Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

However, a few days later, he became a hero. He was cleared of all wrongdoings, and everyone knew that he was the one who did not abandon his friends, but was framed by them.When walking on the street, people will congratulate him and claim to be their idol; when entering a store, every boss wants to give him a discount.Some people came up to shake his hand, some came up to give him a hug, and he even received letters from some "fangirls" who wanted to "get to know each other" with him.

Although he is unruly by nature, he can even be said to be very frivolous.However, this earth-shaking change in the blink of an eye still made him feel unreal, so much so that he even dared not sleep.It was as if if he closed his eyes and opened them again, all this would become a dream, and he would still be lying on the cold floor in the Azkaban prison, facing the ugly dementors all day long. Disgusting look.

Sirius even thought jokingly that it was a good thing that Remus went to accompany him, otherwise he would have just sat in his ghost house in the past few days, talking to Kreacher, that disgusting domesticated boy, every day. The elf stared blankly, or simply let himself run around and get drunk every day.

In fact, if possible, he would have wanted to see his godson as soon as he came out, but Professor Dumbledore strictly prohibited this.

He didn't really want to listen to Professor Dumbledore, but the problem was that Remus kept staring at him, and it was not good for him to confront him just after being rescued by Professor Dumbledore.

A few minutes later, Professor Dumbledore finally finished writing something. He raised his head and looked at Sirius, "You look really restless. Do you want me to go for a walk with you?"

"That's not... no need." Sirius smacked his lips. "To be honest, I only came to see you today for two things."

Although this man was a bit thin and out of shape, he could still see his former handsomeness. He took a deep breath, then adjusted his sitting posture to make himself look as formal as possible, and then said seriously: "Thank you very much. You, Professor Dumbledore, if it weren't for you, I would still be locked up in Azkaban. In addition, please help me thank some children named Moon. I heard from Remus that he also helped. Quite busy.”

"In addition, I came here today to ask you -" his striking gray eyes sparkled in the sunlight outside the window "- when can I go to see Harry."

When he mentioned Harry, the man seemed to be very excited and energetic.

"Ah, these two things..." Professor Dumbledore covered the ink slowly. "As for the first thing, what Remus said is wrong, so what you said is wrong. It should be, if not for it. As for Moon, I'm afraid you are still imprisoned in Azkaban, and I am the one who 'also helped a lot'; as for the second thing, you can go see Harry, but I hope to wait until your condition Even better, with all due respect, Sirius, you look like you haven’t completely gotten out of that haze yet. I know how important Harry is to you, and I understand how much you want to see Harry. But, There are some complexities involved.”

"What's so complicated!" Sirius suppressed the violent emotions that suddenly emerged in his heart, but there were still some clues in his voice and tone. "I don't understand. He is my godson, but he is not." Why do I need to adjust my state when meeting him?"

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[Note 1] This refers to Phineas Nigellus Black, who was the Headmaster of Hogwarts and the most unpopular Headmaster in the history of Hogwarts.

Chapter 1 Seventy: Two Things Professor Dumbledore Said Wrong

"Harry doesn't know the existence of the wizarding world yet." Professor Dumbledore did not pay attention to Sirius's state of losing his temper, but said softly: "If you want to appear in front of him, you must reveal all this to him. existence. He was fostered in the home of his aunt and uncle. You still have to deal with those two people, and you also have to explain the truth of many things to Harry, and even tell him who he really is - you are sure you can do it now Okay with all this?"

Sirius was like a popped balloon, suddenly sluggish.

No matter how much he wanted to see Harry, he had to admit that Professor Dumbledore was right. Now that he didn't even feel that his own situation was real, how could he remain calm and contact Harry without knowing anything? Harry made everything clear?He could do things without thinking about the consequences, but he couldn't help thinking about Harry, and he couldn't help thinking about how much impact it would have on Harry if he walked in front of Harry in a hurry.

"I..." Sirius was speechless for a moment and couldn't speak for a long time.

Professor Dumbledore didn't say much, but kept looking at Sirius quietly.

