Harry Potter: Dark Alchemy

"It seems that the pair of naughty boys from the Weasley family do know a lot of secrets about the interior of the castle, and they are generous enough to share them with others." Dumbledore said as he walked, "I guess even Fell Mr. Qi doesn't even know that behind the one-eyed witch statue on the fourth floor of the castle, there is a secret passage leading to the outside of the school. I may tell Mr. Filch about this later, and please tell the twin brothers. When they use this secret passage to sneak out of the school in the future, please always pay attention to whether there is anyone watching behind them."

"Well."

"Wright, you came directly from Beauxbatons, right? Don't tell me that you came from St. Catchpole, otherwise I will be sad." Dumbledore said, "But there was just one in the school. When something like this happened, you came back, and I just happened to come back not long ago, so it seems that we are quite connected. "

"Evil."

"But how did you pass the inspection of the group of dementors in Hogsmeade? Oh, yes, it seems that the dementors' perception of animal emotions is indeed not outstanding." Dumbledore pondered for a while, feeling a little enlightened. He said, "In that case, Sirius Black also escaped from the guards by transforming into an Animagus? Then which secret passage that I don't know he used to sneak into the castle?" Where's the one from?"

What can Wright say? As people age, they become wiser, and as things age, they become strange. From the short time it took to go downstairs, it could be so accurately deduced that Sirius was an illegal Animagus, and he had sneaked into the castle through a secret passage. This was Dumbledore's extraordinary wisdom.

While they were talking, the two of them had already walked down the second floor. Wright jumped down from the high marble stairs and landed gracefully and easily on the ground on the first floor of the castle without making a single sound.

"It is really a rare and beautiful Animagus form." Dumbledore praised, "If I remember correctly, there are only seven Animagus registered with the Ministry of Magic, and among them Including Professor McGonagall, it seems that your talent for transfiguration, Wright, is indeed extraordinary, and your attainments are quite high."

"College Dumbledore—ah!"

Penello's scream instantly exploded at the door of the auditorium. If it weren't for the thick door that blocked it, many students would have been woken up.

"Sorry, Miss Crevat." Dumbledore glanced at Penello apologetically, and bumped Wright's stomach with his calf, "This is a magical creature that I accidentally discovered when I was patrolling the castle just now. , I don’t know where it came from, so I had to keep it with me for safety’s sake.”

Black Tiger Wright glanced at Penello innocently, but the way he wanted to express his apology made Penello take a big step back.

"I, I understand, Mr. Principal Dumbledore," Penello looked at Wright in shock and stammered.

"I'm sorry again, Miss Crevat." Dumbledore apologized again, "Thank you for asking you to stay at the door of the auditorium so late."

"No, it's not hard."

Dumbledore nodded to Penello again, and then walked into the auditorium with Black Tiger Wright.

Looking at the backs of Dumbledore and Wright, Penello suddenly thought of another thing. Isn't it true that there are no native tigers in the UK? So if there are no tigers, how could such a terrifying tiger-shaped magical creature be born? And he showed up openly in Hogwarts Castle?

…

The four people from Chang Chu who were waiting for news about Wright in the auditorium were not sleepy at all.

At this time, nearly half an hour had passed since Wright hung up the double-sided mirror, but the darkened mirror still made no sound.

Chang Chu was anxious in her heart, she always had a premonition that Wright was in big trouble.

Suddenly, Chang Chu heard the sound of the door opening, and immediately knew that it was a professor coming to check on the students. She immediately lay down, faced the wall, and pretended to be asleep.

Harry, Hermione and Ron, who were lying further outside, noticed that the person coming was Dumbledore, but at this time they were also pretending to sleep.

Chang Chu suddenly heard a scream that was extremely suppressed, and the voice sounded like Percy's.

"Professor, what is this?" Percy, like Penello just now, was frightened by the black tiger Wright following Dumbledore.

Dumbledore repeated what he had just said to Penello, and then asked Percy: "Is everything okay here?"

"Everything is normal, sir." Percy pointed at Wright nervously, "It, it's going towards the students, do we need to stop it?"

"No need, Mr. Weasley." Dumbledore said calmly, "I just found a temporary caretaker for the Gryffindor Portrait Cave. Tomorrow morning, you can let the students of your house move it again." gone back."

Although Percy wanted to ask about the Fat Lady, Wright's actions made him uneasy because he saw Wright walking towards his youngest brother.

"Sir, do we really not need to take care of that terrible animal?" Percy asked anxiously.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Weasley, it is a very safe magical creature and will not harm students." Dumbledore patted Percy's shoulder reassuringly, "Just do your job. ”

Magical creatures? what is that? From Percy's tone, that magical creature seemed scary? Chang Chu's mind was filled with random thoughts.

Suddenly, she felt something soft patting her head gently, like the XXXL version of Felicia's pads.

Is it that magical creature Percy was talking about? Chang Chu was tense.

The next moment, she felt a huge thing lying next to her, and hot, wet breath blew out from the animal's nose and blew into her ears.

Chang Chu bravely raised his head and saw two green eyes in the darkness.

Almost out of reflex, she pulled her arm out of the quilt and gave the green eye on the left a heavy punch!

…

"Hiss—" Dumbledore couldn't help grinning as he noticed Wright's miserable state of suppressing pain and rolling on the ground.

Snape frowned. Could it be that the situation he just reported was ridiculous?

"Ahem!" Dumbledore coughed and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Severus. I also expected that Black would not stay here any longer. If I guessed correctly, he should have left the castle by this time. Escaped from inside."

Harry didn't know whether he should continue listening to the conversation between Snape and Dumbledore or continue reading Wright's jokes. Anyway, Hermione and Ron were not interested in what Dumbledore said. They were all watching Chang Chu's excitement.

Percy was rarely in the same difficult situation as Harry. He didn't know whether he should continue to show full concentration in front of the principal and Dean of Slytherin at this moment, or whether he should go and see that person. A joke about magical animals that only appear to be incredibly powerful.

But that Ravenclaw girl with an iron fist is so fierce! Percy thought, remember Penello seemed to have mentioned her before? Your name is Chang Chu, right?

Snape continued to ask Dumbledore: "Have you ever wondered how Black got in, Mr. Headmaster?"

"There are already speculations, Severus." Dumbledore turned Snape around so that he would not notice Wright's situation. "Mr. Weasley, please continue to pay attention to the students' situation, okay?" ?"

Percy left Dumbledore's side with great relief. This was an experience he had never had in his previous college life. This was the first time that he wanted to stay away from Principal Dumbledore.

"Can you?"

"Sorry, Severus, this guess is not very complete and is not suitable to be shared with others," Dumbledore said.

"Do you remember that conversation we had before? Just before school started?" Snape said through gritted teeth.

"Remember."

"It's impossible for Black to break into the school without relying on others' help. This is Hogwarts, not Azkaban." Snape said, "I have very good reasons to doubt Lupin——"

"But my experience tells me that there is such a person who can rely on his own strength to sneak into the castle from outside the school alone." Dumbledore's tone indicated that this topic should end here.

Snape fell silent bitterly.

"I'm going to inform the dementors now," Dumbledore said. "I'll be back in my office in about half an hour."

"What do you mean, Mr. Headmaster?" Snape asked with a frown.

"Someone will understand."