Chapter Nine... Headlines, Reactions and Letters
The next morning's Daily Prophet reads: THE BOY WHO LIVED SENTENCED TO AZKABAN FOR MURDER!
(The following is different characters reactions to the above news)
"ARTHUR! ARTHUR! DID YOU SEE THE PROPHET?"
"No, dear, I haven't. What's the matter?"
"Harry's been sent to Azkaban... for murder... I know he killed You-Know-Who... but would Harry really do such a terrible thing?"
"ABSOLUTELY NOT MUM!" Ron shouted from the doorway. "This is Harry we're talking about, he did not murder Jackson, he was there... or so they say, but he didn't do it, Hermione told me so, and for once I'm not going to argue with her... despite not telling me everything, I don't blame her, I'd stay as much out of these matters as well, if I knew as much, as it seems she does."
"Potter, Potter, Potter, how did you manage to get yourself caught this time?" Draco Malfoy asked aloud, "For once I wasn't the one turning you in. Did you give me away?" He flipped through the paper.... nothing.
"Wow, the Gryfindor can keep secrets... Maybe he should have been in Slytherin... Nah... He's way to bloody noble. I better get out of this country, before there after me... Sorry Potter, this time your on your own, Good Luck." And Draco Malfoy packed his bags and... disappeared.
"Hey Fred."
"Oy George."
"Do you think Dumbledore's a drunk?"
"Why, my dear brother?"
"He does like those large brandies."
"But we like our firewhiskey, why?"
"He's just sent our benefactor to Azkaban."
"WHAT... Harry?"
George nodded.
And Weasley's Wizard Wheezes stayed closed this day.
The same day, though extremely early in the morning, a dingy docked at Azkaban, bearing none other then Harry Potter. He was escorted to cell number one hundred ninety four, on the ground level of Azkaban, one floor above the dungeons. His cell contained a window overlooking the rocks and the sea. It also contains a bed consisting of a stone slab raised by two other stones, with a moldy, moth-eaten blanket on top.
The man who defeated You-Know-Who, was thrown inside, the solid iron door slammed shut and locked behind him.
Thus begins a new life for Harry Potter, just as he was beginning another, the old beat him with a stick.
In the afternoon of this horrific day, Hermione Jane Granger recieved an official letter from Gringotts Bank, turning over the accounts, affairs and possesions of Harry James Potter to her. A personal letter was contained sealed in another envelope, within the first.
The personal letter contained as follows:
Dear Hermione,
I know you maybe wondering now, why me (or rather you)? Why didn't I entrust my accounts to Remus, or Ron... Well, I know you will keep good track of my things, pay the bills on time, oh and use the money as you wish, if you spend it all on books, I won't hold you responsible (I know you can't resist a good book). All I ask is that you continue to let Remus come and go as he pleases and have a wonderful life.
Love, Harry.
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"Oh, Harry!" Hermione exclaimed, "What have you gotten yourself into now?"
And for the first time since Harry was carted away, she cried, not when she read his fate, but when she recieved confirmation from the man himself.
About a half hour later, Remus comes down from his room, to find Hermione in a state of coming apart. He asked the rocking young woman, what was the matter, which started another fit of crying and gesturing to the discarded letters.
Moony read them and was hit by the same bomb as Hermione, the two cried away the afternoon on Harry's couch.
Later this same day, when Hermione and Remus were finally, resonably calmed down, Hermione broached one of the subjects of Harry's letter, "Remus, you'll always have a place here at Harry's and if you ever need anything, you know whom to ask in his stead."
"Thank you, Hermione," and silently, 'Thank you, Harry.'
AN: Here's the next chapter, and if I don't have too much to do this weekend, I'll post some more, or rather e-mail them to my cousin to post for me, and Rachel, it's really funny to get a review from yourself, written by another person. Chapter 10 is entitled simply: Prison Life.
Thanks to the reviewers, and keep the reviews coming, hopefully my writers block in chapter 18 comes to an end soon, but there's a lot between this and that chapter, so don't worry.
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