guy was really malicious and broke into Hogwarts through some shady means, and Professor Sprout was in danger, even if he was just injured or shot, Fainting may also cause some unpredictable bad consequences, so he will undoubtedly feel guilty for a long time.

There is a more appropriate way to handle it.

Moon rubbed the chocolate in his hand, thought for a moment, and said to Cedric: "Cedric, take Gal and Arlin to Professor McGonagall's office and tell Professor McGonagall what I just discovered. , but don’t say that I have informed Professor Sprout that I will go to Mr. Hagrid’s cabin.”

"Isn't it too much to make a fuss about? I mean, this is Hogwarts." Yaerlin said in confusion: "What you see is probably a student who wants to sneak into the Forbidden Forest. To be honest, , I always want to go in and have a look, if it’s not so dangerous there.”

Moon shook his head. "Anyway, it's better to be careful. Just give me a run. If anything goes wrong, I will take the initiative to admit my mistake."

"What are you talking about?" Cedric said with a smile: "We are friends. Let's go, Gar and Yaerin. Munn must have his reasons for doing this. Let's just make a trip. It won't cost us anything anyway." what's up."

Gal and Yaerlin nodded together. After the three waved goodbye to Munn, they ran towards the castle.

Chapter 33 Professor Sprout who did not come to class

"Mr. Hagrid! Mr. Hagrid! Are you there?"

There was a sudden and rhythmic knock on the wooden door of Hagrid's hut. Hagrid, who was baking rock cakes in the room, was startled. He quickly took off his overly large gloves, walked to the door and opened it.

"Huh? Are you... Moon? Why did you come here suddenly? I thought we were talking about... Friday? Ah, by the way, come in, I just made some rock biscuits, you can try them together .”

When he heard the name of rock cake, Moon rubbed his clothes and thought to himself that it was a good thing that he was not here as a guest at Hagrid's place. Otherwise, if he had eaten a piece of rock cake, he would not be able to eat it tomorrow. .

"I'm sorry, Mr. Hagrid, but I think we don't have much time to eat rock biscuits -" As he spoke, Moon raised his finger and pointed at the Forbidden Forest. "I just saw someone sneaking into the Forbidden Forest. .”

"Huh?" Hagrid's beard on his chin trembled, and his small eyes were full of helplessness. "Oh no, are they the Weasley twins again?"

"I'm afraid not." Moon shook his head and glanced in the direction of the Forbidden Forest. "It's a guy in a black robe. He looks sneaky."

Hagrid's rough eyebrows twisted together, and he leaned out and looked in the direction of the Forbidden Forest. "Are you sure there is only one person?"

Moon nodded vigorously, "I'm very sure, Mr. Hagrid, there is only one person. I think he should have entered the Forbidden Forest by now."

"I understand, Munn, you should go back to the castle." Hagrid did not dare to be vague. The nearest Forbidden Forest was not very peaceful. He said casually to Munn, then turned around and went into the house to pick up his pistol. Da Nu, called Shang Yaya again, "Leave this matter to me."

"Okay." Munn took two steps back, opened the door for Hagrid who was walking out, and then watched Hagrid walk into the Forbidden Forest.

In the direction of the castle, Professor Sprout's figure was also vaguely visible - she was walking this way.

Moon breathed a sigh of relief. With Hagrid entering the Forbidden Forest in advance and taking the lead, Professor Sprout followed closely, and Professor McGonagall might come over later, the three-pronged approach was safer.

There was still risk, but that was no longer something he could figure out how to deal with.Moon thought like this, turned his head and made a small detour towards the direction of the castle.

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After Halloween, the weather took a sudden turn - in the early hours of Thursday morning, it started to rain outside, and it became heavier and heavier. By the time Munn and the others got up in the morning to have breakfast, it had already turned into a downpour outside the window.

The heavy rain put everyone in a bad mood, especially for Quidditch enthusiasts and members of various college teams. The game was about to start, and their training tasks were becoming more and more heavy. The sudden heavy rain at this time was Terrible news.

