Hogwarts: Who uses a crowbar in wizard duels?

"Spot, Spot!" Ron shouted as he chased after a large rat through the snow.

The rat in front, Spotted, moved nimbly across the snow, seemingly sensing some danger.

"Ron, wait! That's the direction of the Whomping Willow!" Harry shouted after Ron, trying to warn him.

But Ron was about to catch Scabbers and showed no sign of stopping.

Kevin and Hermione chased after them at a leisurely pace.

"Kevin, hurry and grab him!"

Harry's shouts went unanswered, and Hermione urged Kevin to intervene quickly to prevent any accidents.

However, Kevin suddenly stopped and looked in another direction.

Hermione followed Kevin's gaze curiously, and the next moment she exclaimed in surprise, "Harry! It's the big black dog, Sirius Black!"

Harry immediately followed Hermione's finger and saw a large, agile black dog charging toward Ron.

"Ron!!"

Harry was now really worried, his voice filled with anxiety.

"Ron! It's Sirius! He's charging at you!"

Harry and the others watched as the menacing, large wolfhound charged madly at Ron.

Even though Professor Lupin had told them before that Sirius was a good person, that was just a hypothesis without evidence.

The fierce-looking black dog in front of me doesn't look like a good thing at all!

On the other side, Ron finally caught Scabbers, and only then did he hear Harry shout, "Sirius?"

He turned around curiously and saw a large black dog leaping towards him!

Ron was so frightened that he quickly raised his hand to cover his head.

However, the next moment, a spell enveloped Ron, and Sirius Black crashed into it, only to be repelled by the protective spell.

Sirius shook his head, saw Kevin rushing towards him, glanced at the mouse in Ron's hand, and finally decided to retreat first.

"Sirius! Wait a minute! We have something to say to you!" Kevin shouted.

But Sirius didn't stop; instead, he went into a secret passage beneath the Whomping Willow.

Kevin wanted to rush in too, but the next moment, the Willow Catcher moved.

It swung a thick branch at Kevin and Ron.

Kevin had no choice but to stop the chase, grab Ron and dodge the Whomping Willow's attack.

"Ron, protect your head!" Kevin suddenly shouted.

"what?"

Before Ron could react, Kevin grabbed Ron to dodge an attack from the Whomping Willow, and then threw Ron into the secret passage.

Ron screamed as he rolled into the secret passage.

After throwing Ron in, Kevin, while dodging the Whomping Willow's attacks, retreated to Harry's side, grabbed Harry, and, just like before, shouted, "Protect your head!"

Before Harry could even protest, "I can walk by myself," Kevin rushed to the secret passage and threw Harry in as well.

Finally, it was Hermione's turn. Kevin carried Hermione, dodging the Whomping Willow's attacks, and the two jumped into the secret passage together.

"Kevin, you're putting your girlfriend before your friends!" Ron accused Kevin, clutching his aching back.

"Stop complaining. If it weren't for me, you might have been bitten and carried away by Sirius."

Ignoring Ron's complaints, Kevin helped Hermione up and patted the snow off her head.

"Let's go catch up with Sirius and find out what happened."

Scabbers in Ron's hand seemed to be struggling and trying to run around, but Kevin grabbed it tightly.

"This mouse is really troublesome. Let me catch it for you."

Kevin used three-tenths of his strength, his hand gripping Banban tightly like an iron clamp.

Before Ron could even cry out in distress for Banban, he led the group deeper into the secret passage.

......

On the other side, Professor Lu Ping noticed the commotion outside the window and looked into the distance, where he saw the commotion caused by the "beating willow".

"Could it be...?"

Professor Lupin put down his steaming cup, rushed out of his office, and ran towards the castle.

Professor Snape, who happened to be in Dumbledore's office, also noticed the commotion caused by the Whomping Willow and looked down from the tower.

He also realized something, and left Dumbledore's office, walking quickly towards the Whomping Willow.

......

Kevin and his companions emerged from the secret passage and arrived at a dilapidated hut.

The hut was covered in a thick layer of dust, and you could choke on any breath you took.

"Where am I?" Ron looked around, a little scared.

"This should be the Screaming Shack in Hogsmeade."

Harry recognized the place immediately; the secret passage had led him towards Hogsmeade Village.

He had been to Hogsmeade several times with Ron before, and he had always been curious about the Screaming Shack, feeling that there might be some secret inside.

Kevin, holding Banban in one hand and a crowbar in the other, was the first to enter. He walked up the stairs without any intention of slowing down.

There are footprints.

Thick dust covered everything, and the messy footprints on the stairs were immediately noticeable.

Kevin went up to the second floor and came to a room with a broken piano. On the right side of the room, on a dilapidated sofa, sat a disheveled man with unkempt hair, wearing a tattered robe and sporting a messy beard.

