Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

[Note 1] Trivia: Woodpeckers are not simply "beneficial birds", but at the same time, they should not be arbitrarily regarded as "harmful birds". Woodpeckers are divided into many types. Different types of woodpeckers have different behaviors, and some are harmful to the forest. , some are beneficial to the forest, and the reason is actually for their own survival.It is precisely because of this that Gal, who has not been taught that "woodpeckers are forest doctors" since childhood, thinks that the bird will peck out the window frame - he thinks this thing is just an itchy mouth.

Chapter 1 Fifty Plans Changed

"When did you save a bird in the dormitory?" Gal and Yaerlin both looked at Munn with dumbfounded eyes, their little eyes full of curiosity.

Only Cedric had a vague memory of this matter, because if he remembered correctly, it seemed that when he woke up one morning, he saw Munn letting go of something, and told him that he had saved a A green bird is coming.

Moon walked to the window, opened the window and let the emerald green bird in. While gently poking the little guy's head, he asked in a low voice: "What's wrong, are you injured again?"

The little bird was chirping and could not speak human language. No one knew what it wanted to express. Except for Munn who was teasing it with a smile, the remaining three little wizards were also staring at this little bird. Guys, different expressions.

After a while, Yaerlin was the first to break the calm: "Ahem, what are you thinking about?"

Cedric glanced at Arlin and then returned his gaze to the bird. "Without thinking about anything, I thought this little bird was pretty good-looking."

"Uh... I was wondering if Snowball would be very interested in this thing." Arlin said with some embarrassment.

Moon and Cedric looked at him in surprise, but Gal beside him said an even more shocking sentence: "I wonder if this thing would taste good when grilled."

"?" "?" "?" "?"

I’m confused. I’ve already figured out whether it will be delicious when grilled, right? Can you stop thinking about food all day long?

Obviously Gal can't do it, otherwise he wouldn't be Gal.

Strange to say, the little bird came in without any note or letter, and it didn't utter any shocking words. It seemed as if it was just coming to play with Munn in the rain. Moon combed her feathers on the bedside table, chirped for a while, and even lay down and rolled around a few times.Then he jumped here and there, and even squatted on a towel drying rack in the room and took a nap.

The four little wizards chatted for a while, and finally roughly guessed what the little thing was doing here - most likely, it was raining heavily while playing outside, so it flew here to take shelter.

Although this little bird is green and beautiful, no matter how novel it is, everyone won't keep staring at it, so after it flies to the shelf and takes a nap, everyone starts doing their own thing again. .

In the evening, the heavy rain finally stopped and the weather briefly cleared up. Moon and the others released the little guy again and went to the auditorium to have dinner together.

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Although it is cold and windy outside, thankfully, the school auditorium is always warm, and the tempting aroma of food is permeated during meal time.

It happened to be the right time to eat [Note 1], and a large number of young wizards poured into the auditorium. You sat down next to me, and I sat down next to you. Munn and the others also sat in their usual seats as usual, chewing big mouthfuls. Food, while chatting with other little wizards nearby.

Just when Moon was concentrating on the roasted lamb chops in his hand, Tonks, who had disappeared for a while, jumped out of nowhere and slapped Moon on the back of his neck lightly. "Hey, little moon." , how does it feel to sleep with a werewolf?"

Moon reluctantly put down the mutton chops and sighed, and everyone else next to him snickered - probably half of the people in Hufflepuff already knew that Moon did not live with Bert on the full moon night at the beginning of the month. Everyone in the school newspaper office knew about it. Only Tonks, who was as busy as a spinning top this year, didn't know anything. News that was overdue for half a month was treated as a joke.

That's right, Tonks hasn't worked in the school newspaper office for more than half a month.It can be seen that she really yearns for the job of Auror. This year, she can't even be seen playing pranks in school. She is either busy flipping through books or following the professor asking various questions every day. There are a lot of various forms to fill out.

In fact, in the eyes of most people, it is basically a certainty that Tonks can become an Auror, even the professors think so.Five NEWT certificates are probably not a problem for her now. Even Potions, which was originally relatively weak, has already gained a lot this year when she was "fearless" and asked Professor Snape to supplement her skills. Big enhancement.

