I was sitting down in the great hall eating my breakfast when Buckbeak came down with dads replies, fucking bird thought it'd be funny to send my cereal flying everywhere. I took the letter that was addressed to both me and Harry so I called him over and we read the letter with Tay reading over my shoulder.
Ryan, Harry-
I can't say everything I would like to in a letter, it's too risky in case the owl is intercepted- we need to talk, face to face. Can you both ensure that you are alone (Yes Ryan Tay's allowed to come too) by the fire in Gryffindor Tower at one o'clock in the morning on the 22nd November? I know better than anyone that you both can look after yourselves and while you're around Dumbledore and Moody I don't think anyone (such as Evie) will be able to hurt you. However Harry someone seems to be having a good try. Entering you in that Tournament would have been very risky, especially right under Dumbledore's nose. Look out for him Ryan please and both of you be on the watch. I still want to hear about anything unusual. Let me know about the 22nd of November as soon as possible.
Dad/Sirius
I wrote back a reply quickly and decided to give Buckbeak a break by finding Raven and getting her to deliver it instead. It was a Hogsmeade weekend and everybody had someone to go with except me. Yeah I know what you're thinking why don't you go with Tay because Tay had ditched me to go as a couple with Fred. So I was left with George Zac and Cameron. Not that I minded but it's not the same going round Hogsmeade without Tay in fact it's weird. I debated asking Renesmee but chickened out at the last minute because I'm an idiot. But on the Brightside Tay said she'd meet up with me in the three broomsticks for a butterbeer afterwards.
So first Zac and George dragged us to Zonkos, the joke shop to stock up on dung bombs and other pranking items. I actually brought a few dung bombs myself thinking about later if we couldn't get people out of the Gryffindor common room. Then we headed to Honeydukes mine and Tay's favourite shop which was really weird without her we never went into Honeydukes without the other. It was against Tay and Ryan code to do so! I brought a box of chocolate frogs and some sugar quills. Then we headed to the three broomsticks where we saw Fred and Tay. Snogging. If she thought I was just going to sit there and watch them snog then she was a bigger idiot then me.
"OI! No PDA while we're here thank you very much" George snapped
They broke apart immediately and glared at him.
"Remind me to never do this again its weird going round Hogsmeade without you" I told her "Especially Honeydukes! God I couldn't believe I was walking in there without you"
Tay just laughed at me and shook her head.
"You know one day Ry we will be apart can't be joined at the hip forever" she said
I held a hand to my heart and gasped in mock hurt.
"Noooooooooooooo! How could you say that!" I said dramatically
The rest of day went like a normal Hogsmeade day we laughed joked about went behind a group of Slytherins making fun of what they said then getting chased by said group of Slytherins. Then afterwards we made our way up to the Gryffindor common room which was thankfully empty and waited for dad. As we looked into the fire all three of us jumped when dads head appeared in the fire.
"Dad! Are you okay?" I asked
"How're you doing?" added Harry
Dad looked much better than he did when I last saw him which was with a sullen and gaunt face and long mattered hair but now his face was fuller and his hair clean and short he looked more like Lupins old photographs of him.
"Never mind me, how are you?" dad said seriously
"I'm-"Harry started to say but I silenced him with a look I knew he was about to say fine and he was far from fine for one thing Ron had stopped talking to him all together and if that was Tay and me I knew I wouldn't be fine I'd be angry at Tay for not believing me and upset that I didn't have her to talk to. And soon Harry was talking about how hardly anybody believed him about not entering his name in the Goblet of fire, how Rita Skeeter had lied about him in her article, about how he couldn't walk down a corridor without people whispering or sneers (told him he shouldn't worry about it I get it all the time) and above all Ron. Then the first task Hagrid had told him what it was just. Dragons he had to get past a dragon but I had an idea.
"Dragons we can deal with Harry I have in mind for that" dad said "But we'll talk about that in a moment I haven't got long here I broke into a Wizarding house to use the fire but they could be back at any time. There are things I need to warn you two about."
"What?" I asked. Surely there can't be anything worse on the school grounds than dragons.
"Karkaroff. He was a Death Eater boys. You know what Death Eaters are, don't you Harry? I know you do Ryan"
"Evie" I muttered
"Yes- he- what?" Asked Harry confused
"He was caught. He was in Azkaban with me but he got released. I'd bet you everything that's why Dumbledore wanted an Auror at Hogwarts to keep an eye on him. Moody caught Karkaroff. Put him in Azkaban in the first place."
"Karkaroff got released?" Harry said slowly processing dads' words.
"How'd he get let out?" I asked
"He did a deal with the Ministry of Magic" dad answered bitterly "He said he had seen the error of his ways and named names… He put a load of other people into Azkaban in his place….. He's not very popular in there, I can tell you. And from what I've heard he's been teaching the dark arts to every student who passes through that school of his. So watch out for the Drumstrang champion as well"
"Okay but hang on are you saying Karkaroff put Harrys name in the Goblet of Fire?"
"If he did he's a really good actor he was furious about it, wanted to stop me from competing" Harry added
"We know he's a good actor because he got them to set him free" said dad "Now I've been keeping an eye on the Daily Prophet-"
"You and the rest of the world" Harry snapped bitterly
"Chill mate." I told him "We're on your side and we understand your problem with that rag of newspaper better than you think"
"And I've reading between the lines of that Skeeter woman's article" dad continued as if neither me nor Harry had spoken "Moody was attacked the night before he went to Hogwarts. Yes I know the article says it was another false alarm but I don't think so somehow someone tried to stop him from getting to Hogwarts. I think someone knew that their job would be more difficult with him around. And no one's gonna look in to it too closely Mad-Eyes heard intruders too many times but that doesn't mean he can't spot the real thing. Moody was the best Auror the ministry ever had."
"What are you saying that Karkaroff is trying to kill Harry? Why?"
"I've been hearing some very strange things. The Death Eaters seem to be a lot more active lately. They showed themselves at the Quidditch world cup didn't they? They set off the dark mark and now have you heard which Ministry witch has gone missing?"
"Bertha Jorkins? Yeah uncle Moony told me about it"
Dad explained that Bertha was last seen in Albania where it was rumoured that Voldemort was last and that she would know that the Triwizard Tournament was going on. He also explained that she wasn't the brightest bulb in the box in fact she was probably the dullest bulb in the box she was also very nosy. We were pretty sure she'd be very easy to lure into a trap. Zac could outsmart her and he only just passed his exams in…. well every year despite Cameron's attempts to tutor him. Then we went back to dragons but just as dad was about to tell Harry a spell he needed we heard someone coming down the steps. Really? Who is up at this hour? Besides me, Harry and Tay of course. It was Ron. Harry chased him off not literally I mean he snapped at him.
"We better go" I said to Tay "Or else Cedric will accuse us of sneaking into Honeydukes again. Talk to you in the morning Harry."
We left Gryffindor Tower and made our way down to our own common room they trudged straight to our dormitories.