Just like before, the Screaming Shack was still in a mess. The wallpaper had fallen off the walls, the floor was stained everywhere, the furniture was broken, and the windows were nailed shut with wooden boards.
Except for last year, when Sirius stayed here for a short while, no one had entered this house for more than 30 years.
The Screaming Shack was also called the Haunted House by the residents of Hogsmeade, and very few people would go near it. However, the screams and howls that the villagers often heard were actually Lupin's werewolf form. When he was studying at Hogwarts, this was the place he had to come to every full moon night.
Sirius was very familiar with this place. During the break, he told Elwyn, Harry, and Hermione about his past at school.
Harry listened very carefully. He wanted to know more about his father.
At noon, the four of them had lunch at the Three Broomsticks Pub.
Many students had gone back to school early. It was January now, and the temperature outside was too cold. There was nothing fun to do.
They did not see Corin, Ginny, and Gabry, nor did they see Ron. They did not know where he and Lavender had gone.
During the afternoon practice, Elwyn would Phantom Appear with Hermione. This was the first time he had brought someone else.
Elwyn was ready to do a real long-distance teleportation. Perhaps it was because he was a little sad after listening to Sirius reminiscing about the past, he Phantom Appeared with Hermione in front of the shop in Diagon Alley and appeared in front of Lupin.
As expected, Lupin looked in shock at the two people who had suddenly appeared!
"Good afternoon, Lupin!" Elwyn said with a smile.
"Hello, Professor!" Hermione looked around and was happy for Elwyn's success.
In the blink of an eye, the two of them arrived at Diagon Alley from Hogsmeade.
"Elwyn, Hermione, how did you …" Lupin said in disbelief, pushing the thick stack of documents in front of him aside.
"It's a phantom manifestation. We just wanted to come and see you!" Elwyn explained. "We'll go back immediately!"
"I heard Sirius mention this before. I didn't expect you to learn it so quickly!" Lupin paused for a moment. "But I think that what the two of you are doing is really too risky. This is very irrational behavior. How could Sirius help you cheat in the Ministry of Magic? Apparition is a very dangerous spell. Every year, many sorcerers … "
Before he could finish his words, the office door was suddenly pushed open.
"Remus, who are you talking to?!"
It was a very young witch. She was dressed fashionably and looked very beautiful!
She had a heart-shaped face, very white skin, and a pair of shiny black eyes that were particularly eye-catching.
Like Lupin, she looked at Elwyn and Hermione in surprise. "Hey, who are these two children?"
"Elwyn Mason and Hermione Granger. I told you about them before!" Lupin said gently and introduced them to each other. "This is Nymphadora …"
"Remus, don't call me Nymphadora." The young witch shivered. "It's Tonks!"
"Nymphadora Tonks. She prefers people to call her by her last name," Lupin finished.
"If your idiot mother called you Nymphadora, you would do the same," Tonks muttered. She looked at Elwyn and Hermione carefully. "So you're that Elwyn Mason?!"
"That's me!" Elwyn nodded and looked at the witch in front of him. So it was this person.
According to seniority, she should be Sirius's niece.
Her mother, Andromeda, was a member of the Blake family and Sirius's cousin. However, like Sirius, she was seen as a disgrace and a traitor because she was born in the ancient and noble Blake family, but married a Muggle wizard, Ted Tonks.
If Elwyn remembered correctly, Tonks should have just become an Auror and was a colleague of Sirius.
It could be seen that Lupin also had the same question as to why she was here.
"Tonks, why are you here?" The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, seemingly a little helpless.
"It's the weekend and I'm off. I have nothing to do, so I thought I'd come and see you!"
Lupin's smile grew even more helpless. There was nothing he could do about Tonks.
The two seemed to be very familiar with each other. Elwyn's sharp senses told him that something was wrong. Tonks seemed to be secretly in love with Lupin!
It was obvious that Lupin had a good impression of her, or he would not have such an expression.
With Lupin's strict personality, he would not have allowed an unrelated person to enter his office.
"I heard from Sirius that the department has been very busy recently, and all the Auror have been sent out …"
"Don't mention it. Up until now, that old man Scrimgeour would only assign insignificant tasks like smuggling crucibles to me. It's so boring!" Tonks said nonchalantly, sizing up Elwyn and Hermione with great interest. "Right, you two should be in school. Why are you here?"
"That's because …"
"I know, it's Phantom Manifestation!" Tonks did not seem to mind. "Sirius told me about this before. He wanted me to cooperate with him on the Phantom Manifestation test list and add your name. I was wondering what he wanted to do at the time. That means you've already started learning Phantom Manifestation?! "
Elwyn nodded again, hoping that Sirius could do it more discreetly.
It was best not to let anyone else know that he could Phantom Manifestation.
Lupin also had a helpless expression, as if he had already known that she and Sirius were working together to do this.
"Amazing, no wonder everyone says you're very talented!" Tonks said cheerfully. "When I was your age, I didn't even know many real spells, much less Phantom Manifestation. My teacher always said …"
"Alright, Tonks, they're going back soon. Sit with Hermione for a while, I have something to say to Elwyn," Lupin said.
"Alright!" Tonks led Hermione to the round table by the fireplace, conjuring a pot of tea and cake.
The two of them chatted about something, and in the next second, Tonks' hair turned from violet blue to a bubble-gum pink.
"How did you do it?" Hermione asked, looking at her in shock.
"I'm a Magus in Disguise!" She explained, looking at herself in a small mirror, turning her head to look at her hair from different angles. "In other words, I can change my appearance at will."
"I know this spell. It can help the user change their appearance. It's a very, very rare spell."
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