Hogwarts: I'm really not the third Dark Lord

"Young me, remember not to be fooled by him! He is an out-and-out devil!"

Hermione frowned and looked at herself 20 years later. After mentioning Jerry, the latter's eyes widened as if they were about to bulge, which reminded Hermione of Trelawney.

I have to say, she looks really similar to the crazy witch on the wanted poster.

This made Hermione feel uncomfortable, so she quickly changed the subject.

"Why don't you let me go to Hogsmeade?"

Hearing this, middle-aged Hermione also regained her composure.

"The last time you appeared in Hogsmeade, you attracted a lot of attention. In the end, the Imperial Security Department personally took action and installed a portable anti-thief waterfall around Hogsmeade."

"The Thief-proof Falls can wash away all spells and magical disguises," she glanced at Hermione, "Polyjuice Potion is no exception."

Hearing this, Hermione suddenly broke into a cold sweat. If she went to Hogsmeade in such a swagger, I'm afraid she would be caught by those people soon!

"What about Ms. Rosmerta?"

An ominous premonition arose in Hermione's heart, and she remembered that when she tried to persuade her to go out and hide for a while, she was firmly rejected.

"She is dead," middle-aged Hermione said lightly. "People from the Imperial Security Department killed her, and her body was hung at the entrance of the village."

……

Time passed, and Hermione shook her head and found herself back 20 years ago.

This time she met herself 20 years later, learned a lot of information from her, and made an appointment to meet at the Screaming Shack next time.

That Hermione also told her a shortcut - just follow the passage under the Whomping Willow and you can enter the Shrieking Shack.

Ms. Rosmerta's death unexpectedly did not cause much psychological shock to her.

Perhaps she had already thought of this possibility during the last separation, or perhaps she had already had the consciousness to change all tragedies.

It was only when she saw Ms. Rosmerta's body swaying in the wind through the telescope on that hillside that she strengthened her consciousness again.

Hogwarts was as peaceful as ever, but people around Hermione suddenly discovered that the girl suddenly cared about the black dog wandering around the school. She often brought it some food and became obsessed with finding Scabbers. A lot more caring - even more caring than Ron himself.

Later, Ron himself came to persuade Hermione, saying that he no longer cared about the mouse and was about to get a new pet, but Hermione still went her own way.

Of course Hermione didn't do this to please Ron, but she learned the truth from middle-aged Hermione.

It was Scabbers - to be precise, it was Peter Pettigrew who betrayed the Potters. When Sirius Black was chasing Peter Pettigrew to the end, the latter used the dark magic he got from Voldemort to blow up a street. , he faked his own death and escaped, living in the Weasley family as Scabbers for 13 years.

Due to Banban's disappearance, she now has no evidence to prove this and can only investigate secretly.

……

"Damn Lupin! Damn Black! Damn Granger!"

Peter Pettigrew huddled in the sewer, cursing bitterly.

He was horrified to learn that Sirius Black was chasing Hogwarts!

Especially when he really saw the big dog wandering around in the school!

That was all. As long as he stayed with Ron, he would be safe. Even Sirius would never think of attacking a student in front of everyone in the school.

The problem is that he doesn't know how Black bribed Granger's stupid cat. The latter's eyes kept rolling towards him. At first, he thought it was just the cat's instinct. As long as he was careful, it would be no big problem. .

Until the night of Halloween, everyone's attention was attracted by the werewolf. The cat actually sneaked into the boys' dormitory and ran out with him in its mouth!

And at the corner of a staircase, he saw a big black dog!

He would never forget in his wildest dreams that this was definitely Sirius Black!

Crookshanks held him in his paws, meowed and greeted Sirius, and the cat actually knew Black!

Fortunately, Blake was fighting a werewolf at the time and didn't notice it.

This stupid dog is indeed as nosy as ever.

Even if werewolves were running around in the school, and even if some students were bitten by werewolves, what did it have to do with him?

Please clarify your identity for me!

You are not an outstanding graduate of Hogwarts now, you are a fugitive from Azkaban and the most loyal follower of the mysterious man!

But Sirius' naivety gave him a chance.

Peter took this opportunity to change back to his original form and get rid of Crookshanks' entanglement. If he wasn't afraid of attracting attention, he would have just shot Avada Kedavra to the cat!

After escaping from Crookshanks, Peter found a place to hide.Pretending to be dead.

He left a few cat hairs and a line of blood on Ron's sheets.

Just like 13 years ago, most people were hidden from him.

Sirius Black was obviously not among these people.

Due to his exploits against werewolves, Sirius has now become the school pet of Hogwarts, strutting up and down the corridors every day.

But Peter knew in his heart that the other party had not given up looking for him yet.

Once caught by him, Peter can be sure that he will definitely kill himself without hesitation and will not give himself a chance to escape like he did more than ten years ago.

In addition to Sirius, Hermione was also a headache for Peter.

After staying with Ron for such a long time, he was deeply aware of how scary this girl was.

James was already considered the best among their students, but he was dwarfed in front of girls.

Peter even felt that if a girl had become friends with him, he would never dare to betray her.

So, why does such a smart and brave girl pursue a poor mouse?

Peter didn't think Ron and Hermione's relationship was that good.

Then the only possibility is that the girl already knows the truth!

Maybe it was from Crookshanks, maybe it was from Sirius - hadn't they worked together to fight werewolves before?

Peter had no confidence at all to fight against these two men, so he had been hiding in the sewer of the bathroom for a while, making a living by catching cockroaches.

"No, it can't go on like this!"

Peter thought, maybe he should find some helpers...

……

It was another Saturday morning, and most people went to Hogsmeade. After saying goodbye to Ron and Hermione, Harry climbed the marble stairs alone and walked back to Gryffindor Tower.

