He immediately took a trusting of Sirius, meeting with him on the Hogwarts grounds several times and stealing the passwords to Gryffindor Tower from Neville Longbottom to help him get into the castle. During the scuffle between Harry and Sirius, Crookshanks attempted both to steal Harry's wand and attack Harry, and when both failed, set himself over Sirius' heart.
The hesitation that Harry felt gave enough time for Professor Remus Lupin to arrive, and for the truth about both Sirius and Scabbers to be revealed. Crookshanks led the way back through the tunnels. However, when Lupin transformed into a werewolf , Pettigrew stole Lupin's wand and stunned both Ron and Crookshanks, escaping. After all this, Ron accepted Crookshanks as a remarkable animal companion, asking for his 'judgement' of the small owl that Sirius had offered to him as compensation for the loss of Scabbers to confirm that the owl wasn't another Animagus.
Crookshanks curled up on Hermione's lap in the Gryffindor Common Room. Crookshanks soon became more friendly to others; for example, he once curled up in Harry Potter 's lap when Harry was waiting to hear from Sirius. However, he still remained unusually perceptive and disapproving of bad behaviour, judging by how he stared at Harry and Ron while they made up answers for their Divination homework. He had a fondness of chasing Wizard Chess pieces and had to occasionally be restrained in their presence.
He was wary of fanged frisbees and hissed when one came near him. At a Gryffindor party, he took to following Ginny around, his yellow eyes fixed upon her new Pygmy Puff Arnold.
It is unknown what became of Crookshanks after Hermione was forced to abandon him during the attack at the Burrow in Hermione did not bring him along on the Horcrux Hunt. Most likely, Crookshanks stayed in the Burrow under the Weasleys' care until he could be reunited with Hermione after the war.
Crookshanks was described as very big, bandy-legged, ginger-coloured and with a "squashed head". Now this crushes the theory quite soundly, as Boa Constrictors are not poisonous. So Nagini and the Boa Constrictor are not the same. View On One Page. In the letter, she mentions that they had a cat and that Harry almost ran over it with his toy broomstick. Harry even wonders if it survived the attack by Voldemort and if it was alive.
In Prisoner of Azkaban , the owner at Magical Menagerie from where Hermione buys Crookshanks tell her that she had had Crookshanks for "quite some time" and that nobody ever wanted him. This could correspond to our earlier timeline where the cat disappeared after Voldemort's attack on the Potters' residence.
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European Burmese. Before outing Scabbers as treacherous Death Eater Peter Pettigrew, Crookshanks was able to communicate with Sirius in his dog form, steal the passwords to the Gryffindor common room for him, and create the purr-fect plan for capturing the traitor. Norris might be part Kneazle, a cat-like magical creature with superfeline intelligence, but Rowling has shot it down. Half-Kneazle, he was intelligent, rambunctious, and the perfect companion for a night by the fire in the Gryffindor common room.
Actually, Crookshanks recognized Peter because Crookshanks is part Kneazle, a cat-like magical creature known for recognizing untrustworthy people.
That being said, J. Rowling has neither denied nor confirmed this theory. Soon after Crookshanks is bought by Hermione, he quickly recognises Scabbers and the shaggy dog as Peter and Sirius respectively. Kneazles seem to have a sixth sense about good and evil.
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