Harry Potter: The Party of the Orient at Hogwarts

Chapter 188 The Courtroom

"I was sentenced here 13 years ago."

Arriving at the tenth courtroom, Sirius whispered to Jiang Li beside him that the memories here are really bad.

"Take Peter to stand there, and leave the rest to me." Newt pointed to the center of the courtroom and said to Sirius, and then gently pushed him on the back to let him pass.

Sirius obediently led Peter to the center of the courtroom, where the prisoner was being interrogated.

Jiang Li looked at him and couldn't help admiring his physical strength. He was so skinny that he carried Peter who was as fat as a pig all the way without complaining.

Newt sat down in the first row of the courtroom, and he waved to Jiang Li, signaling her to sit beside him.

After Jiang Li obediently sat down beside him, Fudge also sat down on the other side of Newt, and then many wizards that Jiang Li didn't know came in one after another. They should be the wizards of the trial team that Newt said up.

But she saw an unexpected acquaintance, Lucius Malfoy, she didn't know how a former Death Eater could get into the position of the trial team member, it might have cost a lot of money, she looked sideways at Fudge The fat face glanced and shook his head in disappointment.

But Lucius doesn't seem to have much status here, he's not as arrogant as Draco described, he can only sit in the back, and no one cares about him.

"Why did Fudge ask us to come here so late?"

"Look there, it's Blake!"

"Maybe because Blake was caught and tried for his escape."

"Look, who's that fat guy next to Black?"

The wizards were all discussing with each other why Fudge called everyone over suddenly at night.

"All here, Mr. Scamander."

Seeing that everyone was here, Fudge whispered something to Newt, indicating that he could start.

"Sorry for Minister Fudge to bring everyone together at this time, I have something to say here." Newt stood up, and he pointed his wand at his vocal cords to make his voice louder and spread throughout the trial room.

All the wizards here knew him, and when they heard his voice, they stopped discussing and looked at him in unison.

Newt straightened his slightly wrinkled windbreaker, walked to the center of the trial hall, and stood beside Sirius: "Regarding the case of Sirius Black betraying the Potters to Voldemort and killing the Muggles 13 years ago, I have a new discovery."

"Come on, everyone, look at this, our old friend, Peter Pettigrew, your hero." Newt pointed at Peter with his wand, then turned to Sirius and said, "Come on, Sirius, let him look up Let everyone take a good look at the great hero they sealed!"

Sirius was more than a head taller than Peter. He held Peter with one hand, and grabbed Peter's hair with the other hand and lifted it up. Peter's face was raised to face the wizards in the courtroom.

"Merlin, I recognize that tooth, he is really Peter! Isn't he dead?" An older wizard exclaimed, rubbing his eyes again to confirm again.

"He's Peter! He's missing a finger!"

"Why is he still alive!"

The trial hall, which had been quiet, became noisy again. Most of the faces were filled with unbelievable expressions. Even Lucius stared at Peter and Sirius with a puzzled expression. He couldn't understand what Newt wanted. do what.

"There's something I'd like to show you here." Newt put one hand in his pocket and raised his wand with the other to lightly tap Peter's temple.

A silver thread of light was pulled out, and Newt waved his wand, and the light thread was thrown over the trial hall, turning into a huge screen like a movie.

The old events of 13 years ago are presented to everyone in the form of a movie screening through Peter's memory.

"Peter, are you willing?" A handsome young man with short black hair and glasses tentatively asked another short and fat man.

From their appearance, everyone knew that they were young James and Peter.

"But, didn't you say that Sirius will be your and Lily's secret keeper?" Peter looked at his fingers and asked hesitantly.

"Because if it's Sirius, it's too easy to guess, and he will be captured by Voldemort..."

Before James finished speaking, the young Sirius laughed and put his arms around Peter's shoulders: "Voldemort will never guess that James will let you be the secret-keeper. I can assure you that you are absolutely safe, Peter!"

I have to say that when they were young, Sirius and James really deserved to be the heroes of Hogwarts. They were sunny and handsome, just like the heroines in the youth novels, and the short and fat Peter stood in front of them. Like a bad horse boy.

"Then...then why didn't you ask Remus?" Peter asked cautiously, he didn't dare to look at Sirius with his head down.

"Because, Peter, we trust you more than Remus!" Sirius didn't seem to care about the meaning of Peter's words at all, he laughed heartily, and patted Peter on the shoulder vigorously.

"Of course, Peter, you can also refuse." James seemed to sense that Peter was retreating, and gave him a second choice.

"How could it be? Peter will definitely not refuse, we are best friends!" Before Peter could say anything, Sirius said with a grin again.

Hearing Sirius talk about best friends, Peter's soybean-sized eyes lit up, and he seemed to straighten his back, and he shouted to James: "Of course I am, James, you and Sirius are my best friends , I am willing to die for you."

So, under the witness of Sirius, Jaime Lily and Peter cast a loyalty spell, and from that moment on, no one can find them unless Peter guides them.

As for the temporary replacement of the secret keeper from Sirius to Peter, only the four of them knew about it, not even their best friend Lupine and protector Dumbledore.

Until Harry was born, Voldemort searched all over the world for the prophesied child born at the end of July. He knew that the two children came from the Longbottom and Potter families.

Peter once hid in a tavern and saw with his own eyes the friends of the Longbottoms who refused to tell their whereabouts, were tortured to the point of collapse by Voldemort's men, and then were directly terminated with the Avada Kedavra.

At that time, Peter hid under the bar counter of the pub, covering his mouth and trembling, as if he had seen his own end.

Remembering that he was always in front of James and Sirius' followers, they were the ones who almost got the limelight, and he didn't get any favors, he clenched his fists, and a terrible thought appeared in his mind.