16 Chapter 15

Somewhere in the North Sea. The lower level of Azkaban Prison.

In one of the cells for the most dangerous criminals, a dark-haired woman sat and looked sadly at the small photograph in her pendant. The woman's beauty had faded a little because of her stay in Azkaban, the Dementors had taken care of that, but Bellatrix Lestrange had resisted the negative influence of the prison and the guards of Azkaban with Gryffindor's stubbornness. And now the woman looked longingly at a picture of her godson, cut from a newspaper given to the prisoners by the Aurors who guarded the prison. Soon, however, Bellatrix slipped the picture of Harry Potter into the pocket of her prison robe and turned to the next cell, where a large black dog that looked like a Grimm was now running from corner to corner.

- Would you stop it already? Stop it," the woman shouted at the dog.

After a few moments, the dog stopped and turned back into a human.

- You're so boring, dear cousin.

- Shut up, dog. Don't you have anything better to do? If the guards find out about this, our plan will be ruined.

- Come on, Bells, Aurors don't go to the lower level very often. If the Dementors let you, you'd die of boredom," Sirius Black said and then laughed.

A couple of minutes later, the man returned to his seat, sensing the dementors approaching. The walls of the chambers were covered in ice and an eerie cold spread across the floor. Two creatures in dark hooded cloaks appeared in the corridor. Standing in front of the cells, the dementors began another session of torture on the prisoners. After torturing Black and Lestrange for half an hour, the Dementors moved on to the next session.

After a couple of hours, the prisoners regained consciousness and continued talking. For two years now, Black and Lestrange had been working on a plan to escape Azkaban. Now their plan was in its final stages. Bellatrix was finishing her training as an animagus. Previously, the woman was not interested in this section of magic, but, developing together with her cousin a plan to escape from the prison, Bellatrix immediately realised that the only way to escape from Azkaban - is an image, because the protective spells of the prison did not take into account an image, and in addition, the Dementors could not affect such mages. And so, after spending those years studying an image, Bellatrix, under Sirius' guidance, was able to learn how to transform into an animal. The woman became a she-wolf. Black even tried to make a joke about it, but after receiving a couple of caustic remarks from the woman, he immediately calmed down

- I think there's no point in waiting any longer. We should run away at the earliest opportunity. I hope Harry won't mind. It's been a long time since I've seen Shrinky Dink.

- Sirius, stop calling Harry that in front of me. You can use it, but only when you're alone, otherwise I'll shove your eyes up your arse and make you blink.

- Understood, I won't do it again, Bells," Black said with a smirk, and then a lump of newspaper flew at the man, hitting Sirius hard on the forehead.

Turning away from the varmint cousin, Bellatrix lay down on her bunk covered herself with an old blanket and fell asleep. Bellatrix's last thought before going to sleep was:

"Hang in there godson, Sirius and I will be with you soon".

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Sitting on a wooden bench under a large tree in the private park, Harry was reading the latest issue of the magical newspaper with interest. A smile played on the boy's face. All of why, is because Harry had read an article about a fight between Arthur Weasley and Lucius Malfoy.

- Harry, what interesting things did you read in that paper? - Hela asked, taking a seat next to Potter.

- 'Read it for yourself,' Harry said, handing the paper into Hela's hands. Looking over the article carefully, the black-haired Asgardian grinned.

- 'They're pureblood wizards, so they decided to have a Muggle fight,' Hela said with a deep chuckle in her voice and then continued reading the paper.

Leaving the black-haired Asgardian goddess of death alone on a bench, Harry went for a walk in the park, humming some simple tune to himself.

******

Nora.

Molly Weasley has had a difficult time since Dumbledore's disappearance, as her plan to bring Harry and Ginny together was cracking at the seams. After all, without the old wizard's help, the Weasleys wouldn't have been able to pull off the Harry scam.

Sitting at the table and watching the family eat breakfast, Molly was thinking hard. Everything was going as usual until suddenly there was a knock at the door of the house.

- Father, Mother, are you expecting someone? - Percy asked anxiously.

- I don't think so," Arthur replied puzzled.

- Attention, this is Aurorat, open the door immediately." A few moments later a demanding male voice came from behind the door.

As soon as Percy opened the door, several Aurors entered the room, accompanied by Amelia Bones and Morgana.

- You rascal, what are you doing here? Get out of my house," the matriarch of the red-haired family exclaimed shrilly but immediately received a silencing spell.

- You are reportedly harbouring an illegal animagus, possibly a Death Eater," Amelia Bones said and ordered the Aurors to begin searching the house.

A few minutes later, one of the Aurors brought a shabby rat into the house. The animal tried unsuccessfully to escape.

- Corosta," Ron Weasley exclaimed, trying to rush to his pet's defence. But the Aurors pushed the redhead back.

- Is that him? - Amelia asked, looking at Morgana. Instead of answering, the black-haired wizard used an ancient reappearance spell, and a few moments later, a heavyset man with rat-like features stood before the crowd.

- Peter Pettigrew, you are under arrest for the events of the autumn of 1981. Aurors, take him away with the Weasleys," Bones ordered.

*****

Azkaban. A few hours later.

- 'Black, get up, and Lestrange too,' the Aurors guarding the prison woke the two prisoners.

- What happened? - Bellatrix asked, rubbing her sleep-dampened eyes slightly.

- You will be taken to the main dungeon of the Aurora. There were no more questions - two gloom bringers led Sirius and his cousin down the corridor and towards the exit of the gloomy prison.

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