Bellatrix shot Sirius a disgusted glare and made a silent vow. If this damn short, fat man ever fell out of the Master's favor, she would make sure to torture him properly.
"Come in," Bellatrix said coldly.
After Sirius entered, he quickly surveyed the room.
There were only three people in the room, all Death Eaters who had been captured during the last Wizarding War.
Voldemort had gathered more Death Eaters than just these. The four of them were core members among the Death Eaters, while the rest had been sent by them to hide near Hogsmeade and Hogwarts.
Bellatrix spoke. "Wormtail has successfully become a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Tell us, how should we get Harry Potter out of the castle?"
The others all looked surprised. They had just received Reply Letters from McGonagall informing them that they had failed to get the position. They had not expected Wormtail to succeed.
A wizard with a thick beard and wolf-like pupils said, "Why not have Wormtail bring Harry Potter directly to us?"
Sirius curled his lip. "That idea is no good. Hogwarts is under strict surveillance by the Ministry of Magic right now. If I take Harry Potter out, we'll probably be arrested before we get very far."
Bellatrix's husband, Rodolphus Lestrange, said, "Then we can only find a way to get ourselves inside. If we could obtain a Vanishing Cabinet..."
Bellatrix retorted, "Where would we get a Vanishing Cabinet? The Master has yet to recover. The disloyal ones would probably sell us out the moment they heard anything about us."
Another wizard offered a suggestion. "Have Wormtail find a way to lure Harry Potter into the Forbidden Forest. We can lie in ambush there and meet up with him."
Sirius hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "That