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Arabella
Figg, a now-retired Auror, had interrogated Lucius Malfoy back in the
dark days of the war.
It
took Jade months and months to track down a copy of record, but in
June she found it. She was drinking green tea and smiling as she read
it, as it was sure to have something in it to give a clue to
something much bigger. Jade now knew many details of the Malfoy life
and history that would shock many.
All
at once, three owls came flapping and squawking into her kitchen
through her open window. After she sorted them all out, she took
their burdens and they flew off again, fighting on the way out.
The
first one was from the Ministry of magic, Top Auror department.
Auror
Lorien, Jade;
Having
received and read a copy of your letter to Minister Fudge some months
prior, having gone through your records and credentials, and due to
the mysterious escape of Azkaban fleer, Black, Sirius, we at the
ministry have decided that you should go before the Wizenmagot on
July first, noon, for a hearing. There is no need to be alarmed, you
are as of yet not a suspect, only a person of interest. In case of
failure to attend hearing, your Auror license will be taken away
indefinitely.
Good
day,
Auror
investigate department.
"WHAT?"
Jade was shaking with rage and resentment. What the hell was this
about? There was absolutely no information given to her in the
letter!
Jade
tore open her second letter. She could tell it was from Dumbledore by
his writing, but she could not understand the meaning of what he was
saying.
Keep
your eyes and ears open. The signs are more clear then ever.
Puzzled,
and still frustrated from her first letter, Jade turned to her
third.
It
was from Remus.
Jade,
Everything
went wrong. I'm coming home soon and I'm afraid I will not be
returning to Hogwarts. You were right about Padfoot though. He's
innocent. I saw the one who wasn't. I'll tell you more when I get
home, but if you've picked up the morning Prophet you will
have already conceived your own ideas of what happened. Snape has
possibly grown more foolish and more evil than when we knew
him.
Remus
Jade
stared at the letter and then reread it. I saw the one who wasn't.
Jade wondered why Remus wasn't going to go back. If you've
picked up the morning Prophet you will have already conceived
your own ideas of what happened.
Jade
reached across the table and grabbed the upside-down newspaper and
flipped it over.
SIRIUS
BLACK ESCAPES AGAIN! NEARLY KILLS POTTER AND FRIENDS!
Dark
Arts Teacher Suspected Of Aiding In Black's Mysterious Escape Form
Hogwarts After Heroic Potions Professor Corners Him!
Black's
face was spread across the page, scowling.
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Last
evening, escaped convict Black came face to face with THE BOY WHO
LIVED and two of his best friends. After Black attacked Potter's
friend, Aurthor Weasley's youngest son, Potter and another friend
rushed to his aid. As it seems, the shrieking shack in HOGSMADE had
some role in the scene, and it may have been Black's hiding place,
officials say.
"I
almost got there too late. Black had already put Disillusioning
charms on all three students. But I managed to tie up Lupin and
Black, and get the kids out of the shack." Potions Professor
Severus Snape says.
Unfortunately,
all went askew when Lupin turned into a Werewolf and ripped through
the ropes, setting himself and Black free.
"I
was attacked. And I saw Dementors coming. All I could think about
were the children, who were in panic, and still under Black's charm.
The Dementors caused them all to pass out. I drove them all off and
then brought them to the Hospital Wing." The Professor recalls.
Black
somehow conjured up more magic though, when he escaped out of a
heavily gaurded room on the thirteenth floor of the Hogwarts castle.
One
must question Dumbledore's constant stream of unconventional teachers
at Hogwarts as he has now put the students in great danger. Lupin
will no longer be teaching, but one can only wonder who he will
appoint next year.
Rita
Skeeter Reports.
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Jade
threw down the Prophet in rage. How could the Ministry, the
very people who are suppose to be protecting the public, be so
incredibly stupid?
At
least Sirius is free, Jade thought to herself.
Jade
sighed, sipped her tea, and went back to the copy of Figg's
interrogation of Lucius Malfoy.
Jade
flipped to the last page and put down her mug, eyes widening.
"So,
you think you've caught me then, have you? Go ahead, run to little
Barty Crouch. What do you think is going to happen to you? Try to
remember, Cornelius and I have been friends since our Hogwarts days...
I can easily persuade him to see things my way." –Lucius
Malfoy.
"Try.
Money can't buy you out of everything! Especially when you've
murdered 16 muggles and 7 wizards!'' – Arabella Figg.
Jade
stood up. "The charges were dropped!" She said out loud.
"And Figg lied to me!''
Jade
had gone to see Figg weeks prior, to ask her of interview, but Figg
had told her that she had never even interrogated Lucius, and that he
was a fine Wizard who donated to a number of charities. This puzzled
Jade. Why would she lie to a fellow Auror? Jade had almost believed
her too.
And
then it hit her. Arabella Figg had a memory charm put on her. She
wasn't lying, because to her, it never happened. And that's why the
record was so hard to find; someone was protecting Malfoy.
That's
it. Jade now had enough evidence that the Ministry could no longer
ignore. She would go there tomorrow, confront Fudge himself, and then
get Lucius arrested. Finally.
