Harry Potter: The Path of Destiny

The news that Sirius had infiltrated again exploded in the school the next day, and everyone was talking about it. According to Filch, the person involved, Sirius seemed to be trying to get something from him, because his office was occupied. He rummaged through the mess.

"You're saying that what you're looking for is the Marauder's Map."

The school's security had become tighter due to Sirius's second infiltration, and Nydia had to wait until they headed to Hogsmeade again before she had the chance to sneak into the Shrieking Shack.

"Yes, you have seen the Marauder's Map." Sirius was surprised to find that Nydia immediately knew what he was looking for after just briefly describing it.

"Yeah, I've seen it" and even used it, "But the Marauder's Map is no longer with Filch, it's in Harry's hands."

"Why did it get into Harry's hands?"

"It's a long story. Anyway, the map is in his hands now. I ran out that night after seeing Pettigrew's name on the map," Nydia explained to Sirius.

"You saw him on the map." Sirius thought for a moment, then looked at Nydia expectantly, "Then did Harry see him too?"

"He did see it, but he thought it was just a map display error." Nydia replied regretfully, knowing that Sirius was expecting Harry to know the truth of the matter.

"The Marauder's Map is infallible, how could he think so?" Sirius was a little annoyed because of his disappointment. Nydia couldn't tell him that it was actually the problem with her name that made Harry believe that there was something wrong with the map. "By the way Draco, he saw me that night, did you tell him?"

"No, in fact he didn't ask me anything and even helped me hide it."

When Draco was mentioned, Nydia felt depressed. After that night, Nydia thought that Draco would definitely come to her and ask her clearly, whether it was about the surname Riddle or about Sirius. , he should have a bunch of questions that he wanted to ask himself, but several days passed, and Draco didn't make any movement.

She tried to muster up the courage to take the initiative to go to Draco and tell him everything. Now that he had doubts, maybe this would be the right opportunity to tell him everything, but to Nydia's surprise, Draco seemed He didn't think so. He was avoiding Nidia's approach intentionally or unintentionally, which made Nidia a little at a loss. What does he mean by this, does he already know a little bit, or does he already know everything, so the thought of deciding to stay away from him made Nidia extremely sad.

Soon after coming out of the Shrieking Shack, Nitya met Ron who looked panicked.

"What happened?" Nidia asked Ron worriedly.

"Nidia, where did you come from?" Ron looked at Nidia unexpectedly. There seemed to be no other place nearby except the Shrieking Shack.

"I've been wandering around here just now," Nitya said with a guilty conscience.

"But I've just been here with Harry." Ron looked around in confusion.

"Harry, are you saying Harry is here too? Where is he?" Nydia interrupted Ron.

Ron's expression became panicked again, "I asked him to go back to school quickly. We just had some conflicts with some Slytherin students. They saw Harry and I was worried that they would report him."

"Are you saying that Harry was seen and didn't he wear the invisibility cloak?"

"He brought it, but the invisibility cloak slipped and his head was exposed."

"This is worse than everyone showing up." If traced in this way, not only the secret passage may be involved, but the invisibility cloak will also be exposed. "Let's go back to school quickly and maybe we can help him smooth things over or something."

Nydia guessed that the teacher Slytherin students are most likely to choose is Snape. His partiality for his own school and his dislike for Harry are well known, so Nydia and Ron He ran towards Snape's office in the basement.

Their guess was correct. Harry was indeed in Snape's office, and Lupine was also inside. They seemed to have discovered the Marauder's Map. Ron excitedly opened the door and rushed into Snape's office. .

"I bought it for Harry at Zuko a long time ago," Ron said breathlessly because he was running too fast.

Nydia hid at the door of the office and looked inside. Her eyes were fixed on the Marauder's Map in Lupine's hand. Sirius hoped that he could bring the Marauder's Map to him so that he could control Pettigrew at any time. Find suitable opportunities based on trends.

"Okay." Lupine folded up the Marauder's Map and put it into his pocket. "Now it's clear that it was just a prank. Please forgive me, Severus, I just need to talk to Harry and Ron comes to talk to me about their paper on vampires."

Lupine led Harry and Ron out of Snape's office. He was slightly stunned when he saw Nydia hiding outside the door. "It seems that you are also one of the insiders, so let's come together."

Lupine led them to an empty hall. He took the Marauder's Map out of his pocket and said to the three of them with a solemn expression, "I don't want to know how this map got into your hands, right. I know it's a map, but I'm shocked you didn't hand it over, especially since there's a wanted man wandering around the school. I can't give it back to you, Harry."

"Don't expect me to cover up for you next time," Lupine looked at Harry seriously, "Your parents sacrificed their lives to protect you and keep you alive. Harry, they used theirs for a bag of magic tricks. It’s really not worth sacrificing yourself to take risks.”

Lupine's words sounded heavier to Nydia than any direct scolding. She turned to look at Harry worriedly, and his expression was even uglier than when he was in Snape's office.

Nidia looked at Lupine's leaving back and thought for a moment before chasing after him. Lupine seemed surprised that Nidia would chase after him again.

"Professor, I think you can look at the map more when you are free. Maybe you can make some unexpected discoveries on it." Lupine and Sirius have been good friends for many years. If he can find out that Pettigrew is not dead, Maybe he would believe Sirius was innocent.

"Unexpected discovery" Lupine looked at Nidia in confusion, "What do you know?"

"You'll find out."

Nydia smiled at Lupine and then turned and ran back to find Harry and Ron.

