Peter Pettigrew, Who Can Turn Into Three Animals!

Under normal circumstances.

A cat and mouse chase is nothing unusual.

However, the cat and mouse chase that occurred tonight at Hogwarts was far rarer than Aurors from the Ministry of Magic capturing Dark Wizards...

To be perfectly honest.

Many Wizards might not even witness it once in their lifetime.

This was a duel between two Animagus transformation masters. In the nearly century-long span of the 20th century, there were only seven newly registered Animagi in the world!

A brown rat scurried along the floor near the corner of the corridor, looking no different from an ordinary rat foraging in an ancient castle.

Until a tabby cat suddenly appeared and swiftly gave chase. The rat's speed suddenly increased as it hurried towards the stairs!

The cat and mouse charged up the stairs at the same time!

Relying on its small size, the rat darted nimbly through the gaps in the banister, terrified of being caught by the tabby cat!

The tabby cat indeed could not pass through the gaps.

The next moment!

The tabby cat's body suddenly reverted to human form!

"Stupefy!"

Professor McGonagall searched for the rat, quickly raising her wand and casting a spell!

As long as a clear space was created...

A rat would have no way to escape a cat's pursuit.

The rat's body transformed into Peter Pettigrew's almost simultaneously with the spell's appearance. His hands gripped the banister, and he flipped himself up. His short, stout body was extraordinarily agile, jumping directly to another staircase.

"Petrificus Totalus!"

Professor McGonagall stared intently at Peter Pettigrew, who was rapidly changing positions between the stairs, continuously casting her spells!

"Diffindo!"

"Petrificus Totalus!"

"Petrificus Totalus!"

Spell after spell flew out!

However, these were completely unable to stop Peter Pettigrew!

Every time these spells were about to land on Peter Pettigrew, his body would swiftly transform into its rat form, dodging Professor McGonagall's spells!

This guy is really quick-witted!

Seeing that the rat was about to escape, Professor McGonagall grabbed the banister with both hands, and her body suddenly transformed back into her Animagus tabby cat form!

The tabby cat's hind legs pushed off the banister, leaping for leverage. Its agile form swept across the stairs, and the two resumed a new round of pursuit!

A chase between Animagi...

Was far more exciting than any chase between Wizards!

When Peter Pettigrew realized he couldn't shake off the tabby cat, he would transform back from human to rat form and hide in various storage rooms of Hogwarts!

However, this ultimately couldn't escape Professor McGonagall's pursuit!

Seeing Peter Pettigrew about to disappear into a storage room, Professor McGonagall quickly reverted from her cat form to human form, waving her wand and directly destroying the room piled with storage items!

For the two of them, changing between Animagus and human forms could be done almost seamlessly. This was practically the highest skill in Transfiguration!

Within a few minutes.

Peter Pettigrew and Professor McGonagall couldn't count how many transformations they had undergone. The two had already chased from the second floor to the seventh floor!

Along the way, they passed through the library, the corridor of armor, the Restricted Section, and various classrooms!

Even for any other Animagus, these complex environments would have provided an opportunity to escape. However, Peter Pettigrew couldn't get away at all!

Peter Pettigrew was being relentlessly pursued by Professor McGonagall!

But...

Perhaps not next time!

They were currently on the seventh floor. Once they reached the eighth-floor tower of Hogwarts Castle, with its complex environment, it would be even harder to find Peter Pettigrew if he turned into a rat!

The eighth floor was also the area Peter Pettigrew was most familiar with. It was the floor with the most rooms used in Hogwarts, and also the most dangerous and safest floor!

The next floor...

The eighth-floor tower...

Happened to be Gryffindor's dormitory.

It was almost impossible to catch an Animagus who had infiltrated a dormitory because an Animagus's aura and heartbeat were exactly the same as an animal's.

"Impedimenta!"

Professor McGonagall, seeing the little rat about to go upstairs again, quickly reverted to human form, waving her wand!

A spell shot out from the wand rapidly!

A section of stairs seemed to appear out of nowhere, blocking passage with a heavy pressure!

Peter Pettigrew's transformed rat, helpless, could only retreat from the stairs back into the seventh-floor corridor, continuing to search for a hiding place.

"Now, you can't escape."

Professor Minerva McGonagall's body twisted and shrunk instantly, transforming back into a tabby cat. She leaped directly onto the railing, using it for leverage, and pounced towards the rat!

This time...

He absolutely cannot escape!

Just as the tabby cat leaped into the air and suddenly pinned the rat, believing she had finally won this battle of Animagi...

A change that stunned the tabby cat suddenly occurred!

The tabby cat watched in utter disbelief as the rat she had grabbed suddenly grew to over a hundred times its size...

No!

This wasn't a change in size!

The rat had transformed into another animal!

This wasn't a rat!

It was a Mighty Lion, powerfully built!

A lion just like the Gryffindor crest!

"..."

The tabby cat seemed terrified.

Because she had never seen anyone transform into a large animal like a lion, let alone someone who possessed two Animagus forms!

Yes!

It had never happened before!

This intruder, suspected to be Peter Pettigrew, actually had both rat and Mighty Lion Animagus forms simultaneously, completely overturning the understanding of the Wizarding World!

Any Wizard would surely find it hard to imagine, right?

That someone in this world could transform into two different animals!

The majestic, tall Mighty Lion shook its head, seemingly still unaccustomed to this form. A stunned tabby cat was still clinging to its back...

The Mighty Lion froze for a few seconds before quickly reacting. It vigorously shook its body, directly throwing off the tabby cat!

They were both felines...

Yet the difference in their size was stark. In terms of both intimidation and lethality, there was an almost insurmountable gap between a lion and a cat!

The lion's temperament was even more ferocious!

Sensing the cat's presence, the Mighty Lion suddenly whipped its head around and extended a massive paw, pinning the little cat to the ground!

"Roar!"

A gaping maw lunged towards the little cat's head!

With just one bite, it could kill and devour the little cat!

The little cat seemed petrified, staring blankly as the Mighty Lion opened its mouth to bite its head!

"..."

However...

A bloody tragedy did not occur.

This seemed to be merely a scare tactic by the Mighty Lion.

Or perhaps Peter Pettigrew was unwilling to truly harm his respected Head of House.

Seeing that the tabby cat pinned to the ground showed no reaction, the Mighty Lion shook its head to itself. Its tail swished gently, and it slowly turned towards the corridor window.

Under the gaze of Professor Minerva McGonagall's transformed tabby cat...

The Mighty Lion's body rapidly shrank, transforming in the blink of an eye into a small sparrow. It flapped its wings and flew out of the castle.

Not two.

Peter Pettigrew could transform into three animals.

This must be the most powerful Animagus in history.

As a Dark Lord, Mr. Pettigrew couldn't possibly only be able to turn into a rat!