After passing the NEWT exam, the only remaining gap between her and becoming an Auror was the training and testing in the Auror office.

It is mentioned in the original work that Tonks passed the concealment and disguise very easily and got the highest score - after all, he is also a disguise magus, but he almost failed in stealth and tracking, so Munn also passed it by the way. I secretly mentioned it to her, and she also received special training.

Under this situation, if Tonks can't become an Auror, then I'm afraid there won't be anyone who can become an Auror this year.

But the problem is that Tonks seems to have fallen into a vicious cycle of anxiety. Even if everyone thinks she is fine, she still feels that she can't do this or that.Moon once wondered if the girl had been beaten so many times by Professor Snape this year that she began to lack self-confidence.

It's a pity that she didn't listen to everyone's advice and continued to work hard to study, exercise, study, and exercise... Moon carefully observed Tonks for a while and confirmed that Tonks at least was not forgetting about food and sleep, and was not at all. After paying attention to his health and rest, he reluctantly let her go.

Studying and exercising are ultimately good things. As the old saying goes, sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in wartime.

However, if you encounter it, you have to nag it.

"Well... Tonks, if you have chatted with us a few times recently, you should know that I did not go to sleep with Burt Eleanor in the school newspaper office - plans changed and I was adjusted to After returning from the Christmas vacation." Moon said, taking advantage of Tonks' curiosity and quickly took a bite of the mutton chop to prevent it from getting cold later, and then continued: "Pay attention to rest, pay attention to rest. "

"Hey." Tonks raised her hand and sat next to Arlin. "You, a guy who holds a book every day, are the least qualified to criticize me. So, why has the plan been adjusted?"

"Probably because there was a full moon during the Christmas vacation. Professor Dumbledore wanted to make it easier for me to go home for Christmas, so he specially found a friend to help Bert."

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[Note 1] On time, that is, it is the right time to eat. I am not sure if it is a Northeast dialect, but the author rarely hears others say this outside, so I make this note for the convenience of understanding.

Chapter 151 Agreement

Yes, Moon did not go to live with Bert, and the reason was indeed what he said - neither Professor Dumbledore nor Bert himself felt that it should be because Bert would turn into a wolf during the Christmas holiday. , just dragging Moon to spend his own Christmas at Hogwarts.

But Moon didn't think so. He had already sent a letter home to tell his mother and uncles that he would stay at Hogwarts during this year's Christmas vacation.

There are two main reasons. One is that he still has a backlog of Hagrid's matters. Seeing that there is not long left before Christmas, if he does not figure out this matter before the Christmas holiday, even if he returns to Shafiq Manor, He couldn't devote himself wholeheartedly to enjoying the festive atmosphere.So it would be better to simply decide to stay at Hogwarts for the holidays, and he would be able to make himself less anxious.

The other is because he has to cooperate with Professor Snape to continue reading the books and notebooks found in the Room of Requirement. The sooner this matter is resolved, the better, if he stays at Hogwarts for Christmas. , he can also have more time to deal with this matter.

In addition to these two main reasons, there are two other things that made Moon decide to stay at Hogwarts to spend his Christmas vacation this year——

In order for Moon to go home for Christmas, Professor Dumbledore said that he found a friend to take care of Bert. Thinking back to Professor Snape's dark face when he saw him two days ago, Moon How could you not think of who that person is?

Who else could it be but Mr. Moon Face, Remus Lupin?

Moon stayed here because he also wanted to see him. If the person who was asked to take care of Bert was really Professor Lupine, then Moon could successfully carry out the project he had been thinking about after the Christmas vacation. That plan.

Uncover Peter Pettigrew.

Besides, staying at Hogwarts for Christmas probably wouldn't be so boring - anyway, at least Hagrid would be spending Christmas at Hogwarts.

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Time flies by as the little wizards study and play. In the blink of an eye, this year’s Christmas holiday has quietly arrived.

On the 21st, the second-year Hufflepuff wizards finished their last lesson before the Christmas vacation - a Charms lesson. This was probably because most of the wizards' minds were no longer on studying. Weeds grew up one after another, so Professor Flitwick directly handed over the class to the student teaching assistant who took his place.For the entire class, everyone sat behind the books chatting, joking and saying goodbye, making arrangements to meet during the holidays and write letters.It wasn't until the end of class that the senior from Gryffindor gave everyone the homework that Professor Flitwick had already arranged, a short paper that the young wizards could complete in no time at all.

