"I know you want to catch Peter and bring him to me, but that's almost a waste of effort. Peter is very cautious and smarter than you. You can't catch him. If there is a chance, find a way to help me get the password to the Gryffindor common room, and I will go into the school and kill him myself."
In the dark tunnel, Sirius Black gently stroked Crookshanks' head with his rough hands, telling him what he needed and what he wanted to do. He knew that the cat was very smart, but it was almost impossible to rely on it to catch Peter, the mouse. Moreover, Sirius Black hoped to kill Peter himself and avenge James.
"Meow!"
Crookshanks called out softly, as if to indicate that he would keep an eye out for Black.
"Oh, there's one more thing I hope you can help me with."
Black fished out a slightly wrinkled piece of parchment from his pocket and handed it to Crookshanks. "Harry's broom is broken, and I plan to give him a new broom for Christmas, but I can't walk into the Quidditch boutique to buy a broom. I need you to give this letter to the person at the Hogsmeade Post Office and order an owl in Harry's name. As for the Galleons, I will have him go to No. 711 Gringotts, my vault, to get the money, or I will give him the money later."
In fact, Blake didn't know whether this would work, but there seemed to be no better choice. If he turned himself into a dog and entered the post office with papers in his mouth, it would be very suspicious no matter how you looked at it. If he was suspected by the post office, he would probably be in big trouble.
The clever Crookshanks was obviously more suitable for the job than him.
Crookshanks nodded and agreed to help Black make the trip.
The man and the cat followed the tunnel to the Shrieking Shack. Sirius Black asked Crookshanks to hold the note in his mouth and crawl out of the gap in the Shrieking Shack.
So, a cat named Crookshanks came to Hogsmeade village. Although it had never been to Hogsmeade, it did not prevent Crookshanks from finding the post office in Hogsmeade.
Behind the post office counter, a middle-aged wizard who was reading the Daily Prophet put down the newspaper when he heard the noise. He was somewhat surprised why a cat would run to the counter with a piece of paper in its mouth.
"A cat that comes to the post office to mail a letter?"
The middle-aged wizard saw the cat put the note on the counter, looked at the cat in front of him curiously, and reached out to touch Crookshanks' head. He felt very curious about this matter. He pointed to the note on the counter and asked tentatively: Are you going to mail this thing
The cat shook his head.
"Is this for me?" the man asked again.
This time Crookshanks nodded.
"Is it really for me?"
The middle-aged wizard took the note, opened it and found that it was really for him.
Moreover, the sender of the letter was actually the famous savior Harry Potter, which is amazing to think about.
The letter was very concise. It basically said that Harry Potter was planning to buy an owl, but for some reason, he couldn't find a suitable owl to help deliver the letter, so he could only ask a cat to help deliver the note. As for the Galleons for purchasing the owl, he could go to Gringotts to get them himself, or pay the extra money after receiving the owl. He just had to tell the cat the price of the owl.
"What a clever little fellow, he actually helps his master buy things." The wizard scratched the cat's chin and murmured, "But, he actually came to the post office to buy an owl, it's really..."
The middle-aged wizard finally did not refuse the business. Although this thing did look magical, he didn't think that anyone would be bored enough to send a smart cat to play tricks on him.
The distance from Hogwarts School to Hogsmeade is not short, at least it takes some time to walk there.
What's more, he has evidence.
"Smart little guy, where do you think the owl is?" The middle-aged wizard put the note in his pocket, picked up Crookshanks, and walked towards the owls resting in the store.
Crookshanks walked around inside and finally picked out a little owl from the store. It was the smallest owl in the post office.
Looking at the backs of the cat and the owl as they left, the middle-aged wizard murmured, "That cat must have Kneazle blood. Never mind. It's not bad for that noisy little creature to have a master."
He was not afraid at all that the other party would default on the debt. Before the other party paid back the Galleons, the ownership of the owl would still belong to him.
If the other party didn't pay, it could fly back by itself at any time. He didn't think Harry Potter would joke about his reputation, and there was no need to do so. After all, that was Harry Potter.
Crookshanks brought the little owl back to the Screaming Shack, and when it crawled in through the gap, the owl was still watching outside. Finally, at Crookshanks' urging, it also crawled through the gap and entered the house.
Hearing the noise, the black dog lying in the shadows stood up, walked slowly to Crookshanks, looked at the little owl, and regained its human form.
"You did it, thank you, Crookshanks." Sirius Black picked up Crookshanks, smoothed its fur, then took out a note and handed it to the owl.
In fact, Black did not send a letter to the Quidditch boutique to buy the Firebolt, but sent a letter to Kreacher, the house-elf in his hometown.
Even though Black didn't like that guy very much, he had to admit that house-elves would not betray their masters and would unconditionally execute their masters' orders. Sirius Black, as the last member of the Black family, naturally became Kreacher's master.
Sirius Black's brother disappeared when he was imprisoned, and his father Orion died of illness that year.
At that time, Blake did not go back to attend the funeral.
Later, while he was in prison, Narcissa Black, oh, should I say Narcissa Malfoy, informed him of the death of his mother Walburga.
He, Sirius Black, who was expelled from the Black family, ended up inheriting the Black family's wealth. It was a great irony to think about it.
Blake could even guess what expression Kreacher would have when he received the note.
In fact, Black was right. Kreacher's expression was indeed very interesting after receiving the letter, as if a piece of shit was stuffed in his mouth, but he had no choice, because Sirius was the last heir of the Black family, and Kreacher had no choice.
It is impossible for anyone except the actual owner of the Gringotts vault to take the Black family's gold coins away from the vault.
However, the house-elf's loyalty to his master was unquestionable, and Kreacher also brought Black's signature and message, which led the goblins of Gringotts to open the Black family vault for it and take away enough gold coins to pay for the Firebolt.
Well, and the gold coins to pay back the owl.
As for the Ministry of Magic's wanted warrant for Black, the goblins didn't care at all. Besides, they couldn't let the house-elf betray his master.
So, a house-elf came to the Quidditch boutique, and soon they received a confidential order. They needed to send a Christmas present to the famous Harry Potter on Christmas Eve. However, no one knew who specially ordered this gift for Harry.
No one would have thought that the infamous Sirius Black would give Harry Potter such an expensive Christmas gift.