Chapter 687: Fish's Allies (Edited)

In the Forbidden Forest near Hogsmeade, the Flumes, Aberforth Dumbledore, Madam Rosmerta, and the rest of the village had gathered.

They had all received the news from Professor McGonagall shortly after dinner and immediately dropped what they were doing to rush there.

Upon their arrival, they saw the McGonagalls waiting, with Albus Dumbledore standing beside them.

"Hmph!" Aberforth grumbled at the sight of his brother, turning his head away.

Dumbledore smiled bitterly and didn't make an effort to speak to him.

"Did you call us for something, Minerva?" Mrs. Flume stepped forward, handing a licorice wand to Fish and Hermione before addressing Professor McGonagall.

"It's not that big of a deal, actually," Professor McGonagall said with a smile. "Do you remember what happened to Fish at St. Mungo's before?" She stroked Fish's head and proudly continued, "The boy said a long time ago that he wanted to make it rain for me, and he hasn't forgotten about you all either. So when the opportunity arose today, I thought of bringing you all here."

Professor McGonagall wasn't lying; Fish had thought about it before but hadn't found the right moment. Today, he had to deal with Dumbledore, so he had called the others to accompany him.

The reason they came to the Forbidden Forest instead of the village was that Fish needed to bring his animal friends along.

The group proceeded into the Forbidden Forest, with Fish meowing as they advanced. Soon, they found themselves surrounded by all sorts of magical creatures, and before long, even Hagrid and Grawp were there.

The village had never seen anything like it, and everyone was so shocked they couldn't speak. When Fluffy and Grawp appeared, some even screamed in astonishment.

"Right here." Dumbledore called for Fish.

The place they were at was just within the boundaries of Hogwarts, a tranquility that didn't reach the village of Hogsmeade, where other visitors resided.

It's not that Fish was being selfish with the rain, but Dumbledore didn't want to draw attention from the Ministry.

The Ministry was in chaos, and they didn't necessarily have the energy to worry about him, but it was better to do more than less, and Dumbledore didn't want to spend more energy on unnecessary matters.

"Wait, Fish will first call Uroboros too. He wasn't here the last time it rained, nya... yes, and Fawkes too, nya... Heh heh!"

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Fish cast an ally summoning spell, summoning both the Basilisk and the phoenix that were still in the headmaster's office.

"Fawkes?"

Dumbledore was dumbfounded to see his own phoenix summoned by Fish. While he had seen Fish's ability to summon Fluffy before, he hadn't heard that it worked with Fawkes! Wasn't I the one who made the magical contract with Fawkes?

Dumbledore had been able to do something similar with Fawkes, but it was based on the contract to send a message to Fawkes, who then activated his own powers to teleport here, rather than attracting him as Fish had done.

But there were so many things that didn't make sense with Fish that Dumbledore was a little surprised but not overly concerned.

Rather... he intended to give all his possessions to Fish when he died anyway, so Dumbledore would have liked it if Fawkes had followed Fish...

Although it seemed to move a little faster... he wasn't dead yet.

When Fawkes was summoned, he first grabbed the shrunken Uroboros and flew towards Fish, placing it in Fish's hands before flapping his wings and landing on Dumbledore's shoulders.

Fish grabbed the basilisk and hung it around his neck.

The inhabitants of Hogsmeade did not associate Uroboros with the basilisk that had caused such a commotion, as it was still in its shrunken state.

Fish wanted to summon Kanaloa, but there was no water nearby to accommodate her, except for the Black Lake, so Fish had to sadly give up...

Fish took a deep breath and then raised both fists high.

"Feel~ serenity~ nya~!"

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The moon in the sky instantly shone, and countless points of white light, accompanied by fine raindrops, precipitated from the sky.

Professor McGonagall, Hermione, and the inhabitants of Hogsmeade witnessed Fish's spell [Serenity] for the first time and, amazed, closed their eyes, just as Fish had instructed, and felt the serenity.

Dumbledore, Hagrid, and the magical creatures of the Forbidden Forest, although they had already experienced the spell [Serenity] once, felt once again cleansed of all their negative emotions by this wonderful moonlight rain.

Suddenly, everyone and the animals were in a state of spiritual clarity.

"Hiss~"

Uroboros, hanging from Fish's neck, suddenly raised its head, hissing at the moon.

Immediately after, it slid out of Fish's body, and then undid the animal shrinking spell Fish had placed on it, returning to its original size in an instant.

By the time the others recovered from their state of tranquility, they saw a huge turquoise snake coiling around Fish, with the upper part of its body upright and its equally turquoise eyes looking down at them.

But those who wanted to sit on the ground with weak legs, those who wanted to flee, those who wanted to fight with their wands, and those who just wanted to scream, were somehow unable to move as if under a petrification spell.

"Eh? Uroboros, how did you recover?"

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Startled, Fish shouted, "Look away! You'll petrify everyone!"

"Hiss, hiss." (I've been able to control my abilities.)

The basilisk bowed and hissed at Fish.

The others, who had also regained their mobility, looked incredulously at the basilisk, communicating with Fish, and then at Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall, who were not surprised.

"So... it's the basilisk? Was it raised by Fish?" asked Mrs. Rosmerta, swallowing hard, astonished.

As they calmed down, they remembered what had happened in the Shrieking Shack.

Dumbledore shrugged and explained, "To be precise, it was raised by Salazar Slytherin in the Chamber of Secrets at Hogwarts and then adopted by Fish in his second year."

The crowd opened their mouths, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Meanwhile, Fish had already shrunk Uroboros again and hung it around his neck.

"Fish didn't want to hide this from you, Albus didn't want Fish to say anything!"

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Fish decided to blame Dumbledore. "Albus told Fish that if others knew about Uroboros, there would be big trouble! So keep it a secret because of Fish!"

Dumbledore: "..."