Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Then, maybe a long time passed, or maybe just a short while later, in short, the familiar knocking sound sounded.

It's Aunt Petunia.

"Get up! Get up! Hurry up!"

Harry didn't want to get up. Before he woke up, he was having a very interesting dream. In the dream, not only could he fly high in the sky, but he also met a lot of good friends, and they could roll the clouds in the sky into jelly beans and eat them together. .

But he got up anyway, just like he had every day for the past few years.Because Aunt Petunia would never tolerate him staying in bed - she wasn't as patient with him as she was with "Baby Dudley".

Make breakfast first, then fix your hair while Uncle Vernon roars, and then eat breakfast.After Uncle Vernon goes to work, he will be ready to welcome Dudley's group of friends - until the end of the summer vacation, they will be keen to come to No. 4 Privet Drive to play video games together and repair Harry.

Of course, it could also be to repair Harry and play the game console at the same time.

Sure enough, at ten o'clock in the morning, the doorbell rang as scheduled. Harry couldn't help but sigh as he looked at Dudley who rushed to the door excitedly like a golden gorilla.

He had to be prepared to deal with them.

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[Note 1] Harry Potter’s birthday is July 7st, which is only half a month ago, but Sirius had not finished his mission at that time and did not want his gift to arrive before he could see Harry. That’s why I decided to make up for it when we met.

[Note 2] According to Harry’s uncle and aunt’s original plan, Harry Potter would be sent to a five-year middle school called Stonewall Middle School.The Stonewall School uniforms were all gray, so his Aunt Petunia found an old piece of Dudley's dress and dyed it gray at home to serve as Harry's uniform.Harry thought he might look like "an old elephant in an elephant's skin" if he wore that dress to school.

Chapter 11 Meet

"who are you?"

As soon as the door of No. 4 Privet Drive opened, a big pink face with a silver basin appeared in front of Moon and Sirius - his neck was short and thick, and if you didn't look carefully, it was as if he didn't exist. , those watery blue eyes are very conspicuous, but the rudeness and displeasure inside them make it really difficult for people to feel any affection for her.

There is no doubt that this is Dudley Dursley.

Moon made a quick judgment in his mind, but then he realized that Sirius obviously didn't know this.And more importantly, although Sirius couldn't quickly realize that this was Dudley, he could definitely tell at a glance that this was not Harry. Therefore, if Sirius was allowed to take the responsibility of saying hello...

What awaits Dudley will probably be more than just growing a pig's tail.

"Hello, Dudley Dursley, right? Let's go find your parents, Mr. Dursley and Mrs. Dursley." Moon took a step forward and spoke first before Sirius raised his eyebrows. arrive.

Normally, Dudley would have just called out to Mrs. Dursley out of boredom, and then walked back to his soft sofa to watch TV.But today, he didn't plan to do this, because the two people in front of him looked a bit arrogant (in fact, Sirius's expression was indeed a bit arrogant, but Moon definitely didn't). Besides, he was actually a bit disappointed now—— He thought the people coming would be Pierre, Danny and the others.

Those who disappoint him will gain nothing.

Dudley stared at Moon and Sirius for two seconds, and then the discomfort on his face became even worse, "Who are you?"

Sirius's eyes widened. If he hadn't vaguely remembered that Lily's sister had a child, he might have been unable to suppress his anger at this moment.He didn't see many naughty children very often, and even he himself could be considered one in the past, but this didn't mean that he would be overly tolerant of naughty children.

He was still eager to see Harry!

Moon sighed helplessly, and then said: "We are here to find Mr. Harry Potter. If possible, I hope you can go to Mr. Dursley or Mrs. Dursley. If you don't want to If so, I can go in and find them myself, but please believe that you will definitely feel very uncomfortable by then."

Dudley opened his mouth wide and looked at Moon. The mocking words were already in his throat, but he couldn't spit them out.

