Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Tonks shrugged, and raised her hand to scratch her chin. In line with her gorilla appearance, Moon almost laughed out loud.She didn't feel anything at all, but said rather proudly: "I can now initially ignore Professor Snape's ridicule - ha, like you said, it doesn't seem that difficult, as long as Snape Just imagine Professor Nepp as a big bat standing there picking his nose."

"..." Moon was speechless for a moment. Tonks was able to persevere in this way and ask Professor Snape for advice so many times without being killed by Professor Snape. It was like smoke rising from the grave of his ancestors...

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[Note 1] Although when writing the "Harry Potter" series of books, Ms. Rowling tried her best to avoid the emergence of religious concepts. Even the commonly used mantra "Thank God" by "Muggles" was replaced as much as possible with "Inthename of Merlin' spants", but in fact, through various clues, it is not difficult to find many shadows of religion and mysticism in her works, and "Thank God" does appear in the original work. Therefore, there is reason to believe that although wizards live with hemp The melons remained as alienated as possible, but they were familiar with concepts such as angels and demons, some Muggle religious content, and many folklore.

In addition, Christmas is a very typical religious holiday, and wizards also celebrate it, so the "angels" and "demon" appearing here are written by the author because of these signs and clues.

Chapter 122 Halloween

"Haha~!" Suddenly there was a cracking sound from the window of the auditorium, causing countless inhuman heads to look up - in full view of everyone, a group of knights held their heads and rushed towards the window one by one. Entering the auditorium, he waved to the little wizards below.The leader of the knights even whistled at Nick, who had a happy expression on his face in the corner.

Gabriel, who dressed himself up as an ugly Bigfoot, excitedly introduced to the little wizards around him, "This is a team of headless hunters formed by Sir Patrick Delaney Podmore. I once I've seen their overhead polo show, it's very exciting - I mean, very! I guess they were all invited by Professor Dumbledore to attend tonight's masquerade ball."

Moon looked at the group of headless horsemen circling among the bats under the ceiling, and then at the large group of "monsters" around them. For a moment, he was a little confused about which side was more scary.

The old teacher's bench is now filled with musical instruments, and the "Water Monster Band" [Note 1], which is well-known in the British wizarding world, is gearing up and waiting to show off their skills - all of them are wearing cute versions of Grimm. On Dilo's head, there were several short tentacles hanging on the green robe, which looked quite abstract.

Professor Snape is the only one among the teachers who does not cross-dress. Professor McGonagall is dressed like a weird witch in weird legends who can trick children, but her straight waist is completely incompatible with her dress.Professor Flitwick, who has always been talked about by young wizards as having goblin blood, really disguised himself as a goblin, and Hagrid, who was quite eye-catching, put on a huge troll hood that looked like himself. Sewn, because it is really ugly, much uglier than a serious troll.

Oh, no, except for Professor Snape, Professor Binns is still the same. After all, he is already a ghost and does not need to dress up as a ghost.

Moon was still looking around until he finally saw a little angel walking in from the entrance of the auditorium.

The bright blond hair is like a waterfall woven by the dawn light at dawn. The elegant white gauze skirt is shimmering with little lights, as if it is covered with stars. There is also a slightly childish and charming face. The same sweet smile as always.Oh, the most eye-catching thing was her eyes - it was as if someone had condensed the clear and translucent shallow sea into one place. When Moon looked over, she couldn't help but feel a little dazed, as if she was about to fall in. generally.

As if there was some tacit telepathy, when Munn looked over, Violet happened to look over as well. The eyes of the boy and the girl met directly. Then, the girl's fair and delicate cheeks looked at each other. It was dyed with two red clouds, and the two white wings behind it also flapped gently.

Wearing a slim-fitting tuxedo-like robe, Moon pursed her lips, took a deep breath, then held her head high and walked towards Violet step by step.

His clothes were not exactly like the ones on the card sent by Violet, which were full of cuteness. Instead, they were very decent, making the already outstanding-looking Moon look even more handsome.

