Sirius Black was getting closer and closer to Hogwarts, leaving all the students deeply uneasy. Even the professors were somewhat worried.
But there were always exceptions, like Harry and Eli.
Those two could hardly wait for Sirius Black to show up.
Harry wanted to personally question his father's old friend about whether he had killed his parents. If he had, Harry only wanted to kill him with his own hands.
Eli mainly wanted to clear Sirius Black's name as soon as possible, so he would not have to keep wandering around. What if he ran into a Dementor someday?
Running into dogcatchers would not be good either!
But that was the end of the news. No one saw Sirius Black again, while the Dementors' patrols grew even tighter, making the students feel even more stifled.
Dumbledore repeatedly expressed his dissatisfaction with the Dementors to the Ministry of Magic, but Fudge, who was facing political ruin, had no mind for such matters.
It was worth mentioning that Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger had recently been getting along rather badly.
In fact, they had been at odds since the beginning of the school year.
The main reason was Hermione Granger's cat and Ron Weasley's rat.
Hermione Granger kept a huge fat cat whose face looked like a flatbread.
The cat was named Crookshanks, and Hermione Granger adored her.
Whenever Eli mentioned Crookshanks's face, Hermione Granger would not let him continue, but Eli always mocked the cat's appearance whenever Hermione Granger was not around.
Crookshanks seemed to have it out for Ron Weasley's Scabbers and was always trying to attack him.
Ron Weasley argued with Hermione Granger about it more than once, and neither of them would back down.
It looked like nothing more than an ordinary cat chasing a mouse, but Eli