Not only was he speechless, he was unable to make any movements, because he was already standing there blankly, with empty eyes and a stiff expression, as if he had been frightened.

Sirius, who had witnessed this scene, looked at Dudley in confusion, and then quickly turned his gaze to Munn, but Munn seemed to have guessed what he was going to ask, and said softly: "It's just a little trick, he was only temporarily determined." I'm here and I haven't suffered any harm - and I can't teach you because I haven't studied this spell thoroughly yet."

"Cough" The question that had just arisen was blocked again, and Sirius didn't know what to say. He could only clear his throat awkwardly, and then followed Moon into the Dursley's house.Of course, when passing by Dudley, he didn't forget to take another look at the fat guy.

Wandless and silent, it controls people like this. Sirius thinks this spell will definitely be very interesting, even if it can only be effective on Muggles, so that he can save a lot of trouble in the future.

It's a pity that Moon said he couldn't teach him.

"Are they your friends, Dada [Note 1]?" Probably because there was no other sound for a long time, Mrs. Dursley raised her voice and called her precious son while holding up the half-rubbed frying pan. Guo walked to the kitchen door and looked towards the door of the house.

What caught her eyes was Dudley's motionless back and the faces of Moon and Sirius.

She instinctively wanted to scream, but soon she realized what had happened, so the thin blond woman quickly forced herself to calm down, and after swallowing her saliva, she asked in a trembling voice: "You, you Is... from that place?"

Harry was a little curious after hearing this, so he quickly stood up from the sofa and walked behind his Aunt Petunia.But before he took two steps, he heard another boy's voice coming over.

And he was mentioned.

"Yes, you must be Mrs. Dursley. We are from Hogwarts and are here to find Mr. Harry Potter." Moon agreed, and then said: "Also, please don't worry, we I didn't hurt your child, but he was too rude, so I asked him to be quiet for a while. I think you who have a clear understanding of us should know that if we want to hurt Dudley, he will definitely It’s impossible to stand completely at the door.”

The voice was calm and the tone was gentle. The way the young man in front of her spoke made Mrs. Dursley completely uncritical - it would be better if there was no strong sense of threat in this sentence.

In fact, Moon didn't want to talk to the Dursleys in this way, but he had no choice. If he didn't use this method, he might not be able to have a good conversation with them at all.

Harry, who heard all this inside, felt that his heartbeat suddenly became much stronger. He didn't seem to understand anything, but there was no doubt that the boy who said the strange words seemed to be looking for him. of.

Harry couldn't help but slow down his breathing, and instead of showing up rashly, he stopped and planned to listen again.

"I don't care who you are looking for or what you are looking for..." Petunia Dursley said with a stern expression on her face, "I ask you to let go of my son immediately, otherwise there will be no need to discuss anything."

Moon shook his head and took two more steps forward. He had already expected the uncooperative attitude of the Dursley family. Fortunately, at least Sirius was able to restrain himself and still followed the previously set "Muen will do it." "Negotiation" agreement.

"Sorry, Mrs. Dursley, I don't think you will be able to control your child after I let him go. As far as I know, Mr. Dudley Dursley is also very fond of yelling at you." , confront you, or even give you orders. In addition, I hope you can recognize the reality. Our visit this time is not to talk to you, but to carry out what we need to accomplish as agreed back then. Therefore, the so-called 'no discussion' you talk about is undoubtedly a complete 'nonsense'."

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[Note 1] Dada is Dudley’s nickname.

Chapter 12 Invitation to Admission

Before Petunia Dursley could answer, Moon said again: "In the letter from that year, Mr. Dumbledore, who entrusted us here, was Albus Percival Wulfric Bush. Ryan Dumbledore, you should have written everything very clearly. As stated in the letter, until Mr. Harry Potter comes of age, you and Mr. Dursley should bear the responsibilities brought by the blood relationship. Parenting responsibilities, and explain to him what happened that year and what he will face before he is 11 years old and about to enter Hogwarts. Well——"

Petunia Dursley found that the young man in front of her looked at her meaningfully, as if he had seen through everything about her, which undoubtedly frightened her even more.

