Harry Potter and the Old Ones

The explosion deep in the Forbidden Forest woke up almost everyone.

After hearing Harry's words, Dumbledore was the first to react, turned around and ran outside the castle.

Snape also followed behind Dumbledore with a serious face.

Then there's Cornelius Fudge, Minister for Magic.

Cornelius Fudge was terribly frightened, but he had to go—

No one likes a cowardly and cowardly Minister of Magic who has to walk around the place where the explosion happened even for the sake of acting.

Anyway, there was Dumbledore by his side, so he had nothing to be afraid of.

Then you can arrange for the Daily Prophet to trumpet a wave of your own bravery and fearlessness—

On the way from the castle to the Forbidden Forest, Cornelius Fudge even thought about the interview script for the Daily Prophet.

Harry and Hermione also wanted to follow out, but Madam Pomfrey, who was rushed over, pushed her back on the bed.

"You must rest well!" Madam Pomfrey said sternly.

When the other teachers arrived at Hagrid's cabin afterwards, only Hagrid and Cornelius Fudge were standing at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

"Hagrid, where are Albus and Severus?" Professor McGonagall, who was walking in the front, asked.

"Professor Dumbledore went to the Forbidden Forest by himself, let us wait here now." Hagrid said, "Then ask Professor Snape to check the surroundings of the school, in case someone takes advantage of the chaos to raid the school."

"Thank God!" Professor McGonagall exclaimed, then turned and said:

"Filius, go find Severus and help him guard the perimeter of the school together."

"Yes, ma'am," Professor Flitwick agreed.

"Pomona, take Minister Fudge back to the castle first, then wake Fitch up and ask him to help manage the students, so that all the students stay in the common room and are not allowed to go out at will." Professor McGonagall said richly .

"Okay." Professor Sprout agreed. "What about you, Minerva?"

"I'm right here. If Albus sends a signal or doesn't come out of the Forbidden Forest within twenty minutes, Hagrid and I will immediately enter the Forbidden Forest." Professor McGonagall said.

"Okay, Minerva," said Sprout. "You take care."

"Yes." Professor McGonagall said, "Okay, let's go, and you also pay attention to safety."

After the order was finished, everyone dispersed and acted according to Professor McGonagall's orders.

But fortunately, the worst scenario that Professor McGonagall imagined did not happen——

About ten minutes later, Dumbledore appeared at the entrance of the Forbidden Forest with a gloomy face, holding a thin figure in his arms.

"Oh, thank God, Albus, you're okay—" Professor McGonagall hurried up to meet him, but halfway there, when she saw the person in Dumbledore's arms, Professor McGonagall stopped in her tracks , involuntarily covered his mouth with his hands——

"Oh...no, no!" Tears welled up in Professor McGonagall's eyes.

When only a few steps away from Dumbledore, McGonagall finally saw the person in Dumbledore's arms——

Tierra!

"No, what's going on? What's going on? Albus!" Professor McGonagall cried with a trace of anger, "How could this be?"

The Hogwarts school uniform Tierra was wearing was torn, covered with blood and mud.

But if it's just like this, Professor McGonagall obviously wouldn't show such an expression. What's more eye-catching is his right arm——

Or the root of his mutilated right hand.

Tierra's entire right arm disappeared, only a little bit of bone and flesh from the explosion remained where it connected to his shoulder.

In addition, half of Tierra's right face is covered with burn marks, and his closed right eye is continuously bleeding out——

"How did this happen? How did this happen?" Professor McGonagall was still repeating that sentence dully.

In the school history of Hogwarts for more than a thousand years, it is not without accidents worse than this.

But there has never been an accident as bloody as this one, and there has never been even one incident where death and bloody tears were unfolded in front of Professor McGonagall.

"Okay, McGonagall! He's still alive!" Dumbledore said with anger in his voice, "Let's go, we have to rush to the school hospital!"

"Yes, yes, yes..." McGonagall responded dully, "The school hospital, the school hospital! We...we have to hand him over to Madam Pomfrey quickly! Maybe...maybe his right arm... ...his right arm is still alive!"

