From Azkaban To Hogwarts

"What's the class this afternoon?"

In the Hufflepuff common room, Thelma hummed a tune while sharing the cookies she had baked, and asked casually next to her roommates who were passing by to make plans.

"Self-defense, what else can you do?"

After eating the cookie without raising her head, the lying girl clicked on the timetable with her wand - "Maybe I should invest more time in the Transfiguration class. The recent classes are getting more and more difficult."

"Self-defense class?"

Screams rang out from all around, including the girl who was making plans.

"Damn...you can't take the exam, can you?"

"God knows - this is the first day of the new semester, and Christmas has already passed. Do you think the professor will make it easy for us? He can't wait to give us the time for the OLS exam day by day!"

The fatigue caused by the Christmas vacation was almost gone. Everyone took out their textbooks and began to review. By the way, they made a wish to Merlin that they would not take the exam today.

The same thing happened in the fifth-grade dormitories. When class was about to begin, a group of heavy-faced students appeared in the Hufflepuff and Gryffindor lounges. They had solemn expressions and duel-like expressions. Xin walked towards the classroom.

"Good afternoon, classmates!"

In the corridor of the castle, a cleaner with a happy smile (at least that's what it looked like) stood in the corner, greeting the students with serious faces. Although no one responded to him, there was no trace of embarrassment on his face. nothing.

"You're crazy - Filch is planning to train a successor?"

As they walked around the corner, the students complained one after another - that uncle looked no younger than Filch. The first impression he gave people was that he was annoying. Everyone was in a bad mood. Why are you smiling so brightly?

"I always feel familiar, like I've seen it in the newspaper..."

Another person commented hesitantly.

"It seems so."

"Looks like Sirius - don't you think so?"

"Sirius? It's possible. The newspaper said that he stayed at Hogwarts for treatment because of his serious injury. But didn't the newspaper say that he is very handsome?"

"That was more than ten years ago! How long has it been now!"

"..."

The topic quickly went sideways. No one cared about why Sirius appeared there. The Minister of Magic's visit to Hogwarts was a daily occurrence. Sirius was exonerated. What else could make people curious?

——

"He's doing well. He's as smart as ever. I thought he needed more time to adapt to communicating with other people."

Professor McGonagall, who took a moment to take a look, said to Lupine next to him, "It's a good thing to communicate with more people. He stayed in Azkaban for too long and then stayed in the hospital. He really needs this kind of training. "

'Then there's no need to help Filch clean the castle...'

But Lu Ping didn't dare to say this, so he could only agree, "Well, it's much easier to deal with students than outside, and proper exercise is also good for his physical recovery."

Apart from the fact that it takes up to three months and you have to clean the toilet, this arrangement is indeed quite reasonable. The only drawback is that it feels too much like a solitary confinement.

"It seems that he is as good at these as always," Professor McGonagall nodded, "I remember your classes are about to start, Remus?"

"Yes, Professor, I'll go right away."

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"I haven't seen you since the holidays, but everyone seems to be doing well."

William's voice sounded on the podium, "I wonder how everyone is doing?"

'Of course it's quite ordinary...'

Can fifth grade Christmas vacation still be called a vacation?

All the professors probably didn't communicate with each other, thinking that they were the only ones who would assign more homework when the holidays came - so, the end result was that everyone got a bunch of homework.

Unfortunately, no one dared to say it, including the boldest twins.

What they are more concerned about now is the meeting in the evening. If the professor above is not William, the two of them would like to sort out the things to be done in the evening right now.

"Hand in your vacation papers, and then we can start today's class."

However, the professor on the podium suddenly said something that frightened everyone.

God knows how much effort they put in for this expected exam, but the professor told them not to take it?

‘Well, this year’s schedule is very stable. Last year, many items were added temporarily and I was in a hurry. Sure enough, even for classes, it is good to have a plan. ’

"What? Do you want to take the exam so much?"

Of course not, but no one dared to show it obviously - what if the professor got angry and made up for it?

In the end, the class ended in the suspicious eyes of a group of anxious students. Until the end of the class, a group of students did not come back to their senses.

Is there really no exam in this class?

After a group of people walked out of the classroom in a daze, William couldn't help but reflect - were there too many exams on weekdays? The students are so scared!

How about moving the exam papers to the after-school homework?

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"He's coming, isn't he, Fred?"

"Of course, of course..."

In the Room of Requirement, the twins looked at each other and encouraged each other - Sirius was nominally an assistant to Filch, but in reality he was imprisoned. As the parties involved, they understood it better than other classmates.

Although they were not worried about cheating Sirius, as the time for meeting was approaching, the matter was lingering in their minds.

But they didn't worry for long, not even for a quarter of an hour. The door of the meeting room, which was transformed by the Room of Requirement, was opened.

Sirius stood behind the door, looking around at the furnishings in the room, and finally focused on the twins' red hair.

"Weasley?"

"Yes, it's us."

The twins suppressed their emotions and spoke in a calm tone.

"Harry told me about you - but I never thought that after graduating from Hogwarts, I would be caught by Professor McGonagall because of Gryffindor's report."

Sirius made a helpless expression and sat down at the table. He was not angry.

Although he said verbally that he wanted to find some actual work instead of being a rice bug at Hogwarts, since Professor McGonagall asked him to be a school volunteer for three months, he naturally had no reason to refute. .

Volunteering at school is also work - at least he doesn't feel the emptiness of being in the hospital, and he's not short of money. What's more, this is a reasonable way to stay in Hogwarts.

As for being imprisoned, it doesn't matter. He has been imprisoned by Professor McGonagall often before, and now he doesn't feel any pressure at all - it's better than being in Azkaban, right?

