The fire at the Shrieking Shack didn't stay secret for long. Within a day the whole school was discussing it but there were some people who didn't think it was that great. Like the Slytherins who thought that the Gryffindors were just looking for attention and the Gryffindors themselves, who got themselves detentions until the end of term.
One evening at dinner just as Sirius, James, Katie, Lily and Gemini were about to go to detention Dumbledore said that he had an announcement.
"Students, students can I have your attention for a moment?" he asked.
"Come on guys" said Katie, "We've got detention with Kondola tonight, he'll kill us if we're late!" The others agreed and left the table and headed towards the dungeons.
"I am afraid we have a little predicament in the school this evening and would very much like it if all students could go to their houses and stay there please for the course of the evening" Dumbledore said calmly, but he was the only one that was calm.
Students rushed around whilst prefects desperately tried to get them to go to their common rooms. Chaos ensued and people filled the staircases trying to reach their houses first, not wanting to be left behind.
Thunder rumbled and lightning cracked outside and students screamed and fainted, having to be dragged along by their friends so as not to be trampled in the stampede.
"Wonder what all that noise is about?" said Sirius, looking up from scrubbing his cauldron. "Its sounds like the whole of Slytherin marching along to their form room, loud animals!" he laughed not realising the irony in what he'd just said.
Soon all was dead and the five students were busy scrubbing their cauldrons in silence as to attempt to get the job done faster. Moonlight streamed through the windows from the crescent moon outside which seemed unusually bright and slightly red in colour.
The bristles on pewter filled the dungeon and made any other noise seem exaggerated which was fortunate as it meant that the children heard the footsteps in the corridor outside.
"What's that?" Katie asked but the others told her to be quiet so they could listen.
"It's all going to plan my lord, yes! They really think I'm him, bizarre isn't it! No, they all think I'm reviewing the Siren Songsters tonight, no one suspects me. Ah, our old common room, still as it always was! Hogwarts will go down tonight!"
The students gasped and James looked through the keyhole in the door just in time to see Dumbledore walking past and back up the stairs. James waited for him to be completely out of sight before saying "Who was that? Because it definitely wasn't Dumbledore!"
"Siren Songsters?" Lily asked, "Who are they?"
"They're a new band" replied Gemini, "Quite good actually, but I'll have to wait for Cat Star's review before I buy the album, she's going to their gig in London isn't she?"
"Yeah, I so wish I was going!" said Katie dreamily, "That bass player is lovely!"
"I tell you who's going to that!" said Sirius, "Elaine Tang, our loving prefect!" he laughed.
"Hey," said James looking worried, "Isn't that gig tonight?" the others thought about it before nodding, "You don't suppose that the fake Dumbledore could be Cat Star do you?"
"Then where's Dumbledore?" asked Gemini, looking puzzled.
"No idea, but best place to start is his office!" said Sirius.