Black's Frustration

Peter felt like he was about to be driven mad by a cat. It had been a long time since he had exercised as intensely as this.

A rat's explosive strength was limited. Even if that rat had once been a wizard, while transformed into a rat, his stamina and physical constitution were nearly no different from an ordinary rat's.

Peter knew he had to shake off the mad cat relentlessly chasing him, shake off Ron following behind, and, more importantly, shake off Black, who could appear at any moment. He needed to escape Hogwarts School's grounds and find somewhere to Apparate away.

However, before Peter could think of a solution, he spotted a large black dog blocking his path ahead.

The appearance of Sirius Black filled Peter with despair.

A dog in front, a cat behind. Life was hard for a rat.

Just as Peter was nearly desperate, Ron's shout came from nearby. "Scabbers, don't run around! Come here..."

His little master Ron had appeared. With no better option, Peter abruptly stopped, turned, and ran toward Ron, hoping for his little master's protection.

Crookshanks, who had been relentlessly pursuing him, did not brake as sharply as Scabbers had. It ran quite a long way forward before turning back to resume the chase.

But it was already too late.

Scabbers had been scooped into Ron's hands. The cat that tried to pounce was nearly kicked by Ron. Crookshanks warily stared at Peter, who had returned to Ron's pocket and was trembling all over.

"Get lost!"

Ron roughly waved Crookshanks away, but his attention was soon drawn to the big black dog ahead. His hand instinctively reached for the wand in his pocket, intending to use magic to drive away the dangerous-looking dog.

However, Black the dog reacted far faster than