Azkaban: The Fifth House of Hogwarts

Rollo had originally planned to take Atlana to visit Aragog's lair in the past few days. After all, he had promised Aragog before. As Atlana's "quarter" father in the biological sense, they There is a blood relationship between them.

Thestrals are indeed good companions for wizards on long journeys. Although they are not popular with wizards due to their bad reputation, once you get to know them and get rid of misunderstandings, thestrals are very cute and smart Pegasus.

It would be better if they could gain weight. As Pegasus, who are pure carnivores, they can eat twenty kilograms of meat in one meal, but they just don't gain weight.

The tight skin stretches the bones. Regardless of whether you are male or female, old or young, the squat ribs have an unusually uniform figure. When riding them, it is recommended to wear a thick soft pad to protect your buttocks.

Yeqi and Rollo were gliding close to the treetops of the Forbidden Forest. They could stay in the sky smoothly without vibrating their wings too much. Apart from the sound of the wind, you didn't even feel much vibration.

Not long after, the Thestrals swooped down and landed steadily. In the daytime, when the sky was still dark, the Acromantula's nest no longer contained the deep terror.

"Aragog!"

Rollo shouted at the door, but there was no response for a long time.

There was a dead silence in the spider nest, as if all the owners inside had disappeared out of thin air.

Only Atlana, who was hugged by Rollo to her chest, wanted to jump down lively.

"Here, here!"

She pointed forward, "Crispy, Spider!"

"come over!"

There seemed to be some commotion in the lair, but after waiting for a while, there was still no Acromantula showing up.

"I sleep during the day, Rollo."

A tired old voice came out, and Aragog's huge figure appeared from the shadow of the lair.

Beside him, a slightly smaller Acromantula with a bulging belly was quietly accompanying him.

"If you continue to work so hard to build spiders, I guess Hagrid will need to prepare your funeral a few years in advance."

Anyone with a discerning eye can see Aragog's weakness, and Rollo even regrets giving him a new wife during this period.

"What does it matter if it's earlier? As long as I can leave my outstanding heirs, I don't care if death comes early."

"Mosag is not a pure Acromantula. I only realized this after meeting Lysephine."

"I have thousands of descendants, but they cannot transform into kings."

"And they."

Many Acromantulas no bigger than footballs crawled out from behind Aragog.

"This is my real child. After I leave, Serphine will control the Acromantulas in the forest for me. She will not be a good mother. If I leave the Forbidden Forest alone after my death, please I'll kill her, Rollo."

"The idea of ​​your Acromantula is really a bit..." Rollo thought for a moment before choosing his words, "It's a bit unique."

"We are not human, of course you can't understand us."

Aragog's big claws clattered against each other, seemingly smiling.

"You brought a new king. When I just woke up, I thought an outside power-seeker had appeared, but I remember your smell very clearly. She is my child, right, Atlana?"

"I feel the pheromones emitted by her are the same as mine, even stronger than mine. How did you cultivate her?"

Aragog moved closer, trying hard to see Atlana clearly with his half-blind eyes.

Atlana, who had been eager to try since Aragog appeared, jumped up quickly at this moment, and landed on Aragog's truck tire-sized head in the next second, her translucent hair dancing gently , dozens of thin threads were separated and pierced into Aragog's body.

"Papa! Big one, Spider, dance!"

Aragog, who was originally slow to move, seemed to have returned to his youth at this time. His powerful spider legs stepped on the ground, and a strange and wild dance appeared along with the rumbling sound.

Rollo spoke quickly and called out to Atlana to stop tossing Aragog, "Come back quickly, Aragog will burp later, and Hagrid won't be able to bring you delicious food, Atlana." Na!"

"It's delicious!" After hearing Hagrid's name, Atlana immediately stopped playing, but when her hair was withdrawn from Aragog's body, Aragog fell to the ground and trembled. My legs couldn't stand up for quite a while.

"Hagrid, there are pigs, they are delicious!"

"Let's go?"

Some time ago, Hagrid specially caught a group of long-tusked wild boars and brought them back to him in order to feed his little dragon Norberta. Atlana, who had tasted it once, liked to hold a lively boar, inject digestive juices into it, and then suck it. The mouth must be full of oil.

Compared with the fat and thin pork belly, the crispy spider is naturally inferior.

"Let's go and play with Hagrid tomorrow, okay? But you're not allowed to bully Norberta, especially if you use the thorns on its back to grind its teeth. Last time Hagrid saw Norberta who was bald, he almost cried."

"Oh!" Atlana nodded obediently and didn't know whether she understood it or not, but after that she only had to agree. As for when she forgot, just wait until she forgot.

After comforting Atlana, Rollo looked at Aragog, who stood up tremblingly from the ground. "Are you okay?" he asked cautiously.

"not dead......"

