283 Polyjuice Potion and True Form Appearance
"Dumbledore, are they really... pretending to be someone else?"
"It's not certain yet, Molly. But we can't let this risk continue, especially not so long after Charlie was born, and I don't think you want it to happen to your child, right? ?"
"Of course, of course, Dumbledore. But...but if they are pretended, then where are my brothers? Are they safe?"
"Molly, you really stumped me. This is also an uncertain question. If it weren't for figuring this out, we wouldn't let the risk continue to stay in Hogwarts. But as I just said The risk of leaving them alone with you was too great, which forced us to take action in advance. And as far as I know, the Prewett brothers have never been the kind of people to leave their posts without permission, especially when I It seems a little abnormal to need their help.”
"Won't leave their posts without permission? They weren't like this when they were in school... They were just two troublemakers. I hope my future children won't be like them."
"Parents always hope that their children will become better, and there is no blame for this. But what I have to say is that the Prewett brothers have become more responsible very early. The Order of the Phoenix is a very training place. "
"Order of the Phoenix...I'm sorry, Dumbledore, I can't help you, and Arthur. But we have children to support, and we really don't have the time to deal with other things. Bill and Charlie still have too small."
"Of course I understand this, Molly, and I don't mean to blame you at all. On the contrary, I feel a little embarrassed to involve you."
"Don't say that, Dumbledore! I admire the choice of the Prewett brothers. If you need it, I will..."
"Arthur!"
There was a brief silence.
"Shh!"
This was the fourth voice that sounded in the room, completely different from the first three.
The voice was hoarse, low, and full of alertness.
"Our Defense Against the Dark Arts professors seem to have woken up and are still eavesdropping on us."
"Maybe I should be the one to wake them up."
Heavy footsteps gradually came closer.
After fluttering his eyelids a few times, Fabian couldn't pretend anymore and woke up immediately, as did Gideon next to him.
"Hey, hey! Guys!"
Fabian wanted to raise his hands, but found that he had been tightly tied to a chair, and even his and Gideon's wands appeared in the hands of the person opposite.
That was the ferocious-looking Alastor Moody.
They were not unconscious for too long, because Moody had not had time to change all the decorations, and he was still wearing a necklace from Aunt Muriel around his neck.
Only Dumbledore had changed all his clothes. He was wearing a robe with patterns of stars and moons. This seemed to be because his transfiguration was so good that he didn't need to wear Bilius's clothes. .
"Moody, and Dumbledore?"
Fabian shouted in shock: "Are you pretending to be Bilius and Aunt Muriel? Why do you do this? This joke is really too big."
"And Molly, Arthur."
He turned to look at Molly who was being held in Arthur's arms at the door and asked, "Where are Bill and Charlie? Could they really have turned into goblins?"
"That's not funny." Molly said stiffly: "We have moved them to..."
"Don't say it, Molly." Arthur covered her mouth vigilantly: "We still don't know whether they are really Prewett."
"Is it really Prewett?"
Gideon, who had been silent until now, spoke.
"Are you serious? Fabian and I just wanted to come to see Charlie in advance and help take care of you. But in the end, you, Dumbledore, suspected us? We are too good. We are considered official members of the Order of the Phoenix, so there is no need to treat us like this."
"This is just a necessary measure." Dumbledore said calmly: "If you don't have any problems, I will apologize to you afterwards."
"But before that, I wonder if you can explain Qiqi's matter?"
"Kiki? That Chimera?" Fabian asked doubtfully, "What happened to it?"
"Magical animals are sometimes more alert than wizards, and they are more likely to detect strange things about wizards." The light blue eyes looked directly at Fabian, as if they could see through everything.
"You first went to Silvanus's house before school started, but Qiqi made his house a mess. Then during the Fire Crab Club activities, Qiqi left the place arranged for him regardless of everything. , dispersed the students."
"But it's just a magical animal!" Gideon shouted excitedly: "Would you rather believe in it than in us?"
"Or do you prefer to believe Kettleburn's words?"
"Although he did not join the Order of the Phoenix, I would never question his loyalty to Hogwarts." Dumbledore said: "I have worked with Sylvanus for a long time, and beyond that, I have There are other reliable sources of information.”
He didn't explain where the channel came from, but continued: "That's a glaring flaw, Fabian."
"Do you often forget to wear that gold watch? Or, when Gideon helped impersonate you, you did something secretly and didn't want others to know."
Fabian and Gideon looked at each other silently, and then he said a little embarrassedly: "I didn't expect you to care about such a trivial matter, Dumbledore."
"But you know us, this is just some prank, just like when we were in school, pretending to be each other and seeing if anyone can recognize it. Molly has been fooled many times."
Under Fabian's gaze, Molly nodded hesitantly: "That's true..."
"enough!"
At this time, after Moody put away Aunt Muriel's necklace, he turned to Fabian and said fiercely: "I have no intention of continuing to argue with you!"
As he spoke, he walked up to Fabian and took off the gold watch from his wrist.
After examining it carefully, he turned to look at Dumbledore.
"It's indeed time."
Dumbledore said calmly: "I thought I could delay it until you could recover on your own, but I didn't expect your Polyjuice Potion to last for such a long time."
"The action time of a single dose of Polyjuice Potion ranges from 10 minutes to 12 hours. 12 hours...perhaps we should try other methods."
Dumbledore then walked up to Gideon and pointed his wand at him.
"The original form is established!"
Gideon stared blankly as the spell hit him.
But after a few seconds, there was no change in his appearance.
Moody raised his eyebrows, and Molly couldn't help but tighten her grip on Arthur's hand.
Fabian frowned and shouted: "I've already told you, Dumbledore, there is no pretense at all, this is just a joke."
But Dumbledore ignored Fabian. He lowered his head and looked at Gideon with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Then he pointed the wand to the other side, aiming it at Fabian.
"The original form is established!"
The spell immediately hit Fabian, stopping his yelling.
Fabian's face began to change little by little in the eyes of several people. The red hair disappeared and turned black, and finally turned into a completely unfamiliar face, with eyes full of resentment.
Molly yelled, and her grip on Arthur couldn't help but become harder.
Moody showed a ferocious smile at the stranger.
"Hello."
"Antoni Dolokhov."