Okay, no, I'm not bashing Dumbledore. But there will be Sirius bashing, and Dumbledore kind of looks mean, apparently. :)
XOXO,
Silence Whispering
Silence Shouting
Silence Eternal
Chapter 2
Hermione opened her copy of the Daily Prophet, then shrieked as she showed Harry and Ron the caption.
Mass Breakout in Azkaban
Earlier this morning, in the wizarding prison we know as Azkaban, several Death Eaters, including Bellatrix Lestrange and Yaxley, escaped. They are believed to have had the help of Sirius Black, the first Death Eater to ever have escaped from Azkaban.
Hermione slammed the newspaper down furiously. "How DARE they accuse Sirius of helping them!" Ron and Harry stared at her. "Hang on… Bellatrix Lestrange… I've heard of her." Harry said, staring at the picture and snapping his fingers together, trying to remember. "In Professor Dumbledore's Pensieve! I saw her being sent into Azkaban. She was... begging to see me." Ron and Hermione stared at him.
"Harry, are you ok?" Hermione asked softly. "Yeah! I—I'm fine!"
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Well, she was calling out for you. Don't you even wonder why?" Hermione asked, perplexed by Harry's oddly calm posture.
"No, Dumbledore said it was because she wanted to kill me. Apparently she admitted that later. She's crazy, or so he said."
"Great. Then perhaps you can go and figure out the clue in that egg." Hermione demanded suddenly.
Harry sighed, saying, "I've almost got it, Hermione."
"Good, because the next competition will be here before you know it, and if you don't know what to do, you're going to be in a huge mess." When Harry ignored her, Hermione sighed, and said, "I'm just trying to help, you know."