He looked somewhat thin, and his eye sockets were sunken.

This person is none other than Sirius Black!

As he watched Harry and his friends enter, he immediately flashed a maniacal grin: "Welcome, Harry, and Harry's friends."

"And of course, you too! Long time no see, Peter! Hehehehehe...!"

Finally, Sirius stared at Scabbers in Kevin's hand and then burst into unrestrained laughter.

However, Harry and the others didn't notice his words or the way he was staring at Scabbers.

They were all focused on the man in front of them.

"You're Sirius Black? Was that big dog you in disguise?"

Harry boldly stepped forward and approached Sirius.

Sirius Black, whose expression had been somewhat crazy and frightening, became quiet when Harry approached.

He looked into Harry's eyes and at his face.

"Oh Harry, it's so good to see you."

Sirius Black tremblingly raised his hand, his eyes filled with longing, wanting to hug Harry.

"You look just like your father, except for your eyes."

He reached out his filthy hand and stroked Harry's face.

Although it was their first meeting, Harry could sense a strong sense of goodwill from Sirius.

Would someone like that really betray his parents?

boom!

Suddenly, a figure crashed into the room!

"Sirius! Let go of Harry!"

Professor Lupin raised his wand and pointed it at Sirius. He was still unsure of Sirius's mental state and whether he might go insane and harm Harry.

"Oh Remus, you're still the same as before, all ragged and tattered, hahaha."

Sirius Black saw Professor Lupin enter and stood up, laughing heartily.

"Ha, at least ten thousand times better than you are now." Professor Lupin laughed when he heard that familiar tone and put down his wand.

He strode up to Sirius and embraced him tightly.

"Remus, I've finally found him!"

Sirius Black hugged Professor Lupin tightly, his voice trembling with joy and tears welling up.

"Who did you find? Celias, you've seen these children. Tell them what happened back then."

Professor Lupin hugged Sirius Black and comforted him.

"It's Peter Pettigrew! That bastard! We secretly conspired back then that I would distract Voldemort so we could replace him as the Secret Keeper. Even Dumbledore didn't know about it!"

"Then he turned around and betrayed James and Lily! Then this coward killed over a dozen innocent Muggles and framed me! He then cut off a finger and faked his death!"

Hearing these angry words, Harry and his friends exchanged glances, remembering the Peter they had seen on the Marauder's Map.

Professor Lupin was clearly also greatly shocked, because he had always thought that Peter Pettigrew was dead!

But if that's the case, then everything makes sense.

The mouse in Kevin's hand suddenly began to struggle violently.

However, no matter how much the rat tore and bit, it couldn't break through Kevin's defenses and was firmly held in Kevin's hand.

"Hahaha, Peter! What a mess you look like, hahaha!!"

Sirius heard the mouse squeaking and, with an exaggerated and frantic expression, came up to Kevin, staring intently at the mouse in Kevin's hand.

Harry and his friends were surprised by Sirius's actions. Was Peter a mouse?

"You are Peter!!" Professor Lupin finally realized that the mouse in front of him was exactly the same mouse they had transformed into back then.

"Peter, he's an Animagus. He betrayed Harry's parents, he broke his vow! So after cutting off a finger, he turned into a mouse and hid!"

Professor Lupin finally understood what had happened back then, raised his wand, and aimed it at the mouse in Kevin's hand.

"No, wait! How could Scabbers be Peter? He's lived in my house for years."

Ron then quickly stepped forward to question it.

"Twelve years, really? How could a normal rat live that long?!"

Sirius Black asked loudly in return.

Ron didn't know what to say for a moment.

But then another figure rushed in.

"Disarm you! You collapse unconscious!"

Professor Snape appeared, disarming Professor Lupin with a single spell, and then sending Sirius Black flying with another.

From Snape's perspective, Sirius Black is standing in front of Kevin with a sinister grin, baring his teeth and brandishing his claws, while Professor Lupin is pointing his wand at Kevin.

He thought Kevin was being held hostage, so he acted decisively.

"Mr. Lupin, I've finally caught you!"

Snape raised his wand at Professor Lupin, then stepped in front of Kevin.

"Oh, Severus, wait, this is a misunderstanding."

Professor Lu Ping quickly raised his hands and said.

Kevin was about to say something to stop Professor Snape: "Professor Snape, no..."

As a result, Harry was even more decisive. Now that he was convinced that Sirius was one of his own, he immediately pulled out his wand and pointed it at Snape.

"Disarm you!"

Professor Snape was completely unprepared for Harry's attack and had his wand taken away unexpectedly.

"Wow." Professor Lupin caught the flying wand, then pointed it at Snape, raising an eyebrow.

The offensive and defensive strategies have shifted.

Snape stared at Harry in disbelief.