Harry Potter and the Order Of the Phoenix [25]
Harry looked up, and it appeared that they went up out of the sky, as if it went up forever. In front of Harry, though, was a small brown desk with a goblin behind it. He looked busy signing papers. On either side of him were wizards that looked like Aurors, only they were clad in red robes. The wizard that lead Harry here walked up to the desk and Harry followed.
“Mr. Lokup, sir,” said the Auror to the goblin, “I have Harry Potter, you requested him for questioning.” The goblin looked down at Harry, and squinted.
“Ah yes, Harry,” said the goblin. He had a soft and deep voice, “I need to ask you a few-”, he was suddenly cut off by the door suddenly opening. Harry looked behind him and saw Lupin and Arabella run in, appearing to be out of breath. Lupin took a second to rest, then walked up to the desk looking very confident.
“Mr. Lokup,” he said, “I can assure you, Harry has nothing to do with this.” Mr. Lokup took his eyes off of Harry and looked at Lupin.
“Oh really Remus?” he said. “How can I be sure? Sirius is Harry’s godfather, was looking for him at Hogwarts, and was with him at Diagon Alley. I see many ways in which Harry is connected with his case.”
“Yes, it may seem as though Harry is, but Harry has nothing to do with this. Sirius Black is innocent of the accusations against him. He did not kill Peter Pettigrew. I have heard Sirius’ side of the story for two years now, and it is far more convincing than the Muggle witnesses.” Lupin waited for a few seconds for Mr. Lookup’s response. Mr. Lokup gave Lupin a smile, then spoke:
“So, you admit you have known of the location of Sirius Black, a criminal desperately wanted by the Ministry of Magic and all wizards, and yet you did not turn him in?”
Lupin’s face turned white, then it turned green. He obviously did not expect this answer, nor to give away that information.
“Well, yes and no… you see….” stuttered Lupin.
“Yes, I’ve heard enough. Take him to cell 67A, right next to Sirius Black,” Mr. Lokup nodded in the direction of the guard to his left. The guard grabbed Lupin by the arm, and flew up with him. He didn’t put up a fight.
“Well Harry,” said Mr. Lokup, “I would like to know, do you know and talk to Sirius Black?” He grinned and squinted his eyes at Harry.
“No,” Harry lied. “No I do not.” Mr. Lokup looked disappointed.
“Away then boy! I don’t have all day!” he waved his arm in the direction of the door. Before Harry turned away, he looked up and searched for Lupin. He saw that the guard was pushing Lupin into one of the black doors and Lupin just slid through the blackness as though it were water. Harry guessed that they must be the cells.
Harry then turned around, and walked away. Arabella walked him out, and as soon as the doors shut behind them and they were outside, Harry asked, “How did they know Sirius was there with me Mrs. Fi- err… Arabella?” There was a few seconds of silence before her answer.
“Well, Harry, I don’t know,” she responded quietly. “There’s certainly no way one of them, much less all of the people in Diagon Alley could’ve seen Sirius . This is troubling me as much as it is troubling you Harry.”
“You mean you have no idea how?”
“None at all Harry. All I’m glad about is the fact that we got down here fast enough so that Mr. Lokup couldn’t use his spells on you and make you divulge all your secrets.”
“What do you mean? And how did you get here so fast?”
“Well, we heard on the WWN (Wizard Wireless Network) that Sirius Black was captured in Diagon Alley, so we assumed they’d be taking him to Nabakza.”
“And what about Mr. Lokup’s spells?”
“Well, Mr. Lokup is infamous for getting people to admit their guilt. How do you think he got Lupin to say that he’d known