At the sight of the rat, Sirius's sanity was shattered and he tried to rush forward and tear it to pieces…
In the end, Sirius remembered that Ivan had spoken to him about it and managed to swallow his pride.
He felt that Peter would have to be tortured, locked up in Azkaban, and finally kissed by a Dementor in order to fit in!
Sirius gave up on the idea of killing Peter immediately. After glaring at him, he hurried over to Ivan's bed and placed the note on top of his bed.
However, when he leaned over, Ivan's eyes flew open.
Almost instantly, Ivan's wand touched Sirius's neck, and white light flashed from its tip.
A bone-deep sense of crisis welled up in Sirius's mind, as if he would die in the next second, and he shouted to stop it.
"Hales… it's me!"
"Sirius?" Ivan asked, relieved to see who it was.
Ivan had just opened his eyes when he saw a thin figure with disheveled hair standing by his bed. He almost thought that someone was trying to assassinate him and instinctively attacked.
'Yes, it's me! I haven't been expecting you for a while, so I came looking for you myself!' Sirius raised his eyebrows and lowered his voice so that Ivan could only hear him faintly, even though he was so close.
Ivan was embarrassed as he realised what he had forgotten about Sirius, who had been wandering around the school.
However, he was not entirely to blame. After all, he had been busy improving the Polyjuice Potion since the beginning of the school year, and then he had to go back three months to fight Burke's men twice.
Now that he was back, he had to think about the Third Bloodline Fusion and search the castle for Boggart.
Sirius could see from Ivan's expression that this was not the time for such nonsense.
'Time is of the essence, so let's keep this short! I stayed in Knockturn Alley for a while after you left, trying to get information for you. You won't believe who I ran into in Knockturn Alley…' Sirius began in a rush.
Who? Alicia? Ivan thought to himself…
At that moment, an unusually harsh voice came from the other side!
Squeak squeak squeak!
At Ron's bedside, the grey-black rat opened its eyes and stared in terror at the figure standing over Ivan's bed.
Soon Harry, Neville, and the others were roused from their deep sleep, and Ron was yelling and yawning. "Scabbers… stop it? Scabbers!"
However, Scabbers's cries did not stop, and Ron did not speak again. His gaze was immediately attracted to the tall figure in the dormitory, and a chill ran down his spine. He immediately thought of the newspaper he had read when he came to school…
The crazy man who always wanted to kill Harry!
And only he would sneak in at this time…
"ARGH!!!"
Ron's scream soon echoed throughout the dormitory, triggering a chain reaction that caused Harry, Neville, and the others in the same room to scream.
Sirius's face fell. He knew he was a fugitive and he could not be caught before the truth was out!
Thus, when Ron spotted him, Sirius was already on the move, taking advantage of the chaos and darkness to drop a small piece of paper into Ivan's hand, turn around and rush out…
Before escaping, Sirius cast one last look at the damned rat, his fierce gaze causing Scabbers great fear!
Screaming like a maniac, it broke free of Ron's grasp and scattered, wreaking havoc in the otherwise chaotic dormitory…
"Scabbers, where are you going! Scabbers!" Ron exclaimed, breaking out in a cold sweat.
However, Peter Pettigrew was terrified and did not dare to stay in the dormitory any longer. Due to Sirius having just left through the door, Peter did not dare to go there and ended up jumping out of the window in a daze!
"No, Scabbers, come back!" Ron cried, his heart wrenching at the sight…
Peter Pettigrew, who had jumped out of the window, was woken up by the midnight wind, but he was not worried.
In his rat form, he would not die from such a fall. At most, he would suffer some injuries.
Peter, by contrast, was much more reluctant to stay in the room, as he clearly remembered seeing Sirius talking to the young wizard, Ivan Hals, when he first woke up.
Although he did not hear the details, the situation was enough to make him panic, so he chose freedom over falling and injuring himself!
Unfortunately, as Peter was enjoying his freedom in the wind, he heard a faint voice from above.
"Scabbers coming!"
Peter Pettigrew panicked as he realised that his descent had come to a halt, and that he was being pulled upwards by some force.
It was the Flight Charm! When Peter Pettigrew realised this too late, it flew all the way back to the dormitory and grabbed him by the tail.
Peter Pettigrew raised his head with difficulty, but Ivan's handsome face was like a demon's, and he was overcome with fear.
"Empty-handed!" Ivan whispered to the grayish-black rat, poking it with his wand.
Ivan's voice and movements were inconspicuous in the dark and chaotic dormitory, as Neville's shouts never stopped, and the noise outside the door was loud enough to drown out his voice.
Peter Pettigrew heard it loud and clear, and felt a strange sense of familiarity.
Again… again?
The thought flashed through Peter's mind before he fell asleep, and he quickly realised that he had most likely not been hit by the Memory Charm for the first time.
How much had he forgotten?!
Peter drew a sharp breath at the thought. The biting wind of the night was nothing compared to the chill that rose from his heart.
With a flash of white light, the grayish-black rat's body trembled and it fainted. A tear slowly fell from its eye…