When the first herbal medicine class came, Moon's mood was also greatly affected - not because of the heavy rain, but because the first class this morning was herbal medicine class, but it was not Professor Sprout who came to the class. .

Although Professor Sprout had assigned homework yesterday, and it was not impossible for a teaching assistant to help with class today, Moon just had a bad feeling.

The seventh-grade Hufflepuff senior walked into the classroom holding his books and clapped his hands, "Okay, everyone, I will lead this class. According to Professor Sprout, please continue to take care of your white children." Xian, don’t whisper to each other, don’t forget that you still have a two-foot paper to write, let’s get started.”

"Uh, senior." Moon hesitated, then raised his hand, "May I ask why you are taking this class?"

The senior who just opened his notebook was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect anyone to ask such a question, but he quickly answered: "It's because Professor Sprout had an accident. I don't know the details." , Anyway, she probably won’t be able to attend the classes these two days.”

Moon's mood worsened.

"Hey, Moon." Gal poked Moon's arm and muttered softly: "You said it was because of yesterday..."

"Ahem..." Cedric tugged on Gal's sleeve and pulled him aside - Gal was so careless that he didn't notice, but he could see clearly that after hearing the senior's answer, Moon's eyebrows immediately raised. drooped.

Although Cedric didn't think it was Moon's responsibility, he could vaguely guess that Moon was probably feeling guilty because of what happened yesterday.

"Probably." Moon lowered his head and played with the fresh food in his basin. "Let's go to the school doctor's office at noon. Professor Sprout should be there."

He also knew that after he had made third-hand arrangements, this matter was not his problem anyway. On the contrary, he had done his best.However, when it comes to this kind of thing, he has a stronger sense of responsibility than ordinary people. Although he will never be too demanding on himself for this kind of thing, he still has some small self-blame.

"Okay." Cedric, Gal, and Arlin nodded together.

The second class in the morning was History of Magic. Moon was still plugging his ears and flipping through his book. Gal and Arlin fell asleep facing each other. Cedric was still taking notes meticulously. After a period of torture, From now on, he can already follow Professor Binns' explanations, listen carefully to the lectures and take notes.

No one expected that Professor McGonagall would suddenly visit their class.

"Dong dong dong——" There was a knock on the classroom door. Professor Binns interrupted the lecture and slowly turned his head to look at the door.

"I'm sorry, Professor Binns, I'd like to interrupt you-" Professor McGonagall's eyes wandered around the classroom for a while, and finally paused on Moon and the others. "I have something to do with Moon and his three roommates. s help."

Professor Binns nodded. Cedric, the only one who heard Professor McGonagall's words, patted Moon's desk gently, and kicked the stools of Gar and Arlin who were sitting in front of him and Moon.

"Well..." Gal raised his head in confusion, looking like he hadn't woken up. Arlin was no better than him, which meant that Professor Binns didn't care much about this kind of thing, otherwise the two of them would basically be dead. .But judging from Professor McGonagall's unsightly expression, the two of them would inevitably be scolded later.

Under the silent urging of Professor McGonagall, the four people walked out of the classroom one by one and came behind Professor McGonagall.After they all walked out, Professor McGonagall turned around and nodded to Professor Binns, then closed the classroom door.

"Mr. Fuller, and Mr. Sutton." Professor McGonagall looked at Gal and Arlin with a straight face. "I think you need to explain why you slept so soundly in the classroom."

Gal and Arlin looked at each other at a loss, and finally Gal, who was slightly more courageous, muttered: "Sorry, Professor, we are just... uh... too sleepy."

Professor McGonagall took a deep breath and looked at the classroom again. "I'm glad you didn't use some lame excuses to explain. At the same time, you should be glad that we have more important things to do. Gentlemen, I need you to follow I'll go to the school doctor's office."

Chapter 34 Visitation

"Albus, I brought those children here..."

As soon as they entered the school infirmary, Professor McGonagall quickened her pace again, came to Albus Dumbledore beside the hospital bed, and whispered.

