Hogwarts Melting Ice Journey

After the day of the duel, Stephen's life became much more comfortable. Merula would not mess with him except for the occasional yin and yang, which made Stephen feel that he could spend the rest of the semester well.

The teaching progress in the first grade is usually slow. The professors help the first grade wizards to lay as good a foundation as possible by constantly reviewing and arranging homework.

Therefore, until mid-October, all courses were only one-third of the planned schedule.

Professor Flitwick's Charms class taught him "Grinning and Hurling", which was no longer a difficult spell for Stephen. He could make Rowan smile happily with just a wave of his wand.

In the Transfiguration class, Professor McGonagall asked them to transform the crucible into a cat. This was much more difficult than before. Very few wizards could do this in one class.

The few interesting classes are probably the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Professor Case has kept what he promised before. One class is dedicated to theory and one class is dedicated to practice. The young wizards have learned about dark magic this semester. The defense level has been greatly improved, at least it is no longer like before when encountering dark creatures and you can only turn a blind eye.

Ben seems to be very normal recently, but Stephen is still uneasy. He always feels that Ben is still very strange. Ben seems to like to get together with him recently, but once Stephen does something, Ben will leave early.

Hagrid's hut welcomed new guests. Stephen, Rowan, Martin and Petunia often visited him. This made him so happy that he prepared a lot of modified rock cakes for them. Stephen once tried it. One bite, and he regretted it the moment he took the bite.

The improvements Hagrid made only made the rock cake taste better, but as long as it can't be bitten, the best taste is useless.

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Sirius was walking in the streets around Grimmauld Place. He felt something was wrong, as if someone was following him.

Sirius took out his wand, preparing to run away if things went wrong. He couldn't be caught by the Death Eaters now. Although he was certain that he would not be in Thoth's place, he still had to be cautious.

He felt that there seemed to be some danger approaching him, so he ducked into a dark corner and cast a disillusionment spell on himself. He felt that he should observe the situation.

There were a few people in black robes wandering in front of the gate of No. 12 Grimmauld Place, but apart from them, there were no Muggles around.

Bellatrix suddenly appeared in the center of the square, then turned into a black shadow and moved to the side of a black-robed wizard.

"How is the situation here? Have you noticed my stupid cousin?"

"Not yet, Bellatrix." The black-robed wizard's voice was hoarse. "Greyback and the others are already searching around, and their noses are quite accurate when looking for people."

Sirius observed them silently. Although he couldn't hear what they were saying because he couldn't get close, Sirius knew that his cousin must be waiting for him here.

"I wanted to come back and take a last look at this place, but Bellatrix wouldn't give me the chance." Sirius was about to leave Grimmauld Place. This place was really not suitable for staying for a long time.

"Who's there?" There was a sudden noise in the alley not far behind Sirius.

"Damn it, have I been discovered?" Sirius carefully hid in the shadows. Although the Disappearance Curse would not have any effect in front of people who were stronger than himself, Sirius was very confident that few people could expose him. hide.

He chose a wide road. At this time, the wider the place, the harder it is to attract others' attention. Sirius planned to stay far away and then use Disapparation to avoid being noticed.

"Hmph, you can try running again." Sirius heard the voice just now again, and this time he was sure it was not far from him.

Sirius was a little hesitant. He felt that he had better not meddle in other people's business, because he was carrying very important secrets, and there was no need to risk himself for unknown situations.

But he decided to go and see what was going on, and cautiously walked to a corner very close to where the sound had just come from.

"Bellatrix, you should see who we caught" was the same voice just now.

"Isn't this our old acquaintance Marlene MacKinnon?" the wizard with a hoarse voice said in a joking tone, "I think you should know the location of your friend Lily Potter very well."

"Do you think I would tell you Death Eaters?" A witch's voice came to Sirius's ears, and Sirius was sure it was Marlene's voice.

"That's right, after all, your family has gone to see Merlin." Bellatrix's wild laughter came over.

Sirius clenched his fists involuntarily. He wanted to kill immediately, but reason finally defeated his impulse. He couldn't reveal himself, and he had to keep the Potters' secret hideout safe.

Bellatrix stopped laughing and snorted, "Crushing the Bones."

"Ah" Marlene screamed. Not many wizards could endure this torture. "I won't tell you anything."

"That's such a shame." Bellatrix gradually increased the intensity of the Cruciatus Curse. "I know even if you don't tell me, Dumbledore must have used the Fidelity Curse, and my stupid cousin must have His so-called best friend James Potter’s secret keeper.”

Ma Lin's screams gradually became louder, and then gradually became quieter. Her voice was already very weak, "I won't say anything."

"Bellatrix, we'd better deal with her as soon as possible. We still have to do the Dark Lord's business."

"I understand. The Dark Lord's business is of course the most important thing." Sirius felt that there was a hint of impatience in his cousin's voice, but it was more of a kind of enthusiasm.

"Marlene McKinnon, I don't think you have a chance to say your last words. Go to hell, Avada Kedavra." Marlene's voice completely disappeared, "It's really no fun, let's go."

Sirius clenched his fists in pain and even used so much force that they bled.

He waited for a while, made sure the Death Eaters were gone, and then walked over to take a look at Marlene's body. Ma Lin was lying on the ground, her eyes had lost their former color, and her mouth was open as if she was still screaming.

Sirius arranged Marlene's body in pain, and then quietly left Grimmauld Place with her body.

He had to tell others about Marlene's death first, and then go to the Potter's house. He believed that changing the Secret Keeper was imminent.

Sirius planned to convince James this time to change the secret keeper to the inconspicuous Pettigrew, and then he would use his body as a bait to attract the attention of the Death Eaters. He believes that this method is very safe. When everyone thinks that he will become the secret keeper, he can easily hide it from everyone by changing the secret keeper.