Before he could figure it out, someone grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and lifted him up. His vision distorted, and when it cleared again, he had arrived somewhere both familiar and unfamiliar.
"Hogwarts..."
Not long after Edward and the others left Azkaban, more than a dozen enormous figures flew in from the north, breaking through the falling snow at tremendous speed and heading straight for Azkaban.
They were all fire dragons!
They varied in size and breed, but all of them were covered in wounds and fitted with metal shackles.
On the dragons' backs rode a group of short, ugly goblins.
"Hey, Azkaban's just ahead!"
"Make it quick!"
As a one-eyed old goblin lashed his whip viciously, the dragons let out low roars and dived toward Azkaban Castle.
"This time, we must take back what belongs to us!"
"Take it back!!!"
Sirius looked up at Hogwarts Castle in the distance and let out a low "woof." Then he turned his head and spotted a strange, enormous tree covered in snow.
He quickly recognized it as the Whomping Willow. Beneath it was the entrance to the Shrieking Shack, and memories of days gone by came flooding back.
He remembered the time the Marauders had spent here and the things that had happened. Yet none of them had imagined that, years later, of that once-celebrated foursome, one would choose betrayal, one would be killed, one would be sent to Azkaban, and one would wander from place to place without a home.
"Stay here tonight. I'll arrange for you to meet Dumbledore, Harry Potter, and the others as soon as possible."
"Woof!"
Sirius barked again, dashed off, and slipped into the Shrieking Shack with practiced ease.
Susie asked curiously, "Audrey, when he turns into a dog, does he