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Harry first hears about Black on the muggle news, where they say that he's an escaped convict. Once Harry reenters the magical world, he learns that Sirius Black was one of Voldemort's closest supporters. He killed thirteen people with a single curse, one of whom was one of his best friends, Peter Pettigrew. After spending twelve years in the wizard prison Azkaban for this crime, Black escapes and is supposedly intent on killing Harry. The photos of Black that Harry sees make Harry think of vampires; he's sallow and thin, with long stringy hair. Right before Christmas, Harry learns that there's more to the story: Black was James Potter's best friend, is Harry's godfather, and, according to most wizards, is the one who gave Lily and James's whereabouts to Voldemort. This knowledge fills Harry with hatred and he realizes he'd like to kill Black since he's the reason Harry is an orphan. When Black sneaks into the castle, he does appear violent--he attacks the Fat Lady's painting and scares Ron by standing over him with a knife--but his actions also make little sense. Ron points out that Black could've easily killed every boy in the dormitory and deems it lucky that Black's first break-in happened during the Halloween feast, when nobody was in the common room for Black to kill. However, these strange actions take on new meaning when Ron, Harry, and Hermione end up in the Shrieking Shack with Black and Lupin. They learn that Black is an Animagus who can turn into a big, black dog and is actually after Peter Pettigrew, not Harry. Pettigrew is the one who betrayed the Potters and framed Black before going into hiding as a rat. Harry refuses to let Sirius kill Pettigrew, as he doesn't believe James would've wanted his friend to become a killer. This plan is foiled when Pettigrew escapes, but Harry and Hermione's trip back in time saves Sirius from the Dementor's Kiss. Though Sirius must stay in hiding, he does write a note for Dumbledore authorizing Harry to visit Hogsmeade.
Sirius Black Quotes in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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Chapter One Quotes
Non-magic people (more commonly known as Muggles) were particularly afraid of magic in medieval times, but not very good at recognizing it. On the rare occasion that they did catch a real witch or wizard, burning had no effect whatsoever.
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As Harry tries to secretly do his homework at the Dursleys’ house, he reads about how medieval muggles were bad at identifying real witches and even worse at actually punishing them for their "transgressions." This introduces witch hunts as a symbol for government, and manhunts in particular, gone wrong--the medieval witch hunts were incapable of making a real impact. Though Harry doesn't realize it at this point, this becomes a model for how his own government functions in the present. The Ministry of Magic's attempts to capture Sirius Black and imprison him for a crime he didn't commit are ineffective Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem.
Chapter Two Quotes
"No need to tell us he's no good," snorted Uncle Vernon, staring over the top of his paper at the prisoner. "Look at the state of him, the filthy layabout! Look at his hair!"
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Harry and the Dursleys see Sirius Black on the muggle news, and Sirius's mug shot shows that he's dirty and has stringy hair. As far as Vernon is concerned, this is the most offensive thing about him. This reflects what the muggle television tells its viewers about Black: they say that he's an escaped criminal, but offer no information on his crime or where he escaped from. In reality, Sirius Black is (supposedly) one of the most dangerous wizarding criminals of all time, and the state of his hair is the last thing that anyone needs to be worried about. Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequ
Chapter Four Quotes
"The guards told Fudge that Black's been talking in his sleep for a while now. Always the same words: 'He's at Hogwarts...he's at Hogwarts.' Black is deranged, Molly, and he wants Harry's dead. If you ask me, he thinks murdering Harry will bring You-Know-Who back to power. Black lost everything the night Harry stopped You-Know-Who, and he's had twelve years alone in Azkaban to brood on that."
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Harry overhears Mr. and Mrs. Weasley talking about the fact that Sirius Black is after him and wants him dead. At this point, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley have no reason not to believe the same story as the rest of the wizarding world, which states that Black was one of Voldemort's followers. Given this belief, it's understandable that Mr. Weasley hears "He's at Hogwarts" and assumes that Black is talking about Harry. However, once Harry learns that Black is actually after Peter Pettigrew, who's spent twelve years in hiding as Ron's rat Scabbers, he realizes that Black is saying that Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempo
Chapter Nine Quotes
"It's very lucky he picked tonight, you know," said Hermione as they climbed fully dressed into their sleeping bags and propped themselves onto their elbows to talk. "The one night we weren't in the tower..."
"I reckon he's lost track of time, being on the run," said Ron. "Didn't realize it was Halloween. Otherwise he'd have come bursting in here."