More and more people couldn't help but look over. No matter where they go, their golden boy-girl outfit is always eye-catching. There are even a few pairs of eyes on the teacher's bench looking towards her. Of course, there is a smile among them. The eccentric Professor Dumbledore.If Moon saw this scene, he would probably be so upset that he couldn't help but vomit.

But right now, all his thoughts were on Violet.

Like a scene described in a fairy tale, the prince came to the princess and gently stretched out his hand.The princess did not refuse, but held the prince's hand generously.

Immediately afterwards, under the surprised gazes of most people, including Moon, Violet's clothes suddenly began to change color - from the original pure white to ink in an instant, the aperture also turned into a zigzag angle. The wings instantly turned into bat wings like Moon.

A large group of little girls exclaimed in admiration almost simultaneously, and even many boys were stunned.

"I begged my mother for a long time before she was willing to help cast this magic." Looking at Munn's surprised eyes, Violet smiled sweetly, and gently waved the hand holding Munn's palm, "You Okay, little devil, now I’m just like you.”

At this moment, Moon suddenly felt as if a small thing flashed across the sky, leaving behind only countless feathered arrows - all of which were inserted into his heart.

I used to be single, until my heart was shot with a... billion arrows?

"Ding ding——" Professor Dumbledore suddenly walked to the table filled with musical instruments, knocked on his cup, and attracted everyone's attention to him.

"Okay, the time is almost up. If you wait any longer, I'm afraid you will all be starving." In the excited eyes of all the young wizards, Professor Dumbledore raised the golden cup in his hand high. "Then , I announce that the party has officially begun~"

Cheers erupted in an instant, almost blowing off the ceiling of the shed filled with stars.The bats that were hanging high above opened their eyes one by one and looked at each other blankly, wondering what the little monsters below were howling.All kinds of sumptuous food began to appear on the long tables at the edges and corners of the auditorium: donuts, pumpkin pie, caramel cookies, grilled lamb chops, pudding, ice cream balls, strawberry sundaes, pumpkin juice, grilled... Pumpkin, baked beef...

The members of the band holding Grindylow's head finally had the opportunity to show off their skills. They cheered together with the little wizards, rushed to their instruments, and began to play for the little wizards' masquerade. Music sounded.

In fact, this ball is not authentic at all - it is more of a carnival for little wizards than a masquerade party.But who cares?In other words, who can guarantee that such a carnival is not more popular than an authentic dance?

The members of the school newspaper office, who had already discussed it long ago, gathered around Hagrid, who was dressed as an ugly monster. Only one person was absent, but no one would blame her.Because at this moment, the absent Ms. Bishop was holding hands with Victor Gray and smiling happily.

Following the direction of Cedric's finger, Moon also saw this scene.To be honest, he was indeed a little surprised. He had thought that Victor would not agree to Ashley's invitation, at least judging from the way he hurriedly put away the letter.

Now it seems that he, the "Cupid for Slytherin seniors", really has some abilities.

Of course, he couldn't compare to the Cupid who shot countless arrows into his heart and almost stabbed his heart into a hedgehog.

The young man turned to look beside him, where a girl was also looking at him.

Is it a coincidence?

Or maybe they really have a connection.

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[Note 1] The Water Monster Band is the original band of this book. The reason why the people invited here are not the "Weird Sisters" is because according to their age, several members of the "Weird Sisters" are still in school at Hogwarts (if they are If they study at Hogwarts, and in this book they do study at Hogwarts, but it is also an original setting, not an original concept).

Chapter 123

"SickofthequestionsIkeepaskingyou."

"Theymakeyouliveinthepast."

"ButIcancountonyoutotellmeththetruth."

"Whenyou'vebeendrinkingandyou'rewearingamask."

"Baby, it's Halloween."

"Andwecanbeanything~"[Note 1]

After the female lead singer of the Water Monster Band contributed two noisy pieces of music, which made the little wizards go "crazy" for a while, she switched to singing a more soothing music, not only to let the little wizards take a break, but also to It also allows their band members to take a break.

Mu En gently held Violet's waist, clumsily following Violet's steps and swaying gently on the dance floor. If Violet hadn't worked hard to cooperate with him, I'm afraid Mu En would have lost his temper in just a few minutes. En has already stepped on Violet's little leather shoes several times.

