Hogwarts: From Squibs to Greatness

Chapter 121
The potluck that night was very enjoyable.

Perhaps because of John's book, the Weasley twins didn't open their mouths to mock each other because Patsy became the president of the student union, so the atmosphere at the dinner table was very relaxed.

The bar owner Tom put together three tables in the hall, and the Weasley family of seven, Harry, Hermione, John, and even Sirius all tasted five delicious dishes with relish.

After eating, John bid farewell to everyone and left the Leaky Cauldron.

After dinner, everyone in the Leaky Cauldron Bar felt drowsy because they were full.

One by one, they went upstairs to their rooms to check that their things were packed for the next day.

Ron and Percy lived next door to Harry, but just as Harry closed the door and locked his box, he heard Ron's anxious voice from the other wall, so Harry got up and went out to find out what happened.

"Missing the Scabber Rat Potion." Ron tossed out the contents of his suitcase and looked for it. "I think I left it on the bar—"

"Go get it tomorrow, Banban won't die tonight if he doesn't drink his medicine," Percy said lying on the bed, "and you haven't packed your things yet, you have to get up early to catch the train tomorrow!"

"I'll get Scabbers' medicine, my things are packed," Harry told Ron, and went downstairs.

Harry was walking towards the now dark bar, and was halfway there when he heard two angry voices in a single room, and he recognized Mr and Mrs Weasley immediately.

He hesitated, not wanting them to know that he heard them arguing, but when he suddenly heard his name, he stopped and approached the door of the private room.

"...it would be wrong not to tell him," said Mr. Weasley passionately. "Harry has a right to know that Harry is thirteen, he's not a kid anymore, he..."

"Arthur, the truth will scare him!" screamed Mrs. Weasley. "That danger is always there. Do you really want Harry to go back to school with that shadow in his heart? For God's sake In fact, he would be happier if he was kept in the dark."

"I don't want to upset him, I just want him to be more vigilant!" Mr. Weasley retorted sharply. "You know what kind of virtue Harry and Ron are, they often wander around by themselves! Even ran into the Forbidden Forest! Harry! You mustn't do that during the semester! I can't imagine the dangers he ran away from home that night! If the Knight Bus hadn't picked him up, I'm sure he would have been dead before the Ministry found him .”

"But he's not dead, he's fine, what's the need..."

"Molly, they said Sirius Black was crazy, and maybe he was, but he was able to escape from Azkaban, and everyone thought it was impossible. It's been a month now, and no One has seen his shadow."

"I don't care what Fudge says to the Daily Prophet every day, but we're nowhere near arresting Black, like inventing a magic wand that spells automatically. There's only one thing we know for sure: Black is looking for... "

"But Harry is perfectly safe at Hogwarts."

"We thought Azkaban was absolutely safe. Since Black can escape from Azkaban, he must have the ability to break into Hogwarts."

"But nobody's really sure that Black is looking for Harry—"

Boom, the sound of something hitting the wood, Harry guessed it must be Mr. Weasley hitting the table with his fist.

"Molly, how many times do I have to tell you? It wasn't reported in the newspapers because Fudge wanted to cover it up, but Fudge went to Azkaban the night Black ran away."

"The guards told Fudge that for a long time, Blake had been talking in his sleep, repeating the same line over and over again: 'He's at Hogwarts . . . he's at Hogwarts.'"

"Black is insane, Molly, and he wants Harry's life. If I ask you, he thought killing Harry would bring You-Know-Who back. The night Harry stopped You-Know-Who, Black lost everything, alone. Stayed in Azkaban for 12 years, thinking about this all day..."

Having said this, the room fell into silence.

Harry pressed harder against the door, trying to hear more.

"Well, Arthur, you must have done it as you saw fit. But you forgot about Albus Dumbledore. I don't think anything can hurt Hogwarts as long as Dumbledore is Headmaster." To Harry. Dumbledore knows all this, I suppose?"

"Of course he does. We'll have to ask him if he's okay with Azkaban guards manning the school entrance. He's not too happy about it, but he agrees."

"Unhappy? Aren't they sent to catch Black? Why is he unhappy?"

"Dumbledore doesn't like the wardens of Azkaban." Mr. Weasley said heavily, "I don't really like it either...but to deal with a wizard like Black, sometimes you have to fight with him." People who had been avoiding it for fear of not being able to join hands."

"If they save Harry..."

"...then I won't say a word about them again," said Mr. Weasley wearily. "It's getting late, Molly, we'd better go upstairs..."