He was about to go to the study support group to do homework as usual, or to tutor lower-grade students. Halfway to the corridor on the fourth floor, he heard shouting from behind.

"Hey-Harry!"

Harry turned to see Fred and George peering at him from behind a statue of a hunchbacked one-eyed witch.

"What are you doing? Why didn't you go to Hogsmeade?" Harry asked curiously.

"Let's create some atmosphere for you before we leave." Fred blinked, "Go in..."

The two took Harry into an empty classroom to the left of the statue. George closed the door gently, turned around and looked at Harry with a smile.

"An early Christmas present to you, Harry," he said.

Fred pulled out a large square piece of parchment from his cloak. It was very worn and had nothing on it.

Harry looked at them suspiciously, having reason to believe that this was a new prank between the two.

Fred and George then showed Harry how to use the parchment.

This is actually a map!

Just tap the parchment with your wand and say "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."

Spider-web-like ink lines will appear on the parchment, depicting all the details of Hogwarts Castle and the grounds. You can also observe the movements of everyone in the castle from above. More importantly, there are also Some passages he had never heard of seemed to lead to——

"Hogsmeade," said Fred, "there are seven in total. Filch knows four of them, and only the two of us know these three. However, one of them has collapsed and is completely blocked, and there is another entrance with a Planting the Whomping Willow, you can use this one - the entrance is just outside the classroom, past the hunchback of the one-eyed old lady."

Harry stared blankly at the parchment called the Marauder's Map. Upon seeing this, Fred and George walked out of the classroom laughing.

Suddenly, Harry seemed to remember something, rolled up the map and stuffed it into his robe. There was no one outside the classroom, so Harry hid behind the statue like a thief and opened the map.

A black dot appeared on the map, labeled Harry Potter. Just like in reality, the black dot stopped halfway in the corridor on the fourth floor. On the statue of the hunchbacked witch on the map, a tiny, tiny little dot suddenly appeared. speech bubble with the words left and right separated.

"Separate left and right." Harry muttered in a low voice and knocked on the stone statue. The statue's hump immediately opened, allowing a thinner person to get in.

'It looks real,' Harry thought.

However, the technology revealed by this map exceeded Harry's knowledge.

It's like there's a human soul inside - Harry thought.

He couldn't help but think of Professor Kingsley, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts class. He often warned students to never trust anything that can think independently unless you see clearly where it hides its mind.

He also cited many examples. Those black magic props may bring some convenience to the users at first, but their endings are more or less the same - death or madness and being sent to St. Mungo's.

But Fred and George spent so long, and nothing terrible happened...

After hesitating for a long time, Harry finally entered the passage.

The passage is winding and winding, like a giant rabbit hole.

Harry walked for a long time and finally came to the bottom of an old stone staircase, which was connected to a trap door.

Outside the trap door is a cellar filled with crates and other wooden boxes, with a faint sweet aroma coming from it.

A woman opened the door and walked in, removing a crate.

Harry followed the woman under the Invisibility Cloak and walked out of the door. Harry found himself standing behind the counter of Honeydukes. He hunched over, tiptoed to the side, and then straightened up.

Honeydukes was crowded with Hogwarts students. He saw Ron and a beautiful girl stuffing various candies into a pocket. He also saw Jerry and Erin studying a box of blood-smelling candies. Lollipop.

I just didn't see Hermione - I heard that her parents are both dentists, so they might not be interested in these things...

and many more!

Only then did Harry realize belatedly that Eileen seemed not yet old enough to come to Hogsmeade, right?

He suddenly felt a little stupid. Seeing how familiar Irene looked, going to Hogsmeade privately was obviously a routine operation for these people.

Harry felt relieved and found a place to take off the invisibility cloak.

He was not planning to meet Ron and Jerry right now, nor was he interested in becoming a lightbulb - it suddenly occurred to him that he could go to the Three Broomsticks bar to play cards and improve his ranking. Maybe he would also have the opportunity to be like Ron. Participating in the world competition!

Well, that's it, and it definitely has nothing to do with the still-charming Ms. Rosmerta that Ron often mentioned!

Just as he was told, Harry crossed the street and within minutes was in the pub.

Although it had begun to snow outside, the bar was as warm as spring. In the specially opened duel area, the various light and shadow effects were particularly eye-catching. After watching it for a while, Harry decided to have a hot cup of wine first. Butterbeer.

He was quite cold now after staying outside for so long.

The waiter quickly brought the butterbeer, and Harry took a swig. It was the most wonderful thing he had ever tasted, and every inch of his body seemed to feel warm.

Suddenly a gust of cool wind ruffled his hair, and the door to the Three Broomsticks opened. Harry looked over the rim of the cup and immediately took a sip.

Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, Professor Kingsley and Hagrid walked in together.

Professor Flitwick went straight to the duel area as soon as he entered, while the other three found a place to sit down.

Harry hurriedly put on the invisibility cloak. He was about to quietly walk past the three of them when Professor McGonagall's words stopped him in place.

"...Sirius Black, of all the people who defected to You-Know-Who, he was the one I least expected...remember? They were literally inseparable at the time - Sirius Black and James Potter..."

……

Harry couldn't remember how he returned to Hogwarts. He had just learned a cruel reality from Professor McGonagall and the others——

His parents died due to the betrayal of their best friend.

Harry's throat was dry and his mouth was bitter.

"Dirty, stinking traitor!"

He clenched his fists, and his intense hatred made him want to find Black immediately and personally send him to Azkaban, or in other words, send him to see Merlin!

Harry was sitting in an armchair in the common room, tapping away at the Marauder's Map, thinking about how to catch Black.

At this moment, a line of small words suddenly appeared on the Marauder's Map——

"Want revenge? I can help you."