Chapter 278: End of the Second Year (Edited)

The next morning, Fish groggily crawled out from under the pillow and crouched at the foot of the bed and began the routine procedure of licking his fur and washing his face.

"Nya?!"

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Fish, who had only licked twice, suddenly stopped, looking straight at his little paw....

His paws got smaller and turned black!

After a brief moment of surprise, Fish turned his head to look at the golden cat Malfoy had given him on the bed, and through the reflection of the golden cat's ornament, Fish could see his actual appearance... a small cat with black paws.

"Nya?"

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Fish tilted his head in confusion, and the little black-legged cat in the golden cat ornament, which was a little deformed, also tilted its head.

If he remembered correctly, last night, after Norris had recovered, he had taken Filch, Professor McGonagall, and Professor Snape to the kitchen to have a nice celebration, and then returned to the room and went to sleep.

It didn't seem like I had done anything special in the process, did it? how I woke up and somehow managed to develop my black-footed cat form?

The cat was still confused about how he had done it, but he was too carefree to think about it, as it was a good thing he had become a black-footed cat.

Next, Fish would immediately experience his newly awakened black-footed cat form.

Unlike the black-footed cat he had been transformed into with the Multijuice Potion, this time Fish's black-footed cat was more in keeping with his age and naturally smaller, and with the shape-shifting spell he could even shrink to a smaller size than Scabbers.

As a result of this, Fish also awakened a spell called [Animal Shrinking] but it cannot be used on himself, and must be approved by the other party.

Other than that, the only downside to the black-footed cat form...

It's just that it's very easy to get hungry in this form.

Fish had only been bouncing on the bed for a while when his stomach began to growl.

Of course, this had a little to do with the fact that it was already breakfast time.

Fish tried a few more after that, and though he was still getting hungry quickly, he could hold a fight with Professor McGonagall without any trouble.

But considering the amount of trouble he'd gotten into lately, and the fact that he had exams coming up, it wasn't a good time to mess with Professor McGonagall, so the kitten thought she'd postpone the challenge.

The final exams were the same as last year, written and practical.

As for practical, Fish had always had no problems, even many of the older students weren't as good at applying magic as the lazy cat who mostly fell asleep in class.

The written exams were also much better than last year, at least Fish's handwriting was up to par and his descriptions weren't so bad anymore.

After the exams, everyone had a week to wait for the results and the final Quidditch match.

Gryffindor versus Ravenclaw.

Since Slytherin had seven 2001 Nimbus, they only lost to Gryffindor in the first match, and to make up for that loss, they chose to entertain as much as possible to score lots of points against Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.

This led to the fact that even if Gryffindor wins this game and gets a perfect record, they may not be able to win the Quidditch Trophy, so Wood was once again going to use the same tactic as last year: entertain, chase points, and then finish the match.

Therefore, with the tireless efforts of Harry et al.

Gryffindor lost.

The Ravenclaw students were already smart enough to have a response to last year's defeat and this year's bullying by Slytherin in a similar fashion.

Although defeating Gryffindor will make the annoying Slytherin win the Quidditch Cup, the Ravenclaw people also have bad tempers, well, how do you humiliate people so much over and over again?

So while the Gryffindors were busy chasing points, they suddenly turned around and went after Harry.

Wood hadn't expected Ravenclaw, who had always been indifferent to many things, to suddenly do something so damaging to themselves, and the unprepared Gryffindor team panicked, leading to internal strife.

Some of the players wanted to continue chasing points as planned, while others wanted to go rescue Harry.

While the Gryffindor team was in chaos, Ravenclaw's new Seeker, Cho Chang, took advantage of the situation to find and catch the Golden Snitch first.

The Gryffindor players were disappointed not to win the Quidditch Cup again, but having already won the trophy once last year, they quickly adjusted and took control of their flying brooms to re-enter the pitch to shake hands amicably with the Ravenclaw players.

"Well played."

Black-eyed, black-haired Cho Chang smiled, making Harry's little heart pound, and the disappointment caused by the loss vanished in an instant.

"You flew well too," Harry said shyly, his cheeks flushed and his head bowed.

