CHAPTER14
So from the incident in detention with Professor Ellis, Harry Ron and Hermione spent most of their time reading up either The Order of the Phoenix or whatever they could find out about Professor Ellis. Luckily Heremione got hold of old school records and they were pouring through them, until they came to a Merrinda Ellis. "Ahh, here we are", Hermione said with satisfaction as they came across Professor Ellis' old school records. "They are very long", Hermione said flicking through them, stopping briefly to read, what they held. "It seems she got inot a lot of trouble, always in detention, caught in the forest, or some other thing like that. She even got suspended for a month, in her fourth year. But listen to this, she was always top of her class, straight A's, very curteous, but then she was cheeky again", Hermione read.
"Well how can she be a perfect student one day, then snap at teachers the next?", Ron asked.
"Listen to this", Hermione said eagerly, "Her parents disappeared in her third year and abandoned her and her brother at Hogwarts. It says here she had to live with her grandparents, and that her parents were never been seen again. But what's even more interesting, is they disappeared right after You Know Who's down fall, when you survived Harry".
"That's very odd", Harry said, "But surely you don't think they were followers of You Know Who?"
"Could be, it just seems too much of a coincidence", Hermione replied.
"Well here's something even more interesting", Ron said, throwing a book on top of the other one. "The Order of the Phoenix is an ancient legend, first written down by the famous Ishmir, and it tells of how a Dark Lord will rise above all", Ron said. "There's the legend beneath it;
The Order of the Phoenix,
With the Order of the Phoenix lies,
A dark and dreary future will rise.
All will be cast into certain doom,
All of the free and of whom,
The lives of many on one boy will rest
With the lightning bolt and the miracle past.
Heavy burdened with treachery and betrayel
To rescue a girl the boy will fail.
Out of the ashes a phoenix will rise,
To bring chaos destruction and blackenbed skies.
Those of the free will soon fall,
Those left would come under the Dark Lord's thrall.
When the time will come the boy will betray,
A precious weapon to the enemy.
With this power destruction will rule,
Those who don't believe will be the fool.
But hark the power of the Phoenix Light,
Will drive the enemy beyond its might.
Oh hark the arrival of a new age,
And with it will come a new stage.
Life as we know it will cease to exsist,
Everyone will know but who will resist?
But hope is left in this darkest time,
As those of the few will truly shine.
The Order of the Phoenix with eyes so bright,
Will be fulfilled on the darkest night ", Ron read.
"It certainly isn't full of hope is it", Harry said.
"Oh my, that legend isn't about you is it Harry?", Hermione gasped.
"I think it is. Dumbledore and Fudge were talking about the Order of the Phoenix and they said I was in it", Harry replied.
"I really don't like the sound of it", Hermione said worrried.
"Neither do I, but what can I do?", Harry said very matter of factly. They quickly gathered up their things and made their way up to the common room, each deep in thought. Harry was deeply worried, he didn't like the sound of betraying a weapon to Voldemort or failing to rescue a girl. He hoped beyond hope that Ishmir was just some crackpot old fool, and that his predictions were just an old man's joke, but deep inside Harry knew they were real and this scared him very much.
Harry, Ron and Hermione were in Transfiguration talking about Ellis, when Professor Mc Gonagall walked up to them and said, sternly, "Now what may be so important to interrupt my classes?"
"Erm", Harry started.
"Tell me Mr Potter what is a Sithra?", Professor Mc Gonagall asked.
"Errr", Harry replied.
"If you would have been listening, you would have heard me telling the class, a Sithra is a person, who can perform magic without a wand. Well why aren't you writing this down?", Professor Mc Gonagall asked angrily.
Harry quickly grabbed a quill and started scribbling down notes on a Sithra, while Professor Mc Gonagall explained, "A Sithra is very rare, and only about half a dozen have ever exsisted. The power can be born with or achieved through a very dangerous spell, but the spell has never successfully been achieved. A Sithra can perform spells with either their hands or the more advanced wizards can perform spells with a mere thought".
"I wouldn't mind that", Ron whispered, "Then I could turn Mc Gonagall into a bat by just thinking it", Ron said earning him a scowl from Hermione.
There was a knock on the door and Professor Mc Gonagall called, "Enter".
Professor Flitwick entered the class and asked in his usual squeky voice, "I wonder if I could borrow Harry, Ron and Hermione for a second, Professor Mc Gonagall, it seems the Ministry of Magic want to interview them".