"I promise, I have practiced secretly on my own." Moon sighed and said with a sad face: "It seems that I may not be very suitable for dancing, just like I can't carve a pumpkin well."

Violet smiled happily and squeezed Moon's palm gently. "I don't think so. What we are dancing is a duet. Isn't it normal that we can't practice well by ourselves? When the holidays come, I I can practice with you."

Looking at Violet's bright smiling face, Moon pursed her dry lips and was about to say something, but a harsh scream suddenly came from the door of the auditorium.

The performance of the Water Monster Band stopped, and the professors and students all looked sideways in the direction of the door. Even the ghosts temporarily stopped their movements.

A tall fourth-year Gryffindor, covered in blood, stumbled all the way to the center of the auditorium. He had obviously lost his head and lost his mind. His face was full of fear and timidity, and he was shouting at the top of his lungs while running. With "Werewolf! It's a werewolf! There's a werewolf on the second floor of the castle!"

The shouts of the Gryffindor students were soon completely drowned out - because the screams of other people were even more harsh. Most of the little wizards became extremely panicked and rushed to the door while shouting, Valerie Te's face suddenly turned pale - fortunately, she still kept her head clear when she was staying with Munn. She did not rush towards the door with him, but firmly grasped Munn's palm.

Moon hugged Violet hard to prevent her from being swept away by the crowd, and then slowly led her back towards the wall with the shortest distance between them.

"Quiet!" Professor Dumbledore suddenly stood up, and his voice, amplified countless times, echoed back and forth in the auditorium, shocking all the little wizards.But this approach is indeed effective, at least no one will continue to run around.

"Prefects of each grade, please immediately gather the students from your respective colleges together, stay in the auditorium, and do not move around at will! Do not leave the auditorium!"

Under the restraint of Professor Dumbledore, the prefects quickly began to take action. Professor McGonagall also took the opportunity to find the Gryffindor student who came to report and asked him about the specific situation.

Seeing that the situation in the auditorium was temporarily under control, Moon breathed a sigh of relief. With an ugly expression, he led Violet towards Gabriel who was looking for the little Hufflepuff wizard in the crowd, and at the same time whispered: " Something is wrong, Violet, you must follow Gabriel closely later, remember to call Tonks and Cedric, as long as you stay with the prefects, you will be much safer."

Violet didn't ask any more questions. She knew very well that now was not the right time to ask those questions, so she just nodded vigorously.

Of course something was wrong, how could a werewolf break into Hogwarts?Who else could the werewolf break into Hogwarts Castle at this time?

Jacob Saul, this guy is most likely the one who didn't run away.

But how could this guy pass Lu Wei's test?Moon had just quietly talked about this matter with Hagrid in the morning, and Hagrid made it clear that Lu Wei had been found and would not run away again.Hagrid, who was already full of guilt because of Lu Wei's disappearance, would never have spoken so harshly if he hadn't been absolutely sure.

More importantly, Moon can guarantee that Jacob Thor definitely took the Wolfsbane potion and remained sane. [Note 2]

Since Jacob Thor came to Hogwarts to cooperate with Quirrell's mission, his target is definitely the Sorcerer's Stone. A crazy werewolf who acts with animalistic behavior cannot find the Sorcerer's Stone. Maybe he will find it. Will also throw the magic stone far away.So he must have taken wolfsbane potion to break into the castle.

Which one is more dangerous, a werewolf who has taken wolfsbane potion or a werewolf who has not taken wolfsbane potion?

If it was Remus Lupin, he would definitely be more dangerous if he didn't take the Wolfsbane potion, but Jacob Thor?A heinous dark wizard?A die-hard loyalist of Voldemort?

If he remains rational, he will only become more dangerous.

Just when Moon brought Violet to Gabriel, a familiar cry suddenly sounded in the sky. Moon looked up and sure enough, Fox was flying towards Professor Dumbledore with his wings spread. went and threw an envelope into Professor Dumbledore's hands.