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In the aftermath of Sirius Black's first break-in, Hermione and Ron discuss how lucky it was that nobody was upstairs in the common room for Black to kill. This discussion relies entirely on their belief at this point that Black is out to kill Harry and, given the "fact" that he killed thirteen other people, they believe he'd have no problem killing other students. However, because they don't have the whole story, they don't realize that Black actually has no interest in killing Harry--he's after Peter Pettigrew, who's currently in disguise as Scabbers. Sneaking into the common room when nobody Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem
"Didn't they want to help, sir?" said Percy.
"Oh yes," said Dumbledore coldly. "But I'm afraid no dementor will cross the threshold of this castle while I am headmaster."
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After the teachers finish searching the castle for Sirius Black, Percy questions why the dementors didn't help with the search. Dumbledore's reply alludes first to the fact that he doesn't have any control over the ministry who posted the dementors at Hogwarts in the first place. As a major part of Harry's coming of age over the course of the series has to do with his slowly growing understanding that Dumbledore isn't in control of everything, it's important that Harry hear that there are people who have more power than Dumbledore. Second, Dumbledore's insistence that he'll do everything in his Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde
Chapter Sixteen Quotes
"THE DARK LORD LIES ALONE AND FRIENDLESS, ABANDONED BY HIS FOLLOWERS. HIS SERVANT HAS BEEN CHAINED THESE TWELVE YEARS. TONIGHT, BEFORE MIDNIGHT...THE SERVANT WILL BREAK FREE AND SET OUT TO REJOIN HIS MASTER. THE DARK LORD WILL RISE AGAIN WITH HIS SERVANT'S AID, GREATER AND MORE TERRIBLE THAN EVER BEFORE."
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Following Harry's Divination exam, Trelawney makes a real prediction and sees that Voldemort's servant will return to him. Though Harry isn't sure at this point that he should take her seriously (Dumbledore only confirms later that this was likely a real prediction), it's important to note that regardless, the prediction can be used to support both versions of the truth--the first being that Sirius Black is Voldemort's servant, the second being that Peter Pettigrew is. This then comes to illustrate how somewhat vague predictions like this and vague statements in general can take on certain meanings depending on what a Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor as
Chapter Seventeen Quotes
"Your father would have done the same for me. Brave of you, not to run for a teacher. I'm grateful... it will make everything much easier..."
The taunt about his father rang in Harry's ears as though Black had bellowed it.
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After luring Harry and Hermione into the Shrieking Shack in pursuit of Ron, Sirius Black tells Harry that his father would've done the same thing. Notably, Harry reads this as a taunt, which he does because he believes that Black betrayed his parents and is Voldemort's servant. In other words, without all the information, Harry reads Black's statement as an insult when in reality, it's a compliment: Harry, like his father, is brave and doesn't always rely on adult help when he could benefit from doing so. This same idea applies to the rest of what Harry hears in the Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officii
Chapter Eighteen Quotes
"I was terrified they would desert me the moment they found out what I was. But of course, they, like you, Hermione, worked out the truth...
"And they didn't desert me at all. Instead, they did something for me that would make my transformations not only bearable, but the best times of my life. They became Animagi."
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Lupin explains to Harry, Ron, and Hermione that his friends at school (Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and James Potter) became Animagi so they could keep him company while he transformed into a werewolf. With this, Lupin makes it clear that friendship is its own kind of magic, as he reads becoming Animagi as the ultimate sacrifice and act of friendship on the part of his friends. Their sacrifice allowed Lupin to feel better about his own identity and his situation, as they made it less painful and, most importantly, less lonely. This offers Harry, Ron, and Hermione some insight into Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium rec
"That was still really dangerous! Running around in the dark with a werewolf! What if you'd given the others the slip, and bitten somebody?"
"A thought that still haunts me," said Lupin heavily. "And there were near misses, many of them. We laughed about them afterwards. We were young, thoughtless--carried away with our own cleverness."
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When Hermione points out that things could've gone horribly wrong with Lupin running around in his werewolf form, Lupin agrees that she's right--he and his friends were careless in their youth. When Lupin admits that turning into Animagi and roaming the Hogwarts grounds with him as a werewolf wasn't a good choice, he suggests that even the best of friends can make mistakes that exhibit poor judgment. In terms of the novel as a whole, this idea that friends make bad choices, but that they can later see them for what they were, offers some hope that Harry, Ron, and Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis
Chapter Nineteen Quotes
"But if--if there was a mistake--"
"KEEP QUIET, YOU STUPID GIRL!" Snape shouted, looking suddenly quite deranged. "DON'T TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!"
