Chapter 124

Rhea hugged Severus back, looking into his eyes which now noticeably sparkled with life, and smiled happily. Over in the water, the Giant Squid watched the two of them being all affectionate and grew more and more furious. Thus, our poor Sirius Black was dragged around by its tentacles, kissing the lakebed and mud over and over again, until he was on the verge of death before being flung onto the shore of the Black Lake, about a hundred meters away from Rhea. Dumbledore and the others watched as Black bobbed up and down in the water, getting dirtier and dirtier, until he was finally tossed onto the bank. Then they saw the Giant Squid in the lake nod its head up and down toward Rhea, stretch out a tentacle to point at the unconscious Black, and after seeing Rhea nod in response, the squid vanished into the Black Lake with a lightning-fast "whoosh," fleeing with remarkable speed.