From Azkaban To Hogwarts

"Good afternoon, Professor William."

At the Three Broomsticks, William met Professor McGonagall.

She sat at the same table with a strange wizard. According to the letter before this meeting, that person should be her new colleague, Professor Lupine.

"Good afternoon, Professor McGonagall."

William sat down and looked at his new colleague non-offensively from the corner of his eye.

'The clothes are very old, but they are very clean - it seems that this new colleague's financial situation is not very good...'

'That's strange. It's supposed to be a sum of money after you join the job. According to this professor's temperament of taking care of his old clothes, he shouldn't buy new robes to make himself look decent...'

"I hope you have a pleasant holiday, Professor William. The new school year is about to begin, and the school is welcoming a new group of children."

"Thank you, Professor McGonagall. I had a pretty good summer, a great summer and a lot of achievements."

William looked at the wizard on the table, "Is this Professor Lupin?"

Professor McGonagall didn't pay attention to the drama in William's heart. She introduced him in a slightly more relaxed tone than usual, "Yes, this is the new colleague, the outstanding graduate of Gryffindor, Remus Lupin."

"Lupin, this is Professor William. I hope you will have a pleasant cooperation in the next time."

She extended her hand again and introduced Lupin.

"Hello, nice to meet you." William smiled and stretched out his hand to shake Lupine's hand.

‘The nails are also very clean, and the hands are rough... They don’t look like normal wizard hands... What am I thinking about? This is a colleague...'

Fortunately, Professor McGonagall interrupted the calm in time, "Well, I came here to discuss today, mainly to talk about some more important matters."

She waved her wand and cast spells around the table, "Professor William, I think you know about Sirius?"

"Well, it's clear that Minister Fudge came to talk to me specifically." William nodded, "But to be honest, I'm not very optimistic about the Ministry of Magic."

"Not too optimistic?"

Lupine at the table looked at William, "Can you tell me, Professor William?"

"So far, the Ministry of Magic's defenses, um," William paused, "are very conservative. Moreover, I have inquired through some relatively special channels. Although there are deployments of strikers and Aurors, there are no The power of drawing is not very abundant..."

"To be precise, I think the Ministry of Magic was even a little perfunctory in this raid." William spread his hands. "I even have some doubts that they are waiting for Harry to return to school and let Dumbledore deal with that man." Sirius."

This is a bit too much to say, but it doesn't matter if you say it in front of your own people - Professor McGonagall said when he introduced him, he was an outstanding graduate of Gryffindor. This is an absolute guarantee.

"The transfer of Aurors and strikers..." Lupine looked at William with a look of surprise on his face, "This kind of top secret... this is too..."

It's not surprising that Lupine was surprised. Not many people within the Ministry of Magic knew about this kind of thing - but William's source of information came from the recent prices of goods on the black market.

When a large number of strikers are mobilized, smuggling will become rampant, and the prices of corresponding goods will drop. If Aurors are mobilized, dark wizards will also have breathing space. The prices of materials for dark magic experiments will rise, and the prices of books will rise. fell.

It is not easy for people who have never been involved in the black market to figure it out, but wizards like William who have been in Azkaban can figure out most of the black market locations with a little communication, and the prices are quite clear.

"The situation is almost like this, but it's not quite comprehensive..." Professor McGonagall nodded, "According to the latest proposal from the Ministry of Magic, they will send more manpower... At the beginning of the new school year, dementors will guard all entrances to the school. Prevent Sirius from getting in."

"Dementors?"

"Dementors?"

William and Lupin exclaimed together, but the meaning of the exclamation was completely different.

"The Ministry of Magic has even sent out dementors? Are they serious about it?"

"That should be the case, Lupin," Professor McGonagall nodded. "The current public opinion is quite unfavorable - Sirius has been on the run for so long, and the Ministry of Magic still has no way to capture him. And as far as I know, those Dementors I’m already ready to make a move…”

"It would be strange if they are not ready to move..." William suppressed the desire to curse and maintained respect for the vice-principal, "Fudge's brain was hit by some strange spell... They haven't found out that Sirius is How did you escape and then send a group of dementors out to scare people?"

"Putting dementors at the school gate...who kind of genius came up with such a clever idea..." William drained the wine glass in front of him in one gulp, "Why don't they propose moving the school building to Azkaban? I bet... Sirius would never be happy going back there."

"Okay, Professor William," Professor McGonagall shook her head, but her tone was not harsh, "The way Sirius escaped is still under investigation, and the safety of the students is more important than my investigation into the way Sirius escaped. "

"But I don't think the dementors can guard him," William shook his head. "I've been in Azkaban, and there's no way normal wizards can escape from that island."

"If Sirius ran out with the help of the wand, then the Auror would probably have found out how he got the wand by now." He paused and sighed, "Even inside Azkaban, Sirius' The name can also scare a group of prisoners. He is the number one Death Eater under the Dark Lord, and the man who recently took over the Dark Lord..."

"He is the only person who can remain normal deep in Azkaban. Professor McGonagall. That is the sign of a born dark wizard. Professor, you know better than me..."

"God knows what kind of teachings the Dark Lord gave Sirius -" William shook his head, "He was awake in Azkaban for ten years and taught himself for ten years..."

As he spoke, he stretched out his left hand and tapped the drained wine glass, which immediately transformed into a chocolate frog.

"Even a wizard like me can cast spells without a wand, let alone Sirius..."

"Ten years have passed. It's not surprising that Sirius has become a dark wizard like the Dark Lord. To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised even if he has the ability to control dementors..."

"You remember the legend of Ilius and Rachidion, Professor McGonagall. Do you think it is possible for Sirius to master Rachidion's magic?"

"If, I mean if, that Sirius left Azkaban, he didn't run away at all as we thought, but he was open and above board, facing the worshiping eyes of the dementors, and under their gaze and worship, step by step The gate leaving Azkaban."

William made a bold guess.

"What if he feels that he is strong enough, and then plans to kill Harry and use this as the foundation stone for him to become the next Dark Lord?"