Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 227 The Terrifying Dementors

"Is this your pet? A raven?"

The appearance of Pappy the Raven made Hermione's eyes light up. In the culture of many countries, ravens and crows are symbols of bad luck. In some places, they are even called death birds because they always appear at the scene of death.

But it's different in Britain, especially in London, where ravens are protected animals by law.

This is all due to the poor environment in London at the beginning of industrialization. The environmental pollution caused by industrialization turned the world's largest city into a foggy city. Ravens, with their carrion-eating characteristics, became the city's scavengers.

If it weren't for the large number of ravens that destroyed many animal carcasses and garbage, the environment in London would have been even worse.

This has led to many London families now instilling in their children the concept that ravens are beneficial animals.

"Can I touch it?"

Hermione asked cautiously. Hermione had a strong curiosity about this scavenger bird since she was a child. It was a pity that this bird was so vigilant and intelligent that she never had the opportunity to get close to them.

"Of course!"

Papi immediately got furious when he heard that, but had to give in under the threat of Mike's eyes.

Hermione jumped up excitedly, even forgetting about Crookshanks who was waiting for her owner to pick her up on the ground, and she directly reached out to touch Pappy's little head.

Hermione was enjoying herself here when Penelope suddenly came over.

"Mike, I found it..."

Penelope was suddenly stuck in the middle of her speech, staring at Mike and Hermione, which made Mike feel uneasy.

"Ahem~, Hermione, let's stop here for today. We still have some important things to do."

"Okay then, I'll go find Harry!"

Hermione seemed a little angry. She snorted coldly and ran to Harry in the front carriage.

Mike stood up with a wry smile and went to the carriage where Lupin was with Penelope.

Neither of them spoke along the way, but when they were about to reach their destination, Penelope suddenly reached out and pinched the soft flesh on Mike's waist.

After receiving the pain signal from his body, although it was not very painful, Mike immediately bent over and cried out in pain, pretending to be seriously injured.

Penelope saw through Mike's tricks, she rolled her eyes at him and returned to the previous carriage, as she still had work to do.

Seeing Penelope walking away, the distorted expression on Mike's face immediately calmed down. He let out a breath and walked into the carriage where Lupin was.

This small carriage was filled with four people, three Hogwarts freshmen and an adult man who was sleeping with his head down.

The man was wearing a tattered wizard robe, with a few puddings on it. His head was bobbing up and down with the bumps of the train, and his face was as pale as paper, looking sick, as if he was carsick.

This was exactly the person Mike was looking for, Remus Lupin.

It can be seen that the three freshmen are not bad people at heart. Seeing that there is a person sleeping in this carriage, they deliberately speak in low voices.

"Hey, how are you guys?"

"Um, hello."

Mike greeted the freshmen enthusiastically, but the freshmen seemed not to be used to Mike's enthusiasm and looked a little nervous.

"I'm sorry, friends. You're in the wrong carriage. This is the professor carriage." Mike pointed at Lupin who was sleeping and said, "The freshman carriage should be at the front of the train."

"But we went there and it was full."

This group of kind-hearted little wizards were obviously deceived by Mike and told him their difficulties with some embarrassment.

"How is that possible? There must be a vacant seat. I swear to you on the name of my Gryffindor prefect, Percy Weasley!"

"Well... okay then. Let's go take a look."

Mike watched the three little wizards walk away with a smirk on his face, but suddenly a hoarse voice came from behind him.

"Your behavior is terrible."

"I didn't lie to them. There really is an empty seat in the carriage ahead." Mike closed the door of the compartment and sat down. "Besides, I just want you to sleep better, Professor Lupin."

When Professor Lupin saw Mike reveal his identity, his sleepy eyes widened slightly, and then he yawned and said, "Who are you? I don't remember a blond boy from the Weasley family."

"Okay, I knew I couldn't fool you." Mike laughed, then stood up and stretched out his right hand to the man and said, "Formally introduce, Mike Townley, a third-year Ravenclaw student."

