Harry Potter is owned by JK Rowling so no money was made when I wrote this story.
The next couple of weeks were rather uneventful. As usual I spent most of my time in my Azkaban cell, as most of the prisoners do. When we got to go out of our cells for the social parts of the day, I decided to hang out with Cho and Fleur while also trying to ignore Neville who was mostly hanging out with Xenophilius. Plus, during that time, despite wanting one, I was not able to have another sexual experience like Cho suggested.
After one long night alone in my cold and dark cell a guard woke me up and told me that I have a visitor.
As I followed her to the visitors' room my mind started to wonder. Who would want to visit me? Ron, my ex, certainly wouldn't. Plus, who would visit me at this early hour? Nothing eventful had really happened here for the media to want to see me.
Once we entered the visiting room I saw a long bearded brunette haired man sitting down and waiting for me. He handed the guard a sac of galleons and asked for us to be left alone.
When I sat down across from the mysterious man when the guard left the room. The strange man pulled out his wand and waved it to reveal that he was no other than Harry Potter.
"Sorry about coming in disguised as my neighbour" said Harry "I just really didn't want the media to follow me here"
"Right, because you are a famous quidditch player" I replied
"Yup" he said leading to an awkward silence
Harry broke the silence by saying "What you did, your sacrifice to save Ron and I from sitting in an Azkaban cell beside you means everything to me. You are the best and truest friend that I have ever had and everyday since Ginny ran away I realised that it is you that I should have ended up with."
"You got to realise, Harry, that you cannot love me" I said "The rest of my life will be here, in Azkaban"
"I have tried dating other girls but to no avail, I know now that you are the one for me" replied Harry "That is why I need to get you out of here"
"And how are you going to do that exactly?" I asked
"Well at first I thought I could do it diplomatically, use my popularity to become the Minister of Magic then exonerate you on all charges. Obviously that would take a long time and would also be seen as a conflict of interest which then could lead me into some legal troubles. My second idea was to use the court system to free you. I paid off your cheap lawyer Sarah Tibel for you so you can now hire a new and better lawyer" he answered
"…and where am I supposed to get the money I need to afford that?" I interrupted
"I am the star seeker for Chelsea remember? I have been paid enough galleons that I can hire you the best lawyer and my children will still be rather wealthy." Harry replied
"Sorry, I forgot about that fact" I replied
"Anyways, when I was talking to some of the best wizard lawyers they told me that it could take upwards to a year for your appeal to be seen in court" exclaimed Harry "Personally that is too long for me, which lead me to my third plan: busting you out of Azkaban myself"
"No, no, no, no, no, we are not going through with that plan" I replied
"Why not?" asked Harry "I have been practicing my spells so I can duel my way out, I have enough money to live the rest of our lives on, and I have done extensive readings on how the modern Azkaban security system works"
"Political reasons" I replied, Harry motioned to interrupt but I continued by saying "Now before you tell me that you do not give a shit about all of the politics behind you committing a major crime you need to hear me out. What you want to do is so highly illegal that if you are caught you will spend at least 20 years in Azkaban for the crime. But let's say we are lucky, you bust me out and we spend the rest of our time in hiding. That would give the current Minister of Magic, Lucius Malfoy, the power to offset your heroic actions, it would give him the power to set up laws and government actions that unjustly harms Muggles and Muggle-borns, like me, as Voldemort did before him. Therefore, I will not allow you to do such a thing, the wizarding world needs you to lead us down the right path and not back down the path towards hatred."
"Alright" replied Harry "If we can't do it that way will you be okay with me hiring you a new and more experienced lawyer who can work on your appeal?"
"Of course" I replied "Do you want to now talk about something other than your schemes of getting me out of Azkaban?"
"Sure" answered Harry "How is Azkaban? I have read so many scholarly articles about Azkaban recently that I feel that I almost understand how things work here and the psychology behind it"
"It's fine" I replied "I mean I did a lot of reading on the subject after I wrote the self incriminating letter to Lucius, so I knew what to expect when I entered this place. But then again Azkaban is full of surprises, the books and articles don't tell you about the friends and enemies you'll make and the gossip that surrounds the whole thing"
"I still don't think that you know everything about this place" mocked Harry
"Oh really" I replied "I live in Azkaban, Test me!"
"Good to know that the book worm is still inside you" started Harry "In recent days there have been a lot of scholarly articles published that discuss the updated Azkaban system and these papers analyse the long-term and short-term psychological effects it may have. The most notable thing that came out of this new research is something that they are calling 'the Azkaban Effect', have you heard of it?"
"No" I replied honestly
"Well the whole theory surrounds the story of Michael Scott" said Harry "Four years ago, right when the Azkaban system was completely updated, he was arrested. Before that time, he lived a nice middle-class life with his wife living in a nice quiet middle class neighbourhood. Sadly, during the war his Gringotts account was emptied by death eaters. After Voldemort was defeated he tried appealing to Gringotts and the Ministry of Magic to get his hard earned money back to him. He was continuously told to wait, that the process was long and takes a lot of time to finish such a task. Even if Gringotts was at fault they still demanded payments for his loans, payments that he could not possibly make without access to his own money. They then took his house, forcing him and his wife to live as beggars on the street. One day he gave up with the system and decided to try rob Gringotts and use the money that he would steal to live the rest of his life in peace. Obviously he failed and was sentenced to 30 years in Azkaban. For the first few weeks he seemed like his normal self and generally was well behaved but one day he snapped, he decided that the only way to fix the wrongs that were caused to him was by taking matters into his own hands. So he found the death eater who emptied his account, the one who unknowingly changed his life forever, and strangled him to death with his bare hands. So as you can imagine that murder got him sentenced to death, ending his downward spiral at its lowest point. Obviously now that wouldn't have happened…"
"…What do you mean by 'now that wouldn't have happened'?" I interrupted
"You really don't get any news in Azkaban" said a surprised Harry "Two days ago the Supreme Wizarding Court of England overturned the death penalty as it was deemed to be a cruel and unusual punishment."
"Okay" I answered "Can you continue your story about the 'Azkaban Effect'?"
"Alright" he replied "So after hearing about Michael Scott's tragic downfall some psychologists decided to study how prisoners' attitudes change after they are arrested and sentenced to Azkaban. They found that many prisoners will be defined by their crime and eventually take on a new persona that co-ordinates with that said crime. For example, a rapist might take on a more violent and sexual persona than they did previously and in the case concerning Michael he became extremely obsessed with his lost money."
"Good to know" I replied "I have to admit that I have noticed some changes in certain people since our days at Hogwarts"
"Probably the 'Azkaban Effect'" said Harry "To be honest some of the tabloids are banking on the fact that this is happening to you. They are always saying how much you have changed since entering Azkaban. Basically every other week you are 'pregnant' with someone's child and in the weeks in between you are either dying or having a secret lesbian affair."
I sighed and shook my head in disappointment, not wanting Harry to know that the tabloids that he was reading weren't completely wrong.
"Well I have to leave" said Harry "I have to do lots of training now that I am a professional quidditch seeker"
"I will miss you" I said while giving him a hug
"Don't worry, I will be back, and together we will get you out of here" Harry stated
He then left the visiting room. Not long after a guard stepped in, put me in handcuffs, and lead me back to my cell were I had to wait for another hour before breakfast was called.
Thank you those who read this chapter to the very end! Come back for a new chapter tomorrow! (Unless you are reading this in the future where chapter 11 is already up, then just keep reading)