[Book 2]
❝ 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭.❞
Serena's fourth year at Hogwarts begins, but with no less drama than the previous year. Although Sirius Black was acquitted of all charges, not...
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• Serena Black •
„Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life."
The news that Sirius Black was innocent had spread quickly through the wizarding world and had hit like a bomb. Opinion had split into two camps. One half claimed that they had always believed in his innocence and the other still doubted.
Katherine Parker was somewhere in between. While she didn't believe for a second that Sirius would ever hurt Serena or anyone else, her motherly concern remained. Eventually, however, she had agreed to let Serena visit her father during the summer holidays.
A complete doubter, on the other hand, was Nathan Novak, a childhood friend of Serena's who lived in their neighbourhood. They usually met a lot during the holidays, so Serena suspected that was why he was angry and not well disposed towards her father. She had to promise to write him a letter every day or he would show up personally to check up on her.
Her best friend Hailey, on the other hand, was happy for her, but Serena was supposed to report to her every day too. Not because she was afraid for Serena, but just out of curiosity.
Nervously, on a July morning, Serena sat in the kitchen at the table with a hideous light blue tablecloth on it, waiting for her godfather Remus Lupin. The sun was already slamming through the skylight at that early hour and within a few hours had already turned the entire flat into a giant sauna with no escape. The food that didn't belong in the fridge had been pushed to the shady side of the white shelf so that it wouldn't spoil.
Serena had rested her feet on the cat box where her cat was meowing pitifully. The British longhair just couldn't stand being locked in the box, but catching her would take forever, which was why she would have to endure the extra few minutes, willy-nilly. Meanwhile, Serena's mother was whirling around the house, cleaning every hidden nook and cranny. She always did that when visitors were announced, no matter how fleeting.
"Can you clean the dishwasher, please?" she called from the next room. Grumbling, Serena rose from the shadow of the sloping roof and was about to do as she was told when the front doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" cried Serena and stumbled into the hallway, relieved to be able to escape the chores. Her heart pounded excitedly in her chest and a wave of nervousness spread through her insides. She hadn't seen Remus for a few weeks now and spending the rest of her holiday with him and her father felt surreal.
Remus was still wearing a shabby cloak with many patches, but his face was adorned with a few less scratches and even the tiredness had partially disappeared from his gaze. He looked refreshed and perhaps a little happier. "Good morning! So, are you ready?"