Lupin was a little surprised by Mike's serious look, and he instinctively stood up and stretched out his right hand, but then he retracted it, wiped it on his wizard robe, and then shook hands with Mike.

"It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Townley."

After the ceremony, both of them sat down. Lupin's action of wiping his right hand just now touched Mike deeply. It was a manifestation of inferiority.

Mike's eyes glanced back and forth between Lupin's suitcase and body, and finally came to the conclusion that the professor had lived a very hard life.

This is not difficult to see. After all, Lupin is now prematurely aged. Not only is his body thin, his wide robe looks empty, and there are many white hairs on his head.

As for the tattered robe, Mike even suspected that it had been worn for more than ten years.

In order to please Professor Lupin, Mike put a lot of food in his portable Traceless Extension Charm bag. When he took out all the food, Mike found that Lupin's eyes suddenly brightened up.

Lupin ate very elegantly. Even though he was very hungry, he still chewed slowly in front of Mike.

It can be seen that he is a well-educated person.

Mike made another judgment.

There's nothing he can do. He's not Superman. He only remembers the general plot of the original novel and doesn't know much about supporting characters like Lupin. Knowing that he is a master of the Patronus Charm is already the limit.

So now Mike can only try to understand the man in front of him by constant observation.

As the saying goes, you should be grateful to those who feed you. After eating the food that Mike brought, Lupin and Mike became much more familiar with each other. They chatted along the way and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

However, when they were about to arrive at Hogwarts, Mike suddenly felt the light around him dim rapidly, and the train slowly stopped.

Mike's heart tightened, and the blackthorn wood wand appeared silently in his hand.

"Damn it, how dare they!"

Lupin's reaction was even more intense than Mike's. He stood up quickly, took out his wand and started looking out the window.

"Is it a Dementor?" "That's right! Mike, don't be afraid, everything will be fine with me here!"

Lupin was not at all surprised that Mike knew about Dementors. He already knew from their previous chat that Mike was Flitwick's favorite disciple, so it was not surprising that he knew these things.

The darkness fell quickly, and soon it was completely pitch black outside the window. The lights inside the carriage that were originally used for lighting suddenly went out, and the entire Hogwarts Express fell into darkness.

"Lumos!"

Lupin and Michael cast the lighting spell at the same time, and there was finally a ray of light in the dark carriage.

Hearing the cries coming from other carriages in the distance, Lupin frowned and said, "There's trouble over there. I'll go check it out first. Mike, take care of yourself."

"I'll go with you. My girlfriend is still ahead." Mike saw that Lupin was a little worried and continued to explain, "Don't worry, I also know the Patronus spell."

'Although only half-baked,' Mike added in his mind.

Seeing this, Lupin stopped insisting and took Mike to the front carriage.

As soon as the two stepped out of the carriage, they saw a black figure in a cloak floating towards them.

The black shadow was tall and big, with his head almost touching the ceiling. At the moment, the black shadow seemed to be in a good mood, and his hands stretched out from his wide cloak were stretching happily.

Mike felt that using hands to describe them was an insult to hands. The claws gleamed coldly in the dark and had many spots on them, just like corpse spots.

Then, the monster raised its head and took a long breath. With the gurgling sound coming from its throat, Mike felt that all the good emotions were disappearing, replaced by a biting chill.

The coldness quickly eroded Mike's body, starting from his skin and spreading into his body little by little. In the end, Mike felt that his brain was almost frozen.

Mike started to feel dizzy for no reason. He could hear the terrified screams of the little wizards all around him, but at the same time there was another voice constantly ringing in his ears. Mike tried hard to hear it clearly, but the voice was still unclear.

"Call the gods to protect you!"

A soft light pierced the darkness like the breaking dawn, pulling Mike back from the brink of falling.

The chill faded away, and Mike's strong physique allowed him to recover quickly. What appeared before his eyes was a wolf of light suspended in mid-air, composed entirely of shining positive energy.

This light wolf was huge in size, brave and good at fighting. It raised its head and howled silently in mid-air, then flew into the air and rushed towards the Dementor.