"Quick, Hagrid!" Professor McGonagall gave way, and then said, "Go find Severus and Felius and ask them to gather at the school hospital!"

Hagrid was so frightened that he just stood there blankly from beginning to end.

"Hagrid!" Professor McGonagall screamed again, and then patted Hagrid hard.

"Yes, yes, yes, ma'am..." Hagrid suddenly recovered, "I... I'm going!"

When Dumbledore carried Tiera to the school hospital, Harry and Hermione jumped out of the bed when they heard the movement, and ran to the door—

"No!" Harry seemed to be overtaken by a nightmare, the moment Harry saw Tierra, he felt something terrible exploded in his mind.

"Tierra! What's wrong with Tierra!" Harry asked hastily.

"Get out of the way!" After Dumbledore put Tierra on the hospital bed, Madam Pomfrey hurried over, drove everyone out of the ward, and pulled down the white curtain around the bed.

"Mr. Principal!" Harry asked anxiously after being violently kicked out of the ward by Madam Pomfrey, "Tiera..."

"Tiera's life is not in danger at the moment." Dumbledore said with a sullen face, "Now I hope you and Hermione will return to the dormitory immediately, this matter is very likely—"

"It's Pettigrew, isn't it!" Harry shouted suddenly.

"Harry, don't be stupid." Fudge said carefully, "Peter Pettigrew was dead long ago...killed by Sirius Black himself—"

"No! It's Peter Pettigrew!" Harry growled, forcing Fudge to interrupt, "It's Peter Pettigrew! Pettigrew isn't dead at all! He's been lurking at the Weasleys for ten years disguised as Ron's Mouse Scabbers." Two years! Sirius escaped from prison just to catch him!"

"Enough—" Cornelius Fudge seemed really angry, and shouted at Harry—

Then Cornelius Fudge only felt a chill behind his back, he turned his head quietly, and found that Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore were looking at him with gloomy faces——

"Uh... Ah... Abba... Ah... I, I mean... I mean Sirius Black just escaped from prison..." Connelly racked his brains to explain, "I mean Sirius Black Just after escaping from prison...Tiera was attacked...I...I have to suspect that Sirius planned all of this...Of course, it may also be his accomplice..."

"It's Peter Pettigrew!" Harry roared. "Tierra is after him, and Tierra wants to catch him, catch him and clear Sirius of his suspicions."

"When...of course..." Cornelius Fudge seemed to be taken aback by Harry's determination, and took a step back, but suddenly, Cornelius Fudge realized how inappropriate his behavior just now was, and stood forward again One step, and then suddenly said in a loud voice, "Of course! We're all just guessing now, we don't have to wait for him to wake up before we can make a conclusion...and...and...and Tierra's situation I'm Guess we'll have to notify his parents...whatever...no matter what Tierra says I think eventually his parents will be there...I mean Tierra is probably under an illusion or an Imperius spell and we'll have to wait for him His parents are present, or let his parents come to solve the curse with their own hands, so as to restore the truth of the matter."

"It's a pity..." Cornelius Fudge said regretfully again, "It's a pity that Mr. Lockhart has been traveling for the past year... Maybe we need to send someone to find him... If we can't find it... I'm afraid we... We can't take his testimony... and we can't..."

"I don't think you need to bother so much, Mr. Minister." Snape walked over quickly and said, and behind him was Gilderoy Lockhart, who Fudge was discussing just now.

"Oh...Mr. Lockhart!" said Fudge, obviously surprised. "You... why are you here?"

"What's going on?" Dumbledore asked suspiciously.

"Mr. Headmaster, when Professor Flitwick and I were inspecting the surroundings of the castle, we found him standing at the gate, saying that he was here to pick Tierra home," Snape said.

"What's going on?" Dumbledore looked at Lockhart strangely——

Gilderoy Lockhart's image at this time is very strange, wearing a big bright red robe, holding a strange staff almost as tall as him in his hand, with a huge white gem inlaid on the top of the staff, In the other hand was a large thick book.

"Hello, Mr. Headmaster Dumbledore. Hello, Mr. Minister."

