Chapter 3: An interesting article
Yesterday evening will be forever known as a day when the last flicker of hope expired. It was the day when the last dementors, guardians of Azkaban and the foulest dark creatures that ever set a foot on this world, showed themselves averse to continuing in Ministry's employ and joined the Dark Lord's ranks. "It's indeed a very sad issue, however I urge the magical folk to remain calm. We published and sent guides to elementary home and personal defense earlier this summer whilst the first spate of resistance had come and at the moment we've got Aurors watching over places that are most likely to be attacked, Diagon Alley, St. Mungo's and many others. Due to this most unpleasing fact, we have chosen new guardians who are going to be goblins. There's no need to panic "stated Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge. However our Minister don't seem be enlightened, he's lying us once again. He accidentally forgot to mention that with the rest of the fled dementors left the Azkaban prison also a bunch of the most dangerous supporters of You-Know-Who, Death Eaters; Malfoy, Lestrange, Crabbe, Goyle, Nott, Macnair, Avery, Dolohov, Jugson, Mulciber and Rookwood. "Voldemort's gift for spreading discord and enmity is very great and now it's even greater. We can fight it only by showing an equally strong bound of friendship and trust. We have to bring us together; we are now in a state of war. We have to put aside our differences. It doesn't matter if you're a wizard, werewolf, centaur, giant or anyone else, if you want to fight for a greater good, for a chance to live in a happy and peaceful world, then we are all in the same boat. We have to stay united" said Albus Dumbledore, Order of Merlin First Class, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, member of the International Confederation of Wizards and Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot as he addressed reporters earlier today. Distrust to our recent Minister showed also a well-known and respectable man, Carl John Aweson: "This pathetic man called Minister should have been thrown out of his office at least a year ago when he didn't want to believe, or leastways learn the truth of Dumbledore's words. That would have saved us a lot of trouble. Let's see what did he get us into. Against us are now not only Voldemort and his Death eaters, but also giants, vampires and now dementors. And this all had happened only because he was too interested in discrediting Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter in the eyes of the public."...
Harry was actually surprised, that his name wasn't mentioned thus far.
..."I hope that the Wizengamot will pay this issue its utmost attention,"he declared with rage in his voice. Today is going to be held a huge demonstration for removing Fudge from his office. People can be seen with banners saying "Cornelius, shame on you!" or "Dumbledore and Potter are our heroes!" Unfortunately, The Boy Who Lived was unavailable for comment, however, we do hope, he will tell us his opinion soon. Read next: Who will be the reason of Voldemort's next downfall? Page 5 Good vs. Evil; A tragic life of The Boy Who Lived Page 7 Potter for Minister Page 12
That was the end of the article. To Harry's surprise it wasn't as far- fetched and on a base of cock-bull story as it used to be, but something almost indisputably true. Yet, something additional was written on the paper in a messy handwriting Harry didn't notice before. It was a note from Ron.
Can you believe that idiot is still lying?? At least they believe you now and stand by you. By the way, what do you think about that Aweson man? I find him bloody brilliant!!! My dad used to know him well, but since he took the position at Ministry, he didn't have much time to see him...
Harry decided to respond him later after he would take a small nap. The sun was already setting down when he heard his roaring uncle Vernon: "BOY, COME DOWN AT ONCE!!! AND SHOO THESE BLOODY THINGS OUT OF MY HOUSE! I WON'T TOLERATE THIS RUBBISH HERE ANYMORE!! DID YOU UNDERSTAND? I WON'T LET MYSELF THREATEN FROM THOSE FREAKS YOU CALLED FRIENDS ANYMORE!"
