Sirius Black's Daughter

Chapter Twentey- Seven The Third Task

Posted: May 5th, 2021

Edited: May 19th, 2021

Song: Good Old-Fashioned Loverboy

I got this done early because I didn't have any work to do before! Enjoy!

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Major editing: August 7th, 2021

Author's note:
Hi Duckies!
It's a rainy day where I am and all my daily activities have been canceled. So I'm updating the rest of the chapters!

I'm thinking about writing the last chapter for Year Four today, but I don't know if I'll be able to get to that today or will have the motivation.

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"Dumbledore reckons You-Know-Who's getting stronger again as well?" Ron whispered.
Everything Harry had seen in the Pensieve, nearly everything Dumbledore had told and shown him afterward, he had now shared with Natalia, Ron and Hermione - and, of course, with Sirius, to whom Harry had sent an owl the moment he had left Dumbledore's office. Harry, Natalia, Ron, and Hermione sat up late in the common room once again that night, talking it all over until Harry's mind was reeling, until he understood what Dumbledore had meant about a head becoming so full of thoughts that it would have been a relief to siphon them off.

Ron stared into the common room fire. Natalia thought she saw Ron shiver slightly, even though the evening was warm.
"And he trusts Snape?" Ron said. "He really trusts Snape, even though he knows he was a Death Eater?"
"Yes," said Harry.
Hermione had not spoken for ten minutes. She was sitting with her forehead in her hands, staring at her knees. Natalia thought she too looked as though she could have done with a Pensieve.
"Rita Skeeter," she muttered finally.
"How can you be worrying about her now?" said Ron, in utter disbelief.

"I'm not worrying about her," Hermione said to her knees. "I'm just thinking...remember what she said to me in the Three Broomsticks? 'I know things about Ludo Bagman that would make your hair curl. ' This is what she meant, isn't it? She reported his trial, she knew he'd passed information to the Death Eaters. And Winky too, remember...'Ludo Bagman's a bad wizard.' Mr. Crouch would have been furious he got off, he would have talked about it at home."
"Yeah, but Bagman didn't pass information on purpose, did he?"
Hermione shrugged.
"And Fudge reckons Madame Maxime attacked Crouch?" Natalia said, turning back to Harry.
"Yeah," said Harry, "but he's only saying that because Crouch disappeared near the Beauxbatons carriage."

"We never thought of her, did we?" said Ron slowly. "Mind you, she's definitely got giant blood, and she doesn't want to admit it-"
"Of course she doesn't," said Hermione sharply, looking up. "Look what happened to Hagrid when Rita found out about his mother. Look at Fudge, jumping to conclusions about her, just because she's part giant. Who needs that sort of prejudice? I'd probably say I had big bones if I knew that's what I'd get for telling the truth."
Hermione looked at her watch. "We haven't done any practicing!" she said, looking shocked. "We were going to do the Impediment Curse! We'll have to really get down to it tomorrow! Come on. Harry, you need to get some sleep."

Harry and Ron went slowly upstairs to their dormitory.

"Hurry up, Natalia. It's been a long day," said Hermione to the girl who is curled up on the corner of the couch.
"I'm not that tired," Natalia mumbled, looking at the fireplace with her dull gray eyes.
Hermione sighed and sat back down on the couch next to Natalia.
"Are you ok?" she asked.
Natalia remained quite as she continued to stare into the fire.
"Why does every bad thing happen to Harry?" Natalia whispered.
Hermione frowns at her friend. Natalia barely opens up due to her commitment and trust issues she got from her ex adoptive parents.
"I don't know why. It has to be something from when he defeated You-Know-Who as a baby, but we just have to believe that things will get better," Hermione said, placing a hand on Natalia's leg.