Harry folded up the letter, thinking. If he was honest with himself, he really wanted to see Sirius
again. He therefore approached the final lesson of the afternoon - double Potions - feeling
considerably more cheerful than he usually did when descending the steps to the dungeons.
Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle were standing in a huddle outside the classroom door with Pansy
Parkinson’s gang of Slytherin girls. All of them were looking at something Harry couldn’t see
and sniggering heartily. Pansys pug-like face peered excitedly around Goyle’s broad back as
Harry, Ron, and Hermione approached.
“There they are, there they are!” she giggled, and the knot of Slytherins broke apart. Harry saw
that Pansy had a magazine in her hands - Witch Weekly. The moving picture on the front showed
a curly-haired witch who was smiling toothily and pointing at a large sponge cake with her
wand.
“You might find something to interest you in there, Granger!” Pansy said loudly, and she threw
the magazine at Hermione, who caught it, looking startled. At that moment, the dungeon door
opened, and Snape beckoned them all inside.
Hermione, Harry, and Ron headed for a table at the back of the dungeon as usual. Once Snape
had turned his back on them to write up the ingredients of todays potion on the blackboard,
Hermione hastily rifled through the magazine under the desk. At last, in the center pages,
Hermione found what they were looking for.
Harry and Ron leaned in closer. A color photograph of Harry headed a short piece entitled:
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