Perhaps because he came to visit a patient, Dumbledore did not wear a robe that was too conspicuous today. Instead, he chose a light gray robe embellished with shiny silver threads, which seemed to blend in with his long silver-white hair. Together, it is a bit confusing and difficult to distinguish.After Professor McGonagall walked over, he turned to look at Moon and the other four young wizards, his bright eyes full of gentleness and kindness.

"Oh, children, I'm sorry to call you here at this time. Please believe that - if there is nothing really urgent, I will not make any arbitrary decisions and disturb your class time."

To be honest, once you really face Dumbledore and feel his kindness and wisdom, it is difficult not to treat him as a life mentor or a respected elder.Not only Moon felt this way at this time, but Cedric and the other three also felt the same.Therefore, facing Dumbledore's apology, the four little wizards each shook their heads. Except for Munn, who had a more mature and determined mind, the remaining three little badgers even felt a little scared.

"Don't be stressed. I just have a few questions to ask you." Dumbledore gestured to Professor Sprout who was sleeping soundly on the hospital bed. "Your Professor Sprout doesn't have any big problems. You can recover as long as you cultivate for a few more days, but I want to know, what exactly did you see that day? And who saw it?"

Despite this question, Dumbledore clearly looked at Moon.

Moon took a step forward and said, "Professor Dumbledore, that's what I saw. If you are asking about what we reported to Professor Sprout, Professor McGonagall and Mr. Hagrid."

Dumbledore nodded slightly, but did not ask immediately. Instead, he waited for a second to allow Moon to calm down before asking, "So, Mr. Fox, can you tell me what you saw at that time?"

"No problem, Professor." Moon thought about his words for a moment, and then said exactly what he saw yesterday. "We had just finished the herbology class, and when we came out of the greenhouse, I saw a The man in black robes, wearing a hood, was sneaking towards the Forbidden Forest. Because it was a bit far away, I couldn't see clearly, but his height was more like that of a senior senior or an adult. I was a little worried. , so I went to find Professor Sprout. Later, I was afraid that there would be danger, so I went to find Professor McGonagall and Mr. Hagrid separately with Cedric, Garr and Arlin. The whole thing was probably like this Yes, Professor."

Dumbledore looked at Moon with approval, "Child, Professor Sprout should thank you. If you hadn't gone to find Hagrid and Professor McGonagall later, I'm afraid Professor Sprout would have been injured even more seriously. You guys Well done, but I still have a little question - did you see that figure again after you reported it to Professor Sprout?"

Cedric and the other three immediately shook their heads, and Moon responded: "No, Professor, not even when I was on my way to find Mr. Hagrid."

Dumbledore nodded slightly and smiled gently at the four little wizards. "Okay, everyone, I've finished asking my questions. Thank you very much for your help. You can go back to class. Oh, if you want If you want to visit Professor Sprout, you can wait until the afternoon class is over. According to Madam Pomfrey, she may need to sleep a little longer."

"Okay, Professor. Goodbye, Professor Dumbledore, goodbye, Professor McGonagall." The four young wizards answered in unison, then turned and walked out.But before taking two steps, Moon hesitated again, turned around and asked a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Professor Dumbledore, but do you think we can know what happened to Professor Sprout?"

Dumbledore tilted his head slightly. This action made him look a bit...sly. "Ah, we are not completely sure about this yet. Of course, if it is necessary to inform you later, I will."

'It seems that's not possible -' Moon thought to himself, and at the same time nodded and said goodbye, and then followed Cedric and the others out of the ward.

After the four little badgers walked out, Professor McGonagall looked at Dumbledore again, with worry that he could no longer hide on his face. "Albus, do you think it could be..."

Dumbledore looked at Professor Sprout on the hospital bed, his blue eyes flashing behind his half-moon lenses, "I don't know, Minerva, but there is no doubt that there must be something this uninvited guest needs in the Forbidden Forest. Oh. ,correct--"

Speaking of this, Dumbledore suddenly looked at the door of the ward again, "The child just now is Ann's child, right."

Professor McGonagall nodded, "Yes, it's him."

