The next morning, during breakfast, Dumbledore was angry. Someone had gotten rid of his top spy and released Sirius! Meanwhile, all the kids were reading this article in the Daily Prophet:
Sirius Black Is Innocent!
Sirius Black, mass murderer, is innocent! After questioning under Veritaserum,
it was found out that Peter Pettigrew was the Secret Keeper, and the betrayer to the Potters. When confronted by Black ten years ago, he blasted the street, cut off his finger, turned into his Animagus form, a rat, and jumped down the sewer. He had been living as the Weasley's pet rat. Pettigrew has been brought into custody, so there are no worries about the real mass murderer running around. He will be subjected to the Dementor's Kiss later this afternoon.
Harry had Padfoot lying under his place at Harry's table. The plan was that when everyone started talking about the article, Padfoot would go up to the staff table and start barking. When everyone was looking at him, he would turn into Sirius. The rest would be up to Sirius' own mind.
"Padfoot, it's time," Harry said once everyone was talking. "And here's a piece of bacon." He gave him the bacon, and Padfoot trotted up and began the plan. As soon as everyone was paying attention to the big black dog, he turned into Sirius.
"Hello everyone! As you may know, I'm Sirius Black, and I have been found innocent. I am Harry Potter's godfather, although sometimes, I will be the dogfather instead. I will be living as the dog, named Padfoot, at Hogwarts, until I can get a house of my own. Thanks for listening!" Sirius said his speech, turned back into Padfoot, and went over to Harry, who gave him another piece of bacon.
"That was brilliant!" Harry told him. The dog gave him a look as if to say, what else did you expect?
The rest of the day was uneventful, although the group insisted on Harry telling them exactly what happened. So he did. Harry didn't have a schedule, so he told McGonagall that he would follow the Slytherin's schedule. McGonagall gave Harry a copy of the Slytherin's schedule, and he managed to turn his matchstick into a needle, and brew the potion of the day perfectly. At the end of the day, the group and Padfoot went to the Founder's tower. Harry showed them around. He also took the four rings an put them into the ring morpher, where they became one. Now he only had to wear two rings, the one that showed he was Lord Potter, and the one that showed he was the owner of Hogwarts. That night, Padfoot slept at Harry's feet on the bed, and they both slept soundly.
A/N: Sorry it's short! And I'm no good at writing articles, sorry. I am having writer's block now, which is why it's kind of short. Still, I need reviews people! Come on! Whether you have an account here or not, you can review!
