Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Chapter 56 Crisis

[Additional Note] Regarding the "Brief History of Voldemort after Graduation" in the second half of the previous chapter, except for "Joined several secret societies of dark wizards" and the part related to the secret societies of dark wizards, the rest are true from the original work The history of Voldemort's rise.

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"Hide your capabilities, bide your time, and watch the fire from the other side... Yes, Moon, there is no doubt that these secret societies of dark wizards cannot be disbanded on the spot. The reason why they disappeared can only be out of this idea. There is no need for them to follow Voldemort and his Death Eaters compete for supremacy because they at least know that before my death, the British wizarding world cannot be truly controlled by Voldemort."

"At the same time, I believe that Voldemort may have made some deals with these secret societies of dark wizards. For example, they don't have to join Voldemort's side in the war started by Voldemort, but they can't go against Voldemort either. If Voldemort ends up If they lose, there is nothing to say; if Voldemort wins in the end, they will join Voldemort."

"So, these dark wizards chose to stand in the darkness and watch Voldemort stir up troubles in the British wizarding world, shrouding the British wizarding world like a dark cloud. And you probably know something about what happened next. Voldemort is in Harry He returned with feathers on his body and disappeared completely. I believe that Voldemort is not dead, but he is obviously severely injured and is only hanging with a breath. Some of the Death Eaters were arrested and some absconded. The secret societies of dark wizards also Therefore, I chose to maintain the previous concept of keeping a low profile and wanted to stay dormant to see the situation - until today."

Professor Dumbledore sighed, and then continued slowly: "The appearance of Jacob Thor and Quirinus Quirrell last year proved what I have always said. Voldemort is not dead and has been planning a comeback. Therefore, I did some more research and found many clues that told me the same thing, that is, the crisis has not been resolved. In recent years, the previously dormant secret societies of dark wizards have begun to appear more frequently... …”

"Mun, we are like a lonely boat in the ocean. It seems like the sky above is still clear, but in fact, not far ahead is a terrifying sea area full of sea monsters, and behind us, there are once again dark clouds brewing a huge thunderstorm. Float over."

"Perhaps we can try to survive the storm as much as possible, because no matter what, after Voldemort failed once, it will be difficult to return to his heyday. His power has also been weakened a lot. After his fall, the Eclipse A number of Dead Apostles have died and been arrested. Of course, the remaining ones are still loyal to Voldemort and have escaped and hid in the dark, like Jacob Thor. But at the same time, there are also many people who have taken refuge with others. The forces of dark wizards no longer serve Voldemort."

"Even if Voldemort comes back, his personal ability and strength will definitely be much weaker than when he first rose."

"But..." Professor Dumbledore looked at Moon steadily, "There is a greater crisis in front of us."

Moon sipped the cold tea and was silent for a while before finally saying: "It seems that you intend to train me to become the backbone of the secret society of dark wizards."

"Indeed, Moon." Professor Dumbledore nodded very frankly and admitted: "In you, I see hope - if it weren't for your appearance, I would probably only think about how we should deal with Voldemort. That is There is a price to pay, and many people will die, even me. And after that, when Voldemort is dealt with, the remaining ones will have to block it with soldiers and villages, or rather... let the living people resign themselves to their fate. There’s a solution.”

"I'm just a bad old man in my old age. I'm just a Voldemort, which is enough for me to give all my strength. The rest... although I don't want to admit it, it is indeed beyond the scope of what I can afford. I don't even plan to give it to me. Worry about telling others, in fact, many people think that most of the secret societies of dark wizards have been destroyed by Voldemort that year and taken under his command. Those who are willing and powerful will eventually discover the truth of the matter, and I don’t need to remind them. . And for those that cannot be discovered, mentioning them will only cause panic. I only hope that before I die, I can see Voldemort's complete defeat."

"However, what I didn't expect was that I saw you, Munn. But I still want to ask, are you willing?" The old man looked at Munn quietly, throwing out the lessons he had learned in the past two months. The most important question behind it.

He needed Moon's answer.

Moon sighed, put down the tea cup, put his palm against his forehead and pressed it gently, "I think if I answer no, you can jump off the school clock tower tomorrow. So, I don't seem to have any choice." .”

Of course Professor Dumbledore couldn't understand Moon's connotation [Note 1], but since Moon said so, his answer is naturally very obvious.

The old man didn't show any particular expression of joy. He just smiled, raised his tea cup, and said to Moon: "Then, from now on, it's all up to you."

"What you said is very much like you are explaining the funeral, you know?" Moon responded with a toast, with a look of helplessness on his face, "It's a Chinese New Year... Although it's not a Chinese New Year, at least I want to say more auspicious words."

