𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞¹ -𝖍. 𝖕𝖔𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗

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𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝

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❝ 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐟𝐨𝐲𝐬, 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬. ❞

─────𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧

"𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿."

Accalia heard Harry scoff.

"Order of Merlin, Second Class, I'd say. First Class, if I can wangle it!"

"Thank you very much indeed, Minister."

"Nasty cut you've got there... Black's work, I suppose?"

"As a matter of fact, it was the other Black, Potter, Weasley, and Granger, Minister..."

"No!"

"Black had bewitched them, I saw it immediately. A Confundus Charm, to judge by their behaviour.—"

"He's lying!"

"—They seemed to think there was a possibility he was innocent. They weren't responsible for their actions. On the other hand, their interference might have permitted Black to escape... They obviously thought they were going to catch Black single-handed. They've got away with a great deal before now... I'm afraid it's given them a rather high opinion of themselves... and of course, Potter has always been allowed an extraordinary amount of license by the headmaster —"

"Ah, well, Snape... Harry Potter, you know... we've all got a bit of a blind spot where he's concerned."

"And yet — is it good for him to be given so much special treatment?"

"Fucking, Merlin," Harry swore to himself.

"Personally, I try and treat him like any other student. And any other student would be suspended — at the very least — for leading his friends into such danger. Consider, Minister — against all school rules — after all the precautions put in place for his protection — out-of-bounds, at night, consorting with a werewolf and a murderer — and I have reason to believe he has been visiting Hogsmeade illegally too —"

"Well, well... we shall see, Snape, we shall see... The boy has undoubtedly been foolish..."

"Stop talking about me like I am not here! This rat is Pettigrew, Headmaster, Minister! I swear it!" Harry shouted, pointing to the jar Hermione was holding.