A week later, John returned to school.
Walking through the courtyard, he heard people talking about the three youngsters.
Even though the trio had been keeping a low profile, some of what they had done had still come to light.
When the students heard that their points had been deducted because of those three, their first reaction was not anger, but greater curiosity about what they had done to lose so many points.
Getting caught wandering at night would only cost ten or twenty points, even if Snape was the one who caught you.
The moment the subject came up, Lewis, the notorious blabbermouth, grew animated.
He vividly described an adventure through Hogwarts with himself as the leader, dragging along two deadweights.
At first, people thought calling it an adventure was an exaggeration, but then they heard how the trio had escaped right under Filch's nose several times.
And their encounters with the Three Great Legends immediately caught the students' attention.
Perhaps Lewis had laid it on a little too thick, because the trio ended up claiming the title of Adventurers.
John was speechless. Did this fellow only remember the good times and forget the consequences?
The three little brats had gone running around asking for trouble. Not only had they entered the Stars Society and released John's guard dog, Fluffy, they had also ventured into the Forbidden Forest and nearly been turned into a portal by the elves.
He pictured Hagrid excitedly stroking Fluffy's heads when he saw him, praising the adorable "little fellow."
Fluffy was the three-headed dog Hagrid had raised during John's first year. Unfortunately, once he had finished guarding the Philosopher's Stone, he had no further purpose, and Hagrid could only send him elsewhere to roam free.
When John graduated, he had found a guard dog