After a long time, Sirius raised his head and said with a hint of helplessness: "You are right, I understand, in a short time... I will not go to see Harry. But I will adjust as soon as possible, and I hope that after I adjust my condition , please don’t stop me from seeing Harry again.”

"Of course." Professor Dumbledore spread his hands. "At that time, I will naturally take you to see him."

A smile finally appeared on Sirius's face. He breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Professor Dumbledore. "Well, speaking of this, I still want to meet the child named Moon. According to you, Yes, he is really the biggest contributor to my escape from Azkaban? He sounds like a very interesting little guy."

"Yes, he was the first to discover that Peter was alive and hiding in Hogwarts - of course, relying on the Marauder's Map that the four of you drew before. In addition, he was the first to discover the truth. "Dumbledore chuckled. "He is indeed a very outstanding child. This is not my boast, but is recognized by almost all professors who have taught him. Moreover, he has also done many great things. Even the current school newspaper He did it too.”

"However, I don't think you may like him very much." Professor Dumbledore looked at Sirius teasingly. "After all, in addition to his extremely talented and excellent grades, Moon's character is comparable to that of back then. You are much better. More importantly, he has been in school for two years and has hardly violated any school rules. The most egregious thing he has ever done... Let me think about it, it seems like he just threw a few big shit on the wall. Play it."

Sirius showed a strange expression, "That doesn't sound too real."

Professor Dumbledore smiled mysteriously, "It's unreal. You'll know when you see him."

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February 2th happened to be a Thursday. Moon and the others had no classes in the afternoon. Munn, who was playing with the cat and reading a book in the common room, never expected that the reason why he was called to the principal's office was because Sirius Black wanted to go to the principal's office. He thanks.

He thought that Professor Dumbledore had already read the research results of himself and Professor Snape.

While Sirius Black was sizing up Moon, Moon was also sizing him up:

Tall and thin, of course, a little too thin.He has well-trimmed black hair and bright gray eyes. Although he is already a Ben [-] and has been tortured in Azkaban for ten years, his face is still vaguely handsome. He wants to wait until he can recuperate. After a while, the man in front of me should become even more handsome.

"I guess I don't need to help you introduce each other?" Professor Dumbledore said with a smile, breaking the somewhat dull atmosphere.

"Ha, you should be Moon Fox. Thank you very much. I heard that you are the biggest contributor to my ability to leave Azkaban." Sirius stepped forward, with a hearty smile on his face, and said to Mu En handed over his fist.

Moon bumped fists with him, and then said: "It's a bit exaggerated. I only discovered Peter Pedillo thanks to the Marauder's Map you made back then, so I think the biggest contributors to this matter are you." Own."

Sirius looked at Moon with interest. "Professor Dumbledore just said that I might not like you very much, but, how to put it, I think the first impression is quite good. And you don't look like you will." How come this guy who is so disciplined has only thrown a few dung bombs after two years of schooling?"

Moon was stunned and speechless, good guy, you just sold Professor Dumbledore in a second hand, right? It's really you, Mr. Black.

"Well, it's mainly because there's nothing to break the school rules." Moon shrugged. "I don't think it's cool to do this. Bullying classmates for no reason is also quite shameless in my opinion. But Professor Dumbledore said That's not entirely true. The most outrageous thing I did was not throwing a few dung bombs at the wall, but using the Marauder's Map."

Sirius felt embarrassed and wanted to laugh when he heard it, and his expression turned extremely weird in the end. "This... well, I have to say, we were really stupid before. Hey, no, how did you know that we would do things to bully our classmates before? of."

"Ah? I didn't know you had done this kind of thing before." Moon spread his hands, looking very innocent.

Sirius froze when he heard this, then laughed loudly, "It seems that Professor Dumbledore was wrong about not one thing, but two things. Frankly speaking, I quite like you."

Professor Dumbledore watched the interaction between the two happily from the side, and then said very inappropriately: "Oh, by the way, there is something I haven't told you yet, Sirius. I think Voldemort may be coming back soon."

The atmosphere that had become cheerful suddenly dropped to freezing point.

