This was a Christmas colder and emptier than any before it.
Everyone said that last year's incident in the Chamber of Secrets at least posed no threat to most lives, since Slytherin's treasure targeted only half-bloods and Mudbloods. But Black was different; he was an escaped prisoner from Azkaban and a notoriously infamous Death Eater.
The Dark Lord had already become a thing of the past, but through the words of their parents, everyone had some inkling of the cruelty and darkness of that era, breeding a deep sense of fear.
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