Chapter 198 Traveling through the Whomping Willow Tunnel
At the same time, inside Hogwarts Castle.
Ron had been brought to Harry and Hermione by Michelle.
The moment she saw Ron, a look of anger rose on Hermione's face.
Harry, who was originally depressed, steeled himself and stood up, stopped in front of Ron and said:
"Ron, stop arguing with Hermione. You won't solve the problem at all."
"You misunderstood, Harry." Michelle said, "Ron is not here to quarrel, but to apologize."
Harry was a little surprised and said:
"Apologise, to whom?"
The anger on Hermione's face turned into shock.
She raised her head slightly, and happened to see Ron saying with a guilty face:
"I'm sorry, Hermione, I shouldn't have been angry with you before. Scabbers was indeed not eaten by your cat."
"It's good that you know!" Hermione said subconsciously, but then she realized something was wrong, "But...but how did you figure it out? Is it because of John?"
Hearing John's name, a smile broke out on Ron's face.
"It's indeed because of John. He told me a lot, and..." Ron showed the mouse Scabbers hidden in his arms, "He also helped me find Scabbers!"
"Oh--"
Harry and Hermione exclaimed and gathered around to look at the mouse.
"It's unimaginable!" said Harry. "How did John do it?"
"This is easy for John!"
Ron said happily, "He bought a tracker, asked me for some Scabbers' hair, and then found Scabbers directly!"
Michelle also nodded and said:
"I knew John would be able to do it. He has never let us down!"
Ron nodded vigorously, then looked at Hermione and said:
"Hermione, can you forgive me?"
Hermione squeaked and was about to answer when she saw Crookshanks sneaking towards them.
It will lie low to the ground in a hunting posture.
The mouse spotted it too.
The next moment, the rat Scabbers became violent, screaming, twisting and kicking wildly, trying to bite Ron's hand.
"Scabbers, it's me, you idiot, it's Ron." Ron tried his best to comfort him, "Don't be afraid, that cat won't..."
Before Ron could finish speaking, Crookshanks jumped up suddenly and grabbed his arm with a claw.
"Ouch--"
Ron screamed in pain, and taking this opportunity, Scabbers flew out.
Crookshanks followed suit.
Michelle, Hermione and Harry were shocked by what just happened.
Hermione, especially, had a slight blush on her face.
Just now, Crookshanks, whom she had always trusted, attacked Ron and Scabbers in front of her.
Ron reacted first and chased after him.
Next came Michelle.
Hermione and Harry looked at each other and could only follow.
The sky was gradually getting dark at this time.
In this dim environment, it is not easy to catch up with the agile cat and mouse.
Several people kept running behind the cat and mouse, and soon they ran out of Hogwarts Castle and unknowingly ran into the shadow of the Whomping Willow.
"Huhuhu..."
Accompanied by the whistling sound, the branches of the Whomping Willow danced like whips, trying to stop their progress.
The cat and mouse ducked and swayed between the branches, and in a blink of an eye they got into a hole at the root of the tree.
"No! Banban!"
Ron seemed to be crazy. He roared and rushed directly to the Whomping Willow.
The thick branch hit him hard on the arm, almost sending him flying.
Ron screamed, but quickly got up and continued moving forward.
His left arm drooped, as if broken.
"Ron!"
Harry and Hermione shouted, distraught.
Michelle, on the other hand, raised her wand.
As the light lit up from the tip of the staff, two stone walls suddenly emerged from the ground, blocking Ron from the stormy attack of the Whomping Willow.
"Ron, let's chase quickly! We must find Scabbers and Crookshanks!"
Michelle said.
Hearing this, Ron glanced at Michelle gratefully, gritted his teeth, and then got into the hole with Michelle one behind the other.
Seeing this, Hermione and Harry quickly followed.
They all knew that if Banban was not rescued, their friendship would be completely over!
The four of them slid down a slope and found a very short tunnel at the end.
Not caring about talking, everyone hunched over and walked forward in the dark in the tunnel.
I don't know how long they walked, until everyone's breathing became rapid and their chests started to hurt, when finally a uniformly blurry light appeared in front of them.
"Quick! It's ahead!"
Michelle encouraged everyone and rushed out first.
What appeared in front of her was a house, a messy and dusty house.The wallpaper had fallen off the walls, there were stains all over the floor, every piece of furniture was broken, as if it had been vandalized, and the windows were all boarded up.
There was a creaking above her head, something moving upstairs.
Without any hesitation, Michelle rushed up the stairs with Harry and others who had just emerged from the passage.
A door on the second floor was wide open.
Michelle and Harry could see a luxurious four-poster bed inside. The curtains around the bed were covered with dust. Crookshanks was lying on the bed, holding Scabbers the mouse under his paws.
"Damn it! Let it go!"
Ron rushed over, rescued Scabbers from the cat's claws, and held him tightly in his arms.
Strangely, Crookshanks didn't stop Ron this time.
It just sat quietly on the bed, licking its fur.
"Ron, is Scabbers okay!?"
Michelle asked anxiously.
"It was frightened!" Ron choked, "It was shaking all over!"
Michelle and Harry also came over, checked it out and then breathed a sigh of relief.
Banban was not too hurt, which meant that the friendship between them could still be repaired.
Hermione was the only one standing blankly at the door.
She looked at Crookshanks with a complicated expression. This cat that she had carefully raised for almost a year was actually really interested in Scabbers.
This made her not know how to face Ron and Harry.
After struggling in place for a long time, Hermione finally plucked up the courage and said:
"Ron, regarding Banban's matter, I..."
Before she could finish her words, a black shadow rushed out from the shadows around the corner and snatched the wand directly from her hand.
"Except your weapons!"
"boom--"
A dazzling red light exploded from the dark room.
The wands in Harry and Michelle's hands both flew away, flying high in the air, and were caught by the man.
As for Ron, he didn't have a wand.
His wand disappeared long before Christmas.
When such a change occurred, Michelle and others all looked towards the door.
Then they saw a familiar face.
The face was dirty and sickly pale.
A tangle of dirty, tangled hair hung down to the man's elbows.
If the eyes hidden in the deep, dark sockets didn't glow, he might be a corpse.
That's Sirius Black!
"Harry, we meet again."
Blake said in a husky voice.
As he spoke, he pushed Hermione into the room and closed the door.
During this process, Michelle, Harry and others all noticed a wound on Blake's flank. Although it had been simply treated, it still looked bad.
The existence of this wound made Blake's movements become a little stiff.
"All this time, I have been secretly watching you from a distance using the [Animagus Transformation Technique] your father taught us."
Blake had a smile that was uglier than crying, "You look so much like your father! Of course, your eyes are more like Lily, they are as beautiful as emeralds! Come on, let me take care of you look at you!"
Blake stepped closer to Harry, as if wanting to get a good look at him.
Harry felt like his scalp was going to explode.
He gritted his teeth and glared fiercely at Blake, the enemy who killed his parents, and words of scolding were about to come out.
But at the next moment, Harry saw that Michelle had walked around behind Blake at some point and raised a broken table leg high.
"Bam—"
The table leg hit Blake hard on the head.
Blake fell to the ground in response. He did not faint, but struggled to get up.
But he tried several times without success.