Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

"This is impossible!"

The door to the principal's office was violently pushed open. Fudge came to Dumbledore and Mike with a ferocious look on his face, breathing heavily. He slammed the eagle-foot wooden table and roared,

"This is impossible! He is already dead!"

Feeling the vibration on the table, Dumbledore frowned slightly and continued to say to Mike:

"Are you sure?"

"I……"

"This is absolutely impossible!" Mike was about to speak when he was interrupted by Fudge, "Mike, you must be too tired from the game and hallucinating! Yes! That must be the case! Hahaha! Do you know? This time you You have won the Triwizard Tournament and brought glory to the entire country! As long as I work a little bit, you will become the idol of the people across the country! From now on, you must wear a mask when walking on the street, otherwise countless people will surround you, I came to you to ask for your autograph! Come on, tell me, everything you just said is false!"

Leaning back slightly to avoid Fudge's saliva spurting from his mouth in excitement, Mike looked at Dumbledore helplessly.

Dumbledore's eyebrows furrowed even more when he saw this.

"Mr. Minister, I am checking with classmate Mike about the situation. Can you please step aside for a moment?"

"Shut up first, Dumbledore! I'll settle the score with you after I've settled this matter!" Fudge roared ferociously, and then looked at Mike with a kind expression, "Speak quickly Come on, Mike, tell me you're just hallucinating."

"Fawkes." Dumbledore shook his head and whispered, "Please help me get Minister Fudge out!"

On a wooden shelf against the wall of the office, Phoenix Fawkes, who had been napping, suddenly raised his head and looked at Dumbledore.

Then, it turned into a beam of fire and flew towards Fudge.

Although Fudge flapped his hands frantically to prevent the Phoenix from approaching, it was of no use. The Phoenix Foxy chirped and landed on him.

The next moment, Mike saw only a flash of fire, and Phoenix and Fudge disappeared into the office.

This scene surprised Mike a little. Dumbledore on the side saw the scene and explained:

"Phoenix has the ability to teleport people, and only a few high-end restrictions can limit this ability."

As soon as he finished speaking, the fire appeared in the office again, and Foxy suddenly appeared on Mike's shoulder, gently flapping his cheek with his wings.

"Oh! Please don't worry, Fox is asking you for food. If you have some herbs with you, you can give him some. If you don't, it doesn't matter. I can provide them here."

Mike nodded, thought for a while, and then took out a piece of Bai Xian that he used as emergency medicine from his pocket.

Fox obviously liked Mike's choice very much, and swallowed the fresh food in a few mouthfuls.

It didn't leave even after eating. Instead, it lay on Mike's shoulder and took a nap.

"It seems that she likes you very much, which is rare." Dumbledore said with a smile, "So Mike, can you answer the question I just asked?"

"Headmaster Dumbledore, I can swear on my wand that everything I just said is true. Voldemort, he is really resurrected."

Mike silently activated Occlumency, which made his tone sound unusually ordinary, without any emotion.

The office fell into an eerie silence. Dumbledore stared at Mike's eyes with slightly narrowed eyes, as if he wanted to see Mike's true thoughts, but Mike looked at him without fear, his pale eyes The blue eyes were unruffled and empty.

After a while, Dumbledore seemed to have given up on this useless effort and said:

"I believe you, Mike. So, please tell me the whole story."

Hearing this, Mike nodded, still using his emotionless voice, he talked about the start of today's game, including his discovery of Krum who was controlled by the Imperius Curse and the sudden appearance in the cemetery. The masked man in black robe told everything in detail.

Dumbledore didn't interrupt during this period. It wasn't until Mike finished telling everything that Dumbledore pondered for a while and said:

"So, today's Hagrid and the previous Bagman should all be disguised as Barty Jr. Ah, Barty Jr., what a familiar name. When he graduated, I was sure that he would be an extremely good person. An outstanding wizard, he will achieve a great career in the future. I didn't expect..."

There was a complicated look on Dumbledore's face, as if he was missing the outstanding young man from back then.

Mike on the side just looked at him expressionlessly, neither speaking nor moving, like an emotionless robot.

"Mike, this is the last question." Dumbledore woke up from his memories and looked at Mike with a sincere face and asked, "Although I am very willing to believe everything you said, for the sake of safety, can you let me Check your memory, or you can take out your memory and put it into a pensieve. Oh, maybe you don’t know what a pensieve is. It is a device that allows others to clearly see your memory..."

"Please forgive me for refusing." Mike interrupted, "I will not let anyone invade my brain. This is my bottom line. As for the Pensieve, I believe you should have noticed that I am very familiar with Occlumency and Occlumency. I also have considerable knowledge of the Legilimency spell, but in this case I don’t think the memories I extracted can be used as evidence.”

Dumbledore's face suddenly darkened, but Mike didn't panic at all and said calmly:

"Perhaps you can ask Harry to come. He has witnessed almost everything. I believe his memory is of great reference value, Headmaster."

Ignoring Mike's seemingly sarcastic word 'principal' at the end, Dumbledore nodded and said:

"Okay, can you please go next door and wait for a while? Don't worry about being lonely, I will let Fox stay with you."

After saying that, a garden arch suddenly appeared on the wall of the office, and Dumbledore made an inviting gesture.

Fox, who was napping on Mike's shoulder, suddenly chirped, seeming to be very happy to continue to be with Mike.

Mike did not answer, but stood up without saying a word while carrying Fox on his shoulders, and entered the room.

…

After Mike entered the room, the round arch magically disappeared.

Dumbledore first used magic to convey the news of bringing Harry to McGonagall, and then he frowned and sat on the seat without saying a word.

The knuckles of his index finger kept tapping on the tabletop of the long table, making a crisp impact sound, which made many portraits on the wall open their eyes curiously.

