

Weasley was hovering somewhere between life and death. He thrust the letter into George’s hand, who ripped it open and read aloud, “Dad is still alive. “That’s not Dumbledore’s writing-it must. “Fawkes!” said Sirius at once, snatching up the parchment. Then a burst of fire in midair illuminated the dirty plates in front of them and as they gave cries of shock, a scroll of parchment fell with a thud onto the table, accompanied by a single golden phoenix tail feather. I felt like I wanted to attack Dumbledore too… He put the bottle down on the table a little harder than he meant to, so that it slopped over onto the table.

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