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Were - well - Ron and I are supposed to go into the prefect carriage, Hermione said awkwardly. Ron wasnt looking at Harry; he seemed to have become intensely interested in the fingernails on his left hand. Oh, said Harry. Right. Fine. I dont think well have to stay there all journey, said Hermione quickly. Our letters said we just get instructions from the Head Boy and Girl and then patrol the corridors from time to time. Fine, were apex legends ash rat the Harry again. Well, I-I might see you later, then. Yeah, definitely, said Ron, casting a shifty, anxious look at Harry. Its a pain having to go down there, Id rather - but we have to - I mean, Im not enjoying it, Im not Percy, he finished defiantly. I know youre not, said Harry and he grinned. But as Hermione and Ron dragged their trunks, Crookshanks, and a caged Pigwidgeon off toward the engine end of the train, Harry felt an odd sense of loss. He had never traveled on the Hogwarts Express without Ron. Come on, Ginny told him, if we get a move on well be able to save them places. Right, said Harry, picking up Hedwigs cage in one hand and the handle of his trunk in the other. They struggled off down the corridor, peering through the glass-paneled doors into the compartments they passed, which were already full. Harry could not help noticing that a lot of people stared back at him with great interest and that several of them nudged their neighbors article source pointed him out. After he had met this behavior in five consecutive carriages he remembered that the Daily Prophet had been telling its readers all summer what a lying show-off he was. He wondered bleakly whether the people now staring and whispering believed the stories. In the very last carriage they met Neville Longbottom, Harrys fellow Steam community features Gryffindor, his round face shining with the effort of pulling his trunk along and maintaining a one-handed grip on his struggling toad, Trevor. Hi, Harry, he panted. Hi, Ginny. Everywheres full. I cant find a seat. What are you talking about. said Ginny, who had squeezed past Neville to peer into the compartment behind him. Theres room in this one, theres only Loony Lovegood in here - Neville mumbled something about not wanting to disturb anyone. Dont be how to play helldivers local co op, said Ginny, laughing, shes all right. She slid the door open and pulled her trunk inside it. Harry and Neville followed. Hi, Luna, said Ginny. Is it okay if we take these seats. The girl beside the window looked up. She had straggly, waist-length, dirty-blond hair, very pale eyebrows, and protuberant eyes that gave her a permanently surprised look. Harry knew at once why Neville had chosen to pass this compartment by. The girl gave off an aura of distinct dottiness. Perhaps it was the fact that she had stuck her wand behind her left ear for safekeeping, or that she had chosen to wear a necklace of butterbeer caps, or that she was reading a magazine upside down. Her eyes ranged over Neville and came to rest on Harry. She nodded. Thanks, said Ginny, smiling at her. Harry and Neville stowed the three trunks and Hedwigs cage in the luggage rack and sat down. The girl called Luna watched them over her upside-down magazine, which was called The Quibbler. She did not seem to need to blink as much as normal humans. She stared and stared at Harry, who had taken the seat opposite her and now wished he had not. Go here a good summer, Luna. Ginny asked. Yes, said Luna dreamily, without taking her eyes off Harry. Yes, it was quite enjoyable, you know. Youre Harry Potter, she added. I know I am, said Harry. Neville chuckled. Luna turned her pale eyes upon him instead. And I dont know who you are. Im nobody, said Neville hurriedly. No youre not, said Ginny sharply. Neville Longbottom - Luna Lovegood. Lunas in my year, but in Ravenclaw. Wit beyond measure is mans greatest treasure, said Luna in a singsong voice. She raised her upside-down magazine high enough to hide her face and fell silent. Harry and Neville looked at each other with their eyebrows raised. Ginny suppressed a giggle. The train rattled onward, speeding them out into open country. It was an odd, unsettled sort of day; one moment the carriage was full of sunlight and the next they were passing beneath ominously gray clouds. Guess what I got for my birthday. said Neville. Another Remembrall. said Harry, remembering the marblelike device Nevilles grandmother had sent him in an effort to improve his abysmal memory. No, said Neville, I could do with one, though, I lost the old one ages ago. No, look at this. He dug the hand that was not keeping a firm grip on Trevor into his schoolbag and after a little bit of rummaging pulled out what appeared to be a small gray cactus in a pot, except that it was covered with what looked like boils rather than spines. Mimbulus mimbletonia, he said proudly. Harry stared at the thing. It was pulsating slightly, giving it the rather sinister look of some diseased internal organ. Its really, really rare, read article Neville, beaming. I dont know if theres one in the greenhouse at Hogwarts, even. I cant wait to show it to Professor Sprout. My great-uncle Algie got it for me in Assyria. Im going to see if I can