I do think this is the last chapter of The Prisoner of Azkaban. After this it's over to the fourth book.
I think I haven't done this in a while: I do not own anything that's JK's
Without further ado! Moni77 presents the last chapter of Book 3:
Chapter 19 The little Owl
"YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG MAN!"
Fear, despair and darkness. Rose felt her cold sweat still portraying her forehead. She wondered where she was. Soft warm blankets surrounded her body. Why was there so much talking, who was yelling.
"WERE NOT CONFUNDED!"
Rose heard a moan from the bed beside hers. She dared to open her eyes to that sound and saw that Ron was waking up also. When Rose looked to the source of all the commotion she saw her grandfather Albus shushing the Minister of Magic, Professor Snape and Madam Pompfrey out of the hospital wing closing the door behind them, and Dumbledore turned to the four Gryffindors.
Rose noticed that Harry and Hermoine seemed a bit more awake. While she herself felt really groggy. Her arm had been recast. "Why do I feel so sleepy," she pouted.
"Madam Pomprey gave you and Ron something for the pain. But that is not the most important think right now, Professor….!"
Hermoine and Harry both burst into speech at the same time. "Professor, Black's telling the truth-we saw Pettigrew "
"He escaped when Professor Lupin turned into a werewolf -"
"- he's a rat -"
"- Pettigrew's front paw, I mean, finger, he cut it off -"
"- Pettigrew attacked Ron, it wasn't Sirius –"
But grandfather Albus held up his hand to stem the flood of explanations. "It is your turn to listen, and I beg you will not interrupt me, because there is very little time, " he said quietly. "There is not a shred of proof to support Black's story, except your word-and the word of four thirteen-year-old wizards will not convince anybody. A street full of eyewitnesses swore they saw Sirius murder Pettigrew. I myself gave evidence to the Ministry that Sirius had been the Potters' Secret-Keeper. "
"Professor Lupin can tell you -" Harry said, unable to stop himself
"Professor Lupin is currently deep in the forest, unable to tell anyone anything. By the time he is human again, it will be too late, Sirius will be worse than dead. I might add that werewolves are so mistrusted by most of our kind that his support will count for very little-and the fact that he and Sirius are old friends -"
"But -"
"Listen to me, Harry. It is too late, you understand me? You must see that Professor Snape's version of events is far more convincing than yours. "
"He hates Sirius, " Hermione said desperately and Rose and Ron tried to nod as fiercely as possible before but stopping quickly because the nausea came up. "All because of some stupid trick Sirius played on him-"
"Sirius has not acted like an innocent man. The attack on the Fat Lady-entering Gryffindor Tower with a knife-without Pettigrew, alive or dead, we have no chance of overturning Sirius's sentence. "
"But you believe us? " Rose asked curiously.
"Yes, I do, " said her grandfather smiling to her kindly. "But I have no power to make other men see the truth, or to overrule the Minister of Magic... "
"What we need, " said Dumbledore slowly, and his light blue eyes moved to Hermione, "Is more time. "
"But -" Hermione began. And then her eyes became very round. "OH!"
"Now, pay attention, " said Dumbledore, speaking very low, and very clearly. "Sirius is locked in Professor Flitwick's office on the seventh floor. Thirteenth window from the right of the West Tower. If all goes well, you will be able to save more than one innocent life tonight. But remember this, both of you: you must not be seen. Miss Granger, you know the law-you know what is at stake... You-must-not-be-seen. "
Ron gaped at him with open mouth, clearly as oblivious to what her Uncle had meant, just as Rose and Harry shared a look of curiousness. Her grandfather had turned on his heel and looked back as he reached the door. "I am going to lock you in. It is -" he consulted his watch, " Five minutes to midnight. Miss Granger, three turns should do it. Good luck. "
"Good luck?" Harry repeated as the door closed behind her uncle. "Three turns? What's he talking about? What are we supposed to do?" But Hermione was fumbling with the neck of her robes, pulling from beneath them a very long, very fine gold chain.
Rose looked at it and remembered their conversation as to how she could follow all of her lessons this year and let out an understanding 'oh' as Hermoine smiled at her.
"Harry, come here. I'm sorry Rose, Ron but as you have some calming potions in you, you aren't exactly alert, " she said urgently. "Quick!" Harry moved toward her, completely bewildered. She was holding the chain out. He saw a tiny, sparkling hourglass hanging from it. "Here -" She had thrown the chain around his neck too. "Ready?" she said breathlessly.
