Hogwarts: From Squibs to Greatness

Chapter 128 Hogsmeade's License and Scabbers' Injury

The chaos escalated when Sirius joined the fray.

Everyone avoided the big dog, because just now Fred wanted to stop Sirius, but was directly knocked aside by the big dog.

As for Crookshanks, George Weasley lunged for her and missed.

Scabbers slipped through twenty pairs of legs and got under an old chest of drawers.

Crookshanks stopped, bent his bow-legged legs, and stretched his front paws under the chest of drawers, pawing desperately.

On the other side, Sirius let out a low growl, lying on the ground and staring at the small figure under the chest of drawers from the side.

Ban Ban's chest was heaving violently at this moment, his round black eyes were full of fear and vigilance, staring at Sirius and Crookshanks firmly.

Harry, Ron and Hermione hurried over.

Hermione grabbed Crookshanks by the waist and carried it away, and Harry pulled Sirius away by the neck without much effort.

As for Ron?

He lay on the ground, and after a lot of effort, he pulled Scabbers out by its tail.

Maybe it was because Sirius was a dog, after Ron comforted Scabbers, he angrily brought Scabbers to Hermione.

"Look at it!" Ron said to her angrily. "Skinny! You keep that cat away from it!"

"Crookshanks didn't know it was wrong!" Hermione said in a trembling voice. "Cats like to chase mice, Ron!"

"That beast is kind of weird!" said Ron, coaxing Scabbers, who was writhing wildly, back into his pocket. "He heard me say that Scabbers was in my bag!"

"Oh, stop that nonsense," said Hermione impatiently. "Crookshanks can smell it, Ron, do you think..."

"That cat just kept its eyes on Scabbers!" Ron ignored the giggling crowd around him. "Scabber came first, and he was sick!"

Ron strode angrily across the common room and up the stairs to the boys' dorms.

The next day, Ron was still fighting with Hermione.He barely spoke to her in Herbology class, although he was in a group with Harry and Hermione peeling bubble pods.

"How's Scabbers?" asked Hermione timidly, as they plucked the plump pink pods from Bubbles, peeled off the shiny beans, and put them in a wooden barrel.

"Shivering at the foot of my bed," said Ron angrily, and the beans were not thrown into the bucket, but scattered on the greenhouse floor.

But what Ron didn't know was that he decided that Scabbers, who was shaking, was not in his dormitory at the moment.

Because somehow, Crookshanks and Sirius appeared in Harry's dormitory, and began to chase and intercept Scabbers.

With his compact stature, Banban escaped from the dormitory, and then a cat, a dog, and a mouse started the chasing battle again in the Gryffindor lounge.

Crookshanks wanted to eliminate this unstable factor in order to protect his master; Sirius wanted to charge some interest on the betrayer first.

Just for the same purpose, Sirius who turned into a dog communicated with Crookshanks, so there was another pursuit.

At this moment Peter Pettigrew felt miserable, he didn't expect that he would be targeted by a cat and a dog.

Forget about the cat, that black dog really made him tremble in his heart, if it wasn't confirmed after careful observation that it wasn't the Animagus form of Sirius, he would really feel that he would die at the hands of this black dog.

Just when Banban was struggling to escape, Harry and the others were preparing for the Transfiguration class.

Harry was going to ask Professor McGonagall if he could go to Hogsmeade with the other students after class.

He stood in the line outside the classroom, thinking about what to say when the time came.

However, a commotion at the front of the line distracted him.

Lavender Brown appeared to be crying, and Parvati put his arms around her as he explained something to a serious-looking Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas.

"What's going on, Lavender?" Hermione asked anxiously, joining Harry and Ron.

"She got a letter from home this morning," whispered Parvati. "Her bunny Binky was killed by a fox."

"Oh," said Hermione, "I'm sorry for you, Lavender."

"I should have known!" said Lavender, desperately. "Do you know what day it is?"

"Uh--"

"October sixteenth! 'The thing you're most afraid of, will happen on October sixteenth!' Remember? She was right, she was right!"

The reason why Lavender had such a big reaction was naturally because of the prophecy that Professor Trelawney said in the divination class.

At this time, the whole class gathered around Lavender.Seamus shook his head gravely.Hermione hesitated for a moment, then said, "You...have you always been afraid that Binky would be killed by a fox?"

"Actually, it doesn't have to be a fox," said Lavender, looking up at Hermione with teary eyes, "but I'm obviously afraid that the rabbit is going to die, aren't I?"

"Oh," said Hermione.She paused again.Then……

"Is Binky an old rabbit?"