The Dementor seemed to be very afraid of the wolf with white light. It used its slender claws to cover its face and fled out of the train at a rapid speed.

"Are you okay Mike?"

Lupin did not command his Patronus to chase the Dementor, but instead asked about Mike's situation with concern.

At this moment, Mike felt very bad. The threat posed by the Dementors to him was greater than he had imagined. At that moment, he felt despair.

Although his hands were still shaking, Mike nodded firmly and said, "It's okay, let's go to the front."

To Lupin, Harry's safety was obviously more important than Mike's. When he heard Mike say that he was fine, Lupin said nothing more and hurriedly ran towards the carriage in front.

Seeing this, Mike gritted his teeth, threw a piece of chocolate into his mouth, chewed it hard, and followed.

The situation was worse than Lupin had expected. More than a dozen Dementors boarded the train on the pretext of inspection and wantonly sucked the happiness of the young wizards.

This action caused a huge commotion, and even though Lupin was trying his best to drive away the Dementors, the students on the train were still in chaos.

At this time, the benefits of the class leader and student union system were reflected. In times of crisis, the powerful class leaders stood up to maintain order and took the chocolates given by Mike and distributed them.

When Lupin and Michael arrived at the carriage where Harry was, a large group of people had already surrounded Harry.

"Get out of the way, let me see! I'm the professor!"

At this time, Lupin no longer cared about keeping a low profile. He squeezed into the crowd, shouting "I am a professor." However, when he successfully reached the center of the crowd, the scene in front of him almost made him collapse.

Harry was seen lying pale and soundless in Hermione's arms, not knowing whether he was dead or alive.

Lupin quickly put his hand on Harry's neck and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Harry was not dead but just fainted.

"Professor, is Harry okay?"

Hermione sobbed and asked Lupin, and Lupin said with a relaxed look: "It's okay, he just fainted."

After that, Lupin took out a half-eaten piece of chocolate from his torn robe and gave it to Hermione, saying, "When he wakes up, let him eat this. Chocolate can make people happy."

After saying this, Lupin quickly ran to the front of the train. He was very busy now as there were Dementors wreaking havoc in the front carriage.

On the other side, Mike took advantage of Lupin checking Harry and quickly came to the carriage where Penelope was.

As he expected, there was also a Dementor in the carriage where Penelope was, absorbing the students' happiness. This group of Dementors must have planned it, otherwise they would not have divided their hunting areas so clearly in each carriage.

Mike's eyes kept searching in the carriage, and finally found Penelope in a corner. At this moment, she was huddled together with her three children, looking at the approaching Dementors in horror.

Perhaps it was the chocolate he had just eaten that worked, or perhaps it was Penelope's terrified expression that gave Mike strength. Mike's mind flashed back to the time he spent with Penelope and he raised his wand.

"Call the gods to protect you!"

A bright mist of light emerged from the tip of Mike's staff and slowly floated towards the Dementor.

This light attracted the attention of everyone in the car. Penelope turned around and saw that it was Mike. Her eyes lit up instantly and she roared:

"Run! Mike!"

Michael ignored Penelope's cries and tried his best to recall things that could make him happy, while holding his wand high and approaching the Dementors.

The light brought by the Patronus Charm obviously made the Dementors uncomfortable, but it was just discomfort, and it was far from enough to drive him away.

Under Mike's coercion, it slowly covered its face and retreated slowly but was unwilling to escape, and it roared at Mike from time to time.

It can't bear to part with these pure foods!
In Azkaban, they can only absorb the joy of the prisoners repeatedly every day. However, the quality of the prisoners' joy is really worrying because they are repeatedly absorbed by them. Now that they see fresh food, how can they give it up easily?

The man and the monster were in a stalemate. Mike felt the magic power in his body quickly draining away and secretly said something was wrong.

If he continues like this, he will be dragged to death sooner or later.

At this moment, Mike felt a warm feeling behind him. Before he turned his head, he saw a huge wolf of light rushing past him towards the Dementor.

Lupin is here!

(End of this chapter)