"Very well, you may go now", Professor Mc Gonagall said to Harry, Ron and Hermione, who quickly packed their things and followed Flitwick.
Oh dear, I wish you luck", Flitwick said leading them into a small classroom, where Dumbledore and Snape were already waiting with Cornelius Fudge and another man they never saw before.
"Ah Harry, Ron, Hermione please sit down", Dumbledore said pointing to a couple of chairs in front of a desk. "This is the Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge and George Arnold, member of the Department of Felony". ´Harry, Ron and Hermione nervously sat down, and Dumbledore sat down behind the desk. "Now Harry, Ron, Hermione you know why you are here. The Ministry want to interview you on the happenings of the night Sirius Black escaped and since you three and Servus were the last ones to see him before he fled", Dumbledore said.
"Well lets start with what happened that night and why you were out so late at night", George Arnold said. The man was rather old, with grey short hair and a frown on his face. He was the kind of man that was best not to cross.
"Well", Harry said, deciding it was best he tells as much of the truth as possible, "We went down to Hagrid's cabin to comfort him about Buckbeak, Hagrid let us in and we found Ron's rat in a jug, then Hagrid chased us out because you, Dumbledore and the executioner came. We started walking back to the castle, when Scabbers, Ron's rat got away and we followed it. Then..", Harry stopped. He looked over at Ron and Hermione, with worry written all over his face.
Hermione added hastily, "Then Black came and dragged Ron over to the Whomping Willow and dragged him into the passageway. We followed and found ourselves in the Shrieking Shack and found Ron and Black in a bedroom. Then Lupin came. At first we thought Lupin was on Black's side. So we were all very angry and Harry here was furious. But then Black started explaining that he didn't want to kill Harry at all, but the rat Ron was holding in his pocket. Then Snape came and tied Lupin up. He was raving like a mad man, ('I was not a raving mad man', Snape roared.) And then Harry got very mad at Snape, because snape wanted to let an innocent man die just because he wanted his revenge. We were all so angry we put a disarming spell on Snape and knocked him out cold. That's how Snape never saw Pettigrew transform. So Ron gave the rat to Lupin, who forced the rat to change shape and become Peter Pettigrew. Peter Pettigrew was an illegal animagus, that could change into a rat. He had been Ron's rat for many years and when Black was trying to get into Hogwarts, he faked his own death. That's why we were so surprised to see Scabbers alive again in Hagrid's hut", Hermione said.
"Its true Sir, we saw Pettigrew and he's perfectly alive. He even had that finger missing that they gave to his mother. Scabbers was also missing a finger", Ron said.
"The rat could have lost it anyway", Snape said coldly. "Anyway I never saw Pettigrew any time".
"That's because you were out cold", Harry said angrily.
"Well we bound up Pettigrew and since my leg was broken, Lupin strapped up my broken leg and me and Lupin walked beside Pettigrew to make sure he wouldn't change. Snape was levitated behind us and when we got outside, the clouds moved out of the way and it was full moon, Lupin had forgotten to drink his potion and changed into a werewolf, Pettigrew changed and ran away, with Sirius chasing after him. Because me and Lupin were tied to Pettigrew, well Sirius tried to tackle the werewolf and Pettigrew dived for my wand, there was a flash of light and I was knocked out", Ron said slowly.
"Well Lupin raced into the Forbidden Forest and I heard a cry coming from the lake. Me and Hermione ran towards it and found Sirius lying on the shore, with about a hundred Dementors closing in on us. Hermione passed out and I tried to do a Patronus Charm but it didn't work. One Dementor lowered his hood and was about to perform the Dementor's kiss on me", Harry said shuddering, as he remembered that fateful night. "Well something silver charged at the Dementors and chased them off and then I blacked out", Harry said.
"Ok, now there have been some rumours that you helped Black escape on Buckbeak the Hippogriff, that escaped earlier that evening", Mr Arnold the comitee man said.
"If you mean Snape's idea that we helped Sirius escape, no we were in the hospital wing the whole time and Madame Pomfrey can verify that", Harry replied. "We believe Sirius is innocent bút we didn't help him escape, we couldn't have!"
"Very well, thank you, that is all I need", Mr Arnold said getting up.
Fudge held open the door and said, "We will have a full investigation into what happened and we will find out what happened". Harry, Ron and Hermione walked back to classes, talking quietly.
"You don't think we should have tole them Sirius was an animagus, do you?", Harry asked.
"No way, that could help them catch Sirius, no it is best if they never find out about it", Hermione replied.