A bad premonition began to arise in Moon's heart. Knowing that his gift of prophecy was causing trouble, Moon quickly turned his head and looked at Professor Dumbledore - the next moment, despite Professor Dumbledore's efforts to control him, he The flash of surprise in his eyes was still caught by Moon.

As if he felt Moon's gaze, or perhaps just to look for Moon, Professor Dumbledore also turned his head, and his eyes behind the half-moon lenses happened to meet Moon's gaze.

Looking at the old man's eyes, Moon seemed to understand what he meant, and quickly used Legilimency to receive the message from the old man:

"Quirrell is dead."

"...?" Moon shuddered suddenly.

Quirrell is dead?

How can it be?Wasn't the curse on him planted by himself?Isn't that a way for him to avoid looking?

How could he die?

"Wait for me outside." The old man sent another idea, and raised his hand to gently point in the direction of the door. Then he pressed the wand against his neck again and said loudly: "All prefects, please be careful. Students of your respective colleges, wait quietly in the auditorium, you may need to sleep here tonight, don't panic, there will be professors to protect your safety."

After saying that, Professor Dumbledore looked towards the door, where a figure dressed as a devil had quietly slipped out while everyone was looking at him.

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[Note 1] This piece of music sung by the Water Monster Band is called "Halloween". Since the author does not know how to write English lyrics, I can only borrow this song sung by the singer "Phoebebridgers". Here is an excerpt of it. The Chinese translation of the lyrics created by the band from the Wizarding World is not posted in the article. Interested book friends can listen to it themselves. The song itself is quite good.

[Note 2] This article is a supplementary note to 12.31 and is a note that was missed before.Regarding Wolfsbane Potion, Professor Lupine once mentioned in the third part that "the medicine that Professor Snape prepared for me was only invented recently." The "medicine" here refers to Wolfsbane Potion, but Professor Luping said This sentence is also at the end of the third part, and judging from the fact that Professor Snape can configure Wolfsbane potion for Professor Lupine at the beginning of the third grade, there is a high probability that this potion will not be invented in 1993, because the collection It takes time to prepare the materials and cook the potion, and making the potion must have started before Harry's third year started.Therefore, the "recently" in Professor Luping's words is more like "in recent years." In this book, the invention of Wolfsbane potion is set as nearly two years, but this setting does not belong to the original setting, because the original setting There is no mention of the exact time when Wolfsbane potion was invented.

Chapter 124 The Werewolf’s Destination

Outside the auditorium door, the firelight on the surrounding walls was swaying with the cold wind. Moon found a corner, paying attention to the movements in the auditorium, and took out the Marauder's Map from the bag on his waist.

A sane werewolf breaks into Hogwarts. What's the most troublesome thing?

He could consciously hide around, go around in circles with the professors, hide and seek, and find those little wizards who did not come to the dinner or left briefly during the party to attack and control them as hostages.

And judging from the condition of the Gryffindor student covered in blood, I'm afraid Jacob Thor already has at least one young wizard as a hostage.

To subdue him, there are two necessary conditions. One is to find his correct location, and the other is to find a way to kill him as cleanly as possible while protecting the hostages.

The latter was not something that Munn should be concerned about, but he could just help with the former.

There was no sound of approaching footsteps in the auditorium. Moon searched for Jacob Saul's name on the Marauder's Map as quickly as possible - the second floor, the third floor, the fourth floor...

Fifth floor!

Jacob Saul had just left the stretch of stairs between the fourth and fifth floors, still moving quickly, and next to his name there was another name: Bert Eleanor.

It seems that this Burt Eleanor is likely to be Jacob Saul's hostage.

The sound of hurried footsteps reached Munn's ears through the door of the auditorium. Munn hesitated for a moment and stuffed the Marauder's Map into his pocket.

According to his original idea, he wanted to wait until next year to hand over this Marauder's Map to Professor Dumbledore, because by that time, he could officially study with Professor Dumbledore and rely on his own strength and this teacher's skills. Only by getting more involved in Professor Dumbledore's planning through the relationship with the disciples can we not need to rely on the Marauder's Map to confirm Professor Dumbledore's trajectory.