"No wonder Golov is so proud. He is indeed an excellent child, but I think, Minerva, you should pay more attention to him while Pomona is lying on the hospital bed these days."

Professor McGonagall stared at Dumbledore's eyes with some confusion, "Why?"

Dumbledore pursed his lips, "He is a good boy, and because of this, I think he will think that Pomona's injury is more or less his responsibility. I don't know if he will do anything impulsive because of this." .Of course, more importantly...that child is a natural Legilimency."

When he heard "born Legilimency", Professor McGonagall immediately showed a surprised expression, "No wonder, that beautiful wand is indeed made of silver basswood. If he is a born Legilimency, then it will It's no surprise that I bought a silver basswood wand at Ollivanders. However, I didn't feel Legilimency just now, Albus, although I don't have as high an Occlumency as you do, But if it’s Legilimency, I’ll know about it.”

Dumbledore laughed when he heard this, and while walking out with Professor McGonagall, he explained: "Ah, speaking of this, I have to praise that child. He has very good control, just like Goro." As my husband said, he has been able to control himself better and does not involuntarily use Legilimency on others. But, Minerva, I'm afraid he has felt your worries."

"Obviously, for a smart kid like Moon -" Dumbledore turned back and gently closed the door to the ward "- he must be able to realize that Pomona's injury was not as 'light' as we said. '..."

Chapter 35 Dung bombs on the wall

There is no doubt that neither what happened to Professor Sprout nor the injuries on Professor Sprout were as light as Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall said.

But since Dumbledore made it clear that it was not appropriate to tell them about this matter for the time being, he naturally had no right to reasonably know about it.Even if he really wanted to check and see the situation on his own, he would still have to consider his own ability - with his current three-legged cat's spell-casting ability, if he really encountered an enemy that could seriously injure Professor Sprout, I'm afraid I don't know how he died.

So……

While following Cedric and the others towards the History of Magic classroom, Moon began to think.

Is there any way that he can pay attention to this matter without putting himself in danger...

…………

A few hours later, after hearing Moon's request, Tonks could hardly believe her ears, until for a while she even asked: "Little Moon, are you really sure you want to do this?"

"Yes, Tonks."

"..." Looking at Moon, who looked determined, Tonks became confused. "I don't understand, why do you want to... uh, be captured by Filch? You also want to make sure that you can be captured in his office. go?"

Moon put his schoolbag aside on the ground. "Of course I have my own reasons. Can you help me?"

"Okay, okay." Tonks shook her head, "Then let me tell you first. If you want to be caught by Filch and taken to his office to deal with it, the trouble you cause must be just right - if you cause trouble If it's too big, Filch will take you to see the dean. Today, I'm afraid you will be brought to Professor McGonagall. If your trouble is too small, Filch will probably let you go directly to be punished. In addition, , you also need to make trouble in front of Filch in a place that is relatively close to Filch’s office and where Filch often passes by, so that you will have the highest probability.”

There was a portrait of an old woman on the wall. Listening to the two people's unscrupulous conspiracy, a look of dumbfounding appeared on her face for a moment.After being admitted to Hogwarts for so many years, she had never seen a student like this who took the initiative to find a way to be caught by the school administrator in the office.

"Understood, I understand." Moon nodded, "That's why you brought me here? Is this the place you chose?"

"That's right." Tonks said, taking out a brown paper bag from her pocket - it was a bit smelly. She frowned and handed the paper bag to Moon.

"This is..." Moon carefully twisted the corner of the bag and took it over.

"Dung bomb." Tonks had a wicked smile on her face. Sure enough, she saw a look of disgust on Moon's face. "According to the usual rules, Filch will leave here in a few minutes." , wandering around the castle, usually his cat will be in front, that is the ridiculously thin 'Mrs. Norris'. When the time comes, you only need to throw the dung bombs on the wall, throw a few more, Filch I will definitely catch you in the office - you know, I will threaten you a few times, teach you a few words, and then ask you to come over and clean the walls. But be careful not to throw the big dung eggs on Mrs. Lorris. Otherwise you will see Filch at his most terrifying."