Chapter 531: Back to Hogwarts (Edited)

"That spell is really annoying nya!".

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Seeing Voldemort disappear in front of his eyes, and not being able to chase after him, and remembering how he had been tricked by this spell, Fish felt very frustrated, clasped his hands together, puffed out his cheeks and said angrily.

"It's all because Minerva said she could only learn Apparition in sixth year and wouldn't teach it to Fish, otherwise Fish would have been able to run away with you nya by now!".

"Erm..."

Harry scratched his head and was about to say something, when he saw Fish quickly change his expression and smile proudly.

"But thanks to this, Fish is stronger than ever, not even Voldemort can beat Fish, and it's only a matter of time before he steals Fawkes and the Sorting Hat from Albus! Nyahahahaha!"

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"This..." Harry spoke faintly, "Fish, how are we supposed to get back?"

"Oh, yeah," Fish scratched his head, "It's too far from school for Fish to get Fluffy and the others to come nya."

(??w??)?

Just as the two were at a loss, a figure suddenly appeared not far away, and Fish, with his keen five senses, saw it first.

"Nya? Is that Severus?!"

?(?ΦwΦ?)?

Fish turned his head and saw Professor Snape with a silver and white cloak in his hand, looking at him and Harry with a stern expression.

"Severus, what are you doing here?"

Fish waved at Snape as he ran up to him, then looked at the invisibility cloak in his hand and asked curiously, "This is Harry's cloak, isn't it? Why do you have it? Have you been here before?"

Harry had a mixed feeling at the sight of Snape, but when he heard Fish ask, he suddenly remembered how the two of them had behaved when Karkaroff had spoken to Snape earlier....

"Fish! Don't go near him, he's a Death Eater!"

He shouted with a grimace, and at the same time pulled out his wand and cast a stun curse on Snape.

"Hmph!" Snape grimaced, grunted, turned slightly to the side to avoid Harry's attack, and then looked at Fish without explanation.

"Severus, are you a Death Eater?"

(??w??) ?

Fish didn't bother to think about it, he tugged on his robes and asked bluntly.

"Yes." replied Snape very quickly and succinctly.

"Oh..."

?w?

Fish blinked and asked, "So, you're the bad guy then?"

Snape twisted the corner of his mouth and asked, "What do you think?".

"Fish thinks you're the good guy nya." Fish said, letting his instincts take over.

Hearing Fish say that, Snape's hard expression softened a little, and then he added, "What if I'm actually the bad guy?"

"That doesn't matter!" said Fish, cocking his head proudly, "Fish is so powerful you can't beat me nya!"

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"hehe."

Snape laughed and shook his head, he couldn't argue with that, after all, he clearly saw the process of Voldemort being chased and beaten by Fish earlier.

"Well, we should get back, Professor McGonagall is waiting." He put a hand on Fish's shoulder, then turned a cold face toward Harry, standing in the distance, who was confused, "Potter, what are you standing there for? are you waiting for You-Know-Who to come back for another duel?"

As Harry hesitantly approached, an impatient Snape grabbed him by the collar and used his Apparition.

Crack!

With two people in tow, Snape's Apparition distance was much shorter, and it took him a dozen times in a row to get Fish and Harry back to Hogsmeade, Fish was fine, but Harry almost vomited at the horrible way he was moving....

He couldn't imagine how Voldemort had managed to keep his sense of direction after using his Apparition so many times when he had fought Fish.

"Fish!"

"Harry!"

Professor McGonagall, Hermione, the Grangers, Mrs. Weasley, Bill, Ron and Ginny were waiting for them, and when they saw them, they rushed around Fish and Harry respectively.

"Minerva! Hermione!"

?●w●?

Fish hugged each of them, and then greeted the Grangers, "Chris, Jacqueline, you're here too nya."

"Fish, how are you? Are you hurt?"

"It's good to be back...it's good to be back..."

Once Professor Snape left, Professor McGonagall and Hermione went back to questioning Fish, continuing to check on him.

On the other side of the room, Harry was being treated in much the same way, Mrs. Weasley and Ginny kept crying and talking non-stop.

"Don't cry nya, Fish is fine!"

?(?ΦwΦ?)?

Fish twisted his body and jumped on the spot twice, proving he was in good condition.

Harry, along with Ron and Bill, calmed an agitated Mrs. Weasley and Ginny.

Snape waited until everyone had calmed down, then glanced briefly at Fish and Harry, who were surrounded by two separate groups, before saying to Professor McGonagall, "We should get back to Hogwarts. Dumbledore and Minister Fudge are still waiting for our answer."

"Of course," Professor McGonagall said gratefully, wiping tears from her eyes, "Thank you so much, Severus."

"Yes." Snape merely nodded piteously.

"Let's get back to school as well, you'll need to talk to Dumbledore about what you've been doing since you disappeared." Professor McGonagall, who had calmed down considerably, looked at the others and said, "Jacqueline, you and Chris can stay with me for the night, and Molly and Bill, you can stay here tonight as well, or you can come back first with the Fluffy Dust."

The Granger's looked at their daughter with some concern, they didn't know exactly what was going on, but they knew that something bad had happened in the magical world when Fish and Harry suddenly disappeared, but neither of them knew anything about magic and couldn't be of much help in the matter.

"I'll leave Hermione to you, Minerva." Mrs. Granger sighed, gave her daughter a hug and then said to Professor McGonagall.

She actually wanted to take Hermione away from Hogwarts for a while if she could, to avoid any possible danger, but....

She looked at her daughter, who had her heart set on Fish, and Fish, who was very close to the family and whom both she and her husband loved, and sighed again.

"Don't worry, no one can hurt them at Hogwarts."

Professor McGonagall, who was also a mother, knew perfectly well what she was worried about and said quietly. But after saying that, Professor McGonagall felt a little guilty....

After all, Hogwarts had not been a very peaceful place these past few years, with Voldemort possessing or opening the Chamber of Secrets, and a wanted man breaking in last year... though it turned out to be a misunderstanding....

Today, Fish and Harry were "stolen" from Hogwarts in full view of a group of people.

On the other hand, Mrs. Weasley was worried about Harry and opted to stay behind, but Bill was going to use the Fluff Dust to return to the Burrow and inform the rest of the Weasley family of Harry and Fish's return.

After the Granger's and Mrs. Weasley's calmed down, Professor McGonagall took Fish by the hand and, along with Snape, led everyone back to Hogwarts.

Back at the school, Filch told Professor McGonagall that Dumbledore was in the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office.

"I'm going to take Fish and Harry to see Dumbledore now, you two go back to your dormitories." Said Professor McGonagall to Hermione, Ron and Ginny.

Hermione wanted to follow them, but didn't dare offend Professor McGonagall's authority, not to mention the fact that Snape had a grumpy look on his face, so they had to walk meekly to the Gryffindor dormitory.

Professors McGonagall and Snape, meanwhile, led Fish and Harry to the fake Moody's office.