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issues and House rivalries to be more concerned about the fact that Sirius Black could
have killed Harry Potter!"
It was then that the rest of the staff decided to voice their opinions.
Remus instead held his head in his hands and tried to push away the growing
headache due to all of the noise. Eventually, though, his thoughts got the best of him and
he, too, spoke up. "But he didn't kill Harry. He didn't even attack Harry."
"Well, not for a lack of trying," Pomona chimed in. "I heard that the Weasley boy's
curtains were slashed. If he'd gotten the right bed―"
"But he didn't. He got the wrong bed. Why would Sirius randomly attack without
searching for the proper bed?" Remus asked, perplexed. Of course, he knew that Sirius's
canine sense of smell would have been able to help him locate Harry in the dorm room.
So, why attack Ron Weasley? "Why put the effort into breaking in, stealing the passwords,
and entering the tower only to lose patience at the last moment and attack at random?"
"Who knows the mind of a madman?" Snape sneered. "Black has always been
reckless and foolhardy."
"I'm just saying that something doesn't make sense―"
"Why are we not inquiring as to how he's getting into the castle in the first place?"
Snape demanded, his attention turned to Dumbledore. "Have you asked Lupin how he and
his friends used to sneak about the castle when they were all young delinquents? Or maybe
he's keeping those secrets because he's aiding Black. It wouldn't be the first time that he
put a student at risk."
"I had nothing to do with that, and you very well know it!" Remus snapped, rising
from his chair to come face-to-face with Snape. "I am well aware that you have a history
with Sirius—and with me—but protecting Harry is what is important right now!"
A few more choice words were tossed between the two colleagues, which ended
with Remus apologising for his temper and Snape storming from the table, his robes
billowing behind him in a pretentious manner that made Remus begin to suspect they had
been charmed to do so.
"I, regretfully, must ask again, Remus," Dumbledore began softly as the rest of the
staff, save for Minerva, filed out of the room, "do you know of any way that Sirius Black
is able to enter the castle?"