Chapter 238
It’s great to be a black dog
Chapter 238 It’s great to be a black dog
"What? Of course not!"
Lupin was stunned, then burst into laughter.
"I just admire the energy in her. It has nothing to do with the relationship between men and women."
In fact, Abigail's personality always reminded him of James and Sirius.
Not the Sirius of today, but the time when they were teenagers and lawless.
They also discussed that after graduation, the four of them would still stay together. They would travel around the world together, explore those places that were rarely visited and full of dangers, and leave legends of the marauders in every Ministry of Magic.
But after graduation, they were immediately transferred to the war. James also married Lily and soon had a child...
Life was like a sped-up videotape, and before Lupin could react, he was the only one left out of the group of four.
He looked back and saw no one around him; he looked forward but didn't know where the road ahead led.
The dreams of youth are like mist, blown away without a trace by the winds of death and war.
Lupin looked a little gloomy, and seeing this, Wade stopped talking.
The two followed the traces left by the carriage and soon arrived at Hogsmeade.
From a distance, Vader saw a banshee squatting on a tall, spire-like roof, with its bird-like wings folded behind it. Its pair of gray-green eyes stared at the two of them for a while, then turned away in boredom.
Banshees are also a kind of magical creature. Like centaurs, they live around wizards but are isolated from them.
However, unlike centaurs who like to live in groups, most banshees live alone, or in groups of two or three.
Most of them hide in human cities or villages, but only in a pure wizard village like Hogsmeade can they spread their wings freely without having to disguise themselves as ordinary humans.
This banshee is one of the residents of Hogsmeade, and Hogwarts students can occasionally see her when they go out.
Lupin and Wade didn't care much and walked around the tower where the banshee was.
Hogsmeade also has some Easter decorations, with colored eggs and rabbits everywhere, as well as wizard tourists who come from other places.
Lupin's house was as warm as ever, with a few rabbits jumping around at the door. A rabbit with red eyes, wearing blue clothes, squatted at the door, looking at the two of them curiously.
Wade squatted down, poked with his hand, and asked, "Sirius isn't here?"
"He went shopping. In order to ensure the safety of the Animagus transformation, some preparations need to be made," said Lupin.
He picked some greens and lettuces from his own garden, directed them to jump into the pool to wash themselves, and then flew back onto the chopping board.
The kitchen knife immediately jumped up and cut all the vegetables with a "dong dong" sound.
Wade looked at the bookshelf and found a few more books on it, such as "Cooking Magic", "Delicious Things Require Suitable Magic", "Compendium of Household Magic", etc.
Although these magics are very practical, they are not within the scope of teaching at Hogwarts, and wizards who want to learn them need to learn them by themselves.
Wade went upstairs to put his luggage away, changed into his home clothes and came down, then he heard the roar of an engine coming from next door.
At this time, the aroma of food came from the kitchen, and then Lupin walked out.
When they got to the next door, they saw Sirius had returned. He was dressed very fashionably at this time -
He was wearing a black leather jacket and long boots, sunglasses, and his black hair was blown by the wind behind his head. Sirius also rode a huge red motorcycle with a golden lion pattern painted on it. Sirius had obviously made a lot of changes to it, so that Wade could not recognize what brand it was.
Wade closed his eyes - if he wasn't dazzled, Sirius should have fallen from the sky just now.
"Sirius," Lupin said helplessly, "You know the Ministry of Magic's regulations prohibit the misuse of Muggle items."
Sirius said nonchalantly, "Anyway, both it and I are invisible, and no one else can see us - hey, Vader, I guess you're ready?"
"Of course." Vader said with a smile.
"You haven't forgotten to recite the spell for a day, have you?" Sirius said seriously, "Don't lie, you know this is a matter of life and death, it's very important."
"Of course I haven't forgotten." Wade said, "I cast the spell twice a day, at sunrise and sunset, and I have never missed a single one."
"Good boy!" Sirius rubbed his head twice and said, "Come with me and see what we have prepared for you."
They walked together through the woods for more than ten minutes and arrived at a valley in the nearby forest.
There was a makeshift wooden house here, the house was crooked, and it was only with magic that it could not collapse. The vines around it were entangled like spider webs, leaving only a narrow path.
The branches and vines of the treetops stretched out long, until they intertwined and formed a huge net overhead. The sunlight filtered through the narrow gaps between the leaves, pouring down like a curtain of rain.
A pit was dug on the open space and filled with water, which looked very clear.
A little deer was drinking water by the pit, and the footsteps of several people startled it. It jumped out and jumped to the edge of the woods. It looked back at the people and then ran away.
"Damn, when was this place cleared?"
Sirius walked over and pointed his wand at the gap where the deer entered and exited. The surrounding bushes immediately stretched out until the gap was firmly blocked.
"What are these for?" Wade asked curiously.
"You said you once dreamed of flying, didn't you?" Lupin said, "Dreams during Animagus training also have a certain element of prediction. Your animal form is likely to be a bird."
"At that time, I dreamed that I was running on all fours, spinning in circles looking for my tail. I thought it would be at least a leopard or something..."
Sirius, who was walking back, said gloomily, and then said: "Animagus needs to transform in the open field, but if you turn into a bird and fly away, and your bird nature occupies your mind and you forget to fly back, where should we find you?"
This is the biggest danger of practicing Animagus, it may cause the wizard to turn into a real animal, losing his self and human thinking.
"So in order to prevent you from flying away, we have built a fence around this area." Lupin said, "Also, if you turn into a fish, there is plenty of water here so you don't get choked up."
The first Animagus transformation must be done in an open place, lest the transformed body becomes too large and the narrow space will literally squeeze the person to death; nor can it be done in a complex environment, lest the transformed body becomes too small to be found.
It is best not to have other creatures around, so as to avoid being mixed in with them and running away after transformation, or being mistaken for prey by other creatures.
Some organisms require extremely harsh living environments and require special arrangements.
The two adult wizards eliminated all the dangers one by one. Sirius cleaned up for a while, and suddenly asked with emotion:
"Remus, why were we so brave back then and started transforming without caring about anything?"
"It's not easy to be alive! It's great to be a black dog..."
Without waiting for Lupin to answer, he spoke in a long voice, as if he had lingering fear, while pouring two packets of sea salt into the puddle.
(End of this chapter)