Became good friends with the Boy Who Lived

Professor Dumbledore arranged for the Gryffindor students to rest in the Great Hall, and whispered a few words to the deans of other colleges. After a while, all the students of Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin came to the Great Hall in confusion.

The students were whispering, and soon all of them had a general idea of ​​what had happened.

"Quiet!" Professor Dumbledore's gentle voice spread to every corner of the hall. The students gradually quieted down. Professor Dumbledore continued:

"It seems that you have all learned about what happened through your own channels. I will have to ask you to rest in the auditorium tonight. The prefects will be stationed at all entrances and exits. Please ask the student union president to patrol the auditorium. If any accident occurs, send a ghost to notify me immediately."

Percy puffed out his chest proudly, the badge of the student union president glowing on his chest. Professor Dumbledore took out his wand and waved it absentmindedly. The four long tables in the auditorium moved to the wall, and thick purple sleeping bags appeared densely on the floor.

After doing all this, Professor Dumbledore led the other professors to quickly leave the hall, and the students began to whisper among themselves again.

"Get into your sleeping bags," Percy said loudly. "Lights out in a quarter of an hour, go to sleep and stop talking!"

Aeris, Harry, Hermione and Ron each took a sleeping bag and gathered in a corner. Draco also came over with a sleeping bag.

"Hey! Potter!" Draco whispered, "How are you guys? Did you receive the gift I gave you? Potter!"

"Got it!" Harry said, "Thank you, Draco!" Draco smiled, and the five of them lay down side by side, and some of them intentionally or unintentionally placed Harry in the middle.

"Do you think Sirius is still in the castle?" Hermione asked in a low voice, half-supporting herself.

"Who knows?" Ron said, "Apparently Professor Dumbledore thought he hadn't left the castle yet, so he led the professors to search for him."

"What a blessing!" Draco whispered, "Today is the Halloween dinner, otherwise Sirius would have damaged more than just a portrait." After saying that, he glanced at Harry, leaving Harry a little puzzled.

"He must have got the time wrong," Ron said firmly. "He's been in Azkaban for so many years, he must be crazy now."

Hermione shuddered and said in a trembling voice, "Then how did he get in? I mean, there are Dementors guarding the entrances and exits of the castle. There is no way he could get in, right?"

"Could he be invisible?" said Ron. "Something like that to fool the Dementors."

Hermione rolled her eyes and said, "No way, no invisibility can fool the Dementors."

"Animagus," Aeris closed his eyes and whispered, "If Sirius is an Animagus, and he may know some secret entrances and exits that even Mr. Filch doesn't know, he may be able to sneak into the castle without anyone noticing."

The others all took a deep breath, and Draco hesitated and whispered: "Potter, there are some things I don't know whether I should tell you..."

"Just tell me what you want to say!" said Harry. "You're being coy. That's not like you at all."

Draco was silent for a while, then whispered, "I just heard that Potter's parents hid in Godric's Hollow to escape the Dark Lord's pursuit. Do you know the Fidelius Charm?"

The lights were turned off. Draco didn't wait for anyone to respond and continued, "The Fidelius Charm can seal a secret in the soul of a keeper. As long as the keeper doesn't leak the secret, the secret will never be leaked, even to the original insider. The keeper of the hiding place of Potter's parents is Sirius Black..."

Harry sat up with a thud. The classmates around him looked at him curiously. Ron quickly pushed Harry back down. Percy's voice came from not far away: "Stop talking. Go to sleep, all of you."

After Percy walked away, Harry's body was still shaking. He asked in a trembling voice: "Drag...you mean...Sirius Black...betrayed my parents..."

"Calm down, Potter!" Draco whispered. "I'm not really sure. I just heard that Sirius Black was arrested because he hunted down your parents' good friend Peter Pettigrew after the Dark Lord disappeared. Before he died, Peter Pettigrew shouted that Sirius was a despicable traitor, and then the street exploded. It is said that thirteen Muggles were killed and Peter Pettigrew was blown to pieces, with only one finger left. The strange thing is that when Sirius was arrested, he did not resist at all, but just stood there and laughed..."