"No! No!" Lavender sobbed, "Yeah...it's a bunny!"

Parvati squeezed Lavender's shoulders tighter.

"Then why are you afraid of it dying?" said Hermione.

Parvati glared at her sullenly.

"Analyze it rationally," Hermione said, turning to the crowd, "I mean, Binky didn't die today, right? Lavender only got the news today, and she couldn't have been dreading it all the time." because she was shocked to hear the news—"

"Don't pay attention to Hermione, Lavender," Ron said loudly, "she doesn't take other people's pets seriously."

Fortunately, Professor McGonagall opened the door of the classroom at this time.

Hermione and Ron glared and entered the classroom.They sat on either side of Harry and didn't speak to each other the whole class.

The bell rang for the end of get out of class, and Harry hadn't figured out how to tell Professor McGonagall, but she brought up the topic of Hogsmeade first.

"Wait a minute, please!" Professor McGonagall shouted when the students got up to leave. "You are all in my house. Please give me the permission form to go to Hogsmeade before Halloween. If you don't hand in the form, you can't go, Don't forget!"

Neville raised his hand.

"I'm sorry, Professor, I... I seem to have lost..."

"Your grandma sent me your watch directly, Longbottom," said Professor McGonagall. "She seems to think that's safer. Well, that's it, you can go."

"Go and ask her," Ron said to Harry in a low voice.

"Oh, but..." Hermione tried to speak.

"Come on, Harry," said Ron stubbornly.

Harry waited for the whole class to leave before walking towards Professor McGonagall's podium nervously.

"What's the matter, Potter?"

Harry took a deep breath.

"Professor, my aunt and uncle ... er ... they forgot to sign my form," he said.

Professor McGonagall looked at Harry through her square glasses, but said nothing.

"So... um... do you think it's okay... I mean, is it possible... for me to go to Hogsmeade?"

Professor McGonagall lowered his eyes and began to arrange the handouts on the table.

"I'm afraid not, Potter," she said. "You heard what I just said. You can't go without a watch. That's the rule."

"But...professor, my aunt and uncle...you know, they're Muggles, and they don't really understand...the forms that Hogwarts sends out." Harry tried desperately to explain, Urgently want to convince Professor McGonagall.

Ron nodded desperately to encourage him, "If you say I can go..."

"But I won't say it!"

As Professor McGonagall said, he stood up and put the handouts neatly into the drawer.

"It's clearly stated on the form and permission must be signed by a parent or guardian."

She turned to look at Harry with a strange look on her face, was it sympathy?
"I'm sorry, Potter, but that's the way it is. You'd better hurry up, or you'll be late for the next class."

After Professor McGonagall left, Ron scolded Professor McGonagall a lot of bad words, which made Hermione very angry.

Ron was even more annoyed when Hermione put on that "it's all for your own good" expression.

Everyone in the class was happily talking loudly about what to do first in Hogsmeade, and Harry could only listen.

At this moment he saw John, Harry suddenly thought of something, and rushed to John.

"John, do you have time?" Harry looked at John. "I...I want to ask you to help me."

John looked curiously at Harry who stopped him, so he secretly sent a letter to Sirius asking him to wait a while.

Because Sirius sent him a message just now, telling him that Banban passed out and suffered a lot of injuries.

Faced with such a situation, he was afraid that the other party would die like this, so he wanted John to come and check.

John naturally has psychological expectations for such things. You can't expect everyone to keep calm and choose to be merciful when facing enemies.

"Is there anything I can do for you, Harry?" John asked, looking at Harry.

Harry looked at John with some embarrassment, and said, "That's... John, can you help me beg Professor McGonagall to let me go to Hogsmeade?"

John didn't need to think about what happened, but John would not agree to such a request because he was not qualified to do it.

"Harry, I'm afraid I can't help you with this matter." John looked at Harry and said, "I know your uncle will not agree to sign, but this does not mean that Professor McGonagall can act as your guardian. To Hogsmeade."

"And the situation is special now, you know Harry, you are in danger now, so naturally you should be more cautious." John reached out and patted Harry on the shoulder.

Looking at John's serious face, Harry knew that what John said was right, but he couldn't help but feel disappointed. He really wanted to go to Hogsmeade with his friends.

Looking at the depressed Harry, John patted him on the shoulder again, and walked away from here.

But when passing by Harry, John said in a very low voice: "Brother Weasley will help you."

After finishing speaking, John didn't care about Harry's reaction, and hurried to the direction where Sirius was, just now he sent another letter to urge him.

Harry watched John's disappearing back, and it took him a long time to leave the spot.

(End of this chapter)