Chapter 133: 24x7, protection for Jack and Harry
They immediately understood what is happening. Dumbledore, Argus Filch, and Percy seek the fat lady out. When they found the fat lady she told them that Sirius black has come to Hogwarts and wanted to enter into the Gryffindor tower.
It is natural for people to think that he either came to meet his son Jack or to kill Harry. Whatever the case it might be, he has to enter Gryffindor dorm rooms. But no one would expect that he came here to catch the rat that Ron kept as a pet which is peter Pettigrew.
Since the situation is not right Dumbledore took a different action. He sent all of the students to sleep in the Great Hall overnight so that the teachers and staff can search the school. Snape thinks Lupin is helping Sirius sneak into the castle.
Well they are close friends and also his bullies that bulled him together before. One is a dog and the other is a werewolf. So Snape did not trust Lupin in matters related to Sirius. Also Snape is carefully looking at Jack.
Snape was determined with his life to protect Harry the son of lily. For that he is more and more cautious of the people around. Jack being the son of Sirius was still being guarded against by Snape in this situation.
Even though he wanted to take Jack as his student, he still did not have the basic belief towards Jack's character and his thoughts. He was looking at Jack to see if Sirius would come to meet Jack.
Jack knows that during this time he could not be absent. This would cause him more problems and suspicion towards him if his scumbag father causes more trouble. He is currently in the spot light and he has to stay quiet for a while.
The power of people with fear is very high and some things can be done on impulses of the frightened people which are equal to the fighting power of some desperados which is quite dangerous. So being cautious is good.
Every student is moved to the Great Hall to sleep while teachers search the castle. None of the boys slept close to Jack. There is a 3 meter radius around Jack that was currently empty giving the feeling that Jack is sick person or a person with great power.
No one stopped the behavior of the students as they can expand the great hall further with magic if needed. This kind of fear would not go with simple explanation. The professors went to check the entire castle to find Sirius black.
They fail to find any sign of Sirius Black and Snape suggests that someone inside the castle helped Black gain entry. Actually he was quite right about this suggestion. But he was wrong in finding that person.
Usually the thief is the one that reacts more violently than others and denies the things with reasoning. The one that actually denies the things is Dumbledore. Yes, Dumbledore refuted this argument.
He is also the one that got a house for Sirius at Hogsmeade after he escaped from Azkaban. It is just that he is hiding the things even from Jack waiting for a chance to prove the innocence of Sirius.
Nobody talks about anything but about Sirius Black, for the next few days. The Fat Lady refuses to return to work until Sirius Black is caught. Because of this, Dumbledore is forced to replace her with Sir Cadogan the Mad Knight.
Nobody in Gryffindor House is happy about this, because Sir Cadogan changes the password twice a day. Also the passwords are ridiculously complicated. The most part that they are unhappy about him is because he is extremely annoying.
But there's nothing they can do because none of the other pictures wanted the job because of what happened to the Fat Lady. Meanwhile, because of the attack, Jack and an annoyed Harry were placed under surveillance.
Teachers find excuses to go down the halls with them or the portraits would keep an eye on them all the time. Percy Weasley, acting on his mother's orders, follows them everywhere like a guard dog.
Well he did not want to follow Jack but still he follows Jack because Jack saved Ginny before. Another bad thing is that Jack and Harry are paired together most of the time as they both are under surveillance.
It is hard to follow two people to two different directions. It is easy if they are together most of the time. Many girls are annoyed by Harry standing by the side of Jack. Harry became more and more miserable.
Professor McGonagall decides to reveal the truth to Harry but Harry reveals he already knows Sirius Black is after him. As for Jack standing beside Harry got an apologetic expression from professor Mcgonagall.
She knows that Jack for most parts is a good person that follows the rules. She could not blame Jack for the deeds that are committed by his father. So she and none of the professors are hostile towards Jack.
Jack nodded at her expression telling her, he understands the situation. Professor Mcgonagall sighed and turned towards Harry to speak. She wanted to explain why she doesn't want him practicing Quidditch in the evenings but Harry states he's got to train for Quidditch match.
She felt slightly annoyed by the brat like behavior of Harry. It is his life that is in danger. But he did not even have the slightest care about this matter. Instead he is making more demands to them that are protecting him despite their busy schedule.
Harry did not understand this matter. He is simply throwing his weight around. In a way he is no different than Dursley family in this matter. May be he lived with them for so long that he got some of their habits. They are not good habits but bad habits that others hate.
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