"Errands." Harry shrugged. "I honestly thought she'd spend the morning crying in
her room like she normally would, but I keep forgetting how different she is."
Sirius frowned, suddenly concerned. "Why would she cry at all?"
Harry passed over the Daily Prophet.
Glancing down at the paper, his nose twitched at the front page.
In the bottom corner was a lovely photograph of Draco and Astoria along with
their engagement announcement, which was to be expected since Mia, Narcissa, and Laurel
had orchestrated the timing to coincide with the Malfoys' recent scholarship creation for
Muggle-born wizards and witches.
It was perfect timing to reveal the engagement, considering it had been announced
already that the Malfoys had had their vaults returned to them, and the public would eat
up the fact that the first thing Draco did with his Galleons was give them away to Muggle-
borns. Establishing his story of redemption alongside a fairy-tale wedding was something
the society pages were going to live off until the wedding, and considering Astoria still had
another two years left of her Hogwarts education, the engagement was going to be a long
one.
It was not, however, Draco and Astoria's engagement photograph that was centred
in the paper, but rather one of Sirius and Mia in Diagon Alley just near an Apparition point.
Both were smiling brightly, obviously in love. In the photograph, Sirius leant down and
kissed her, cupping her face in one hand while the other snaked around her waist. The title
of the article made him growl.
GOLDEN GIRL TURNS GOLD DIGGER
by Rita Skeeter
In the face of the wonderful news that Draco Malfoy, a reformed
Death Eater and war hero, has found true love in the arms of Astoria
Greengrass (daughter of Hyperion and Laurel Greengrass nee' Parkinson),
his former lover, Hermione Granger, Muggle-born witch, is taking out her
revenge on the Slytherin by seducing another wealthy pureblood heir: Sirius
Black.
Black, considered one of the most eligible bachelors in Wizarding
Britain, was spotted in the company of Miss Granger, and everyone is
asking, "What Love Potion has the temptress slipped the infamous heir?"
Known for being framed and innocently imprisoned over the deaths
of twelve Muggles in 1981, Black escaped Azkaban in 1993, only to
supposedly die of unknown causes in 1996. Rumours of his return to the