Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

Peter Pettigrew sobbed tremblingly, his shoulders heaving up and down.

He was so afraid of death that staying alive had almost become an obsession... He was even willing to be a pet mouse for more than ten years in order to survive. For Peter, being imprisoned in Azkaban was certainly better than death.

"You don't deserve to live!" Sirius, who had already begun to waver, became angry again because of Peter Pettigrew's words. "If I let you live in this world, how can I be worthy of James and Lily?"

As he said this, Sirius clenched his wand again.

"Wait a minute!"

A voice suddenly interrupted Sirius's actions.

Everyone present looked towards the staircase on the side of the living room, watching Harry moving towards them step by step.

"Harry?" Sirius was stunned.

"I still don't understand what happened between you two." Harry bit his lip, his tone weak but firm, "This concerns my parents. I think I have the right to know everything."

"Yes, you have a right to know." Dumbledore nodded.

The old headmaster's eyes swept over everyone, and there seemed to be some hesitation in his eyes... Finally, he stopped his gaze on Lupin.

He whispered, "Remus, could you please tell Harry the whole story?"

Lupin nodded and walked over to Harry.

"This story begins when we were in school..."

……

It took Harry almost half an hour to fully understand the truth of the matter.

During this period, the Weasley family also woke up one after another. The little wizards who were at school wanted to come over to see what was going on, but were driven back to their rooms by Mrs. Weasley.

In the end, among the young wizards in the Burrow, only Harry and Ron were left in the living room.

"Harry, now you know the whole story." After Harry understood everything, Sirius couldn't wait to step forward and said, "Let me kill him and avenge your parents, okay?"

Harry looked at Sirius with complicated eyes and bit his lip hard.

Under the expectant gaze of Little Sirius, he slowly shook his head.

"No, you can't kill him...you can't."

"But this gangster killed your parents!" Sirius was stunned and roared loudly, "You heard it too, he thought his own body was more important than the lives of your entire family."

"I understand," Harry gasped, "but we can't kill him... take him to the Ministry, hand him over to the Dementors, put him in Azkaban... just don't kill him."

"Harry!" Peter Pettigrew knelt in the cage, looking at Harry with his watery eyes, as if relieved. "Thank you...thank you...you are showing me kindness...thank you..."

"I'm not doing this for you!" Harry said disgustedly, turning his eyes away from Peter Pettigrew. "I'm doing this because I don't think my father would want his best friend to kill someone - especially someone like you."

Then he turned his gaze back to Sirius.

"Besides... I have already lost too many relatives. I cannot afford to lose another godfather."

No one moved or made a sound except Peter Pettigrew, who clutched his chest and gasped for air.

Sirius' lips trembled slightly as he stared blankly at Harry in front of him.

After a moment, his wand lowered.

"You are the only one who has the right to make the decision, Harry." Sirius was still a little unwilling and continued, "But think about it... think about what he has done..."

"He could be sent to Azkaban," said Harry. "If anyone here should go there, it's him..."

Sirius sighed deeply.

"I understand." He put away his wand and sat back in his chair dejectedly. "Yes, I should have listened to you."

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Chapter 198 The application form finally has a signature

Seeing that Sirius looked unhappy, Lycos patted his shoulder.

"Don't worry, this cage was specially made by Scamander. Peter Pettigrew will definitely not be able to escape." Lycos said, "Don't you trust the Scamander family's technology?"

"I don't doubt he'll get away." Sirius shook his head. "I just think sending him to Azkaban would be too easy for him."

"You can think about it from another perspective," Lycos shrugged. "It would be better for him to just let him die like this... You've been imprisoned in Azkaban for twelve years. Peter Pettigrew should have endured all the pain you've suffered over the years."

"You're right, you're right..." Sirius sighed and muttered constantly.

Dumbledore stared at Sirius quietly, and only chuckled softly when his emotions completely calmed down.

"Looks like you've figured it out," he said cheerfully.

Sirius hesitated, but nodded slowly.

"Very good." Dumbledore nodded slightly and turned to Harry, who had been standing at the table for a long time, with a smile. "Now that you have figured it out, you might as well take a look at your godson... Harry has been waiting for quite some time."

Sirius turned around in surprise and saw his godson standing at one side of the square table, looking a little nervous, his eyes filled with a variety of complex emotions such as hesitation, worry, hope and desire.

And in Harry's hand, he held a letter.

Catching Sirius's gaze, Harry hesitantly reached out and handed the letter to him.

Sirius was stunned for a moment, opened the letter, and looked at the words on the first page -

"Third years are allowed to visit Hogsmeade on certain weekends. Please give the enclosed permission form to your parent or guardian for signature.

Your loyal Deputy Headmistress, Professor McGonagall."

A surge of memories flooded his mind, and Sirius immediately understood what it was - more than twenty years ago, he had received a letter like this, and had also received a Hogsmeade visit application form attached to the letter.

