Chapter 337: The Fat Lady Escapes (Edited)

Fortunately, this embarrassing scene soon passed, and....

Harry felt less embarrassed than before when he realized that Ron and the others had the same opinion as he did.

The girls then took out their combs and brushed Fish's hair, while the boys gathered around and talked about what they had seen in Hogsmeade.

And Harry told Ron about his Hogwarts experience today.... Mainly the part where he was in Professor Lupin's office.

"Lupin drank it?" Ron's mouth dropped open in surprise when he heard that Lupin had drank the unknown potion that Snape had given him, "Is he mad?"

"That's what I thought."

Harry shrugged helplessly, "I told him what happened to Lockhart last term, but he doesn't seem to care much, but he hasn't had any strange reactions since he drank it."

"Well...maybe.... Snape didn't want to get caught and that's why he didn't poison him in front of you?" guessed Ron.

"But... Snape didn't know he'd be in Professor Lupin's office at the time."

The two chatted for a while about the strange potion, and soon became aware of the students around them moving and hurrying outside.

"Oh, the feast is about to begin..."

Ron and Harry scrambled to their feet, following the crowd as they hurried out of the portrait hole and headed for the Great Dining Hall.

"Minerva~"

?●ω●?

As soon as Fish reached the Great Dining Hall, he ran to Professor McGonagall's side.

"You went to Hogsmeade today, didn't you?"

Professor McGonagall patted the little cat on the head and asked casually.

"That's right nya, those Dementors on the road ran away when they saw Fish, Fish is amazing nya!"

(●`?′●)

The little cat folded his arms and shook his head in triumph.

"Is that so?"

Professor McGonagall didn't care, since her cat could defeat even a basilisk, it was no big deal to chase away a dementor.

What concerned her more was what Fish had done in Hogsmeade today.

"Where did you go today? who did you go with?"

As she asked, Professor McGonagall glanced at Hermione at the Gryffindor table....

She already knew that Fish's first birthday present had been for Hermione, and that the girl had started dressing up recently, obviously because she had some thoughts about her kitten.

"I didn't really go anywhere, I just went through all the stores in Hogsmeade nya..."

(●ΦωΦ●)

Fico didn't know what Professor McGonagall was thinking and sat directly next to her, swinging his legs and talking about his experience today with Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall also chatted with him, asking him questions every now and then.... After all, the kitten usually has a strange approach, so he often doesn't say what Professor McGonagall wants to hear.

After a bit of small talk, Professor McGonagall learned that Fish had just been following a group of girls and doing some shopping today, and hadn't gone on a date with Hermione, as she had thought.

"Ugh..."

Professor McGonagall let out a sigh, not sure if it was reassurance or regret, then laughed and shook her head, not pressing the matter any further.

At that moment, Professor Sprout saw that the mother and son had finished speaking, and immediately approached them, a small bag of candy in her hand.

"Fish, why didn't you come trick-or-treating for me today?"

He asked with a smile as he handed the bag of candy to Fish.

"Fish went to Hogsmeade today."

?ω?

The kitten glanced at the sweets handed to him by Professor Sprout, not with joy as before, but with a hesitant expression, not knowing whether to refuse them or not.

"And Fish is too old to go around asking people for candy nya..."

(ノω?●)

The cat struggled for a moment, but finally refused Professor Sprout's candy, forcing his head to the side so he wouldn't look at the tempting bag, but his big green eyes still gazed involuntarily.

"Is that so? Shall I give it back, then?"

Professor Sprout looked at the kitten's cute face and couldn't resist teasing him, so he took the bag of candy back....

(?°?°?)

The little cat immediately stopped pretending and looked straight at the bag of candy in Professor Sprout's hand, who was about to accept.

"Hehehehehe..."

Professor Sprout laughed and lifted the bag of candy and waved it back and forth above Fish's head.

(°﹃°≡°﹃°)

∑(●ΦΦДΦ●)

"Nya! Pomona, you're so mean!"

?(●`Д′●)?

The little cat who turned his head for a long time finally came to his senses and protested angrily.

"Hahahahaha!"

Professor Sprout laughed and put the candy in Fish's hand.

"Okay, it wasn't Fish who asked me to ask for it later, but Aunt Pomona gave it to Fish, so it's okay, right?"

"Hehehehehe..."

(●≧?≦●)

The kitten quickly put the candy away, fearing that Professor Sprout would get cold feet again.

In this cheerful atmosphere, the Halloween feast finally came to an end, and the house elves took the food from the table and replaced it with delicious drinks and fresh fruit.

The banquet ended with a performance by the Hogwarts ghosts. They came through the walls and tables in various formations and flew around. And Nick from Gryffindor reenacted their beheading with great success.

When the ghosts were finished, they all left the Great Dining Hall, and instead of joining the rest of the Gryffindor students, Fish took Professor McGonagall's hand and they went to Professor McGonagall's office.

It was Halloween, and he wanted to finish his story with Professor McGonagall soon, and then go to the Forbidden Forest to celebrate with Fluffy and the others.

Unfortunately, the kitten's thoughts were not realized, as they had only been in Professor McGonagall's office a short time when a noise was heard outside and a Gryffindor student knocked on the office door.

"Professor Mc... Professor McGonagall, the portrait of the fat lady...was.... destroyed by someone!"

Colin Creevey said breathlessly, which caused Professor McGonagall to stand up abruptly and walk quickly towards the Gryffindor Common Room.

Fish also quickly changed to his human form and followed her.

"Who destroyed the portrait of the Fat Lady? Neville nya? did you forget the password again?"

?ω?

As the kitten walked, he asked Colin curiously at his side.

"I don't know," Colin replied, shaking his head, "The portrait of the Fat Lady was badly damaged, and even a large part of the canvas was torn off."

"Oh... then it couldn't have been Neville nya... even Fish just tickled Sir Cadogan, surely Neville wouldn't dare do such a thing nya."

After Fish finished speaking, he cautiously glanced at Professor McGonagall in front of him, only to find that she didn't care at all about what he had just said and instead quickened her pace with a worried expression.

It looked like something serious was going on...

The cat read this message on Professor McGonagall's face, so he didn't dare say anything else and followed her silently.

Soon, the three of them reached the seventh floor, at the entrance to the Gryffindor Common Room.

Dumbledore had already arrived at that moment and was solemnly looking at the completely destroyed frame of the Fat Lady, while Lupin and Snape were also rushing from different directions at that moment.

"We have to find her." Dumbledore turned to Professor McGonagall, "Minerva, please go to Mr. Filch immediately and tell him to search every frame in the castle for the Fat Lady."

He then looked at Fish, who was standing next to Professor McGonagall.

"Fish, can you smell anything unusual in here?"

"Yes nya!"

?(●ΦωΦ●)?

Fish quickly transformed into a cat-man, opened his mouth slightly and shrugged his nose around the portrait a few times.

"No smell nya..."

The kitten shook its head and said to Dumbledore, "Just like when Albus was following Fish, he got rid of his nya smell...".

Dumbledore's mouth twitched twice, he had known that his stalking of the cat had already been discovered when Fish had found Voldemort's diary and Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets....

It's just that Fish suddenly said it in public, and the surrounding teachers and students looked at the headmaster with strange looks.