Without obtaining Harry's consent, Aris used a sleeping spell on Harry. Because Harry was very emotional, Aris had no doubt that Harry would jump up in the next second and follow the professors to search for Sirius Black.

"Let's all go to sleep," said Aeris, "It's unwise to lose sleep because of things you can't do anything about." Aeris cast a sleeping spell around him, then closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep soon after.

The next day, after a night of searching, nothing was found, not even the shadow of Sirius. Professor Dumbledore hired a new guard for the entrance of the Gryffindor common room. The guard was the irritable dwarf knight who had led Aerys and his friends before: Don Quixote.

As for the Fat Lady, she has been hiding in various landscape paintings and asking Professor Dumbledore to give her a long vacation. She is now mentally weak and needs rest very much.

For several days, Harry was always in a bad mood, even in Quidditch training. Captain Wood got angry several times because of this and even planned to select a new seeker from the whole grade.

"You have to cheer up, buddy," Aris comforted Harry in the corridor on the way to the cafeteria after a day of classes, "Your parents definitely don't want to see you like this..."

"But they were friends!" Harry said excitedly, "They were friends. My parents trusted him, but he betrayed my parents..."

"You have to understand, buddy," Aries said, "Who we trust is our own choice, but we have no right to ask anyone to die for us. On the scale of life and death, all lives are equal. The Potters must understand this. For example: I trust Drag, and if Drag betrays me in the future, I will only feel regretful, but I will not resent Drag..."

"I resent you now, Grindelwald," Draco said unhappily, "Why do you use me as an example?"

A smile appeared on Harry's bitter face, but he still said bitterly: "Now I hope Sirius Black can find me. When he finds me, I will kill him..."

"You can't live in hatred all the time, man," Aries said sincerely, "Look around you, you are not alone."

Hermione, Ron, and even Draco, who always liked to argue with Harry, looked at Harry worriedly. Harry smiled with relief and whispered, "Thank you...thank you...for always being with me..."

"What? Potter! Did you say anything?" Draco asked in a nasty tone.

"I say, you're a fool..." Harry said loudly with a laugh, and Draco gritted his teeth and said, "Do you want to quarrel, Potter..."

Amid the puzzled looks of their classmates, the few of them got into a fight.

After that, Harry did not show any decadence again. During Quidditch training, he would train harder than others. In defense team gatherings and Defense Against the Dark Arts classes, he would practice spells more seriously than anyone else, as if he was using these to divert his attention.

Professor McGonagall talked to Harry alone, hoping that he would reduce or cancel Quidditch training. After all, Sirius Black had been eyeing him covetously. Harry rejected Professor McGonagall's suggestion, "I can't let an unnecessary danger affect my normal life trajectory!" Harry's tone was firm.

In the Defense Against the Dark Arts class that day, Harry was stopped by Wood, who seemed to be discussing the first Quidditch match with Harry. Aries, Hermione and Ron went to the classroom first. When class started, it was not Professor Lupin who walked into the classroom. Instead, Professor Snape stood on the podium, looking at the students in the classroom with a sinister look.

After a moment of silence, Professor Snape picked up the roster and began to call the roll. When he called Harry, Harry just pushed the door and entered the classroom.

"You are late, Mr. Potter," said Professor Snape. "Ten points from Gryffindor. Return to your seat."

"Where's Professor Lupin?" Harry didn't move, but just asked Professor Snape.

Professor Snape said unhappily: "Gryffindor will deduct another five points, Mr. Potter. I don't think I am obliged to answer your question. I say again, go back to your seat, or Gryffindor will deduct 50 points. It's your choice. Anyway, I prefer the latter."