breed from it. Harry knew that Nevilles favorite subject was Herbology, but for the life of him he could not see what he would want with this stunted little plant. Does it - er - do anything. he asked. Loads of stuff. said Neville proudly. Its got an amazing defensive mechanism - hold Trevor for me. He dumped the toad into Harrys lap and took a quill from his schoolbag. Luna Lovegoods popping eyes appeared over the top of her upside-down magazine again, watching what Neville was doing. Neville held the Mimbulus mimbletonia up to his eyes, his tongue between his teeth, chose his spot, and gave the plant a sharp prod with the tip of his quill. Liquid squirted from every boil on the plant, thick, stinking, dark-green jets of it; they hit the ceiling, the windows, and spattered Luna Lovegoods magazine. Ginny, who had flung her arms up in front of her face just in time, merely looked as though she was wearing a slimy green hat, but Harry, whose hands had been busy preventing the escape of Trevor, received a face full. It smelled like rancid manure. Neville, whose face and torso were also drenched, shook his head to get the worst out of his eyes. S-sorry, he gasped. I havent tried that before. Didnt realize it would be quite so. Dont worry, though, Stinksaps not poisonous, he added nervously, as Harry spat a mouthful onto the floor. At that precise moment the door of their compartment slid open. Oh. hello, Harry, said a nervous voice. Um. bad time. Harry wiped the lenses of his glasses with his Trevor-free hand. A very pretty girl with long, shiny black hair was standing in the doorway smiling at him: Cho Chang, the Seeker on the Ravenclaw Quidditch team. Oh. hi, said Harry blankly. Um. said Cho. Well. just thought Id say hello. bye then. She closed the door again, rather pink in the face, and departed. Harry slumped back in his seat and groaned. He would have liked Cho to discover him sitting with a group of very cool people laughing their heads off at a joke he had just told; he would not have chosen to be sitting with Neville and Loony Lovegood, clutching a toad and dripping in Stinksap. Never mind, said Ginny bracingly. Look, we can get rid of all this easily. She pulled out her wand. Scourgify. The Stinksap vanished. Sorry, said Neville again, in a small voice. Ron and Hermione did not turn up for nearly an hour, by which time the food trolley had already gone by. Harry, Ginny, and Neville had finished their Pumpkin Pasties and were busy swapping Chocolate Frog cards when the compartment door slid open and they walked in, accompanied by Crookshanks and a shrilly hooting Pigwidgeon in his cage. Im starving, said Ron, stowing Pigwidgeon next to Hedwig, grabbing a Chocolate Frog from Harry and throwing himself into the seat next to him. He ripped open the wrapper, bit off the Frogs head, and leaned back with his eyes closed as though he had had a very exhausting morning. Well, there are two fifth-year prefects from each House, said Hermione, looking thoroughly disgruntled as she took her seat. Boy and girl from each. And guess whos a Slytherin prefect. said Ron, still with his eyes closed. Malfoy, replied Harry at once, his worst fear confirmed. Course, said Ron bitterly, stuffing the rest of the Frog into his mouth and taking another. And that complete cow Pansy Parkinson, said Hermione viciously. How she got to be a prefect when shes thicker than a concussed troll. Whos Hufflepuff. Harry asked. Ernie Macmillan and Hannah Abbott, said Ron thickly. And Anthony Goldstein and Padma Patil for Ravenclaw, said Hermione. You went to the Yule Ball with Padma Patil, said a vague voice. Everyone turned to look at Luna Lovegood, who was gazing unblinkingly at Ron over the top of The Quibbler. He swallowed his mouthful of Frog. Yeah, I know I did, he said, looking mildly surprised. She didnt enjoy it very much, Luna informed him. She doesnt think you treated her very well, because you wouldnt dance with Steam community features. I dont think Id have minded, she added thoughtfully, I dont like dancing very much. She retreated behind The Quibbler again. Ron stared at the cover with his mouth hanging open for a few seconds, then looked around at Ginny for some kind of explanation, but Ginny had stuffed her knuckles in her mouth to stop herself giggling. Ron shook his head, bemused, then checked his watch. Were supposed to patrol the corridors every so often, he told Harry and Neville, and we can give out punishments if people are misbehaving. I cant wait to get Crabbe and Goyle for something. Youre not supposed to abuse your position, Ron. said Hermione sharply. Yeah, right, because Malfoy wont abuse it at all, said Ron sarcastically. So youre going to descend to his level. No, Im just going to make sure I get his mates before he gets mine. For heavens sake, Ron - Ill make Goyle do lines, itll kill him, he hates writing, said Ron happily. He lowered his voice to Goyles low grunt and, screwing up his face in a look of pained concentration, mimed writing in midair. must. not. look. like. baboons. backside. Everyone laughed, but nobody laughed harder see more Luna Lovegood. She let out a scream of mirth that caused Hedwig to wake up and flap her wings indignantly and Crookshanks to leap up into the luggage