Chapter 142: Pensadero (Edited)

"Meow~"

The silver-gray tabby kitten lying on the soft velvet cushion, eyes closed, stretched its waist vigorously and its little body stretched its limbs in different directions, looking very heroic.

Only then did Fish open his eyes in a daze, turn around and squat down while licking his paws and rubbing them across his face.

(=Φω??=)

After the washing process, Fish realized that the cushion under his feet looked unfamiliar, so he lifted his head to see where it was.

Then he looked up and saw Professor McGonagall, with an extremely stern face.

"Meow!" ∑(=ΦДΦ=)

Fish was so frightened that the whole cat bowed and its tail exploded like a big brush.

Although he didn't know why Minerva was angry, Fish deftly slumped down, bowed his little head, his pair of ears drooped and his pupils grew bigger, looking pitifully at Professor McGonagall.

"Meow~ (=?ω?=)"

However, Professor McGonagall remained impassive and kept her stern face without saying a word.

"Meow~!"

Fish jumped off the cushion and ran to Professor McGonagall's feet, rubbing his head against her leg and continued to act flirtatiously.

Too bad this was all in vain, after all, what she found this time was too over the top....

It was the Curse (Fiendfyre)! A terrible fire that could kill even Professor McGonagall herself if she wasn't careful.

"It's all right, Minerva," Dumbledore, who had been standing watching the spectacle, finally couldn't help but speak, "Fish didn't set that terrible fire, so we should wait until we ask what's going on, shouldn't we?"

"Meow!" ∑(=ΦДΦ=)

Only then did Fish realize that the bad old man was standing next to him, and he looked around and confirmed that he was in the bad old man's office.

He then waved to Fawkes, who was wilting on a golden perch.

"Meow~" (=ΦωΦ=)?

"Caw~"

Fawkes gave a weak reply.

Seeing that Fish was still looking clueless, Professor McGonagall lowered her voice and growled at him, "Switch back to talk to me!"

She finally remembered that she was in the Headmaster's office and managed to cling to the last vestiges of her sanity.

"Minerva~" ?●ω●?

Fish obediently transformed into his cat-person form, then wrapped his arms around her waist, tilted his face and blinked, using the flirtatious tactics again....

Though he still couldn't understand why Professor McGonagall was so angry.

Anyway, one must act flirtatious first.

Professor McGonagall's face softened a little and she reached out to pat Fish's head. Fish also took the initiative to tiptoe and put his little head in Professor McGonagall's hand.

Then.

She grabbed the cat ears on his head.

"Meow! It hurts... Minerva, let go!" ?(●QДQ●)?

Professor McGonagall let go and grabbed Fish's cheeks again, this time with both hands.

After pulling his cheeks, Professor McGonagall gave Fish a good, hard fist bump on the head, and only after that did she let the daring kitten go.

"Why did you hit Fish? Fish hasn't been getting into any trouble lately." (ノ)`ω'(ヾ)

Fish rubbed his red cheeks and asked in a very unconvinced manner.

"You still have the nerve to say that?!" Professor McGonagall blurted out, no longer suppressing her voice and instead asked, "So tell me! Where did you go last night?"

"Last night, meow?"

Fish cocked his head to the side and began to remember.

At first he wandered around the castle normally... then he snuck off as usual to play with his friends in the Forbidden Forest... then Buckbeak and Shadow got into a fight.... then Shadow said Lochlin was hurt, ran to help Lochlin and ran into the black robed man from before ....

His last memory is of the black-robed man, the stinky one, starting a terrible fire in the Forbidden Forest, and then himself and the animals in the Forbidden Forest running away ....

"Meow!" ∑(●ΦДΦ●)

Fish, who remembered, didn't bother to pretend he hadn't gotten into trouble, grabbed Professor McGonagall's robe and shouted anxiously.

"Minerva, this is bad, meow! The stinky guy set the Forbidden Forest on fire! He hurt Lochlin, too! Go save them, meow!"

"Don't worry, Fish," Dumbledore approached and held the anxious Fish at bay, "You put out the fire, don't you remember?"

"It was put out by Fish, meow?"

Fish was stunned, he couldn't remember anything.

"Yes, you summoned a very beautiful drizzle and put out the flames. It was the most beautiful rain I've ever seen in my life."

Dumbledore closed his eyes and sighed at the memory.

Fish bowed his head and said, "But.... How come Fish doesn't remember it? And Fish doesn't like rain very much, meow." ?ω?

"Well, it doesn't seem very easy to describe in words..."

Dumbledore thought for a moment and turned to a black cabinet underneath the bookshelf with the Sorting Hat and pulled out a shallow basin with letters and symbols that Fish couldn't make out.

In the basin was a silvery white substance that looked like a liquid and a gas, a strange silvery substance that kept flowing into the basin and looked interesting.

"Meow?"

A curious Fish approached and tried to take the silvery substance in his hands, but Dumbledore stopped him.

"Don't worry, it's not time yet."

Professor McGonagall grabbed the little cat by the collar, dragged it back to her side and growled, "Stay where you are! Don't make any more trouble."

"Oh~~~"

Fish reluctantly stretched out his voice in agreement, then folded his arms and stood next to Professor McGonagall with a pout in his mouth.

"Hmph!"(〃｀3′〃)

Dumbledore pulled out his wand and pointed it at his temple, after a moment, he pulled it out, and with it, pulled a silver thread from his head.

Gently placing the silver thread over the stone bowl and shaking it, Dumbledore shook the bowl before saying to the two Wizards, "Come, I will show you both the wonderful rain we had last night."

Professor McGonagall led Fish's hand towards the Pansy, Dumbledore took his other hand and then leaned down to touch his crooked nose to the silvery substance in the basin.

Immediately afterward, Fish felt the mean old man drag him and he fell in the direction of the stone basin. At the same time, the entire director's office became a whirlwind and a black vortex appeared in front of his eyes.

Before Fish could begin to struggle, however, he found that the scene in front of him had suddenly transformed into the Forbidden Forest at night, and not far away, stood an anxious Dumbledore in his nightgown.

"There's two bad old men, meow!" ∑(●ΦДΦΦ●)

Fish turned his head to look around, and there stood a calm Dumbledore in his wizard's robes holding his hand.

Then he heard the loud panicked cries of the animals of the Forbidden Forest again, only this time he couldn't understand what they were shouting.

Looking off into the distance, the Forbidden Forest was ablaze, lighting up the sky as if it were daytime.

"Minerva! Go put out the fire, meow!". shouted Fish urgently to Professor McGonagall, though he wasn't sure what was going on.

"It's just my memory of last night, we don't have to do anything, just watch." said Dumbledore calmly.

At the same time, the scene in front of them changed again, and they came to a place closer to the fire, while Dumbledore in his nightgown not far away stumbled.

"Fawkes has been weakened lately, and my (Apparition) inside Hogwarts has been quite affected." explained Dumbledore, who was beside them, in time.

Then they saw Dumbledore in his robes fly into the sky, as if he planned to fly straight into the fire.

At that moment, a childish voice sounded in the Forbidden Forest, but it was a clear, high-pitched cat meow.

"Meow~~~"