On their way back from Hagrid’s house, a wolf runs at them. Harry and his two friends, Ron and Hermione, try to console Hagrid but are very upset themselves. Malfoy immediately seeks the dismissal of Hagrid but has to be satisfied with the execution of Buckbeak. Harry succeeds but when Malfoy (a particularly nasty student whose father has some influence in running the school) tries, Buckbeak rears up and kicks him in the shoulder.

Hagrid, the giant groundskeeper, tries to teach the students how to befriend a hippogriff called Buckbeak. The Divination teacher Professor Trelawney fears for Harry and predicts disastrous events for him. To combat them, students learn to yell out ‘ridiculous’ and the boggart changes into something funny. Boggarts are figments of the imagination that appear to students in the form of their most feared object. He warns the students to keep well away.ĭumbledore and the teachers try to keep the school operating normally and Lupin starts to teach the young wizards and witches about boggarts. At Hogwarts, Dumbledore explains that Dementors are guarding the grounds to prevent Sirius Black from entering. The Dementor might have succeeded but for Professor Lupin, teacher of Defence of the Dark Arts, who overcomes the creature with his wand. The window panes freeze over and a Dementor enters Harry’s carriage and tries to drag him away, causing him to faint. While the students are on their way to Hogwarts on the train, it suddenly comes to a stop and all the lights go out. It’s believed that it was Sirius Black (Harry’s Godfather) who betrayed Harry’s parents to Voldemort. Mr Weasley, from the Ministry of Magic, warns Harry that he is in serious danger as Sirius is headed for Hogwarts to find him. Sirius Black, the notorious murderer, has somehow evaded the Dementors (vicious, spirit-type creatures) and escaped from the impenetrable Azkaban Prison.

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