The Forgotten One || Sirius Black's Daughter

Chapter 33

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A mass breakout of Death Eater's from Azkaban. Spread across the newspaper were ten black-and-white photographs that filled the whole of the front page, nine showing wizards' faces and the tenth, a witch's. Some of the people in the photographs were silently jeering; others were tapping their fingers on the frame of their pictures, looking insolent. Each picture was captioned with a name and the crime for which the person had been sent to Azkaban.

Antonin Dolohov, read the legend beneath a wizard with a long, pale, twisted face who was sneering up at Cassie, convicted of the brutal murders of Gideon and Fabian Prewett.

Augustus Rookwood, said the caption beneath a pockmarked man with greasy hair who was leaning against the edge of his picture, looking bored, convicted of leaking Ministry of Magic Secrets to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

But Cassie's eyes were drawn to the picture of the witch. Her face had leapt out to her the moment she had seen the page. The long, dark hair appearing unkempt and straggly, with an arrogant, disdainful smile playing around her thin mouth. She didn't even have to glance at the name, it was obvious of who it was.

Bellatrix Lestrange, convicted of the torture and permanent incapacitation of Frank and Alice Longbottom.

Unfortunately, she knew this name all too well. Whether it be from Dumbledore's warnings of the horrid woman, or her mother's boasting of her long lost friend, it was as if they knew each other already.

Glancing away from Bellatrix's photo, Cassie couldn't help but snort at the headline over the pictures.

MASS BREAKOUT FROM AZKABAN MINISTRY FEARS BLACK IS "RALLYING POINT" FOR OLD DEATH EATERS

As if Sirius would or could ever do something like this. Funny though, they did get something right for once. A Black technically was involved. In a way, it was her fault, for not doing enough to avoid this from happening.

Cassie couldn't help but think back to the day after the Death Eater meeting weeks prior.

"Professor Dumbledore! We have a serious problem," she exclaimed upon meeting him.

After finding out Snape was a traitor and that Voldemort was planning something to increase his numbers, she knew she needed to report to Dumbledore.

Seeing as though it was Christmas break, it wouldn't arise suspicions for Cassie to meet him at his office in Hogwarts. Therefore, she flooed in, not wasting any time for pleasantries.

"Good to see you again, Ms. Black. What seems to be the problem?" he asked sweetly.

"I was called for another meeting with the Death Eater's yesterday," Cassie began. "Professor Snape was there! You have to do something about him, he's a traitor!"

Much to her surprise, instead of become angry, there was a glint in Dumbledore's eyes as he let out a laugh.

Cassie gave her old headmaster a confused look. "I'm sorry, but I don't see how this could be funny," she adds.

"My apologies, Ms. Black. I only laugh because Severus sent me a patronus earlier with the same concerns about you," he explained.

"I don't understand," Cassie mumbled with furrowed eyebrows.

"Severus has been a spy for the Order for over a decade now," Dumbledore explained further.