Harry heard the sound of a chair being moved, and he tiptoed down the aisle to hide behind the bar.The door of the single room opened, and the sound of footsteps a few seconds later told him that Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had gone upstairs.

The bottle of Rat Tonic was under the table where they had been sitting, and Harry waited until the door to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's room was closed before going back upstairs with the bottle.

Harry's mind was full of what the Weasleys said at the moment, and he only felt annoyed when he thought of the crazy Black escaped from prison in the newspaper just to hunt and kill him.

Absently handing the Rat Potion to Ron, even though the Weasley twins told a very funny joke at this moment, Harry didn't smile.

Go back to the house, close the door, and lie on the bed.

Harry lay there, listening to the muffled yelling from next door, wondering how he didn't feel very frightened.

Sirius Black had killed thirteen people with a single spell, and the Weasleys apparently thought that Harry would panic if he knew the truth.

But Harry happened to agree with Mrs. Weasley from the bottom of his heart that the safest place in the world was where Albus Dumbledore was.

Didn't people always say that Dumbledore was the only person Voldemort had ever feared in his life?Black was Voldemort's right-hand man and surely would have feared Dumbledore just as much.

And those Azkaban guards that everyone was talking about, they seemed to scare most people, and with them stationed around the school, the chances of Black breaking in seemed slim.

What troubled Harry most, though, was that his hopes of going to Hogsmeade now seemed to be completely dashed.

Black wasn't caught, and no one would let Harry leave the safety of the castle.

In fact, Harry suspected that his every move would be closely watched until the danger had passed.

Distraught Harry finally sat up and turned on the bedside lamp, and this movement naturally attracted the attention of Sirius lying on the sofa in the room.

His dark eyes gleamed in the light, and he looked up at Harry, who was sitting by the bed.

Naturally Harry noticed such a reaction from Sirius, he could see the worry on the big dog's face.

Harry couldn't help getting up and walking towards Sirius, and while stroking his black hair, he told him what happened just now.

"Wick, tell me what should I do."

Sirius looked at Harry who was a little anxious, he wanted to change back to human form and told Harry not to worry, he would not hurt him.

But he still didn't choose to do this, because he knew that it was normal for the other party to worry about these things now. In the eyes of everyone in the wizarding world, he was Voldemort's running dog, a downright murderer.

He also had no choice but to take the initiative to rub Harry's hand to comfort him.

It seemed that Sirius' safety had an effect, and Harry's mood gradually stabilized.

"Thank you, Vick, I feel better!"

After stroking Sirius' head at last, Harry lay back on the bed, turned off the bedside light, and fell asleep.

After a long time, after confirming that Harry was completely asleep, Sirius turned back into a human form, walked lightly to the head of Harry's bed and squatted down.

Looking at his godson, Sirius lovingly touched his forehead and helped Harry cover the quilt again. He turned back into a black dog again and lay down on the ground beside the bed, watching Harry gradually fall asleep.

Early the next morning, they were ready to go to the station.

Because of the Flying Car incident last time, the impact of the Sirius escape incident, and Harry's identity, the Ministry of Magic sent two special cars to take Harry and the others to the station.

Sirius immediately recognized the wizard driving the car as an Auror.

But he was not worried that he would be discovered. During the time he lived in the space, he clearly recognized what kind of genius John was. The other party's alchemy level was the most powerful he had ever seen, so he swaggered and followed Ha Lee got into the car.

As Sirius thought, with the presence of the collar, the Aurors just glanced at him and turned their attention away.

According to John, he was a normal black dog in their eyes, and there was nothing abnormal about him.

Along the way, I don't know if they noticed the solemn atmosphere, but everyone didn't say much.

Finally, as they traveled all the way, they finally arrived at the station.

As soon as they entered Station Nine and Three Quarters, everyone felt a completely different atmosphere. Not only did a large number of Muggle policemen appear in the station, but there were also many Aurors mixed in the crowd.

They hold special instruments in their hands and seem to be scanning everyone.

"This year feels like another uneventful year." Ron whispered to Harry
Harry nodded, looking around, alert for every unusual little movement.

Soon, under the escort of Aurors, they all passed the wall and entered the station without incident.

Before getting into the car, Mr. Weasley held Harry back and seemed to want to say something, but Harry knew that the other party wanted to tell him about Black, so Harry said directly that he had heard their argument last night up.

Hearing this, Mr. Weasley didn't say much in the end, he just asked Harry not to leave the castle, and after keeping himself safe, he sent him to the train.

(End of this chapter)