7Harry Potter, number three:
Thus begins new poetry
Based on the wizard, age thirteen
And everything he's done and seen
It starts with a man on Muggle news
The PM is looking for some clues
He needs to know where Sirius hides
They want to find him, dead or alive
Evil Aunt Marge, she comes around
She's mean and cruel and very round
She brings her dog, he's just as bad
They're main goal is to drive Harry mad
She's told he goes to special school
Where kids get beat when they break the rules
Harry hates this stupid lie
But goes along, and you ask why?
He has a permission slip to be signed
So he must be good during the time
Of Aunt Marge's stay, or else, says Vernon
No Hogsmeade for you, you nephew bit-of-vermin
But Harry cannot keep total control
When dealing with that vicious old troll
He blows her up, all fat and airy
And off she flies like some demented fairy
He runs away with all his stuff
His childhood's been really rough
On the street he sees something
A big black dog, over yonder, sitting
A second later the Knight Bus appears,
Harry gives them the name of one of his peers
Stan says "Oy Neville, come, hop on."
And a second later the bus is gone.
When Harry is safely off the bus
Fudge is so happy, he doesn't yell or cuss
He does not punish Harry for running away
Or using Magic on his aunt that day
Harry, of course, if very concerned
The rules are usually much harsher, as last year he learned
But Harry agrees to stay in town
Come back before dark; not wonder around
When Harry returns to school Ron can't wait
To talk of his trip and his family's good fate
They won some wonderful Wizards gold
And they all took a trip to tombs of Egypt old
The trio, which included Hermione too
Discuss the man on the Muggle News
Turns out he's a madman, a wizard named Black
And once long ago thirteen he did attack
Put them all down with one single curse
What happened to Peter was mostly the worst
All they could find was one tiny finger
And in the streets Black's laughter did linger
They learn that Black was very best pals
With Mr. James Potter, and his very best gal
Ms. Lily Evans, who happens to be
The mother of our little Harry
Black was his godfather, who gave them away
To the Dark Lord on that one fateful day
Now here I should mention another man too
Who used to hang round with Peter Pettigrew
Remus Lupin was another good friend
Who swore he'd stand by James 'til the end
He taught the kids Defense Against The Dark Arts
And taught them that fear only lives in your hearts
He taught them to conquer what makes the afraid
And here the rest of the plot is now laid
Oh, by the way, just one more insight
Luipin's a werewolf, he changes at night
Hermione has very many classes to take
But thinks Divination was a huge mistake
Trelawney's a quack, a right crazy old broad
Granger is sure the woman is a fraud
Sibyll is nuts, yes, and she thinks Harry will die
But is she telling the truth, or simply a lie?
Neville indeed, he breaks a pink cup
But was that in her SEEing, or just a bit of good luck?
Whatever it is, Hermione drops the class
Still she takes to much, prompting Ron to ask
"Just how does she do it?" He doesn't know
Harry doesn't know either, so they just let it go
Lupin is not the only new teacher
Hagrid, too, is key in this feature
Care of Magical Creatures, he teaches
Where Buckbeak attacks Malfoy, one of Hogwarts' leeches
Buckbeak is sentenced to death, which is sad
And naturally it makes Hermione mad
It isn't 'til later when she figures out
What the big black dog is about
She is the one who protects Lupin's secret
Though Snape wants all to know, she is smart to keep it
The kids make their way to the Whomping Willow tree
To the Shrieking Shack, which is rather creepy
They meet up with Black who wants his revenge
But not unto Harry does he want to avenge
They find out that Peter is the evil man
He's been a rat, fed out of Ron's hand
So everything is good, Black will adopt Harry
The dementors will be banished; oh good, they were scary!
But no, here comes Snape to ruin the day!
It is his goal to put Black (and Lupin) away
Now here we are, to make a long story...less long
Hermione has a time turner, she brought it along
"So that's how she does it!" Get from class to class!
Ron has to smile at that crazy young lass
Harry and Hermione this year are the two
Who will go on ahead to save a select few
Buckbeak is first, and then they fly
Up to the tower where Black will soon die
They free him of course, they let him escape
And away he flies, to the dismay of Snape
Like Dumbledore said, they saved TWO lives
But we knew they could to it, it came as no surprise