"Never saw one without the other, did you? The number of times I had them in here — ooh, they used to make me laugh. Quite the double act, Sirius Black and James Potter!"
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"AURORA! HARRY!" HERMIONE SQUEALED. "What are you doing here? How – how did you –?"
"Wow!" Ron said, looking very impressed. "You two have learned to Apparate!"
'"Course we haven't," Harry said. He dropped his voice so that none of the sixth-years could hear them and told them all about the Marauder's Map.
"How come Fred and George never gave it to me!" Ron said, outraged. "I'm their brother!"
"They just like us better." Aurora said, with a cheeky grin.
"But Aurora and Harry isn't going to keep it!" Hermione said, as though the idea was ludicrous. "You two going to hand it in to Professor McGonagall, aren't you, Harry?"
"No, we are not!" Harry said.
"Are you mad?" Ron said, goggling at Hermione. "Hand in something that good?"
Aurora kept her mouth shut. Hermione had her reasons to be concerned. So she didn't say anything.
"If I hand it in, I'll have to say where I got it! Filch would know Fred and George nicked it!"
"But what about Sirius Black?" Hermione hissed. "He could be using one of the passages on that map to get into the castle! The teachers have got to know!"
"He can't be getting in through a passage," Harry said quickly. "There are seven secret tunnels on the map, right? Fred and George reckon Filch already knows about four of them. And the other three – one of them's caved in, so no one can get through it. One of them's got the Whomping Willow planted over the entrance, so you can't get out of it. And the one I just came through – well – it's really hard to see the entrance to it down in the cellar – so unless he knew it was there –"
Aurora hesitated for a moment. What if Black did know the passage was there? Ron, however, cleared his throat significantly, and pointed to a notice pasted on the inside of the sweetshop door.
BY ORDER OF THE MINISTRY OF MAGIC Customers are reminded that until further notice, Dementors will be patrolling the streets of Hogsmeade every night after sundown. This measure has been put in place for the safety of Hogsmeade residents and will be lifted upon the recapture of Sirius Black. It is therefore advisable that you complete your shopping well before nightfall. Merry Christmas!
"See?" Ron said quietly. "I'd like to see Black try and break into Honeydukes with Dementors swarming all over the village. Anyway, Hermione, the Honeydukes owners would hear a break in, wouldn't they? They live over the shop!"
