172 A Gift From Crookshanks

Christmas holiday, one of the few holidays at Hogwarts.

The students packed up and said their farewells early to their friends who were staying or the professors, waiting for the long-lost reunion with their families.

Hermione, Cho and Ginny were all going back for Christmas this year.

This throws off Lucas' plans for a wonderful Christmas Eve.

Not only that, Hermione also entrusted him with her pet Crookshanks.

The excuse is that her family home is too small and that's not good for Crookshanks who likes moving around.

For Lucas, going home during the holidays is just to solve the company affairs that can never be finished.

Fortunately, the Christmas holidays are only a few days away.

The time will soon come for Christmas Day.

Lucas was walking on the road to Hogsmeade, looking at the surroundings covered in silver, he could feel the beauty of nature.

Christmas is only felt with snowflakes.

"Black, there is so much snow, don't run around."

An ethereal voice suddenly reached his ears and Lucas looked in the direction of the Shrieking Shack.

The figure of Luna Lovegood appeared under a big tree covered with snowflakes.

"Luna!"

"Lucas Grindelwald."

Luna was very surprised to see Lucas appear.

"I remember Hermione Granger said that you will go home during the Christmas holidays, why are you here?"

"I have an appointment at the Three Broomsticks, what about you? Aren't you going home for the holidays?"

Luna looked at the white snow scene in the distance and shook her head.

"Father went to search for the Crumple Horned Snorkack in South America this time, so I'm going to stay at Hogwarts for the holidays."

"Grrrrrr~"

A low growl came from the side.

Seeing Sirius baring his teeth at him, Lucas drew out his wand and said.

"Luna, let me help you check if there is any problem with this dog."

Upon hearing his words, Sirius ran off into the distance immediately.

Seeing how he ran away in embarrassment, he was obviously still deeply impressed by the lesson from last time.

"Black!"

Luna yelled at the black dog going away twice.

Seeing that the dog had no intention of stopping, she could only give up.

"It's called Black?"

"Well, the name I gave it fits its appearance very well, doesn't it?"

Lucas nodded with a smile.

At this moment, Crookshanks in his arms struggled and jumped to the ground and chased after Sirius in the direction where he disappeared.

"Aren't you going after him? If Crookshanks gets lost, Hermione will be angry."

"It's okay, he will come back by himself, it's still early, do you want to go for a walk together?"

Luna hesitated for a second, then nodded slightly under Lucas' gaze.

…

Hogwarts Castle.

Standing on a high place, Harry looked at the people who left the school together with envy in his eyes.

Today is Christmas.

Students staying in the third year and above can go shopping and play in Hogsmeade Village.

However, they must have a form signed by a parent or guardian and Harry didn't have anyone who would sign it for him.

Looking at the invisibility cloak beside him.

He frowned, put it on his body and walked out of the castle.

Unfortunately, Harry's mind is not very bright, it could be said to be a bit dull even and seems to have forgotten that there is still a lot of snow on the ground.

Then a strange scene appeared.

Obviously no one passed by, but a series of footprints appeared in the snow.

Fred and George smiled at each other and the two blocked Harry's way, one left and one right.

No matter how much he struggled, the two forcefully took him to a hidden corner of the castle.

"Harry, you can't sneak out like this and break the school rules."

"That's right, you will be only losing points from Gryffindor."

After the two finished talking, they lifted Harry's invisibility cloak.

Looking at the twins in front of him, Harry's expression was a little annoyed because the two of them disrupted his plans.

"Don't look at us like that."

"As your seniors, we are also doing this for your own good."

"Please, just let me go to Hogsmeade!"

If the hard way doesn't work, then try a soft approach.

The twins looked at each other and smiled, looking at Harry who was full of begging eyes and said.

"As experienced mischief makers, we have a safer way to send you to Hogsmeade."

"There's a secret passage leading directly to Honeydukes Shop, come with us!"

The twins turned and led Harry to the third floor of the castle.

In the corridor close to Gryffindor common room, a statue of a humpbacked one-eyed witch stands quietly there.

"This is a secret road leading directly to Hogsmeade, Honeydukes."

"If you want to go in, just take out your wand and tap her on the back."