"Don't worry, I haven't lived enough yet." The old man's tone was quite certain when he said this, but when he thought about how this man would immediately become confused when he saw something in the future, or even become confused, Moon felt more and more He became unreliable.

"So, when do you plan to start?" Moon sipped the cold tea and asked seriously: "In other words, do you want to take the initiative or do you want to wait and see first? There is no doubt that if we can all confirm Voldemort's If we return, the news about the dark wizards will probably not be behind us. After all, compared to those of us who can only find out the truth on our own, they should have better information channels in this regard. So. , according to what you said, once Voldemort returns, these dark wizard associations will probably continue to choose to wait and see."

"The primary target must be Voldemort, there is no doubt about it, but if you are willing... I think we can't take some actions along the way." Professor Dumbledore said with a cryptic look: "Of course, it depends. Your study progress, but I think you will not let me down, right?"

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[Note 1] Moon was complaining about the way Professor Dumbledore arranged his own death.

PS. This chapter previously had a large supplementary note at the beginning of the chapter. After two people proposed it, this chapter has been deleted and rewritten. It is about the number of people in the wizarding world. To put it simply - there are more than 3000 people in the British wizarding community in this book, JK Rowling There is a BUG in the setting here, which will be explained in detail later, so when reading the relevant content of this book, please do not default to the setting that there are only about 3000 people in the British wizarding world.

Chapter 57 The first game

Moon really had no choice.

How could he choose?Mom, Uncle Golov, Uncle Edgar, Aunt Nora, Hesper, Quaid, Owen, Dana... and Violet and her family, and so many friends, Those he held dear.

He had no choice, not because Professor Dumbledore had high hopes for him, but because the antagonism between him and those dark wizards naturally existed.

It was impossible for Moon to join it, and it was impossible for his relatives and friends to join it. If Moon could, he wished that he would pull out all the dark wizards in the British magic world tomorrow and kill them all with a bullet.

Do you need to choose to fight against the secret society of dark wizards?

No choice, no need to choose, either they die or they die.

In fact, Moon himself did not feel any pressure because of this. To put it bluntly, it was just that there were a few more bosses besides Voldemort. Is having too many bosses a problem?Obviously not. In his previous life, he often drew small circles and made wishes. Miyazaki Hidetaka quickly gave Elden the Ring some more DLC.

As for whether he will die while pushing the boss...

It's not that Moon has never thought about this, but to be honest, let alone these "new bosses", just one Voldemort is also quite dangerous to him.

But to put it bluntly, just try your best. He is only responsible for thinking about how to deal with these bastards who don't let people lie down, and how to lie down happily after dealing with these bastards.If he dies in the process of dealing with the bastard... then so be it. It's not like he never died anyway.

Just do your best and obey destiny, that's all.If God asked him to travel through time just to eat Voldemort's Avada Kedavra, then he would admit it.

Moon raised the tea cup and said to Professor Dumbledore: "What about that, Professor, I have promised you, can you give me some hot tea instead?"

The old man laughed dumbly, and as he waved his hand gently, steam started to rise on Moon's tea cup.

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On Saturday, the first Quidditch match of the school year finally started.As per the old rules, Gryffindor and Slytherin will play the first game.

The weather has become very cold in November, snow has fallen several times, and ice has formed on the Black Lake.Harry had been a little nervous since breakfast. This was, after all, his first game in his life - but fortunately he had a lot more broomstick riding experience this time.The Gryffindor players comforted him. They were very confident, because although Slytherin was still strong, it did lose two high-quality players with last year's graduation, which could be regarded as a small wave of success. weaken.And what about Gryffindor?Compared with the previous ones, most of the new players brought in this year can be regarded as reinforcements.

Among them, Wood's fighting spirit is especially high. He has said it several times this year, each time saying that this year's Gryffindor team is the best team in the past few years. Looking at him, he obviously has hope. This year, the Slytherin House team can be kicked off the championship throne that they have held for several years.

When he arrived on the court and started to take the stage, Wood held his chest high and his eyes seemed to be ignited with fire, and he walked into the court amid loud cheers from the audience.He shook hands face to face with Slytherin's Quidditch captain, a tall boy with a tough face.

Yes, for some obvious reasons, Marcus Flint of the Flint family failed to become the captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team, and was even pushed to the bench. .There is no way, he just can't seem to get rid of his bad habit of doing tricks on the court, even during the team's internal selection.

Harry looked around, and finally saw the banner flying high in the Gryffindor auditorium - Potter must win.