"It's really you. If you hadn't written a letter and admitted it yourself, I would have thought that Professor McGonagall discovered it on her own. I was about to be discharged from the hospital, but at that moment I thought that I had failed to be discharged and had to continue living!"

He used an exaggerated tone to talk to the twins about what happened in the hospital that day. When Professor McGonagall heard that he planned to start a business and establish a detective agency, he very kindly made a suggestion - Sirius needs to have more contact with people before starting a business. , lest it fail to pass the review of the Ministry of Magic when opening a business in Muggle society later.

This was necessary, after all, the confidentiality laws were very strict in this regard, but after Professor McGonagall proposed a three-month volunteer period, Sirius knew that he had been exposed.

"Professors don't punish students corporally -" George shook his head and said, "But it's still very scary. To be honest, Snape's eyes are far worse than Professor McGonagall. I just looked at Professor McGonagall." It feels like meeting a natural enemy.”

"What's even more terrible is that the professor thought it was us at first, otherwise we wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to find the real culprit."

"So you were the one who made the original one, right?"

Sirius immediately grasped the blind spot of the problem.

"Of course it's us."

The twins spread their hands at the same time, with a matter-of-fact expression, "Of course we discovered such a creative prank - think about it, an ordinary thing like a test paper becomes interesting, of course we have to try to imitate it - Are you imitating us, Mr. Black?"

'These two slippers...'

Sirius rarely sighed. He had never seen such interesting students since graduating from school.

"So you were incarcerated as a result of that investigation?"

"It's closed. We are all in fifth grade - the five years combined have more confinement records than you have in seven years, Mr. Black!"

"..."

Sirius took an unprecedented deep breath, and then took another deep breath. He swore that nothing so outrageous had ever happened when he was studying, "You investigated my confinement record?"

If he remembered correctly, Harry said that his good friend was also a Weasley, Ron Weasley.

If so, then…

"Well, we pretended to be in detention and got it from Professor Binns."

George didn't notice anything was wrong and added, "We are your fans, Mr. Black!"

"my fans?"

Sirius asked subconsciously - he even wanted to escape Hogwarts at this moment.

"Yes, your map, it taught us a lot!"

"map?"

"It's the Marauder's Map! We cracked the way to open it, and then used it to discover many secret passages in the map, and even some things that the map doesn't have, such as here, the Room of Requirement!"

"How did you get it?"

Although his heart still prefers to escape here, when it comes to his proud work map, Sirius is not so determined.

"From Filch's side..."

…

"So, you finally chose to sell the map?"

At the end of the story, Sirius looked at the two of them with a look of hatred.

"That is the pursuit of freedom and the struggle against school rules in Hogwarts. You just sold it to a professor for a little bit of gold?"

…

The twins were stunned. Although they had regretted it, they had never taken the problem so deeply.

"Professor William is different..."

"But, if I remember correctly, you just said that last year, most of the confinements you held were with Professor William, and this year, he has given you more targeted attention. , which even includes unprecedented weekend make-up classes at Hogwarts..."

Sirius looked at these two silly children - "So what is different about Professor William?"

"He is very special... Well, he is not in confinement just to imprison us, but to make us improve..."

The voice became softer and softer, and it was obvious that the speaker himself was not sure.

"There is no professor in this school who doesn't want his students to be more progressive, including that snot-nosed guy from Slytherin!"

'At least there's still Lockhart from last year -'

The twins thought, but Lockhart was a special case.

"Professor William made all his students pass the OWLs exam last year!"

After a long time, the two finally found an excuse.

"All passed the OWLs exam?"

"Yes, everyone in this school knows."

'Harry seems to be taking exams soon. If you say that...what am I thinking? ’

Sirius shook his head, "Okay, but what does this have to do with him holding the Marauder's Map?"

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[For the time being, you can reserve time for two rounds of review. Although I prefer three rounds, due to the curriculum arrangement, there are too many things to learn in fifth grade, resulting in less ample review time. 】

[Forget it about the OWLs swearing-in meeting. You can chat with Professor McGonagall and fill it in later. After all, I have only participated in it, and the impression is not very deep...]

"Dong dong dong!"

"Please come in!"

William stopped the pen in his hand and shouted towards the door. The wand in his hand was naturally aimed at the door, and he was ready to jump to dodge.

"Sorry, Professor, I have a magic trick that I didn't quite think about..."

‘What number is this? A new prank pulled by students? ’

William doubtfully took the information and started studying it.

It shouldn't be. Not to mention that Hogwarts students are more independent and prefer to go to the library to solve problems. The stack of test papers in his office is enough to make these children reluctant to come.

What's going on today? Why are so many students here? Or did they come in batches, were the twins trying to trick the sixth grader, dragging him so he wouldn't have time to write out the papers?

It’s not that he was suspicious of the brothers for the first time, it’s that they made too many similar mistakes.

…

"that is it."

"Thank you, Professor."

The inquiring student quickly left, leaving behind a puzzled William - even this little effort wouldn't delay him from writing the paper?

——

"How is it? Has the problem-solving method changed? What about the tone? What about the furnishings of the office?"

When the students who came to inquire came back, a group of children asked anxiously - they all remembered Professor William's investigation now, and the possibility of the Imperius Curse had already appeared before their eyes.

"I heard from my father that the professor and the others had applied for a visit abroad. I didn't think about it at the time, but later I thought about it - the professor and the others seemed to have gone to Durmstrang on business. Could it be that they were cursed? Bar?"

"That's right, there aren't even any exams - the fifth graders go back to the lounge and give a lecture. Don't they have any doubts?"

"Don't count on them. They are eager to take the exam. Who will go next? Observe carefully and find a good excuse. Don't always think about the problem!"