"What are we doing?" Harry said, completely lost. Hermione turned the hourglass over three times and then Rose and Ron saw the two of them became lighter and a bit transparent as if they were ghosts and then completely disappear.
"What in Merlin's name…!" Ron started completely bewildered but then the doors to the infirmary that her grandfather just had closed opened again and Harry and Hermoine came running in. A little bit sweated and both their hair was messy, for Harry even messier, but alright nonetheless.
Ron seemed to crash into a nervous meltdown. "First you were there! And- now you're here. What's going on?!"
Hermoine smiled to Rose. "I don't know what you mean Ron, how could people be in the same place at once."
Rose, Harry and Hermoine laughed as Ron looked still a bit confused.
Rose and Ron were informed of the fact that Hermoine and Harry had prevented Buckbeak from being executed. Then when the Demontors had come Harry was the one conjuring the full Patronus that saved them. Ron and Rose were amazed and didn't believe it at first but Hermoine told them how exactly it all happened and Harry even conjured the Patronus again. Then it seemed they had saved Sirius and Buckbeak and the former convict had both escaped their execution.
Nobody at Hogwarts now knew the truth of what had happened the night that Sirius, Buckbeak, and Pettigrew had vanished except Rose, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Professor Dumbledore. As the end of term approached, Harry heard many different theories about what had really happened, but none of them came close to the truth.
Malfoy was furious about Buckbeak. He was convinced that Hagrid had found a way of smuggling the hippogriff to safety, and seemed outraged that he and his father had been outwitted by a gamekeeper. Percy Weasley, meanwhile, had much to say on the subject of Sirius's escape.
"If I manage to get into the Ministry, I'll have a lot of proposals to make about Magical Law Enforcement!" he told the only person who would listen-his girlfriend, Penelope
Rose was really optimistic about everything, but the loss of Professor Lupin hit her hard and she certainly wasn't the only one who was sorry to see Professor Lupin go. The whole of Violin's Defense Against the Dark Arts class was miserable about his resignation. Nobody however took it as hard as Harry. But Rose knew that the two had shared a special bond in some way. Professor Lupin knew his parents and had learned him how to conjure the Patronus that eventually saved their life.
"Wonder what they'll give us next year?" said Seamus Finnigan gloomily.
"Maybe a vampire, " suggested Dean Thomas hopefully.
"Yeah we already had a werewolf," Neville whispered to her. Off course Rose had informed her best friend of everything. She had, had asked permition from her uncle and from Harry. But they said it was alright. And Rose couldn't dream of keeping something a secret for her best friend.
Snape's behavior toward Harry over the past week had been quite alarming. Rose wouldn't have thought it possible that Snape's dislike for him could increase, but it certainly had. A muscle twitched unpleasantly at the corner of Snape's thin mouth every time he looked at Harry, and he was constantly flexing his fingers, as though itching to place them around Harry's throat.
Percy had got his top-grade N. E. W. T. S; Fred and George had scraped a handful of O. W. L. S each although Fabian got a bad grade for Herbology the rest of his grades earned him enough O.W.L.S. Gryffindor House, meanwhile, largely thanks to their spectacular performance in the Quidditch Cup, had won the House championship for the third year running. This meant that the end of term feast took place amid decorations of scarlet and gold, and that the Gryffindor table was the noisiest of the lot, as everybody celebrated.
As the train left Hogwarts again Fabian informed her that Uncle Aeron finally could take his well earned vacation because Sirius Black had resided as far away as possible from them and when Neville and herself joined Harry, Ron and Hermoine in their compartment Hermoine informed her that she would drop Muggle studies next year so she could follow a normal schedule.
Feeling considerably more cheerful, Rose joined Harry, Neville, Ron and Hermione in several games of Exploding Snap. "Harry, " said Hermione suddenly, peering over his shoulder. "What's that thing outside your window?"
They all turned to look outside. Something very small and gray was bobbing in and out of sight beyond the glass. He stood up for a better look and saw that it was a tiny owl, carrying a letter that was much too big for it. The owl was so small, in fact, that it kept tumbling over in the air, buffeted this way and that in the train's slipstream.
Harry quickly pulled down the window, stretched out his arm, and caught it. "It feels like a very fluffy Snitch," he grinned.