He tightened his grip on the broomstick, and he and his old acquaintance Terrence Higgs, the Seeker of Slytherin, smiled and said cheers to each other.

"Please everyone ride on the broomsticks!" Mrs. Huo Qi said loudly, so all fourteen players from both sides got on the broomsticks.

When the whistle sounded, all the players lightly kicked on the ground, their broomsticks rose from the ground and quickly rose to the height of the goal.This year's new game commentator, Gryffindor's Lee Jordan, also shouted loudly: "The game has begun! Gryffindor's Angelina Johnson grabbed the Quaffle! Oh my God! This charming girl is not only tall but also tall." He is beautiful and his skills are obviously outstanding.”

"Jordan!" Professor McGonagall glared at Jordan with dissatisfaction. Jordan immediately apologized and then explained the situation on the court seriously.

"A beautiful pass! Alia Spinnet gets the ball, and oh! The two girls are trying to pass the ball back and forth to get around the Slytherin defense - but they fail! Slytherin Got the ball! He's attacking! Can Oliver Wood keep this ball?"

"Hold it!!!"

The Gryffindor audience burst into cheers, and the Slytherin wizards also loudly encouraged the players of their own houses.

"Gryffindor regained the ball, and Katie Bell was trying to break through with the ball! The batters on both sides were not to be left alone, and were interfering with each other around the Bludger! Katie Bell's ball was passing It was interrupted in the process! But Fred or George - they looked too much alike, one of them used the Bludger to interfere with the other player, causing Slytherin's Chaser to be hit by another Bludger. Walking ball hit! Oh my God, it hurts to watch!"

"Gryffindor's chaser regained the Quaffle again, and Angelina rushed to Slytherin's goal like a sharp arrow! The twins were protecting her! The ball went in! Slytherin Lin’s goalkeeper failed to defend the goal!”

"Oh! Oh! Gryffindor!"

"Hey! Hey! Gryffindor!"

Familiar slogans rang out in the Gryffindor auditorium, and the little wizards from the other two houses also applauded. The Slytherin students shouted loudly and continued to cheer for the players, hoping that they could Get back the disadvantage.

The fierce football match seemed to have nothing to do with the seekers of the two colleges. Harry and Terrence were patrolling back and forth on the court looking for the Golden Snitch, while paying attention to the status of their own players until the two sides were attacking and defending each other. When the score reached 40-30, the two men suddenly turned their heads sharply and looked in the same direction. After noticing this scene, Lee Jordan in the commentary box also looked in that direction.

"Wait! Is that the Golden Snitch?!"

Chapter 58 The End of “Reign”

The sudden appearance of the Golden Snitch brought the intensity of the game to a new level. Even the shouts of the audience in the stands were much quieter - many people held their breath and watched carefully between Harry and Terrence. competition and competition.

Harry's speed was very fast, obviously a whole level faster than Terrence. After all, the quality of Nimbus 2000 was no joke.Terrence had no choice but to try to maintain the fastest speed and follow Harry, hoping to wait until Harry made a mistake and find an opportunity to win the Golden Snitch before Harry.

However, in addition to the gap between the brooms, Harry's own flying skills are also quite good. The agile Golden Snitch made several weird and thrilling changes in direction during his escape, but this did not shake Harry away. Instead, with the blessing of excellent flying skills, the distance between Harry and the Golden Snitch became closer.On the contrary, it was Terrence. Even though Harry never made any mistakes, the distance between him and Harry began to grow farther and farther.

The Slytherin players also discovered this, so they immediately began to organize a stronger offensive, aiming to widen the point difference through fierce attacks and end the game with a score difference of more than 150 - this has obviously become Their last hope.

Unfortunately, Oliver Wood noticed Slytherin's intentions, and he immediately arranged for his players to change their tactics and defend with all their strength.

In any case, the gap in skills and broomsticks between the players on both sides (except for Harry, the broomsticks of Gryffindor players are generally not as good as those of Slytherin players), so the Gryffindor team began to compete with Slytherin. Under the fierce attack of the team, it gradually turned into a decline, and the score quickly increased from 40:30 to 70:30 in a short period of time.

However, at this moment, a burst of strong cheers erupted from the stands, and then players from both sides heard Lee Jordan shouting at the top of his lungs: "Harry Potter has caught the Golden Snitch! Harry!" ·Potter caught the Golden Snitch!!! Gryffindor won! After getting 150 points from the Golden Snitch, they won with a final score of 180 points, beating Slytherin's 70 points!"

The players from both sides looked down together. Harry was riding on the broom and waving his arms vigorously. A bit of golden reflection could be vaguely seen between his fingers.Not far behind Harry, Terrence was smiling helplessly at the team members, his face full of disappointment.