Harry returned to his seat angrily and sat next to Ron. Hermione and Ron had been quarreling these days because Crookshanks would chase Scabbers whenever he got the chance. "What cat doesn't catch mice?" Hermione said as she comforted Crookshanks who was dragged out of the boys' dormitory by Ron. Ron said without giving in, "Then you just take care of your cat, or don't blame me for being rude..." Because of this incident, Hermione and Ron haven't spoken to each other for several days.

Let's get back to our Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Professor Snape, who was teaching the class in detail, explained to the students the dark magic creatures called werewolves. He looked so focused and serious that those who didn't know the truth would have no idea that he was a Potions professor.

Professor Snape focused on how to identify and kill werewolves and assigned a lot of homework to students.

"He's really insufferable!" Ron muttered as he saw Professor Snape walking away after class, and Harry nodded in agreement.

"You've noticed it too, Miss Know-It-All!" Aeris looked at Hermione, "Professor Lupin's abnormality..." Hermione nodded imperceptibly.

"Why are you two so secretive?" Harry asked.

Aeris smiled but didn't explain anything.

The Quidditch season began with the anticipation of all the teachers and students in the school. The Gryffindor team's first game opponent was the Hufflepuff team.

It rained heavily on the day of the competition, but it could not dampen the enthusiasm of the teachers and students of the whole school. At the whistle of Mrs. Huo Qi, members of the two teams slowly took off.

Because the rain blocked the view, the Golden Snitch was not so easy to catch. Harry ran around in the rain like a headless fly. The Hufflepuff team's Seeker, Cedric, was not much better than Harry.

The game lasted for about half an hour. The two teams were evenly matched and the Golden Snitch was not caught by the seekers. However, this game attracted special guests.

There were no less than ten Dementors floating above the Quidditch pitch. With their breathing, the air in the entire pitch seemed to be frozen. They must have been attracted by the enthusiastic atmosphere of the teachers and students on this side of the pitch.

Harry wanted to take out his wand, but fell straight off the broom. Cedric waved his wand, and a solid, silver honey badger rushed out. The "flat-headed badger" seemed to roar to the sky, and rushed towards the direction of the ten Dementors regardless of anything. Cedric swooped down and caught the falling Harry.

At the same time Cedric caught Harry, a streak of golden light hit Cedric's arms. Cedric caught it subconsciously, and the Golden Snitch curled up its wings in his hands.

At the same time, Professor Dumbledore took action. A huge silver phoenix pounced towards the Dementors. Under the powerful might of the two patronuses, a dozen Dementors fled in panic.

Cedric landed with Harry, and the Golden Snitch seemed to be trying to escape, so Cedric subconsciously caught it back. Madam Hooch saw this, landed next to Cedric, and announced: "Winner: Hufflepuff!"

The students of Hufflepuff House burst into warm cheers. Professor Dumbledore walked over quickly and waved his hand. An invisible barrier enveloped everyone, isolating the crowd from the rain. The anger on his face caused by the Dementors entering the school without permission had not subsided. He looked at the unconscious Harry. The patronus, the honey badger, was circling around Cedric happily. Cedric waved his hand irritably and dispersed the patronus.

"Let's have a rematch!" Cedric walked up to Madam Hooch and said, "I didn't win fairly. Harry was not in good shape, and the Golden Snitch just bumped into my arms."

"No need, Cedric," Professor Dumbledore said after arranging Harry, "You won fairly and justly. It was a great Patronus Charm." After that, Professor Dumbledore applauded. Almost all the students applauded and cheered for Cedric, not only because he caught the Golden Snitch, but also because he saved the life of a classmate.

Cedric looked around embarrassedly, and Edwards met his eyes. After confirming their expressions, Edwards understood what Cedric wanted to express: "Thank you..." After nodding at Cedric, Edwards squeezed out of the crowd and walked towards the school hospital. Harry had been sent to the school hospital by Professor Dumbledore.