"You look upset, Dumbledore." A silver-haired witch said, "This is really rare. It turns out that you also have difficult times."

Dumbledore completely ignored the silver-haired witch's words and continued tapping on the table.

Seeing this, the silver-haired witch grabbed her hair angrily and remained furious for a while before disappearing into the office.

After a while, the office door was violently pushed open again.

Sirius, with an angry look on his face, took the brunt and rushed into the office, followed by Harry and Professor McGonagall.

"Dumbledore! You must give me an explanation! What an important thing it is that requires a seriously injured child to drag his wounds to you for treatment!"

Sirius knocked on Dumbledore's table angrily. This familiar scene made Dumbledore frown again.

His instinct was to ask someone to drive this guy out, but after looking at Harry who was hiding behind Sirius and feeling uneasy, Dumbledore gave up the idea.

"Harry, Mike has told me everything about what happened tonight." Dumbledore ignored Sirius and said, "But just to be on the safe side, could you please go to the memory room with me again? I want to pass Pensieve and take another look at the situation.”

Dumbledore's ignorance made Sirius extremely angry. He instinctively wanted to take out his wand, but Professor McGonagall next to him stopped him in time.

As for Harry, he glanced at Sirius uneasily, then bit and said:

"Okay, Headmaster Dumbledore."

Hearing this, Dumbledore smiled. Compared to Mike, Harry was too obedient. He quickly stood up and led everyone to the memory room.

With the help of the memory basin, Dumbledore, Sirius and others all experienced Harry's situation from Harry's perspective.

Everyone had expressions of amazement on their faces when they saw Mike facing two senior Death Eaters, Barty Jr. and Peter Pettigrew, one on two. When Mike was about to kill Voldemort using the Fire Curse, he failed. When he was stopped by five men in black robes, Sirius's mouth was open enough to stuff an apple. When Voldemort finally appeared and most of the sky was dyed green, Sirius screamed out unconsciously. .

"This is really dangerous! Fortunately, you're okay! If something happens to you, I really don't know what to do!"

After the review, Sirius, who was breaking out in a cold sweat, hugged Harry, who was trembling with fear and fear.

Dumbledore next to them had a gloomy look on his face and remained silent. After a long time, he slowly asked:

"Now I can confirm that today's Hagrid is indeed Barty pretending to be young. So the question is, where is the real Hagrid?"

"I was just about to tell you this." Professor McGonagall whispered in Dumbledore's ear, "We found Hagrid in his hut. He is still alive, but seriously injured. He is now undergoing treatment. Treatment. Don't tell Harry about this yet, that kid has a deep relationship with Hagrid."

Dumbledore nodded, turned to Harry and said kindly:

"Come on, Harry, let's go back."

…

At the same time, in the room next to the memory room, Mike was sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed.

This is a very ordinary room. The space inside is not large and there are no windows. The lighting relies entirely on the magic chandelier and fireplace above the head.

Although it looks like a prison cell, the furniture inside is very complete. There are even bags of coffee beans, tea leaves, and a complete set of tea and coffee making tools on the coffee table.

The door to the room disappeared the first time Mike entered, making the place look more like a prison cell.

Mike didn't react much to this. He had already expected that this would happen. Dumbledore would not allow himself to act at will until everything was clear.

Therefore, it was inevitable to put him under house arrest, and Phoenix Fox was his guardian.

It's just that Dumbledore's phoenix doesn't seem to know its mission, but Mike can see that it really likes him.

Although I don’t know where this love comes from, it does not prevent Mike from getting close to his bird guard.

He once again took out a handful of fresh food from his small bag and slowly fed it to Fox while asking:

"Fox, my beautiful friend, can you take me out?"

Fox, who was devouring his food, was startled when he heard this, and suddenly stopped eating.

It spread its wings, its eyes slowly shrank, and the muscles on its face covered with hair were also tightening, looking very similar to the expression of humans fighting constipation.

After a while, Fox's muscles relaxed and he let out a frustrated cry.

Seeing this, the smile on Mike's face became even thicker. Fox's failure was inevitable. Mike guessed from the beginning that this cell must be equipped with an air restriction that was so powerful that even Fox could not do anything about it. What really made him happy It was Phoenix Fox who was willing to obey his orders!

This is simply unbelievable. You must know that the phoenix is ​​the most loyal bird, and it is almost impossible to obey the orders of anyone except its own master.

Thinking of this, Mike smiled even happier and took the fresh food out of the bag faster.

At this moment, deep in his heart, Papi the Raven, who had not appeared for a long time, also spoke again.

"Kill it! Kill that stupid bird quickly and let it turn into an egg again! As long as you let me eat it, I can..."

Papi was only halfway through what he said when Mike did not hesitate to increase the strength of the Occlumency technique, unilaterally blocked the conversation, and continued to hand the fresh food to Fox's mouth with a smile on his face.

But facing the delicious food in front of him, Fox rarely ate it immediately. Instead, he looked at Mike with some embarrassment.

Mike understood the meaning instantly and said with a smile:

"Don't be embarrassed. Even if you didn't help me, it's okay. At least you tried hard. Come on, eat quickly. Don't be polite to me. I have a lot of this stuff at home."

Fox's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and without hesitation, he started to eat the fresh food that Mike pushed again.

While eating, he was still chirping.

The cry of the phoenix is ​​very beautiful, it sounds like singing, and it can be heard from Fox's singing that it is in a really good mood at the moment.

Time passed so slowly, and just when Fox was about to finish eating all the emergency herbs that Mike carried, the round arch door that had disappeared on the wall of the room appeared again and opened.

Dumbledore's voice came from outside the door:

"Come out, Mike."