"--Unfortunately, from your thoughts, I found that you have done nothing except raising Mr. Harry Potter. But it doesn't matter, we are happy to do it for you. So, now, do you think you can let Have we met Mr. Harry Potter?"

"Ah, I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Moon Fox. In the future, I will be Harry Potter's senior." Moon bowed and did not introduce Sirius - Sirius He didn't mean to introduce himself, because the two had already agreed when they met this morning that Sirius's identity would not be revealed to the Dursleys until he told Harry everything about that year.

Unless the Dursleys insist on using their relative status to tie Harry to death, and as a last resort, it is necessary to use Sirius's godfather status as a bargaining chip. Otherwise, it is best to keep this kind of thing. Better as a surprise for Harry.

Petunia Dursley still wanted to say something, but she looked at Dudley standing blankly at the door, and then at the young man named Moon Fox who spoke well but always made her shudder. She finally chose to remain silent and quietly turned to look at Harry Potter, who was eavesdropping on the side.

"You heard it all." Petunia didn't like to call Harry by his name directly. In fact, most of the time in her life, she directly used pronouns and body movements such as "he" and "you". Showing that he was talking to Harry.

Now is certainly no exception.

Harry nodded nervously, then took a deep breath and walked to the corridor.

To be honest, he still didn't understand anything, except that he didn't seem to have to go to Stonewall High School anymore - which was very good news, because it probably meant that he didn't have to use Dudley's old clothes as his school uniform. .Moreover, it seems that the young man outside who has been talking will be his future senior, but this is what makes him uneasy.

What should I say?He wasn't sure if Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon would let him go to that Hogwarts school, and he didn't know what Aunt Petunia and the others were hiding from him.More importantly, Moon Fox, who claimed to be his future senior, spoke in a very orderly manner, giving the impression that he came from a particularly powerful aristocratic school. What's more, he could even make Dudley quiet. Come down, this is definitely not something ordinary people can do.

In short, everything made his mind so confused, and he had a strong sense of unreality. Harry even began to wonder if he was still dreaming.

When the thin Harry wearing baggy clothes stood in front of the corridor, Moon clearly felt that Sirius's mood became extremely excited in an instant.There was no doubt that Sirius must have recognized Harry.

Therefore, in order to prevent Sirius from doing anything recklessly, Moon had no choice but to clear his throat, take a diagonal step, and get slightly closer to Harry while standing between Sirius and Harry.

"Hello, Harry Potter, right?" Moon chuckled and said, "My name is Moon Fox, and I will probably be your future senior. If you are interested in studying at Hogwarts, Words of magic.”

Before Harry could look at the two strangers in front of him from head to toe, he was startled by Moon's words, "Study what? Demons, magic? Uh, I mean, what is this... Hogg , Hogwarts? Is it a school that teaches magic? "

Moon shook his head, then raised his hand and shook it towards Harry. The next moment, Harry was shocked to see that he was floating on the spot.

"This this……"

"It's not magic, it's magic, real magic." Moon waved again and put Harry down. Behind Moon, Sirius looked at Moon with an even weirder look - Although Dumbledore had already mentioned to him the extraordinary qualities of Moon, what he saw now still made him doubt his life.

"I'm guessing, Harry, you must have experienced similar things, some things that can't be explained, especially when you are emotional, right?"

Harry wanted to deny it, but as soon as he uttered the first syllable, he thought of his messy hair that always grew back the day after a haircut, and the piece of glass that suddenly disappeared two days ago. [Note 1].

So he nodded, looking at Munn with some confusion and excitement, "You mean... that's magic?"