"What did you do?" Ron asked Nidia.

"I want to try to see if I can get the Marauder's Map back." Nydia said, "I was lectured again."

"Lupine is right, I shouldn't have persuaded Harry to go to Hogsmeade. We shouldn't have done this." Lupine's words made Ron feel guilty.

"Maybe it's a good thing that the map is gone, so I won't always be thinking about running outside," Harry said frustratedly.

When they turned a corridor, they met Hermione walking towards them. Ron thought she had heard something and came to gloat, but Hermione denied his idea. She took out a letter and handed it to her. When he came to Harry, his lips trembled and he said, "I just want you to know that Hagrid has lost the case and Buckbeak is going to be executed."

Nydia never thought that Buckbeak would be executed. She always thought that the best he could do was to imprison Buckbeak. Michelle cried bitterly after receiving the news. For the first time in her life, all the litigation materials she had spent a lot of time and energy preparing for Buckbeak were in vain as the result of the loss. Nidia didn't know how to comfort her, and she was helpless in the face of such a situation. Ron angrily decided to prepare materials to continue the appeal, but Nidia knew that it was definitely not this little piece of information that could influence the outcome of this matter. .

The next day, Draco unexpectedly appeared again in the Care of Magical Creatures class. He told the other Slytherin students that he would never come if it weren't for the fact that the school required each person to take two electives. . Ron firmly believed that he just wanted to mock Hagrid for losing the lawsuit.

During the course, Nidia could clearly feel that Draco had been watching her, but whenever she wanted to get close to him to talk to him, he would immediately walk away. His strange actions made Nidia I really don't understand what he is thinking.

Nydia stayed after the lesson and came to Buckbeak alone.

Nydia bowed and saluted Buckbeak as Hagrid had taught her in previous lessons. Buckbeak soon returned the salute to her. She took a few deep breaths and bravely walked towards Buckbeak slowly. , the memory of the last time he was attacked came to mind, and the hand that reached out to touch Buckbeak became a little trembling.

As if feeling Nidia's hesitation, Buckbeak actually took the initiative to bring his head over and rubbed Nidia's hand twice. After feeling Buckbeak's overture, Nidia was nervous. Her mood eased a lot, and she walked boldly in front of Buckbeak. It did not attack her like last time, but stood there docilely, letting Nydia stroke the feathers on his neck. . It seems that last time it was really because of the saffron extract.

"I'm really sorry," Nitya said guiltily to Buckbeak, "because of my relationship, you have been implicated."

Nydia returned to the school castle with a sad face. She felt that the only way to help Buckbeak now was to find Draco. Only by asking him to persuade his father could the verdict be changed. But let’s not mention that Draco has been avoiding her and unwilling to talk to her. Even if he did talk to her, would he still be willing to help her now?

"Nidia" Astoria suddenly appeared in front of Nidia. "What's wrong with you? You seem to be worried."

Nitya felt angry when she saw her, "You don't have to pretend in front of me anymore. All this is thanks to you."

"What happened Nidia, what are you talking about?" Astoria looked at Nidia confused.

"What am I talking about?" Nitya felt ridiculous. Why could she still pretend to be so innocent? "Do you still need me to tell you what you added to the perfume you sprayed on me?"

"Perfume," Astoria said after thinking for a moment, "Is there something wrong with that bottle of perfume?"

"Shouldn't you know better than me if there is any problem? Saffron Extract, if you have any dissatisfaction with me, you can come to me. Do you know that not only will Draco be injured, but also As a result, Buckbeak will be sentenced to death," Nydia said angrily.

"You mean the perfume I sprayed on you contains saffron extract?" Astoria looked shocked.

Nitya frowned, she didn't understand why she continued to pretend not to know since she had already said this.

"I told you, she didn't do this." Draco suddenly walked out from behind Nydia.

"Then tell me who else has tested positive for saffron extract in her perfume." Nidia turned to look at Astoria, "And you also know how to extract saffron. I know, no need to quibble, Neville told me, Professor Sprout mentioned it to you."

"I did hear Professor Sprout mention it, but she just said it casually. That method is too complicated and I can't complete it at all." Astoria looked at Draco for help, She hoped Draco wouldn't misunderstand her.

"Huh, who knew? The Ministry of Magic prohibits the sale of saffron extract. If you can't extract it yourself, how else can you get it?" Seeing Astoria asking Draco for help, Nettie Ya only felt even more angry.

"If you have been to Diagon Alley, you will find that it is not that difficult to buy items that are prohibited from sale by the Ministry of Magic." Draco said flatly.

"So you will believe that she is innocent no matter what, right?" Nydia looked at Draco sadly. She had been trying to talk to him before and he had always avoided him. Now she was arguing with Astoria about him. It appeared immediately.

"Nitya, no"

"I don't want to hear it." Nidia interrupted Draco angrily. "It's useless to talk about it now anyway. My clothes have been washed that day, and there is no way I can use them as evidence to save Buckbeak." Tia looked at Astoria, "I just want to tell you, if you have any tricks next time, please target me and don't involve any more innocent lives."

"I guess you already know the things I don't want to say." Nydia looked at Draco again, "It doesn't matter, I didn't expect you to accept all this."

After saying that, Nydia turned and left. She felt painful in her heart but also felt a sense of relief. Maybe it would be better for Draco to choose Astoria. He would not be in any danger and he would not have to fight each other again. A kind of worry and fear. She kept telling herself that this would be the best result, but the tears still kept falling unconsciously.