"Don't worry, Harry. You'll definitely succeed."
Ron set down the Daily Prophet he had just received from the owl post and tried to reassure the unusually quiet Harry beside him.
"Any news?"
Harry had not been this nervous in a long time, not since he had become a Seeker in his first year.
"Let me see..."
Ron looked away from Harry and opened the paper. His eyes widened as he read the latest front-page story. "Yes. There are rumors that The Dark Lord is planning to break out the prisoners being held in Azkaban."
He handed the newspaper to Harry. "But the paper says the Ministry of Magic is ready. If Voldemort really dares to break into Azkaban, he'll pay a terrible price."
"This feels like a smokescreen someone deliberately released to draw attention away from something else." Harry tossed a sweet into his mouth and carefully read the headline about Voldemort's planned prison break.
"A smokescreen?"
Ron caught the bottle Harry pushed toward him and shook one out for himself.
"B-but... you think the news is real... that someone wants to use it to distract the Ministry of Magic?" Ron rephrased his question. "What would they gain from doing that?"
"I don't know." Harry took a bite of toast. "I suspect Voldemort wants to use this to do something."
"B-but it's only a rumor. Rumors like this are actually quite common," Ron reminded him uneasily.
"Of course I know it might be fake." Harry tapped the newspaper on the table with his finger. "But I'd rather believe it's true."
"Maybe there's another possibility." Harry looked at Ron. "Maybe this news is actually meant for Albert. That guy can predict the future, after all. If Voldemort intends to break out Azkaban, he definitely won't be able to hide it from