Azkaban's Big Mistake
Chapter 3
That night, Harry had a fitful sleep. He dreamed about Fred yelling at George, who was cowering behind someone who looked like Lucius Malfoy. Then he heard Hermione shouting, "Sirius! Sirius!"
Then Harry woke up. It was two in the morning. Cursing himself, he got up to get a drink of water. He picked up the silver water jug, but before he could take a sip, he saw something-or, he realized with sudden fear-someone running through the snow, waving their wand behind them so that he or she's tracks disappeared. Then the person-Harry now realized it was a person, for animals don't run on 2 legs and carry wands-was wearing a hooded cloak, and Harry instantly thought of Death Eaters. He leaned a little more out the window, and then he nearly fell out. Harry gave a shout, but instantly regretted it.
The person looked up at him, and Harry dived under the windowsill, spilling a lot of water. Harry counted to thirty, and then he peered out the open window. The figure was gone.
Harry was the first to wake up the next morning. He could vividly remember what had happened earlier in the morning, but he didn't want to ruin anybody's holiday cheer. So, he decided to tell Ron and Hermione after the holidays.
Harry had been staring into space for so long that he didn't realize that Ron was also awake. A jolt on his bed made Harry come back to reality.
"Presents!" Ron bellowed. Then, he added, "Oy, Harry, mind if I have my pillow back?"
Harry gave Ron his pillow and grabbed Hermione's present: a giant carton of Cauldron Cakes. "Mmmmmmmmm, these are good, as usual. Try one, Ron, won't you?" He tossed Ron a Cauldron Cake and opened a package of stoat sandwiches from Hagrid.
He threw those aside and decided to feed a bit to Hedwig and see if she would like it or not. If not, he was sure Pig would eat a bit. He opened the last package, from Mrs. Weasley, which contained a green sweater with the word "Quidditch" on it, a big caramel cake, and something else. He looked at the note first. It read:
Dear Harry, you left this at our house two years before. I am sorry we did not find it until now, but I have a strong feeling one of the owls took it and stored it away. We just found it yesterday; otherwise we would have given it to you a while ago. Love, Mrs.Weasley
P.S. Merry Christmas!
The package contained Harry's pair of Omninoculars! He smiled, and tested it out to make sure that it worked. It still worked. He smiled again. "Ron, look, I got my Omninoculars back!"
Ron just smiled at him, but Fred and George yelling disturbed their cheeriness.
Ron made a face. "Gosh, they're angry. This is like the opposite of them after they figured out that they could get a small job at Hogwarts for this year." Fred and George had been offered a small job, for their joke shop was undergoing renovations.
Harry just nodded. Then he stood up and put his Omninoculars under his Invisibility Cloak in his trunk. Without saying anything, he got dressed and went down to breakfast.
Harry could not fall asleep that night. He was still thinking about Fred and George and their row. Neither twin had spoken to each other for the whole day.
Harry had a feeling that he knew what they were doing, but, of course, he needed proof. Getting up, he picked up his Omninoculars and walked to the window.
Pulling back the curtains, Harry focused his Omninoculars onto the entrance of the Forbidden Forest.