Chapter 2525 man on a mission(18)

"Minerva!"

Pomona stopped Professor McGonagall who had just passed through the hall and walked to her office.

"Oh, Pomona, what's the matter?" Minerva smiled friendly.

"I heard that since Sirius Black attacked the Gryffindor common room, you asked others not to tell Neville Longbottom the password to the Gryffindor common room, right?" she asked seriously.

Minerva put away her smile and folded her hands on her belly.

"Yes." Mag said in an arrogant tone.

"Just because he made a mistake once?" Pomona asked.

"This is not the first time Mr. Longbottom has forgotten the password, and I think he will do it again in the future. I can't let the students in the entire college take risks because of this." Professor McGonagall said, "What's more, I heard that he found it for himself.

A comfortable place.”

"How long will it last? Until he graduates?" Pomona asked.

Minerva held the hem of her robe and walked up the marble stairs, obviously she didn't want to answer this question.

"At least give him a chance." Pomona said to Minerva's back, "Maybe he can remember it already."

"I hope you can spend the same energy on your students. Not assigning homework will make you popular with students, but it will not be good for teaching." Minerva said tit for tat, then climbed up the stairs, and finally disappeared.

The corner of the stairs.

Pomona curled her lips and shook her head, then continued to search the castle. She went to the greenhouse, the tower where Divination was located, had a fight with Sybil, the foyer, had a fight with Minerva, the auditorium, the kitchen, whatever.

Neither Harry Potter nor Neville Longbottom was anywhere to be seen.

Harry Potter most likely went to Hogsmeade. This is easier to guess. Where is Neville?

Just when she was about to leave the castle and go to the dock to have a look, Nick, who was almost headless, floated over.

"Hello." Nick said to Pomona politely.

"Nick, have you seen Neville Longbottom?" Pomona shouted.

"Yeah," Nick said. "I saw him go to the Owlery."

"Thank you, Nick!"

Nick nodded to her and continued to wander around the castle.

Pomona hurried to the Owlery, and when he arrived, he found Neville sitting in a daze on the steps at the entrance of the Owlery. When he heard Pomona's footsteps, he subconsciously raised his head.

She walked into the smelly shack and sat down on the steps next to Neville, when she noticed that he was holding a red howling letter in his hand.

"My grandma gave it to me." Neville said tremblingly. "She heard that I lost the password and let Sirius Black break into the lounge, so she wrote this letter. She said that I had brought shame to the family.

"

Pomona didn't speak, and Neville rubbed his nose. "Why is it so easy for others to do things that are so difficult for me?"

"Why don't you go to Hogsmeade?" Pomona asked.

Neville looked at her in surprise and guilt.

"We understand what you mean, Professor Snape is looking for Harry Potter." Pomona said calmly.

"I didn't mean to..."

"Betray 'brother'." Pomona said with a smile, "It's not a good time for Mr. Potter to go to Hogsmeade, even if he has a guardian's signature."

Neville gasped, and after a moment he said, "Did I do something wrong? Professor."

Pomona didn't answer.

"I just want to stop them before something worse happens." Neville said sarcastically.

"Even if you told Professor Snape in front of him?" Pomona asked, "Were you still afraid of him at that time?"

Neville shook his head and looked at the shouting letter in his hand.

Pomona watched Neville's second "Boggart" and putting Augusta Longbottom in Snape's robes would not do anything to help Neville overcome his fear.

"How about you not coming home this summer?" Pomona asked.

"Really?" Neville asked expectantly.

"I'll find a place, don't forget you promised to help me, or would you rather go to the Quidditch World Cup?"

"I don't like Quidditch that much." Neville said with lingering fear. "In the first lesson, I was hung up on the sculpture outside the castle."

"I'll give you a mission." Pomona smiled evilly and looked at Neville mysteriously.

"What mission?"

"Go to Scamander and get my turtle back."

"turtle?"

"...It used to be my pet and was protected by Scamander."

"Why does he feel it needs protection so much?" Neville asked in surprise.

"Anyway, this is your 'summer homework'."

"Homework?" Neville looked at Pomona even more surprised.

Homework is not only painful to do, but even more painful to correct. Why are they created to torture each other?

"Next time, I hope you can say it directly and like a man." Pomona stood up and looked down at Neville. "You did very well in first grade. Dumbledore also gave you 30 points.

Do you remember?"

Neville looked at her stupidly, Pomona smiled at him and left the Owlery.

"Oh, that's right!" She walked halfway and looked back at Neville. "If you really don't want to go to Hogsmeade, go back to the lounge early and don't wander around."

Then she strode towards the castle and continued her search for Harry Potter.

At this time, she felt that Harry wearing glasses looked like a Muggle cartoon character wearing a red and white striped T-shirt. There was a game named after him, and the player had to find him among a lot of complicated pictures.

She spent the whole afternoon searching with this mood, and also listed the places in the castle that needed to be repaired, so that they could be repaired during the summer vacation. But the other two "players" were not in such a good mood. Snape

His whole body seemed to be exuding dark smoke. He was not old enough to go to the first and second years of Hogsmeade and almost cried when I saw him.

Finally, when the sun was about to set, people who had gone to Hogsmeade came back one after another. Pomona went to the secret passage behind the one-eyed witch, which was the favorite of children.

She found an empty classroom to hide, then took out the bloody lollipop she bought at Honeydukes, and transformed into a chair to sit on.

Not long after, Sirius' disguised stray dog ​​also came in following her scent. He searched everywhere in the secret passage. There were spider webs and dust in the secret passage, making him even dirtier.

"Want to eat?" When Sirius returned to his human form, Pomona grabbed a handful of colorful candies and placed them in front of his eyes.

"How about popcorn instead?" Sirius asked.

"Eating popcorn will make a sound, shush..." She heard movement on the side of the one-eyed witch sculpture, and after a while, Harry Potter came out, looking very happy.

She glanced at Sirius. His face was full of ecstasy, and he seemed to want to rush out immediately.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps at the end of the corridor. Harry was a little panicked. He quickly restored the secret passage to its original state, and it was just completed when Snape appeared.

"It's really thrilling." She took a sip of the lollipop and said calmly.

"Mr. Potter." Snape's thin lips formed a sinister smile, "Where were you just now?"

"Always in Gryffindor Tower," Harry said immediately.

"Who can vouch for you?"

Harry didn't answer, as if he was wondering who could take the risk to testify for him.

Snape continued.

"Look, everyone in the Ministry of Magic is trying to protect the great savior from being attacked by Sirius Black and increase the security of the school, but he himself just wants to go his own way and make ordinary people worry about him! The famous 'Boy Who Lived'

'He goes wherever he wants, regardless of the consequences, because he thinks he is different and is the 'chosen one'?"

"I didn't!" Harry shouted.

"You are so much like your father, Potter," said Snape.

"That's right." Sirius was behind the door, looking out through the crack of the door. Pomona observed his expression carefully, as if Sirius couldn't tell who was in front of him.

"Arrogant, arrogant, and always so pretentious," Snape said.

"My father is not arrogant, and neither am I!" Harry blurted out. "Stop, Snape!"

Snape's dark eyes flashed dangerously.

"What did you say?"

"Don't say that about my dad!" Harry shouted. "I know the truth. He saved your life!"

"What are you doing!" Pomona held back Sirius who was about to rush out. "You promised me!"

Sirius hesitated, and the conversation outside continued.

"Who told you?" Snape asked with a stiff face.
To be continued...