Everyone ran out of the classroom with joy and rushed into the auditorium, chattering and sharing the delicious food.Of course, they were definitely not the first to arrive here, because there were many young wizards who had no classes at all this afternoon.

Violet blushed for the first time and sat down next to Moon. Half the meal had passed before she finally made a serious invitation to Munn, "Well... Moon, this Christmas holiday... Are you going to my house as a guest?"

Moon stopped chewing in his mouth, and then turned his head to stare at Violet. It wasn't until seven or eight seconds passed that Violet's face turned slightly red again, and then he took the matter seriously. He nodded, "Okay, definitely."

God is my witness. Of course, Merlin can also be my witness. Moon definitely did not mean to make Violet shy. He was indeed stunned for a moment.

Firstly, he didn't expect that Violet would suddenly invite him to her home, and secondly... he was also wondering whether he should agree.

To be honest, he was definitely willing to go, but the problem was that he had already fully planned his Christmas vacation.

But he didn't hesitate for long - in just a few seconds, he realized: it was just a plan, just change it.

If he refused Violet's invitation just because he had already made a plan, he would probably regret it and pull out his hair at night.

After receiving Munn's affirmative answer, Violet's eyes lit up, but she was too embarrassed to talk to Munn any more and just immersed herself in eating her dinner.After all, if Munn suddenly stared at her for several seconds without blinking, she would blush again.

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Just like last year, the little wizards still had to ride the carriage pulled by the Thestrals to the departure point of the express train, and then take the train back to London.The difference is that last year Moon was one of the little wizards who went home, but this year he will stay at Hogwarts to spend his Christmas vacation.

At the stop where the little wizards lined up to board the carriage, Moon and Hagrid stood side by side, and the three of Gale reluctantly said goodbye to them.

Although it is said that we are reluctant to leave, in fact, it is not that much, and the separation will not last long. After the holidays, don't everyone have to go back to Hogwarts to continue school?

"Don't worry, I will definitely not forget your Christmas gifts." Moon promised his roommates with a smile, "Otherwise, when you come back, you can beat me up with all your strength."

The three of them came over and hugged Munn one by one. The last one was Arlin. After hugging him goodbye, he even winked at Munn. "If you stay at Hogwarts for Christmas next year, it will be very difficult." You have to tell me in advance and I will spend the holidays with you at school."

Moon nodded, and then joked, "Don't fight with Gal when I'm not on the train, otherwise Cedric won't be able to hold you back and there will be big problems."

"Hey, what's going to happen? He can't beat me." Yaerlin raised his eyebrows at Gal in a provocative manner. Gal was furious and tried to use Yaerin's throat-locking technique, but he was Cedric grabbed hold of him.

He noticed Violet, who was still waiting behind and reluctant to get on the carriage.Therefore, after hastily leaving two farewell words to Moon and Hagrid, Cedric directly dragged the two of them into the car.

Violet breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward, and handed a small note to Moon, "Here, remember to write to me during the holidays, and remember to inform me in advance before coming. This is my home address... ...Well...you remember to come."

Hagrid cleared his throat in a subtle way, turned around and whistled, so that people who didn't know it might have thought there was a giant urinating here.

Moon glanced at Hagrid helplessly, and then nodded solemnly towards Violet.

"Don't worry, definitely."

Chapter 152 Remus Lupin

The day after bidding farewell to his classmates, when Bert Eleanor saw Moon in the school auditorium, his face was full of surprise.

The same goes for Professor Dumbledore, and Professor McGonagall. There are only four professors staying at the school for the Christmas holiday this year - Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Professor Trelawney and it is basically impossible to leave the castle. Professor Binns during the Christmas holidays.At this moment, only Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall were in the auditorium.There is no doubt that Professor Trelawney was very drunk again last night, and probably drank a lot more this morning, so she didn't come to lunch at all.

No one knew that Moon had stayed at Hogwarts for Christmas, not even Professor Dumbledore, so they were all surprised.