So from the incident in detention with Professor Ellis, Harry Ron and Hermione spent most of their time reading up either The Order of the Phoenix or whatever they could find out about Professor Ellis. Luckily Heremione got hold of old school records and they were pouring through them, until they came to a Merrinda Ellis. "Ahh, here we are", Hermione said with satisfaction as they came across Professor Ellis' old school records. "They are very long", Hermione said flicking through them, stopping briefly to read, what they held. "It seems she got inot a lot of trouble, always in detention, caught in the forest, or some other thing like that. She even got suspended for a month, in her fourth year. But listen to this, she was always top of her class, straight A's, very curteous, but then she was cheeky again", Hermione read.
"Well how can she be a perfect student one day, then snap at teachers the next?", Ron asked.
"Listen to this", Hermione said eagerly, "Her parents disappeared in her third year and abandoned her and her brother at Hogwarts. It says here she had to live with her grandparents, and that her parents were never been seen again. But what's even more interesting, is they disappeared right after You Know Who's down fall, when you survived Harry".
"That's very odd", Harry said, "But surely you don't think they were followers of You Know Who?"
"Could be, it just seems too much of a coincidence", Hermione replied.
"Well here's something even more interesting", Ron said, throwing a book on top of the other one. "The Order of the Phoenix is an ancient legend, first written down by the famous Ishmir, and it tells of how a Dark Lord will rise above all", Ron said. "There's the legend beneath it;
The Order of the Phoenix,
With the Order of the Phoenix lies,
A dark and dreary future will rise.
All will be cast into certain doom,
All of the free and of whom,
The lives of many on one boy will rest
With the lightning bolt and the miracle past.
Heavy burdened with treachery and betrayel
To rescue a girl the boy will fail.
Out of the ashes a phoenix will rise,
To bring chaos destruction and blackenbed skies.
Those of the free will soon fall,
Those left would come under the Dark Lord's thrall.
When the time will come the boy will betray,
A precious weapon to the enemy.
With this power destruction will rule,
Those who don't believe will be the fool.
But hark the power of the Phoenix Light,
Will drive the enemy beyond its might.
Oh hark the arrival of a new age,
And with it will come a new stage.
Life as we know it will cease to exsist,
Everyone will know but who will resist?
But hope is left in this darkest time,
As those of the few will truly shine.
The Order of the Phoenix with eyes so bright,
Will be fulfilled on the darkest night ", Ron read.
"It certainly isn't full of hope is it", Harry said.
"Oh my, that legend isn't about you is it Harry?", Hermione gasped.
"I think it is. Dumbledore and Fudge were talking about the Order of the Phoenix and they said I was in it", Harry replied.
"I really don't like the sound of it", Hermione said worrried.
"Neither do I, but what can I do?", Harry said very matter of factly. They quickly gathered up their things and made their way up to the common room, each deep in thought. Harry was deeply worried, he didn't like the sound of betraying a weapon to Voldemort or failing to rescue a girl. He hoped beyond hope that Ishmir was just some crackpot old fool, and that his predictions were just an old man's joke, but deep inside Harry knew they were real and this scared him very much.
Harry, Ron and Hermione were in Transfiguration talking about Ellis, when Professor Mc Gonagall walked up to them and said, sternly, "Now what may be so important to interrupt my classes?"
"Erm", Harry started.
"Tell me Mr Potter what is a Sithra?", Professor Mc Gonagall asked.
"Errr", Harry replied.
"If you would have been listening, you would have heard me telling the class, a Sithra is a person, who can perform magic without a wand. Well why aren't you writing this down?", Professor Mc Gonagall asked angrily.
Harry quickly grabbed a quill and started scribbling down notes on a Sithra, while Professor Mc Gonagall explained, "A Sithra is very rare, and only about half a dozen have ever exsisted. The power can be born with or achieved through a very dangerous spell, but the spell has never successfully been achieved. A Sithra can perform spells with either their hands or the more advanced wizards can perform spells with a mere thought".
"I wouldn't mind that", Ron whispered, "Then I could turn Mc Gonagall into a bat by just thinking it", Ron said earning him a scowl from Hermione.
There was a knock on the door and Professor Mc Gonagall called, "Enter".
Professor Flitwick entered the class and asked in his usual squeky voice, "I wonder if I could borrow Harry, Ron and Hermione for a second, Professor Mc Gonagall, it seems the Ministry of Magic want to interview them".