Moon looked at Professor Dumbledore in confusion, wondering why he would say such a thing at this time. Sirius became silent for a moment, and there seemed to be fire rising in his eyes.

Professor Dumbledore motioned for Moon to sit down while telling Sirius about Jacob Thor, Quirrell and Forest Dempsey.

After Professor Dumbledore finished explaining the current form bit by bit, Sirius thought for a while and then said decisively: "I can join the battle at any time, including now, and I want to fight."

Moon sat aside and stretched his waist, staring at Fox on the shelf, as if he was simmering down a phoenix.

But the next moment, Professor Dumbledore and Sirius all focused their eyes on him.

Chapter 171 Dumbledore’s One Small Step

What?What do you want me to do?What does it mean?Are you planning on asking me to make a declaration of battle?

Moon looked at the two of them hesitantly. I am only in the second grade. Are you serious?

Hey, just kidding, he really didn't understand why the two people were looking at him.But he knew very well that these two people were definitely not expecting him to make a "declaration of battle". Even if Moon really dared to do this, the first person to object would be Professor Dumbledore - unless this The old man lost his mind and went crazy.

"But, I don't understand." Sirius looked at Munn and asked doubtfully, "You seem to be deliberately saying this in front of Munn?"

"That's right." Professor Dumbledore nodded lightly. "You are right, Sirius, I did this deliberately. Because the affairs of these three people are all related to Moon, and it was Moon who personally defeated Ford. Rest Dempsey.”

Sirius' eyes suddenly lit up.

"Well, it's mostly luck." Moon blinked. "And Forest Dempsey had just come out of Azkaban at that time and was still very weak."

"Of course, I didn't say this to get Munn to join the Order of the Phoenix." The sudden words that popped out of Professor Dumbledore's mouth startled Munn. "I just... want to make some preparations first."

The old man stood up and paced slowly in the office. "Moon, I will tell you in detail what the Order of the Phoenix is ​​later. I have been thinking about many things recently, including the possible return of Voldemort at any time, including Harry's In the future, of course, what’s more important is where we should go and how we should face all this.”

"Moon has shown his maturity, reliability and intelligence with practical actions. Starting next year, he will learn some things from me, so I think it is time for him to know more about these things and my ideas. More What's more, he will join the Order of the Phoenix sooner or later, so I will deliberately say these things in front of him. And as it happens, Sirius, I also want to take this opportunity to tell you about the serious situation we are facing now - It seems like everything is going well, but in reality? It’s actually an undercurrent.”

"Originally, while I can still do it, while I can still plan, this meeting should not have happened, but - I have to thank Moon." Professor Dumbledore also set his sights on Moon. "He made me understand. Some things made me know that sometimes, I should use some things to give trust. That’s why I have these words today.”

The old man's open-mindedness made the old man not care at all, and he calmly expressed his gratitude to Moon, "Ha, I think this can be regarded as a change."

"Sirius, in the next six months, I would like to ask you to help me do something. This matter is very dangerous, so you'd better not contact any of us, including other members of the Order of the Phoenix, your Any information must be sent to Munn. And Moon, what you have to do is to forward the information to me after receiving it."

Professor Dumbledore stared out the window and tapped the wooden window frame with his fingers. "The best person for this matter should actually be Remus, but if he is allowed to do it, it will inevitably be too risky. So. , after thinking about it, you who have just left Azkaban can use the excuse of wandering around to complete this matter."

As soon as Professor Dumbledore said these words, unlike Sirius who was still a little confused but still eager to try, Moon almost instantly understood what Professor Dumbledore wanted Sirius to do.

werewolf.

Sure enough, the next moment, Professor Dumbledore picked up a letter from the table - Sirius could clearly see that this letter was exactly the "little letter" that the old man was writing when he arrived in Dumbledore's office just now. Sirius, I hope you can get in touch with some werewolves. You can go to Remus later and he will give you a list. According to that list, you try to get close to them and win them over, with specific reasons and actions. I have written all the methods in this letter. Remember, during this period, you have to keep in touch with Remus, but you must not mention this matter, nor can you use code words; at the same time, you must keep your movements and results Send it to Moon on time so that we can have some understanding."