"Yes, Harry, you are a wizard, just like your parents - we will talk about them later. As a wizard, like all other wizards, you are born with magic, but after systematic learning Before, you had no way to control your magic powers easily, and you could only let them work on their own when you were emotional. That's why we brought you the Hogwarts admission notice, waiting for you at Hogwarts Only after you have learned how to control magic and use magic can you be considered a qualified wizard. So, are you interested, Harry?"

Harry suppressed his urge to ask about his parents and nodded vigorously again, but then he looked at Aunt Petunia hesitantly, "But..."

"Don't worry, as long as you want to go, everything will be easy to solve." Moon smiled and took out a letter from his pocket.

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[Note 1] In case there are book friends who haven’t read the original novel, in the original novel, the Dursleys really wanted to make Harry’s hair neater, and even cut his hair into a mess at one point, leaving only A slightly longer one to cover his scar.But when Harry woke up the next day, his hair immediately grew back; as for the missing glass, it obviously refers to the glass in the reptile house that Harry made disappear on Dudley's birthday.

Chapter 13 Silence

When he first saw the letter that Moon took out, Harry really thought that he could understand a lot of things just by reading the letter.

After reading it, he didn't think so anymore - because it was just an ordinary acceptance letter. Except that the title of the book and the tools mentioned above seemed a bit outrageous, there was no way to answer any of his questions.

Moon, who saw Harry's thoughts, snickered in his heart and said seriously to Petunia Dursley: "Harry's official start date is September [-]st. August is already halfway through. Judging from your attitude, It seems that you have probably agreed to allow Harry to attend Hogwarts. So, Mr. Dursley, do you need us to negotiate again? Or do you think it would be more comfortable for you to explain to Mr. Dursley? Is he more accepting?"

Harry's heart sank again. By the way, how could he forget Uncle Vernon?He was sure that Uncle Vernon would never let him go to any magic school.

He turned his head slightly to look at his Aunt Petunia, not sure what he was expecting.

Petunia Dursley was silent for a long time, and then finally said: "I will make this clear to my husband, and you won't need to come again."

"Thank you very much." Moon readily agreed with Petunia Dursley's words, and then took out two wads of pounds from her buckle bag. "Before I say goodbye, please forgive me for saying a few last words. Don't forget Now, both you and Mr. Dursley have the obligation to take care of Harry, and you have an appointment with Professor Dumbledore. At the same time, your family background is fully sufficient to support you in taking care of the two children, Dudley and Harry."

"The reason why I say this suddenly is because I found that you and your husband don't seem to be kind to Harry -" Moon tilted his head slightly, although his eyes did not move away, but from the direction of his tilted head On the topic, Petunia Dursley still realized that Moon was gesturing to her about Harry's 'bedroom'." - After roughly understanding your thoughts, I don't intend to say anything more, but, I hope you You and Mr. Dursley can be kinder to Harry in the future. After all, he will live here for a few more years. I don’t ask you to treat him as your own, but at least don’t let him live this kind of life.”

After saying that, Moon sent two wads of pounds to Petunia Dursley through the air. "These are regarded as Harry's living expenses. There is my contact information on the top. If you run out of money, you can contact me at any time." "

Harry was stunned as he watched. The two thick piles of pounds made the unreality in his heart even stronger - God, he felt that even if he sold himself, it wouldn't be worth so much money.

Of course, more importantly, he felt that all the money was wasted, and there was no way that Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon would treat him any better just because they received the money.

Petunia Dursley also looked at the two wads of pounds, her lips moved, and she glanced at Harry with a complicated expression.

She didn't really want to accept the money.

But a few seconds later, she lowered her head and picked up the money. When she raised her head again, the complicated look on her face had completely disappeared, replaced by the same anger and anger as before. Cold and mean.

"Well, it seems everything is settled." Moon smiled at Petunia Dursley, then turned to look at Harry, "Well, one last little question before leaving, Harry, for the convenience of Send you to Hogwarts. Do you want to leave here and live at my house for a while? Then on September [-]st, I can take you to school with my younger siblings - yes, my younger brother. My sister and I are also going to Hogwarts this year, and we are in the first year like you."