"Very well, you may go now", Professor Mc Gonagall said to Harry, Ron and Hermione, who quickly packed their things and followed Flitwick.
Oh dear, I wish you luck", Flitwick said leading them into a small classroom, where Dumbledore and Snape were already waiting with Cornelius Fudge and another man they never saw before.
"Ah Harry, Ron, Hermione please sit down", Dumbledore said pointing to a couple of chairs in front of a desk. "This is the Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge and George Arnold, member of the Department of Felony". ´Harry, Ron and Hermione nervously sat down, and Dumbledore sat down behind the desk. "Now Harry, Ron, Hermione you know why you are here. The Ministry want to interview you on the happenings of the night Sirius Black escaped and since you three and Servus were the last ones to see him before he fled", Dumbledore said.
"Well lets start with what happened that night and why you were out so late at night", George Arnold said. The man was rather old, with grey short hair and a frown on his face. He was the kind of man that was best not to cross.
"Well", Harry said, deciding it was best he tells as much of the truth as possible, "We went down to Hagrid's cabin to comfort him about Buckbeak, Hagrid let us in and we found Ron's rat in a jug, then Hagrid chased us out because you, Dumbledore and the executioner came. We started walking back to the castle, when Scabbers, Ron's rat got away and we followed it. Then..", Harry stopped. He looked over at Ron and Hermione, with worry written all over his face.
Hermione added hastily, "Then Black came and dragged Ron over to the Whomping Willow and dragged him into the passageway. We followed and found ourselves in the Shrieking Shack and found Ron and Black in a bedroom. Then Lupin came. At first we thought Lupin was on Black's side. So we were all very angry and Harry here was furious. But then Black started explaining that he didn't want to kill Harry at all, but the rat Ron was holding in his pocket. Then Snape came and tied Lupin up. He was raving like a mad man, ('I was not a raving mad man', Snape roared.) And then Harry got very mad at Snape, because snape wanted to let an innocent man die just because he wanted his revenge. We were all so angry we put a disarming spell on Snape and knocked him out cold. That's how Snape never saw Pettigrew transform. So Ron gave the rat to Lupin, who forced the rat to change shape and become Peter Pettigrew. Peter Pettigrew was an illegal animagus, that could change into a rat. He had been Ron's rat for many years and when Black was trying to get into Hogwarts, he faked his own death. That's why we were so surprised to see Scabbers alive again in Hagrid's hut", Hermione said.
"Its true Sir, we saw Pettigrew and he's perfectly alive. He even had that finger missing that they gave to his mother. Scabbers was also missing a finger", Ron said.
"The rat could have lost it anyway", Snape said coldly. "Anyway I never saw Pettigrew any time".
"That's because you were out cold", Harry said angrily.
"Well we bound up Pettigrew and since my leg was broken, Lupin strapped up my broken leg and me and Lupin walked beside Pettigrew to make sure he wouldn't change. Snape was levitated behind us and when we got outside, the clouds moved out of the way and it was full moon, Lupin had forgotten to drink his potion and changed into a werewolf, Pettigrew changed and ran away, with Sirius chasing after him. Because me and Lupin were tied to Pettigrew, well Sirius tried to tackle the werewolf and Pettigrew dived for my wand, there was a flash of light and I was knocked out", Ron said slowly.
"Well Lupin raced into the Forbidden Forest and I heard a cry coming from the lake. Me and Hermione ran towards it and found Sirius lying on the shore, with about a hundred Dementors closing in on us. Hermione passed out and I tried to do a Patronus Charm but it didn't work. One Dementor lowered his hood and was about to perform the Dementor's kiss on me", Harry said shuddering, as he remembered that fateful night. "Well something silver charged at the Dementors and chased them off and then I blacked out", Harry said.
"Ok, now there have been some rumours that you helped Black escape on Buckbeak the Hippogriff, that escaped earlier that evening", Mr Arnold the comitee man said.
"If you mean Snape's idea that we helped Sirius escape, no we were in the hospital wing the whole time and Madame Pomfrey can verify that", Harry replied. "We believe Sirius is innocent bút we didn't help him escape, we couldn't have!"
"Very well, thank you, that is all I need", Mr Arnold said getting up.
Fudge held open the door and said, "We will have a full investigation into what happened and we will find out what happened". Harry, Ron and Hermione walked back to classes, talking quietly.
"You don't think we should have tole them Sirius was an animagus, do you?", Harry asked.
"No way, that could help them catch Sirius, no it is best if they never find out about it", Hermione replied.