From Azkaban To Hogwarts

"Amador, Animo, Animado, Animagus."

Harry put away Sirius's wand, which was pointing at his heart, and returned it to Sirius, who was in the same room.

"Is this really okay?"

He asked Sirius doubtfully. In theory, he couldn't cast spells during the summer - but before the Animagus transformation was successful, he had to complete such a spell at sunrise and sunset every day.

"Of course, no problem. How strong do you think the Ministry of Magic's tracers are?"

Sirius took back his wand and inserted it again, "You used my wand, not a real spell. I'm in the same room as you, and your wand is still downstairs - and This house has been cast with various protective spells, how could they possibly detect it in this case?"

"Besides, there is Lupin. Don't forget that professors have the right to allow students to cast spells for a short period of time during the summer."

Without Lupine's knowledge, Sirius silently added another task to him, and then put his arm around Harry's shoulders, "Pack your things. Today we are going to Hogwarts. I hope I won't do it this time." Will be taught by Professor McGonagall..."

"Professor McGonagall?"

"Otherwise," Sirius' face became serious and serious, "You wouldn't think that Hogwarts in the summer is a place where you can easily enter... Lupine can, but he will not hide it from Professor McGonagall. You completed your transformation."

"Besides, although I have full confidence in you, it will definitely be much safer if Professor McGonagall is here - but don't worry, we have sufficient countermeasures."

Harry trusted this - if Sirius couldn't be trusted, then he really didn't have anyone he could trust.

But when it was time to set off, he fully understood how outrageous the so-called comprehensive response measures were.

"We went to school to complete our transformation, right?"

Harry looked at the contents of the three suitcases with slight horror, and fell into deep thought - didn't it mean that it could be completed in a day or two at most?

"Yes, the one on the left is a variety of gifts - given to various intelligent creatures in the Forbidden Forest, so that they can prevent other creatures from approaching you."

"The one in the middle is a gift for feeding the ptarmigan. If it doesn't want to cooperate, try to cheer it up."

"What about the right side?"

"The ones on the right are the clothes you bring to prevent you from damaging your clothes. We also carry secondary materials in case we can't finish today."

Sirius nodded confidently, "As for the potion you want to drink, when you completed the first step and went to bed the night before yesterday, I asked the gold coins and Dobby to guard you, and went to the Hogwarts Forbidden Forest to bury it overnight. Okay, just waiting for the thunderstorm to come."

"We are very lucky. There was not a single dark cloud on the full moon the night before yesterday. It will all depend on Hagrid's performance."

He ruffled Harry's hair and said, "Repeat the remaining steps again."

"Okay," Harry read out the next steps without thinking. "The moment the lightning pierces the sky, immediately go to the place where the magic bottle is buried. If I complete all the prerequisites correctly, I will find something inside A mouthful of blood-red potion."

"That's right, what's next?"

"I must leave immediately for a large and safe place to ensure that the transformation process will not attract attention or put my body in danger. Point the tip of the wand to the heart and recite the incantation 'Amado, Animo, Animo' Nimadu, Animagus' and drink the potion."

In addition to writing letters and completing homework during this holiday, Harry was training for this, so he naturally remembered it very clearly.

"very good."

Sirius asked about the reaction status of the spell, the successful performance of the spell and the process of transformation back. After confirming that everything was correct, he looked at Harry solemnly, "Are you sure you didn't mention the Animagus transformation to anyone during this holiday?" Bar?"

"Yes, not at all."

"Including your friends and girlfriends?"

"Yes."

"Very good," Sirius sighed, "I hope your Animagus can be smaller. Although the traitor's transformation is really wretched, it is indeed very useful when escaping..."

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"It's just... nonsense..."

In the empty Hogwarts Castle, Professor McGonagall complained to Dumbledore.

Although she agreed to Sirius' letter and decided to provide necessary assistance when Harry underwent Animagus transformation, this did not affect her desire to lock the two Gryffindors in a solitary room to copy at this moment. Go to school rules.