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When Snape finally shows himself in the Shrieking Shack, he screams at Hermione when she tries to encourage him to listen to what Lupin and Black have to say. This stands in sharp contrast to how Lupin handles Hermione's questions during their conversation in the shack. While Lupin takes them seriously and makes sure that they're answered to her satisfaction, Snape goes so far as to call Hermione stupid. With this, he shows her again that he doesn't care for her as a person and, in this situation, doesn't think she's even capable of understanding what's going on. This is Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asper
"Of course," Lupin breathed. "So simple...so brilliant...he cut if off himself?"
"Just before he transformed," said Black. "When I cornered him, he yelled for the whole street to hear that I'd betrayed Lily and James. Then, before I could curse him, he blew apart the street with the wand behind his back, killed everyone within twenty feet of himself--and sped down into the sewer with the other rats..."
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Black finally tells everyone in the Shrieking Shack how and why he was imprisoned for killing Lily and James: Peter Pettigrew framed him. Pettigrew's actions show that he was a master manipulator who knew that, given the Ministry's desire to put Voldemort's supporters behind bars, they wouldn't ask too many questions if he made it look obvious enough what had happened. It's untrue that Black betrayed Lily and James, but because Black never told anyone that he'd made Pettigrew the new Secret Keeper, he had no way to prove his version of events. In this way, Pettigrew demonstrates that even Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident exp
Chapter Twenty-One Quotes
"Yes, I do," said Dumbledore quietly. "But I have no power to make other men see the truth, or to overrule the Minister of Magic..."
Harry stared up into the grave face and felt as though the ground beneath him were falling sharply away. He had grown used to the idea that Dumbledore could solve anything. He had expected Dumbledore to pull some amazing solution out of thin air. But no...their last hope was gone."
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After Dumbledore tells Harry that he can't make Fudge believe the truth, Harry experiences a major coming-of-age moment. While Harry spends much of the novel resenting the adults around him for keeping important information about Sirius Black from him, that doesn't stop him from trusting Dumbledore and believing that Dumbledore is capable of fixing anything. The realization that Dumbledore can't fix this means that, for the first time, Harry has to grapple with the fact that he can't always rely on the adults around him to protect him and put things right, no matter what the truth is. This also Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus ea
"Did anyone see you?"
"Yes, haven't you been listening? I saw me but I thought I was my dad! It's okay!"
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After Harry successfully conjures his Patronus, thereby saving Hermione, Sirius, and himself, he discovers that the rules surrounding time travel can be broken--but it can only be clear that they were broken to the person going back in time, not the version of himself going through events for the first time. This helps Harry to continue developing his understanding that the world isn't black and white. Just as Dumbledore can't fix everything and Trelawney's predictions can be read multiple ways, the rules of time travel are filled with shades of gray that allow for all sorts of leeway if one Dolorem et quae. Exercitatio
Chapter Twenty-Two Quotes
"It didn't make any difference," said Harry bitterly. "Pettigrew got away."
"Didn't make any difference?" said Dumbledore quietly. "It made all the difference in the world, Harry. You helped uncover the truth. You saved an innocent man from a terrible fate."
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During a conversation between Harry and Dumbledore, Dumbledore encourages Harry to believe that he didn't act in vain and that he actually did a very valuable thing. With this, Dumbledore attempts to shift Harry's focus away from the formal justice system for a moment. He implies that the formal justice system, as espoused by the Ministry of Magic, isn't actually effective in carrying out justice. Instead, Dumbledore wants Harry to see that justice is capable of happening, but it needs to be supported by individuals, acting alone or almost alone, who know they're doing the right thing. Further, he suggests Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explica
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Sirius Black Character Timeline in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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Chapter Two
...helps himself to toast as a newscaster warns viewers to be on the lookout for Sirius Black, an escaped criminal. Vernon snorts that Black is a "filthy layabout" and looks at...
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Chapter Three
Stan opens up a copy of the Daily Prophet and Harry notices Sirius Black, the man from the muggle news, on the front page. When Harry shares this...
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Harry apologizes and asks Stan to tell him more about Black. Stan says that after Harry Potter bested Voldemort, the government tracked down Voldemort’s supporters. Ministry...
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Harry feels horrendous. He thinks that he broke the law just like Sirius Black did and wonders if inflating Aunt Marge is enough to land him in Azkaban....
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...he packs up to leave, but seems to slip a little when Harry asks about Sirius Black. As the two shake hands, Harry asks if Fudge can sign his Hogsmeade permission...
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Chapter Four
...and Hermione find Mr. Weasley in the bar at the Leaky Cauldron. Harry asks about Sirius Black when he notices a photo in the paper again. Mr. Weasley sighs that all...
