Chapter 391: "Reserve" Points (Edited)

"Put it down, thank you for your hard work."

At Dumbledore's request, Fish ran over to the Boxing Willow, gently patted the trunk of the tree and said.

Then, the Boxing Willow willingly let go of its branches, lowered Sirius, who had been hanging for a long time, and lowered its branches, rubbing affectionately against Fish's face.

"Thud."

Sirius' feet landed firmly on the ground, but after standing still for less than a second, he braced himself against the trunk of the Boxing Willow and shakily stood up.

He had been bound for too long and the lack of blood circulation made his whole body paralyzed and unable to exert any strength.

Sirius lay on the ground for a while, grimacing, until his body regained consciousness and he shakily sat up on the willow trunk.

Thanks to Fish's presence, he did not attack the man who had dared to touch him as he would have normally done.

"Don't try to run away, Fish is watching you nya!"

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The cat raised his fist in front of Sirius' face and shook it twice in very serious warning.

Sirius smiled bitterly and nodded, and stood obediently beside Fish.

"Fish!"

Professor McGonagall exclaimed from afar, running up to him and drawing her wand.

"Desmaius!"

Professor McGonagall cast a stun spell on Sirius, oblivious to the presence of the others, only to that of a certain wanted man standing next to Fish.

Dumbledore pulled out his wand and pointed it at the ground, and a stone on the ground flew out immediately, in front of Professor McGonagall's stun spell, and the red light shattered it....

Had Minerva's strength improved again?

The corners of Dumbledore's lips twitched slightly, if that stun spell had actually landed on Black, it would have been more than just a coma....

"Relax, Minerva," he said with a reassuring smile, "Fish is fine, and Sirius Black was captured by him as well."

"Minerva~"

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The kitten who had just said he was guarding Black immediately released the fugitive at his side and jumped into Professor McGonagall's arms.

"Fish, along with Harry and Severus, caught Black nya."

The points had been added up, and the cat had added Harry and Snape, with Harry to share the anger, and then Professor Snape to prove he was not at risk.

Professor McGonagall didn't have time to argue with the kitten at that point, she looked at Black, who was standing to one side obediently, but was not restrained in any way, and Lupin, who was said to be Black's assistant, and asked suspiciously, "Albus, what's going on here?"

"We were just about to find a place to have a proper chat, would you care to join us, Minerva?"

Dumbledore did not answer directly, but invited.

Professor McGonagall could not refuse and nodded, wand in one hand and Fish in the other, keeping her eyes on Black and Lupin.

"Easy, Minerva."

Dumbledore waved a hand to signal Professor McGonagall not to be so nervous and told Sirius to put on Harry's invisibility cloak before joining Snape in grabbing each of their arms, while Lupin willingly handed over his wand and walked to the front of the group, leading the way into the castle.

"Minerva, how did you get here?"

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On the way back, Fish asked curiously.

Professor McGonagall glared at the puss with a vicious look and said, "Ron told me, and he told me you knocked him out, let's see how I deal with you later!".

"What? this has nothing to do with Fish nya! Fish doesn't know anything nya!".

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He can't carry the guilt.

That's not enough points, and he really didn't do it.

"Is that so?"

Professor McGonagall looked suspiciously at Fish, she had run off as soon as she heard that Harry and Fish had come to get Black, not having had time to ask questions.

"Yes, Professor," Harry explained for Fish, "Ron found Black in the dormitory with me, and then tried to inform him right there, and I had to knock him out with a stun spell before I went to the common room to find Fish."

"You, how dare you..."

Professor McGonagall gasped in anger.

Harry retorted sulkily, "I just wanted to catch the man who killed my parents with my bare hands...."

Hearing Harry say that, Professor McGonagall's anger subsided a little, but she frowned and said, "But that's no reason to take a risk."

"No risk nya!" Fish helped, "Black was so weak that Fish knocked him out with a couple of punches, and he'd still be unconscious if I hadn't healed him afterwards!"

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The kitten shook his head triumphantly, completely forgetting that he should avoid Professor McGonagall's attention right now.

Sirius: "..."

Thanks to the invisibility cloak, otherwise it would be embarrassing.

"I didn't say anything about you!" Professor McGonagall grabbed Fish by the ear, "What did you promise me before? huh?!"

"Fish didn't come to catch Black in private, there was Harry and Severus!"

"Don't play word games with me!"

"Nya, I was wrong, Minerva!"

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The cat was determined to admit his mistake, but whether or not he would change was another matter.

And Professor McGonagall is used to Fish's repeated surrenders, and she also knows that this kind of verbal admission is pointless. No matter how much she scolds this little cat now, it will still cause trouble when it should cause trouble in the future, so Professor McGonagall didn't bother to waste that effort, but let go of her hand and started thinking about how to educate Fish in the future.

Of course, there were other things to do first.....

"You and Harry, you'll be deducted a hundred points each, and you'll be grounded for a week!"

"No problem nya!"

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It's only 100 points deducted, and the little cat with over 200 "deposit" points doesn't give a damn.

Professor McGonagall shuddered, knowing that she had deducted less, but she had done some rough calculations, and Fish shouldn't have more than a hundred points saved....

If Fish had had enough points, God knows what she would have done, and if she had subtracted too many, the cat might have complained, so Professor McGonagall had thought it would be a good idea to put Fish on the danger line and keep the cat quiet for the rest of the term.

But now she didn't know how many points Fish had left, so she couldn't increase the penalty, and besides, Hogwarts castle was just around the corner.

"We're just going to your office, Severus."

As soon as they all entered the corridor, Dumbledore said, there was no particular reason, just because Snape's office was the closest.

Snape, of course, had no objection and walked quietly to the front.

Once everyone was in his office, Dumbledore waved his wand, conjured up some padded chairs, and said in a disappointed manner, "Sit down and tell me, what happened that night?"

With that, he sat down in the middle chair, and the others did the same, with Professor McGonagall and Snape sandwiching Sirius and Lupin to the left and right, while Fish and Harry stood a little further away.

"First, tell me how you found Black."

Dumbledore did not ask the truth first, but looked at Harry and Fish.

Harry hesitated for a moment and told them about the Marauder's Map, saying that his father and Sirius had made it together.

Of course, how the map came into their hands, Harry still hid it for the twins.

"Wonderful work," Dumbledore exclaimed as he looked at the Marauder's Map, "No easy task to craft such a fine map while still a student."

He then handed the map back to him as Harry watched nervously.

Professor McGonagall frowned, in her opinion, this map would only give Harry and the others the opportunity to cause trouble, and should be confiscated.

But it was Dumbledore's decision and she couldn't object, she just made up her mind to keep a closer eye on Harry's whereabouts in the future.

As for a certain kitten....

It doesn't matter if he has that map or not.

"Now it's your turn."

Dumbledore's blue eyes glanced at Sirius and Lupin.