Harry went up to the Minister of Magic the following Monday and started to tell him what happened. Fudge laughed at him and told him to go back to training with the Aurors and left. What Harry didn't know, was that a certain unregistered Animagus was hiding in another corridor with her green quill whizzing across her parchment.
A few days later, Hermione, Draco, Ron, and Harry were having breakfast when an owl dropped the Daily Prophet on their table. Hermione put a Knut in the pouch and opened the paper. She gasped five minutes later.
"What's the matter?" asked Ron.
"It's nothing," said Hermione, but her expression told them that she was lying. She was really angry.
"What's up?" asked Harry. "What's in there?"
Ron grabbed the paper away from her and scanned it for whatever was making her mad. He found it, read it, and gave it to Harry. Ron's ears steadily got redder and redder. Harry read it aloud.
"And We Thought We Heard Enough Cock-and-Bull Stories
And you tought we heard enough from
Harry Potter, writes Rita Skeeter. Everyone knows that Harry Potter
killed Voldemort two or so years ago, but wait until he said now. Now
he says that he didn't kill Voldemort! A couple days ago, he
supposedly was sent to the graveyard where he fought Voldemort the
first time. He says he got there because one of his cups was a
portkey. He saw Voldemort and a can was thrown at him, sending him
back to his house!
Harry Potter is nothing but an attention
seeking man, who makes up stories to be even more famous!"
Harry looked up and laughed. "Well, my so called 'cock-and-bull' stories were true last time. No one's going to believe her, because everything I said turned out to be true." He folded up the paper and gave it back to Hermione. "She just wants to be a big hit again is all. Nothing to be angry about."
"I know," said Hermione. Then an evil grin crept up her face. Everyone looked at her oddly. "I told her not to write anything bad about Harry. I warned her."
Harry and Ron laughed. "Are you going to turn her in now?" asked Ron.
"Of course, an unregistered Animagus is illegal," said Hermione. "Tomorrow I'll leave earlier than usual and find her."
"How do you plan on turning her in after you find her?" asked Draco.
Hermione's face fell. "I'll think of something."
A/N: Hey heres chapter 5! hehehehe I hope you like it... Rita Skeeter is kinda stupid, but oh well, thats who she is. i'm glad you all like it! oh no, i just realized something i jsut read on a harry potter site! crap... but you have to wait until the next chapter to find out what makes things suck... but i'll work around that, no problem