Sirius nodded solemnly, accepted the matter, and then carefully collected the letter handed to him by Professor Dumbledore close to his body.

Moon looked at the old man in silence. It happened that Professor Dumbledore also glanced at him at this time. Their eyes met, and Moon nodded understandingly.

The reason why Sirius was asked to contact Professor Lupine is because they are good friends, and they should contact each other from time to time when they are relaxing; and the reason why all the information should be sent to him is, I'm afraid...

Probably to avoid Fudge and the Ministry of Magic.

To be precise, Sirius did not want to send the news directly to Munn, but wanted to pass the news to Munn through the Shafiq family.Because if you send the message directly to Munn, there will be almost no concealment, and Fudge will know that there is something wrong with this matter almost immediately. But if you go through the Shafiq family, the concealment of this matter will be greatly improved. It can successfully avoid the eyes and ears of the Ministry of Magic, allowing Munn to receive the message and then pass it on to Professor Dumbledore.

So, Professor Dumbledore must have said hello to Uncle Golov.

It is completely reasonable that Uncle Golov would agree to this matter - Uncle Golov and Moon have almost the same views on Fudge, and their family also has a blood feud with the Death Eaters and Dumbledore. Professors are naturally compatible with each other.What's more, now Professor Dumbledore has decided to take Moon to study starting next year. Based on this, Uncle Golov has no reason not to lend a helping hand on this matter.

But it was indeed rare for Professor Dumbledore to call him here and explain everything in front of him and Sirius.To be precise, if it were the original Professor Dumbledore, he would never do this. Instead, he and Sirius would be in a situation where they were unaware of each other.

Because this can better protect both parties. If they don't know that it is each other who is doing this, then the concealment of the whole thing will be greatly improved. Even if one party is exposed, the other party will not be exposed.No matter what, one of the two can survive.Professor Dumbledore might even ask Professor Lupine to hand over the list directly to him, leaving Professor Lupine unaware of the full situation.

However, although this can make everyone more hidden, it also makes them lose contact with each other. No one knows who is doing it, and there is only silence between them. When the storm comes, all the ties are just That left Professor Dumbledore.

In this way, when the lighthouse named Dumbledore loses contact, everyone will become a boat in the storm. They can only rely on spontaneous reorganization and trust in Dumbledore or the determination to resist the darkness to continue. Sail forward.

Even if it is a secret operation, it can at least allow the people involved in the operation to know more about each other. Isn't this a new step for the old man to take on the road of trusting others?

Chapter 172 Moon’s big step

Albus Dumbledore is not perfect.

He has weaknesses, fears, an embarrassing past, and things beyond his power.

Throughout Albus Dumbledore's life, his "lack of trust" led to many things, some right and some wrong.Because things are like this, trust is like this, some things should not be said, and some things are better said, but because of his "not trusting enough", he did not say many things that he could have said, which led to Eventually some problems occurred.

For example, Harry once felt resentful - Professor Dumbledore always refused to tell him anything. Maybe there were some things that couldn't be said, but in fact, there were also many things that weren't necessarily unspeakable.

Of course, it wasn't just that Albus Dumbledore wasn't "trustworthy enough".

This old man has an excessive sense of responsibility, which makes him always like to put too much burden on himself and in his heart. He even hopes to let himself bear these things and these secrets.

Just like he planned his own death.

In addition, another reason lies in the compassion and desire to protect others in the old man's heart, which makes him unable to help but want to rely on concealment, covering up, and even self-restraint to put others in a safer situation as much as possible.

Just like his alienation from Harry and his avoidance of Umbridge when he was in Harry's fifth year.

Albus Dumbledore was a complicated man—like all of us.Just like Gavin Travers will viciously insult others, but in fact he is resistant to true evil in his heart; just like Harry Potter is obviously decisive and brave, but he often doubts himself; just like Severus Although Snape is full of desire for power, he can give up the pursuit of power because of love [Note 1].