He went curiously downstairs wondering what was the problem this time. Did someone send him a letter covered all over with stamps? Nevertheless, what he saw took his breath away. The whole living room was packed with owls all of different kind and size. Alas, he shortly returned down to earth as his uncle began to rumble once again: "HAVEN'T I TOLD YOU, THAT I DON'T WANT ANY OF THEESE ANIMALS TO BE SEEN NEAR MY HOSE IN THE DAYLIGHT?? " Then a maniac grin spread across his face "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE THIS TIME, BOY, EH? THEESE OWLS ARE FROM YOUR FREAK- GOVERNMENT, AREN'T THEY?? YOU'VE SURELY PLAYED WITH THAT STICK OF YOURS" he accused him "DID THEY EXPELL YOU FINALLY?"
Fortunately aunt Petunia intervened in this one-side conversation "Shh! Vernon, the neighbors!" "Oh yes, dear" he replied and with one more nasty look he whispered abruptly "Throw these animals away before somebody notices!"
Harry didn't wait for anything else. He took the letters and rolls of parchments from their beaks and legs and climbed the stairs to his bedroom. It was unbelievable amount of parchment and when he took a closer look he realized that they were all letters from his fans stating what a hero he is, how they love him and how much they want to marry him (it was especially from girls and women).
"That's ridiculous!" he thought and put it aside.
The next few days were all the same; letters, roaring uncle, banging doors. Harry began to be quite fed up with it. However, it didn't take long till his advanced guide came. Although they weren't in the original formation, Harry was able to recognize most of them; Mad-Eye Moody, Tonks and Kingsley were there, as well as Hestia Jones and Remus Lupin. "Alright Harry?" asked Remus. He looked particularly worn-down in his shabby cloak, when he pulled a Portkey out of one of his pockets. "It's authorized, " he added with a grin when he saw Harry's look.
The journey was quite uneventful; in fact it took only a few seconds, before he landed with others in the main hall of the Black's House.
"Oh thanks God you're finally here. I was getting worried what took you so long." she said hugging Harry in her famous bone-breaking hug. "The meeting's just about to start, we are waiting for Severus," she added to the others and then turned back to Harry saying, "You'd better go find Ron and Hermione, they're waiting for you in your bedroom." she ushered him upstairs.
Yesterday evening will be forever known as a day when the last flicker of hope expired. It was the day when the last dementors, guardians of Azkaban and the foulest dark creatures that ever set a foot on this world, showed themselves averse to continuing in Ministry's employ and joined the Dark Lord's ranks. "It's indeed a very sad issue, however I urge the magical folk to remain calm. We published and sent guides to elementary home and personal defense earlier this summer whilst the first spate of resistance had come and at the moment we've got Aurors watching over places that are most likely to be attacked, Diagon Alley, St. Mungo's and many others. Due to this most unpleasing fact, we have chosen new guardians who are going to be goblins. There's no need to panic "stated Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge. However our Minister don't seem be enlightened, he's lying us once again. He accidentally forgot to mention that with the rest of the fled dementors left the Azkaban prison also a bunch of the most dangerous supporters of You-Know-Who, Death Eaters; Malfoy, Lestrange, Crabbe, Goyle, Nott, Macnair, Avery, Dolohov, Jugson, Mulciber and Rookwood. "Voldemort's gift for spreading discord and enmity is very great and now it's even greater. We can fight it only by showing an equally strong bound of friendship and trust. We have to bring us together; we are now in a state of war. We have to put aside our differences. It doesn't matter if you're a wizard, werewolf, centaur, giant or anyone else, if you want to fight for a greater good, for a chance to live in a happy and peaceful world, then we are all in the same boat. We have to stay united" said Albus Dumbledore, Order of Merlin First Class, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, member of the International Confederation of Wizards and Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot as he addressed reporters earlier today. Distrust to our recent Minister showed also a well-known and respectable man, Carl John Aweson: "This pathetic man called Minister should have been thrown out of his office at least a year ago when he didn't want to believe, or leastways learn the truth of Dumbledore's words. That would have saved us a lot of trouble. Let's see what did he get us into. Against us are now not only Voldemort and his Death eaters, but also giants, vampires and now dementors. And this all had happened only because he was too interested in discrediting Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter in the eyes of the public."...
