Became good friends with the Boy Who Lived

Chapter 156 Percy, Cold

Outside Professor McGonagall's office, Aries met Peeves. Facing Peeves who was trying to play a prank on him, Aries waved his wand and started "playing" with it, making Peeves run away in panic and becoming furious.

Professor McGonagall opened the door of her office and said irritably, "Can't you just keep quiet, Mr. Grindelwald? Why are you here instead of staying in the common room?"

Peeves glared at Aeris and ran away in shame.

"Oh! Good evening, Professor McGonagall!" said Aris, "Old Toad... no... Professor Umbridge asked me to give this to you..."

Aeris loosened his hand, and the parchment in his hand floated in front of Professor McGonagall. Professor McGonagall took it in confusion, "Come in!" Professor McGonagall said briefly.

Aeris followed Professor McGonagall into her office and closed the door. Professor McGonagall sat behind her desk and pointed to the armchair opposite her. "Sit down!" Professor McGonagall said briefly.

Aeris sat down obediently, and Professor McGonagall pushed a cookie box over to him and said, "Have a cookie!"

Eris opened the cookie box and took out a square piece of ginger candy salamander cookie. He took a careful bite and it tasted quite good. Eris began to chew it with a "crunching" sound.

Professor McGonagall opened the parchment and looked at the contents on it, her brows furrowed more and more.

"Dolores gave you detention?" Professor McGonagall asked Aris.

"Yeah!" Aeris said while chewing the biscuit in his mouth, "I get along well with her."

"But she said you had been using dark magic to resist her confinement." Professor McGonagall said, but without any blame in her tone.

"This is a slanderous accusation," said Aris, stuffing the last cookie into his mouth. "Old Toad... No... Professor Umbridge wanted to punish me with a dark curse, write sentences on parchment with my blood; want to carve some sentences into my bones; and want to leave marks on my heart. I just... how did I say it... oh... self-defense. I have to say that the high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Magic can study the Cruciatus Curse to this extent. They are really... dedicated..."

Professor McGonagall looked angry. "Have another biscuit, Aris!" said Professor McGonagall.

"Thank you!" Aris picked up another square piece of ginger candy salamander biscuit and began to chew it.

"You also know," Professor McGonagall said, "Professor Dumbledore is not omnipotent. Dolores was obviously sent by Minister of Magic Fudge to monitor Professor Dumbledore. I heard about what you did in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. To be honest, Aris, you usually seem much more stable than Potter. How could you do such an... careless thing?"

Aeris smiled indifferently and said, "I know that the Ministry of Magic is trying to interfere with Hogwarts, but if no one stands up, the Ministry of Magic will become even more unscrupulous. Let's not talk about Voldemort for now. At least we need to let our Minister know that Hogwarts is not a place for him to play politics, nor a place that he can control with his skills and force. I just don't want the place that I love to be attacked by the Ministry of Magic before it is attacked by Voldemort..."

"That's enough... Mr. Grindelwald!" Professor McGonagall said seriously, "You are just an underage wizard. Leave this matter to us. It is not something you can worry about. I hope you can keep a low profile and not give Dolores another chance to hurt you."

"But I have decided to become your colleague in my career," said Aris, "and this is my future home. How can I allow..."

"Stop talking," said Professor McGonagall. "Go back and rest, Aris!"

"Well," said Aris, standing up. "Good night, Professor McGonagall. Can I have the biscuits to take with me?"

"No! Get out of here!" Professor McGonagall scolded with a smile on her usually serious face.

Aeris left Professor McGonagall's office and walked briskly towards the Gryffindor common room.

Entering the common room, I found where Harry, Hermione, and Ron were gathered, but the atmosphere was a little subtle.

During the days when Aerys was in confinement, the Gryffindor Quidditch team held a goalkeeper selection. The new captain, Angelina Johnson, was quite dissatisfied with Ron becoming the team's new goalkeeper, which made Ron a little depressed.

Now Ron was reading a long piece of parchment, which was twelve inches long. Aeris leaned over to take a look. The parchment was covered with densely written words. It was a letter from Percy. However, Ron, who was already in a bad mood, looked uglier the more he read.

"What happened, dear?" Aeris sat next to Hermione and asked curiously.

Hermione's expression was indescribable. She looked at Aries strangely but didn't say anything.

"If you want to break up with me, mate!" Harry said suddenly to Ron, "I promise... I won't have any... violent tendencies..."

Ron angrily tore the parchment into pieces and threw it into the fireplace, cursing, "Percy is an idiot", "Weasley's traitor"...

"Quiet!" Aeris said suddenly, and the other companions looked over in confusion.

"Why..." Hermione wanted to ask something.

"Hush!" Aeris put his index finger in front of his mouth and pointed at the fire. "I saw Sirius flash by... Did you write to Sirius, Harry?"

Harry nodded, breathing faster, staring at the fire.

Suddenly the fire turned emerald green, and Sirius' face appeared in the fire. Several people hurried over. Fortunately, there were not many people in the common room at present, and the few people who were there were busy with their own things in the corner.

Aeris dragged a few armchairs over and tried to cover it up. Harry said with some surprise and worry: "Sirius? Why are you..."

Harry and Sirius had a low conversation. Aeris and Harry learned some news from outside the school: Minister of Magic Fudge learned from some channels that Sirius was hiding in London; a wizard from the Order of the Phoenix tried to break into the Department of Mysteries while on duty at the Ministry of Magic and was suspected of being cast under the Imperius Curse; Fudge had already begun to use his methods against Hogwarts...

After agreeing on the next time to meet in front of the fire, Harry advised Sirius a few words, such as "Be more cautious, Sirius", "I really don't want you to go to Azkaban again"...

Sirius said impatiently: "You know what? Harry! You are very similar to James, but not that similar. At least you don't have James' fearless adventurous spirit..."

"Don't say that, Sirius," said Aris, "You are a brother, a father, a family member, and the whole world to Harry. Harry just doesn't want to have the whole world and then lose it. That would be too cruel for him..."

Harry looked at Aris gratefully. Sirius didn't say anything and disappeared silently.

The next morning, in the hall, Professor McGonagall and Professor Umbridge had a fierce argument. Professor McGonagall did not want Professor Umbridge to use dark magic to punish students again, but Professor Umbridge insisted that Professor McGonagall was slandering her and that she was just teaching and doing things according to the rules and regulations.

"Hogwarts needs to be rectified..." The old toad said this at last, glared at Professor McGonagall viciously, and left with his head held high, leaving only the extremely angry Professor McGonagall behind.