Azkaban's Big Mistake
Chapter 1
Harry Potter and Ron Weasley were having a snowball fight on Christmas Eve at Hogwarts. Nearby, Hermione Granger was watching disapprovingly.
Fred Weasley was chasing George Weasley around, and then almost crashed into something black and clothy and extremely thin. He looked at the thing, and let out a high-pitched girl's scream.
"Argh!" he cried. "A dementor!"
Harry whirled around and whipped out his wand.
"Expecto Patronum!" he shouted. A tiny silver wisp came out of his wand, making a sound that was like "Piuuuuuu!"
"Oh shoot...." Harry muttered. He had forgotten to find the happy place in his mind.
The dementor was drawing closer...
Hermione drew out her wand and cried, "Expecto Patronum!" , imagining that she would become Head Girl. Her Patronus, an otter, flew out her wand and chased the dementor away.
"Harry! Why were there dementors here?" Ron said, looking as green as spinach.
Harry bit into the Chocolate Frog Hermione had offered him. "Don't know," he said. He wasn't really prepared to find out.
Just then, Seamus Finnigan came out onto the castle grounds, waving the Daily Prophet around.
"Did you hear? Did you hear?" he shouted.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione shook their heads.
Seamus smoothed out the Daily Prophet and read, "Another breakout from Azkaban! 3 people escaped! Antonin Dolohov, Bellatrix Lestrange, and-get this-LUCIUS MALFOY! Slytherin's really pleased. They act like it anyways."
Harry grimaced. "The dementors think that the escapees are at Hogwarts?" Seamus nodded. "Rubbish." Hermione said, tossing her hair. "They wouldn't hide out under Dumbledore."
Seamus added, "Don't forget, the dementors don't guard Azkaban anymore. But still, why didn't any other Death Eaters escape?"
"Voldemort-oh stop it Ron- probably gave instructions to the rest, telling them to stay put for now," Hermione said.
Ron looked around him, as though he thought a Death Eater would jump out of a shrub and attack him.
"Stop it, Ron. Harry, aren't you glad you had the wit to start the D.A. last year to protect us from You-Know-Who?" Seamus asked eagerly.
"That was Hermione's idea." Harry said quickly, blushing. Hermione blushed too.
Ron said hurriedly, "Shouldn't we, er, go in now? To discuss it in a warm area?" Seamus, Harry, and Hermione nodded, and the four of them set off to the castle.
Chapter 1
Harry Potter and Ron Weasley were having a snowball fight on Christmas Eve at Hogwarts. Nearby, Hermione Granger was watching disapprovingly.
Fred Weasley was chasing George Weasley around, and then almost crashed into something black and clothy and extremely thin. He looked at the thing, and let out a high-pitched girl's scream.
"Argh!" he cried. "A dementor!"
Harry whirled around and whipped out his wand.
"Expecto Patronum!" he shouted. A tiny silver wisp came out of his wand, making a sound that was like "Piuuuuuu!"
"Oh shoot...." Harry muttered. He had forgotten to find the happy place in his mind.
The dementor was drawing closer...
Hermione drew out her wand and cried, "Expecto Patronum!" , imagining that she would become Head Girl. Her Patronus, an otter, flew out her wand and chased the dementor away.
"Harry! Why were there dementors here?" Ron said, looking as green as spinach.
Harry bit into the Chocolate Frog Hermione had offered him. "Don't know," he said. He wasn't really prepared to find out.
Just then, Seamus Finnigan came out onto the castle grounds, waving the Daily Prophet around.
"Did you hear? Did you hear?" he shouted.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione shook their heads.
Seamus smoothed out the Daily Prophet and read, "Another breakout from Azkaban! 3 people escaped! Antonin Dolohov, Bellatrix Lestrange, and-get this-LUCIUS MALFOY! Slytherin's really pleased. They act like it anyways."
Harry grimaced. "The dementors think that the escapees are at Hogwarts?" Seamus nodded. "Rubbish." Hermione said, tossing her hair. "They wouldn't hide out under Dumbledore."
Seamus added, "Don't forget, the dementors don't guard Azkaban anymore. But still, why didn't any other Death Eaters escape?"
"Voldemort-oh stop it Ron- probably gave instructions to the rest, telling them to stay put for now," Hermione said.
Ron looked around him, as though he thought a Death Eater would jump out of a shrub and attack him.
"Stop it, Ron. Harry, aren't you glad you had the wit to start the D.A. last year to protect us from You-Know-Who?" Seamus asked eagerly.
"That was Hermione's idea." Harry said quickly, blushing. Hermione blushed too.
Ron said hurriedly, "Shouldn't we, er, go in now? To discuss it in a warm area?" Seamus, Harry, and Hermione nodded, and the four of them set off to the castle.