Still do not own Harry Potter.
Dear Mum and Dad,
The Firebolt is amazing! It turns at the lightest touch, and it's so fast! Lee spent half the match talking about it instead of what was happening until McGonagall yelled at him.
I was chasing the snitch when, and the Ravenclaw seeker, Cho Chang, was chasing me, when we saw three dementors. I didn't think; I didn't feel a thing. I just whipped out my wand and sent a Patronus at them, but I couldn't stop to look. I was still after the snitch and managed to catch it. We're still in the running!
Everyone was screaming and cheering, and then Professor Lupin was there. He complimented me on my Patronus, but it turns out that they weren't real dementors. Malfoy and some other Slytherin's had dressed up in dark robes in an attempt to sabotage me. McGonagall was furious. She gave them all a detention, took fifty points from Slytherin, and said she was going to be speaking to Professor Dumbledore about it.
We're having a huge party in the common room as I'm writing this. The only thing that put a damper on my mood is Hermione. Well, Hermione and Ron. I went over to talk to her just a little while ago. I think she's working herself too hard. I tried to persuade her to join the party, but she said she had four hundred and twenty-two pages to read by Monday. She also pointed out that Ron wouldn't want to her join in. I had hoped he'd be in a good enough mood to bury the hatchet, but at that moment he made a loud comment about Scabbers being eaten. Hermione burst out sobbing and ran up to the girl's dormitory. I don't know what to do.
McGonagall's just arrived to order us all to go to bed.
Love,
Harry
Dear Mum and Dad,
Sirius Black broke into our dormitory last night! Don't worry, everyone's fine. I woke up when someone screamed. I thought I heard the dormitory door slam, and I finally managed to open the curtains, and Ron was sitting up in bed with his hangings torn from one side. He said that Sirius Black was there with a knife. We ran down into the common room; other people were waking up too. There was no one there.
Professor McGonagall arrived. Ron persuaded her to ask Sir. Cadogan if a man had entered the tower. He said yes; he had the whole weeks passwords; he read them off a piece of paper. Sir. Cadogan changes the passwords all the time, and Neville can't keep track of them, so he wrote down the whole weeks, and Sirius Black must have gotten a hold of them somehow.
The whole castle was searched, but he was gone again. Security has been tightened. Flitwick taught the front doors to recognize Black by a portrait of him. Sir. Cadogan has been fired. The Fat Lady agreed to return to her job as long as she was given protection of a couple of security trolls.
Ron and I were trying to figure out why Black ran away instead of silencing Ron and moving on to me. We decided he must have realized he never would have gotten away if he didn't run then. He'd have had to kill the whole house if he had lingered, then he would have met the teachers. What do you think?
Harry
Harry,
Thank God you're alright!
That was too close. I'm glad they're adding the extra security measures, although after everything, I'm not sure they will help much. Harry, I know you won't like hearing this, but as an added precaution, I am withdrawing your permission to visit Hogsmeade. There are only a couple before term ends, and if Black can break into Hogwarts so easily, it would be a picnic to get to you in Hogsmeade. I'm sorry, but I think it's for the best.
As for Ron and Hermione, again, I don't think there is much you can do, except try and be there for both of them. Hermione needs to apologize, whether her cat did it or not, and Ron needs to get over himself. I think, once that happens, everything will go back to normal.
And congratulations on winning the quidditch match and on your Patronus! I bet you flatten Slytherin for the house cup! Good luck,
Love,
Dad and Mum
James,
This is getting out of hand! You've got to tell Dumbledore what we know. I can't. I'm too much of a coward.
Remus
Remus,
Stop panicking. If Black was using his Animagus form, someone would have noticed a giant black dog lurking around when the school was searched. Besides, I still think he wouldn't bank everything on something that would be so easy for either of us to catch him at. I won't tell Dumbledore if you won't.
James
James,
I just confiscated the Marauder's Map from your son. I don't know how he got it, since Filch confiscated it in our last year as you very well know. I didn't ask for any explanations. However, I think I was able to empress upon him and Ron the seriousness of what they had done. Hopefully, there will be no more trouble.
Remus
He was in Hogsmeade, wasn't he?
James
Yes. I imagine he thought the invisibility cloak was protection enough. He was caught messing with Mr. Malfoy and his friends when he tried to trip one of them and the cloak came off his head. Mr. Malfoy reported it to Severus, who discovered the defense mechanism we added and called me. I'm not sure if he recognized our names or not, as he asked if Harry could have gotten it directly from the manufacturers. I managed to pass it off as a Zonko's product, and Ron came in at that very convenient moment in order to falsely testify that he had given Harry it from there. I'm sure Severus didn't believe him, but he couldn't do anything about it.
Remus
I told him he wasn't to go into Hogsmeade until Black was caught! Still, I'm glad you didn't let the map fall in Snape's hands.
James
Happy New Years everyone!