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...but Mr. Weasley says it's for Harry and Ron's own safety. He points out that Sirius Black is mad and before he escaped, he was muttering "he's at Hogwarts" in his...
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...and then shuts himself in his room. Everything makes sense now—Fudge was so lenient because Black is after Harry. Harry wonders why he doesn't feel more scared, but he does agree...
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Chapter Five
...with him. Before Mr. Weasley can say anything, Harry says that he already knows about Sirius Black and isn't afraid. Mr. Weasley leads Harry back to the train and then asks...
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...horrified, while Ron insists that Harry would have to be stupid to go looking for Black. As they worry, Ron hears a tinny whistle. He pulls out Harry's Pocket Sneakoscope, explains...
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...and George probably know a secret passage to sneak Harry out. He also says that Black wouldn't dare attack Harry if he and Hermione were around. Hermione scoffs.
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Chapter Seven
Seamus asks Harry if he's heard—there's been a sighting of Sirius Black nearby. Malfoy gives Harry a mean look, asks Harry if he's planning on catching...
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Chapter Eight
...delight. He says that the Fat Lady is hiding on the fourth floor and that Sirius Black destroyed her portrait when she wouldn't let him in.
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Chapter Nine
...and Hermione drag sleeping bags into a corner. Hermione and Ron note that they're lucky Sirius Black tried to break in tonight, since nobody was in the tower for him to...
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...he's found a temporary guardian for the portrait hole, and Snape arrives to say that Sirius Black is nowhere to be found. Snape asks if Dumbledore has any theories as to...
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Over the next few days, the rumors about Sirius Black get wilder and wilder. Sir Cadogan replaces the Fat Lady, which annoys all the...
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Chapter Ten
...or water to keep prisoners in—most of them go mad. Harry and Lupin briefly discuss Sirius Black’s escape, and then Harry remembers that Lupin was able to deter the dementor on...
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...it to him, while Hermione insists that Harry hand the map in. She thinks that Sirius Black might be using the passages and Harry wonders if Black knows about the passage...
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...the table and Fudge invites her to join them. Fudge is in town because of Sirius Black and assures Rosmerta that the dementors are a necessary precaution. McGonagall and Flitwick both...
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McGonagall, Flitwick, and Fudge tell Rosmerta that James trusted Sirius—Sirius was his best man and is Harry's godfather. Fudge says that when the Potters went...
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...this, Hagrid begins to shout and says that he was the last person to see Sirius, at the Potters' house when he went to fetch Harry. Sirius had asked for Harry...
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Rosmerta asks if Sirius Black is actually mad, and Fudge says he's not sure. The last time he was...
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Chapter Eleven
...that Hagrid made him. Harry finds a photo of Lily and James's wedding and notices Black as their best man. Harry thinks that Black doesn't have to hear Lily screaming whenever...
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...and Harry jumps at the idea, as he can ask Hagrid why he never mentioned Black. Hagrid doesn't answer when they knock and Ron hears a strange noise inside. When they...
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...Malfoy's cronies and Dumbledore is too busy to help. Harry can't bring himself to mention Black, so he suggests that he can help Hagrid prepare for the case. After Ron makes...
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...turns on Hermione and asks why she told. Hermione defiantly says that she believes that Sirius Black sent the broomstick.
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Chapter Twelve
...he learns that McGonagall confiscated Harry's brand new Firebolt, Oliver isn't at all concerned that Black is out to get Harry and promises to talk to McGonagall.
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...to come again next week. Before Harry leaves, he asks Lupin if he also knew Sirius Black. Lupin looks suspicious, but just says that he didn't know Black as well as...
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...the soul out of a victim and leaves them an empty shell. Lupin says that Sirius Black will suffer this fate if the dementors catch him. Harry spits that Black deserves...
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Chapter Thirteen
...so he sits up, opens his curtains, and sees Ron looking terrified. Ron says that Sirius Black was above him with a knife. Doors start to open and people tell Ron...
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Chapter Fourteen
...the statue of the witch that leads to Hogsmeade remains unguarded, but Ron insists that Sirius Black can't be getting in through Honeydukes. Ron becomes a celebrity overnight, though he doesn't...
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Chapter Sixteen
...warmly and explains he's here to witness a hippogriff's execution and to check on the Sirius Black situation. Ron interrupts and asks if the appeal has already happened. It hasn't, but...
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Chapter Seventeen
...Harry and Hermione and they turn to see a sallow, stringy man behind them. It's Sirius Black.
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Black disarms Harry and Hermione and, eyes locked on Harry, says that he knew Harry would...
