Reena felt immediate relief when the 3-day vacation was over. Now
back at work, she was assigned to testify against captured Death Eaters.
The testimony was the same in most trials. When she took the Polyjuice
potion, she had seen so and so at a meeting, serving the dark lord. Every
case was found guilty.
Winter soon transformed into spring and the Easter Holiday had arrived. Keeping her word to Harry, Reena made her way to Hogwarts. The school was less crowded, but Ron and Hermione were still with Harry.
"Hello Harry," Reena greeted cheerfully.
"Hi Reena," Harry answered. He seemed much less worried than the last time Reena saw him.
They walked into one of the empty courtyards of the school. Reena felt comfortable to start questioning Harry.
"Did Peter ever come back?" Reena asked.
"No. I realized that I had a good tool after you left," Harry answered as he pulled out a ragged piece of parchment.
"The map!" Reena said in delight.
"You know this map?" Harry asked, obviously surprised.
"Very well. The Marauderers lent it to me after they left school. I used it mostly to sneak out of Hogwarts every once in a while," Reena said with a small laugh.
"Really? I wouldn't have thought that you would do that," Harry remarked.
"Not many people whould have. Have you ever seen anything else suspicious on it?" Reena asked.
"No. I never saw Peter on it again, or anything else strange. But I have noticed that Dumbledore's been gone a lot."
"The Ministry needs his help," Reena said without revealing any other information.
"Reena, has Snuffles answered any letters you sent him?'
"I only had to send him one letter, he never answered back. I think he's receiving letters, but he doesn't want to answer them because he has to keep a low profile. "
"Is there anything you could do in the Ministry to set him free?"
"Harry you must understand that the Ministry is a very hard place to work. There's a lot of corruption and mistrust between members. I really have tried to convince people to let Sirius free, but my connections to him make other people distrust me."
"Connections? How so?"
Reena paused. She didn't know what to expect from Harry's reaction. She was quiet for minute before going on.
"Sirius is my boyfriend. People were upset at me after I refused to denounce him."
Harry was not very surprised by her answer. After seeing the picture in his album, he knew that Reena and Sirius were more than "good friends."
The rest of the afternoon flew by. Reena, Harry, Ron, and Hermione spent the afternoon together. Not all their time was spent planning to find Peter, but they played a scrimmage match of Quidditch with some other students. 3 Gryffindor 7th year boys followed Harry wherever they went. They wanted to know who his pretty friend was. Hermione approached the boys and asked why they were spying on official Ministry business. The boys believed her and scattered.
Reena left shortly after dinner. She wished the 3 kids good luck on their exams and soon left via floo powder.
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Winter soon transformed into spring and the Easter Holiday had arrived. Keeping her word to Harry, Reena made her way to Hogwarts. The school was less crowded, but Ron and Hermione were still with Harry.
"Hello Harry," Reena greeted cheerfully.
"Hi Reena," Harry answered. He seemed much less worried than the last time Reena saw him.
They walked into one of the empty courtyards of the school. Reena felt comfortable to start questioning Harry.
"Did Peter ever come back?" Reena asked.
"No. I realized that I had a good tool after you left," Harry answered as he pulled out a ragged piece of parchment.
"The map!" Reena said in delight.
"You know this map?" Harry asked, obviously surprised.
"Very well. The Marauderers lent it to me after they left school. I used it mostly to sneak out of Hogwarts every once in a while," Reena said with a small laugh.
"Really? I wouldn't have thought that you would do that," Harry remarked.
"Not many people whould have. Have you ever seen anything else suspicious on it?" Reena asked.
"No. I never saw Peter on it again, or anything else strange. But I have noticed that Dumbledore's been gone a lot."
"The Ministry needs his help," Reena said without revealing any other information.
"Reena, has Snuffles answered any letters you sent him?'
"I only had to send him one letter, he never answered back. I think he's receiving letters, but he doesn't want to answer them because he has to keep a low profile. "
"Is there anything you could do in the Ministry to set him free?"
"Harry you must understand that the Ministry is a very hard place to work. There's a lot of corruption and mistrust between members. I really have tried to convince people to let Sirius free, but my connections to him make other people distrust me."
"Connections? How so?"
Reena paused. She didn't know what to expect from Harry's reaction. She was quiet for minute before going on.
"Sirius is my boyfriend. People were upset at me after I refused to denounce him."
Harry was not very surprised by her answer. After seeing the picture in his album, he knew that Reena and Sirius were more than "good friends."
The rest of the afternoon flew by. Reena, Harry, Ron, and Hermione spent the afternoon together. Not all their time was spent planning to find Peter, but they played a scrimmage match of Quidditch with some other students. 3 Gryffindor 7th year boys followed Harry wherever they went. They wanted to know who his pretty friend was. Hermione approached the boys and asked why they were spying on official Ministry business. The boys believed her and scattered.
Reena left shortly after dinner. She wished the 3 kids good luck on their exams and soon left via floo powder.
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