Demelza, Amy and Luna reacted in exactly the way you'd expect when they heard about us in Egypt. On August 1st, I received 3 letters, one from each of them, each filled with congratulations but also hinting at jealousy. They did of course acknowledge that our family was more than deserving of such money though. I didn't know how Luna could possibly be jealous though, as she was in Greenland for almost the whole summer! Maybe it was the weather, I was enjoying a hot sunny country and she was stuck in a freezing cold country. But then again, they did choose to go there so they should have expected it. Anyway, you probably don't give a shit about this do you ha ha, let's get on to some more interesting stuff!

They included their thoughts on a terrible story that had broke back in the UK. None other than Sirius Black had escaped, yes ESCAPED, from Azkaban prison! Obviously this was what we discussed over breakfast that morning.

"So who's Sirius Black then?" asked Ron

"A murderer" said Dad. He killed 13 people, 12 muggles and a wizard, with one curse. He was one of You Know Who's highest ranked followers, and a spy within our ranks. It was devastating what he did, not only for all the innocent lives that he took, but because of how much we trusted him. He acted so differently from the rest of his family, or so we thought. He was in Gryffindor, not Slytherin, he acted so much like he hated the Dark Arts, and that he wanted nothing more than to bring You Know Who down. We all fell for it. Worst of all, he betrayed-

"That's enough Arthur!" said Mum in a warning voice.

I already knew what Dad had said, but that only came by accident, when I overheard some of the older students discussing Black one night in the common room the previous year. That was how Demelza, Amy and I knew who he was when that guy on the stairs mentioned him. What Mum was so keen on us not knowing was something I needed to find out, and as quickly as possible.

"No, who did he betray, go on Dad!" I said eagerly

"Yeah, this is really interesting!" added Fred

"I- well" began Dad, but Mum's stare made him change his course. "No, no, your mother's right, I've said enough"

"Mum, why are you literally no fun at all?" I asked

"Trust me young lady, I disapprove of you knowing anything about Black, let alone the last thing your father was about to say! Think yourself lucky that I let you hear what you did!".

I bit my lip. I wasn't about to tell her that I knew everything Dad had said already.

"But how did he escape Azkaban, isn't it supposed to be basically impossible to break out from there?" said Ron

"That's the thing" said Dad "no-one has any idea how he did it, and I very much doubt we'll find out anytime soon. The only things we know are that it happened during a meal time, and that he'd been talking in his sleep a lot beforehand"

"Wait, hold on. Did you say he killed 13 people with one curse?" said George

"Yes, and the majority were Muggles, but there was a wizard on our side called Peter Pettigrew too. Shows how evil Black was, as Peter was one of the least threatening and most innocent people out there, yet Black blew him to smithereens. They only ever found one of his fingers"

"Bloody hell..." said Ron

"I know, and he's so dangerous that even the Muggles have been told to watch out for him... Look, enough about Black for now, let's focus on happier things, like what we're going to get up to today."

I didn't focus on that though, at least not for the most part. During that day's visit to Cairo Zoo, followed by a short cruise along the Nile River, though I enjoyed both, I was thinking a lot about how I was going to get that last piece of information. I eventually came up with a plan, and put it in to action that evening. Before that though, there was something interesting that I saw advertised on the noticeboard in the hotel lobby. It seemed like it had only been put up while we were out that day. It was an advert for a Quidditch match, between the Cairo Caphorns and the Gibraltar Gillyphiles, that was taking place at a stadium around 20 miles away, out in the desert, on 11th August, my birthday! Of course, my family agreed to go.

After us kids had all gone to bed, I snuck out of my room, and downstairs to the lobby, where Bill, Charlie, Mum and Dad were talking. I stood with my back against the wall, listening in on their conversation.

"I mean this is a serious, serious issue, if Black's after Harry. How has security increased at the castle?" said Charlie

"It seems like they plan to station Dementors at the entrances. They have been given permission to perform the Kiss on Black right away if they see him" said Dad

"Are you going to tell Harry this?" said Bill

"Well, your father and I very much disagree on that. I personally think he'd be happier not knowing" said Mum "We don't even know for sure Black actually is after Harry"

"Molly, I've told you this already, Fudge wants that kept quiet! I know for a fact it's true though!" said Dad

"Why is Black even after Harry?" asked Charlie

"He was Lily and James's secret keeper. He betrayed them to You Know Who" said Dad "And I daresay after he's killed Harry, he'll want to go and re-join his master to bring him back to power"

At these words, I fell down to the floor. I now understood just how grave this situation was. Unfortunately, I made a loud noise upon landing, and suddenly the 4 of them got up and rushed over to see the source of the noise. I then saw them all standing over me, with furious looks on their faces.