"Ghidro Lockhart" greeted him politely, and then said, "That's right, I made an appointment with Tierra to pick him up the afternoon he finished his exam, that is, yesterday afternoon, but It's a pity that I was temporarily caught up in some things, so I came a little late. So I plan to stay in Hogsmeade Village first, and pick up Tiera tomorrow morning."

Having said that, "Ghidroy Lockhart" paused for a moment, and then continued, "But just now, just when I entered Hogsmeade village, I heard a voice coming from the direction of Hogwarts." There was an explosion, and I guessed something might have happened, so I hurried over."

"Oh yes! Yes, I remember, I remember Tierra told me that you were coming to pick him up." Cornelius Fudge said, "That way Mr. Lockhart can be ruled out as a suspect!"

"What suspicion?"

"Ghidro Lockhart" said pretending to be confused.

"Well, Mr. Lockhart, Sirius was at... this evening..." explained Cornelius Fudge.

"It's Pettigrew—"

At this time, Tierra's terrified cry suddenly came from the ward—

"It's Pettigrew! It's the rat! It's Ron's rat! Madam Pomfrey, tell the Headmaster! Pettigrew's not dead!"

Everyone standing outside the ward door looked at each other, then almost simultaneously pushed open the door and walked in.

Dumbledore and Cornelius Fudge took the lead because they were closest to the door.

Then Professor McGonagall, Harry, and Hermione, then Professor Snape, Professor Flitwick and "Ghidroy Lockhart".

"Stop! What are you doing! Get out..." Madame Pomfrey shouted angrily.

"Oh...no...no!" Harry and Hermione wailed—

Because at this time, they saw that besides the right arm, Tierra's beautiful golden right pupil also disappeared, leaving only an empty and swarthy right eye socket.

"No! Tierra!" Harry wanted to rush up, but was stopped by Professor McGonagall——

"You have nothing to do here," said Professor McGonagall, and pushed Harry and Hermione out the door—

"Go back! You guys go back!"

"Are you sure? Are you sure it's Pettigrew?" Dumbledore said rushing to Tierra's bed.

"Be gentle Headmaster!" Madam Pomfrey yelled, "He's badly hurt!"

"It's Pettigrew! Pettigrew's alive!" cried Tierra. "It's Pettigrew!"

"It can't be! It can't be Pettigrew!" Cornelius Fudge argued. "Pettigrew has been dead for more than ten years! It can't be him! Tierra must be bewildered by Black's spell!"

"Get out!" Madam Pomfrey interrupted, "Get out! He needs to rest!"

"I think it's possible." Snape wanted to struggle one last time, "After all..."

"That's enough Snape." Dumbledore snapped, "Stop bringing your personal grievances into this situation!"

"Enough of you all!" Madam Pomfrey growled aggressively.

In an instant, everyone was stunned——

"Get out!" Madam Pomfrey said angrily, "This poor child needs rest!"

The best-selling author in the British magic world, master of potions, master of transfiguration, champion of spell duels, greatest white wizard in history, minister of magic, savior, and the brightest young witch was kicked out of the gate of the school hospital.

"I don't want to see any of you in this room before I allow it!" Madam Pomfrey slammed the door of the school hospital behind her.

"I think it's pretty clear now," said Dumbledore. "Peter Pettigrew faked his own death twelve years ago and blamed it on Sirius Black."

"It's not clear, Dumbledore!" said Cornelius Fudge. "Whether this is the case or not can't be determined by his child's words! Who would believe that a person who has been dead for more than ten years is suddenly resurrected?"

"It's not resurrection, it's a disguise of my own death." Dumbledore said with a sullen face, seeming to suppress his anger and impatience, "I will appeal this matter to the Wizengamot court and ask them to retry the case that happened more than ten years ago. Black case."

After speaking, Dumbledore walked away without giving Fudge any face.

"Let's go kids, I'll take you back to the dormitory." Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick waved at Harry and Hermione and said.

Professor Snape gritted his teeth angrily on the spot, but he had no choice but to wave his wizard robe and leave the school hospital.

Cornelius Fudge was left standing there, his face turning blue and purple with anger.

After a while, perhaps only a few seconds later, Cornelius Fudge, relying on his strong politician training, brought his face back to that polite smile.