In contrast, there was a hint of joy in Moon's eyes, but he quickly covered it up, so no one saw it.

Because there is a person who is not a professor sitting on the teacher's bench.

This man looks a bit old-fashioned, with gray hair and many wrinkles on his face. At first glance, he seems to be almost 50 years old.Moreover, the robe on his body was also very tattered, with patches everywhere, and very obvious signs of wear and tear could be seen on the cuffs and collar. Obviously, this gentleman should not have much money in his pockets.

Compared to the desolation shown on his robe, this man's eyes were full of vicissitudes and melancholy, and his face also looked a bit indescribably tired and haggard, which undoubtedly aggravated his sense of age. .

Almost without anyone introducing him to Moon, Moon guessed that he should be the one specially invited by Professor Dumbledore to help Bert Elinor spend the first few months of his life. A "friend", Remus Lupin.

After clearly showing surprise, Burt Eleanor's expression soon turned into surprise - to be honest, he still wanted to be with another werewolf he had just been in contact with for a few days. You can have friends by your side.

There was no way, because he was bitten by Jacob Thor not long ago, so even though Remus Lupine had been gentle and reliable in his interactions with Burt in the past few days, Burt was still bitten because of He was somewhat conflicted by his werewolf identity. Even though he already knew that Lupine was also an innocent transformed person [Note 1], for a teenager, the fear in his heart was not so easy to eliminate.After experiencing the first full moon night, Bert even developed endless resentment and fear for himself who had turned into a werewolf.

If he hadn't immediately joined the school newspaper office, if it hadn't been for Moon and the others' unconcerned company, Bert would have completely closed himself off by now.

"Moon! Why didn't you go home?" Bert walked over quickly, but instinctively stopped in front of Munn.

Moon smiled, took two steps forward, and hugged Bert.

Bert's body was a little stiff, and he even subconsciously put his hands behind his back.It wasn't until Moon patted his back that his body finally relaxed a little.

"Because I still have some things to deal with, and even if I go back, I can't spend the holidays with my family in peace, so I stayed at Hogwarts." Moon was very honest. After all, he was not here to accompany Bert. Stayed at Hogwarts on purpose.

But the smile on Bert's face did not shrink at all. Instead, he became more and more cheerful. "Great, ha, I think we can still be companions in the next few days."

"Indeed." Moon also smiled and nodded, then turned his gaze to Remus Lupin, "Is this gentleman... the new professor?"

"I think it would be more appropriate for me to introduce him." Professor Dumbledore came over at some point and said happily: "Moon, this is Remus Lupin. Of course you can also call him Lupin. Professor. He is the friend I mentioned earlier who will be taking care of Mr. Elinor during the Christmas holidays. In the meantime—"

Professor Dumbledore and Remus Lupin looked at each other, and then said with a smile: "He also promised me that he would temporarily take over as Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts for the remaining half term. After all, I I think it is a pity that Professor Quirrell has left, but this position cannot remain vacant forever. After all, if that happens, your Defense Against the Dark Arts class will exist in name only."

"Hello, Professor Luping." Moon bowed politely to Professor Luping. What he didn't expect was that after Professor Luping nodded to him, he actually said: "When I saw you just now, , I know who you are. Your appearance is just like the facial features of your father and mother blended together - and it is the most balanced state. I think you will be more beautiful than your father in the future. More handsome."

"Of course, I not only know your father, I even worked with your father for a while." Professor Luping's eyes were very soft, like the moonlight reflected in a calm lake. "Although it was only a short one or two." , but he and I became quite good friends. Unfortunately, when he and your mother got married, I didn’t have time to arrive, so I had to go to their residence for a meal after their wedding. Well, if I hadn’t If I remember correctly, you weren’t born yet at that time.”

Moon was convinced. I am afraid that the "worked together for a while" mentioned by Professor Lupine refers to the time when his father first came to England. According to Uncle Golov, his father's English was not very good at that time and he was not familiar with British magic. I didn’t understand the rules and conditions of the industry, so I worked for a period of time in jobs where the pay was very low or even no pay, and I only had three meals a day [Note 2].

"Ah, I'm sorry, Professor." Moon said apologetically: "After my father passed away, my mother didn't often talk about my father's past. Most of what I know about him comes from my uncle, so I don't I know there is still such a past.”