At this moment, everyone realized that Slytherin's dominance of the Quidditch field for several years seemed to have officially come to an end.

At Mrs. Hooch's whistle, the players of the two teams landed one after another. They got off their broomsticks and shook hands spontaneously. Harry and Terrence hugged each other vigorously.

"Nimbus 2000 is so powerful." Terrence ruffled Harry's hair - during the time he was in the school newspaper office, he had a lot of contact with Harry, and he had celebrated Cedric's birthday before. He also had a great chat with Harry that time. The relationship between the two of them has always been very good. "But you are also very powerful. You don't look like a first-year kid at all."

Harry smiled happily, followed Terrence's example, and gave Terrence a thumbs up, "You are also very good, Terrence. If my broom wasn't better than yours, maybe it would be you." The Golden Snitch was caught.”

The players from both sides left the field after a brief handshake and mutual encouragement. In the Slytherin stands, Malfoy sneered and muttered, "Oh, a bunch of Slytherin traitors, they lost the game and still behaved so harmoniously with their opponents. "

He also wanted to shout loudly, but these two months of living in Slytherin had made him realize that those who had the same ideas as him had actually become a minority in Slytherin House.Although most people are still not very friendly to other houses, most of that hostility has disappeared - when Gryffindor just won, he actually didn't hear everyone insulting the Gryffindor players, and even more Forget about complaining about your own players.

In fact, the past two years have been enough to bring about huge changes in most young wizards whose ideas have not been deeply ingrained in the first place - not to mention that no one has ever preached any big principles to them, all they have always been to moisturize things. Silent various practical and atmospheric influences.

Except for those little wizards who grew up under the influence of their elders who were full of bloodline theories and full of undue hostility, and those little wizards who were born with narrow minds and gloomy personalities, most people are still easily affected by the fact that they are in Hog Watts' personal experience helped dispel some misconceptions.And obviously, although Slytherin Academy has the most young wizards like this, it doesn't mean that everyone is like this.

What's more, even those young wizards who come from families with "pure blood and nobility" have been slowly changed.For example, Gavin Travers, although he comes from a standard "pure-blood noble" family, and under the influence of his family, he has indeed become a person full of discrimination, contempt and disgust towards some people. He even once treated some people with contempt. Tonks and Moon were spouting nasty words.But in fact, the knowledge of "pure-blooded nobility" in his heart is not that solid. Instead, it is just an illusion forced by his family environment.Because of this, he was able to become the tall and naive guy who gradually became very good with everyone and even participated in the Final Four together.

That is to say, the nature is not bad.

Seeing that Slytherin's "reign of terror" was finally overthrown today, the Quidditch players of the four houses had some thoughts in their hearts.The Slytherin players worked hard and were bound to win the next game; the Gryffindor players all became quite optimistic - even Slytherin lost to them. What else do they have to worry about?

The people on the Ravenclaw team are not so optimistic. The strength shown by both sides on the field today means that even Slytherin, who lost the game, does not seem to be easy to defeat for them.But no matter what, this game at least proved that Slytherin was invincible, and they still made up their mind and felt that they had to try.

The Hufflepuff players were more interesting. They decided to pin all their hopes on Cedric.Because today's game told them that the seeker can win the game alone.Therefore, everyone immediately made up their minds and decided to temporarily increase the training of defensive formations in the next period of time - as long as the score difference between the two sides is not greater than 150, they have a good chance of winning the game.

After all, Cedric's flying ability is no worse than Harry's, and now, Cedric also has his Nimbus 2000.

Chapter 59 Hufflepuff VS Ravenclaw

After Gryffindor successfully won the championship, all the little wizards of Gryffindor fell into an atmosphere of celebration. Almost every one of them felt that Gryffindor had already booked the Quidditch championship this year. , even this year's Academy Cup champion is likely to be theirs.

As the biggest contributor to winning the game, Harry naturally became a hero in the eyes of the Gryffindor wizards - Harry himself didn't think this was a big deal, but he did feel unusual about the subsequent reaction caused by this incident. happy.

Because finally no one calls him "the devil who broke into the women's room" anymore, not even Malfoy.

It wasn't that Malfoy got better, but that Malfoy began to find ways to humiliate him in other directions, such as:

"Potter! I hope you can always sit firmly on your broomstick, or are you planning to perform a high-altitude fall for everyone in the next game?"

"Potter! Hurry up and get on your broomstick! Mommy wants you to go home for dinner!"

"Ha! Gryffindor's great hero Potter! Did they give you a medal?"