"Mr. Lockhart." Cornelius Fudge said with a smile, "Long time no see."

"Long time no see, Mr. Minister."

"Ghidro Lockhart" also responded with a smile, "It seems that my son has caused you some trouble."

"Oh, no, no... Nothing..." Cornelius Fudge responded with a smile, "No, nothing."

"Ah..." Then Cornelius Fudge sighed, "Tiera is a poor child... just broke free from the Dark Lord's Imperius Curse... and was... hurt by Sirius Black In this way...and being deceived..."

"Mr. Minister..."

"Guidero Lockhart" smiled and said, "What if... I mean if, what if I can persuade Tierra to change his rhetoric?"

"Really, really?" said Cornelius Fudge in surprise, "Wow, that's great! You've been a great help! Mr. Lockhart!"

"certainly."

"Gildroy Lockhart," said, "I wish the Ministry would do something for me, though."

"What is it?" said Cornelius Fudge. "Go ahead, Mr. Lockhart, go ahead, you'd be doing the Ministry a great favor if you could get Tierra to change her story! You're a friend of the Ministry! "

"hey-hey."

"Ghidroy Lockhart" laughed, and then said:

"My request is simple..."

"First of all, it's about the compensation for Tierra. In order to make him let go, I need to discuss compensation with the Ministry of Magic first."

"Go ahead," said Cornelius Fudge.

"First of all... I hope that the Ministry of Magic will fully pay Tierra for the cost and materials for making the prosthetic arm and eye."

"That's no problem!" Cornelius Fudge said, "I'll make arrangements as soon as I get back to ensure that the best alchemist is invited to make prosthetics for Mr. Lockhart Jr."

"Okay, on the second point, I hope to award Tiye a second-class Medal of the Order of Merlin."

"Ghidro Lockhart" said, "I think Tierra deserves such a medal after suffering so much?"

"That's fine!" Cornelius Fudge agreed, "Mr. Lockhart Jr. deserves it."

"Very well, there is one last point about Tierra's compensation."

"Please." Cornelius Fudge pretended to listen carefully.

"I think you also know that Tierra's injury is likely to affect his learning progress... and our little Tierra is a little wizard who loves learning very much, and his injury will definitely affect him. learning efficiency...I think even to make little Tierra happy...we should help him, right?"

"Yes Yes."

"So I think... I hope the Ministry of Magic can make an exception and lend Tierra the Time-Turner for a year... I mean...it'd be nice if Tierra can use it to study from the beginning of summer vacation... After all, you know, it's hard for any child to face such a horrible experience and go back to normal... I think maybe he should be immersed in the ocean of learning."

"Yes, yes, this request is very reasonable." Cornelius Fudge said, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief. These requests made by "Ghidro Lockhart" are not difficult things, even for Cornell For Lifuji, it was a very simple matter, "I think we should keep little Tierra busy so that we can forget about this horrible experience."

"Is that all the requirements?" asked Cornelius Fudge.

"For Tierra's case, I think these compensations should be enough, but...I still need the help of the Ministry of Magic with a little matter."

"Speaking."

"I need money," said Gilderoy Lockhart. "I need a lot of Galleons."

"About how much?" Cornelius Fudge asked, "We have an activity in the Ministry of Magic. As a minister, I can..."

"Seven hundred thousand Galleons," Gilderoy Lockhart said.

"No! It's impossible!" Cornelius Fudge said in horror, "Our entire Ministry of Magic doesn't have that much money!"

"But Gringotts has it." Gilderoy Lockhart said with a smile, "I don't want to spend so much money, I just plan to use the money as bait to hunt down a demon."

"Hunting demons?" asked Cornelius Fudge.

"Yes, and I promise to return the principal and interest within two years, and if necessary, I can make an unbreakable oath." Gilderoy Lockhart said with a smile, "I just hope the Ministry of Magic can help me Guaranteed to make it a little less difficult for me to borrow this money."

"If it's just a guarantee... no problem," said Cornelius Fudge.

"Very good then." Gilderoy Lockhart said with a smile, and held out his hand. "Good cooperation?"

"Happy cooperation." Cornelius Fudge also responded with a smile.

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