Harry was actually surprised, that his name wasn't mentioned thus far.
..."I hope that the Wizengamot will pay this issue its utmost attention,"he declared with rage in his voice. Today is going to be held a huge demonstration for removing Fudge from his office. People can be seen with banners saying "Cornelius, shame on you!" or "Dumbledore and Potter are our heroes!" Unfortunately, The Boy Who Lived was unavailable for comment, however, we do hope, he will tell us his opinion soon. Read next: Who will be the reason of Voldemort's next downfall? Page 5 Good vs. Evil; A tragic life of The Boy Who Lived Page 7 Potter for Minister Page 12
That was the end of the article. To Harry's surprise it wasn't as far- fetched and on a base of cock-bull story as it used to be, but something almost indisputably true. Yet, something additional was written on the paper in a messy handwriting Harry didn't notice before. It was a note from Ron.
Can you believe that idiot is still lying?? At least they believe you now and stand by you. By the way, what do you think about that Aweson man? I find him bloody brilliant!!! My dad used to know him well, but since he took the position at Ministry, he didn't have much time to see him...
Harry decided to respond him later after he would take a small nap. The sun was already setting down when he heard his roaring uncle Vernon: "BOY, COME DOWN AT ONCE!!! AND SHOO THESE BLOODY THINGS OUT OF MY HOUSE! I WON'T TOLERATE THIS RUBBISH HERE ANYMORE!! DID YOU UNDERSTAND? I WON'T LET MYSELF THREATEN FROM THOSE FREAKS YOU CALLED FRIENDS ANYMORE!"
He went curiously downstairs wondering what was the problem this time. Did someone send him a letter covered all over with stamps? Nevertheless, what he saw took his breath away. The whole living room was packed with owls all of different kind and size. Alas, he shortly returned down to earth as his uncle began to rumble once again: "HAVEN'T I TOLD YOU, THAT I DON'T WANT ANY OF THEESE ANIMALS TO BE SEEN NEAR MY HOSE IN THE DAYLIGHT?? " Then a maniac grin spread across his face "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE THIS TIME, BOY, EH? THEESE OWLS ARE FROM YOUR FREAK- GOVERNMENT, AREN'T THEY?? YOU'VE SURELY PLAYED WITH THAT STICK OF YOURS" he accused him "DID THEY EXPELL YOU FINALLY?"
Fortunately aunt Petunia intervened in this one-side conversation "Shh! Vernon, the neighbors!" "Oh yes, dear" he replied and with one more nasty look he whispered abruptly "Throw these animals away before somebody notices!"
Harry didn't wait for anything else. He took the letters and rolls of parchments from their beaks and legs and climbed the stairs to his bedroom. It was unbelievable amount of parchment and when he took a closer look he realized that they were all letters from his fans stating what a hero he is, how they love him and how much they want to marry him (it was especially from girls and women).
"That's ridiculous!" he thought and put it aside.
The next few days were all the same; letters, roaring uncle, banging doors. Harry began to be quite fed up with it. However, it didn't take long till his advanced guide came. Although they weren't in the original formation, Harry was able to recognize most of them; Mad-Eye Moody, Tonks and Kingsley were there, as well as Hestia Jones and Remus Lupin. "Alright Harry?" asked Remus. He looked particularly worn-down in his shabby cloak, when he pulled a Portkey out of one of his pockets. "It's authorized, " he added with a grin when he saw Harry's look.
The journey was quite uneventful; in fact it took only a few seconds, before he landed with others in the main hall of the Black's House.
"Oh thanks God you're finally here. I was getting worried what took you so long." she said hugging Harry in her famous bone-breaking hug. "The meeting's just about to start, we are waiting for Severus," she added to the others and then turned back to Harry saying, "You'd better go find Ron and Hermione, they're waiting for you in your bedroom." she ushered him upstairs.
