HP: White Lord of Slytherin

Chapter 113 'Hero' Pettigrew

"You can use the Confusion Charm?" Hermione couldn't believe it. That was an advanced spell that she hadn't even started learning in the third grade, but she had seen it in the advanced spell book.

Gloria walked away and replied, "I learned spells when I was very young. This is not difficult."

Harry looked back at Filch, who seemed to be wandering in a dream. "By the time he wakes up we'll be caught. Will it be too late?"

Draco was the calmest person besides Gloria. "If you are scared, you can go back."

In fact, he was secretly happy in his heart, he had been looking forward to such an adventure for a long time. Even if he was caught, he would only lose a few points. He and Lori had added a lot of points to Slytherin House for most of the school year.

Hearing Draco's sarcasm, Harry shut his mouth. It was impossible to go back now because it was related to the truth of his parents' murder.

Gloria walked quickly and arrived at Hagrid's hut within a few minutes of leaving the castle.

At this time, she stopped and several people watched her rummaging through her school robe. Soon, a coiled golden snake appeared in her palm.

"Snake!" Ron was so startled that he stepped back and fell to the ground.

Draco said coldly: "It's just a snake, cowardly Weasley."

Harry exclaimed, "You still have a snake on you?!"

He has the ability to speak Parseltongue, but rarely actively interacts with snakes, especially after seeing the terrifying basilisk last year.

Gloria touched Golinia's head and said, "As the heir of Slytherin, I naturally have snakes around me to protect me." Then she hissed, "Guard the house, don't let that rat get away."

"I am not a hound," said Golinia feebly.

Except for Harry, the other three only saw a man and a snake hissing to each other.

"Five magic gems." Gloria promised.

Golinia then reluctantly landed on the ground. After feeling the surroundings with her tongue for a few times, her body grew slightly larger and she meandered forward like a flowing golden liquid. She stopped at the corner of the hut and went to the roof along the gap in the wall.

"Let's search now. It's easy for him to escape, right?" Harry stared at the house closely. After all, mice are very small.

"No." Gloria said firmly, "With my snake here, he can't escape even if he turns into a fly."

"What's in there?" Draco felt like he was not catching a mouse, but rather some dangerous person.

"The 'hero' of twelve years ago, Peter Petillo." Gloria shouted to the house: "Mr. Petillo, there's no need to hide, we know you're in there."

Only a few cries of Yaya were heard from inside the house.

Ron was confused by this. "Scabbers is in there, why is Pettigrew involved?"

Hermione had realized the seriousness of the matter and poked Ron to signal him to shut up.

"You left your severed finger behind and faked your death to escape." Gloria wandered in front of the house. "Many people believe you are dead, but the Marauder's Map clearly shows your location. Since you won't come out, I'll come find you."

She raised her eyes to look at Golinia. The golden-scaled snake opened its mouth and hissed. The sound was quite loud, which made people feel inexplicably frightened.

Suddenly, something jumped out of the open window on the left. Golinia jumped down like lightning and instantly stood in front of the thing, her golden snake pupils meeting her black rat eyes.

The fleeing mouse stayed where it was, and Ron recognized it at a glance as his pet that had been in his family for many years.

"Banban!"

He raised his leg and was about to move over, but was stopped by Harry.

The mouse controlled by Golinia's golden eyes had no intention of escaping.

"petrificus totalus (everything is petrified)!"

As Gloria chanted the spell, the mouse was petrified and turned to Ron, "You've raised him for several years, take him."

She didn't want to touch such a dirty mouse.

Ron looked confused and subconsciously picked up the hard Scabbers, "Who did you just call Peter?"

"Your rat." Gloria seemed to suddenly realize, "I was in a hurry to get going and didn't have time to tell you that your pet is an illegal Animagus. It's Peter Petillo, who was presumed dead for more than ten years and was rumored to have been killed by Sirius."

Ron almost dropped the mouse.

Draco stood in front of Gloria, "Animagus... let's go find the professor!"

But the next moment, Harry and Hermione pointed behind them.

"Gloria, black dog!"

When the two of them reminded her, she knew Sirius was coming. The golden-scaled snake instantly grew larger, coiled around Gloria and Draco several times, and blocked the black dog's attack.

"Merlin--" Hermione covered her mouth and screamed.

Draco held Gloria's hand tightly, his face drained of all color, but he still stood in front of her.

Harry and the others had never expected that this golden snake could grow larger.

"I thought you would show up after the Ministry of Magic made a decision." Gloria said calmly, "It's good that you show up now. It's just right for you to confront each other on the spot."

Ron was about to ask why he was saying such strange things to a dog, when he saw the big black dog with gray eyes twist its body. First its head, then its limbs quickly turned into the appearance of a human, and a tall and thin figure stood up.

His once beautiful curly hair was tangled and hung down to his elbows. His deep eye sockets contained a pair of gray eyes. His waxy white skin clung to his bones. No wonder Ron said he looked like a skeleton wearing a wig.

"Sirius Black!" Harry's voice exploded with anger. He wanted to rush over in a fit of rage, but was held back by Hermione and Ron.

Sirius looked at his niece who inherited the Slytherin name, "You know I'm an Animagus."

"I found out when I went home for Christmas break," Gloria said. "Then I realized that the person you wanted revenge on was never Harry, but you didn't know what you were looking for at the time."

The embarrassed man stared at the petrified rat with a ferocious look in his eyes, "It seems that now you know."

"Gloria!" Hermione and Ron could hardly hold Harry back and screamed at her, "He's a fugitive, we have to tell the professor! Harry, calm down!"

Ron had trouble holding the mouse with one hand, "Harry! You can't be impulsive!"

Gloria looked back and saw that Harry had already broken free from Hermione and Ron's hold and pulled out his wand. She said, "Harry, let's go to the headmaster's office and confront him. We'll know the truth soon."

"He betrayed my parents. Even if Pettigrew wasn't dead, that wouldn't change that fact!" Harry moved, trying to aim at the hateful fugitive.

In Draco's opinion, if Potter is not careful, the curse will hit him and Gloria, so he drew his wand, "With Gloria here, this fugitive can't escape."

"What do you know Malfoy?" Harry panted. "It's not your parents who died!"

Draco wanted to curse him when he heard that.

Hermione and Ron also took out their wands, and for a while the two sides were in a standoff.

"Meow-"

Crookshanks appeared from nowhere and lingered at Sirius' feet.

"Believe me, he is most likely not the traitor." Gloria said, "Let's go find Headmaster Dumbledore now."

Harry's eyes were red and the hand holding the wand was shaking slightly.

But the next moment, his wand flew out of his hand with a snap, and Hermione and Ron's wands also flew out of their hands.

Not far away, Professor Lupin was pointing his wand at Sirius. He caught the three flying wands and looked at Golinia, who was guarding Gloria and Draco, with a complicated look in his eyes. "A student told me that you and Harry had been in my office. I asked around and found out that you left the castle and saw Mr. Filch who was under the influence of the Confounding Charm."

Gloria put away her wand and pushed Draco behind her. "Yes, because I found that there was an Animagus who had been with Harry until he disappeared a few days ago. I wanted to use the map to find him. Fortunately, I saw him on the map today."

Lupin murmured a name, "Peter Pettigrew."