No - three, and one Lupine who realized something was wrong when he was about to succeed...

"Special moment, Minerva," Dumbledore smiled happily, "It's better than before. At least I told you that we had three more illegal Animagus students inexplicably back then. I didn’t find out until the year before last.”

"No, it's four..."

Professor McGonagall retorted angrily, "There is also a Ravenclaw... This is the first time I know that my student's talent in transfiguration is so high!"

"Counting today, that's five - four Gryffindors who have done unbelievably well in Transfiguration, Minerva," Dumbledore said, not showing any sign of displeasure at being caught working overtime. " Your grades in Transfiguration are the best in the history of Hogwarts."

"It's also the one where we encounter the most unruly students..."

Professor McGonagall responded angrily, looking at the fireplace in the office glowing, "It should be about this time..."

At this moment, the one-way fireplace restriction was temporarily opened, and with a flash of fireplace flame, Lupine's face appeared in front of the two principals.

"Good morning, Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall."

Lupine greeted with shame - he still can't forgive himself for not noticing Black and Harry's little interaction in advance.

Before Professor McGonagall could say anything, Harry quickly appeared in the flames carrying a large box.

When he first saw the expressionless Professor McGonagall, the happy smile that had appeared because he returned to Hogwarts with Sirius instantly faded away, and his face was full of guilt.

"Hello, Professor."

"Hello, Potter."

Professor McGonagall nodded and responded - at any rate, Harry performed well in the Triwizard Tournament last year, and his performance on the Hogwarts team in recent years was also remarkable. Besides, the way he arrived at school this year was quite normal. Driving a car into the school...

But this resulted in Sirius just passing through the fire, and he saw a look that could freeze the flames, as if he wanted to kill.

"Good morning, Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall."

Sirius tried hard to maintain a smile on his face to make himself look less timid - it was just his trembling legs that revealed his guilty conscience.

Fortunately, Dumbledore was there. He smiled and nodded towards Sirius without asking what was in the three boxes. "Okay, Minerva, let them prepare and go to the Forbidden Forest, Hagrid." It’s almost ready.”

But even so, Sirius always felt like murderous aura was coming out from behind as he walked.

"Ruined…"

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"Look at this, Professor William."

The sound became very strange after passing through the bubble spell, but none of the wizards present had the urge to laugh.

Bubble head charms, iron armor charms, dragon skin gloves and fixed protective magic have now become standard equipment in this team of curse breakers. Several commonly used magic potions for detecting curses have been prepared with a large crucible each.

Although everyone knows these things, standardized use and some seemingly ceremonial inspection methods add up to a very high-end one.

'As expected of...a famous defense master...'

Almost all the wizards admired the airborne curse-breaker - not to mention that the reputation was there after all, but this series of security systems with hair-level protection was impressive.

"this…"

William took the thing and carefully tested it with some common magic. "It's a very interesting existence. It's a variant of the curse. Some materials are hidden in the decorative patterns. Use the magic potion to wash it a few times to see."

"Okay, Professor William."

The wizard who handed over the thing nodded quickly, and then began to soak the excavated thing with magic potion.

After completing this test, William smiled and focused on the next thing.

He has been working here for a few days. Probably because of his reputation, some of the requests he made were quickly implemented, and the commonly used potions are also fully equipped.

Thanks to some of the knowledge he learned in Azkaban and the knowledge in the restricted book section of the school, he quickly adapted to the work of understanding the curse - rather than trying to dig out anything useful, dealing with the things dug out here would obviously make it easier. He has access to more knowledge faster.

Simple artifacts are unlikely to be of much help to him. It would be more effective to simply rely on the things dug out on a large scale here to learn knowledge.

Obviously, this decision was very correct. During this period, even if he only came into contact with some less dangerous items, he had quickly digested part of the curse knowledge he learned at Hogwarts.

Just like what he does with his students, a lot of practice is a very, very effective way to improve yourself, especially when there are all kinds of strange curses attached to the items you dig up from all over the place.