Professor Luping nodded slightly sadly, "I can understand. I am also very sad about your father's death. If I hadn't seen you today, this would also be a past event that is not easy to mention for me. Ah, Fortunately, I heard from the principal that you are very good now, and your father will definitely be proud of you. After all, for him, aren't you his sustenance in this world?"

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[Note 1] In the original work, Remus Lupine was bitten by the werewolf Fenrir Greyback when he was very young. The reason was that Greyback wanted to take revenge on Lupin’s father, Lyle Lupine. .

[Note 2] Because of his identity as a werewolf, Remus Lupine has always had a very unhappy life. Except for teaching at Hogwarts in 1993, Remus Lupine did not even get anything decent elsewhere. He had a job, so he always wore simple clothes and always looked tired and downcast.Moon knew very well that his father had never been a teacher at Hogwarts, and had found a regular, high-quality job after coming to the UK for a while, so he could deduce the time when his father met Remus Lupin.

Chapter 153 A different Gavin

Because there were not many people left in the castle during the Christmas holidays, there were empty seats everywhere.Although there are no rules on weekdays that require young wizards not to eat at the long tables of other colleges, but in any case, when there are young wizards from other colleges nearby, most people will still prefer to choose their own The long table in the academy.

At present, there were only three or five people sitting on each long table, so the remaining young wizards had no worries. Munn used his good popularity to drag all the young wizards who stayed in school to the Hufflepuff School. Eat together at the table.Moon would have originally planned to bring the professors here too, if he hadn't considered that everyone would feel restrained after the professors came over.

"So, Daniel, why did you choose to stay in school?" Lee Jordan of Gryffindor looked at Daniel Milton, the first-year Hufflepuff boy - yes, Daniel's last name and Milton's first name Exactly the same.

Daniel puffed up his cheeks and plucked the carrots on his plate with a fork. "My father works in the Department of International Magical Cooperation. He is always transferred here and there due to work reasons. There seems to be something special happening there this Christmas." Because of the situation, he ran all the way to France and couldn't come back to spend Christmas with me. Even if he went back home, I would be alone, so..."

Although he only briefly mentioned his father, most of the little wizards understood the implication of Daniel's words. Only Gavin Travers, the stupid guy from Slytherin, looked at Daniel with a blank face, "Then you Where is mom?"

The others looked at Gavin in surprise, wondering whether he really didn't understand what Daniel said or was just too stupid. Moon almost squirted out the pumpkin juice he had just drank.

"Cough cough cough -" Moon knocked on his chest to make himself feel more comfortable after choking. Then he wiped his mouth and helped Gavin, who was still confused, explain to the others: "He didn't do it on purpose. , I really didn’t understand it.”

Daniel pursed his lips and forced a smile and said, "It's okay. It's not something that is difficult to talk about in the first place. I come from a single-parent family. My mother passed away when I was one year old."

Even if Gavin's emotional intelligence is low, it's not like he hasn't figured out what mistake he made yet, so he awkwardly laughed twice, scratched his head, and apologized quickly - to Moon's surprise, this guy He was actually apologizing sincerely.

For a moment, Moon almost thought there was something wrong with his Legilimency.

But soon, he understood: Legilimency will not cause such problems. There is no doubt that Gavin Travers is probably really changing. In fact, in the past six months, Moon has indeed changed. No one was ever heard of being bullied by Gavin Travers.

"What about you, Gavin?" Moon looked at the big man curiously, "Why didn't you go home?"

Gavin shrugged, "No reason, I just don't want to go back - spending Christmas at home is too boring, and they always like to mention my dead uncle. Maybe they mention it too much, which is a bit annoying."

"What's wrong with your uncle? He bothers you so much that he doesn't even want to go home." Li asked - a little offensive, but Li obviously did it on purpose.Thanks to the unremitting efforts of Moon and all members of the school newspaper office, everyone is indeed not as hostile to each other as before, but some hostility, conflicts and frictions are still inevitable, and it is still common to dislike each other. thing.Of course, it's still much better than before.

"My uncle is a Death Eater." Gavin curled his lips and said it indifferently, but silenced everyone.