Harry was a little angry at first about Malfoy's new way of humiliating him, because Malfoy was so eccentric when he spoke.But soon, with the persuasion of Ron and Hermione, he was able to retort calmly.Because Ron was right, Malfoy was jealous that he won the Quidditch game, that he was better than Malfoy, that he became the hero of Gryffindor, while Malfoy himself was in Slytherin. Not very popular.

So, just like Moon said, the angrier he was, the more he fell into Malfoy's trap.

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Two weeks later, the Quidditch match between Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw also started.

It was snowing heavily and the wind was very strong. The little wizards in the audience could hardly see much clearly. They could only listen to Lee Jordan shouting at the top of his voice on the commentary table (otherwise, his voice would It can't be transmitted at all) "Hufflepuff is still trying its best to defend, and it seems that it doesn't intend to give Ravenclaw any opportunity. Ravenclaw's first two attacks failed. Can their attack succeed this time?"

"Phyllis got the ball, and Phyllis was breaking through - my God! He was so thin, and on such a windy day, I felt like he was going to be blown away in the next second! But he didn't! He was like a Like a lone hero, he bypassed two Hufflepuff players in succession, and even dodged a Bludger! He threw the Quaffle!"

"The ball went in! Ravenclaw scored another ten points, and the score on the field has become 60 points to 10 points! However, we can see that the Hufflepuff players are still very motivated. They don't seem to have any The idea of ​​giving up! Indeed, I heard that their new Seeker Cedric Diggory is very powerful and has excellent flying talent, even as good as Harry Potter. It seems that they are completely betting on Cedric Diggory's body, but such weather is not friendly to the Seeker at all. If the Golden Snitch flies near the enemy team members, Cedric will be very vulnerable through such a heavy wind and snow. Hard to find!”

As Lee Jordan said, finding the Snitch in this weather required not only skill, but also luck—a lot of luck.After all, half a pitch away, it was hard for Cedric to even see the Ravenclaw Seeker, let alone the Golden Snitch.

Therefore, Cedric was inevitably a little anxious now. Fortunately, he had not forgotten everyone's instructions before taking the stage. He patiently tried his best to suppress his restless mood and continued to fly around the field.

In the stands, Gal temporarily stopped cheering and tugged on Moon's sleeve, "Moon! Do you think Cedric and the others can still win?"

"Believe Cedric!" Moon responded loudly, and at the same time squeezed Violet's hand comfortingly - she was also very nervous. Not long ago, Keira was almost hit by a Bludger. back.

In fact, Moon himself is not sure whether the Hufflepuff team can win, but he doesn't value it very much. More importantly, whether they can win or not depends on the players on the court. They are worried off the stage. It’s useless, it’s better to just believe it.

"Hufflepuff! Win!"

"Hufflepuff! Win!"

"Come on! Ravenclaw!"

"Come on! Ravenclaw!"

The audience of young wizards from the two colleges also competed with each other. As soon as the noise on one side fell down, the noise on the other side started again. No one was willing to give up first.But in fact, many young wizards have lost their voices.

"Wait! Cedric is taking action! Cedric suddenly changed his previous flight path and flew straight in one direction! He is accelerating! He is still accelerating! And Ravenclaw's Seeker It seems that nothing has been discovered yet - luck favored the Hufflepuff team after all! The place where the Golden Snitch appeared is too far away from the Seeker of the Ravenclaw team!"

After learning from the commentator that Cedric had found the Golden Snitch, Ravenclaw's seeker was suddenly startled, and then quickly estimated where Cedric might be.However, what he didn't expect was that a moment later, a golden light and shadow came through the sky and flew past him not far away.And through the wind and snow, he could even see Cedric's figure approaching quickly.

"No! Ravenclaw is not completely unlucky! The Golden Snitch suddenly changed direction and quickly passed by the Ravenclaw Seeker, and the Ravenclaw Seeker obviously noticed this! Now, the Ravenclaw Seeker is closer to the Golden Snitch!"

"The cunning Golden Snitch! It seems to want to see the competition between the two teams' seekers! Now, Ravenclaw's seeker is right behind the Golden Snitch, while Hufflepuff's seeker is right behind Afterwards, who can catch the Golden Snitch first!"

In the stands, Violet grabbed Moon's hand tightly. She didn't really like Quidditch. The reason why she was nervous was entirely because her roommate Kayla became a member of the team.

At this critical moment, the young wizards from the two colleges shouted louder. They all wanted to use this method to encourage the team members of their colleges.

"Cedric Diggory continued to accelerate! He cut through the wind and snow, and gradually he was on par with Magna Evert. The Snitch changed direction again! Oh! Damn it! I can't find the Snitch!"