Moreover - there is definitely not too much duplication of work. Those wizards will not come to consult him when they encounter the same troubles. Only those who encounter unscrupulous people will bring something to ask William, which makes his growth faster. Yes - the difficulty of learning out of thin air and looking at the real thing are completely different concepts.

"In about two weeks, I should apply for more important relic excavations, and then if I have time, I can dabble in some on-site excavations... But the efficiency will be much slower..."

"But first, let's get the records in hand - as promised, I'll make a curse analysis report on common excavated objects..."

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"He's in a really good mood...that's great news."

"Get ready Harry, it's about to take off!"

Hagrid almost roared, but Harry knew it was because Hagrid was so happy that he couldn't control his voice.

The thunderbird with extremely gorgeous feathers that lived in the Forbidden Forest spread its wings and flew high into the sky with Hagrid's laughter - as it spread its wings in the air, the sky turned gloomy almost instantly.

"What a good partner... I wish we had a guy like this to help us back then..."

Sirius muttered in Harry's ear. At this moment, his legs finally obeyed the master's orders honestly, but there were still some residual effects - after all, Professor McGonagall did not leave, but also stayed here. .

As the thunderbird hovered in the sky, the sky became darker and darker, just like Professor McGonagall's face - not long after it passed, a bolt of lightning directly pierced the darkness, and then the rumble of thunder was not urgent. Follow me slowly.

"Quick, Harry!"

Sirius' voice was even more urgent than the thunder, "Go over there and get the potion!"

Almost as soon as Harry heard Sirius' instructions, he rushed to the place where the potion was stored that Sirius had pointed out before. Then he quickly dug up the soil with his wand and carefully took out the glass bottle.

At this moment, this potion made under the moonlight using his saliva, hair, mandrake leaves, dew and the pupa of the Grimace Hawkmoth completed its transformation under a special ceremony and turned into a small mouthful of blood. Potion.

"that's it!"

Sirius looked happy, and Professor McGonagall's cold expression softened a bit.

Harry quickly recalled the method in his mind, and then pointed the wand at his heart, "Amado, Animo, Animado, Animagus!"

As he drank the potion, Harry instantly felt intense pain and two intense heartbeats. Then, two green lights flashing like fireflies appeared in his mind. As the two green lights flashed rapidly, Moving, jumping, running, leaping from the dark forest to the moonlight with great agility, a cunning beast with fur so soft that it reflected silver light howled wildly at the moon.

Then, there was the constant howling sound that echoed in Harry's mind.

‘Why is it a wolf? ’

Harry was stunned for a moment, but there was no way to retreat - his figure began to curl up quickly, everything on his body was melting and growing, the wand integrated into his body, and his sharp claws stretched out...

As he leaned down, a wolf with unusually smooth fur appeared in front of everyone.

"Why is it a wolf?"

Sirius, who had always been on tenterhooks, saw that Harry had no desire to attack. He felt relieved and couldn't help but ask.

"I thought you were a stag like James..."

"Success?"

Lu Ping also noticed the movement here and ran over, "Wolf?"

His eyes were also full of confusion, "It shouldn't be..."

"According to an uncertain speculation I've read, the wizard's patron saint is the power he desires to protect him, and the Animagus is the power he is willing to protect..."

"Is there still such speculation?"

"It's just speculation... After all, it's rare for wizards to master these two spells... let alone master them at the same time... Don't you know the Patronus... Otherwise, how could the Ministry of Magic assign dementors to hunt you down..."

Sirius was unable to refute what Lupine said, so he had to look at Harry, "In that case, the wolf's words are a bit similar to you and me... He also likes to live in groups, and it seems like what Professor William likes. argument…"

"But it must be a wolf, right?"

Sirius convinced himself, then muttered again.

"Harry, please don't scream - ah!"

As Sirius screamed, Lupine quickly took out his wand and found that Professor McGonagall had already begun to conjure a bandage from the wand, and tied up the knocked out Sirius without saying a word...

"Um, Professor McGonagall, do you need me to carry you?"

Lupine put away his wand with a normal expression and asked.