rack, hissing. She laughed so hard that her magazine slipped out of her grasp, slid down her legs, and onto the floor. That was funny. Her prominent eyes swam with tears as she gasped for breath, staring at Ron. Utterly nonplussed, he looked around at the others, who were now laughing at the expression on Rons face and at the ludicrously prolonged laughter of Luna Lovegood, who was rocking backward and forward, clutching her sides. Are you taking the mickey. said Ron, frowning at her. Baboons. backside. she choked, holding her ribs. Everyone else was watching Luna laughing, but Harry, glancing at the magazine on the floor, noticed something that made him dive for it. Upside down it had been hard to tell what the picture on the front was, but Steam community features now realized it was a fairly bad cartoon of Cornelius Fudge; Harry only recognized him because of the lime-green bowler hat. One of Fudges hands was clenched around a bag of gold; the other hand was throttling a goblin. The cartoon was captioned: HOW FAR WILL FUDGE GO TO GAIN GRINGOTTS. Beneath this were listed the titles of other articles inside the magazine. CORRUPTION IN THE QUIDDITCH LEAGUE: How the Tornados Are Taking Control SECRETS OF THE ANCIENT RUNES REVEALED SIRIUS BLACK: Villain or Victim. Can I have a look at this. Harry asked Luna eagerly. She nodded, still gazing at Ron, breathless with laughter. Harry opened the magazine and scanned the index; until this moment he had completely forgotten the magazine Kingsley had handed Mr. Weasley to give to Sirius, but it must have been this edition of The Quibbler. He found the page and turned excitedly to the article. This too was illustrated by a rather bad cartoon; in fact, Harry would not have known it was supposed to be Sirius if it hadnt been captioned. Sirius was standing on a pile of human bones with his wand out. The headline on the article read: SIRIUS - Black As Hes Painted. Notorious Mass Murderer OR Innocent Singing Sensation. Harry had to read this sentence several times before he was convinced that he had not misunderstood it. Since when had Sirius been a singing sensation. For fourteen years Sirius Black has been believed guilty of the mass murder of twelve innocent Muggles and one wizard. Blacks audacious escape from Azkaban two years ago has led to the widest manhunt ever conducted by the Ministry of Magic. None of us has ever questioned that he deserves to be recaptured and handed back to the dementors. BUT DOES HE. Startling new evidence has recently come to light that Sirius Black may not have committed the crimes for which he was sent to Azkaban. In fact, says Doris Purkiss, of 18 Acanthia Way, Little Norton, Black may not even have been present at the killings. What people dont realize is that Sirius Black is a false name, says Mrs. Purkiss. The man people believe to be Sirius Black is actually Stubby Boardman, lead singer of the popular singing group The Click to see more, who retired from public life after being struck in the ear by a turnip at a concert in Little Norton Church Hall nearly fifteen years ago. I recognized him the moment I saw his picture in the paper. Now, Stubby couldnt possibly have committed those crimes, because on the day in question he happened to be enjoying a romantic candlelit dinner with me. I have written to the Minister of Magic and am expecting him to give Stubby, alias Sirius, a full pardon any day now. Harry finished reading and stared at the page in disbelief. Perhaps it was a joke, he thought, perhaps the magazine often printed spoof items. He flicked back a few pages and found the piece on Fudge. Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic, denied that he had any plans to take over the running of the Wizarding bank, Gringotts, when he was elected Minister of Magic five years ago. Fudge has always insisted that he wants nothing more than to cooperate peacefully with the guardians of our gold. BUT DOES HE. Sources close to the Minister have recently disclosed that Fudges dearest ambition is to seize control of the goblin gold supplies and that he will not hesitate to use force if need be. It wouldnt be the first time, either, said a Ministry insider. Cornelius Goblin-Crusher Fudge, thats what his friends call him, if you could hear him when he thinks no ones listening, oh, hes always talking about the goblins hes had done in; hes had them drowned, hes had them dropped off buildings, hes had them poisoned, hes had them cooked in pies. Harry did not read any further. Fudge might have many faults but Harry found it extremely hard to imagine him ordering goblins to be cooked in pies. He flicked through the rest of the magazine. Pausing every few pages he read an accusation that the Tutshill Tornados were winning the Quidditch League by a combination of blackmail, illegal broom-tampering, and torture; an interview with a wizard who claimed to have flown to the moon on a Cleansweep Six and brought back a bag of moon frogs to prove it; and an article on ancient runes, which at least explained why Luna had been reading The Quibbler upside down. According to the magazine, if you turned the runes on their heads they revealed a spell to make your enemys ears turn into kumquats.

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