Chapter 362: Don't read it! Forget it! (Edited)

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and Fish and the others couldn't stay on the street any longer, so the three of them joined forces and arrived at the Three Broomsticks in the wind and snow.

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As soon as they entered the warm tavern, Fish began to shake his head rapidly, shaking the snowflakes and water droplets off his head.

Hermione was surprised to get the snow and water droplets on her face, and some landed on Harry's invisibility cloak, but the trails weren't obvious enough for the others to notice.

After shaking the snowflakes off his body, Fish smiled and waved to the acquaintances standing near the door, and glanced around the pub.

The trio soon spotted Ron, sitting at a small round table by the window with the twins, a mug of butterbeer in his hand and sipping at it as he spied Madam Rosmerta at the bar, surrounded by a group of wizards.

He was joined by George and Fred, three redheads gathered around the round table, shaking their heads in comical unison.

Fish was waving to the people at the bar as he walked with Hermione towards the Weasley brothers, when they noticed Fish had just entered the bar, and then turned their attention away from Mrs. Rosmerta reluctantly.

But soon, surrounded by the wizards, Mrs. Rosmerta approached them with a fragrant scent, or to be precise, she approached Fish.

"What can I get you, Fish?"

Madam Rosmerta asked with a smile, then looked at Hermione next to Fish with an even bigger smile, as the bar owner she was well informed and knew all about Hermione.

"And this Miss Granger, what would you like to have?"

Not expecting Mrs. Rosmerta to acknowledge her, Hermione was a little surprised, but quickly replied, "A butterbeer... oh no, two would be nice."

Hermione remembered Harry, who was invisible, and ordered one for him as well.

Fish, who didn't drink, asked for a very normal glass of warm milk.

Soon their drinks were served, and Mrs. Rosmerta smiled and talked to Fish, and stroked his cat's head for a while, before returning to the bar and resuming her business.

When Mrs. Rosmerta left, the twins looked at the extra glass of butterbeer and the seat that had been vacated between Fish and Ron, and immediately understood what was going on.

"So you're here, are you, Harry?" asked Fred, lowering his voice.

"Harry? What are you talking about?"

Ron looked at his brother in confusion, and then heard a familiar voice next to him, "Of course, thanks to your help."

"Ummmmmmmmmmmm!!!"

Ron was about to shout, when George, on his other side, quickly covered his mouth.

"Keep your voice down, do you want Harry to expose himself?" warned George quietly, quickly shushing Ron.

"What's going on?" when George let go of his hand, Ron lowered his voice as well and asked excitedly and curiously, "How did Harry get to Hogsmeade? why is he thanking you?"

Then Harry went back to whispering about the Marauder's Map....

Much to Ron's chagrin.

"How come you never gave it to me!" Ron immediately fulminated at the twins with a glare, "I'm your real brother!"

"You weren't banned from Hogsmeade."

"Besides, wouldn't giving it to Harry be the same as giving it to you?"

"Besides, if I give it to you, how are we going to explain it to Ginny?"

The twins refuted each other word for word, easily choking Ron speechless.

It wasn't that Ron really wanted to take ownership of the Marauder's Map away from Harry, he'd just been ignored too much since he was a kid and it didn't feel balanced.

But after the twins' habit of bullying Ron, they had promised him a gift of their choice for Christmas, so Ron was reassured.

"Boom!"

At that moment, Hermione heavily put down the glass and rightly accused the twins.

"This is so irresponsible of you! What if Harry's in danger because of this?"

Then she started babbling and lecturing, but the content didn't change much, just Dementors, Black, etc....

The twins covered their heads and groaned in pain.

"Black hasn't shown up in a long time, and there are still Dementors patrolling? As long as Harry gets back in time before sundown..."

Not only were the twins dizzy from the chanting, but Ron couldn't help but mutter in a whisper.

Actually, Harry knew that Hermione was worried about him, but the way she said it made Harry feel understated, so he couldn't help but mutter, "Yeah, it's no coincidence that I'm going to run into Black as soon as I get to Hogsmeade...."

"Not this time, how about next time? or the time after that?"

Hermione snorted, glaring at the ungrateful Harry. "Which means Mr. Flume will be blocking the secret passage tonight, otherwise, Harry, you would never have come for this one!"

She said confidently as she thought of Harry and Ron goading her into stealing the Philosopher's Stone in first year.

"What?! is the secret passageway going to be blocked?!"

The twins were startled, their faces turning a little ugly...they had mistakenly thought that Hermione had ratted them out and that was why the secret passageway was blocked.

They had been able to tolerate Hermione's comments before, but the blocking of the secret passageway was too much for the twins.

Just as they were about to blame Hermione, the kitten rubbed the back of his neck and said, rather embarrassed, "Harry came at a bad time nya, Fish and Grandpa Ambrosius and Grandma Flume, they were in the basement at the time ny...."

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"Yeah... Fish even thought I was Black and hit me hard..."

Harry stroked his forehead and said dejectedly.

As soon as they heard that the secret passageway had been blocked because of Fish, the twins' momentum waned.

Seeing how sad the twins looked, Fish said, "Don't worry nya, I'll go to Grandpa Ambrosius after I catch Black and ask him to open the secret passage nya."

The twins' spirits recovered slightly when they heard Fish say that, then they thought that they could turn into magpies and fly straight from the sky to Hogsmeade, so they didn't seem to need those secret passages....

"Hey! It's nothing," George waved his arm grandly, "We don't use these secret passages anymore anyway, it's Harry.... Whoops!".

Fred gave him a quick finger on the small of his back, then winked.

George followed Fred's gaze, saw that Hermione was about to speak again, and changed his words instantly....

"Okay, but Hermione's right, we'd better be careful right now! Black could come to Hogsmeade at any moment!"

The twins breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Hermione nod in satisfaction.

Miss Know-it-all was looking more and more like Professor McGonagall, it was no wonder Fish liked to cling to her.

The twins winked at each other.

Hermione couldn't understand the unspoken, silent communication between the twins, and she didn't care, she raised her glass and continued to drink butterbeer....

She had just said so much that her voice had gone dry.

Without Hermione's lecture, Harry and the others were soon speaking in whispers.

As they spoke, Fish's cat ears suddenly turned toward the bar door.

"Nya?"

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Immediately after, Fish also turned around and looked.

"What's wrong, Fish?"

They all followed him and looked towards the door, the old but thick wooden door was tightly closed and there was nothing there.

"Minerva is here!"

Fish quickly got up from the chair and ran to the door.

At the same time, the Three Broomsticks door opened and Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick entered in a blizzard of wind and snow.