Aragog spoke in a sullen voice with a hint of resentment in his voice.

"I don't dare to be her father. You'd better take her away from me."

Aragog began to retreat, hiding his body in the shadows, only revealing his big head filled with innocence.

"I haven't even had enough children yet. I can't die so early..."

The faint sound disappeared deep into the nest. After a clicking sound, the originally quiet spider nest suddenly heard other sounds.

Thousands of Acromantulas gathered around and approached Atlana.

"Crack, toy, crunchy, toy!"

Atlana, who was not afraid at all, ran forward quickly, and then directly picked the strongest one in front of the group of Acromantulas and removed its eight legs.

"Bah bang." She pointed at the Acromantula legs, which Luo Luo also liked to eat.

"Mine." She stretched out her hand and drew a circle, as if to tell Luo Luo that from now on, the Acromantula here belongs to her.

"Big Spider, very good, give me a crunchy toy."

"What did Aragog just say?"

She couldn't understand the language of the Acromantula, but it seemed that Atlana could understand the clicking sound of the giant claws colliding.

"Um!"

She nodded, then waved her hand, and the extra Acromantula left, while the "Spider Ball" that had no legs and could only stay in place was removed from the carapace by the sharp blade. Cuts of meat.

"The future Spider Queen?"

Looking at Atlana who was eating happily, Rollo touched her little head and said, "Then go back. Let's make a spider leg crab stew tonight."

"delicious?"

"Yeah, it's delicious!"

The Yeqi took them home with large and small bags in his mouth, and Luo Luo did not forget to leave two meaty spider legs for this obedient horse.

Life in the Forbidden Forest has always been so simple and unpretentious, and in this calmness, a month slipped away quietly.

The crystal bottle filled with saliva was ready. The single mandrake leaf that Rollo had held in his mouth for a month still maintained its original shape, although the texture was rather sticky.

Under the illumination of the moonlight, a hair was put into the crystal bottle that stored the mandrake leaves, and the dew that had not been exposed to sunlight for seven days was poured into it. Finally, the pupae of the Grimace Hawkmoth were added to mix and quiet. placed, then placed in a wooden box and buried in a quiet, dark place.

In the following days of waiting for thunderstorms, Rollo would point the tip of his staff to his heart at every sunrise and sunset and recite a spell.

"gus"

(Amato Animo Animato Animagus)

This ancient spell seems to awaken another heartbeat in your body. Sometimes it will be strong, sometimes it will be weak. All Rollo needs to do is to keep his original schedule and wait quietly.

The stormy day accompanied by thunder did not make people wait for a long time. Just as Professor McGonagall said, Rollo chose the time well. The steaming water vapor in July quietly gathered into clouds in August, and the strong wind roared in the dark sky. .

There is no place more peaceful and undisturbed than Hogwarts during the holidays.

Professor McGonagall, who was invited to come, stayed next to the wooden house where Rollo stayed during the holidays, standing side by side with Setina.

At the moment when lightning was brewing in the rolling thundercloud, Professor McGonagall, who was waiting quietly on the side, left and said: "Open your box."

Rollo took out the buried wooden box. Under the light of lightning, a bright blood red color appeared in the crystal bottle. The transparent mixture that was originally soaked in grass leaves, hair, and grimacing hawk moth pupae was as dazzling as blood at this moment.

The surrounding trees had been cleared, and Rollo, who was standing on the flat grass in front of the wooden house, unscrewed the cap of the crystal bottle. He once again pulled out the wand, pointing the tip of the wand at his heart.

"gus"

The illusory heart was beating harder than ever before, but after drinking the blood-red potion in one gulp, severe pain suddenly came along with the ever-increasing second heartbeat.

Rollo, who was half-kneeling on the ground, had a ferocious expression on his face. The pain in his body seemed to be burning and melting, making his eyes darken continuously.

There seemed to be some blurry shadow flickering in front of his eyes.

When the ritual comes to this moment, the wizard who performs the Animagus transformation will see in his mind the creature he is about to transform into. The goal of transformation is often inextricably linked to the wizard himself.

The cowardly traitor will not turn into a loyal hound, and the power-hungry madman will not turn into a weak bird. The transformation object that will become the wizard's second body is the creature that best matches the wizard's own characteristics, but Rollo But I didn't see the pictures that should have emerged.

To be more precise, he did see it.

Countless magical creatures flashed through his mind, each of them lifelike and as if they were real, but none of them stayed for even a moment.

The hot temperature from his chest eased the pain he suffered before his transformation. Rollo lowered his head and looked at his chest. The broken Heart of Fraternity and Protection necklace was emitting a blood-red glimmer.

It was melting, turning into a blood-colored viscous liquid, and then seeping into the skin of the chest little by little. A tattoo or brand that was exactly the same as the pendant appeared on the chest, and the original pain in the body also disappeared at this moment.