He brought it carefully inside. The owl dropped its letter onto Harry's seat and began zooming around their compartment, apparently very pleased with itself for accomplishing its task. Hedwig clicked her beak with a sort of dignified disapproval. Crookshanks sat up in his seat, following the owl with his great yellow eyes. Ron, noticing this, snatched the owl safely out of harm's way. Harry picked up the letter. It was addressed to him. He ripped open the letter, and shouted, "It's from Sirius!"
"What?" said Ron and Hermione excitedly.
"Read it aloud!" Rose insisted.
Dear Harry,
I hope this finds you before you reach your aunt and uncle. I don't know whether they're used to owl post. Buckbeak and I are in hiding. I won't tell you where, in case this owl falls into the wrong hands. I have some doubt about his reliability, but he is the best I could find, and he did seem eager for the job. I believe the dementors are still searching for me, but they haven't a hope of finding me here. I have allowed some Muggles to glimpse me, a long way from Hogwarts, so that the security on the castle will be lifted.
"Yes Fabian told me!" Rose said excitedly. "Uncle Aeron could finally take his vacation." They all smiled or grinned and Harry continued.
There is something I never got around to telling you during our brief meeting. It was I who sent you the Firebolt –
"Ha!" said Hermione triumphantly. "See! I told you it was from him!"
"Yes, but he hadn't jinxed it, had he?" said Ron. "Ouch!" The tiny owl, now hooting happily in his hand, had nibbled one of his fingers in what it seemed to think was an affectionate way.
Crookshanks took the order to the Owl Office for me. I used your name but told them to take the gold from my own Gringotts vault. Please consider it as thirteen birthdays' worth of presents from your godfather. I would also like to apologize for the fright I think I gave you that night last year when you left your uncle's house. I had only hoped to get a glimpse of you before starting my journey north, but I think the sight of me alarmed you. I am enclosing something else for you, which I think will make your next year at Hogwarts more enjoyable. If ever you need me, send word. Your owl will find me. I'll write again soon.
Sirius
Harry looked eagerly inside the envelope. There was another piece of parchment in there. He read it through quickly and felt suddenly as warm and contented as though he'd swallowed a bottle of hot butterbeer in one gulp.
I, Sirius Black, Harry Potter's godfather, hereby give him permission to visit Hogsmeade on weekends.
"That'll be good enough for Dumbledore!" said Harry happily. He looked back at Sirius's letter. "Hang on, there's a PS... "
I thought your friend Ron might like to keep this owl, as it's my fault he no longer has a rat.
Ron's eyes widened. The minute owl was still hooting excitedly. "Keep him?" he said uncertainly. He looked closely at the owl for a moment; then, to their great surprise, he held him out for Crookshanks to sniff. "What do you reckon?" Ron asked the cat. "Definitely an owl?"Crookshanks purred. "That's good enough for me, " said Ron happily. "He's mine. "
They all entered the Kings Cross station through the barrier. And Rose embraced her mother tightly. "Hello my sweetheart," her mother said happily. "I heard you had fun?" Rose examined her mothers expression and saw a mix of amusement, sternness and mischief.
"What do you mean mom?" she answered innocently.
"You know that doesn't work on me," her mother said proudly.
"Not everytime no," Rose muttered . And her mother shook her head.
"Anyway," her mother said her mischief returning. "I have heard all about your little adventure from Albus."
"You know about Sirius?" Rose asked a little surprised.
"Yes I do," her mother said smiling. "And guess what?"
"What?"
"We have a guest this summer…"
Yeah! I finished it finally. You don't know how hard these last chapters were for me haha. But I did it. You probably can guess who their houseguest is this summer!
Anywayz… To book four! A COUPLE OF SPOILERS DON'T READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO!
First! Everybody remember how fond Sirius and Alliana were of each other in the beginning? Well you can predict some things I pressume. I am not sure how it's going to develop in this book and how clear that is going to be. But it's going to happen.
Second! The romance begins between Harry and Rose. Dont know exactly how I'm gonna write it but I do have the general idea in my head. It's not really going to happen in the first chapters though. So you have to bare with me. It's going to happen this book I promise!
Third! Fabian finds out Alliana's secret about Rose in the first couple of chapters!
Fourth! Rose finds out herself much later on but still in this book also. See how she reacts!
Then Last thing! I am sorry for all the confusion about the whole cousin/niece thing. From now on it will be written correctly (I think) and I am really not sure when I am correcting the mistakes. No free weekends anymore . But I am going to correct it don't worry!
Hope you enjoyed book three!