Chapter 3 The Daily Prophet



"Harry"! Ron and Hermione were running towards him. Harry was very glad to see them both. "Hey"! Harry greeted them. They all said hi to each other and set off to get their books, after they went and refilled their supplies with the new potions ingredient. When they were finally finished, they decided to walk around more, admiring things as they came across them. "So, what have you guys been doing this summer"? Harry asked. "Practically nothing. I was going to call you Harry, but I figured I better not. After what happened last time", Ron said. Harry laughed as he remembered the last time Ron called. "How about you Hermione"? Harry asked. "Isn't it obvious she spent her whole summer reading"? Ron said sarcastically. Hermione ignored Ron and dug through her bag, and pulled out a freshly printed copy of the Daily Prophet. "I bought this while you guys were in the Quidditch store. It has some interesting facts about the Crystal ball of Fire-" "Crystal ball of what"? Ron interrupted Hermione rolled her eyes. "The Crystal Ball of Fire"! Hermione said, she unfolded the copy of the Daily Prophet and read,

Is it true? Or not? Scientist in our world has studies about the Crystal Ball of Fire for over thousands of years. Over the past few weeks, scientists were getting closer to unsolving this mystery. Now you may ask, what IS the Crystal Ball of Fire? The answer is easy! We asked one of the scientists, Luke Malico, and here's what he said. "The Crystal Ball of Fire, is a very dangerous object. Some people say it's a myth, a legend, but we say it is real! That's why we've been studying about it. What we found out, is that the Crystal Ball of Fire can actually bring the dead back to life. Many robbers in the past have tried to get their hands on it, but they have not succeeded".

Ron and Harry looked up from the newspaper. Harry looked truly amazed, but Ron looked confused. "A myth? A legend? And they say it's real? What kind of dumb people are they? They don't have any proof where it is, so how are they going to find the dumb thing"! Ron said. "Well one thing's for sure, they HAVE located it. And I'm pretty surprised that you can read Ron", Hermione said stiffly. "Well I'm surprised that your eyes haven't popped out of its sockets yet from all that reading you did over the summer", Ron said. Hermione and Ron continued to argue, until Harry broke them up. Which took practically forever. "It can bring people back to life"? Harry asked, still thinking about the Crystal Ball of Fire. If there was one thing in Harry's mind, is the Crystal Ball of Fire. The words from the Daily Prophet kept on repeating itself in Harry's brain. "What we found out, is that the Crystal Ball of Fire can actually bring the dead back to life". Those precious words were stuck in Harry's mind. Bring the dead, back to life! If Harry finds it, he'll be able to bring his parent's back to life. But it's impossible, Harry thought. "Yeah. Well we better get going. It looks like it's about to rain", Hermione warned. Harry snapped back to reality and nodded in response. The sky was getting duller and duller by the second. Dark clouds were moving in and people around them started opening up their umbrellas. "Where are we going to stay"? Ron asked. "How about the Leaky Cauldron"? Harry suggested. "Great idea", Hermione said. The three of them ran towards the Leaky Cauldron. Finally when they were inside and dry, they each got a bedroom to themselves. They paid Tom (Harry had to help pay half of Ron's share) and all went up their rooms. Exhausted, Harry took of his glasses and went straight to bed.