Chapter 556: Harry: I am no longer a man! (Edited)

"Severus isn't here to eat nya?"

Fish, sitting at the table, sobbed and asked, "He was just here, wasn't he?"

Lupin nodded, smiling, "There's no way he's staying for dinner with me and Sirius here, not to mention that even Harry is here today."

"That's right," Fish nodded, and said, "Why were you always bullying him before?"

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Sirius grimaced, but didn't refute Fish's words.

Lupin, for his part, shook his head and laughed, the feud between them and Snape was more than just a student conflict, but they were still wrong, and it was hard to explain the situation to Fish.

As for Harry... although he knew Snape was hostile to him because his own father had screwed him over, as a victim of retaliation, he wasn't likely to feel any better about Snape either.

"All right, behave yourself and eat."

Professor McGonagall snapped her fingers twice on the table to silence Fish.

After a reasonably pleasant dinner, Mrs. Weasley yawned and said to Harry and the others, "I think it's almost time for bed."

But Sirius had a different opinion, he thought Harry had a right to know what was going on and wanted to tell Harry what they were planning.

Then Mrs. Weasley argued with him.

"Minerva," Fish tugged on Professor McGonagall's sleeve, "Fish wants to hear a story nya."

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He had no interest in what Sirius and Mrs. Weasley were discussing, there was no fight to be had anyway, and if there was going to be a fight with Voldemort, he was sure to be part of it, so it didn't matter if Fish knew the Order's plans or not.

Professor McGonagall looked at Mrs. Weasley and Sirius, who were still arguing, and after a moment of silence, said, "Molly, Harry is not too young that he can't make his own decisions, and Dumbledore thinks we can, to some extent, give Harry the latest news."

As dean of Gryffindor, she was well aware of the nature of the students in her house, and keeping Harry in the dark would lead her to run the risk of pursuing the matter herself, and Dumbledore had probably taken that into account before allowing them to reveal some of the information to Harry on a limited basis.

Seeing what Professor McGonagall had said, Mrs. Weasley had finally stopped, but she was still in a bad mood,

She was still in a bad mood, because Sirius seemed to want to suck Harry straight into the Order of the Phoenix.

"Hermione, are you coming with us or staying here?".

After resolving the conflict between Mrs. Weasley and Sirius, Professor McGonagall set about taking Fish away, she didn't have much time to waste before she had to rush back to Hogwarts to hand over the school things to Professor Sprout after reading a story to Fish.

Hermione hesitated, but got up and followed Fish out of the dining hall.

She could ask Harry and Ron later, but it was more important to spend time with Fish.

...

Over the next few days, Mrs. Weasley, apparently to spite them, ordered Harry and Sirius to clean the entire house, exhausting the group.

Of course, Fish, Hermione and Ginny, the three young wizards who had not been staying at the time, were spared, but volunteered to help with the cleanup.

Thanks to the efforts of the young wizards, the cleaning of Black House went smoothly. Fish, in particular, would have been in the way if he hadn't been there, but he also volunteered to help put many things away for Kreacher.

"You guys...you've been a great help...," Ron said as he dragged a large garbage bag into a corner and put it away, breathlessly, he said, "When Mom was at the Burrow...we never cleaned up...so serious."

The twins nodded at Ron's words as they stuffed several fainting thimbles into their pockets; they explained that they were collecting raw materials to make their products.

"Ah!"

Harry suddenly exclaimed as he sat leaning against the side.

"What is it?" The group looked at him curiously.

"So much has happened in the last two days, it slipped my mind," Harry said with a grimace on his face. "I wanted to learn about the Animagus Charm, and...".

His eyes swept over everyone's faces.

Fish was completely beside himself... Hermione... George... Fred...

Er... there seemed to be too many Animagus in the small company ...

Finally, Harry rested his eyes on Ron and Ginny. "You'd better learn the Animagus Charm with me," he suggested very seriously. "This Dementor attack has made me realize that the Animagus is the most effective way to deal with Dementors."

He explained the situation in detail to the crowd.

"Although the Patronus Charm can repel Dementors, it is too unstable to be successfully invoked all the time, unlike the Animagus Charm, which at least allows us to deal with the Dementors without being affected too much.... What's that look on their faces? I'm not kidding!"

Harry said, suddenly realizing that everyone looked a little weird.

"Of course we know you're not kidding, mate."

Ron reached up and then opened his mouth wide, showing Harry the green leaf in his mouth, and Ginny, next to him, did the same.

Harry: "...Huh?!"

"That's it," Ron said, holding out his hands again, "We've actually started practicing the Animagus Charm.... Although we've only been at it for a few days..."

"And Fish! Fish has a leaf in his mouth too!". Fish also opened his mouth, smiling, "But in a few days, Fish will be able to leave the blade nya!"

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Fish wasn't trying to hide anything about himself, as long as Professor McGonagall and Hermione didn't mind.

Neither the Weasleys nor the Order of the Phoenix cared much about the fact that Fish wasn't human.

Even Kreacher and the Black family portraits had shown no dislike of Fish, as the use of magical creatures to optimize family lineage had long been popular.

And since Ron and the others had thought Fish was a Veela long ago, and then there were the examples of Fleur and Hagrid, they were surprised to learn that Fish could be some kind of magical creature, and then paid no attention to him.

Instead, upon learning that Fish practiced Animagus, Ron, who had only been talking about it, joined in, and so did Ginny.

"I can't believe you didn't tell me!".

Harry rolled his eyes, then growled at Ron.

Ron scratched his head and smiled, using Harry's earlier excuse, "So much has happened in the last two days, I forgot."

Harry rolled his eyes again and promptly asked Fish for a mandrake leaf and popped it in his mouth.

He was already a few days behind Ron and the others, so he didn't want to fall any further behind.

So...

I don't want to be a man!