What Words Can Do (TOMARRY)

Year 4 ∆ Part 6

Potions went rather quickly, and Harry managed to not get any points taken away. In fact, Snape didn't bat his eye toward Harry once the entire class.

After Potions ended, Harry, Ron, and Hermione went to lunch. Tom was already there. They went to go meet him. Harry did at least, Ron and Hermione made an excuse to go talk to Neville at the other end of the table.

"What's in your bag?" Tom asked as Harry walked up to him. Harry shot him a confused look as he slung his backpack off his shoulder and on to the seat. Sure enough a paper was in the pocket of it. He pulled it out and realized that it was the same one that McGonagall had been reading in Transfiguration. "What does it say?"

'AZKABAN ESCAPEE WANTED'

'Sirius Black, death eater, murderer, is still on the loose. Be careful and hide your children. Black is unpredictable and could strike at any moment. No one has seen him since he narrowly escaped last year.

If anyone sees him, report him to the Ministry immediately. Anyone who knows of his whereabouts can and will be questioned using veritaserum. And any of the questionees who know where he is can and will be put in Azkaban.'

That was all the article had to say. Harry started sweating, and began to wonder why they were so harsh on this. Sirius was planning on clearing his name. He was going to take Harry in. But now... The Ministry knows that Sirius is his Godfather. They'll obviously question him.

They won't throw him in Azkaban, right? He's The Boy Who Lived. Everyone believes that he'll kill Voldemort. That's enough to keep him out of Azkaban, right?

"Harry, are you alright?" Tom asked, pulling Harry out of his thoughts. "You're really pale."

"I'm fine," he lied. Putting the paper back in his bag and beginning to eat. Tom shot him a skeptical look, but pushed it aside.