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Black is too surprised to fight Harry in time. The two scrabble on the floor until...
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...through the door, takes in the scene, and disarms Harry and Hermione. Then, he asks Black where "he" is. Black points at Ron and Lupin, confused, mutters that "he hasn't shown...
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...her telling anyone wouldn't have done anything. Harry yells again that Lupin has been helping Black. Exasperated, Lupin throws Harry, Ron, and Hermione their wands and asks them to listen. He...
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...and Hermione left Hagrid's, he saw that a fourth person was with them. He watched Sirius pull two people into the Whomping Willow. Ron insists that it was just him, and...
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Chapter Eighteen
After a moment of silence Ron says that Black and Lupin are crazy, and Harry points out that Black killed Peter Pettigrew twelve years...
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Lupin says that his transformations were awful, but he had three friends—Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and James Potter—all of whom eventually figured out where he went every...
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...when he nearly bit someone. He feels extremely guilty now, as he's been inadvertently helping Sirius all along. He says that he never told Dumbledore that Sirius was an Animagus, as...
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Chapter Nineteen
...he found the Marauder's Map. Snape says that it's evidence that Lupin has been helping Black into the castle, and refuses to listen to Lupin trying to explain. He binds Lupin...
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...which sends him flying back into the wall and knocks him out. Hermione whimpers as Black unties Lupin.
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Lupin tells Harry that it's time to provide proof that his story is true. Black asks for Peter, but Ron weakly asks how Black is sure that Scabbers is Peter....
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...awful now, and he and Ron argue about whether Scabbers's health started going downhill after Sirius escaped or after Crookshanks came on the scene. Black says that Crookshanks is a smart...
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Black says that in a way, he did kill Lily and James: he persuaded them to...
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Black laughs at the thought of Voldemort teaching him tricks, notices that Pettigrew flinches, and says...
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...tried to kill Harry already, since he's been sleeping in the same room for years. Black says that Pettigrew doesn't do anything unless there's something in it for him. With Voldemort...
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At this, Pettigrew falls to his knees and pleads with Black and Lupin. They decide to kill Pettigrew together, so Pettigrew turns to Ron. Ron, however,...
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Chapter Twenty
As the party makes its way back through the tunnel, Sirius notes that turning in Pettigrew will clear his name, and he tells Harry that he's...
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Lupin and Sirius rip at each other violently and Harry only stops watching when Hermione screams. He sees...
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Chapter Twenty-One
...asks about the retreating dementors, but Snape doesn't know why they left Harry, Hermione, and Black alone. At this, Harry opens his eyes and sees Hermione. Madam Pomfrey comes over with...
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Harry and Hermione try to tell Fudge that Sirius is innocent and that Peter Pettigrew is an Animagus, but Madam Pomfrey shoves chocolate in...
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...what they know, but he stops them. He reminds them that there's no proof of Sirius's innocence, and Lupin's testimony will count for little given that he's a werewolf. Dumbledore says...
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...three hours ago and Harry realizes that Dumbledore wants them to save Buckbeak so that Sirius can escape on him. He and Hermione run into the forest and sneak around to...
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Hermione says that now they'll need to hide until they can fly Buckbeak up to Sirius's window in a few hours. They creep around the edge of the forest until the...
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As they wait, Hermione asks why the dementors didn't get Sirius. Harry explains what he saw and says that he knows someone conjured a real, powerful...
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...back outside to keep tabs on events. He hears the dementors swarming himself, Hermione, and Sirius, and decides that he needs to see if James is going to appear. Harry hides...
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...get the dementors, she and Harry get on Buckbeak and fly to the appropriate window. Sirius looks surprised to see them as Hermione unlocks the window. He climbs on behind them...
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Chapter Twenty-Two
...minute, they hear Snape's voice getting closer, shouting that Harry has something to do with Sirius's escape. Dumbledore looks calm as Snape tells Harry to reveal what he did, but Dumbledore...
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...Trelawney's prediction. Dumbledore seems impressed, but Harry is distraught. He says that since he stopped Sirius and Lupin from killing Pettigrew, it'll be his fault if Voldemort returns. Dumbledore tells Harry...
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Over the next few days, rumors fly about how Sirius and Buckbeak escaped. Malfoy is furious, while Percy spouts off about what he'll do once...
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...Harry grabs it out of the air and takes its letter. The letter is from Sirius. He writes that he's in hiding, admits to sending the Firebolt, and apologizes for scaring...
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Harry holds onto Sirius's letter until he arrives in King's Cross and greets Uncle Vernon. Vernon asks about the...
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