He is not worried about the Marauder's Map being taken away by Professor Dumbledore. What he is worried about is that after his arrival, everything will change. After he loses knowledge of Professor Dumbledore's location, will Professor Dumbledore "make chaos"? "Do it", but he had no idea about it.

For example, Voldemort's complete exposure is obviously ahead of schedule. What if Professor Dumbledore thinks of Horcruxes in advance and comes into contact with Horcruxes - or even comes into contact with the ring that will cause the curse to wrap around him like maggots on his tarsal bones in the future? .

In this case, Moon, who has lost the Marauder's Map, is likely to become too passive, because he has not yet studied with Professor Dumbledore, and has no reason to legitimately join the old man's plan, and he has no life left. With the help that the point map brought him, there was no way to grasp all the conditions in the entire castle when needed.

He also hopes to use the Marauder's Map to catch Peter Pettigrew as soon as possible, but in comparison, it is more important to ensure that he can control everything before officially joining Professor Dumbledore's plan.

But at the moment, he can only hand over the Marauder's Map to Professor Dumbledore to ensure that Jacob Thor is arrested as soon as possible and that this damn werewolf will not cause too much trouble.Otherwise, once a few more students die or turn into werewolves, the chaos caused is likely to derail everything.

Motland's glass illusion was almost useless when he didn't know the appearance of Jacob Saul and Burt Eleanor, and the two were still moving at high speed.

Moon held the Marauder's Map in his pocket and took a deep breath.

The next moment, Professor Dumbledore strode out of the auditorium, followed closely by Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, Professor Flitwick, Professor Sprout, Hagrid and Madam Pomfrey, and then appeared in the Mud Hall. In front of grace.Behind Madam Pomfrey, there was the bloody Gryffindor boy just now, but he had passed out and was being controlled by Madam Pomfrey with her wand to float behind her.

Without waiting for Moon to speak, and without giving the professors who saw Moon a chance to ask questions, Professor Dumbledore said directly and seriously to Moon: "The werewolf who broke into the castle is probably Jacob Thor. Er, and he remained sane, he probably took the wolfsbane potion. So he kidnapped a Gryffindor student. Can the prophecy method you used to observe Professor Quirrell be used in this situation? "

Moon was startled, then quickly replied: "No, but I just felt his position in other ways. He just reached the fifth floor, and he is still moving quickly."

The old man nodded lightly and without asking a word, turned around and said: "Hagrid, I need you to go to the Forbidden Forest to check the situation quickly. Filius, you accompany Hagrid; Pomona, you and Pomona Let's take the child to the infirmary together and secure it. Minerva, Severus, let's go to the fifth floor. Ser-"

As the old man looked at the wall at the entrance of the auditorium, Moon discovered that the almost headless Nick was actually standing in the wall, with only one head exposed outside the wall.

"——I need you to quickly notify all the ghosts and all the portraits, and ask them to go to the fourth and fifth floors as much as possible to check the situation. The werewolf who kidnapped the students has just appeared on the fifth floor."

"Okay, Principal." Nick, who was almost headless, didn't even bother to do any playful tricks with his head at this time. As soon as he got the mission, he quickly flew upwards.

"As for you, Moon." Professor Dumbledore turned around and looked at the young man with a complex expression. "You have to go back to the auditorium and among your classmates. Fox is in the auditorium. If something goes wrong here, let him know Fox came to me.”

"Okay, Professor Dumbledore." Moon responded and quickly returned to the auditorium - before entering the auditorium, he looked back and saw that several professors had already left quickly.

So, the young man paused, stopped outside the door, and took out the Marauder's Map from his pocket.

Fortunately, Jacob Thor is not running around, but is still moving upward.It's just that he is extremely fast and is almost reaching the eighth floor.

Wait...the eighth floor?

So, Jacob Thor's destination is...the Room of Requirement?Or Gryffindor Tower?

He hurried toward the stairs, and while he could still see the backs of the professors going upstairs, he shouted loudly: "Professor! The eighth floor! Or the tower! He's probably going there!"

None of the professors answered, but a golden-red light did flash upstairs, just like the color of Fox.