Hogwarts: Don't call me Wandmaker

Chapter 256 Veritaserum

Harry remembers clearly that he flew at full speed twice during the race.

That was the first time; the opponent hit him with a beautiful dodgeball, forcing him to abandon his attempt to catch the Golden Snitch.

But at the same time, he also figured out the opponent's tactics.

Five minutes later, when he flew at full speed for the second time, he easily dodged the speeding ball, grabbed the Golden Snitch, and ended the game.

In other words, Blake and Peter will appear in five minutes at most.

To hide themselves, Harry and Hermione promptly hid in Hagrid's cabin, peering out the window.

Harry also thought a jar next to him was in the way, so he wanted to move it aside.

But as soon as he made a move, he suddenly cried out.

“Scabbers…no, it’s Peter Pettigrew…he’s here!”

At the same time, the door they had just closed was forcefully kicked open from the outside, and a large black dog rushed in.

It wasn't Yaya, but another black dog.

Harry subconsciously recalled what Professor Lupin had told him in the Defense Against the Dark Arts office earlier… “In order to be with me during the full moon, they all learned Animagus transformations. Your father is a stag, Peter Pettigrew is a mouse, and Sirius Black is a big black dog.”

A mouse, a black dog...

Harry stared blankly at the scene before him, never expecting them to appear like this.

At the same time, Banban, who was inside the jar, squeaked and crawled out.

Harry's words had already startled him, but the sudden appearance of the black dog almost made him faint.

Seeing those fierce and crazed eyes, Peter Pettigrew screamed and jumped off the jar, kicking his legs frantically as he tried to escape.

"Do you think you can escape again? Like you did twelve years ago?"

Sirius, who was initially only worried about Harry, lost his remaining rationality the moment he saw Peter up close.

He instantly transformed back to his original form, took out his wand, and swung it forcefully at the fleeing rat, Spotted.

The wand emitted a beam of blue light, striking Scabbers, who had just jumped out of the window... It stopped in mid-air, its gray body writhing wildly... Soon it landed on the ground, followed by another dazzling flash.

Then, the mouse that was originally only the size of a palm, Spotted, transformed into a timid, wrinkled, short wizard in front of everyone.

Harry stared, his lips trembling, but he couldn't utter a word.

Although he already knew that Peter Pettigrew was Scabbers, he still found it hard to believe when he saw this scene again.

Meanwhile, Hermione thought of Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall is also an Animagus, and she demonstrated this amazing ability to them during her first Transfiguration class.

But Professor McGonagall's transformation was much smoother; she simply jumped and transformed back into her original form while in the air.

In comparison, Peter Pettigrew's transformation just now... how should I put it, was like a rusty toy block that had been left out for a long time being roughly bent back to its original state.

“Sirius… my friend… my old friend…” Peter Pettigrew’s voice was high-pitched, his tiny, beady eyes staring in terror at the wand in Sirius’s hand.

However, his use of the word "old friend" completely enraged Sirius.

"How dare you...call me...Avada..."

"do not want!"

"Stop!" A beam of green light shot out from the tip of the staff, grazing Peter Pettigrew's bald head... He couldn't hold on any longer, his legs gave way, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Sirius ignored him and turned to look at Harry.

It was Harry's voice that just now caused his spell to go slightly off-target; otherwise, Peter Pettigrew probably wouldn't exist right now.

"Are you pleading for him?" Sirius gripped his wand tightly. "Harry, he killed your parents. That groveling scum wouldn't even flinch if you died. He doesn't deserve your kindness."

“I know,” Harry said, “but you can’t kill him… I mean, if you’re innocent, hand him over to the Dementors.”

"Harry!" Peter Pettigrew suddenly snapped out of his daze and crawled over to Harry's side. "Thank you... I don't deserve it... Thank you!"

Harry instinctively took a step back, as if dodging an ugly worm covered in slime.

“I’m not doing this for you,” Harry said. “I want you to expose everything you’ve done in front of everyone. You’re the traitor who deserves to go to Azkaban!”

Peter Pettigrew curled up on the ground, trembling uncontrollably.

“That’s probably not very likely,” Sirius said. “Harry, I understand what you mean, but I know him. That scumbag would never publicly admit his crimes.”

“No, he will,” Harry said. “As soon as the Quidditch match is over, you use magic to attack him and force him to tell you everything!”

What Harry said was something that had actually happened, so he firmly believed that as long as he followed it, there would be no problem.

But Sirius's idea was exactly the opposite of his.

He felt that if he did that, Peter would definitely take the opportunity to shout his name and then pretend to be weak and innocent so that others would deal with him.

This is one of Peter's usual tricks; he did the same thing twelve years ago.

"Oh……"

"Won……"

"...We...are the champions!"

A deafening cheer erupted from the direction of the stadium; the game was over.

"Quick, Sirius, attack him with magic!" Harry said anxiously.

Although Sirius didn't really think it was a good idea, he instinctively reached for his wand when Harry shouted.

However, a book suddenly fell from the sky and hit his wrist hard.

Sirius cried out in pain, and his wand fell to the ground.

Peter Pettigrew's eyes lit up, and he quickly reached out to pick up the fallen wand. However, just as his fingers were about to touch the wand, a black cat blocked his way.

"Get out of here!"

Peter Pettigrew was furious and reached out to shoo the cat away, but when he looked up and saw the black cat's yellow eyes, he froze on the spot.

Next, the black cat used its tail to curl up a bottle about the size of a thumb, opened the stopper with its paw, and poured all the potion inside into Peter Pettigrew's mouth.

Truth serum doesn't need to be swallowed; it only needs to be touched to the mouth.

Actually, Xilun had originally intended to pour a few drops, since truth serum is so rare, and every little bit saved counts.

He wasn't quite used to using his tail yet, and accidentally poured the whole bottle of truth serum into it.

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(End of this chapter)