At that time, because of joining Gryffindor, Sirius had always been at odds with his Slytherin pure-blood family, so he was facing a similar situation as Harry.

His parents were unwilling to sign their names on the application form.

For this reason, on the weekend when Hogwarts opened Hogsmeade to visitors, Sirius could only stand at the foot of the clock tower and watch his classmates leave Hogwarts and walk onto the wooden bridge leading to Hogsmeade village alone.

Sirius still remembers vividly the loneliness of being left alone in the castle, as if abandoned by all his classmates, even after more than 20 years.

He suddenly felt relieved.

What was the point of going down with Peter Pettigrew? No matter how many times that traitor died, James and Lily would never come back. This would only cause his family and friends to grieve in vain.

Sirius had just resolved a misunderstanding with Lupin that had lasted for over a decade, and had just met his beloved godson...

And Harry needed him right now.

Since it was his fault that Harry lost his parents, he might as well fulfill his responsibilities as a godfather, Sirius thought.

He didn't want Harry to experience the loneliness and loss of being abandoned by his classmates in Hogwarts Castle...

"Is my signature valid?" asked Sirius, glancing back at Dumbledore.

"Of course." Dumbledore laughed happily, "As Harry's godfather, you have the right to sign for him."

In fact, applying to go to Hogsmeade was not a big deal... It was just because of Sirius's escape from prison that Fudge suspected that Sirius wanted to hurt Harry, so he was unwilling to let Harry leave Hogwarts.

Now that it has been confirmed that Sirius was innocent, Dumbledore naturally has no reason to stop Harry and his classmates from going to Hogsmeade.

Hearing the affirmative answer, Sirius smiled easily, revealing a mouthful of dry yellow teeth.

"Do you have a pen?" he asked.

"Use mine." Lycos took out a feather pen and a bottle of ink from his snakeskin wallet and handed it over.

In fact, Lycos was relieved that he had finally convinced Sirius.

If Sirius Black insisted on killing Peter Pettigrew despite the advice of others, he would never be able to clear his name.

Then, the Ministry of Magic will continue to search for the fugitive from Azkaban, and the incident of the Dementors stopping the Hogwarts Express will happen as usual, just like in the original book.

Lycos was not sure whether he, with his talent in the dark arts, could learn the Patronus Charm to fight the Dementors, nor was he sure whether his Occlumency was enough to prevent the Dementors from snooping into his memory.

He was afraid that under the influence of the Dementors, the secrets in his mind that he could never tell anyone would be exposed to others.

Therefore, before confirming the influence of Dementors on oneself, it is best not to meet such evil creatures in public...

While Lycos was lost in thought, Sirius had signed Harry's Hogsmeade visit form and handed it back to his godson.

Harry finally smiled happily after getting the autograph.

"By the way, Lecos, who signed your application form?" Harry was obviously much more relaxed after getting the signature and began to be curious about Lecos.

Lycos's expression froze for a moment.

"Ahem..." he said with a dull expression, "A teacher at the orphanage just glanced at it and signed it for me."

"Really?" Dumbledore looked at Lycos with amusement.

"Of course!" Lycos adjusted his mood a little and instantly became confident. "I was born in an orphanage. Of course, my guardian is the director and administrator of the orphanage."

In fact, Lycos was too lazy to look for the administrator of the orphanage.

He thought that Professor McGonagall didn't know those Muggles anyway, so he just signed his name on the application form.

It didn't matter even if it was exposed. He could just say that he had an unhappy childhood and didn't want to go back to the orphanage. He believed that Professor McGonagall would understand!

"Okay, okay, it's late." Mrs. Weasley stood up and began to greet the others upstairs. "Now that this matter is over, there is no need for us to stay up all night here."

She glared emphatically at Ron, Harry, and Lycos.

"Especially you three, don't follow the adults and stay up late at such a young age!"

With this, Mrs. Weasley assigned each person a room and forced everyone to turn off the lights.

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Chapter 199 School starts

During the summer vacation between the second and third years, after resolving the misunderstanding about Sirius, the following days passed quickly.

Peter Pettigrew was taken to the Ministry of Magic by Dumbledore, but the misunderstanding of Sirius had lasted for so many years, and after the Ministry of Magic's extensive publicity and warnings, this old injustice was not so easy to redress.

So Sirius hid in the Weasley house, and whenever someone from the Ministry of Magic came to check on Harry, he would turn into a big black dog and hide in the corner.

No Auror had ever imagined that the most wanted criminal actually lived in the most closely guarded place in the Ministry of Magic.

Lecos had originally planned to continue looking for a room to rent in the Leaky Cauldron, but he could not resist Mrs. Weasley's enthusiasm, so he finally had to stay at the Weasley family, living on the same floor with Harry and Ron.

Despite being the only Slytherin in the entire Burrow, Lecos was not treated differently at all. Especially after hearing that Lecos came from an orphanage, Mrs. Weasley took care of him meticulously.