"Then tell the password: dissendium"

The twins just finished speaking.

The one-eyed witch's hunchback split to the sides, revealing a downward stone slide.

Seeing the twins one on the left and one on the right motioning him in. Harry thanked the two of them and jumped into the slide directly.

Once the one-eyed witch reverted back to her original form, the twins high-fived each other.

"The Boss is really good at predicting things."

"That's right, he knew in advance that Harry was going to use the invisibility cloak to leave school."

Apparently the twins had been instructed by Lucas to tell Harry about the secret passage.

Harry slid down the slide for nearly ten minutes, then a long tunnel appeared in front of him.

It took Harry about an hour to finally reach the end of the tunnel into some stairs that led to a trap door, and beyond was the cellar of Honeydukes.

With the invisibility cloak in hand, Harry managed to escape from Honeydukes and snatched Neville's lollipop when he went out.

Pah~!

Ron, who was admiring the snow with Lavender Brown, was suddenly attacked by a snowball.

He turned his head to look in the direction from which the snowball came from, but found no one there.

Although Ron felt strange, he didn't think any further.

Just when he was about to turn back to continue enjoying the snow, another snowball flew towards him.

This time he saw it clearly, the snowball appeared suddenly from mid-air.

Looking at the Shrieking Shack not far away, Ron suddenly remembered something scary about it.

On the other hand, Lavender was smarter.

She looked into the clearing and called, "Harry, come out"

Harry pulled off his invisibility cloak, with a cheerful smile on his face.

"Harry? How did you get out of school?"

Harry told his friends about the secret passage and how the twins told him about it.

Ron said: "That's right, they do know a lot of secret passages leading outside the school."

After hearing this, Harry looked at the two of them again: "You are..."

"Don't get me wrong, Lavender was just helping me find Scabbers, he disappeared somewhere."

"Yes, we're looking for his rat."

Lavender repeated nervously.

Harry looked at the two and just smiled and didn't say anything else.

The three then went to visit Hogsmeade.

Harry who came here for the first time felt that everything he saw was very fresh.

And Ron, who has been here twice already, acted as a tour guide for him, giving a detailed introduction to the shops in Hogsmeade.

At this time, Lucas and Luna also came out of Madam Puddifoots's tea shop.

Coming outside the door, Luna let out a long breath, the atmosphere of couples in the tea shop was just too strong.

Luna, who came here for the first time, felt like she was sitting on pins and needles and several times she wanted to propose to leave.

But seeing Lucas' deep eyes and the gentle smile on his lips, she couldn't muster up the courage to say it.

Fortunately, the two of them didn't stay inside for long.

"Lucas, I remembered that I still haven't finished my homework, so I'll go back first, thank you very much for today."

After Luna finished speaking, she turned around and ran towards the castle.

At this moment, she no longer has the usual ethereal disposition.

It's like an angel who was dragged into the world by the devil and turned into a shy ordinary girl.

And the devil is none other than Lucas Grindelwald.

"Meow~"

Crookshanks' voice came from behind.

Seeing the big fat rat motionless under his paws, Lucas chuckled, "Is this a gift from you?"

"Meow~"

Being part kneazle, Crookshanks can understand human language, at least the general meaning.

He pushed the rat at its feet toward Lucas, which means that it was indeed a gift for him.

Using magic to lift the fainted rat and take it to an inaccessible place.

A white light flew out from the tip of Lucas' wand and the rat gradually turned into a short, fat, ugly balding man.

It has to be said that Pettigrew Peter really does look like a rat.

Does the appearance of a person also determine the appearance of their Animagus form? Or is it the other way around, with the animagus form gradually changing the person's looks?

Lucas didn't have to wait long for Pettigrew to wake up from his fainting.

Not realizing that he was in his human form. After waking up, he landed on all fours and planned to escape.

It was not until he ran a few meters that he noticed that something was wrong.

He didn't know when he had changed back!

Just when he was puzzled, Lucas' voice came from behind: "Why don't you keep running away?"

"Who?"

"Crucio!"

Just as Peter Pettigrew turned around, he was struck by a glowing red spell.

His eyes opened wide and he fell down in the snow all at once.

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