His experience, his past, and his character have actually been determined. He is destined to be unable to tell others everything. He always has something to bury in his heart and something to bear on himself, even if it is unnecessary. Something that shouldn't even be kept secret.Moon never hoped that the old man could keep his words. After all, no one could do this, let alone Albus Dumbledore.

Moon's long-term efforts and frankness are actually just to make the old man realize one thing - instead of "don't say it if you can't," he should "don't say it if you can't."

Especially to those close to me.

The task he assigned to Sirius this time was something that "can't be said", but not something that "can't be said".If he were still the original Professor Dumbledore, he would choose not to tell in order to protect Moon, Sirius and Remus.But now, he has figured out that it is not that this matter cannot be said, but that there is a reason not to say it. Telling it can make Sirius and Moon act more clearly, and let Sirius know that besides Professor Dumbledore, he Who else can be completely trusted? Let Moon know the source of the information so that the forces of the Shafiq family can more easily cooperate with Sirius.

More importantly, it proved Albus Dumbledore's trust in them - he had revealed the entire plan, at least to those who were acting.

That was enough, the transformation Moon had been waiting to see.

Because the old man was originally "not trusting enough", in fact, he never refused to show his trust from beginning to end.

If he really didn't trust the Order of the Phoenix, Severus Snape, Harry, Hermione and Ron, he wouldn't have made the plan to fight Voldemort at all.He trusts, he trusts from beginning to end, just as those people are "Dumbledore's people through and through", Dumbledore has always been "their people through and through".

He just said very little.

If he didn't trust Munn or Sirius, then he wouldn't let Sirius come into contact with the werewolf or let Munn deliver the news. But if he didn't tell the truth like he did now, in the eyes of Moon and Sirius , the old man always has reservations - there may be many reasons for reservations, and one of them is very likely to be lack of trust.

There are some things that are important to speak out.

After Sirius left, the old man and Moon sat across the desk from each other for a long time.

Then the old man handed Moon a candy.

He looked at Munn, and there seemed to be a faint smile, but if he looked carefully, he could only see the calmness on his face.

Moon took the candy and couldn't help frowning, "This thing looks really ugly."

The old man laughed heartily, not forgetting to put a piece of candy in his mouth.

Moon also threw this ugly rabbit-dung-egg-like candy into his mouth, and then shrugged, "But after I mustered up the courage to put it in my mouth...it's still quite sweet."

After a long time, the old man nodded slowly, and then said softly: "Golov told me something."

Moon's body stiffened, and he slowly raised his head and looked at the old man.

"He said that he has never seen a child as precocious as you. It seems that he understood a lot of things inexplicably when he was just able to speak at the age of two or three. And perhaps because of your father, he was very withdrawn and even resisted being harmonious at one time. No one except your mother. Until two nights before Christmas when you were four years old, your mother and two uncles went to visit other extended relatives, and only you and Hesper were at home. After that night, you suddenly began Got in contact with two uncles."

"Later, they asked the house elves at home and found out that the reason was just that Hesper was crying and couldn't sleep. You went to comfort Hesper for a while."

"Golov just mentioned it casually during a chat, but I realized that if even you, a child as young as that time, could have the courage to make changes because of some things, I don't seem to have to be afraid of such things. Being timid and complacent. That's why I said those words today. I noticed that you seemed a little surprised at the time." When he said this, the old man was a little complacent, but soon, this complacency turned into curiosity.

"But please forgive an old man's curiosity, ha. I'm still curious about what happened at that time."

What happened?

Moon turned his head to look out the window, and what appeared in his eyes was the familiar face of a middle-aged man. The face of a middle-aged man whose memory was full of irritability, resentment, and oppression.

There is also a face of about 20 years old, a face with a dying illness, and a face that always uses indifference and withdrawal to confront his biological father.

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[Note 1] There may be controversy here. Some people think that Professor Snape hopes to make Lily fall in love with him because of his love for Lily. But in fact, Professor Snape’s childhood experience (from his father’s home) Violence) has actually planted the seed of chasing power in him, and it is also the source that makes his character always slightly dark and awkward.