Close Or Far From The Law

Chapter 14 : 13. First trip to Hogsmeade

Dementors removed from Hogwarts!

After the announcement of the lack of trial concerning Sirius Black, the Ministry decided that the Dementors must return to Azkaban prison for the good of all, especially the students of Hogwarts. Indeed, the illegal imprisonment of Sirius Black raises many questions about the Ministry's actions following the disappearance of You-Know-Who. While we were all celebrating the end of the war, my friends, tragedies were still being played out.

We have the example of the arrests of much of the Lestrange family and of Bartemius Crouch Junior, who were tried and earned their life in prison for their irreparable actions on the Longbottoms. Or the arrest of Thorfinn Rowle, a Death Eater recognized for barbaric acts. Lucius Malfoy's innocence was recognized, as was Severus Snape's, during due process.

So how and why would Sirius Black have slipped through the net? I understand why our Survivor asks all these questions even if they seem misguided at first glance. It has always been considered that Sirius Black, because he is from this family, was an evil man but nothing has proven it. Also, while going through the life of Harry Potter, I found that Sirius Black is the godfather of our Savior! Unimaginable, right? How could someone so close to our Survivor not have what he had the right to have like any citizen?

Yes, it's definitely time to fix everything and have some answers we didn't yet have about the night You-Know-Who disappeared.

So show up, Sirius Black and speak! We all want to know! Harry Potter deserves the truth!

Rufus Scrimgeour assures that if Sirius Black surrenders without making a fuss, he will be treated well, moreover his lawyer who is also that of Harry Potter will ensure the conditions of his incarceration.

Hoping this message reaches our escapee,

Your favorite reporter,

Rita Skeeter

This newspaper said things, a little too much. But so much information at once, it was as interesting as it was astonishing. Did we really have to make so much noise to find out what we were trying so hard to hide? Harry looked a little worriedly at Neville. His friend was paler than usual but he stood with his back straight, like an heir to a great house. Harry was a little sorry that all this was rekindling wounds in his home, Neville hadn't asked to be splashed in this affair. He reached out and placed his hand on Neville's arm, embarrassing Hermione in the process. But she didn't protest, she had already understood.

-I'm sorry…

It's not your fault… Then it's not as if it wasn't known.

Neville smiled, showing a good heart in spite of bad luck. Harry patted his arm and released it with a sigh.

-All the same, it tells us a lot about what they did at that time. Lucius Malfoy actually had a trial.

-And Snape too.

Quite a few students cast suspicious glances at the teacher who was killing them all with his dark blue eyes. The man's fury was palpable and Harry would bet the professor would make him pay for this appearance of his name in the papers. Harry then glanced at Dumbledore who seemed genuinely saddened by what he had read. Really ? Did he not realize things at the time? It seemed implausible but Harry knew for a fact that the old headmaster was not omnipotent. Of course he could forget things. There had been time to rebuild... But really, all this time, hadn't he asked himself the question? Because Harry still found it hard to believe that no one had thought of it before him. That many had nothing to do with it, yes, normal. Sirius Black had no friends left other than Professor Lupin and the teacher was too poor to mount a defense for his godfather. If he had known about the lack of trial.