"I'm going to pack my things right now." Harry didn't hesitate at all. If he had seen Moon take out the two piles of bills, he might have hesitated, but now?

Ha, he just wants to get out of here quickly.

In fact, this is the main reason why Moon gave this living allowance - it can not only dispel most of Harry's doubts, but also make the Dursley family treat Harry better in the future. Compared with the worst of both worlds, , a mere pound is hardly a price.

Two minutes later, Harry stood next to Sirius with his small amount of luggage. While waiting for Moon to speak and leave, he secretly glanced at Sirius who had a strange expression.

Obviously, he didn't know how angry Sirius was when he saw him getting into the cupboard to get his luggage.

If Moon hadn't been standing between him and Petunia Dursley, Sirius would have wanted to tear the roof off the Dursleys' house.If it were him who had not entered Azkaban more than ten years ago, let alone Moon, unless it were Professor Dumbledore, no one would be able to suppress Sirius's anger.

"Okay, Harry has finished packing. Let's take our leave first, Mrs. Dursley." Moon bowed, "After we leave, you only need to pat Dudley on the shoulder and he will wake up." ——But, please forgive me for talking too much, you'd better control your precious son. If he is still so rude or bullies Harry again next time, I may use some less friendly methods. Of course, personally, I don’t want to see that happen.”

Before Mrs. Dursley could reply, Moon waved at her, then turned around to indicate that Sirius and Harry could leave. "Goodbye, Mrs. Dursley, have a nice day."

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Five minutes later, Moon, Sirius and Harry, who had left the Dursleys' house, sat on a park bench.

The atmosphere was strangely silent.

Harry had a lot of questions to ask, but he didn't know how to ask, or even whether he should ask. He thought maybe it would be better to wait for the senior named Moon to take the initiative to explain, otherwise it would seem that he was a little clueless. polite.

Sirius also had a lot to say to Harry, but after holding it in for such a period of time, he couldn't say a word again.Or rather, he didn't know which words to start with - it would have seemed a bit strange if he had just said "Harry, I am your godfather".

Moon...

Moon was watching the show. He was curious about who of the two would be able to speak first if he kept silent, and what their first words would be.

Unfortunately, they have been sitting here for almost 30 seconds, and the two of them still remain silent.

It seems that the important task of finally breaking the deadlock will fall on him.

Chapter 14 Purchasing before Enrollment

"Well, Harry, I guess you must have many, many questions now. This is why I want to find a place like this where no one is around to sit down first - so as not to overwhelm you with too many answers later." Mu Mu. En cleared her throat and looked sideways at Harry, "Let me think about it... about your parents, about Hogwarts, about magic, about me and the person next to you, about what happened back then. About your preparation for school, that’s about it, right?”

Harry nodded. Moon was right. These were all issues he was eager to know about now. Except for the 'preparation for school', he had never thought of this at all.

"These questions will be answered by the person next to you, and I will add them. Therefore, before I officially give you the answer, I think it is best to let you know who the person next to you is." Moon will His eyes turned to Sirius, "I've already done it for you, and you should say the next thing yourself."

Sirius looked at Moon gratefully, and then took a deep breath - he still hadn't thought about using that sentence as his opening statement. Fortunately, Moon finished the opening statement for him, so now he can say that sentence. .

"Hello, Harry, my name is Sirius Black and I am your godfather."

Harry's thin body was completely frozen at this moment. He looked at Sirius blankly, as if he had never thought that he would have any relatives in this world other than the Dursleys and Dudley.

Moon stood up in time and walked towards the way he came. If he remembered correctly, there was a store at the corner over there. He could go and buy some soda and popsicles.

Just as he thought at the beginning, such a warm moment should be completely reserved for Sirius and Harry, rather than sitting next to them like a "light bulb" and watching their emotions burst out, which ultimately made everyone... Awkward.