Chapter 1: Jojo
Jojo sighed unhappily. Being a
princess wasn't easy. Nor was it easy having two names-her old one,
and her new one. Jordan Alexandria Lundrigan was her name before she
found out she was a princess. Jaqueline Marie Savard was her new
name-her real name. Of course, she still preferred to go as "Jojo"
rather the other two names.
'Miss, the Daily Prophet is here,'
squeaked Jojo's personal house elf, KwiKwi.
'Thank you.'
Jojo took the Daily Prophet and looked at the front cover and gasped. Her head was spinning, and everything was just a jumbled bunch of colours. Finally she regained her sanity, enough to actually read the news article.
SIRIUS BLACK DEAD-NOT GUILTY!
Sirius Black, as many of
you knew him, was supposedly a guilty man, sentenced to life in
Azkaban for the murder of Lily and James Potter, and his infamous
murder of 13 people with a single curse. He is also known for his
infamous escape from Azkaban Wizard prison two years ago. Sirius
Black is now dead. That's right-dead. Most of the wizarding
population is aware of the battle that took place just three weeks
ago at the Ministry of Magic, where Voldemort was spotted in a duel
with Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter. Well the Ministry didn't
release until just this morning that Sirius Black was present. From
testimony of several people who witnessed the battle, Sirius Black
was murdered by his cousin Bellatrix Black, also accused of the
torture of Frank and Alice Longbottom. (The Longbottom's son
Neville was also present). After a long, tedious trial
yesterday, Sirius Black was found not guilty. The wizard he
supposedly blew up, Peter Pettigrew, was actually the man to blame.
Apparently, James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew were
animagi. They learned how to transform in their fifth year, something
most people cannot accomplish. It was like this that Sirius Black
escaped from Azkaban, in his dog form. It was like this Peter
Pettigrew escaped the crime scene in the muggle world 15 years
ago. Peter Pettigrew had screamed false accusations about
Sirius Black murdering Lily and James Potter, and then blew up half
the street. He then cut off his own finger and transformed into a
rat. Peter Pettigrew had posed as 'Scabbers,' pet rat to Harry
Potter's best friend, Ronald Weasely. Peter Pettigrew is now at
large. From Harry Potter's testimony, it was he who brought
you-know-who back to life. Anybody who sees Pettigrew is
warned to keep well away, leaving the task of capturing him to the
Ministry. Can we still trust the Ministry? You decide. Do the smart
thing. Sirius Black's funeral is to be held this Sunday at
11:00 at Grizmal's wizarding cemetery and crematorium.
Jojo
started breathing hard. So Sirius was innocent. She had known this,
hadn't she? Deep down inside... The tears came fast, and suddenly.
Jojo heard the door creak open. Her mother came in.
'Oh, ma chérie-qu'est qui se passé? Pourquoi est-ce que tu pleure?'
(Oh, my sweet-what's happening? Why are you crying?)
Jojo thrust the newspaper into her mother's arms where she gasped.
'What am I supposed to do?' she choked. 'I can't tell her! She'll be devastated! It's bad enough she's his daughter, but how is she going to take it? She doesn't even know who she is! She doesn't know anything! Not even me!'
'There's only one thing to do-we're going to go fetch your daughter.'
'But she doesn't even know I exist-and when she finds out who her father is, she'll die! You remember I nearly killed myself just because of who I am!' Jojo cried. Her mother embraced her.
'Don't you worry, ma chérie, she'll pull through.'
"And what about Harry?" she continued. 'He doesn't even know about me! I failed Lily and James-I failed Madison and Harry. I failed Sirius, I failed everybody, maman!'