The thousands of images flashing in his mind were fixed here, and Luo Luo also understood what kind of creature he was about to transform into.

That is not the cunning giant snake of Slytherin, nor is it a loyal and fearless hound, nor is it an eagle soaring freely in the sky...

That's not some inhuman alien, let alone some inhuman beast, that's a human being.

A future self that is taller than him, stronger than him, older than him, more mature than him...

At the moment when the picture was frozen, the clothes and decorations on Rollo's body began to quickly melt into his skin. Instead of turning into fur, scales and claws, they turned into a new set of clothes. Even because it was about to rain, they had already The shaped robe turned into a raincoat, blocking Rollo from the first drop of rain squeezed by the dark clouds.

Professor McGonagall, who was completely stunned, stood aside with his wand in hand. He had seen many strange Animagus transformations, but he had never seen this very strange transformed creature.

"Why did you become a human being?"

Professor McGonagall blurted out, unable to hide her surprise.

"Rolo, how did you become a human?"

Professor McGonagall walked forward and walked to Rollo regardless of being wet by the heavy rain.

"There are no webbed hands, webbed feet, and no gills on the neck. This does not mean that it has transformed into an incomplete mermaid."

"What did your Animagus transformation turn into?"

"It's just people," Rollo said.

"people?"

Professor McGonagall, who didn't know how to answer, was stuck. She couldn't digest the content of this information for a while.

"How did you become human?"

Professor McGonagall, who was beginning to doubt her life, pursed her lips and had no idea how to continue speaking.

"Why do I always feel so weird?"

Also lost in thought was Rollo, "Is it possible that I wasn't a human before?"

"How about we go into the house and discuss it?"

Feeling the pouring rain, Rollo took Professor McGonagall's hand and led her towards the hut.

"Come on, Setina, don't stand outside."

Setina, who was also a little absent-minded, nodded blankly and finally entered the house.

"Take off your clothes."

As soon as he entered the room, Rollo heard this line that was getting more and more strange.

Professor...what are you doing?No....Isn't it appropriate?

"What's inappropriate?" Professor McGonagall frowned and said, "I don't know whether your Animagus succeeded or failed. There has never been a wizard in history who transformed into an Animagus after using it. A human one."

Seeing that although the face in front of him had grown a bit, he could still recognize it as Rollo's face, Professor McGonagall eagerly wanted to do a full body examination on him.

"If the Animagus failed to transform and your age increased by a few years, then I need to find out what happened to you to prevent you from suddenly dying one day. This is a very serious matter. "

"I also need to contact Professor Snape and Poppy (Mrs. Pomfrey, the school nurse), and of course Filius (Professor of Charms Flitwick), and let them do a detailed examination on you."

"This is a very serious matter, Mr. Rollo Serkas Sadwind, and I hope you will treat it with caution."

The seriousness on Professor McGonagall's face when she said Rollo's full name couldn't be faked, nor could the worry and concern in her eyes be faked.

"What's wrong with Rollo, Professor McGonagall?"

Setina, who was frightened by these remarks, spoke worriedly. After all, she didn't know much about the wizard's magic.

"I can't tell right now, so I'm sorry, dear."

Professor McGonagall, who was already considered tall, could only reach Cetina's shoulders. She patted Cetina's forearm to signal her not to panic.

"I'll find out what happened."

"Please wait a moment, Professor McGonagall."

When Professor McGonagall called out her patronus and prepared to deliver the message, Rollo finally reacted and quickly took her hand.

"You'd better not move around now." Professor McGonagall looked at Rollo sternly, "Tell me what's going on."

"That's right, I'm curious, aren't humans considered "living things"? "

This common sense question seemed to confuse Professor McGonagall. She was dumbfounded and muttered to herself...

"Does it count? Does it count? But it shouldn't..."

Professor McGonagall, who was beginning to doubt his life, rubbed his brows with a headache.

"Then your body..."

"It's completely fine. Apart from growing a lot, I don't have any discomfort. And I can also tell you with certainty that my Animagus should be successful."

"why?"

"Look."

The raincoat he was originally wearing turned into a warm black robe in an instant. The sudden change of clothes caught people off guard.

"There's just one problem. I can't take off these clothes. It's like... uh... just like fur."

Luo Luo, who was holding back a few words, didn't want to admit that although he looked like he was wearing clothes, he had a strange feeling of being naked.

The wet wind outside the house blew in, and he could feel the touch of the robe being moistened by water vapor. It was more like a layer of special effects skin than clothes.

Professor McGonagall frowned even more when she heard this. After waiting for a moment, she asked speculatively:

"Then...what about magic?"

A ball of light floated on Rollo's fingertips, and the small ball summoned by the light spell was emitting bright light.