When two worlds collide.

Escape.

I was finally back at school, Tonks, Remus and the Weasleys handled the ministry. Thankfully. It felt amazing to be back in my own bed in my own dorm.

"Hagrid's back!" Hermione yells.

We all run outside where he was having a face off with Umbridge.

"I will say this one last time..I'm ordering you to tell me where you've been!" She snaps.

"I told you. I've been away for me health!" Hagrid groans, clearly getting impatient.

"Your health?" Umbridge scoffs.

"Yeah. Bit of fresh air, you know." He shrugs.

"Oh, yes. As gamekeeper, fresh air must be difficult to come by!" She growls before storming away.

Hermione, Ron, Harry, Ginny, The twins and I walk over to him.

"If I were you, I shouldn't get too used to being back!" Hermione huffs.

"In fact, I mightn't bother unpacking at all." Ron rolls his eyes.

"This is top-secret, right?" Hagrid whispers.

We look at each other, nodding.

"Dumbledore sent me to parley with the giants."

"Giants?" Fred gasps. "You found them?" George questions.

"Well, they're not that hard to find, to be perfectly honest. They're so big. I tried to convince them to join the cause. But I wasn't the only one that was trying to win them over." He explains.

"Death Eaters?" I sigh.

"Yes." Hagrid nods. "Trying to persuade them to join You-Know-Who."

"Did they?" Harry leans forward in anticipation.

"I gave them Dumbledore's message. Suppose some of them remember he was friendly to them.It's changing out there. Just like last time." He looks up at the sky.

"What are you on about?" I look at him.

"There's a storm coming, Alex."

. . .

"Hey dad." I appear besides him.

"Stop doing that!" He gasps.

I chuckle, going through my phone.

"How are you feeling?" Nat smiles.

"Feeling alright I suppose." I sigh.

"Maybe get off your phone for two seconds and talk to us?" Grayson yawns.

"There's supposed to be some sort of anno-" I start but my phone went off.

We have confirmed that 10 high-security prisoners... in the early hours of yesterday evening did escape.
And of course, the Muggle prime minister has been alerted to the danger. We strongly suspect...that the breakout was engineered...by torturer, Riley Miller.

"No way.." I gasp.

"Wha- what did that mean?" Tony leans forward.

"Riley and ten other prisoners have escaped." I huff.

"Oh my God." Wanda gasps.

"Dumbledore warned Fudge this could happen. He's gonna get us all killed just because he can't face the truth." I snap.

. . .

"Harry. I wanted to apologise. Now even me mum  says the Prophet's version of things don't add up. So, what I'm really trying to say is that I believe you."