Cho Chang smiled again, then politely said goodbye and left, while Harry stared at his back, feeling as if he were standing on a cloud and floating.

Harry didn't remember much of what happened next, he followed the others out of the stadium in a daze until Ron's voice called in his ear and he snapped out of it.

"Harry!" Ron looked at his dazed friend and went over to him to give him a tight hug, "Don't be sad, you've done a great job!".

He thought Harry was still upset about the defeat and said loudly, "We could have beaten Ravenclaw if we hadn't tried to chase the points!"

"Huh? Oh, yeah, you're right."

Harry, who had regained his sanity, smiled dryly as he pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose and nodded, unconsciously burying the whole Cho Chang thing in his mind.

...

Shortly after the last Quidditch match, the school held the end-of-year dinner, with long tables full of food and Fish running around the Great Dining Hall excitedly....

He then dutifully sat back down at the long Gryffindor table in the face of Professor McGonagall's reprimand.

Dumbledore took his place at the head of the teachers' table and began his usual speech.

"Another year has come and gone!" He said cheerfully, "Before we all enjoy the delicious food, I have a few announcements to make..."

"Firstly, it is about Mr. Gilderoy Lockhart, unfortunately, after our investigation, what he said that day after taking Professor Snape's potion is true, the school has sent him to the Wizengamot, and I believe the Ministry of Magic will give him a fair sentence."

Before Dumbledore had finished speaking, all the students had already cheered loudly, and even most of the professors wore smiles of satisfaction.

When the cheering had died down a bit, everyone heard Dumbledore say, "Secondly, it's about the petrification of Mr. Filch's cat, and the Chamber of Secrets..."

The Great Dining Hall was instantly silent, and everyone's ears pricked up, wanting to know what was going on.

"The Chamber of Secrets has indeed been opened..."

As soon as Dumbledore's words were spoken, the Great Dining Hall was in an uproar again.

Dumbledore wasn't going to hide anything about the Chamber of Secrets, but he wouldn't bother to say exactly where it was ... after all ...

It was too risky for too many people to know the location of the Chamber of Secrets.

Yes, that was it.

"Ahem..."

Dumbledore cleared his throat and then motioned for the group to quiet down.

When the noise died down, Dumbledore explained to the crowd, "What opened the Chamber of Secrets was actually an object of dark magic left behind by You-Know-Who when he was a student, but.... Fish found it just in time."

Dumbledore watched with a smile on his face as everyone looked at Fish in awe and admiration, and paused for a moment before continuing, "For this, I must give one hundred points to Gryffindor, and, upon discovering the object of dark magic, Mr. Fish McGonagall stayed true to his heart and did not fall under the spell of You-Know-Who, but instead discovered the plot, and for this, Gryffindor scores another hundred more points."

With the addition of these two hundred points, Gryffindor, which was in last place in the House score, instantly moved into second place, less than thirty points behind Slytherin in first place.

The other three houses didn't complain about this, after all it was Fish who had added up the points, and the black magic item was from You-Know-Who, so the two hundred points were well deserved.

Then they heard Dumbledore say, "In addition to Fish, I would like to add fifty points to Mr. Harry Potter for his courage and kindness in his conversation with You-Know-Who."

This time, the extra point was not acceptable to everyone, at least the Slytherins clasped their hands together and resisted clapping.

Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw had no qualms, and applauded Gryffindor who stopped Slytherin from defending their crown, and the Gryffindors clapped their hands together.

Then, Dumbledore waved his hands and the Great Dining Hall instantly transformed from green and silver to red and gold, and the giant Slytherin snake disappeared to be replaced by the majestic Gryffindor lion.

The end-of-term party went on for several hours before ending very reluctantly.

The day before the summer vacations, the final exam results were finally announced.

Miss Know-it-all was still top of her year, but even so, she still regretted that she had been docked points.

Harry and Ron were not so picky, and both breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that they had passed in all subjects...especially Potions.

Fish also improved in his written exams and was now ranked among the top of his year, which made Professor McGonagall so happy that she hugged and kissed him incessantly.

The day after the results, everyone had already packed their bags, said goodbye to Fish one after the other and then left Hogwarts. The kitten's second summer vacation had officially arrived.