In this chapter... Harry realises that the screaming that he hears, when there are Dementors around, is his mother – right before she was killed by Lord Voldemort, pleading for him to spare her child. Malfoy enjoys teasing Harry about the Dementor when Harry returns to school. Christmas is drawing close. Ron and Hermione are staying at Hogwarts – Harry knows it is to keep him company. Professor Lupin explains a little about dementors. They force people to reliev their worst memories. Harry has had more horrors in his life than mosr other people. Lupin promises to teach him to hoe defend himself, at a dementor attack, after Christmas.
There is another Hogsmead visit just before Christmas. Hermione and Ron go off, leaving Harry at Hogwarts. Not for long however! Fred and George have stayed behind, to assist him to get into Hogsmead. before break finds Harry downcast over not being able to go again. They give him a secret map of Hogwarts that shows all the secret passages out of school. The map also shows the location of every person, ghost, animal and more in Hogwarts castle. The map is called the Maurauders Map – it was invented by a Mooney, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prong. Fred and George “borrowed” the map from Filch’s office, in their first year,
Harry uses one of the passageways to sneak into Hogsmead. Hermione and Ron are amazed to see him. It is snowing hard so they head to The Three Broomsticks pub for a few butterbeers. However, Professor McGonagall, Flitwick, Hagrid and Cornelius Fudge come into the pub, and sit right in front of the trio. Harry hides under the table. The trio hear them talking about Sirius Black. Sirius Black was James Potter’s – Harry’s dad – best friend at school. This lasted through the years, Sirius was best man when James married Lily. He was even godfather to Harry.. Professor Dumbledore learned that Lord Voldemort knew when James and Lily were – James and Lily were against Lord Voldemort – so James made Sirius his Secret Keeper and suggested the Fidelius Charm. Sirius was the one who betrayed James and Lily to Voldemort. A week after Sirius became the Secret Keeper, James and Lily were murdered. Hagrid remembers when he went to Godric’s Hollow – where the Potter’s lived – to collect Harry after Voldemort attacked Lily and James. He was to take Harry to Privet Drive – on Dumbledore’s orders. Hagrid says Sirius was there too – and leant Hagrid his flying motor bike to take Harry to Privet Drive. The following day, Peter Pettigrew, another schoolfriend of James and Sirius, cornered Sirius. Sirius murdered not only Wormtail, but also twelve Muggles, who were hanging around, before he was appreheneded by Ministry officials and sent to Azkaban.
Cornelius Fudge had been to see Sirius, in Azkaban, just before he escaped. Azkaban usually send people completely mad – it is guarded by dementors – but Sirius seemed completely sane, and even asked for Fudge’s newspaper so he could do the crossword. The Professors, Hagrid and Fudge leave the pub. The trio are left totally stunned to what they have overheard.
“Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs,” sighed George, patting the heading of the map. “We owe them so much.”
When Pettigrew was killed, what was Cornelius Fudge's position in the Department of Magical Catastrophes? Junior Minister
Chapter 11: The Firebolt
In this chapter... It is the Christmas holidays. Harry realises that he hates Harry Harry doesn’t really know how to deal with this new information. He realizes he hates Sirius Black for what he did. At the end of his first year of Hogwarts, Hagrid gave Harry a photograph album of his parents. There is even one of Sirius, at his parents wedding.
The Trio go to see Hagrid. Harry planned to question Hagrid about Sirius Balckbothered to tell Harry anything about Black, but Hagrid tells him that Buckbeak, the hippogriff that attacked Malfoy, will be put to death in a few months.. Hermione promises to help Hagrid in his defense against Buckbeak.
On Christmas morning, Harry opens his present. He is totally stunned – and so is Ron – to unwrap a brand new Firebolt. There is no name attactched to the broomstick.Hermione comes into the boys dormotory with presents, and with Crookshanks. Crookshanks attempts to attack Scabbers, again, which greatly annoys Ron. The pocket sneakascope – the present that Ron sent Harry for his birthday – falls out of Harry’s trunk and spins and whistles eeriely. Harry quickly puts it away again.
The Christmas feast is over. Professor Lupin was too ill to attend. Later on, Professor McGonagall enters the Gryffindor common room, to look at the Firebolt – Hermione told her about it. McGonagall quickly takes away the broom – it might be jinxed.Harry and Ron are exceedingly annoyed with Hermione. She explains that thinks that Sirius Black sent Harry the broom as a trap.
With a bang like a gunshot, the cracker flew apart to reveal a large, pointed witch’s hat topped with a stuffed vulture. Harry, remembering the Boggart, caught Ron’s eye and they both grinned; Snape’s mouth thinned and he pushed the hat toward Dumbledore, who swapped it for his wizard’s hat at once.
Which Professor surprisingly joined the others for Christmas dinner? Professor Trelawney
Chapter 12: The Patronus
In this chapter... Harry is still upset with Hermione, what she did about the Firebolt despite her good intentions. Oliver Wood, the Gryffindor Quidditch Captain, promises to try are presuade Professor McGonagall – he isdelighted that he will have a Firebolt on his team! Harry starts his private lessons with Professor Lupin. Harry is anxious to learn Lupin how to defend himself against the dementors. They might come to the next Quidditch match. The spell to defend yourself against a dementor is the Patronus Charm. This is a guardian of happy thoughts that fights against the dementor. Lupin provides a Boggart for Harry to practice on. Harry find it very difficuult to perform the charm.He keeps hearing the night his parents were murdered.
Harry is slowly making progress with the Patronus Charm. Lupin is quite proud of him. Lupin says that he knew Harry’s parents – he was good friends with James. Harry says he must had also knew Sirius Black too. Lupin relucantly admits that he did. Professor McGonagall gives him back his Firebolt. Lots of tests have been done on it, and it seems to be safe to use. Harry makes friends with Hermione again. However Hermione and Ron get into another huge fight when Ron finds blood on his bed sheets and little cat hairs around them. He accuses Crookshanks of eating Scabbers.
Professor Trelawney was now teaching them palmistry, and she lost no time in informing Harry that he had the shortest lifeline she had ever seen.
What charm did Professor Lupin privately teach Harry to master? Patronus Charm
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